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Close but no Cigar
 great
great's done very well in the PDPop MSL, and in some weird twist of irony will make the finals since he's playing against ZerO... Despite this, I'm not very impressed at all by great, partly because of the silliness of the series between him and Kal and partly because of his pretty abysmal Winner's League play. He's 1-4, and his single win is to Calm. While he has the results in the individual leagues, his team contribution is low. Violet and Bogus aren't in any leagues but have shown very solid play, so that's why I think they should be ranked over great.
 Sea
Sea's got a lot of wins in Winner's League, but he's been unable to defeat any of his better opponents--his best wins are over BeSt (who isn't playing well recently) and Snow. Furthermore, since he's not in a league great beat him in that respect.
Shoutouts
 Tyson, Light, BaBy, Stats
The All-Kill is the best thing one can do for one's team in Winner's League. Though you guys haven't really played too impressively outside of your all-kill, it's still something to pat yourselves on the back for.
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I would rank Bisu at #2 or #3 but other than that, its good =)
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Great PR this month imo.
You forgot to mention Snow though.. i think he should deserve a little credit :/
And I pray for your soul for the incoming hate. GG no re
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On February 01 2011 16:06 ZavikZyke wrote:
Great PR this imo.
You forgot to mention Snow though.. i think he should deserve a little credit :/
And I pray for your soul for the incoming hate. GG no re
HOLY CRAP HOW DID I FORGET SNOW
Editing this -__-
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Great rank. You've got the wrong Baby linked in CBNC, though.
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Bravely done! I think you've given reasonable and articulate explanations for every spot, considering how difficult it was this month to separate people.
The only one I disagree with is the placement of Fantasy, I think he should be below Bisu but your analogy has almost convinced me that you are right 
Incidentally Baby is TLPDised as the wrong Baby
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The top 5 definitely isn't in the order I'd put it. But it's still something I'm willing to accept; I'm just excited to see so many players stepping up to play absolutely beautiful Starcraft.
I think that people are- across the board- selling Jaedong short. I scanned through the PR idly while waiting for the new one. And seriously the number of times the PR writers and public consensus states that Jaedong's "edge" is gone is absolutely staggering. I think that based on the number of times people have said that Jaedong's "spark" is missing leads to one thing.
He's not going anywhere. This has happened before multiple times throughout the years, and he's always bounced back to set a new standard for himself. I can't wait to see it happen again.
Good PR, flamewheel  . Everything is edible, and more importantly it is all explained well. Already can't wait for the next one.
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On February 01 2011 16:14 RookM wrote:The top 5 definitely isn't in the order I'd put it. But it's still something I'm willing to accept; I'm just excited to see so many players stepping up to play absolutely beautiful Starcraft. I think that people are- across the board- selling Jaedong short. I scanned through the PR idly while waiting for the new one. And seriously the number of times the PR writers and public consensus states that Jaedong's "edge" is gone is absolutely staggering. I think that based on the number of times people have said that Jaedong's "spark" is missing leads to one thing. He's not going anywhere. This has happened before multiple times throughout the years, and he's always bounced back to set a new standard for himself. I can't wait to see it happen again. Good PR, flamewheel . Everything is edible, and more importantly it is all explained well. Already can't wait for the next one.
Thanks^^
I don't think Jaedong is going anywhere (I would certainly hope not since he's my favorite player) but I'm just trying to capture the moment, you know?
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Great PR! I had slightly different opinions on the top 5 but I fully agree with your reasoning.
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On February 01 2011 16:15 flamewheel wrote:
Thanks^^
I don't think Jaedong is going anywhere (I would certainly hope not since he's my favorite player) but I'm just trying to capture the moment, you know?
Absolutely. I'm willing to accept that Jaedong is not playing the best Starcraft of his life at the moment. And to me the series against Snow reaffirmed my hope that Jaedong would bounce back. Snow played superbly. But in the last game Jaedong just... refused to lose. I had counted him out when, within one minute (it seemed; time was at a standstill) he completely turned the game on its head through sheer force of will.
And everyone else is playing such amazing Starcraft. Jaedong is still getting the results, but his games aren't as pretty. At the moment I definitely see that perspective, even if it's not my personal one.
Can't wait for Hydra v Jaedong. 
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It saddens me to see two Terrans at the top. But any ordering of the top five could've held, depending on your fanboyism or how you value different characteristics...
Flash Pros: Top WL record, won head-to-head matches with Bisu and Stork, dominating previous year
Flash Cons: Worst league eliminations of TBLS (dropped out to scrubs + Kal), plays the most successful race
Flash Mitigators: Eliminations were a while ago, and close together in time; maybe a 'fluke'.
Bisu Pros: Top WL record, triple back-to-back all-kills, plays the least successful race
Bisu Cons: Early league elimination, lost most head-to-head matches
Bisu Mitigators: Eliminated at the hands of strong players
Fantasy Pros: Won the fucking OSL 3-0 against the best PvT'er of all time
Fantasy Cons: Comparatively weak Winner's League record, fucking terrible Bo5 against Calm, plays the most successful race
Fantasy Mitigators: Had to prep for his Starleague, didn't get to play much WL except against players that defeated Bisu.
Stork Pros: Top WL record, OSL silver + MSL seed, plays the least successful race, most longevity of any relevant modern player
Stork Cons: Lost 0-3 in two back-to-back Bo5s
Stork Mitigators: Had to play two back-to-back Bo5s against extremely good ZvP/TvP players who could dedicate their time primarily to those series; can also be argued as a fluke due to close proximity of losses and successful WL play following those losses.
Jaedong Pros: Good WL record, favored to win MSL, dominating previous year (I still blame T>>Z maps for Flash's crowning as official Bonjwa over Jaedong)
Jaedong Cons: Terrible loss to Violet, looking 'shaky' in ZvP, lost head-to-head matches
I would've favored Stork-->Jaedong-->Bisu-->Fantasy-->Flash because that's approximately my order of player preference, but... yeah.
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Meh, stats did a relieable amount of 2 kills but I guess it's not top 10 worthy.
Other than that I agree by the criteria you use (especially 1-5, 6-10 seems a bit more randomly placed)
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Meh that's ok for me. Though Flash records lack SL action, he IS the scarrier guy out there. Fanta should be above Stork because of the OSL. And Stork should be above JD and Bisu because of SL and better PL performance (yes he has less wins that Bisu, but he only lost once, while Bisu lost twice, hence putting Khan above SKT1 this round).
So yeah, pretty good.
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Hooray, new Power Ranking. And so timely, too.
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i would have never put flash rank#1, he's been doing good in PL, but that's it, he has nothing else to manage, on the other side even if stork badly finish is osl and msl he was very efficient in PL, Jaedong is probably gonna win an other MSL being something like 70% of his current level and he's still doing good in PL, his zvz is as the usual, indestructible. If you follow the performances of Jaedong's opponent, even if they are doing better this season, it's still not matching Jaedong.
#1 Jaedong
#2 Stork
#3 Fantasy
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On February 01 2011 16:00 lastmotion wrote:
its good =)
On February 01 2011 16:06 ZavikZyke wrote:
Great PR this month imo.
On February 01 2011 16:08 nodule wrote:
Great rank.
On February 01 2011 16:13 DropBear wrote:
Bravely done! I think you've given reasonable and articulate explanations for every spot, considering how difficult it was this month to separate people.
On February 01 2011 16:14 RookM wrote:Good PR, flamewheel . Everything is edible, and more importantly it is all explained well. Already can't wait for the next one.
On February 01 2011 16:20 writer22816 wrote:
Great PR! I had slightly different opinions on the top 5 but I fully agree with your reasoning.
What is this? Flamewheel, you had such an easy time this month, and this is what you came up with? It's all wrong, and I, for one, feel personally offended by it. How could you even think that putting him there was a good idea? The only reason he even won any games is because of map and racial imbalances. In fact, he didn't even win any games, it was more like his opponents lost them. Your bias is so transparent, what a joke. I bet the other fanboys will just eat it up.
These other wusses may not call you out on it, but I will see to it that you will rue this ranking, heretic. Mark my words.
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Amazing PR, It is exactly same as I would put it.
On February 01 2011 15:58 flamewheel wrote:
Please don't kill me ~_~
And who would do that? Not in TL surely...
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Look at Flash at #1 and VIOLET!!!
I can finally approve Flamewheel's PR.
Now I just need to read the whole thing and get pissed.
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I would have placed Jaedong higher, and Fantasy lower, cause seriously, the only thing he has done well was his serie against Stork (great play against a psychologically weakened Stork unable to adapt).
His play against Clam should score negative points, I still can't forgive him for that.
I'd have gone with Jaedong/Flash Stork Bisu Fanta I guess.
Can't really blame you though^^
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