KeSPA August

[s]korea[/s]

Another month has gone by for the professionals who spend most of their day playing the game we all love and cherish, StarCraft. With a new month comes new tournaments, new beginnings, and most definitely new rankings.

KeSPA, for years now, has been calculating professional gamer?fs winnings into a top 30 rank list. The more you win, depending on the importance of the match or league, the more you will rise in the rankings. Months ago there used to be foreigners in the list, now it is pure Korean.

Rankings 1 through 10

#

Race/Nickname

Team

Points

Up/Down

1 JulyZerg P.O.S. 865.0 -
2 XellOs GO 714.5 +1
3 iloveoov SKT1 657.5 -1
4 GoRush SKT1 656.5 -
5 NaDa P&C 616.5 -
6 Midas SKT1 450.0 +1
7 GoodFriend P&C 407.5 -1
8 YellOw KTF 362.0 +2
9 Chojja KTF 359.5 +2
10 Reach KTF 349.0 -1

For 4 consecutive months now the leader of the board has not changed. JulyZerg has just dominated the Korean proleague for weeks on end. XellOs and iloveoov switched ranks for this month. Midas went up a rank, while GoodFriend went down. YellOw and his zerg counterpart Chojja both rose 2 spots in the KeSPA rankings. The popular protoss gamer Reach went down 1 rank, but still clings to the top 10 by a thread.

Rankings 11 through 20

#

Race/Nickname

Team

Points

Up/Down

11 Kingdom SKT1 320.0 -3
12 Boxer SKT1 284.5 -0
13 fOru GO 248.0 +3
14 JJu Samsung 231.0 -
15 Sync KTF 197.5 +2
16 TheMarine KTF 172.5 -3
17 SaferZerg Samsung 162.0 +2
18 IPXZerg GO 149.5 New
19 Doggi Samsung 148.0 -1
20 Oversky GO 143.0 +2

For this part of the rank list a lot of things have been happening. Kingdom used to be in the top 10, but now he is falling down, and fast. The terran emperor Boxer has not moved this month. fOru climbed up 3 spots to get where he's at now. JJu is the same rank as he was the month before. Sync went up 2 spots, while another terran TheMarine dropped 3. SaferZerg went up 2 spots this month. A newcomer to the list IPXZerg jumped a bunch of progamers to get his place at 18th. Doggi went down 1 rank and Oversky flew up 2 spots.

Rankings 21 through 30

#

Race/Nickname

Team

Points

Up/Down

21 iris[gm] GO 138.0 +2
22 MinGu KTF 137.5 -1
23 Nal_rA KTF 135.0 -8
24 Nal_Rock P&C 123.5 -
25 GGPlay Hanbit 115.5 New
26 Cloud KOR 114.5 +2
27 Clon Hanbit 110.5 -1
28 Max KOR 110.0 -1
29 ZeuS KOR 107.5 -
30 Terato KOR 106.5 -6

This part of the pack is led by iris[gm] who dragged himself up 2 spots. MinGu dropped down 1 spot. The all time great protoss gamer Nal_rA is now 23rd as he dropped a staggering 8 spots. Nal_Rock seems to be happy at 24th because he did not move. GGPlay is also a newcomer, but he is more mellow than IPXZerg. Cloud went up 2 spots while Clon and Max went down 1 each. ZeuS seems to like 29th as he did not move. Terato has the second biggest drop as he went down 6 spots.

Next month it will September. Will JulyZerg still be number 1? Will Nal_rA climb back up? What newcomers can we expect to see? For now, we must wait and see. Until than, see you around.

Links
e-Sports.kr]e-Sports.kr - KeSPA Rankings