EPTWhile it may have been "well Jaedong/Anytime has practiced that map so whatever", I just wonder exactly what level of thinking the proteam coaches use. There's something analogous in poker, where what you do is somewhat based on what the other guy does. For example, let's look at how KT and Hite might play an ace match:
Level 0 - what do I have? I have Flash, gg
Level 1 - what do I think my opponent has? Well, he has Flash, so I can send Skyhigh and his really good TvT
Level 2 - what does my opponent think I have? Well they know I have Flash, and might send out a Terran sniper, so let's throw out Stats instead
Level 3 - what does my opponent think I think he has? But what if they anticipate our cunning terran sniping? They don't have very many good zergs, so they might send a protoss instead, Horang2 anyone?
Level 4 - what do I think he thinks about what I think he thinks I have? The wording is getting silly now, but it'd be really interesting to know exactly what thought processes go through coaches' minds. And, as an open question, exactly how many levels of thinking did Stars' coach go through when deciding that sending Piano out against Jaedong was a good idea?
Last night, the BBC hosted their yearly sports awards. Now I watched a bit of this because the darts sucked and the NFL was showing that redzone "flick endlessly between games" thing rather than any specific match, and because there was no overly obvious winner. Now Tony McCoy took it down, which I find slightly bizarre.
Firstly, no jockey has ever won it, and for good reason - the sport only exists due to gambling and as such is probably rigged. Secondly, there should be somewhat of a clue in the title of the award, namely "of the year". Has he really had that spectacular of a year? While he finally won the National, aside from that he's just done what he has done over the past 15+ years. Has it really degenerated into a "well if this year in sports sucks we'll just have it as a lifetime achievement award in everything but name"? Seems like it, seeing how Phil Taylor came second despite not having a special season at all (by his standards), and especially given the joke of Ryan Giggs winning the year before when he wasn't even a first choice player for his club. Also appears to be who can spam Twitter the most nowadays as well.
Other awards seemed bizarre as well. David Beckham for a lifetime achievement award when he's still playing? Europe's Ryder Cup team winning the team award I get, but then to give Montgomerie coach of the year as well reeks of duplication, especially given the context of the competition.
For what it's worth I'd have given the main gong to McDowell, but as I won't give the BBC any of my money to register a vote, I can't really complain.
