As anyone who frequents TL.net knows, there is a "Liquibet" section at the top where one can vote on every major upcoming match for imaginary points. Those who win at the end of a season get a nifty forum banner
I picked up SC2 at the suggestion of a friend back in July, became obsessed with it, and became a regular attender of TL.net. Since I was an avid fan of the GSL, I decided I would go ahead and vote in the Liquibet, as it was something I kind of did in my head anyway. As I learned this system, I discovered that there were two separate liquibets, one for SC:BW, and one for SC2. For many months I simply ignored the SC:BW one since I didn't watch it.
Eventually, the yellow number got so big (As I recall it was somewhere above 20, but I truly can't remember) I decided I would just vote on stuff and see how I did with it. So I placed a bunch of votes, usually picking players based off of names that seemed similar to SC2 names (Hyuk and HuK for example) or names that I'd heard mentioned in State of the Game (Jaedong, Flash, etc). Even better than that, I picked teams based solely upon which team I deemed to have a better looking logo.
As I did this, I began to notice patterns in which teams/players won, and so I chose them more often to win. This has been most successful this season, with the end result being this:
I'm ranked 146 currently, with a 65% voting percentage, and all I do is guess, and I've never-ever watched a game of SC:BW. I've been as high as 115th place during this season, all luck based
Wow, that's pretty impressive (I think). I tried liquidbetting before, but I usually forget to bet so then it never works out for me.
You're missing out though, you should totally check out BW matches. At the very least, check them out once in a while. In fact, watch MBC vs. OZ on right now on GTR's stream! It's Hyun vs. Magikarp!
My best results in liquibets have always been when I guessed. When I tried to think about the matchups and the maps and the teams and whatever else could influence the outcome, I always ended up doing worse.
I too have never watched a single game of BW, however while I'm not as high up the rankings as yourself, I'm also doing pretty well with random guess work.
Brood War is a great spectator sport. As a player, the level of gameplay is too high to enjoy unless you are ultra competitive, or simply don't give a shit about your performance... But that same epic level of gameplay makes for great spectating. I hardly watch it anymore myself, but if you've never seen it, do yourself a favor, bro! If you have any appreciation for skill, in any endeavor, then you should watch pro BW, at least a few games.
On April 27 2011 15:04 garbanzo wrote: Wow, that's pretty impressive (I think). I tried liquidbetting before, but I usually forget to bet so then it never works out for me.
You're missing out though, you should totally check out BW matches. At the very least, check them out once in a while. In fact, watch MBC vs. OZ on right now on GTR's stream! It's Hyun vs. Magikarp!
Man I hope he didn't watch Drunkard vs Magikarp...... the ending was so sad.
@Everyone suggesting I watch BW I'd love to, but I can barely catch up on SC2 stuff, I may watch it some day, but after seeing how awesome this site is, I'm sad I didn't discover BW back when it was top dog
On April 27 2011 15:33 GuiltyJerk wrote: @Everyone suggesting I watch BW I'd love to, but I can barely catch up on SC2 stuff, I may watch it some day, but after seeing how awesome this site is, I'm sad I didn't discover BW back when it was top dog
Dude, the video above is less than 15 mins. You can skip some of the beginning chatter and the end (after the "gg"), so it can be about 8 mins long. It's really awesome.
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