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sickkungen
Profile Joined July 2012
Sweden179 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-02 10:16:57
December 02 2016 10:13 GMT
#21
If Larva can keep his game up in offline-environments he and Sharp should switch places. One thing going for him is that he recently switched to fullscreen starcraft while practicing. The tournaments use fullscreen too which could only have a positive effect.

Soulkey at #9???
SCC-Faust
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3736 Posts
December 02 2016 10:27 GMT
#22
Rooting for Zergs. Mostly hero though... cause he is MY hero
I want to fuck Soulkey with a Zelderan.
letian
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany4221 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-02 12:14:39
December 02 2016 12:09 GMT
#23
Hey, where is (Z)ZerO?
EsportsJohn
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4883 Posts
December 02 2016 12:14 GMT
#24
On December 02 2016 21:09 letian wrote:
Hey, where is Zero lol?


...He won't be playing in ASL . Lives too far away from the studio and can't afford to take the time or money to travel; also said he feels really bad when he's struggling with travel, plays badly, and then Afreeca chat insults him. It's a sucky situation to be in :/.

StrategyAllyssa Grey <3<3
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
December 02 2016 12:16 GMT
#25
wow BeSt@20

!!! controversial !!!
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
December 02 2016 12:54 GMT
#26
I am so hyped for this ASL, great list!
Now we only need liquibets
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19239 Posts
December 02 2016 12:54 GMT
#27
I actually disagree with a lot on this list to the point I think this is just a list after the first 6 and not a ranking.

* by,hero has had terrible results for almost two years, but is put above Mind who has performed better.
*Soulkey, Jaedong, and Rain at 9, 10, & 11 is a HUGE insult to players that have actually earned results over the past several years. They need to all move down at least 4 spots. And how can we rank Soulkey so high without anything solid to back this up. Rain at least did well in the Thrill Starleague and Jaedong in GIGA.
* Sea has dominated for 5 years now and had great tournament results (see online tournaments) yet is behind players who have no results
* Free has had some of the best results as protoss second to only Bisu and Eyewater and owns some of the best PvT still. The fact that he is behind Rain is just wrong.
* Stork is above Movie and BeSt even though Movie still randomly takes great results out of nowhere and BeSt had proven over the past year he's a pretty strong protoss too. Stork's giga matches prove nothing
* Mong was at his best in 2014-2015 with decent results in 2016 yet we just tossed him down the stairs lol

Here's my power rank. I'd say the top 3 are interchangeable, but this captures their ranks more closely.
+ Show Spoiler +
1. Last
2. Bisu
3. Flash
4. eyewater
5. effort
6. Mind
7. free
8. Sharp
9. Sea
10. Best
11. hero
12. Jaedong
13. Rain
14. Mong
15. Movie
16. larva
17. Soulkey
18. Light
19. Guemchi
20. Rush
21. Stork
22. Iris
23. Miso
24. Terror
25. Ample
26. Hint
27. force
28. By.maru

ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Cele
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Germany4016 Posts
December 02 2016 13:42 GMT
#28
i disagree with Flash being #1. Yeah he most likely will earn a top 3 spot soon enough, but he hasn't done so yet. He isn't a SOSPA/Afreeca Starleague Winner yet and past glory isn't enough in my book.
Broodwar for life!
HaN-
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
France1920 Posts
December 02 2016 13:43 GMT
#29
What exactly are the selection criteria for the making of this ranking?
Calendaraka Foxhan
classicyellow83
Profile Joined June 2016
United States2393 Posts
December 02 2016 13:49 GMT
#30
On December 02 2016 22:42 Cele wrote:
i disagree with Flash being #1. Yeah he most likely will earn a top 3 spot soon enough, but he hasn't done so yet. He isn't a SOSPA/Afreeca Starleague Winner yet and past glory isn't enough in my book.

How about having the highest win rate since he came to afreeca and having winning record vs all of the players?
Reach!!! Come back to BW!!
Cele
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Germany4016 Posts
December 02 2016 13:49 GMT
#31
On December 02 2016 22:42 Cele wrote:
i disagree with Flash being #1. Yeah he most likely will earn a top 3 spot soon enough, but he hasn't done so yet. He isn't a SOSPA/Afreeca Starleague Winner yet and past glory isn't enough in my book.


Also rating shuttle, the current champion, on #5 ist just wrong, no matter what fancy words you use to explain it. There's no recent data of (big) tournaments to back that up and in my mind you need solid reasons to do so.

Rating Jaedong above accomplished SOSPA Veterans like Sea, Larva, Mong seems wrong too. Yes he is the tyrant, but again you give him this spot for his prestige only, he has no achievements so far (not counting a third place in the TLBS Showmatch..)

But reiterating my first statement, Flash on spot #1 isn't justifiable at all. Rating the player who was defeated 0-3 by Last in last ASL on the first place seems just off. Especially when you rate Last worse ^^



Overall, my first impression is this powerrank is based to much on hype and prestige of players and less on actual results.


Broodwar for life!
Cele
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Germany4016 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-02 13:52:32
December 02 2016 13:52 GMT
#32
On December 02 2016 22:49 classicyellow83 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2016 22:42 Cele wrote:
i disagree with Flash being #1. Yeah he most likely will earn a top 3 spot soon enough, but he hasn't done so yet. He isn't a SOSPA/Afreeca Starleague Winner yet and past glory isn't enough in my book.

How about having the highest win rate since he came to afreeca and having winning record vs all of the players?


sorry but i was thinking the power rank would be created under the same criteria as the iterations back in the ol' days: tournament success. Since when do we make his practice games prime consideration? Yeah things have changed since we see first person streams every day, im open to the idea of taking that into account. But i think, tournament successes should be weighed more, for a couple of reasons. Not gonna go into detail,since i think it's obvious for us where the difference is.
Broodwar for life!
quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
December 02 2016 13:54 GMT
#33
There we go, it seems that there's no lack of controversy after all.

Thanks for the power rank!
All candles lit within him, and there was purity. | First auto-promoted BW LP editor.
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
December 02 2016 13:58 GMT
#34
On December 02 2016 22:49 Cele wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2016 22:42 Cele wrote:
i disagree with Flash being #1. Yeah he most likely will earn a top 3 spot soon enough, but he hasn't done so yet. He isn't a SOSPA/Afreeca Starleague Winner yet and past glory isn't enough in my book.


Also rating shuttle, the current champion, on #5 ist just wrong, no matter what fancy words you use to explain it. There's no recent data of (big) tournaments to back that up and in my mind you need solid reasons to do so.

Rating Jaedong above accomplished SOSPA Veterans like Sea, Larva, Mong seems wrong too. Yes he is the tyrant, but again you give him this spot for his prestige only, he has no achievements so far (not counting a third place in the TLBS Showmatch..)

But reiterating my first statement, Flash on spot #1 isn't justifiable at all. Rating the player who was defeated 0-3 by Last in last ASL on the first place seems just off. Especially when you rate Last worse ^^



Overall, my first impression is this powerrank is based to much on hype and prestige of players and less on actual results.



The problem simply is that there aren't enough tournaments to make a power rank only using official results. You have to include other results as well. I don't see why results which area extremely old (talking about sospa events from >6 months ago) would be more relevant than recent baloon matches, etc
As long as there aren't a lot of offline tournaments going on it's simply the best solution. You can still argue about the weighing of the results ofc


IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
Cele
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Germany4016 Posts
December 02 2016 14:06 GMT
#35
On December 02 2016 22:58 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2016 22:49 Cele wrote:
On December 02 2016 22:42 Cele wrote:
i disagree with Flash being #1. Yeah he most likely will earn a top 3 spot soon enough, but he hasn't done so yet. He isn't a SOSPA/Afreeca Starleague Winner yet and past glory isn't enough in my book.


Also rating shuttle, the current champion, on #5 ist just wrong, no matter what fancy words you use to explain it. There's no recent data of (big) tournaments to back that up and in my mind you need solid reasons to do so.

Rating Jaedong above accomplished SOSPA Veterans like Sea, Larva, Mong seems wrong too. Yes he is the tyrant, but again you give him this spot for his prestige only, he has no achievements so far (not counting a third place in the TLBS Showmatch..)

But reiterating my first statement, Flash on spot #1 isn't justifiable at all. Rating the player who was defeated 0-3 by Last in last ASL on the first place seems just off. Especially when you rate Last worse ^^



Overall, my first impression is this powerrank is based to much on hype and prestige of players and less on actual results.



The problem simply is that there aren't enough tournaments to make a power rank only using official results. You have to include other results as well. I don't see why results which area extremely old (talking about sospa events from >6 months ago) would be more relevant than recent baloon matches, etc
As long as there aren't a lot of offline tournaments going on it's simply the best solution. You can still argue about the weighing of the results ofc



agree with you on the point, but i think the weighing is the question here.
Broodwar for life!
c3rberUs
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Japan11286 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-02 14:28:08
December 02 2016 14:25 GMT
#36
On December 02 2016 19:12 classicyellow83 wrote:
Sea was the one who nicknamed Last Alphago, not Flash.

Thanks for confirming. There was a post earlier this year about when FlaSh watched Last's FPV, he went like "this guy truly like AlphaGo". So pretty much everyone thought he coined the nickname.

I call bull on this PR. Stork should have been number 1.

@BD
* Sea has dominated for 5 years now and had great tournament results (see online tournaments) yet is behind players who have no results

I highlighted the keyword which is the sole reason why he placed that low. xP
WriterMovie, 진영화 : "StarCraft will never die".
imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
December 02 2016 14:38 GMT
#37
So hyped for this. Nice to see some BW Power rank on the spotlight too.
Zest fanboy.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19239 Posts
December 02 2016 14:52 GMT
#38
On December 02 2016 23:25 c3rberUs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2016 19:12 classicyellow83 wrote:
Sea was the one who nicknamed Last Alphago, not Flash.

Thanks for confirming. There was a post earlier this year about when FlaSh watched Last's FPV, he went like "this guy truly like AlphaGo". So pretty much everyone thought he coined the nickname.

I call bull on this PR. Stork should have been number 1.

@BD
Show nested quote +
* Sea has dominated for 5 years now and had great tournament results (see online tournaments) yet is behind players who have no results

I highlighted the keyword which is the sole reason why he placed that low. xP

Behind players with zero results. And he was in the final four of the last ASL so he even did well offline. Behind jd, soulkey, and rain is completely wrong.
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-02 16:38:39
December 02 2016 16:36 GMT
#39
Tournament success is no longer the end all be all guys, I'd rate sponmatches a lot more than most online tournaments.

And sea isn't playing with the fire that he used to have anymore
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
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LaStScan
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)1289 Posts
December 02 2016 16:43 GMT
#40
On December 02 2016 21:14 SC2John wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2016 21:09 letian wrote:
Hey, where is Zero lol?


...He won't be playing in ASL . Lives too far away from the studio and can't afford to take the time or money to travel; also said he feels really bad when he's struggling with travel, plays badly, and then Afreeca chat insults him. It's a sucky situation to be in :/.



That's also my situation. I wanted to achieve something at least before i serve the military service.
Trying my best for ASL, ASTL
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