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De4ngus
United States6533 Posts
On March 10 2010 06:22 SimonB wrote: Um, I wasn't seriously suggesting Light was a bonjwa. I said it would be hilarious if he suddenly became one after years of being the quintessential invisible and mediocre player. Light was never mediocre. Just invisible lol. | ||
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Oystein
Norway1602 Posts
On March 10 2010 06:27 De4ngus wrote: Light was never mediocre. Just invisible lol. I always felt he was like the perfect definition of mediocre. Good enough to rack up wins somewhat consistently in PL and qualify for SLs every now and then, but never good enough to make any kind of run for a SL title. Perfectly showed by his barely above 50% winrate up until WL started. Maybe this season will change it. | ||
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DreaM)XeRO
Korea (South)4667 Posts
On March 10 2010 07:42 Oystein wrote: I always felt he was like the perfect definition of mediocre. Good enough to rack up wins somewhat consistently in PL and qualify for SLs every now and then, but never good enough to make any kind of run for a SL title. Perfectly showed by his barely above 50% winrate up until WL started. Maybe this season will change it. Not "mediocre" per se. He's had his flashes of brilliance . Unfortunately he flared in the era of IPX_Zerg aka jesus zerg. He's been a solid player for a while but always behind Sea in MBC. He's kinda like Hwasin and Sea in my book. A solid player with great mechanics but never the "star power" to strike it deep in SL's. (okay well.. Hwasin aside) | ||
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RYZmooN
Canada575 Posts
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Djabanete
United States2786 Posts
2. Light 3. Fantasy 4. Jaedong 5. Stork everyone else | ||
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crate
United States2474 Posts
On March 10 2010 05:05 DreaM)XeRO wrote: this post reeeks of ignorance You make it seem as if Light will just emerge from the MBC house in a cloud of fire with the words bonjwa tatoo'ed across his chest I have to say, this would be quite hilarious. | ||
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Hinanawi
United States2250 Posts
Yeah...he's at 2417 now. You need to maintain like an 85% winrate to keep that. | ||
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POWEROUTAGE
Singapore884 Posts
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J1.au
Australia3596 Posts
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
On March 10 2010 16:39 Hinanawi wrote: So...remember when we were all waiting with bated breath for Flash to briefly break 2400 Elo? Yeah...he's at 2417 now. You need to maintain like an 85% winrate to keep that. Nope, to maintain this he has to never lose. Any loss to anyone, Jaedong included, will drop him down 10 points because he's over a hundred points above his competition. | ||
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Ozarugold
2716 Posts
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o[twist]
United States4903 Posts
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J1.au
Australia3596 Posts
On March 10 2010 17:23 o[twist] wrote: flash and jaedong both looked solid today imo I agree, but it's the first time in a while for JD. I hope he keeps it up so we can see another Flash vs JD finals. This time in the OSL. | ||
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HopLight
Sweden999 Posts
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StylishVODs
Sweden5331 Posts
No one was even close to 2400 and thats like his standard now... | ||
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SuperArc
Austria7781 Posts
On March 10 2010 18:47 StylishVODs wrote: I'm amazed he's kept his 2400ish elo around for months... No one was even close to 2400 and thats like his standard now... No one was even close to JD's ELO. | ||
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o[twist]
United States4903 Posts
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WWJDD
India342 Posts
Also, even Flash said that Zerg is a difficult race to play. Flash's ideal reactive mindset, his unparalleled micro/macro and terran's defensive nature, make it like a perfect storm. When Flash is behind, he can turtle, when he's ahead, he can micro (even rines against lurks). I can't see any zerg ever doing that. Nobody else will ever be able to break 2400, I think. | ||
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Djabanete
United States2786 Posts
On March 11 2010 03:31 WWJDD wrote: JD still loses to way too many scrubs to maintain a really high ELO. He did even when he was at his most dominant. There was a time when 2309 was considered pretty high. | ||
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Mortality
United States4790 Posts
On March 11 2010 05:58 Djabanete wrote: There was a time when 2309 was considered pretty high. That was before top players all started playing over 100 sanctioned games per year, with the tip-top players playing more like 150 games per year. There's a higher number of data points, more progamers playing more games, especially top players, who have a better chance than ever before of attaining a long win streak (Starcraft progaming is extremely dependent on the metagame -- a metagame shift can earn you a good win record over a short time period if it plays to your advantage). Situations like WL tend to be particularly advantageous. Regarding Light: he's always been like Sea, someone with a very strong overall game play, but never able to cut his way too deep into the individual leagues. He tends to be strong in PL and early tournament stages, but then fall off somewhere around Ro16/Ro8. That's been his MO for years. | ||
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