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HotSizzles
United States2 Posts
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BadBinky
Finland649 Posts
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moopie
12605 Posts
On July 03 2012 05:28 Mortality wrote: Don't know why people are counting SC2 wins. Different game is different game. If it was BW-only it would boil down to: Flash Tossgirl > Flash IdrA > Tossgirl A bunch of people > IdrA even more people > a bunch of people. everyone else | ||
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bakesale
United States187 Posts
On June 30 2012 10:18 motbob wrote: Paul Erdős was a prolific writer of academic papers, and he collaborated with over 500 fellow mathematicians over the course of his life. Eventually, the concept of the "Erdős number" arose. Paul Erdős has an Erdős number of zero. Anyone who collaborated with Erdős has an Erdős number of 1. Anyone who collaborated with someone who collaborated with Erdős has an Erdős number of 2. And so on. We can transfer this concept to the world of Starcraft by thinking about the people who have beaten Flash.  Flash has a Flash number of zero. Jaedong has a Flash number of 1. (link) iNcontroL has a Flash number of 2 (he beat Jaedong in a practice match at one point if I recall correctly)Superiorwolf has a Flash number of 3. What is your Flash number? Cool idea, but keep in mind that the Erdős number comes from an academic publication-- not "any old" thing that you coauthored with someone (the MathSciNet collaboration distance calculator uses publications indexed by MathSciNet). So most people don't even have a number. But once you publish in a math journal, you probably now have a Erdős number since it's unlikely that all of your co-authors didn't already have one. The SC parallel would be beating someone in a formal tournament, not just on ladder or in practice. Not everyone has been in a money tournament, but once you have gotten a few wins you're pretty likely to have established your Flash number. Perhaps the TLPD can have a Flash number calculator added? | ||
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Stipulation
United States587 Posts
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jabberwockzerg
United States294 Posts
On July 03 2012 05:28 Mortality wrote: Don't know why people are counting SC2 wins. Different game is different game. Different game is a different game that Flash also now plays professionally. | ||
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tobi9999
United States1966 Posts
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
Safely, I have a Flash Number of 3. I imagine I might have a 2 though, because I've beaten a few Koreans at least once who might have beaten Flash, and then you also never know who has beaten him in SC2. So, conservatively 3, hoping for 2 o.o | ||
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MrRicewife
Canada515 Posts
I am probably at 6 LOL  (:'( forever alone down here. | ||
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Hertzy
Finland355 Posts
On July 03 2012 07:49 moopie wrote: If it was BW-only it would boil down to: Flash Tossgirl > Flash IdrA > Tossgirl A bunch of people > IdrA even more people > a bunch of people. everyone else Which raises yet another quibble: would that put Huk at Flash number 3 after beating IdrA in SC2? | ||
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SeaSwift
Scotland4486 Posts
On July 04 2012 03:20 Hertzy wrote: Which raises yet another quibble: would that put Huk at Flash number 3 after beating IdrA in SC2? On July 03 2012 07:49 moopie wrote: If it was BW-only it would boil down to: Flash Tossgirl > Flash IdrA > Tossgirl A bunch of people > IdrA even more people > a bunch of people. everyone else No, Huk would not be at no. 3. | ||
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Hertzy
Finland355 Posts
On July 04 2012 03:28 SeaSwift wrote: No, Huk would not be at no. 3. I was of course presuming that SC2 wins would count. | ||
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Hyperionnn
Turkey4968 Posts
He beat inc inc beat jd jd beat flash thats a 4 I guess Edit:If lz beat desrow(most likely) than my number becomes 3 | ||
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Megaliskuu
United States5123 Posts
On July 02 2012 02:57 DorF wrote: I guess I'm a 4 if I understood the rules correctly since I once randomed into 2 gate proxy on MP vs Megaliskuu and won, And he was a 3  >:[ | ||
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Mortality
United States4790 Posts
On July 03 2012 09:49 jackphelps wrote: Different game is a different game that Flash also now plays professionally. Is Flash even top 100 in the world in SC2? I doubt it. He might not even be top 500. That makes the whole premise kind of a joke, really. :/ | ||
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Anktious
United States190 Posts
who beat vileHawk who has beaten someone else at MLG (can't remember their name) who has most likely beat inc :D | ||
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FataLe
New Zealand4559 Posts
Use to be a High-Masters/Mid-Gm player. Bound to have beat someone who beat Incontrol. | ||
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hellsan631
United States695 Posts
No one claims to have an erdos number who has just written a book, nothing to do with math, but still involves writing. It HAS to be a mathematical paper, as I think this should HAVE to do with BW, regardless of wither flash plays sc2 or not. (this of it this way. Gaming is the general field, just like writing. Math is the specific thing that give you a number, like the specific game would be.) The number is in relation to his utter dominance in BW, as it was with Erdos and his prolific writing of mathematical papers. Also, one should consider the possibility of WHEN incontrol beat jaedong (anyone know about when this happened?) Was it after jaedong beat flash? or before. Because if It was before, doesn't that mean incontrol doesn't have a flash number? | ||
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bgx
Poland6595 Posts
On July 04 2012 17:02 hellsan631 wrote: People are taking this the wrong way. Its not (I've beaten incontrol in sc2, so i have a number of 2). That doesn't count. In order to have an erdos number, one has to write a mathematical paper, I think it has to do with beating someone in BW. No one claims to have an erdos number who has just written a book, nothing to do with math, but still involves writing. It HAS to be a mathematical paper, as I think this should HAVE to do with BW, regardless of wither flash plays sc2 or not. (this of it this way. Gaming is the general field, just like writing. Math is the specific thing that give you a number, like the specific game would be.) The number is in relation to his utter dominance in BW, as it was with Erdos and his prolific writing of mathematical papers. Also, one should consider the possibility of WHEN incontrol beat jaedong (anyone know about when this happened?) Was it after jaedong beat flash? or before. Because if It was before, doesn't that mean incontrol doesn't have a flash number? Its all meant as a joke, Incontrol beat both flash and jaedong (so he should be number 1 not 2) on ladder when they were still rookies. Also because requirements are low (bw or sc2 does not matter) the probability of someone on this forum having flash number will be relatively high. If we made a strict rules almost no one would have flash number here. | ||
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SnowFantasy
4173 Posts
On July 04 2012 20:37 bgx wrote: Its all meant as a joke, Incontrol beat both flash and jaedong (so he should be number 1 not 2) on ladder when they were still rookies. Also because requirements are low (bw or sc2 does not matter) the probability of someone on this forum having flash number will be relatively high. If we made a strict rules almost no one would have flash number here. When did Inc beat Flash? | ||
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