EPTThe playoff system is weird.
[SPL] Woongjin Stars vs STX SouL - Page 12
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bearbuddy
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The playoff system is weird. | ||
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figq
12519 Posts
On July 07 2010 14:37 Ideas wrote: I was thinking the same. Recently the top teams lose miserably to those from the bottom of the rank-list. It's become a game in which the weak teams prepare and fight furiously to get to a decent place, while the top teams play (perhaps deliberately) a bit shaky - because they almost don't care, and maybe because it lets their bracket opponents underestimate them. Dunno. Looks odd though.the only explanation i can come up with is that the team is purposefully doing awful so that everyone will underestimate them in the playoffs and then they will kick ass. Anyway, I enjoy when the underdogs win, gg! (: | ||
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oddo123
Iceland134 Posts
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Garnet
Vietnam9037 Posts
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JIJIyO
Canada1957 Posts
Man did Jaedong really destroy Calm's psyche that badly? And I don't even know what to think of Kal. He's like the most inconsistent Protoss ever. | ||
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Ideas
United States8167 Posts
On July 07 2010 14:49 Garnet wrote: Removing players from the bench = best strategy ever. im pretty sure they stopped doing that. I saw the players at the bench a lot.... On July 07 2010 14:50 JIJIyO wrote: Honestly if the betting scandal wasn't resolved, I'd think Calm was in it. This guy's record has been TERRIBLE since losing to Jaedong. 11 losses and 1 win since then. Man did Jaedong really destroy Calm's psyche that badly? And I don't even know what to think of Kal. He's like the most inconsistent Protoss ever. kal losing to zero (a top ZvPer) again sounds pretty consistent lol | ||
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newvsoldschool
428 Posts
On July 07 2010 14:50 JIJIyO wrote: Honestly if the betting scandal wasn't resolved, I'd think Calm was in it. This guy's record has been TERRIBLE since losing to Jaedong. 11 losses and 1 win since then. Man did Jaedong really destroy Calm's psyche that badly? And I don't even know what to think of Kal. He's like the most inconsistent Protoss ever. It was probably more of a commotion in the team itself. Remember that Hwasin was the second biggest name next to Savior involved the betting scandal. Hite is even worse off than STX right now and like half of their A-team was involved in the scandal. The scandal's probably affecting teams' psychologies in some way. | ||
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Lightwip
United States5497 Posts
On July 07 2010 14:44 figq wrote: I was thinking the same. Recently the top teams lose miserably to those from the bottom of the rank-list. It's become a game in which the weak teams prepare and fight furiously to get to a decent place, while the top teams play (perhaps deliberately) a bit shaky - because they almost don't care, and maybe because it lets their bracket opponents underestimate them. Dunno. Looks odd though. Anyway, I enjoy when the underdogs win, gg! (: Honestly, I could accept that KT had some bad weeks, that seems possible(maybe Flash semi-slump). But STX really dropped the ball completely. Probably because Hwasin was banned, Kal got 3-0d by effort, and Calm got raped by JD in the MSL. Frozen is the only one capable of winning nowadays. | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
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sixfour
England11061 Posts
nice to see zero/free picking up wins as well | ||
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
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Black Gun
Germany4482 Posts
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KumquatExpress
United States344 Posts
On July 07 2010 19:05 Black Gun wrote: lol wtf, now, when it doesnt matter anymore, the stars coach sends free zero kwanro ? Well it doesn't matter now, but it mattered back before FOX beat ACE, which happened at the same time as this game. Stars would have overtaken FOX if FOX lost both of their last two games and Stars won both of theirs. | ||
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yes9111
United States420 Posts
Sad the Woongjin is out though. | ||
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Ursadon-n-Pals
United States928 Posts
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MangoTango
United States3670 Posts
In other news, STX and KT both in free fall. They're in an awful rush to give 1st place to each other. | ||
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
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Jaksiel
United States4130 Posts
STX: 32-22 matches, +7 games SKT: 30-24 matches, +13 games CJ: 29-25 matches, +4 games Sigh. I think Stars are definitely one of the top 6 teams in the league, but what can you do. | ||
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sixfour
England11061 Posts
On July 08 2010 06:27 Jaksiel wrote: Stars needed better luck in where their game wins were placed. 27-27 in matches but +15 in games. Compare to: STX: 32-22 matches, +7 games SKT: 30-24 matches, +13 games CJ: 29-25 matches, +4 games Sigh. I think Stars are definitely one of the top 6 teams in the league, but what can you do. i don't know if that's really luck. not looked up the stats, but that sort of game differential but being even in matches indicates that stars are winning a lot of matches 3-0 and 3-1, but losing a lot 2-3, which would make sense as stars have plenty of players that are capable of taking games off more or less anyone on other people's rosters, but suck in an ace environment. i.e. i'd back zero/free/kwanro to beat most randoms, but not flash, JD, effort, fantasy, and games with, say, kal/stork/leta/random mbc terran should be fairly even. | ||
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mog87
United States1586 Posts
Free, Zero, Kwanro, Soulkey, MVP, Guemchi, my god thats 6 solid-great players. Id pick Free over effort, fantasy, jaedong and fantasy, and zero id pick over fantasy, and zero gives flash a run for his money. And Free finally beat Flash, though they usually have close games either way if you ignore that terrible rape in the SL set they played recently. | ||
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