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fishjie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1519 Posts
August 02 2012 01:15 GMT
#21
awww man no power rankings? is that only for gsl?
sc14s
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5052 Posts
August 02 2012 01:16 GMT
#22
On August 02 2012 10:15 fishjie wrote:
awww man no power rankings? is that only for gsl?

they do it for mlg usually as well
Nuclease
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1049 Posts
August 02 2012 01:23 GMT
#23
Great article. Elfi still blows my mind. I have come to have an unreasonable dislike for him because he's always warping my reality.

Although, I will say that I don't think that being on Liquid comes with inflated expectations, as you say. Bar HerO and Taeja, and kind of Ret, no one's been doing that great lately. Or for a while. *Shrug* I don't know, it just doesn't seem to me that Liquid is all that impressive as a team overall. As a foreigner team? Yes. But, competing with teams like Prime, NSHoSeo, IM, etc., just isn't realistic for Liquid without HerO and Taeja.
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Cartman_
Profile Joined July 2012
119 Posts
August 02 2012 01:28 GMT
#24
Liked the Interview of SortOf, and the Article =).
SortOf has a good PvZ but I don't see him win against HerO !

I just Hope Terrans will do well at this Tournament !

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Prplppleatr
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1518 Posts
August 02 2012 01:37 GMT
#25
BTW loved the Taeja write-up Pokebunny, nicely done. Good job monk and wax too, but its expected (at least more so).
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monk
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States8477 Posts
August 02 2012 01:37 GMT
#26
On August 02 2012 10:16 sc14s wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 02 2012 10:15 fishjie wrote:
awww man no power rankings? is that only for gsl?

they do it for mlg usually as well

I personally feel like Power Rankings are better for large open bracket tournaments such as MLG or IPL. For a small tournaments that use mass group stages, Power Rankings may not be completely indicative of how well a player may do. After all, it's guaranteed that 16 players will be eliminated after the first group stage and there's not as many throwaway players for the notable players to get free wins off of. Plus, to be honest, there were too many Europeans attending this tournament that just blended in with one another. Also, not too many players in this tournament. It's more exciting to do a 40 person power ranking in a 200 person tournament.
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Prplppleatr
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1518 Posts
August 02 2012 01:38 GMT
#27
On August 02 2012 10:15 fishjie wrote:
awww man no power rankings? is that only for gsl?


Its generally done when theres some type of draft, ie players choose their opponent..so they rank them and suggest who to choose
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Propelled
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark184 Posts
August 02 2012 01:42 GMT
#28
Lol, I love the (well, everyone but YOU, "Insert random playername")^^
dragoon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States695 Posts
August 02 2012 01:45 GMT
#29
super excited for this tournament.

i hope to see idra in full force like the good ole days and moon showing us what he's absolutely capable of!
i love you
paddyz
Profile Joined May 2011
Ireland628 Posts
August 02 2012 01:58 GMT
#30
I loved these bits: " MC is the only one that can be said to be TaeJa's better"

"But you still watch, because when you least expect it, something incredible happens. Things like snapping Stephano's 33 win ZvP streak" (33? T.T)

" Also I feel like Zerg has a slight edge vs Protoss right now." (I love the use of slight - Z progamer, kinda has to say it)

"Any particular players your fear or are looking to avoid?"
"Any good Terran" (love the way he says "good" terran, I completely understand, pure gold.)


Gogo babyK, great guy, great stream and played some 2v2s <3


DonGrisu
Profile Joined April 2012
Austria697 Posts
August 02 2012 02:01 GMT
#31
Gooooo Mooooooon >> This is your Tournament...!!!!
Fnatic 4 Ever...!!
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
August 02 2012 02:03 GMT
#32
Nice article and interesting interview, thanks for sharing. I'd love to see the outsiders go far but the competition is definitely going to be tough.

Taeja fighting!
o choro é livre
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
August 02 2012 02:16 GMT
#33
On August 02 2012 10:58 paddyz wrote:
I loved these bits: " MC is the only one that can be said to be TaeJa's better"

"But you still watch, because when you least expect it, something incredible happens. Things like snapping Stephano's 33 win ZvP streak" (33? T.T)


To be accurate, elfi just won the first game against Stephano in this Ro8 match at Assembly Winter 2012 (a match that Stephano won 2-1). And yes, Stephano won 33 games in a row against Protoss before that. :p
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
R3DT1D3
Profile Joined January 2012
285 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-02 02:22:31
August 02 2012 02:21 GMT
#34
Wait, SortOf is afraid of "Any good Terran, Taeja, Kas, BratOK etc... "

I don't watch all the weekly online cups just larger tournaments but is BratOK even still playing? I followed him in BW during TSL but I've only seen him play once in SC2.
Kontys
Profile Joined October 2011
Finland659 Posts
August 02 2012 02:27 GMT
#35
This tournament has a really stacked line-up and a very good format. Everyone should watch it.
Kontys
Profile Joined October 2011
Finland659 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-02 02:33:55
August 02 2012 02:29 GMT
#36
On August 02 2012 10:38 Prplppleatr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 02 2012 10:15 fishjie wrote:
awww man no power rankings? is that only for gsl?


Its generally done when theres some type of draft, ie players choose their opponent..so they rank them and suggest who to choose


The whole concept is rather foolish otherwise. It has so far not provided much insight other than Liquid' writers odd (and by now, plain unjustified) Korean bias.
monk
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States8477 Posts
August 02 2012 02:51 GMT
#37
On August 02 2012 11:29 Kontys wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 02 2012 10:38 Prplppleatr wrote:
On August 02 2012 10:15 fishjie wrote:
awww man no power rankings? is that only for gsl?


Its generally done when theres some type of draft, ie players choose their opponent..so they rank them and suggest who to choose


The whole concept is rather foolish otherwise. It has so far not provided much insight other than Liquid' writers odd (and by now, plain unjustified) Korean bias.

TL power ranks are done really meticulously when 3-5 people do their own rankings then negotiate an acceptable final rank. This process can take up to 6-7 man-hours. The people doing them also watch more SC than 99.99% of SC2 viewers. No matter how well you do a rank, you'll have people disagreeing however. I propose that perhaps it's more likely that the general public experiences foreigner bias given how much more exposure the average foreigner gets over the average Korean.

Also, what Prplppleatr is talking about isn't a Power Rank, but rather a Draft Review.
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HotSizzles
Profile Joined June 2011
United States2 Posts
August 02 2012 03:02 GMT
#38
Damn no love for my dawg DESROW..If he was on a team he would be that dude at events..DESROW FIGHTTTINGGG!!
Love ya LIFE
INTOtheVOID
Profile Joined January 2012
United States225 Posts
August 02 2012 03:06 GMT
#39
I don't understand the dig at Naama, can anyone explain?
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ranjutan
Profile Joined November 2010
United States636 Posts
August 02 2012 03:07 GMT
#40
Gogo SortOf!
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