KeSPA; September

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For ages it seems the KeSPA rankings have been around for us to gawk at. With every new month comes a new exciting KeSPA professional gamer ranking list. This month of September brought us a new surprising KeSPA ranking...

The KeSPA rankings are figured by what each player has won in a 12 month period. The matches are ranked from big, middle, and than small. From than on points are given by winning percentages, finished place, and prize winnings. So for example the winner of the ODL event would not receive as many points as the winner of the OGN event because the OGN event is more important.

With that all said and done GosuGamer's presents September's KeSPA rankings. After each set of ten there will be a summary of that set of the rankings.

Rankings 1 through 10

#

Race/Nickname

Team

Points

Up/Down

1 JulyZerg P.O.S. 750.5 -
2 GoRush SKT1 649.0 +2
3 XellOs GO 615.5 -1
4 NaDa P&C 565.5 +1
5 iloveoov SKT1 438.0 -2
6 Reach KTF 399.0 +4
7 Midas SKT1 367.0 -1
8 YellOw KTF 335.0 -
9 Chojja KTF 326.0 -
10 GoodFriend P&C 325.0 -3

There has been a lot of action within this pack of ten gamers. JulyZerg (picture) is still standing strong as KeSPA's leader, this will now be the 5th month he has been atop the ladder. GoRush sliced up a few spots as he now trails behind JulyZerg. XellOs is slowly declining in the rankings as he falls one spot. NaDa moves up a spot while his terran protégé iloveoov slides down two spots. The biggest rank jumper, Reach, in the group pops up four spots. Midas falls down a spot while YellOw and Chojja sit calm as they stay in the same place. GoodFriend for the second month in a row is still falling and things are not look to good at the moment for him.

Rankings 11 through 20

#

Race/Nickname

Team

Points

Up/Down

11 Boxer SKT1 288.0 +1
12 IPXZerg GO 287.0 +6
13 Kingdom SKT1 215.5 -2
14 JJu Samsung 215.0 -
15 fOru GO 170.0 -2
16 Sync KTF 163.5 -1
17 TheMarine KTF 144.0 -1
18 Doggi Samsung 144.0 +2
19 Oversky GO 139.0 +1
20 iris[gm] GO 132.0 +1

The Terran Emperor, Boxer (picture), who still continues to amaze thousands gained a spot after dropping last month. IPXZerg still blazes the rankings with another giant leap, this time it was 6 spots. Kingdom still continues his gentle fall dropping 2 spots. JJu really likes his rank at the moment, he has not moved for a few months. fOru drops two spots while the terrans Sync and TheMarine both fall a single spot each. Doggi gains two spots while Oversky and the closely trailing iris[gm] both gain a rank.

Rankings 21 through 30

#

Race/Nickname

Team

Points

Up/Down

21 SaferZerg Samsung 125.0 -4
22 Nal_Rock P&C 115.5 +2
23 GGPlay Hanbit 111.5 +2
24 Cloud KOR 108.5 +2
25 Clon Hanbit 106.5 +2
26 Max KOR 106.0 +2
27 MinGu KTF 103.0 -5
28 Stork[gm] Samsung 91.5 New
29 Mumyung SKT1 90.5 New
30 ZeuS KOR 90.0 -1

Samsung's pride and joy SaferZerg (picture) is still dropping as he falls even more down in the rankings, this time it is 4 spots. Nal_Rock, GGPlay, Cloud, Clon, and Max all move up two rankings each. MinGu is still declining in the rankings, this week he fell 5 spots. Stork[gm] is one of two newcomers to this month's KeSPA, he comes in ranked at 28th. The other half of the newcomers is this Zerg player, Mumyung who takes up the 29th spot. Old time gamer ZeuS is trying to hold his own as he clings into the top 30.

In a two month span IPXZerg has jumped up to 12th. This is quite an amazing feat considering that he was not in the rankings two months ago. The all time great Nal_rA (picture) is now out of the top 30. He is currently ranked 31st. Nal_rA has not been out of the rankings for the last 31 months. Mumyung has also rejoined the top professional gamers as he has returned to the rankings this month.

What will happen next month? It is all up to how hard the gamers play and train. Looking forward to seeing that list in October!

Links
e-Sports.Kr - KeSPA Rankings
PlaySC.Com - KeSPA Rankings