Season 13

LotV started off kind of strange... The GSL Pre-season matches were full of upsets and surprises. Players that were dominating in HotS all of a sudden could not produce the same kind of results in LotV. And players that were kind of invisible in HotS all of a sudden became the center of attention. (ByuN and aLive anyone? Oo;; ) Of course, now that some time has passed, the old dominant players are definitely starting to come back into the spotlight. ( (P)

Zest and

Maru holy crap...)

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WCS: Unfortunately, the new format makes it pretty darn impossible to do liquibets for WCS now. RIP WCS Premier/Challenger. But major congratulations and props to (P)

ShoWTimE,

Nerchio, and (Z)

Snute for kicking ass. (Sorry (T)

Polt, you don't count because we all already know just how good you are)

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SPL: The interesting thing about SPL so far is that there isn't a single team out there right now that can be called the "New Prime". MVP and Afreeca Freecs looked like they were sort of going to take over that role, but they always manage to pull off some sick wins when it matters the most. And on top of all that, there is no one team that is completely dominant. SKT seemed like they were heading in that direction with their Round 1 victory, and then showed everyone that they too, were indeed mortal with their Round 2 performance. Speaking of Round 2, major props to both KT and Jin Air for bossing it up this round. And major respect to CJ's (P)

herO for carrying his team like such a baller. I hope everyone else is just as excited for the final remaining round as I am.

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GSL and

SSL: Congratulations to (Z)

Dark for finally getting out of that dreaded and infamous kong line! Unfortunately however, his rise to prominence may be short lived because Korean protoss players are just dominating the scene left and right right now... (Proleague Round 2 playoffs results were: (P)

Classic: 4 kills, (P)

Stats: 6 kills, (P)

sOs: 3 kills and (P)

Zest: 1 kill) Absolutely ridiculous... Speaking of Zest, taking that GSL championship like such a baws was riveting. Granted, as a terran player I would have loved to see (T)

TY win it all, but there was never any second of doubt in my mind that Zest wasn't going to win another GSL. If things keep going at this rate, we're in store for some seriously amazing SC2 action.

So now, with all that's been said and done, let's go ahead and take a look at this season's Top 10 for liquibets:
(NOTE: In my opinion, I think I should have won this thing. The fact that I didn't means there's definitely some unfair black magic voodoo stuff going on around here.)

Link to SC2 Liquibets Season 13 Rankings

I kid you not, not in a million years would I have expected an ending like this. kell234 was DOMINATING like crazy on the liquibet rankings. He was constantly leading by double digits between first and second place spots with no sign of slowing down.
I'm not sure what happened, but all I know is this: Persistence and diligence does pay off when it comes to liquibets. Because not only did two other people catch up to kell234, they grabbed first place spots and forced out a 3-WAY TIE!!! (First time ever in TL history!) I don't think kell234 himself could have also foreseen such an ending. I'm pretty darn sure he was expecting to take this one by himself. But dang, Voltrik and WigglingSquid, congratulations to the both of you. You two never gave up and now you're co-liquibet Season 13 champions!

So without further ado, CONGRATULATIONS to WigglingSquid, kell234, and Voltrik!!!

Thank you very much to everyone who participated for Season 13. Season 14 should be starting up soon so stay tuned and get those bets ready! (j/k it's already started. For once, R1CH beat the recap

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Previous Recaps:
Season 5 and 6 Recaps
Season 7 Recap
Season 8 Recap
Season 9 Recap
Season 10 Recap
Season 11 Recap
Season 12 Recap

The_Red_Viper

19533 Posts

May 25 2016 02:03 GMT

GZ to the three winners!
Couldn't catch up at the end -.- Especially frustrating considering that if i had simply voted with my head (JinAir) instead of my heart (KT) i would have won (srsly did everyone at the top vote for KT?)

I hope Bisudagger ends the bw one soon though, haha

ZigguratOfUr

Iraq16955 Posts

May 25 2016 02:09 GMT

Were you tempted to extend the Liquibet season slightly in hopes that you could finish first? Also is this the first ever Liquibet 3-way tie?

Jer99

Canada8157 Posts

May 25 2016 02:18 GMT

congrats

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?36919 Posts

May 25 2016 02:20 GMT

On May 25 2016 11:09 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Were you tempted to extend the Liquibet season slightly in hopes that you could finish first? Also is this the first ever Liquibet 3-way tie?

Nah, I'm a pro dawg, I don't let feeling get in the way of my duty.
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Man, I'm an idiot. I should have just banned the Top 5 right before KT vs Jin Air took place.

And yeah, first ever 3-way tie.

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

May 25 2016 02:26 GMT

Seeing how I did horribly for a while, I'm OK with top 100.

Man, I'm an idiot. I should have just banned the Top 5 right before KT vs Jin Air took place.

Banned users can still place liquibets

ZigguratOfUr

Iraq16955 Posts

May 25 2016 03:27 GMT

On May 25 2016 11:26 The_Templar wrote:
Seeing how I did horribly for a while, I'm OK with top 100.

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Banned users can still place liquibets

What if he permabanned them and then unpermed them afterwards? Would that work?

Durnuu

13319 Posts

May 25 2016 05:09 GMT

Rank #57, pretty happy with that

Congratulations to the triple winners ! :D

Zerg.Zilla

Hungary5029 Posts

May 25 2016 05:22 GMT

Rank #402 :/

Taf the Ghost

United States11751 Posts

May 25 2016 06:04 GMT

#10

Congrats to the close season winners!

Olli

Austria24417 Posts

May 25 2016 06:24 GMT

#11

Congrats all!

jy_9876543210

265 Posts

May 25 2016 06:35 GMT

#12

Well, if I registered earlier...
My stats:
Number of Points 85 of 106 points voted on
Correct Votes 39 of 51 votes made
Points Percentage 80%

If I voted on all 240 points, I may have 192 points

valas991

Hungary181 Posts

May 25 2016 08:10 GMT

#13

congrats to the winners!
Some upsets in coda A made me lose points.

But glad I did JinAir in proleague. I trusted in statistics

opisska

Poland8852 Posts

May 25 2016 08:22 GMT

#14

Takeways: stuchiu seems to actually understand who is supposed to win, his articles might not be as bogus as I always thought and even Viper can be taken seriously despite all the shitposting.

Mekare

Germany393 Posts

May 25 2016 09:29 GMT

#15

Grats to the winners!
I hope I won't miss so many votes next season as I did this one... *sigh* xD

seom

South Africa491 Posts

May 25 2016 10:01 GMT

#16

I'm not salty but it feels like too many points are awarded for big finals and semi finals matches - and if you get a few of the big ones wrong, no matter how impressive the rest of your predictions are you're basically screwed. It does allow for comebacks I suppose but I would cap the max points at, say, 5 points for something like a GSL finals.

anyway, congrats to the winners.

IArako

Germany194 Posts

May 25 2016 12:47 GMT

#17

Number of Points 41 of 56 points voted on
Correct Votes 14 of 18 votes made
Points Percentage 73%
Voting Percentage 78%

Only started towards end of the season this time i will play from the start and see how far i can get

Gratz to Winners!

739

Bearded Elder29903 Posts

May 25 2016 15:00 GMT

#18

I won two Liquibets straight in LL, finished 3rd on 2nd place.

Beat that.

The_Red_Viper

19533 Posts

May 25 2016 15:01 GMT

#19

On May 25 2016 17:22 opisska wrote:
Takeways: stuchiu seems to actually understand who is supposed to win, his articles might not be as bogus as I always thought and even Viper can be taken seriously despite all the shitposting.

I don't see you in the top 10, does that mean we shouldn't take your posts seriously?