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RamenStyle
Profile Joined September 2004
United States1929 Posts
October 11 2009 14:02 GMT
#21
Your Group A writting is so biased towards MBC... Although I also hope Pusan goes thru. I dislike both fOrGG and Canata.
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
October 11 2009 14:31 GMT
#22
I make zero apologies for my bias
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
John49ers
Profile Joined May 2009
United States237 Posts
October 11 2009 14:58 GMT
#23
On October 11 2009 22:52 Excalibur wrote:
I would hate to be Really, Shine or Reality here.

Really and Shine, no matter who wins, you still lose to Beastu (Yes, Beastu, like beast stew, tis what I call him.), and for Reality, well, Calm beat Jaedong and has been doing great lately, and if that isn't enough of a reason to be scared shitless before the match starts I don't know what is.

I see Canata, Bisu, and Calm coming out of this personally, with Canata being the only one who is not a definite.

On the reverse if by some miracle Bisu loses, be prepared for a fanboy shitstorm. (And lots of map flaming interviews. )



Beastu. Haha I like it.

Nice write up OP.
“The beauty of Bill's system was that there was always a place to go with the ball, ... I was the mailman, just delivering people's mail, and there were all kinds of houses to go to.”-Joe Montana
hyst.eric.al
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2332 Posts
October 11 2009 15:20 GMT
#24
i hate the decisiveness of the calm vs backho article; its asking for some disgusting upset that will leave me in tears.
Leta , BeSt, Calm fan forever! 김정우, I am sorry I ever lost faith in you.
BookTwo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1985 Posts
October 11 2009 15:39 GMT
#25
huzzah for plexa
blahman3344
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2015 Posts
October 11 2009 17:05 GMT
#26
hmm...i really like the style of el Nino
or it could be that i just like ice maps in general lol
I like haikus and / I can not lie. You other / brothers can't deny
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
October 11 2009 17:21 GMT
#27
Why do all ice maps use dirt instead of snow as the main terrain? it looks so ugly >.<
:)
OSLschedule
Profile Joined October 2009
5 Posts
October 11 2009 17:36 GMT
#28
Where can i find the full OSL lineup and schedule
okay nvmd
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21242 Posts
October 11 2009 19:18 GMT
#29
Calm for Royal Road imo.
TranslatorBaa!
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-11 19:40:48
October 11 2009 19:23 GMT
#30
On October 12 2009 02:21 synapse wrote:
Why do all ice maps use dirt instead of snow as the main terrain? it looks so ugly >.<

Uh... Use snow as the main terrain and you'll be snowblind after playing for a few hours... it really isn't pleasant at all, and that's why I really don't like the ice tileset, either.
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Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
October 11 2009 21:12 GMT
#31
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=61613

Instantly thought of this upon reading title
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KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14893 Posts
October 11 2009 21:28 GMT
#32
go bisu go!
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
October 11 2009 21:50 GMT
#33
On October 12 2009 02:36 OSLschedule wrote:
Where can i find the full OSL lineup and schedule

Either http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=103143 or simply check the TL calender - it has all the information you need

On October 12 2009 02:21 synapse wrote:
Why do all ice maps use dirt instead of snow as the main terrain? it looks so ugly >.<

Because when you are practicing on a map that is really really bright for long periods of time it damages your eyes, hence why they used dirt and tend to avoid using ice maps in general
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9070 Posts
October 11 2009 23:30 GMT
#34
Group A is perhaps the most balanced in terms of players skills. I have no clue what should we expect from Pusan, its been a while since he last played a TV match.
Administrator"I'm a big deal." - ixmike88
OSLschedule
Profile Joined October 2009
5 Posts
October 12 2009 02:27 GMT
#35
Thank you very much Plexa, I am new to the site and the calendar is very handy
okay nvmd
Brokenlamp
Profile Joined June 2009
United States39 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-12 04:32:12
October 12 2009 04:31 GMT
#36
Don't crucify me if these stats are wrong but...

I counted up the ZvP games on HBR on the TLDP and got 84-62 Z>P. Which is pretty close to 60%. But I then looked at the top tier of Protoss to see how they do on the map, and I got this:

(arbitrarily determined the top tier as players who are either still in the OSL/MSL or have had success in the recent past)
+ Show Spoiler +
Bisu - 3-3
Stork - 2-2
Jangbi - 1-1
Best - 0-3
Free - 0-0
Kal - 2-3
Horang2 1-2
Movie - 2-1
Violet - 3-3
Pure - 3-2
Backho - 2-1
=
19-21 or 47.5% winrate

and rounding out the rest I got:
Pusan - 1-0
Guemchi - 2-0
Shuttle - 3-0
Stats - 3-3
Sangho - 2-1
Anytime - 0-1
Much - 1-1
Jaehoon - 1-1
han - 3-0 (in the MSL)
nbs - 2-0 (in the MSL)
=
18-7 or 72%


for a total record of just about 60% P>Z (37-28)
So I guess what I'm saying is that while as a whole, especially with the lower ranked protoss, the map is pretty obscenely unbalanced, the really really good protosses do much better. Only a few of these games were against lower tier players too. I think its fair to predict that Protoss will probably go about 50% on this map in both OSL and MSL (and proleague) where only the better Tosses are playing. At least I hope so. I guess you just have to cross a certain skill threshold to make this map's natural imbalances obsolete.

Sorry if my player selection is biased or lacking, but I think its a pretty decent and fair sample nonetheless.
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
October 12 2009 04:34 GMT
#37
I would be interested to see what happens when you do the same thing but for the top level zergs
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
Brokenlamp
Profile Joined June 2009
United States39 Posts
October 12 2009 06:45 GMT
#38
You asked for it. As expected the zergs do pretty well...
once again please forgive the arbitrary nature of my 20 zerg sample:

+ Show Spoiler +

Jaedong - 4-3
Calm - 5-0 (owns this map 10-1 overall)
Effort - 2-2
Yarnc - 1-1
Kwanro - 1-0

Luxury - 1-2
July - 4-0
Zero - 3-2
type b - 1-1
hero - 2-1
= 24-12 = 66.6% (61.3% without calm)

great - 4-0
hyuk - 3-1
saint - 1-0
hyvaa - 0-1
savior - 0-0

orion - 1-0
hoejja - 6-2 (apparently a fan)
roro - 1-1
hogil - 2-1
Thezerg - 0-1
= 18-7 = 72%


total = 42-19 = 68.9% But most of the skewedness of the data is coming from 4 players alone, while the tosses tended to have similar results across the board. Also, I noticed that many of the toss players were beating zergs who are technically better then them, while the zergs tended to beating tosses who were on their level. HOWEVER, to prove that would require waay more data mining than I'm up for at the moment.

Suffice it to say...as long as its not Calm (or HoeJJa?) playing, most high level protoss players can likely hang with any high level zerg. Of course, this is provided that every good toss isnt slumping at the same time again.

(just fyi, the record without calm, great, july, and HoeJJa is 23-17, which is back down to 57.5%...however, that is a gross manipulation of statistics and in no way proves my argument in any way. But its interesting to know.)
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
October 12 2009 07:08 GMT
#39
Thus at the end of the day it's still a difficult PvZ map
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
FakeKisser
Profile Joined September 2008
United States159 Posts
October 12 2009 14:29 GMT
#40
Thanks for this write-up! I find the sections about the new maps especially helpful. I'm looking forward to some good games. This round should be fun, but I agree that the real OSL starts after.
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