EPTPower Rank
| Rank | Player | Prev | High | Description |
| 1. |  sAviOr (Z) (stats) |
0 | 1 | I know the 0-3 loss to Bisu looks bad—-and it was—-but if anyone can overcome the OGN Curse, it’s Savior. Given all that he’s achieved in recent memory, I’d be doing him and the PR an incredible disservice if I put him at anywhere but #1. |
| 2. |  Bisu (P) (stats) |
- | 1 | I’ll go ahead and say what everyone is thinking: Savior’s play was terrible. But that doesn’t change the fact that Bisu played really well, curb-stomping Savior 3-0 in a final, of all places. The 3-0 over Ra was a slightly different story. Bisu won the build order battle twice and outplayed Ra once. It’s not particularly compelling to watch, but it sure does look good. Still, results are results, and Bisu has proven that he can hang with the very best players in the world. |
| 3. |  Iris[gm] (T) (stats) |
- | 2 | Ironically, it took a loss to get Iris into the PR. Before, he was always the standard, go-to Terran who would win when he was supposed to win and lose when he was supposed to lose. There were never any surprises with Iris, except how surprisingly bad his TvZ was. But when the stakes were at their highest, Iris showed everyone just how skilled he can be. Unlike the man below him, Iris brought his very best to the final game of his series against Savior; the only choking that occurred was me on my own tongue. Iris’ 3-0 drubbing of Casy was just a bit of icing on an already-sweet cake. |
| 4. |  Midas (T) (stats) |
-2 | 2 | Midas was a bit of a problem child for me this month, but I’m satisfied with his position. As a member of SKT1, he’s disallowed from participating in more than one individual league, which means his results lately have been non-existent. So there’s nothing to prove that he belongs up here, but there’s nothing to disprove it, either. Being dumb and being without skill are different things: it was dumb to choose Savior twice, but it was skilled to go 2-2, overall, against him. I’m giving Midas the benefit of the doubt this month. |
| 5. |  Nada (T) (stats) |
+4 | 2 | Like I’ve said in the past, I’ll only argue with results for so long, and Nada has been getting results. But I still stand by my refrain from last month: Nada isn’t playing as well as he was when he won the 2006 ShinHan 2 OSL. The 3-1 dismantling that Savior handed him on a set of really good TvZ maps went a long way towards proving that, but winning and being the runner-up in consecutive OSLs is an impressive achievement, definitely worthy of a high slot in the PR. |
| 6. |  Much[gm] (P) (stats) |
-2 | 4 | It’s a shame that ShinHan is doing their Masters Tournament; I’d really like to see more of Much, who’s shown, despite his, well, interesting play, that he is capable of consistent—-and positive-—results. It took Savior to remove him from the OSL, and he just made the MSL—-again—-with an easy win over Nal_Keke. |
| 7. |  Nal_rA (P) (stats) |
-2 | 5 | As I said above, the 0-3 loss to Bisu looked bad, but it really wasn’t quite the beating that it appeared to be. Beyond that, I’m confident that Ra would have demolished Hwasin in a third place match, had there been one. |
| 8. |  Casy (T) (stats) |
-5 | 3 | Casy’s always been known for his weak TvP, but if he can’t win a TvT, either, he’s just another Hwasin. Going 2-3 and 0-3 against Nada and Iris, respectively, was a huge problem for me. |
| 9. |  Hwasin (T) (stats) |
-3 | 2 | Hwasin is here for the same reason as last month: he made it relatively far into both Starleagues. Managing to take Savior to a fifth game was nice, too, but their game on Desert Fox was a pretty clear display of the disparity in skill between the two. |
| 10. |  Light[aLive] (T) (stats) |
-2 | 2 | Honestly, I’d rather not have Light in the PR—-I’d prefer Yarnc in his place-—but the maps in both Starleagues are so terrible for ZvT that Zergs just aren’t able to post solid results. Anyway, despite his semi-disappointing Starleague performances last season, Light just cruised back into the MSL, though he’s going to miss the OSL Masters Tournament. Unless something has changed, Light is still a force to be reckoned with in everything but TvT. |
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bisu earned 1 bisu has a higher win % than savior now  i like the list - Edit | ||
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On March 03 2007 20:11 Pressure wrote: amen new power rank! bisu earned 1 bisu has a higher win % than savior now i like the list - Edit nawwwww. nice rankings i liked the other savior pic better tho | ||
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On March 03 2007 20:11 Pressure wrote: amen new power rank! bisu earned 1 bisu has a higher win % than savior now i like the list - Edit He had higher win % before finals too. 70% vs 69.9% [serious!] Those rankings look about right. I'd put NaDa above Midas and Iris, and rA and Casy lower than Hwasin, but whatever. These are my favorite so far I suppose. sAviOr needs to get off top 1 spot tho :D | ||
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Anyone who says Bisu deserves the #1 spot is dead wrong. He raped sAviOr, sure, but it was only one bo5. sAviOr still won the OSL and came second in the MSL, defeating thousands to Terrans on the way. | ||
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muramasa
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On March 03 2007 20:30 Last Romantic wrote: This means nothing. NaDa had a better win percentage than sAviOr too. The sample sizes aren't even close, sAviOr has played like 4x more games than either of them.He had higher win % before finals too. 70% vs 69.9% [serious!] | ||
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On March 03 2007 20:46 muramasa wrote: This means nothing. NaDa had a better win percentage than sAviOr too. The sample sizes aren't even close, sAviOr has played like 4x more games than either of them. NaDa's played several dozen times as many games as sAviOr, I don't know where you're getting that. My statement wasn't serious though. Even if it was a several thousand sample size, .1% wouldn't mean anything in SC. | ||
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On March 03 2007 20:53 oneofthem wrote: if savior and bisu play 100 games, who would win more? qThe winner! :D But seriously, I don't know. | ||
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On March 03 2007 20:48 Last Romantic wrote: NaDa's played several dozen times as many games as sAviOr, I don't know where you're getting that. My statement wasn't serious though. Even if it was a several thousand sample size, .1% wouldn't mean anything in SC. The stats that they used during the OSL for NaDa were presumably only from after he re-emerged from his epic slump, because the total number of games was lower than sAviOr's. I apologize for misinterpreting you. | ||
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