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PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32755 Posts
March 23 2012 00:52 GMT
#101
Nice write-up, and I somewhat agree with most of the higher ranks, but anything below the top 15 gets a little strange and arbitrary, but I suppose it is pretty reasonable comparing results and skill. Oh, and to anyone wondering why their favorite Korean player isn't on the list, it's probably due to Code S groupings, or some other scheduling conflicts. Can't wait for this weekend for some top-line Starcraft!
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
March 23 2012 00:52 GMT
#102
Great write up, must agreed overall... but the format of the tournament will have a huge impact.

For instance, I know that Stephano level suffer from playing lot of games in a row and he's playing into the open bracket...
SC2 is the best game to watch and was the best to play before I grew old and slow...
dsousa
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1363 Posts
March 23 2012 00:52 GMT
#103
On March 23 2012 09:40 darkscream wrote:
bad guy TEAMLIQUID ESPORTS

Cuts off at 40 because of "NA players creeping in"

Doesn't cut off at 30 or 25 because it would exclude 3 TL players

at least they had the decency to put them below the "grubby line"!

MKP definitely needs to win in front of a crowd to shake the kong status. I mean, it's often said in the comfort of his own home on ladder he's unbeatable but in tournaments he falls to pieces. MLG winter PPV thingy was a happy medium between the two, but he still needs to show the kind of personal strength that DRG can show.


I like how they talk about Ret for the entire Stephano blurb.
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
March 23 2012 00:53 GMT
#104
Go State and Illusion!
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
jubil
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2602 Posts
March 23 2012 00:54 GMT
#105
Hoping for an epic TvT finals of MKP vs Polt! I know people complain about too much TvT but I think with those two players it would get pretty exciting.
Marineking-Polt-Maru-Fantasy-Solar-Xenocider-Suppy fighting!
crazyweasel
Profile Joined March 2011
607 Posts
March 23 2012 00:54 GMT
#106
go zergs!
Empirimancer
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada1024 Posts
March 23 2012 00:55 GMT
#107
It's particularly funny because Polt hasn't actually changed much as a player. His clicks are still slow but efficient, his marauder micro allows him to be awesome at TvP, and his marine micro makes him excellent at bio TvT but somehow not that great at TvZ.


Hm, Polt has changed IMMENSELY as a player. All the things you mentioned are true, but he used to be someone who never went above 2 bases to someone who expands non-stop, to the point that his supply and base count often keeps up with Zerg opponents. He's gone totally late-game macro.



jmbthirteen
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States10734 Posts
March 23 2012 00:57 GMT
#108
On March 23 2012 09:51 marcesr wrote:
Lol you put Hasu and Socke below TLO, Bling, Grubby, Demuslim and Morrow?!
Do you guys watch European Starcraft at all?

I would only put them above TLO honestly. And TLO has been playing pretty well as of late.
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gamingaddictmike
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada30 Posts
March 23 2012 00:58 GMT
#109
Gonna side with the others here and say that beyond the top ten things started to make a lot less sense......but in general I disagree with the concept of a "power ranking" so I don't know maybe i'm just biased.
13JackaL
Profile Joined March 2011
United States577 Posts
March 23 2012 00:58 GMT
#110
Polt + Marineking ftw this weekend~!
and my axe
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
March 23 2012 00:59 GMT
#111
On March 23 2012 09:51 marcesr wrote:
Lol you put Hasu and Socke below TLO, Bling, Grubby, Demuslim and Morrow?!
Do you guys watch European Starcraft at all?

Yeah, but see, here's the issue. We watch more than just EU starcraft too. While I watch the EU scene religiously, most of the people above your German Protosses have had wins against Koreans, or impressive international tournament runs recently. Not so for Hasu and Socke, although, of course, they've been training hard.
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JackDT
Profile Joined January 2012
724 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-23 01:03:47
March 23 2012 01:03 GMT
#112
Probability to win MLG Winter Championship: To include this, we'd actually have to take seeds and groups into consideration. Though we've loosely included these players' abilities to perform in a short, weekend long live tournament, details specific to this particular tournament have not been considered (seeding, jetlag, etc).


I'd love to see anyone who starts in round 1 of the Open Bracket go far. Just an amazing feat. Does anyone know if Stephano's position means he starts in round 1?

Remember White-Ra's epic MLG: falling to the loser's bracket in the first round but eventually making it all the way back to the championship bracket in a massive endurance run of something like ~30 matches over the weekend.
Viperbird
Profile Joined September 2010
United States118 Posts
March 23 2012 01:03 GMT
#113
I think HuK and NaNiWa should have definitely been a lot higher, as they have both won before and almost always place top 4.

NaNi vs Stephano finals ~ heard it here first!
Ret and HuK 3rd and 4th
Hope the Koreans lose! =)
If at first you don't succeed, don't try skydiving!
jeremysaint
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada80 Posts
March 23 2012 01:03 GMT
#114
i really don't think idra has a place on this list. i actually can't remember the last time i saw him win a series, but i can certainly remember all the times i have watched him throw away matches.
StarVe
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany13591 Posts
March 23 2012 01:04 GMT
#115
On March 23 2012 09:59 tree.hugger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2012 09:51 marcesr wrote:
Lol you put Hasu and Socke below TLO, Bling, Grubby, Demuslim and Morrow?!
Do you guys watch European Starcraft at all?

Yeah, but see, here's the issue. We watch more than just EU starcraft too. While I watch the EU scene religiously, most of the people above your German Protosses have had wins against Koreans, or impressive international tournament runs recently. Not so for Hasu and Socke, although, of course, they've been training hard.


Hasu beat Jookto and Luvsic in IPL Team Arena and FXOTree and QuanticApocalypse in NASTL. Just saying, TLO's wins might've been against a bit more prestigious opponents, but it's not like Hasu hasn't beaten any Koreans like you said.
ZisforZerg
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States224 Posts
March 23 2012 01:04 GMT
#116
Great read B} I cannot wait to see how foreign zergs do at this tournament: IdrA, Ret, Stephano, Sheth in particular. I feel like this will be the most competitive MLG yet for some reason. As a TON of heavy-hitting Euros are coming that do not normally attend MLGS, i.e. MorroW/ThorZaIN/SaSe/HasuObs/Grubby/etc... Powerful story lines and a sick player line up is a recipe to success imoimoimoimo gogo TL writers!
"I'm too drunk, to taste that chicken."
sc14s
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5052 Posts
March 23 2012 01:04 GMT
#117
DRG is going to beast the shit out of this tourney imo
jdsarge
Profile Joined October 2010
United States308 Posts
March 23 2012 01:05 GMT
#118
Where the fuck is IM_MVP?
jdsarge
Profile Joined October 2010
United States308 Posts
March 23 2012 01:05 GMT
#119
Nevermind I guess he's not going.
Animostas
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States568 Posts
March 23 2012 01:06 GMT
#120
The link to iNcontroL's TLPD page isn't iNcontroL O_0

But overall, great writeup :D
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