Starcraft 2 is dominated by korean players – but by whom? Well, by someone who lost four GSL-finals in a row, someone who loses to the same people over and over in WCS and someone who is sponsored by Red Bull. Weiterlesen
This is what Starcraft fans have been waiting for: The best eight players of this years World Championship Series battle at Blizzcon this weekend – and these are the four matches you can look forward to. Weiterlesen
Choi ‚Bomber‘ Ji Sung is the new leader of the Starcraft 2 World Ranking in November. The 26-year-old Korean claimed the top by winning the WCS America Season 2. He is also the second oldest player on rank 1 ever. Weiterlesen
The highlight of the year is near: World Championship Series (WCS) Global Finals start tomorrow. The round of 16 will be played one week before Blizzcon. These eight amazing matches await you. Weiterlesen
Normal human beings are nearly unable to remember a time when a foreigner won a major tournament in Starcraft (it was Ilyes ‚Stephano‘ Satouri in 2012). All big events this year were won by Koreans, but only two of them won more than once. Weiterlesen
Two Americans in WCS America Round of 8 today: That is a record! Never before did the playoffs see so many Americans. The scene is heavily dominated by Korean players and especially by one of them. Weiterlesen
Kim Yoo ’sOs‘ Jin takes the lead in the Starcraft 2 World Ranking this month. But it’s a close race at the top: Four players are in a very narrow distance. Weiterlesen
New month, new ranking: The Starcraft 2 World Ranking September 2014 is once again lead by Yoon ‚TaeJa‘ Young Suh, but his margin to runner-up Kim ’sOs‘ Yoo Jin got very small and is less than 100 points now. sOs captured the second place from Choi ‚Polt‘ Seung Hun. Son ‚StarDust‘ Seok Hee is the only new player in the top 10, but others are eagerly waiting to climb up too. Weiterlesen
Yoon ‚TaeJa‘ Young Suh is the new Number One in the World Ranking of August 2014. He follows Choi ‚Polt‘ Seong Hun who had a succesful month as well but nothing compared to TaeJa. The young Korean won IEM Shenzhen and succeeded in WCS America as well.
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[taeja] is the new Number One of the World Ranking. He climbed from rank 2 to 1 this month due to his success in IEM Shenzhen, which he won, and the 5th place in WCS America. He is the fourth youngest player at the top being 19 years and 211 days old. He is surpassed though by [life], who was 16 years old when he reached the top, [parting] (18) and [stephano] (19 years, 202 days).
The former leader, [polt] fell to second rank. He had a succesful month too being runner-up at Red Bull Battleground Atlanta and also 5th at WCS America. It just wasn’t enough to stay ahead of [taeja]. By the way it was the third time in two months that [polt] ended up being the runner-up in an important tournament.
Some ranks further down we got a few players who rise significantly this month: Aforemost [bomber] is back in the top 10. The runner-up of WCS America and winner of Red Bull Battlegrounds Atlanta is the third most succesful player this month in terms of points earned. He is only surpassed by WCS Europe winner [stardust] who gained 16 ranks and is on #12 now and of course [pigbaby] who beat [bomber] in the finals and jumped from #196 to #29.
The best foreigner is [scarlett] on rank 24 though she gained only a few points in July playing team league. Just two ranks behind is [snute] who wasn’t only the best player of the Nation Wars II but also played well at Gfinity yesterday – though that doesn’t count for the current ranking. Remarkable: [major] rises to rank 38 being the second best player in the Nation Wars and #9 in WCS America. [vortix] and [welmu] however, the best foreigners in WCS Europe, both only gained one rank and stay on #28 and #34 respectively.
The highest jumps this month were done by [gamja], [cowman] and [frustration]. The Korean was 9th at Red Bull Battleground Atlanta as was the American, while the Australian was 5th at the Australian Cyber League Pro Circuit in Sydney. Needless to say it was their greatest success each.
Let’s end this overview with some numbers: Last month, 522 new results were added to the database which now consists of 712 tournaments with 2.819 players and 15.228 results since August 2010. Outr of the top 100 players this month, 60 are Koreans, five are from China or Germany, three from the United States. 43 of them play Protoss, 34 Zerg and 23 Terran.
Last season both Choi ‚Polt‘ Seong Hun and Choi ‚Bomber‘ Ji Sung were in the playoffs of WCS America – to achieve the same again they have to beat Huang ‚TooDming‘ Hui Ming and Kim ‚Check‘ Min Gyu in the Round of 16 tonight. This would be easier if both korean Terrans were in better shape in TvZ than they are lately. Stats and trivia of group C.
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Results[bomber] 0:2 [toodming] |
Final Standings
WCS is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out |
