Flash tops KESPA Ranking July, Jaedong second

Flash takes first place after a good run in June, and kicks down Jaedong to second place.

KESPA Ranking July 2008
1	Flash	KTF MagicNs	2349.8	+1
2	Jaedong	Lecaf Oz	2097.0	-1
3	Luxury	OnGameNet SPARKYZ	1668.0	+4
4	Stork	Samsung KHAN	1619.3	-1
5	Bisu	SK Telecom T1	1554.0	-1
6	Mind	WeMade FOX	1551.8	-1
7	Sea	MBCGame HERO	1412.3	+1
8	Kal	STX SouL	1407.4	-2
9	Much	CJ Entus	1373.6	+3
10	BeSt	SK Telecom T1	1316.6	+8

Flash has been practically undeafeatable for some time now. That is until very recently where he got eliminated from the OSL by Luxury in the quarterfinals and he's also lost to some players in the proleague that you wouldn't expect him to have lost to. This would provide Jaedong with an opportunity to reclaim the top spot next month, but he's not really been his old self either. The names to really notice here are Luxury and BeSt. They have been doing really well lately. Luxury was deafeated by BeSt 3-2 in the OSL and even had a early exit from the MSL, but has been a real proleague monster, with his only loss since early may being at the hands of FirebatHero. BeSt is the new blood for protoss. If he keeps this up, he's going to be the top protoss next month. He's been unstoppable.

11	JangBi	Samsung KHAN	1262.3	+5
12	Hwasin	STX SouL	1181.3	+2
13	NaDa	WeMade FOX	1178.3	-3
14	July	STX SouL	1160.3	+6
15	free	Hanbit Stars	1152.1	+/-
16	Light	MBCGame HERO	1011.8	-3
17	Anytime	Lecaf Oz	993.3	-8
18	sAviOr	CJ Entus	973.5	-7
19	Rock	WeMade FOX	972.8	+4
20	BackHo	Lecaf Oz	970.5	+16

July is back! Yes, we know BackHo jumped sixteen spots, but July is back so who cares? Interestingly enough these are the two players who are going to face each other in the remaining OSL semifinal. July hasn't played that many matches lately and seems to have benefitted from not having to practice for the proleague. NaDa seems to have lost a bit of that early summer form he had going with an exit from both star leagues and relatively poor proleague performance. Anytime hasn't won a PvP since February and seems to have developed a real weakness here, because otherwise his results are pretty good. sAviOr hasn't beaten anyone on this top 30 list since Feburary and it doesn't seem like there's a return to form for him on the horizon either.

21	fOrGG	Lecaf Oz	928.5	+1
22	YellOw[ArnC]	OnGameNet SPARKYZ	900.8	+4
23	Kwanro	CJ Entus	816.8	-4
24	firebathero	Samsung KHAN	810.8	+/-
25	Rumble	SK Telecom T1	767.3	+2
26	UpMagiC	eSTRO	756.4	-9
27	GGPlay	CJ Entus	712.1	-2
28	Lomo	Lecaf Oz	696.4	+9
29	XellOs	CJ Entus	668.3	-8
30	Canata	SK Telecom T1	628.5	-1

YellOw has not really had the best results lately, so the +4 is a bit of a surprise. He managed to pull out a win versus July in the OSL, but got knocked out of both starleagues and hasn't been playing proleague. This speaks volume about some of the other players in the bracket. UpMagiC hasn't won a game in months and XellOs has lost all of that great shape he showed two season ago. Lomo is an interesting name though. He's been doing well, particularly in the MSL. If he manages to beat Flash in the upcoming MSL quarterfinal he will no doubt continue his march up the rankings. A bit surprised FirebatHero hasn't moved up any spots. He's been doing well aside from the MSL defeat at the hands of Much.

Race breakdown

12 Terran
10 Protoss
8 Zerg

Team breakdown

5 Lecaf Oz
5 CJ Entus
4 SK Telecom T1
3 Samsung KHAN
3 WeMade FOX
3 STX SouL
2 OnGameNet SPARKYZ
2 MBCGame HERO
1 KTF MagicNs
1 eSTRO
1 Hanbit Stars