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imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
February 22 2009 22:55 GMT
#241
i dont even care about ELO ratings, i just want bisu to win the OSL o_o

but then if he won, it would probably result in a new ELO peak wouldn't it.

either way, bisu fighting ^^
blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
Simplistik
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
2094 Posts
February 22 2009 22:59 GMT
#242
That's not true. The number of OSL winners who didn't get any ELO peaks out of it is pretty large. It really depends on how many games he drops on the way. A few 3-2 series can have him lower than he started with.
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huameng
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1133 Posts
February 22 2009 23:02 GMT
#243
On February 23 2009 04:05 TheYango wrote:
This is exactly why I think the Bisu-hate is ridiculous. How could you hate a player so much as to wish that an all-time record be lower just because you can't stand to see him be #1?


You seriously overestimate the amount of hate you need to not want to see someone break a record of a player you like better. If Bisu held the ELO peak, why on Earth would you want, say, Jangbi to break it? You don't have to dislike Jangbi much at all, it's just that Bisu is pretty obviously a better player than Jangbi, so it doesn't make any sense for Jangbi to hold the record over Bisu. If you want records to increase for no reason other than to see a higher number, fine, but people generally want records to represent something. If they don't think Bisu is the best, they surely won't want him to hold a record signifying that.
skating
quiong
Profile Joined January 2008
United States268 Posts
February 22 2009 23:08 GMT
#244
Jangbi's elo is now 2282... he could be the second protoss ever to break 2300. I think the new WL format makes elo movement more fluid... a player on a streak can now win several games in a single night, getting a big elo bump. Under the old proleague even the hottest players were limited in how many games they played in per week.
Proposal
Profile Joined December 2007
United States1310 Posts
February 22 2009 23:18 GMT
#245
Yes, the inflation in ELO ratings/peaks has been mentioned sevral times
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36390 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-22 23:24:19
February 22 2009 23:24 GMT
#246
ELO inflation is perfectly natural, as the average player today is way better than the average player back in 2001. It makes complete sense that there are more players near or higher than 2300 than before, because players today are simply better. Bisu doesn't have the most wins, nor is his margin of dominance the greatest, but him and Flash have achieved a level of Starcraft that is higher than any other player has achieved ever. What's wrong about that? Makes perfect sense.
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Proposal
Profile Joined December 2007
United States1310 Posts
February 22 2009 23:31 GMT
#247
what's amazing is that Bisu has risen out of his "mini slump" to become a more better player than he was when he won his 2 MSL titles
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36390 Posts
February 22 2009 23:33 GMT
#248
wasn't bisu only "slumping" because of his hand injury?
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BanZu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3329 Posts
February 22 2009 23:34 GMT
#249
On February 23 2009 08:02 huameng wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 23 2009 04:05 TheYango wrote:
This is exactly why I think the Bisu-hate is ridiculous. How could you hate a player so much as to wish that an all-time record be lower just because you can't stand to see him be #1?


You seriously overestimate the amount of hate you need to not want to see someone break a record of a player you like better. If Bisu held the ELO peak, why on Earth would you want, say, Jangbi to break it? You don't have to dislike Jangbi much at all, it's just that Bisu is pretty obviously a better player than Jangbi, so it doesn't make any sense for Jangbi to hold the record over Bisu. If you want records to increase for no reason other than to see a higher number, fine, but people generally want records to represent something. If they don't think Bisu is the best, they surely won't want him to hold a record signifying that.

Personally, I don't like (P)JangBi that much but I don't care if he beats (P)Bisu's all-time high (if (P)Bisu does (P)Reach it). If he's good enough to do it, then he'll do it. There's no reason for me to wish against it.
Sun Tzu once said, "Defiler becomes useless at the presences of a vessel."
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36390 Posts
February 22 2009 23:38 GMT
#250
On February 23 2009 08:02 huameng wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 23 2009 04:05 TheYango wrote:
This is exactly why I think the Bisu-hate is ridiculous. How could you hate a player so much as to wish that an all-time record be lower just because you can't stand to see him be #1?


You seriously overestimate the amount of hate you need to not want to see someone break a record of a player you like better. If Bisu held the ELO peak, why on Earth would you want, say, Jangbi to break it? You don't have to dislike Jangbi much at all, it's just that Bisu is pretty obviously a better player than Jangbi, so it doesn't make any sense for Jangbi to hold the record over Bisu. If you want records to increase for no reason other than to see a higher number, fine, but people generally want records to represent something. If they don't think Bisu is the best, they surely won't want him to hold a record signifying that.

the problem is "Bisu is pretty obviously a better player than Jangbi" is a subjective statement. obviously Bisu is better right now, he has more titles, better W-L, higher ELO, but what if in a few months Jangbi got to 2400? would Bisu still obviously be a better player? probably not. that's why saying "X shouldn't have a higher ELO because Y is better" doesn't make sense.
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-23 00:52:40
February 23 2009 00:48 GMT
#251
On February 23 2009 08:02 huameng wrote:
You seriously overestimate the amount of hate you need to not want to see someone break a record of a player you like better. If Bisu held the ELO peak, why on Earth would you want, say, Jangbi to break it? You don't have to dislike Jangbi much at all, it's just that Bisu is pretty obviously a better player than Jangbi, so it doesn't make any sense for Jangbi to hold the record over Bisu. If you want records to increase for no reason other than to see a higher number, fine, but people generally want records to represent something. If they don't think Bisu is the best, they surely won't want him to hold a record signifying that.

A record is a record. It doesn't imply anything about current player skill. If Jangbi or anyone else can break whatever record Bisu sets, I'm completely fine with it. Any indication that the skill level of the game is still moving up is good for everyone. Its indication that competitive play is still alive and flourishing.

Either way, you would either have to hate Bisu too much, or like Flash too much to not want a record to be broken. Record-breaking is always worth seeing, IMO.

Especially given the new WL format, its perfectly within Flash's ability to pass up Bisu again. He WAS ahead of Bisu just a few days ago. Give him an all-kill or two, and he can do so again, individual leagues be damned.
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Batisterio-PiB
Profile Joined August 2007
Brazil219 Posts
February 23 2009 01:16 GMT
#252
If Oov had an WL, GOM intel-classic, MSL with 32 players he would had the record...even savior or nada....the dominance of flash, bisu, jaedong is far from oov, nada or savior...
I dont think ELO is a good measure of dominance....
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-23 01:29:45
February 23 2009 01:23 GMT
#253
On February 23 2009 10:16 Batisterio-PiB wrote:
If Oov had an WL, GOM intel-classic, MSL with 32 players he would had the record...even savior or nada....the dominance of flash, bisu, jaedong is far from oov, nada or savior...
I dont think ELO is a good measure of dominance....

Its not supposed to be. If all your opponents are just as good as you are, then your ELO rises faster than it would if you're way better than they are. ELO peak rising indicates that player skill as a whole is rising, which is a good thing, regardless of who you're a fan of.

Savior, Nada, and Oov were more dominant than Flash, Bisu, or Jaedong, but by no means were their actual skills better than Flash/Bisu/Jaedong (e.g. Jaedong now would easily beat Oov of '04, even during his 27-win streak).
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Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36390 Posts
February 23 2009 02:08 GMT
#254
i disagree, if oov had a more heavy schedule he would've had LESS dominance, not more. more games = less time to prepare for the dominant player.
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Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8556 Posts
February 23 2009 02:39 GMT
#255
On February 23 2009 11:08 Hot_Bid wrote:
i disagree, if oov had a more heavy schedule he would've had LESS dominance, not more. more games = less time to prepare for the dominant player.

It depends how heavy. He could probably play twice the amount of games he'd played and still dominate just as hard. More games for him means more (though not as many) games for everyone. Too many games and he'll probably fold like Flash.
Jaedong
huameng
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1133 Posts
February 23 2009 03:04 GMT
#256
On February 23 2009 09:48 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 23 2009 08:02 huameng wrote:
You seriously overestimate the amount of hate you need to not want to see someone break a record of a player you like better. If Bisu held the ELO peak, why on Earth would you want, say, Jangbi to break it? You don't have to dislike Jangbi much at all, it's just that Bisu is pretty obviously a better player than Jangbi, so it doesn't make any sense for Jangbi to hold the record over Bisu. If you want records to increase for no reason other than to see a higher number, fine, but people generally want records to represent something. If they don't think Bisu is the best, they surely won't want him to hold a record signifying that.


A record is a record. It doesn't imply anything about current player skill. If Jangbi or anyone else can break whatever record Bisu sets, I'm completely fine with it. Any indication that the skill level of the game is still moving up is good for everyone. Its indication that competitive play is still alive and flourishing.


I see your point, but the record can't not imply anything about current player skill AND be an indication that the skill level of the game is still moving up. It just doesn't make sense.

I mean, I loved seeing the Patriots go 16-0 in the NFL two seasons ago, (I'm not a fan of theirs) because it's good to see a team that deserves a record get it. I, even as a Flash fan, don't mind Bisu having the #1 ELO peak, because he's simply owning people's souls right now. But some people thought the Pats ran the score up on shitty teams and they deserved to lose in the Super Bowl. Some people think Bisu got very lucky with Backho's gift, or isn't deserving for some other reason, and it certainly doesn't make them Bisu haters.

Sometime, Hot_Bid wrote:
the problem is "Bisu is pretty obviously a better player than Jangbi" is a subjective statement. obviously Bisu is better right now, he has more titles, better W-L, higher ELO, but what if in a few months Jangbi got to 2400? would Bisu still obviously be a better player? probably not. that's why saying "X shouldn't have a higher ELO because Y is better" doesn't make sense.


Well I picked Jangbi specifically because Bisu scrubbed the floor with him so recently. If Jangbi crushes this MSL without a loss and Bisu gets swept by, I dunno, Yarnc (haha yeah right) in OSL, goes 0-3 in WL and then can't qualify for a starleague to save his life, there wouldn't be a debate, Jangbi would deserve to have the higher ELO. I guess he wasn't the best example, we can replace him with Frozean or type-b if you'd like.

I was just trying to get the point across that we'd like ELO to represent skill, so if a worse player has a higher ELO than a better player, the system is broken. (This is unavoidable with how quickly the ELO fluctuates, but we can dream.) With Flash vs Bisu, it's not as clear cut as Bisu vs Frozean or Flash vs Pusan, but a lot of people are going to feel strongly that one player is better than the other. And they'll be pissed if their favorite doesn't hold all the records.
skating
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
February 23 2009 05:00 GMT
#257
On February 23 2009 12:04 huameng wrote:
I see your point, but the record can't not imply anything about current player skill AND be an indication that the skill level of the game is still moving up. It just doesn't make sense.


I should be clearer: ELO peak doesn't imply anything about current INDIVIDUAL player skill, but implies something about the skill of the entire player BASE. Bisu's ELO peak being higher than Oov's old peak doesn't mean that Bisu is a more dominant player, but it does mean that he is more likely to be facing players of similar skill level, rather than dominating people much worse than he is (because he loses less for losses, and gains more for wins).
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OmgIRok
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Taiwan2699 Posts
February 23 2009 05:30 GMT
#258
WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH OLD THREADS THAT TALK ABOUT ELO PEAKS THAT ARE ALREADY BROKEN ITS LIKE READING OLD NEWS/FALSE INFO

/rant

[Feel free to own me for this post, I won't check back on this thread because like I JUST MENTIONED THESE OLD NEWS THINGS SHOULD ONLY BE MENTIONED TO AS HISTORY BEING MADE, NOT BEING KEPT CURRENT BY CONTINUOUS BUMPING OVER A SPAN OF A MONTH (AND OR MORE)]
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GGQ
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2653 Posts
February 23 2009 05:47 GMT
#259
Ludicrous troll. Did you even read the recent posts? They relate directly to the original purpose and spirit of the thread, which is a discussion of Bisu and the implications of his rising ELO rating. Sure, he passed 2300 a long time ago, but his ELO is still rising, it's still exciting, and theres a new frontier: number 1 ELO ever! Why make a new thread when you can continue the discussion here?

PS Caps. Stop.
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
February 23 2009 05:49 GMT
#260
On February 23 2009 14:30 OmgIRok wrote:
WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH OLD THREADS THAT TALK ABOUT ELO PEAKS THAT ARE ALREADY BROKEN ITS LIKE READING OLD NEWS/FALSE INFO

/rant

[Feel free to own me for this post, I won't check back on this thread because like I JUST MENTIONED THESE OLD NEWS THINGS SHOULD ONLY BE MENTIONED TO AS HISTORY BEING MADE, NOT BEING KEPT CURRENT BY CONTINUOUS BUMPING OVER A SPAN OF A MONTH (AND OR MORE)]

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