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Telcontar
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom16710 Posts
June 16 2011 18:19 GMT
#21
Interesting... I expected ZvT to be closer than that. Thanks for the enlightening post!
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matjlav
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Germany2435 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-16 18:25:43
June 16 2011 18:22 GMT
#22
PvP has always been the true coinflip matchup. I don't know why ZvZ got that reputation.

PvP is basically the same thing as ZvZ, but longer and with more luck-based tech builds....

Otherwise, not too surprising, but an interesting way to present the data. TvZ really is the most imba matchup by far, haha. I feel like the Terran always has to fuck up somehow to lose a TvZ...
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9175 Posts
June 16 2011 18:28 GMT
#23
On June 17 2011 03:16 Release wrote:
It's unfair to just say P>T>Z>P...
Bisu(P) >Z
Flash(T) > Z,P
Jaedong(Z) > T

Why do you think these 3 are so popular? Everyone likes heroes who buck the trend
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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10530 Posts
June 16 2011 18:58 GMT
#24
if this is the case... T>P>Z<T, then how the hell does jaedong rape all? lol. that being said, there is one zerg bonjwa (jd technically is a half for me right now) and no toss... er... something seems to be wrong lol...

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Huragius
Profile Joined September 2010
Lithuania1506 Posts
June 16 2011 19:11 GMT
#25
T>P>Z<T- remove Flash, and this will be incredibly wrong.
Severedevil
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4839 Posts
June 16 2011 19:15 GMT
#26
On June 17 2011 04:11 Huragius wrote:
T>P>Z<T- remove Flash, and this will be incredibly wrong.

Yes... remove Flash but not Jaedong or Bisu or Stork, that's a fair comparison.
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Xiphos
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada7507 Posts
June 16 2011 20:16 GMT
#27
On June 17 2011 03:22 matjlav wrote:
PvP has always been the true coinflip matchup. I don't know why ZvZ got that reputation.

PvP is basically the same thing as ZvZ, but longer and with more luck-based tech builds....

Otherwise, not too surprising, but an interesting way to present the data. TvZ really is the most imba matchup by far, haha. I feel like the Terran always has to fuck up somehow to lose a TvZ...



This man speaks the truth.

In ZvZ, you can go for early expand or 9 pool speed rush but at the end of the day, you will STILL go for that Muta/Ling combo and comebacks are more likely.
With PvP, pffff, there are much more diversity and plus it all depends on that one battle (Huh, kinda like SC2 I guess lol).
Terran vs Terran is just who have better multitask.
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Huragius
Profile Joined September 2010
Lithuania1506 Posts
June 17 2011 15:07 GMT
#28
On June 17 2011 04:15 Severedevil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 17 2011 04:11 Huragius wrote:
T>P>Z<T- remove Flash, and this will be incredibly wrong.

Yes... remove Flash but not Jaedong or Bisu or Stork, that's a fair comparison.


I don't think that by removing Jaedong/Bisu or Stork would change the results so drastically like by removing Flash.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-17 15:39:58
June 17 2011 15:34 GMT
#29
I feel like you are manipulating the data a little too much to come to the conclusion you did.

What if you took the top 30 players of each race, and compared #1 vs #1 vs #1, and #2 vs #2 vs #2? That would make a lot more sense to me. Or maybe that's what you did... I'm not really sure. If that's what you did it's truly surprising that there are no anomalies outside the #1 spot.
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hitthat
Profile Joined January 2010
Poland2349 Posts
June 17 2011 15:49 GMT
#30
If Terran vs Zerg is imba towards terran side and Zerg vs Protoss is imba towards Zerg side, than its the Zerg race broken, not terran you haters!
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]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
June 17 2011 15:53 GMT
#31
On June 18 2011 00:34 Chef wrote:
I feel like you are manipulating the data a little too much to come to the conclusion you did.

What if you took the top 30 players of each race, and compared #1 vs #1 vs #1, and #2 vs #2 vs #2? That would make a lot more sense to me. Or maybe that's what you did... I'm not really sure. If that's what you did it's truly surprising that there are no anomalies outside the #1 spot.


Yeah, I think that's what he did (compared #1 ZvT to #1 TvZ, etc.) Doesn't it show in the graph?
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djbhINDI
Profile Joined June 2011
United States372 Posts
June 17 2011 17:05 GMT
#32
On June 17 2011 03:16 Release wrote:
It's unfair to just say P>T>Z>P...
Bisu(P) >Z
Flash(T) > Z,P
Jaedong(Z) > T


Oh no, you're talking about a general trend over dozens of pro gameers when THREE buck the trend? Oh, noes, you are unfair.
You can't emphasize enough how much you need to be a paradigm shifter. - Savior
xarthaz
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1704 Posts
June 19 2011 14:09 GMT
#33
On June 18 2011 00:53 ]343[ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2011 00:34 Chef wrote:
I feel like you are manipulating the data a little too much to come to the conclusion you did.

What if you took the top 30 players of each race, and compared #1 vs #1 vs #1, and #2 vs #2 vs #2? That would make a lot more sense to me. Or maybe that's what you did... I'm not really sure. If that's what you did it's truly surprising that there are no anomalies outside the #1 spot.


Yeah, I think that's what he did (compared #1 ZvT to #1 TvZ, etc.) Doesn't it show in the graph?
Yes, that is correct. Or to be percise, the rankings are normalized, ie rank 30 terran compared to rank 34 protoss because there were more protoss players.
Aah thats the stuff..
ImbaTosS
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1717 Posts
June 19 2011 14:56 GMT
#34
On June 17 2011 03:22 matjlav wrote:
PvP has always been the true coinflip matchup. I don't know why ZvZ got that reputation.

PvP is basically the same thing as ZvZ, but longer and with more luck-based tech builds....

Otherwise, not too surprising, but an interesting way to present the data. TvZ really is the most imba matchup by far, haha. I feel like the Terran always has to fuck up somehow to lose a TvZ...


If your statements on PvP are truly correct, explain why Horang2 is pushing above a 70% winrate against P. He can win almost every game. That can only be huge skill in the matchup, allowing him to be elevated above everyone else.
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Caos2
Profile Joined November 2008
United States1728 Posts
June 20 2011 21:03 GMT
#35
Nice graphs, but can we get a raw dump of the data? I'd love to poke around.
xarthaz
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1704 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-23 15:39:25
June 23 2011 15:36 GMT
#36
Another, somewhat controversial conclusion can be made from the mirror matchup graph. The race with the highest mirror matchup ELO is in aggregate, the best performing race in the game. This is because comparitively, that race has the best performance against iself, compared to the performance of other races against itself(ie, terrans high vT elo compared to zerg's vZ elo must mean that protoss and zerg have lower vT elo in aggregate, than terran and protoss do vZ, thus suggesting the aggregate superiority of T>Z). And as the data suggests, at the higher levels this race is terran, and at the lower ranks protoss is the best performing race in aggregate.
On June 21 2011 06:03 Caos2 wrote:
Nice graphs, but can we get a raw dump of the data? I'd love to poke around.

Its just TLPD advanced player chart copy-pasted into excel(+ excel auto sort function), i did basically nothing to it
Aah thats the stuff..
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
June 23 2011 15:45 GMT
#37
On June 24 2011 00:36 xarthaz wrote:
The race with the highest mirror matchup ELO is in aggregate, the best performing race in the game. This is because comparitively, that race has the best performance against iself, compared to the performance of other races against itself(ie, terrans high vT elo compared to zerg's vZ elo must mean that protoss and zerg have lower vT elo in aggregate, than terran and protoss do vZ, thus suggesting the aggregate superiority of T>Z).

I do not understand - are you saying that if TvT skill is higher than ZvZ skill in aggregate that means that Terrans are more skilled than Zergs, or are you saying something else?
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xarthaz
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1704 Posts
June 23 2011 15:59 GMT
#38
No, it meas that Protoss and Zerg vT elos are lower than Protoss and Terran vZ elos, meaning that vT matchups are in aggregate biased toward T more than vZ matchups are toward Z
Aah thats the stuff..
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
June 23 2011 16:12 GMT
#39
Well, the smoothness of the curves is surprising. It's not surprising if Flash is on the rise, and if JD slumps, but other Ts and other Zs?? And I have to conclude that the strength of the best in a race influences the strength of the other players. Flash "pulls" other terrans after him, and JD "pushes" other zergs down with him. Sounds far-fetched, but it's possible due to the competitive structure of the way players set their goals.
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djbhINDI
Profile Joined June 2011
United States372 Posts
June 23 2011 16:22 GMT
#40
On June 24 2011 00:45 Crunchums wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2011 00:36 xarthaz wrote:
The race with the highest mirror matchup ELO is in aggregate, the best performing race in the game. This is because comparitively, that race has the best performance against iself, compared to the performance of other races against itself(ie, terrans high vT elo compared to zerg's vZ elo must mean that protoss and zerg have lower vT elo in aggregate, than terran and protoss do vZ, thus suggesting the aggregate superiority of T>Z).

I do not understand - are you saying that if TvT skill is higher than ZvZ skill in aggregate that means that Terrans are more skilled than Zergs, or are you saying something else?

Well, if the curve is smooth all the way across, then that matchup is less "skill based" - if the worst Terran's TVT ELO is really low, that means he loses a lot and if the best Terran's TvT ELO is really high, that means he wins a lot. If the best wins a lot and the worst loses a lot, then you can say this matchup is skill-based. On the other hand, the ZvZ and PvP ELO's are a bit smoother than TvT - the best doesn't win as much and the worst doesn't lose as much. This is why these two are considered more "coin flip" - skill level doesn't affect games won/lost as much as in TvT. The guy you are responding to either doesn't know what he's saying or doesn't know how to say it - his post is really unclear. This is kinda what I think he might have been wanting to say.
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