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Flash
(T) (stats) |
0 |
1 |
Two players--the best PvTer and the second-best ZvTer--in two months have beaten Flash. Stork won his game with quite the innovative attack, and ZerO triumphed over mech with queens. Other than that, eighteen other players have tried and failed to bring down Flash. Fantasy had a chance, Bisu came close, Mind came closer, but other than that, Winners League is Flash's domain. With the exception of Flash vs Leta, which I daresay is one of the worst professional TvTs I've ever seen, I can't say I've seen any "bad" games from Flash. Combining lethal cheeses with his trademark polished mechanics, Flash is the pinnacle of Starcraft. |
| 2. |
Hydra
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+4 |
2 |
Who saw this coming? Seriously. Who thought that this new season would showcase the outbreak of yet another amazing Zerg from CJHite? Hydra has literally gone from zero to hero in these three months, and the only reason he's not #1 on this Power Rank is those three random losses to Killer, Action, and Sea right after taking the MSL gold. Of course, I don't fault him for that--Champion's curse, you know? Move over JvZ, HvZ (27-13) is currently the new vogue--if you've been living under a rock for the last few weeks, go watch the series against Jaedong. While his zerglings may not be as effective, Hydra's muta/scourge control is absolutely ridiculous. Furthermore, Hydra's vP is also quite the force to be reckoned with as well (13-3 this season), as evidenced by his win over Bisu (who's only lost to three Zerg players this season so far). Has Hydra figured out what it takes to beat the seemingly unstoppable zealot attacks coming from Protoss players as of late?
Though I'm giving him the praise he deserves, in no way is Hydra "perfect" yet. While his ZvZ and ZvP skills have increased by quite a bit, his ZvT is as of yet still pretty untested, though I'm sure he'll have the chance to prove himself in the upcoming months.
sAviOr, EffOrt, and now Hydra--the CJ Zerg line continues. While EffOrt was never really able to step out from under Jaedong's shadow, Hydra is looking like he's ready to be the next Zerg to sit atop the throne of the swarm. |
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Bisu
(P) (stats) |
+1 |
1 |
Bisu and Jaedong are similar in the sense that both are having trouble against top-tier players (Jaedong a bit more than Bisu). And for that reason (and one more that I'll talk about a bit below), I'm hesitant to call Bisu truly S-class right now. On paper, he's got everything he needs--"BvZ" is perhaps one of the strongest forces to be reckoned with, his PvT is looking solid (there still seems to be something lacking from his games, but one can't argue with results), and his eight losses in PvP have come exclusively from Kal and Stork. However, Bisu is like an unmade cake. He's got all the necessary ingredients, it's just that they aren't mixed together and baked to perfection. And the frosting is missing--let's be honest here, when's the last time you've looked at an individual league and gone "wow, Bisu is dominating"?
What with this month having the New Year break and February already being the shortest of months, there's not a lot of data to go off of for most players--not Bisu, who's 10-4 in the month of February. While he's definitely looking strong, there's still a gap between "remarkably solid" and "wow I'm blinded by amazement" that Bisu needs to bridge. If he can keep his current form, I'm sure he'll do better in individual leagues this spring, but, as always, that's up in the air.
Perhaps, soon, the cake will not be a lie. |
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Stork[gm]
(P) (stats) |
-1 |
1 |
Stork - In my mind, the top ten for this month are all pretty clear, so in that respect it's a lot easier for me to write February's PR than to scribble stuff down for that accursed January edition. However, this month features a distinct difference in caliber--it was hard to rank players last month because everybody was doing so well. Now, for February it seems that outside of the top three, most others (remaining on the PR) are just playing not as well compared to how they were last month.
Choosing between Stork and Fantasy would have been tough if I were writing this PR yesterday, but luckily Fantasy's trademark "what are you doing Fantasy" loss to Reality in the KHAN vs SKT match yesterday was enough to push Stork past him. And it's not like Stork is doing that well either--he's 4-3 for the month of February. However, let's look past that number: Stork had few chances to pad his win count this month, since the KHAN rookies have really stepped up. Stork's been playing mop-up recently, and he's still doing a pretty good job with it. His wins have been pretty good, and his losses not too implausible (stop playing so greedily versus Terran?), but simply due to the lack of sample size it's very hard to justify placing Stork over Bisu this month. |
| 5. |
Fantasy
(T) (stats) |
-3 |
1 |
There are three players in the proscene that make me instinctively want to "lol what's going to happen now", and Fantasy is one of them. Fantasy on his game is scary as hell, and Fantasy off his game is a facepalm waiting to happen. February is yet another great month for exhibiting that. Fantasy's 6-3 looks pretty respectable, especially with the AK against FOX, but if you've watched the games where he's played against Horang2, Calm, and Reality, if you're anything like me you find yourself going "what're you smoking, Jung Laden?" Out of all the progamers, I do believe Fantasy is the best example of one who can simultaneously makes wins look ridiculously convincing and losses look ridiculously silly. Mind comes close, but Fantasy is definitely the king of this.
Still, his standard play is looking quite solid right now. While I enjoy his random antics from time to time (man that playoff game against by.hero last season...), I kind of wish he would stick to strengthening his standard play, since I think that would bring him to a whole new level. |
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HiyA[fOu]
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6 |
I dislike writing this, so I'm going to keep it short. As far as HiyA goes, I have just one short statement. One: there's no bigger troll in the proscene right now. Seriously? I'm happy for you and your 10-4 this month, HiyA, but why couldn't you have done this during the first two rounds where it actually mattered more? Make no mistake, HiyA's looking remarkably good this WL, and in terms of winrate he's holding the position of "OZ's best player". What?
This might just be a fluke. For the sake of ESPORTS (And OZ's chances at playoffs) I hope it's not. The remainder of Winners League and the next round of OSL/MSL will shed some light upon the conundrum that is Koosh. |
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Jaedong
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-2 |
1 |
This is the first month in who knows how long that Jaedong has not occupied a spot in the top five, and this is the firstsecond (thanks Cpadolf) time in history that another OZ player has ranked above Jaedong in the Power Rank. Yep, I'm so for these historical moments, but as a Jaedong fan, this isn't one of those happy ones. You know, this is also one of those months that I'll remember as one of those "Jaedong loses more than often" months. For the Tyrant, 6-6 is definitely not impressive, especially considering who he went up against. In February, considering his series against Hydra as a net loss, the best player Jaedong's beaten has been Sea. Mortality says it best--Jaedong is not playing like the S-class beast we know and love right now. Instead, he's being an S-class indicator--once again in February, Jaedong has failed to win against any other strong player. I mean, Light and Bisu just rolled him hard and Jaedong very nearly lost to Snow again. Last month I might have been being a bit sensationalist, but you can't argue that something is amiss with Jaedong. I'm just hoping that he's able to pick up the pieces he's dropped in the next few months. |
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by.great
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8 |
Being an MSL finalist counts for something, and great gets his PR spot from that (it's definitely not from his shoddy WL record). But let's be honest here--despite making it to the finals, he had a decently easy road. Action's ZvZ is all sorts of mlah. Yes, taking Kal out in PvZ means something, but not that much considering the state that Kal's been in for the past two months now. And while we all fawn over hive tech, it doesn't make his ZvZ great (oh so punny). While great's ZvZ is oh-so-fun to watch, it's still not entirely awesome until he stitches it all together. That first game against Hydra in the finals was epic, but it was more due to Hydra's shortcomings (which he fixed in the second game). Once great patches up hivetech ZvZ (and cuts out the antics like mass burrowed zergling), then we'll take a better look at him. |
| 9. |
Ever)Z(Killer
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9 |
And now we get down to the two ranks that are hard to fill. I don't know about you, but I think Killer's been playing really darn well. His list for February is pretty impressive, considering he's only lost to Sea and Bisu (both those games were silly, yes). But you know what really is the kicker? His last game against Sea wins him this spot from me. That death stare? The defiler control? Wee Jaedong? |
| 10. |
Snow
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-2 |
5 |
Went back and rewatched some Snow games. Kid's looking strong. Though it wasn't in February, Snow notched a strong 3-kill against Stars and nearly managed to knock down Jaedong again this month. Still, small sample size makes it hard to determine how he's actually doing, but the games that he has played promise us much much more for the month to come. |
| moopie March 01 2011 08:50. Posts 12498 | Profile # |
| Hrmmm... Killer twice. :/ |
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 flamewheel HANG KANG. March 01 2011 08:51. Posts 21486 | Profile Blog # | |
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| flamewheel HANG KANG. March 01 2011 08:51. Posts 21486 | Profile Blog # | |
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| moopie March 01 2011 08:52. Posts 12498 | Profile # |
On March 01 2011 08:51 flamewheel wrote:
wtf moopie
This is the first month in who knows how long that Jaedong has not occupied a spot in the top ten
But he is occupying a spot in the top ten :/Last edit: 2011-03-01 08:55:40 |
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| zer0das United States. March 01 2011 09:00. Posts 3864 | Profile Blog # |
"This is the first month in who knows how long that Jaedong has not occupied a spot in the top ten, "
I'm guessing you meant top 5. |
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| Ideas United States. March 01 2011 09:01. Posts 7428 | Profile Blog # |
On March 01 2011 08:52 moopie wrote:
Show nested quote +This is the first month in who knows how long that Jaedong has not occupied a spot in the top ten
But he is occupying a spot in the top ten :/
i think he meant top 5? |
| | BW is the only esport. gogo STX/Bogus/Calm/Jaedong/Kal/MINI |  |
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| neobowman Canada. March 01 2011 09:09. Posts 2862 | Profile Blog # |
NOOO, JAEDONG!
Well, I fully expect him to rebound next month in Tyrant fashion. |
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| hacklebeast United States. March 01 2011 09:10. Posts 4632 | Profile Blog # |
Completely aside from the rankings; the writing quality has improved a lot. I enjoyed reading this one immensely. Very nice job on that front!
As for the rankings, can't disagree to much. But 3 Oz players jut feels weird.... |
| | Protoss: Best, Paralyze, Jangbi, Nal_Ra || Terran: Oov, Boxer, Fantasy, Hiya|| Zerg: Yellow, Zero |  |
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| agarangu Chile. March 01 2011 09:10. Posts 273 | Profile Blog # |
OMG Mortality! Yay! You totally deserve it.
Great PR, I like it. I agree. |
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| ReketSomething United States. March 01 2011 09:28. Posts 4012 | Profile Blog # |
Woa! Mortality and yet finished right on time :O
On a whole the power rank looks really nice and all but after a while...
3/9 is in OZ when its winners league O_O weird stuff
always love reading your PR flamewheel! 
On March 01 2011 08:52 moopie wrote:
Show nested quote +This is the first month in who knows how long that Jaedong has not occupied a spot in the top ten
But he is occupying a spot in the top ten :/
stop haxing moopie :O |
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| Cpadolf Sweden. March 01 2011 09:30. Posts 1199 | Profile # |
| forGG was ranked above JD once when he was still on OZ, so it's actually the second time he's not first. |
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 ]343[ United States. March 01 2011 09:32. Posts 8153 | Profile Blog # |
LOL mortality
tricky tricky |
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| Malinor Germany. March 01 2011 09:36. Posts 4171 | Profile # |
Good PR all around, and much more confident writing than last month. I like this. Maybe you have a little bit of an Oz-bias this time, but after these guys have failed Oz so hard for nearly 1 1/2 years, their performance in the abscence of a dominating Jaedong is really worth mentioning.
I never like the #10 shenanigans though, although Mortality surely is a great contributor to the PR. |
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| Phradamon Romania. March 01 2011 09:38. Posts 190 | Profile # | |
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| Zaxro United States. March 01 2011 09:39. Posts 261 | Profile # |
I looked through the old power ranks and I think the last time JD was not in the top 5 on the PR (what I am assuming Flamewheel meant when he said top 10) was back in December of 2008. I think that was when he lost to free in the quarterfinals of the MSL and did poorly in the OSL. I'm a JD fan but the absolute highest I would place him would be #6 (I think he is a better player than Hiya, but Hiya is "hotter" this month so him being above JD is reasonable).
Personally I would have put Hydra at #1 but FLash has been doing so well in WL (and he is well, Flash) that it's certainly justifiable (and probably the better pick, but I still would have put Hydra). Overall the rank is very good, I would rank it a bit differently but it is justified very well (also Mortality is awesome, but I think Action really deserved #10). Thanks flamewheel. |
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| moopie March 01 2011 09:43. Posts 12498 | Profile # |
On March 01 2011 09:39 Zaxro wrote:
I'm a JD fan but the absolute highest I would place him would be #6 (I think he is a better player than Hiya, but Hiya is "hotter" this month so him being above JD is reasonable).
I don't think anybody is implying HiyA is an overall better player than JD, but he still went 10-4 in SWL last month whereas and JD went 4-3. In fact, if it wasn't for JD having "JD status", he wouldn't be on the list at all with a score like that this month since so many other players have had a better month. I do think HiyA over JD is the right call now.
Last edit: 2011-03-01 09:53:17 |
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| flamewheel HANG KANG. March 01 2011 10:02. Posts 21486 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Ideas United States. March 01 2011 10:09. Posts 7428 | Profile Blog # |
| i dont like the copout at all. there's no hurry to have PR out EXACTLY on the first day. i would of preferred a proper #10 a little later :\ |
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| agarangu Chile. March 01 2011 10:13. Posts 273 | Profile Blog # |
| I like how stats is always in the PR, right after Flash (and every other player). |
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| TwoToneTerran United States. March 01 2011 11:12. Posts 7990 | Profile # |
You'd think with 3 players on the PR, Oz would be the most dominant team in WL.
Also, while I like your penchant for punctuality, I don't think you should leave an incomplete rank just to be on time. A day late and complete is better in my book, but I'm sure a lot of folks will disagree.Last edit: 2011-03-01 11:17:48 |
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