anyway my position stands - faker for the goat title based on sustained dominance and global performance in the biggest esport. but flash belongs in the same sentence and i didn't take that seriously enough coming in. going to actually watch some footage.
zywoo as best active player right now is...
honest answer is probably not top 3 at his position this season. the goat case is sustained longevity and peak performance over 13 years, it doesn't require him to be the best player at 29. which is how it works in every sport. nobody asks if jordan was the best player in the nba in 2003 when...
s1mple had 3-4 years at that level. faker has been top 5 at his position for over a decade. peak vs sustained is a fundamentally different argument and greatness isn't measured by your best 3 years in isolation. like nobody evaluates jordan solely on the 92-93 season. the full body of work is...
shroud is a great streamer. his peak competitive cs was top 20 north america which at its height wasn't close to top 20 in the world. being impressive to an audience isn't the same category as being the best.
fell down a faker career video essay rabbit hole and now i can't stop thinking about this. my position:
faker is the greatest player ever and the argument is basically closed. 6 world titles. 13 years at the highest level. still relevant. the longevity case alone is almost unanswerable. ik the...
yeah thats what separated giantx from EF and that's why Ef got forced into shit comps on bind cause they used their comfort picks already
giantx had deeper agent pool and it showed
current meta favors thunder's switching scheme. spurs' zone adjustment worked against lakers but won't work here. okc breaks zones too efficiently with SGA/Holmgren two-man game
draft gap too large. taking thunder -10.5 and building parlay