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But, if you said "YES" to only most of them, well you're in luck! Introducing Liquibet, the coolest, sharpest, kick-assest no frills, no gimmicks SC/BW theorycraft ladder on the planet! [EDIT: Uhm, actually it's the ONLY SC/BW theorycraft ladder on the planet...]. No endless mouse clicks involved! No ripping out "unnecessary" keys on your keyboard needed! No hours of practice required! Just correctly pick the winners in pro gaming matches and watch as your Liquibet rating goes through the proverbial roof! You'll have girls breaking down your door, people calling you "Sir" and guys named Dan kissing your ass in no time!
These wise words by mensrea greets all those optimistic and naive souls willing to put their knowledge about Korean progaming to the test. Who could have turned down such a possibility to best a staff member, famous poster or even an admin to gain bragging right at least for a whole season.
Even better, you a relative noname have nothing to lose for who will bother to go through the list to search up your name and make fun of you? No one! So I, embarked on this epic quest soon to realize that although regular voting and zealous following starcraft scene is going to get you only this far as the best results I achieved were some +- top 100 finishes.
This season started worse, a lot worse, a few miscalculations about struggling oldtimers, several underestimated newcomers and absolutely terrible bets in proleague netted me enough points to push me down to shameful 600+ position in the ladder.
Appalled by myself I quit caring and planning and went with gut feeling almost every time, sometimes even prioritizing my favorites over safer bets. Proleague finals f.e.
But, only a while back just before I decided to write this blog I noticed that I am hanging in top 100, better yet, I am 47th with 9 point deficit from the leader and final spurt has already begun. Osl round of 8 is under way, 3/4 of my LqB-ed players has won their first games, only Zero has to make two game comeback, oh well I guess i should have taken into account zerg weakness in the teamkill situations. My two autovotes  Flash and  Jaedong are meeting in MSL final and it is time to take risks. Jaedong whilst clawing his way to finals through two MBC terran powerhouses undoubtedly is underdog in this match especially considering map pool and Flash`s strength on them, but I am going with Jaedong - first many will vote for Flash and if I have to choose between slim chance of getting into the top 10 or yet another near top 100 finsih, choice is easy, secondly as much as I love both these players Jaedong will always be *a little* favored be that he is zerg player, his attitude or simply blind fanboyism.
And effective immediately I will switch my beloved KT Rolster sign with Oz, so there is no doubt which side I am on. (forgive me fOrGG)
 
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Croatia9539 Posts
mensrea was such a cool guy and his posts were hilarious!
I'm still sad TL changed 10 Commands thread he wrote to appear more professional 
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Croatia9539 Posts
Oh and, gotta love Jaedong:
![[image loading]](http://i37.tinypic.com/2nuuiqg.jpg)
btw, anyone know why wcg finals are 0 pts?
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On August 22 2010 20:16 2Pacalypse- wrote:
btw, anyone know why wcg finals are 0 pts?
Straight from the discussion thing.
On August 21 2010 18:02 p4NDemik wrote:
Zero point bet due to limited voting window afforded by Korean WCG format.
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Jaedong won't win. Thanks for letting me pass you in the rankings though.
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SC2 Liquibet should start with GSL imo.
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Yeah, I hope that is already underway, but I hope it will be separate from BW
On the other hand that would be a huge advantage for BW fans, hmm..
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My stats right now:
Points Percentage 66%
Voting Percentage 67%
and hottest Voting Streak is 13 Correct votes in a row, 1 more than last season 
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Points Percentage 70%
Voting Percentage 66%
Interesting, my stats are reversed, thats probably because of worse start when all was worth 1 point.
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Points Percentage 65%
Voting Percentage 62%
Missed 30 points and 29 votes on that one. This is despite me having votes on sentimental favorite HyuK (yes I did waste points just because <3) but it's all in good fun.
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United States4053 Posts
Points and Voting Percentage both 62%, but I skipped a couple dozen votes in the middle.
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dezi
Germany1536 Posts
Reached #1 yesterday (finally).
Number of Points 220 of 299 points voted on
Correct Votes 152 of 221 votes made
Points Percentage 74%
Voting Percentage 69%
+ Show Spoiler +Points Missed 0
Votes Missed 2
Total Possible Points 299
Total Possible Votes 223
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I was in the top 5 at one point but tried to go for it all by picking Light over Jaedong in both WCG and MSL. Both came down to the last game, both were close series, and both only had about 3% of the vote picking Light. Lights TvZ is one of the best in the world but this time he wasn't able to beat Jaedong. Those two picks dropped me down a full 8 points so right now I'm at 30th place with 211 points. If I were just a vag and picked like everyone else did I'd be in a tie for 2nd lol =\
+ Show Spoiler +Liquibet Rank 30
Number of Points 211 of 299 points voted on
Correct Votes 152 of 223 votes made
Points Percentage 71%
Voting Percentage 68%
Points Missed 0
Votes Missed 0
Total Possible Points 299
Total Possible Votes 223
Current Voting Streak 1 Correct votes in a row
Hottest Voting Streak 15 Correct votes in a row
Worst Voting Streak 4 Wrong votes in a row
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I missed so many free points its not even funny (not voting free, voting sea <3, voting light, etc.).
Now I am siting around ~20th. At best was 2nd or 3rd can't remember. Such a fail. 
At least I can brag about an 18 point vote streak? lol...
+ Show Spoiler +Liquibet Rank 16
Number of Points 213 of 299 points voted on
Correct Votes 154 of 223 votes made
Points Percentage 71%
Voting Percentage 69%
Points Missed 0
Votes Missed 0
Total Possible Points 299
Total Possible Votes 223
Current Voting Streak 1 Correct votes in a row
Hottest Voting Streak 18 Correct votes in a row
Worst Voting Streak 4 Wrong votes in a row
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I wish I didn't fuck around so much at the beginning of this season, picking random teams in PL and earlier SL rounds because there was so many votes at once =(
+ Show Spoiler +Liquibet Rank 27
Number of Points 228 of 317 points voted on
Correct Votes 152 of 226 votes made
Points Percentage 72%
Voting Percentage 67%
Points Missed 0
Votes Missed 0
Total Possible Points 317
Total Possible Votes 226
Current Voting Streak 4 Correct votes in a row
Hottest Voting Streak 14 Correct votes in a row
Worst Voting Streak 4 Wrong votes in a row
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dezi
Germany1536 Posts
:p
+ Show Spoiler + Liquibet Rank 1
Number of Points 238 of 317 points voted on
Correct Votes 155 of 224 votes made
Points Percentage 75%
Voting Percentage 69%
Points Missed 0
Votes Missed 2
Total Possible Points 317
Total Possible Votes 226
Current Voting Streak 4 Correct votes in a row
Hottest Voting Streak 14 Correct votes in a row
Worst Voting Streak 4 Wrong votes in a row
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Congratz Dezi!!
Only 3rd place for me, but I was close :
I think me and rinrun got the best voting streak :D\
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Hi,
I know this is an old thread but I don't see a better place to brag..
I'm on a roll...
Current Voting Streak 22 Correct votes in a row
Hottest Voting Streak 22 Correct votes in a row
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