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Jaedong
(Z) (stats) |
+3 |
1 |
The only thing keeping Jaedong down these last few months was his hapless ZvP. He's unquestionably the strongest ZvZ and ZvT player around, and during games 3 and 4 of his OSL final victory over Stork, he looked damn good at ZvP too. Jaedong has fewer medals, but right now he's playing a more complete game than Bisu. Jaedong is the best goddamned player in the world. |
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Bisu
(P) (stats) |
-1 |
1 |
Bisu lost to Stork in the OSL Semifinal, but the two of them are still neck-and-neck in the race for the Best Protoss crown. Bisu may have lost to Stork, but the list of players that dominate Bisu is very short. He still seems incapable of losing to Zerg, and with his MSL group containing nothing but, he's in good position. Bisu's high finishes in both OSL and MSL trump Stork this month, because Bisu is still just playing better. |
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Stork[gm]
(P) (stats) |
0 |
1 |
Oh, Stork. Stork is STILL completely useless against Zerg. His performance against Jaedong was abysmal; he wasn't even in control of the single game he won. To top that off, Stork didn't make MSL. He got stomped by Ruby and Luxury. Is that any way to finish the month? A terrible performance on the biggest stage, and then losses to second-rate chumps in Survivor? Stork's opportunity to prove himself a champion and not just a grinning nerd is slowly slipping through his fingers. |
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Inter.Mind
(T) (stats) |
+1 |
3 |
Mind hasn't had a busy month. He's played nothing but ProLeague, and has won more than he's lost. Mind's real test will be his performance in the new MSL, but for now I can't credit or discredit him with anything I didn't already know, so he'll stay put this month. Mind's games are still very entertaining, and he still seems always on the verge of getting his face stomped in before he wins. He reminds me a lot of Iris, and if he can borrow some of Iris' execution finesse he'll be a major Terran force. |
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Much[gm]
(P) (stats) |
+5 |
4 |
Maybe his wins aren't the prettiest, and maybe he doesn't have the greatest win:loss ratio, but Much is on fire. He played 18 games in December. He won OSC through a difficult bracket, with a 3-2 win over Sea to cap it off. He might be 10-8 for the month, but numbers lie. Much is getting the job done, and is looking like a strong contendor wherever he plays right now. |
| 6. |
Sea[Shield]
(T) (stats) |
+3 |
1 |
Sea is on fire too. Like Much, he played 18 games in December. Sea went 12-6, with half of his losses coming from his 2-3 loss to Much. On his way to the OSC final he even wrecked poor UpMagic in a strong display of dropship chess and veteran patience. Sea is in MSL and has favorable matchups in his ODT group. Sea deserves this spot for his great play this month, but a strong performance in at least one of the major tournaments will be needed to maintain position. |
| 7. |
sAviOr
(Z) (stats) |
-5 |
1 |
Savior is standing on his last legs in this Power Rank. He only had 3 games in December, so I'm wary of moving him any further. He's a seed in MSL and if he can conquer his difficult ODT group, he'll look a lot stronger in my eyes. Right now, Savior is definitely slipping. What I can't tell right now is how far, and whether its permanent. Savior is hard to put my finger on, and hopefully the coming month will give us some definitive answers about the future of Ma Jae Yoon. |
| 8. |
Flash
(T) (stats) |
- |
1 |
I don't like him, you don't like him... Maybe some of you like him, I dunno. That doesn't matter. What matters is that Flash is playing really, really good. Straight wins, too. No cheese from the kid in quite a while. Flash cruised easily into both leagues this season, so we'll see what he can do. Gotta give credit where it's due, even if Flash does look vaguely like a confused fish. |
| 9. |
Light[aLive]
(T) (stats) |
-1 |
2 |
Light is still looking pretty good. His loss to Jaedong in OSL is the only game in recent memory where he looked completely outclassed. he's only 2-2 in December, but the games were decent. He's in MSL and ODT, so he has ample chances to prove himself. He's already one of the strongest Terrans around, but he'll need some results to back that up pretty quick. |
| 10. |
Xellos
(T) (stats) |
- |
10 |
Hello, old friend! Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Seo Ji Hoon. Motherfucking XELLOS. Xellos is in both leagues with a Semifinal MSL appearance and a quick 2-0 of his ODT group. Xellos is starting to look fucking good again and it gives me warm, happy feelings down in my gut. And a little farther down, if you know what I mean. We can only hope this isn't yet another flash-in-the-pan veteran resurgence, like the ones poor rA has been pulling out lately. If Xellos is getting his game back, the whole world is in trouble. |
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Valhalla18444 Posts
Close but No Cigar:
HWASIN: WAY TO SUCK
UpMagic: UpMagic has done well, but within a 2 week span he played Jaedong, Bisu, and Sea. He got mangled by all three and bounced out of Power Rank. Looks like he kind of did revert back to ol' unreliable UpMagic, but we'll see if he can do it again and with more consistancy in the future.
Anytime: Good job, beat someone other than a nobody once in a while though.
Yarnc/Luxury: Still waiting for these guys to.. you know... DO something. They don't win often enough to place without some OSL/MSL results.
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I think you should have waited until the Bisu-Jaedong game.
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Valhalla18444 Posts
Really? I should have waited until the month was a third over before releasing the Power Rank? Are you fucking nuts?
Furthermore, the ranking doesn't change, regardless of what happens between Jaedong and Bisu. Jaedong losing to Bisu isn't something anyone should be surprised by, and considering EVERY zerg loses to Bisu, its not something that would put Bisu above Jaedong in the Power Rank. Not when Jaedong is as dominant against Zerg as Bisu is, and much better against Terran. On the other hand, if Jaedong wins, he's already got the top spot.
So no, I shouldn't have waited until after January 8th to post the Power Rank.
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3 Lions
United States3705 Posts
if nada wins his group for ODT and MSL, he should be in top 10 for feb
but gj jaedong!! (plz pwn bisu)
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I like this power rank, I think its a pretty strong resemblance of how things are going this m onth. Thanks FS
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WOOT JAEDONG NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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+ Show Spoiler +Flash did cheese today 
Great power rank, the only thing i would like to change is xellos over flash and light. I also feel that FBH is getting better (even though people hate him).
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On January 03 2008 06:23 3 Lions wrote:
if nada wins his group for ODT and MSL, he should be in top 10 for feb
Surely it takes more than that to qualify for Power Rank? Nostalgia aside, Nada hasn't exactly been a win factory lately, or even a source of impressive play.
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United States1655 Posts
Nice! Jaedong and Bisu's spots are debatable, but I like it the way it is. 
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hmmm I have to disagree with Bisu at no. 2
Yes, he has posted results lately by placing 3rd in the OSL and 2nd in the MSL. No other player made the semis of either of those, and only savior made the Ro8 of both. However, judging by play during this month alone, Bisu looked completely outclassed by Stork and very sloppy over Up (except for game 1, I feel that Up played that series very poorly), and it leads me to believe that Bisu can't beat anybody but zergs in his current form (excluding the "nobodies" that Anytime beats consistently). He has to be able to play more matchups than just PvZ, and unfortunately, he stacked his MSL group to hide any weakness he has in other matchups (and I hope he gets raped by Jaedong and July for it too)
Other than that I'd put Anytime instead of Xellos as #10, but I don't feel terribly strong about that.
Everything else looks good (especially Jaedong at #1)
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On January 03 2008 06:31 IntoTheWow wrote:Flash... + Show Spoiler +5 raxed UpMagic yesterday. I hope he dies.
+ Show Spoiler +yeah, flash really luck'd his way into the OSL this morning, even though he probably would have made it anyway
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Valhalla18444 Posts
On January 03 2008 06:35 Sunyveil wrote:
hmmm I have to disagree with Bisu at no. 2
Yes, he has posted results lately by placing 3rd in the OSL and 2nd in the MSL. No other player made the semis of either of those, and only savior made the Ro8 of both. However, judging by play during this month alone, Bisu looked completely outclassed by Stork and very sloppy over Up (except for game 1, I feel that Up played that series very poorly), and it leads me to believe that Bisu can't beat anybody but zergs in his current form (excluding the "nobodies" that Anytime beats consistently). He has to be able to play more matchups than just PvZ, and unfortunately, he stacked his MSL group to hide any weakness he has in other matchups (and I hope he gets raped by Jaedong and July for it too)
Other than that I'd put Anytime instead of Xellos as #10, but I don't feel terribly strong about that.
Everything else looks good (especially Jaedong at #1)
The thing to consider is that Bisu is more likely to repeat his strong performance in both leagues than anyone else. With the way Bisu plays we sort of have to wait for something to happen before he gets moved. Stork, on the other hand, is just useless PvZ, and didn't make MSL. If he'd made MSL and the series against Jaedong was a little less of a blowout, Bisu wouldn't be #2. He's fortunate Stork played like ass in the last half of december.
edit: as for Xellos and Anytime, look at Anytime's games list. Every strong opponent he's faced has handed him a loss. And hell, Xellos ran Anytime the fuck over in their OSC group stage game 
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On January 03 2008 06:31 IntoTheWow wrote:Flash... + Show Spoiler +5 raxed UpMagic yesterday. I hope he dies.
Oh, right. I was watching his December games earlier and I didn't watch his ODT group. He 2-0'd it though, and I'd bet he could do that playing any which way.
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On January 03 2008 06:39 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:Show nested quote +On January 03 2008 06:35 Sunyveil wrote:
hmmm I have to disagree with Bisu at no. 2
Yes, he has posted results lately by placing 3rd in the OSL and 2nd in the MSL. No other player made the semis of either of those, and only savior made the Ro8 of both. However, judging by play during this month alone, Bisu looked completely outclassed by Stork and very sloppy over Up (except for game 1, I feel that Up played that series very poorly), and it leads me to believe that Bisu can't beat anybody but zergs in his current form (excluding the "nobodies" that Anytime beats consistently). He has to be able to play more matchups than just PvZ, and unfortunately, he stacked his MSL group to hide any weakness he has in other matchups (and I hope he gets raped by Jaedong and July for it too)
Other than that I'd put Anytime instead of Xellos as #10, but I don't feel terribly strong about that.
Everything else looks good (especially Jaedong at #1) The thing to consider is that Bisu is more likely to repeat his strong performance in both leagues than anyone else. With the way Bisu plays we sort of have to wait for something to happen before he gets moved. Stork, on the other hand, is just useless PvZ, and didn't make MSL. If he'd made MSL and the series against Jaedong was a little less of a blowout, Bisu wouldn't be #2. He's fortunate Stork played like ass in the last half of december.
ah so I think what you're saying is that it's more of a comparative thing than an absolute thing, and that nobody else is "better" let alone "good enough"
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+ Show Spoiler +
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3 Lions
United States3705 Posts
On January 03 2008 06:33 Waves wrote:Show nested quote +On January 03 2008 06:23 3 Lions wrote:
if nada wins his group for ODT and MSL, he should be in top 10 for feb Surely it takes more than that to qualify for Power Rank? Nostalgia aside, Nada hasn't exactly been a win factory lately, or even a source of impressive play.
But, nada's group for ODT is a group of death, he will face yarnc and probably savior too
if he wins both games, then he has just beat the #7 and some other guy in the top 15
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On January 03 2008 06:41 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:Oh, right. I was watching his December games earlier and I didn't watch his ODT group. He 2-0'd it though, and I'd bet he could do that playing any which way.
+ Show Spoiler +Well, the first game luxury fucking 4 pooled him and lux played the other game like shit too. But won vs Shudder is what it seems it could be the worst game of 2008 already. Getting past his ODT group is not an accomplishment when shitty players and cheeses the only real contender, UpMagic.
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On January 03 2008 06:19 triangle wrote:
I think you should have waited until the Bisu-Jaedong game.
He's right because, in December at least, Jaedong did a lot better than Bisu. I can't wait until they play though, except I'm kind of disappointed the game is happening on Blue Storm.
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wooooo
jaedong for president
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