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1.

Flash

(T) (stats) 0 1 Alright guys, let's be serious here. With the advent of new leagues (GSL is not the only tournament for us to judge the players now!) we now have enough information to objectively start an SCII Power Rank. So from this month forward PR is transitioning to SCII, and will no longer be covering Brood War. The transition won't be seamless though, so bear with us--we're still trying to get the SCII TLPDs linked up so we can get some actual pictures in here.



That being said, with this being the first SCII PR, there is quite a backlog of data available to us. As usual, recent events are going to factor most heavily into a player's ranking.



So for #1, we have Flash. That's right guys, Flash hasn't transitioned (offically) to SCII yet, but we here at Teamliquid are confident that the moment he switches over, he'll be just as unstoppable as he is in Brood War. Simply put, he's the best in the world, and everybody else will be quaking in their boots when Flash hits the stage. In fact, Flash will be so debilitating on everybody else's psyche that clearly the only solution will be for every other SCII progamer to retire.

2.

MC

(P) - 2 This dude won two GSLs. That's 100% more than the each of the three other champions have won, and an infinite, I repeat, infinite, percentage more than any other SCII progamer. Wow!



That being said, it's really not that much of a surprise that somebody like MC would win two GSLs. After all, he has all the necessary ingredients, including but not limited to: 4gate, DT cheeses, and Void rushes. In this day and age, SCII is not a perfectly balanced game yet, and we all know it. Because of that, right now the people who win are those who can abuse the obvious superiorities in their race, and MC has done very well in doing that. That's not to say he isn't a good player--in fact, quite the contrary! He has to be an amazing player to accomplish what he's done. But this aggressive style makes you wonder...



If, say, BitByBit had gotten a bit luckier, would he also hold two golds?

3.

Supernova

(T) - 3 I had to deliberate for a while about who to put in this third slot. And then it hit me like a solar flare. I felt as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.



Anyway, Supernova gets the bronze for this inaugural SCII Power Rank. After all, he took a silver Code A GSL. And might I mention that it's much, much harder to advance in Code A than in Code S? Remember what I said about aggressive players? Let's say that Code S is the cheese that accompanies a fine wine--delicate, refined, and oh so delicious. Well then, Code A is the entire cheese wheel, rampantly rolling down a hill at uncontrollable speeds. Yep, the GSL Code A is the home of the aggressive, cheesing players. 4gates, baneling busts, and 3rax all-ins thrive here, and the good ol' macro game that we Brood War viewers are so used to is like the dinosaur--extinct. Logically, since it's so hard to prepare and defend against cheese, it takes a really skilled player to get through not one, but four rounds of intense games.



Oh yeah, Supernova also won the recent FXOpen. Which, as you know, is not a Korean tournament. That means that the Koreans who play in it will suffer intense lag, and thus will lose because they can't micro their marines.



Clearly, with this long list of achievements, Supernova deserves his spot on the Power Rank. I'll be looking forward to watching him play in the future. He'll definitely be KT's next up-and-coming terran.

4.

San

(P) - 4 This spot on the Power Rank goes to a Protoss. And San plays Protoss. And Protoss is so hard to play. Oh yeah he got to the semifinals of a GSL Code S, which only two other Protoss (MC and HongUnPrime) have managed to do. Ample justification? I think so.

5.

DIMAGA

(Z) - 5 Try looking up DIMAGA in the SCII Korea TLPD. You won't find him. Now, go look up DIMAGA in the International Database. That's right. 28 achievements.



Does MC have this many?

I think not.

What about Fruitdealer?

Nope.

HyperDub?

Are you smoking something?



Basically, DIMAGA is hot stuff. If he were in Korea, he'd be killing the GSL. I mean, take a look at his recent results. Not two days ago, he took out NesTea, former GSL champion, in the GSL World Championship. Extrapolate this, and you've got DIMAGA dominating the world.

6.

JulyZerg

(Z) (stats) - 4 He's faster (at microing) than a frantic Hyuk, more powerful than a bucket of chicken, and able to ski down snowy slopes at speeds too great for somebody to snap a photo of his red-and-green jumpsuit outfit. After two long years of consuming watermelon and zerglings, July is back on the Power Rank! Hear ye, hear ye all, and rejoice! If there's one thing SCII has been great for above all else, it's that it's allowed so many of the old BW champions to take to the skies again. While July didn't win the most recent GSL, he did get the silver. And everybody knows silver will be more valuable than gold one day.



Or so Stork YellOw hopes.

7.

Huk

(P) - 7 How many white people have made Code S? I don't know the exact number but I'm sure it's not many! And now our pillow-loving Huk has joined them, and he's here to stay. All you haters thought he was going to stay relegated to Code A, but no, Huk brought the PvP that day and took out Choya. Never mind the fact that he lost to InCa--InCa is pretty darn good at that matchup, mind you. Here at Teamliquid we like our own players, and we're especially happy when they do well. Here's to tearing up Code S, Huk!

8.

Boxer

(T) (stats) - 8 Don't even try to argue this one.

9.

Nada

(T) (stats) - 2 Okay, Nada hasn't really won anything yet in Korea yet, but he did come really close to beating July in this last GSL. But when we look at the TSL3, it's a whole different story. NaDa is one of three (out of thirteen) Asian invitees left after the brutal first round. Going along on the same train of thought that we used for giving Supernova his spot, I think NaDa deserves this just for being able to combat such severe lag issues.