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Animzor
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden2154 Posts
September 01 2011 06:59 GMT
#21
TheSTC most overrated player ever?
CortoMontez
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia608 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-01 09:10:24
September 01 2011 07:06 GMT
#22
Currently the formula used for the full ELO calculations is:
max{Kor Elo, Int Elo - 195, Average(Kor Elo, Int Elo)}

But I think that for the sake of consistency the formula should be altered to:

max{Kor Elo, Int Elo - 195, Average(Kor Elo, Int Elo - 195)}

This is so that when averaged, the international ELO isn't artificially inflated.

EDIT: Typo
"Creator was doing a really good job trying to win without storm but it was like eating spaghetti with a screwdriver." -Severian
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
September 01 2011 07:07 GMT
#23
I like it Every month please please!
우정호 KT_VIOLET 1988 - 2012 While we are postponing, life speeds by
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
September 01 2011 07:09 GMT
#24
Mmmmm maybe that would be better. Although that does mean thorzain and qxc will be out and huk will drop significantly (as will MC)
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blahz0r
Profile Joined December 2010
3030 Posts
September 01 2011 07:11 GMT
#25
If there were a semi-annual tournament where most if not all players could participate, it would be easier to set rankings. At the moment we have MLG, where Koreans are limited, and Dreamhack. Foreigners don't get much of a chance at participating in GSL. I might have missed one more big tournament where people around the world are able to participate. An upcoming one would be WCG but that's still a while off into the future.

I agree with most of the players listed in the top 30. Good job on the write, forgot to mention that earlier
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GetAtMe
Profile Joined August 2011
42 Posts
September 01 2011 07:34 GMT
#26
Plexa u r a very smart gentleman I enjoy ur posts.
rift
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
1819 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-01 08:40:37
September 01 2011 08:28 GMT
#27
I feel like small cups/weekly tournaments in each region really inflate Elo for some players with fewer live event results, but I guess it can't be helped.

Oh, another thought: from month to month, some Koreans in the international TLPD will sit at a high Elo simply because they haven't participated in any competitions. Really, the same goes for any player. I think for the long term, a decay system like the KeSPA ranking uses might be a good idea.
rift
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
1819 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-01 08:40:21
September 01 2011 08:40 GMT
#28
dblpost
FuRong
Profile Joined April 2010
New Zealand3089 Posts
September 01 2011 09:01 GMT
#29
I realise this is a rather arbitary system, but I think it actually worked out pretty well. Foreigners start coming in at about the place you would expect them to be, and there's noone who seems incredibly out of place.
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Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
September 01 2011 09:11 GMT
#30
On September 01 2011 14:57 Plexa wrote:
Moreover, this is also to gauge interest in such a monthly ranking.

I'd love to have a monthly textual ranking which takes into account not only results and stats, but actual gameplay quality and skill. It'd reflect the author's subjective views on players' scariness and power. Like a "Power Rank" if you will. + Show Spoiler +
WHY IS THERE NO SC2 POWER RANK?

That said, this ranking looks like a surprisingly accurate representation of who the best players are. This is interesting to me because losing in the first round of a tournament doesn't cost more ELO points than losing in the finals.
blah_blah
Profile Joined April 2011
346 Posts
September 01 2011 09:45 GMT
#31
On September 01 2011 15:14 Emporio wrote:
How official do games have to be in order to count for the ELO? Because I could imagine that QXC has a monstrous Korean ELO as a result of his all-kill.


Do you even know how ELO works? Beating a bunch of scrubs (and MVP around the nadir of his ELO), and compiling an 8-10 record overall doesn't work out to a 'monstrous Korean ELO'. In fact his ELO is below 2000, i.e., lower than it was after his first game played.
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
September 01 2011 10:37 GMT
#32
I'd rather see a SC2 Power Rank ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
September 01 2011 11:41 GMT
#33
On September 01 2011 18:11 Scorch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2011 14:57 Plexa wrote:
Moreover, this is also to gauge interest in such a monthly ranking.

I'd love to have a monthly textual ranking which takes into account not only results and stats, but actual gameplay quality and skill. It'd reflect the author's subjective views on players' scariness and power. Like a "Power Rank" if you will. + Show Spoiler +
WHY IS THERE NO SC2 POWER RANK?

That said, this ranking looks like a surprisingly accurate representation of who the best players are. This is interesting to me because losing in the first round of a tournament doesn't cost more ELO points than losing in the finals.
Theres no SC2 powerrank because the SC2 scene isn't developed enough yet.
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Markwerf
Profile Joined March 2010
Netherlands3728 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-01 12:23:58
September 01 2011 12:21 GMT
#34
since you're using a max formula it would be interesting to see for the players which of the 3 arguments is responsible for their score. Apparently the highest international elo's are higher then the korean elo as is reflected in bomber being on top, knowing stuff like this can put the list into perspective.

Also @ Cortomonez
using max{Kor Elo, Int Elo - 195, Average(Kor Elo, Int Elo - 195)} makes absolutely no sense.

max{Kor Elo, Int Elo - 195, Average(Kor Elo, Int Elo - 195)} = max{Kor Elo, Int Elo - 195}
The average of two numbers is never larger then the largest of those two numbers...

I'm not saying the way the 'overall ELO' is calculated now is the best choice (as I haven't looked into what these ELO's are based on really, how each match is valued etc.) but I think it's ok.

I do think the third argument (Average(Kor Elo, Int Elo)) needs to be changed or even removed as I think that argument is responsible for the unusually high scoring players as Bomber etc.
I don't really buy the argument that bomber is nearly as good as Nestea or MVP simply because he did well in a foreign tournament as well. I think that it's without doubt Nestea (and maybe MVP after this GSL) are by far the best players and the ELO rankings should reflect that. Averaging with the inflated ELO is a dodgy way to go about it that's for sure.

Ideally I think the two elo's would simply be merged into one but with a proper way to adress korean events as more important then non-korean events. Giving GSL etc the highest K-value etc.

Emporio
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3069 Posts
September 01 2011 12:28 GMT
#35
jw, what is the standard deviation of the difference of the international-Korean ELO's?
How does it feel knowing you wasted another 3 seconds of your life reading this again?
mewo
Profile Joined July 2011
United States221 Posts
September 01 2011 12:37 GMT
#36
This is really great. I would love to see top 25 on the right side of TL. Could even change it to TSL Qualification points rank during TSL. Thanks for all your hard work.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42416 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-01 12:43:35
September 01 2011 12:42 GMT
#37
Very nice, Plexa. TOP 10 looks pretty solid. Still wondering how the hell StC is in there! I know he is good and all that, but has he been winning GSTL or something to get so high?

Good job, gief more in the future!

ps. i also like the idea of SC2 Power Rank.
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Wunder
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom2950 Posts
September 01 2011 13:03 GMT
#38
Interesting - some weird placements, but I guess that's how ELO works for now. Will be cool to see how this pans out in the next month or so.
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StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-01 13:14:23
September 01 2011 13:10 GMT
#39
Plexa is the first one to conquer this feat, eep. Interesting results, I wouldn't place MC so high though considering really hasn't been all that dominant in several months.

On September 01 2011 14:59 travis wrote:
I keep seeing people rating stephano so highly. Is he really that good? I thought he was very inconsistent.

Also, how is there no naniwa.


okok I get it you just used point systems that already exist but still I think it's wrong with no naniwa lol



stephano is actually pretty consistent when you look at all the tournaments he's been in, but yeah more power to Plexa for trying to do something like this x-x

Your foreigner spread is quite interesting indeed. qxc so high from his gstl wins? o-O

I think we're still long way away from seeing Power Rank for SC2. Really no point for it at the moment too.
Daigomi
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
South Africa4316 Posts
September 01 2011 13:15 GMT
#40
On September 01 2011 15:59 Animzor wrote:
TheSTC most overrated player ever?

Overrated means that people subjectively judge that a player is better than he objectively is. Since this list is based on Elo, which is objective no subjective, you can't use it as evidence that a player is overrated. Rather, I'd say it supports many people's high regard for TheStc, and suggests that all he is lacking is a big tournament result.

Interesting list Plexa.
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