Master Raven
Smash Master
Here's my thing though: my personal opinion is that only the current metagame (past 6+ months) is relevant to these discussions. For instance I'm not sure what you're implying by saying FOW had better wins with Ness; are you implying he was, or is, better than Shaky's Ness? FOW has always been impressive but if he's not doing anything with Ness within the past 6+ months while Shaky is, then I don't think it's really fair to make comparisons to results that are relatively very old.
I will agree that FL is top 4, and I will agree that we have good players but many of them (especially myself I have a lot of **** to work on after playing OOS for the first time) are not of the same national calibur as players from ATL North and Japan. That being said I think it's at least fair to say that MVD has shown some monumental achievements with his Snake that we haven't seen from any other Snake player in a while. Razer has had his accomplishments and he'll always be known as one of the top Snakes in the US, but right now MVD is proving that he stands with the likes of Razer and Ally as far as top Snake players are concerned.
I will agree that FL is top 4, and I will agree that we have good players but many of them (especially myself I have a lot of **** to work on after playing OOS for the first time) are not of the same national calibur as players from ATL North and Japan. That being said I think it's at least fair to say that MVD has shown some monumental achievements with his Snake that we haven't seen from any other Snake player in a while. Razer has had his accomplishments and he'll always be known as one of the top Snakes in the US, but right now MVD is proving that he stands with the likes of Razer and Ally as far as top Snake players are concerned.