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CJ vs. Hwaseung Semifinals Day 1 - STATS!

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Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States4549 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-29 06:19:03
July 29 2009 06:02 GMT
#1
Shinhan Proleague 08-09 - August 1st Semifinals Day 1 Data

Hwaseung Oz vs. CJ Entus


1st Set - Destination
(T)Lomo vs. (T)sKyHigh
0 < Head to Heads > 0
41 - 43 (48.8%) < Total Record > 31 - 24 (56.4%)
15 - 18 (45.5%) < 08-09 Season > 18 - 13 (58.1%)
0 - 0 < Playoff Record > 7 - 1
3 - 7 < Last 10 vs. Opponent Race > 7 - 3
3 - 5 < Record on Map > 10 - 3
1 - 3 < Record vs. Opponent Team > 6 - 3



2nd Set - Neo Medusa
(Z)Jaedong vs. (Z)EffOrt
3 < Head to Heads > 1
209 - 98 (68.1%) < Total Record > 53 - 26 (67.1%)
54 - 21 (72%) < 08-09 Season > 33 - 17 (66%)
10 - 2 < Playoff Record > 6 - 2
8 - 2 < Last 10 vs. Opponent Race > 6 - 4
4 - 1 < Record on Map > 6 - 0
14 - 5 < Record vs. Opponent Team > 2 - 2




3rd Set - Colosseum II
(T)HiyA vs. (P)Movie
T v P - 18 - 23 (44%)
0 < Head to Heads > 0
56 - 54 (50.9%) < Total Record > 17 - 19 (47.2%)
32 - 24 (57.1%) < 08-09 Season > 11 - 13 (45.8%)
1 - 2 < Playoff Record > 2 - 3
6 - 4 < Last 10 vs. Opponent Race > 4 - 6
3 - 0 < Record on Map > 1 - 1
3 - 6 < Record vs. Opponent Team > 2 - 1




4th Set - Shades of Twilight
(P)PerfectMan vs. (T)Iris
P v T - 6 - 4 (60%)
0 < Head to Heads > 0
0 - 0 < Total Record > 153 - 121 (55.8%)
0 - 0 < 08-09 Season > 20 - 15 (57.1%)
0 - 0 < Playoff Record > 5 - 7
0 - 0 < Last 10 vs. Opponent Race > 5 - 5
0 - 0 < Record on Map > 0 - 1
0 - 0 < Record vs. Opponent Team > 5 - 10




5th Set - Heartbreak Ridge
(P)BackHo vs. (P)Snow
0 < Head to Heads > 0
40 - 50 (44.4%) < Total Record > 0 - 2 (0%)
13 - 16 (44.8%) < 08-09 Season > 0 - 2 (0%)
0 - 3 < Playoff Record > 0 - 0
3 - 7 < Last 10 vs. Opponent Race > 0 - 1
3 - 2 < Record on Map > 0 - 0
2 - 1 < Record vs. Opponent Team > 0 - 0




6th Set - God's Garden
(Z)Killer vs. (Z)Kwanro
0 < Head to Heads > 0
2 - 1 (66.7%) < Total Record > 51 - 41 (55.4%)
2 - 1 (66.7%) < 08-09 Season > 12 - 10 (54.5%)
0 - 0 < Playoff Record > 2 - 4
0 - 0 < Last 10 vs. Opponent Race > 7 - 3
2 - 0 < Record on Map > 1 - 1
1 - 0 < Record vs. Opponent Team > 3 - 3




7th Set - Neo Harmony
ACE vs. ACE
(Z)Jaedong (4 - 2) < Player w/ Best Stats on Map > (T)Iris (4 - 4)
Z v T - 21 - 17 (55.3%)
(Z)Jaedong (54 - 21) < Player w/ Best Stats This Season > (Z)EffOrt (33 - 17)




NOTE* - These stats don't take into account GOM results
Thought it'd be interesting to get these stats out!
Let me know if you spot mistakes~
Source: Fomos
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Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
July 29 2009 06:06 GMT
#2
Thanks Smix

Really helps in predictions for the match. This should be added to the LR thread as well(I believe kona already made it).
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
July 29 2009 06:07 GMT
#3
Great job! Thanks!
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Rainmaker5
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1027 Posts
July 29 2009 06:11 GMT
#4
I wish this gave some map statistics though. Like Movie and Hiya looks like a bad match-up till you consider Colosseum likes Toss.
(-_(-_(-_(^_(-_(-_(-_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-) CJ Fighting! "Beer -> soju -> whisky is a terrible build"~~ Scrarecrow.
Smix *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States4549 Posts
July 29 2009 06:12 GMT
#5
On July 29 2009 15:11 Rainmaker5 wrote:
I wish this gave some map statistics though. Like Movie and Hiya looks like a bad match-up till you consider Colosseum likes Toss.


Mm. I'll add this in now
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Rainmaker5
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1027 Posts
July 29 2009 06:13 GMT
#6
On July 29 2009 15:12 Smix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2009 15:11 Rainmaker5 wrote:
I wish this gave some map statistics though. Like Movie and Hiya looks like a bad match-up till you consider Colosseum likes Toss.


Mm. I'll add this in now

Thanks
(-_(-_(-_(^_(-_(-_(-_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-) CJ Fighting! "Beer -> soju -> whisky is a terrible build"~~ Scrarecrow.
Rainmaker5
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1027 Posts
July 29 2009 06:17 GMT
#7
Also, does anyone know what makes Shades a good map to send a toss to try and snipe Iris? I see it's slightly Toss favored. But it isn't if you get rid of Kal beating Miracle and BeSt beating MVP.
(-_(-_(-_(^_(-_(-_(-_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-) CJ Fighting! "Beer -> soju -> whisky is a terrible build"~~ Scrarecrow.
Mortality
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States4790 Posts
July 29 2009 06:22 GMT
#8
From this the favorites would then be:
SkyHigh 0-1
JD 1-1
Hiya 2-1
Iris 2-2
Backho 3-2
Kwanro 3-3
JD 4-3

OZ will probably win. CJ needs to make sure they come with this face: (-_-)
Even though this Proleague bullshit has been completely bogus, I really, really, really do not see how Khan can lose this. I swear I will kill myself if they do. - nesix before KHAN lost to eNature
Rainmaker5
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1027 Posts
July 29 2009 06:29 GMT
#9
I dunno if stats are very reliable here both Chos are doing some weird stuff. Snow and PerfectMan are probably sent as snipers and are going to do weird stuff and Colosseum is stacked towards Toss in PvTs. Can someone explain that one too? I don't see why. Seems like a Terran contain would work fine and though it's easy for toss to expand the big expansions leaves them open for drops.
(-_(-_(-_(^_(-_(-_(-_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-) CJ Fighting! "Beer -> soju -> whisky is a terrible build"~~ Scrarecrow.
Perguvious
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1783 Posts
July 29 2009 06:31 GMT
#10
what about jaedong vs skyhigh? that is a likely ace match as well

oh never mind, I'll look it up myself

thanks for these stats smix
ccou
Profile Joined December 2008
United States681 Posts
July 29 2009 06:33 GMT
#11
Go CJ Cho!
Wake up Mr. B!
o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
July 29 2009 06:51 GMT
#12
Jaedong Oz ftw!!! Backho fighting
Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-29 07:16:12
July 29 2009 07:15 GMT
#13
On July 29 2009 15:29 Rainmaker5 wrote:
I dunno if stats are very reliable here both Chos are doing some weird stuff. Snow and PerfectMan are probably sent as snipers and are going to do weird stuff and Colosseum is stacked towards Toss in PvTs. Can someone explain that one too? I don't see why. Seems like a Terran contain would work fine and though it's easy for toss to expand the big expansions leaves them open for drops.
uh...its a 5 game difference. Statistically, statistics dont mean jack shit for 99% of the maps we have, Colo is one of em'. Even if you were to take iccup statistics or top foreigners opinions on a map, that means jack shit because balance changes amongst top pro gamers. Unless the balance of a map is drastic, or theres been confirmed statements by A class pro gamers on the balance of a map, any statement of a maps balance is worth jack shit.
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Rainmaker5
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1027 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-29 07:34:16
July 29 2009 07:21 GMT
#14
On July 29 2009 16:15 Dazed_Spy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2009 15:29 Rainmaker5 wrote:
I dunno if stats are very reliable here both Chos are doing some weird stuff. Snow and PerfectMan are probably sent as snipers and are going to do weird stuff and Colosseum is stacked towards Toss in PvTs. Can someone explain that one too? I don't see why. Seems like a Terran contain would work fine and though it's easy for toss to expand the big expansions leaves them open for drops.
uh...its a 5 game difference. Statistically, statistics dont mean jack shit for 99% of the maps we have, Colo is one of em'. Even if you were to take iccup statistics or top foreigners opinions on a map, that means jack shit because balance changes amongst top pro gamers. Unless the balance of a map is drastic, or theres been confirmed statements by A class pro gamers on the balance of a map, any statement of a maps balance is worth jack shit.

Five games is pretty significant. It's not battle royal bad, but there is something about the map that makes it lean Toss in the matchup. And you can't just say that's it's tough for Terran because they are up in TvZ.

Also, the other half of my point is that when you put out players like PerfectMan, Killer and Snow you have some sort of plan in mind, so while the statistics read that yeah Iris, Kwanro and BackHo are better than their opponents the games hinge on whether they're good enough to deal with whatever crazy build or massive cheese comes their way. So stats aren't as important as experience here. I can see Kwanro or BackHo losing a game here just because their younger as players and haven't developed that clutch that older players get.
(-_(-_(-_(^_(-_(-_(-_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-) CJ Fighting! "Beer -> soju -> whisky is a terrible build"~~ Scrarecrow.
Rainmaker5
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1027 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-29 07:22:37
July 29 2009 07:22 GMT
#15
(-_(-_(-_(^_(-_(-_(-_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-) CJ Fighting! "Beer -> soju -> whisky is a terrible build"~~ Scrarecrow.
Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
July 29 2009 07:41 GMT
#16
On July 29 2009 16:21 Rainmaker5 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2009 16:15 Dazed_Spy wrote:
On July 29 2009 15:29 Rainmaker5 wrote:
I dunno if stats are very reliable here both Chos are doing some weird stuff. Snow and PerfectMan are probably sent as snipers and are going to do weird stuff and Colosseum is stacked towards Toss in PvTs. Can someone explain that one too? I don't see why. Seems like a Terran contain would work fine and though it's easy for toss to expand the big expansions leaves them open for drops.
uh...its a 5 game difference. Statistically, statistics dont mean jack shit for 99% of the maps we have, Colo is one of em'. Even if you were to take iccup statistics or top foreigners opinions on a map, that means jack shit because balance changes amongst top pro gamers. Unless the balance of a map is drastic, or theres been confirmed statements by A class pro gamers on the balance of a map, any statement of a maps balance is worth jack shit.

Five games is pretty significant. It's not battle royal bad, but there is something about the map that makes it lean Toss in the matchup. And you can't just say that's it's tough for Terran because they are up in TvZ.

Also, the other half of my point is that when you put out players like PerfectMan, Killer and Snow you have some sort of plan in mind, so while the statistics read that yeah Iris, Kwanro and BackHo are better than their opponents the games hinge on whether they're good enough to deal with whatever crazy build or massive cheese comes their way. So stats aren't as important as experience here. I can see Kwanro or BackHo losing a game here just because their younger as players and haven't developed that clutch that older players get.
I can never figure out tl's convoluted quote system, so to your first point

1) Five games is not significant. Just five good protoss bashing five bad terrans could make the difference. Just two games of cheese and three better protoss bashing two bad terrans could make the difference. Just one game where flash was too tired to practice for, two games of good protoss beating bad terrans with two cheeses, could make the difference. Five games is nothing. There is a science behind statistics, you have to take a certain amount of people to get an accurate cross section of societies opinions, for example. The same is true for this. For all we know colo is considerably favoured to terrans in the A team practice house

2) I agree.
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Loldts
Profile Joined June 2009
United States66 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-29 07:52:36
July 29 2009 07:45 GMT
#17
Generally as a rule of thumb maps aren't favored one way or the other unless the difference is more than 60%-40%. Anything closer that is within the normal standard deviation. So TvP 18-23 (44%) for Colo II is nothing game-changing. Maybe they are the same odds that good Movie will show up?

Edit: Not to mention HiyA is 3-0 on Colo II, so yeah, what P imbalance exactly?
Edit 2: TLPD has HiyA 4-0 on Colo II, 2 TvPs against Jaehoon and free. Not counting MST prelim matches where he went 2-1.
I prematurely shot my wad, on what was supposed to be a dry run, and now I seem to have a bit of a mess on my hands..
Rainmaker5
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1027 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-29 07:53:13
July 29 2009 07:51 GMT
#18
On July 29 2009 16:41 Dazed_Spy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2009 16:21 Rainmaker5 wrote:
On July 29 2009 16:15 Dazed_Spy wrote:
On July 29 2009 15:29 Rainmaker5 wrote:
I dunno if stats are very reliable here both Chos are doing some weird stuff. Snow and PerfectMan are probably sent as snipers and are going to do weird stuff and Colosseum is stacked towards Toss in PvTs. Can someone explain that one too? I don't see why. Seems like a Terran contain would work fine and though it's easy for toss to expand the big expansions leaves them open for drops.
uh...its a 5 game difference. Statistically, statistics dont mean jack shit for 99% of the maps we have, Colo is one of em'. Even if you were to take iccup statistics or top foreigners opinions on a map, that means jack shit because balance changes amongst top pro gamers. Unless the balance of a map is drastic, or theres been confirmed statements by A class pro gamers on the balance of a map, any statement of a maps balance is worth jack shit.

Five games is pretty significant. It's not battle royal bad, but there is something about the map that makes it lean Toss in the matchup. And you can't just say that's it's tough for Terran because they are up in TvZ.

Also, the other half of my point is that when you put out players like PerfectMan, Killer and Snow you have some sort of plan in mind, so while the statistics read that yeah Iris, Kwanro and BackHo are better than their opponents the games hinge on whether they're good enough to deal with whatever crazy build or massive cheese comes their way. So stats aren't as important as experience here. I can see Kwanro or BackHo losing a game here just because their younger as players and haven't developed that clutch that older players get.
I can never figure out tl's convoluted quote system, so to your first point

1) Five games is not significant. Just five good protoss bashing five bad terrans could make the difference. Just two games of cheese and three better protoss bashing two bad terrans could make the difference. Just one game where flash was too tired to practice for, two games of good protoss beating bad terrans with two cheeses, could make the difference. Five games is nothing. There is a science behind statistics, you have to take a certain amount of people to get an accurate cross section of societies opinions, for example. The same is true for this. For all we know colo is considerably favoured to terrans in the A team practice house

2) I agree.

I understand what you're saying, so I pulled up the stats. Most games were understandable results. But then you had SangHo beating Iris, Pure taking out Skyhigh and Piano beating Leta. Now Iris and Skyhigh can play stupid sometimes and Piano shows flashes of amazing, but I figure that there has to be some reason for the discrepancy. I'm going to look at the VODs and see if I can find something similar in the games.

Edit: Also, if we only look at proleague stats the map is 11:4 so there is something about it.
(-_(-_(-_(^_(-_(-_(-_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-)_-) CJ Fighting! "Beer -> soju -> whisky is a terrible build"~~ Scrarecrow.
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
July 29 2009 12:24 GMT
#19
On July 29 2009 15:11 Rainmaker5 wrote:
I wish this gave some map statistics though. Like Movie and Hiya looks like a bad match-up till you consider Colosseum likes Toss.


And also if you consider Hiya's recent performance against that of movie's, particularly against fantasy on outsider and leta on colo.
Sullifam
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
July 29 2009 12:26 GMT
#20
On July 29 2009 16:41 Dazed_Spy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2009 16:21 Rainmaker5 wrote:
On July 29 2009 16:15 Dazed_Spy wrote:
On July 29 2009 15:29 Rainmaker5 wrote:
I dunno if stats are very reliable here both Chos are doing some weird stuff. Snow and PerfectMan are probably sent as snipers and are going to do weird stuff and Colosseum is stacked towards Toss in PvTs. Can someone explain that one too? I don't see why. Seems like a Terran contain would work fine and though it's easy for toss to expand the big expansions leaves them open for drops.
uh...its a 5 game difference. Statistically, statistics dont mean jack shit for 99% of the maps we have, Colo is one of em'. Even if you were to take iccup statistics or top foreigners opinions on a map, that means jack shit because balance changes amongst top pro gamers. Unless the balance of a map is drastic, or theres been confirmed statements by A class pro gamers on the balance of a map, any statement of a maps balance is worth jack shit.

Five games is pretty significant. It's not battle royal bad, but there is something about the map that makes it lean Toss in the matchup. And you can't just say that's it's tough for Terran because they are up in TvZ.

Also, the other half of my point is that when you put out players like PerfectMan, Killer and Snow you have some sort of plan in mind, so while the statistics read that yeah Iris, Kwanro and BackHo are better than their opponents the games hinge on whether they're good enough to deal with whatever crazy build or massive cheese comes their way. So stats aren't as important as experience here. I can see Kwanro or BackHo losing a game here just because their younger as players and haven't developed that clutch that older players get.
I can never figure out tl's convoluted quote system, so to your first point

1) Five games is not significant. Just five good protoss bashing five bad terrans could make the difference. Just two games of cheese and three better protoss bashing two bad terrans could make the difference. Just one game where flash was too tired to practice for, two games of good protoss beating bad terrans with two cheeses, could make the difference. Five games is nothing. There is a science behind statistics, you have to take a certain amount of people to get an accurate cross section of societies opinions, for example. The same is true for this. For all we know colo is considerably favoured to terrans in the A team practice house

2) I agree.


Actually, if you look at who is sent out, 5 games can be significant. For example, if it's 2 ZvP, 2 ZvT and 1 ZvZ, you can tell that zergs have probably been doing very well on the map in practice and it probably favors zerg, even if they lose all their televised games.
Sullifam
Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-29 21:05:37
July 29 2009 21:05 GMT
#21
On July 29 2009 21:26 ghostWriter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2009 16:41 Dazed_Spy wrote:
On July 29 2009 16:21 Rainmaker5 wrote:
On July 29 2009 16:15 Dazed_Spy wrote:
On July 29 2009 15:29 Rainmaker5 wrote:
I dunno if stats are very reliable here both Chos are doing some weird stuff. Snow and PerfectMan are probably sent as snipers and are going to do weird stuff and Colosseum is stacked towards Toss in PvTs. Can someone explain that one too? I don't see why. Seems like a Terran contain would work fine and though it's easy for toss to expand the big expansions leaves them open for drops.
uh...its a 5 game difference. Statistically, statistics dont mean jack shit for 99% of the maps we have, Colo is one of em'. Even if you were to take iccup statistics or top foreigners opinions on a map, that means jack shit because balance changes amongst top pro gamers. Unless the balance of a map is drastic, or theres been confirmed statements by A class pro gamers on the balance of a map, any statement of a maps balance is worth jack shit.

Five games is pretty significant. It's not battle royal bad, but there is something about the map that makes it lean Toss in the matchup. And you can't just say that's it's tough for Terran because they are up in TvZ.

Also, the other half of my point is that when you put out players like PerfectMan, Killer and Snow you have some sort of plan in mind, so while the statistics read that yeah Iris, Kwanro and BackHo are better than their opponents the games hinge on whether they're good enough to deal with whatever crazy build or massive cheese comes their way. So stats aren't as important as experience here. I can see Kwanro or BackHo losing a game here just because their younger as players and haven't developed that clutch that older players get.
I can never figure out tl's convoluted quote system, so to your first point

1) Five games is not significant. Just five good protoss bashing five bad terrans could make the difference. Just two games of cheese and three better protoss bashing two bad terrans could make the difference. Just one game where flash was too tired to practice for, two games of good protoss beating bad terrans with two cheeses, could make the difference. Five games is nothing. There is a science behind statistics, you have to take a certain amount of people to get an accurate cross section of societies opinions, for example. The same is true for this. For all we know colo is considerably favoured to terrans in the A team practice house

2) I agree.


Actually, if you look at who is sent out, 5 games can be significant. For example, if it's 2 ZvP, 2 ZvT and 1 ZvZ, you can tell that zergs have probably been doing very well on the map in practice and it probably favors zerg, even if they lose all their televised games.
Thats true.

@other guy, I saw sangho vs iris live, iris played horrible that game. Though its 11:4 in recent proleague play? I suppose that does count as one of those "drastic" examples of imbalance where its fair to draw some assertions. I withdraw my argument!
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StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
July 29 2009 21:09 GMT
#22
Hope Oz comes out strong and hits hard. Other wise this match set could favor CJ
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
Rostam
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2552 Posts
July 29 2009 21:24 GMT
#23
On July 29 2009 16:21 Rainmaker5 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2009 16:15 Dazed_Spy wrote:
On July 29 2009 15:29 Rainmaker5 wrote:
I dunno if stats are very reliable here both Chos are doing some weird stuff. Snow and PerfectMan are probably sent as snipers and are going to do weird stuff and Colosseum is stacked towards Toss in PvTs. Can someone explain that one too? I don't see why. Seems like a Terran contain would work fine and though it's easy for toss to expand the big expansions leaves them open for drops.
uh...its a 5 game difference. Statistically, statistics dont mean jack shit for 99% of the maps we have, Colo is one of em'. Even if you were to take iccup statistics or top foreigners opinions on a map, that means jack shit because balance changes amongst top pro gamers. Unless the balance of a map is drastic, or theres been confirmed statements by A class pro gamers on the balance of a map, any statement of a maps balance is worth jack shit.

Five games is pretty significant. It's not battle royal bad, but there is something about the map that makes it lean Toss in the matchup. And you can't just say that's it's tough for Terran because they are up in TvZ.

Also, the other half of my point is that when you put out players like PerfectMan, Killer and Snow you have some sort of plan in mind, so while the statistics read that yeah Iris, Kwanro and BackHo are better than their opponents the games hinge on whether they're good enough to deal with whatever crazy build or massive cheese comes their way. So stats aren't as important as experience here. I can see Kwanro or BackHo losing a game here just because their younger as players and haven't developed that clutch that older players get.


Five games isn't conclusive. The sample size is far, far too small to say anything significant about balance based on a 56% winrate.

They put out players like PerfectMan, Killer, and Snow because it's the playoffs and they need to use 6 players, that doesn't mean they're necessarily going to cheese. PerfectMan is horribly outmatched so I could see him trying something, but Killer isn't going to cheese in ZvZ on a 4 player map and Snow has already shown some skill in his round 5 games. If something weird happens in Snow vs Backho you can chalk it up to the matchup being PvP, not Snow being a young player. In PvP, even players like Bisu and Jangbi try 4-gate goons and DT rushes from time to time.
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CaptainPlatypus
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States852 Posts
July 29 2009 21:37 GMT
#24
Hwaseung Oz vs. CJ Entus
(T)Lomo vs. (T)sKyHigh
(Z)Jaedong vs. (Z)EffOrt
(T)HiyA vs. (P)Movie
(P)PerfectMan vs. (T)Iris
(P)BackHo vs. (P)Snow
(Z)Killer vs. (Z)Kwanro

My pre-Ace predictions, with two toss-ups. Jaedong looks like the favorite against Effort, but I'd weight recent history (both Effort's insane hot streak and their recent matches) heavily. Similarly, Hiya looks like the favorite against Movie, until you adjust for map imbalance (turns it from 57%-45% to 51%-51%).

Assuming Oz can overcome those difficulties (which is by no means a guarantee) this is going into Ace. If Oz sends out someone other than The Dong, I will stop using mine for a week. CJ, on the other hand, could conceivably put in Iris, which means that while Effort will be playing nothing but ZvZ, 24 hours a day, until this matchup, Jaedong will have to work in at least some ZvT. Iris...can come pretty damn close to practicing nothing but TvZ. PerfectMan? In the semis?

Of course, this is balanced by the fact that on paper the Dong looks stronger than Effort, and he's definitely stronger than Iris. But CJ losing this looks like it'll take Effort getting 0-2'd by Oz' only best player after practicing nothing but ZvZ for a week, and I don't think that's going to happen. CJ, either 4-2 or 4-3.
Sigrun
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1655 Posts
July 29 2009 21:47 GMT
#25
Jaedong's going to have a lot to prepare for in these next three days.
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Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
July 29 2009 22:09 GMT
#26
On July 30 2009 06:47 Sigrun wrote:
Jaedong's going to have a lot to prepare for in these next three days.
Heres to hoping he fails miserably and enters a never ending slump!

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Captain Peabody
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3126 Posts
July 29 2009 22:13 GMT
#27
So...Hwaseung OZ Jaedong versus CJ Entus. Sad as I am to say it, CJ's probably going to win this. Normally I'd be cool with that; but right now, I'm still mad at them for beating Samsung.

(sniff)
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fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
July 29 2009 22:25 GMT
#28
how can head to head between effort and jaedong be 3-1?
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Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11393 Posts
July 29 2009 22:31 GMT
#29
On July 30 2009 07:25 fusionsdf wrote:
how can head to head between effort and jaedong be 3-1?

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Trezeguet
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2656 Posts
July 29 2009 23:01 GMT
#30
Great job smix, too bad players don't play each other 100 times so that the stats are really meaningful.
Liquid`Ret
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Netherlands4514 Posts
July 30 2009 00:37 GMT
#31
the matchup for both encounters suck so much.....

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Nyovne
Profile Joined March 2006
Netherlands19137 Posts
July 30 2009 01:04 GMT
#32
Perfectman's stats make me laugh.
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