D (and C-) Ranks Individual Tournament 9 - Page 7

On January 30 2015 22:32 ClosedOpen wrote:
HeyGuys, can i sign in? :D

On January 30 2015 11:53 ggrrg wrote:


I have been contemplating if I should play in this league myself, since I believe that I am clearly superior to a lot of the participants. I have mentioned in several DRTL/DRIT threads that I consider the skill gap between a player who can hold C- and one that cannot to be very large (in comparison to 1 or 2 rank skill gap from C rank and above), leaving the weaker player only a miniscule (if any) chance for an upset. This was also the reason why I dropped out of DRTL mid-season. I was sure that there were multiple players who were not weaker than me and even a few that I considered myself the underdog against, but due to the random nature of pairings landslide victories were a regular occurrence, and the off-chance for 1 or 2 even games while having 5-6 stompings seemed neither appealing nor fair. That's why I greatly approve of the format D/C-RTL pilot league, which in most cases offers players a fair chance to win.

That being said, I am fairly certain that neither my mechanics nor my game knowledge are anywhere close to C+ level. While I deem myself among the favorites for the title in this tour, I feel that there are 5-6 players who would be on even footing in a boX against me (With half of them I've had recent very sobering experiences; the overwhelming majority being P; obviously I cannot know how many will actually show up)
This and the fact that D players will get their own bracket after dropping out from the main tour, made me decide that I wouldn't be breaking the spirit of competition if I were to play here.




While neither XRTL stats nor iccup stats offer a very accurate image of one's skill, I feel that hundreds of iccup games allow for a somewhat better indication of skill in comparison to 40 or so TL event games.
For accuracy sake, I did go 6-0 in drtl before moving on to CRTL and going 7-1. However, for me to be able to beat players I believe were clearly better than me, I had to put a lot of effort into preparation. For most CRTL games this meant:
- getting advice and picking a specific build order for the map and mu (that avoids the late game)
- several vs AI games just to select optimal scouting patterns and building placements
- 5-15 vs player games doing the same build over and over again
- having somebody (almost always dcemberzerg from my team) watch my replays and offer improvements

As I said, I do not think that D/D+ players could make any upsets, but I'm not the only player in the tour that represents a seemingly impenetrable wall for them, and they would end up in a D bracket afterwards, anyway. At the same time, some players that have been doing ok at C- level might be able to upset players better than them just like I did in CRTL, given some moderate amount of dedication and preparation.



I dare you to watch all of my PvP wins in the most recent tournaments I've played (your tour, crimson 1 and CRTL 2). You should be able to spot a common theme ^^
Not that I recommend, but if you really want to have a clearer picture of my PvP skill, you can also watch my losses in this matchup in the tournaments mentioned above...

I realize that my PvT in your tour might have looked way out of the scope of the D/C-RIT. However, it's my best matchup and I have been vocal about my opinion that PvT in low ranks is an extremely hard uphill battle for the terran. I honestly believe that the terran needs to be mechanically way better than P in order to stand a chance in the late game.

On a side note:
The player by.movie I went 1-1 against on iccup has a Bolivian IP and thus most likely is not the Korean toss we all love.





As I've said, I believe that there are at least 5 people in the tour who should have at least a 50:50 chance against me. My opinion on 4 of them is based on recent experience. Of course, I might as well be making up bullshit excuses...
Anyway, if people really feel that I should not play in the tournament I wouldn't mind having Lmaster exclude me.

On January 30 2015 22:32 ClosedOpen wrote:
HeyGuys, can i sign in? :D

On November 25 2014 10:43 OpenSezame wrote:
hey guys im very disapointed and confused by the fact, that some of the players chose the right to not play PvP, TvZ, ZvP etc etc... thats pretty damn stupid as fuck.. i also dont like ZvZ and nobody gave me right to change my race. / Btw im random, not Z... I think it would be fair enough, just to pick 1 RACE and play with it WHOLE TOURNAMENT, or if you play random, pick always random and tell the oponent as soon as the game starts... saying IM T but if you are T i will play another race is pretty ummm...nooblike...

On November 26 2014 03:13 OpenSezame wrote:



haha stop crying pebble444 :D:D you lost, so what, its a game. how do you know you would win? it was our first game, noob. except that, i only lost like 3-4 units during the whole game..you suck

On November 26 2014 03:15 OpenSezame wrote:



and i will say that anytime to anybody again, esp. when some stupid american tries to tell me my english is bad, meanwhile he can only speak english. thats agressive. he cant even say "hello" in czech and still bitching about my english. retard

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On November 30 2014 23:07 OpenSezame wrote:
Its funny how on 1 side you guys are telling me to grow up and on the other you are spitting insults on me, calling me idiot, asshole, retard etc etc even if i didnt do anything worth that. Seems like you all are just kids who need a target to shoot at, cause u have some personal problems. The only nice response was actually from the guy i played with. Fuck you kids, you can ban me anytime you want, im not interested in playing tournament with bunch of kids like you

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On January 31 2015 14:54 art_of_turtle wrote:
Um my group I hit work around the time, alright if we move it same time on sunday?(sorry got busy with work/school)