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[GSL] Code-S RO16 + Power Rank - Page 8

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Amornthep
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Singapore2605 Posts
October 04 2011 08:51 GMT
#141
Great write up! =)
DarkGo
Profile Joined May 2011
29 Posts
October 04 2011 09:05 GMT
#142
u got it all wrong, DRG is #1, nestea is 2, mvp 3
Qaatar
Profile Joined January 2011
1409 Posts
October 04 2011 09:09 GMT
#143
On October 04 2011 17:50 sixfour wrote:
lol at favouring the gsl above mlg or other foreign events. if bomber gets to the final and 4-1's coca it's worth more than raleigh just because it's played in korea? hilarious


The road to the final is usually much harder in the GSL due to the overall quality of opponents, which is why it's weighted more heavily - not because it's being played in Korea...are you kidding? Bomber beating up a bunch of foreigners + Noblesse, Coca, and DRG is not the same as Bomber beating Puzzle, MKP, then potentially MVP, NesTea, DRG, and Coca. Notice how the guy can't even make it to the semis in the GSL after 3 attempts, yet breezes to a title win at Raleigh. That alone should point to an huge overall skill difference, no? It's actually pretty hilarious how I even needed to point that out.

Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16071 Posts
October 04 2011 09:11 GMT
#144
Guys I love Marineking as much as the next guy, he's my favorite player and always will be as long as he stays so freaking adorable.

But he isn't top 10 in the GSL right now. Top 15 maybe, but not top 10. He's been getting back into form and if he can manage to shift some of that brilliant success from the event matches into the main stage I will be one happy fan. But for now, these guys in the top 10 (and Coca) have shown much better, much more consistent play lately.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
sixfour
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
England11061 Posts
October 04 2011 09:31 GMT
#145
On October 04 2011 18:09 Qaatar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 04 2011 17:50 sixfour wrote:
lol at favouring the gsl above mlg or other foreign events. if bomber gets to the final and 4-1's coca it's worth more than raleigh just because it's played in korea? hilarious


The road to the final is usually much harder in the GSL due to the overall quality of opponents


i'm obviously talking about the match in isolation, obviously bomber beating mvp/nestea on the way would be more impressive than beating machine and haypro
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Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-04 10:09:45
October 04 2011 10:09 GMT
#146
On October 04 2011 18:31 sixfour wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 04 2011 18:09 Qaatar wrote:
On October 04 2011 17:50 sixfour wrote:
lol at favouring the gsl above mlg or other foreign events. if bomber gets to the final and 4-1's coca it's worth more than raleigh just because it's played in korea? hilarious


The road to the final is usually much harder in the GSL due to the overall quality of opponents


i'm obviously talking about the match in isolation, obviously bomber beating mvp/nestea on the way would be more impressive than beating machine and haypro

I agree, winning championships is more of a streaky thing, but if you just look at matches and overall winrates in isolation it's definitely a legit way to measure someone's skill. If someone were to beat a group of players with a 70% win ratio and then another person did the same thing but one had all the wins in a row and then losses after then I don't really see a difference if I were to rank their skill levels.

Championships matter for GOAT debates, but this is a power rank.
red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
October 04 2011 10:13 GMT
#147
Cool an SC2 power rank. I do not like how you put Ryung at #4 though. He's a one matchup specialist and his best result is a Ro8. Other than that the list is pretty good.
LinP_Cologne
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany1 Post
October 04 2011 10:16 GMT
#148
Well played Clide!!

Clide defeats Ryung. 2 - 1 : )
nanoscorp
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1237 Posts
October 04 2011 10:19 GMT
#149
Thank you for all the effort that went in to this write up! I like reading the BW Power Rank to see how the top guys are doing. With SC2 I've actually watched a good portion of the top level matches so it's even more fun to read. One thing I especially like about reading the BW ones though, is analysis of the actual play, as opposed to just the results. Obviously the W/L records are important, but sometimes a player can be playing at an amazing level and still not make it very deep in a tournament like the GSL. Also, beating a relative newcomer who hasn't won much but is beasting his way through, say, Code A might not score very highly on an average SC2 fan's version of a Power Rank, but hopefully it will here. Picking out masters of the various matchups is really helpful as well, it's nice to read about the guys who are revolutionizing a particular matchup or just playing it incredibly solidly.

Looking forward to future installments! Thanks again.
Qaatar
Profile Joined January 2011
1409 Posts
October 04 2011 10:30 GMT
#150
On October 04 2011 18:31 sixfour wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 04 2011 18:09 Qaatar wrote:
On October 04 2011 17:50 sixfour wrote:
lol at favouring the gsl above mlg or other foreign events. if bomber gets to the final and 4-1's coca it's worth more than raleigh just because it's played in korea? hilarious


The road to the final is usually much harder in the GSL due to the overall quality of opponents


i'm obviously talking about the match in isolation, obviously bomber beating mvp/nestea on the way would be more impressive than beating machine and haypro


I'm confused, where in the article did it state that player X beating player Y in the GSL is weighted more due to the fact that it's held in Korea? I thought the underlying assumption was that a GSL final is weighted more, not because it's in Korea or anything else, but due to the difficult road the two players will have had to take in order to make the finals. At least, that was my assumption when reading Fionn's opinion piece. I don't believe anyone with reason believes that a GSL finals is "worth more" just because it's a GSL finals.

For example, in Tennis, it was always my belief the Grand Slams are "weighted more", in large part, due to the amount of 5 setters and quality of players that the winners have to go through, as compared to some random Masters Cup, where even the Grand final is a 3 set match, and where some guy ranked 30th in the world is a 10th seed.
Gladiator6
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden7024 Posts
October 04 2011 10:39 GMT
#151
Hilarious that no protoss in the power rank
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sixfour
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
England11061 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-04 10:55:28
October 04 2011 10:53 GMT
#152
On October 04 2011 19:30 Qaatar wrote:

I'm confused, where in the article did it state that player X beating player Y in the GSL is weighted more due to the fact that it's held in Korea?


Do tournaments like MLG, Arena of Legends, WCG and other non-GOM tournaments matter?

Yes, but they are way undervalued below GSL and GSTL.


then goes on to reason that because not everyone can afford to fly their players over/not everyone is lucky in MLG's free money prize draw it's marked down, whereas everyone can play in GSL. shame really. i don't think anyone's saying that if moon goes to dreamhack, beats up cupcakes and then beat DRG in the final due to ZvZ build order wins it should be OMG MOON WINS MAJOR TITLE, POWER RANK NOW that'd be silly. i think the point is that if july smacks up mc/huk/hero/random elite player from the open bracket/bomber/puma etc and takes MLG Orlando, it counts less than those results would in a GSL because nestea has better things to do than fly over to win $5k?

edit - or even worse, if MC decided to abuse his SK partnership, walk the earth and take down four foreign tournaments in a month, he wouldn't be considered for more than a minor spot because he's in code B? come on now
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Qaatar
Profile Joined January 2011
1409 Posts
October 04 2011 11:08 GMT
#153
On October 04 2011 19:53 sixfour wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 04 2011 19:30 Qaatar wrote:

I'm confused, where in the article did it state that player X beating player Y in the GSL is weighted more due to the fact that it's held in Korea?


i think the point is that if july smacks up mc/huk/hero/random elite player from the open bracket/bomber/puma etc and takes MLG Orlando, it counts less than those results would in a GSL because nestea has better things to do than fly over to win $5k?

edit - or even worse, if MC decided to abuse his SK partnership, walk the earth and take down four foreign tournaments in a month, he wouldn't be considered for more than a minor spot because he's in code B? come on now


I see your point, but those are extreme examples that have yet to come to fruition. I think the reason Fionn made such stipulations in this ranking is because those examples haven't turned into reality yet. Maybe in MLG 2012, when there are 16 Code S level players in the pools, and where the champion will have to battle through a bracket of comparable difficulty to Code S, will we perhaps see a change in the weighting formula. Because, as of right now, player X isn't going to go through world class players in the open bracket of MLG Orlando, nor beat up a bunch of Code S'ers en route to the championship. MVP came the closest, beating DRG, Boxer, Ganzi, MMA, etc. but even then, most of his wins in pool play were against the likes of Select, Moonan, Kiwikaki, and Machine.

...and yes, what MC achieved a few months ago, winning or going top 3 in a bunch of foreigner tournaments while beating up cupcakes, just isn't very impressive in my eyes. Perhaps Fionn did this power ranking with the wrong reasons in mind, but, using the biggest barometer that is the GSL Code S, is the right way to go.
Huragius
Profile Joined September 2010
Lithuania1506 Posts
October 04 2011 11:09 GMT
#154
On October 04 2011 19:39 eYeball wrote:
Hilarious that no protoss in the power rank

Care to elaborate why it's so hilarious?
StateAlchemist
Profile Joined January 2011
France1946 Posts
October 04 2011 11:52 GMT
#155
On October 04 2011 20:09 Huragius wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 04 2011 19:39 eYeball wrote:
Hilarious that no protoss in the power rank

Care to elaborate why it's so hilarious?


Probably because they forgot to mention Bisu
sVnteen
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2238 Posts
October 04 2011 12:27 GMT
#156
nice thread

dont agree with power rank
mkp beat mma and drg and isnt up there
also i think mma and ganzi are easily over ryung
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WArped
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom4845 Posts
October 04 2011 12:29 GMT
#157
Great write up, I generally agree with the list as well, nicely done.
Lyter
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United Kingdom2145 Posts
October 04 2011 12:30 GMT
#158
I fucking hate chocolate icecream
MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
October 04 2011 13:09 GMT
#159
One of the best write ups you guys have done, that was fucking awesome on multiple levels.
VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG
Jongl0
Profile Joined June 2011
631 Posts
October 04 2011 13:32 GMT
#160
Great read.
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