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Bisu
(P) (stats) |
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Bisu’s recent Proleague results have been abysmal, especially for a player of his caliber. But then there are his Starleague results, which have been impressive. Until Bisu starts looking like a player who doesn’t have the potential to win both Starleagues, I have no choice but to keep him in the top slot. |
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sAviOr
(Z) (stats) |
+1 |
1 |
If Savior’s “slump” ever really existed, it’s over now. Savior looks like he could cruise through the MSL Ro16 and is 2-0 in the OSL. Like Bisu, a few losses in the Proleague aren’t enough to keep me from calling these two anything but the best. |
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Stork[gm]
(P) (stats) |
+1 |
1 |
Stork’s streak of domination just keeps going. He’s 18-5 since April. My only concern with Stork is his PvZ. Like Reach, it’s just never been his strongest matchup, and Stork is stuck facing, of all Zerg players, Savior in the MSL Ro16—and he’s currently down 0-1 in their Bo3. Luckily for Stork, the only thing keeping him from advancing from his OSL group—or being in a good position to advance, anyway—is a game against Casy, whose career record of 13-25 TvP is enough to make Boxer look like an ace in the matchup. |
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Hwasin
(T) (stats) |
+4 |
2 |
Manifesto7 put it best when he said, “Hwasin basically shit all over your last ranking.” And it’s true. Hwasin is 16-3 since April, and even worse, he’s managed to beat several Protoss players. I’ve been studying his games in an effort to figure out how he is posting such amazing statistics, and I’ve come to a startling conclusion: he’s really playing well. |
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Iloveoov
(T) (stats) |
0 |
5 |
Oov is still looking good. Though he’s lost a few tough games as of late, none of them—at least not yet—have kept him from advancing in the OSL and MSL. He’s currently 1-0 against Firebathero in the MSL Ro16, and he will advance to the OSL Ro8 if he manages to beat Flash. To top that off, oov is 3-1 in the Proleague. |
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Nal_rA
(P) (stats) |
+1 |
5 |
Ra was an easy pick this month. Even though he missed out on the OSL, he advanced to the Ro16 in the MSL and is 8-3 in the Proleague. |
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Sea[Shield]
(T) (stats) |
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1 |
Since we’re already talking about people who are 8-3 in the Proleague, it makes sense to discuss Sea. Beyond his Proleague results, however, Sea’s MSL performance has been impressive, and his loss to GoRush on the three-geyser, ZvT paradise that is Loki doesn’t change that; he is still the favorite to win that Bo3. As I noted last month, the only reason Sea missed the OSL was because of Reach pulling his now-typical heroics. |
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JulyZerg
(Z) (stats) |
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4 |
July’s recent play has been reminiscent of the July that we all remember, that hyper-aggressive, ultra-entertaining, chubby-cheeked little man. He hasn’t lost a game since his defeat in the ODT, and I have high hopes that his recent move to SKT1 will reinvigorate him even further. |
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GGPlay
(Z) (stats) |
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3 |
GGPlay’s record as of late has been scattered—he’s only 10-8 since April—but his play in general has just looked good; it usually does. Add that to his 2-0 record in the OSL, and I’m willing to award him the #9 slot despite my reservations regarding his consistency. |
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Reach
(P) (stats) |
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10 |
I love Reach. I love him. But I didn’t want to put him in the Power Rank—not this month. Reach has looked untouchable in his PvTs as of late, but his other matchups have looked very… uh… touchable. He’s lost to Jy, Soo, and Nal_Rock in recent memory, which is enough to warrant severe reservations regarding his placement. But looking at the other candidates for this slot—and really, this applies to all of the bottom slots—there’s just not anyone who deserves it more. |
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Close, but no cigar…
GoRush – If I had 11 slots to fill, you’d be #11. Your record as of late is impressive, but you’ve accomplished it chiefly against scrubs—Hoony, Sea.Pure, Shark, Shine, and Savior’s Terran. Your only “real” wins have been against Sea in the ODT—and he went on to win that series 2-1—and Up, who’s known for his inconsistent play. Even up 1-0 against Sea in the MSL, I just don’t think you’re going to pull out the win.
Light – You just can’t seem to get over that great player “hump.” You always look good—so, so good. Then you run into a top player and get crushed. Don’t turn into another Midas, Light. No one wants that.
Firebathero – You’ve got to win something other than TvTs—and it looks like oov is even going to beat you at that—to make it onto the Power Rank.
Flash – I wouldn’t be surprised to see you advance to the OSL Ro8—well, ok, I would be a little surprised—but I’m not willing to take a chance on you after seeing how you reacted to Savior’s zerglings.
Up – It’s really a shame that you ended up in Group D in the OSL. You’d be an easy pick to advance from Group C, but it looks as if you’re going to have a tough time making it to the Ro8.
Nada – I was being a bit facetious last month when I called Midas terrible, but you really are.
Much – You’ve been an all-star in the Proleague for CJ, but I can’t keep making excuses for why you’re not in the OSL or MSL. You had tough groups, but it’s the top players who overcome those groups.
Bifrost – I only put your name here so that I could laugh about how you crumpled like a cheap piñata when faced with the big stick that is a lineup of Starleague-caliber players.
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o.O Long live BOXER you'll always be on top of this list , t(-.-;;t) to the editor , LAWL :D
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I almost totally agree with this Power Rank. Good job! 
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
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awesome seeing reach up there. I really like this months power ranking. I think I would put July over Sea but other than that looks great.
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Germany / USA16648 Posts
Gorush deserves #10 more than Reach.
Reach only wins PvT
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aww.. Nal_rA lost against July.
oh well. reach is finally on these ranks~!
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Hwasin really starts to impress me.
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daamn first no-nada for many many months
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Always a good read, good stuff
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As much as I love July I dont think he deserves a spot. Well actually same thing for GGPlay and Reach, but there arent really any other worthy ones. Im assuming GGPlays recent matches against Nada, Casy, and Stork had some influence here 
Except Flash. Hes won more PL matches and allthough those players were far from special his record is pretty good now. Using a loss against Mr.Savior isnt a good enough reason as the game was way too short to determine his TvZ skills imo.
I've touted Light as Neo-Midas ever since his breakthrough. Same awesome mechanics and solid TvP, pretty good TvZ, and a unstable TvT. Seems to have the same Midas-issues with big-matches too.
Sucks that Hwasin has been impressing me more than anyone on the list, but obviously deserves max top3 on the rank. If he only didnt have that annoying look.
Overall a nice ranking, the last three spots are pretty random and noone sticks out enough to deserve them(except Flash imo).
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I think JulyZerg might be able to gain a momentum out of his recent commitment with SKT1 – he seems to be very comfortable since his demands have been fulfilled. So I would favor July over Kang Min in their next challenge, and I predict July to pass him in the next PR.
Great feature!
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Germany / USA16648 Posts
On June 02 2007 14:36 DJEtterStyle wrote:
Bifrost – I only put your name here so that I could laugh about how you crumpled like a cheap piñata when faced with the big stick that is a lineup of Starleague-caliber players. best
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
P Z P T T P T Z Z P
pretty fucking ideal race distribution =D
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I think that by the end of next week, this power rank will look very wrong.
But at the moment, it's pretty accurate imo.
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Hwasin is overrated >_>... Id put oov nal_ra and july as 4-5-6 and sea and hwasin following... I still havnt seen Hwasin beat any GOOD players... (you cant count a win against nada, since as you just said yourself... nada is playing TERRIBLE now..)
I also think that savior probably is the best player right now, with probably only bisu being able to stop him.. which would make bisu the better player, but I think a good terran like Oov might be able to stop him from stopping savior
<3 to see July back in his old shape.
Also <3 Reach! Hope he keeps his starleague play up...
Overall pretty nice ranking, probably the best one so far!
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