• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 07:29
CEST 13:29
KST 20:29
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins EWC 202538Tournament Spotlight: FEL Cracow 202510Power Rank - Esports World Cup 202580RSL Season 1 - Final Week9[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall15
Community News
Weekly Cups (Jul 28-Aug 3): herO doubles up4LiuLi Cup - August 2025 Tournaments3[BSL 2025] H2 - Team Wars, Weeklies & SB Ladder10EWC 2025 - Replay Pack4Google Play ASL (Season 20) Announced55
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (Jul 28-Aug 3): herO doubles up How to leave Master league - bug fix? Serral wins EWC 2025 The GOAT ranking of GOAT rankings Interview with Chris "ChanmanV" Chan
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament LiuLi Cup - August 2025 Tournaments Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond) TaeJa vs Creator Bo7 SC Evo Showmatch FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $10,000 live event
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 485 Death from Below Mutation # 484 Magnetic Pull Mutation #239 Bad Weather Mutation # 483 Kill Bot Wars
Brood War
General
How do the new Battle.net ranks translate? Nobody gona talk about this year crazy qualifiers? [BSL 2025] H2 - Team Wars, Weeklies & SB Ladder BSL Team Wars - Bonyth, Dewalt, Hawk & Sziky teams BW General Discussion
Tourneys
[ASL20] Online Qualifiers Day 2 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Cosmonarchy Pro Showmatches [ASL20] Online Qualifiers Day 1
Strategy
[G] Mineral Boosting Muta micro map competition Does 1 second matter in StarCraft? Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Total Annihilation Server - TAForever Nintendo Switch Thread Beyond All Reason [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok)
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine US Politics Mega-thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread 9/11 Anniversary Possible Al Qaeda Attack on 9/11
Fan Clubs
INnoVation Fan Club SKT1 Classic Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Movie Discussion! Korean Music Discussion
Sports
Formula 1 Discussion 2024 - 2025 Football Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Gtx660 graphics card replacement Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Sharpening the Filtration…
frozenclaw
ASL S20 English Commentary…
namkraft
The Link Between Fitness and…
TrAiDoS
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 639 users

Fighting Spirit Imbalance: Fact or Fiction? - Page 5

Forum Index > BW General
88 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 All
lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4163 Posts
July 31 2015 18:02 GMT
#81
Awesome article. It feels weird when we talk about such intricate balance things because there's just so many reasons why it can get skewed.

I personally feel that Terran players attract the most hardest working and passionate pro players, and that's why there's such a skew in the Post-Kespa era.
"You guys are just edgelords. Embrace your inner weeb desu" -Zergneedsfood
B-royal
Profile Joined May 2015
Belgium1330 Posts
August 01 2015 03:35 GMT
#82
On August 01 2015 03:02 lestye wrote:
Awesome article. It feels weird when we talk about such intricate balance things because there's just so many reasons why it can get skewed.

I personally feel that Terran players attract the most hardest working and passionate pro players, and that's why there's such a skew in the Post-Kespa era.


What the hell man.. That's such an insult to other dedicated pro-gamers, I can't even believe it.
new BW-player (~E rank fish) twitch.tv/crispydrone || What plays 500 games a season but can't get better? => http://imgur.com/a/pLzf9 <= ||
bjornkavist
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada1235 Posts
August 01 2015 05:27 GMT
#83
Dope ass article, great analysis and stats.
https://soundcloud.com/bbols
[[Starlight]]
Profile Joined December 2013
United States1578 Posts
August 01 2015 07:29 GMT
#84
On August 01 2015 12:35 B-royal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2015 03:02 lestye wrote:
Awesome article. It feels weird when we talk about such intricate balance things because there's just so many reasons why it can get skewed.

I personally feel that Terran players attract the most hardest working and passionate pro players, and that's why there's such a skew in the Post-Kespa era.


What the hell man.. That's such an insult to other dedicated pro-gamers, I can't even believe it.


+1. I mean, even limiting it to just post-Kespa era, what... Bisu doesn't work hard? Hero doesn't work hard? They and all the other pro P and Z players aren't 'passionate'? wtf?


User was warned for being hilarious
prech
Profile Joined March 2014
United States2948 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-01 08:04:57
August 01 2015 08:03 GMT
#85
On July 31 2015 10:06 ghrur wrote:
Does anybody know how the ELO system for SC:BW worked? For example, if Flash had a TvZ Elo of 2350 and Zero had a ZvT Elo of 2261, what's the estimated probability that Flash beats Hero? Is it based on Normal distribution? Logistic distribution?

Also, does TL have historical ELO? Like, can I get the ELOs of JD and Flash before they played their game on FS in the Bigfile MSL final?

There's some good info on the TL (Wiki)Elo rating on Liquipedia. Basically, as far as I understand it, it's not weighted or has any statistical adjustment done on it. Players earn and lose Elo points based on the strength of his/her opponent (who similarly gains and loses the same amount of points), so there's no weighting done by strength of competition or how "major" a tournament is...

There are some reference threads listed on the page, one of which discusses a little bit of Elo inflation over time, as there are basically more Elo points to go around as more higher caliber players emerged as the progamer scene developed.

As for Flash and ZerO, they have a ~90 point difference--

A player whose rating is 100 points greater than his/her opponent's rating is expected to win 64% of the time.

Alas, the historical Elo isn't spit out/visible on TLPD, but the data's there for calculations at any time. There are and have been plans to enable this historical view, much like Aligulac has done with SC2, as BW has such a rich history of ~15 years of progaming that can be analysed...
Liquipedia
lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4163 Posts
August 01 2015 08:20 GMT
#86
On August 01 2015 16:29 [[Starlight]] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2015 12:35 B-royal wrote:
On August 01 2015 03:02 lestye wrote:
Awesome article. It feels weird when we talk about such intricate balance things because there's just so many reasons why it can get skewed.

I personally feel that Terran players attract the most hardest working and passionate pro players, and that's why there's such a skew in the Post-Kespa era.


What the hell man.. That's such an insult to other dedicated pro-gamers, I can't even believe it.


+1. I mean, even limiting it to just post-Kespa era, what... Bisu doesn't work hard? Hero doesn't work hard? They and all the other pro P and Z players aren't 'passionate'? wtf?




I guess my joke didnt come off right, I was just pretending to be a Terran above all else guy :-P
"You guys are just edgelords. Embrace your inner weeb desu" -Zergneedsfood
outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
August 03 2015 02:11 GMT
#87
I wonder how FS and CB are both balanced when at 1st map center/middle is buildable but in 2nd map is not which will prevent terran to secure certain area with the help of depots+turrets.
sunbeams are never made like me...
AleXoundOS
Profile Joined January 2011
Georgia457 Posts
August 09 2015 16:05 GMT
#88
Good article
https://bwapi.github.io - An API for interacting with Starcraft: Broodwar (1.16.1)
Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
August 09 2015 21:01 GMT
#89
On August 01 2015 17:03 prech wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2015 10:06 ghrur wrote:
Does anybody know how the ELO system for SC:BW worked? For example, if Flash had a TvZ Elo of 2350 and Zero had a ZvT Elo of 2261, what's the estimated probability that Flash beats Hero? Is it based on Normal distribution? Logistic distribution?

Also, does TL have historical ELO? Like, can I get the ELOs of JD and Flash before they played their game on FS in the Bigfile MSL final?

There's some good info on the TL (Wiki)Elo rating on Liquipedia. Basically, as far as I understand it, it's not weighted or has any statistical adjustment done on it. Players earn and lose Elo points based on the strength of his/her opponent (who similarly gains and loses the same amount of points), so there's no weighting done by strength of competition or how "major" a tournament is...

There are some reference threads listed on the page, one of which discusses a little bit of Elo inflation over time, as there are basically more Elo points to go around as more higher caliber players emerged as the progamer scene developed.

As for Flash and ZerO, they have a ~90 point difference--

Show nested quote +
A player whose rating is 100 points greater than his/her opponent's rating is expected to win 64% of the time.

Alas, the historical Elo isn't spit out/visible on TLPD, but the data's there for calculations at any time. There are and have been plans to enable this historical view, much like Aligulac has done with SC2, as BW has such a rich history of ~15 years of progaming that can be analysed...
Not only that, but theres more points to go around as there was a gradual inflation in the amount of games played every year. You can find a top pro from 2000 who played like, eight games the whole year.
Never say Die! ||| Fight you? No, I want to kill you.
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Wardi Open
11:00
Mondays #46
WardiTV351
Rex80
CranKy Ducklings35
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Harstem 315
Rex 80
ProTech39
Codebar 3
StarCraft: Brood War
GuemChi 7613
Sea 3196
Barracks 2326
ggaemo 1371
Flash 1320
Hyuk 986
EffOrt 743
Zeus 404
Pusan 336
actioN 291
[ Show more ]
Killer 242
Soulkey 242
Nal_rA 213
Soma 188
ZerO 185
Mong 167
Mind 146
TY 126
Snow 75
Rush 58
sorry 36
Backho 34
Sharp 30
sSak 25
JulyZerg 19
Sea.KH 18
Movie 15
Icarus 12
scan(afreeca) 10
Terrorterran 7
[sc1f]eonzerg 7
Bale 6
Dota 2
Dendi831
BananaSlamJamma471
XcaliburYe448
KheZu280
Fuzer 211
Counter-Strike
olofmeister2745
ScreaM2741
x6flipin463
allub301
Other Games
singsing1947
B2W.Neo833
Happy330
crisheroes314
XaKoH 245
Pyrionflax243
SortOf174
Lowko111
JuggernautJason31
ArmadaUGS29
ZerO(Twitch)16
Organizations
StarCraft: Brood War
lovetv 7
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• StrangeGG 52
• davetesta27
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• iopq 4
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Nemesis3496
• Jankos994
Upcoming Events
RotterdaM Event
4h 31m
OSC
12h 31m
WardiTV Summer Champion…
23h 31m
WardiTV Summer Champion…
1d 3h
PiGosaur Monday
1d 12h
WardiTV Summer Champion…
1d 23h
Stormgate Nexus
2 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
2 days
The PondCast
2 days
WardiTV Summer Champion…
2 days
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
3 days
LiuLi Cup
3 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
4 days
RSL Revival
4 days
RSL Revival
4 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
6 days
Wardi Open
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

ASL Season 20: Qualifier #2
FEL Cracow 2025
CC Div. A S7

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL 20 Team Wars
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 3
BSL 21 Qualifiers
HCC Europe
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025

Upcoming

ASL Season 20
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
SEL Season 2 Championship
WardiTV Summer 2025
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
Thunderpick World Champ.
MESA Nomadic Masters Fall
CS Asia Championships 2025
Roobet Cup 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.