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tyr
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France1686 Posts
December 18 2010 14:39 GMT
#4441
So i heard Flounder won a GSL.
I just can't take this guy seriously since the Hyungjoon show. :D
"I'm always reminded of how manly Jaedong is every time I see him." -Bisu
InteGrated
Profile Joined November 2010
United States259 Posts
December 18 2010 14:40 GMT
#4442
i dont know why people are complaining so much. Game 2 of the series was worthy enough to make this finals memorable.
ya the other games were not as good but game 2 made it worthwhile to watch
DarkRise
Profile Joined November 2010
1644 Posts
December 18 2010 14:41 GMT
#4443
Let's face it, the reason why GSL 3 was popular because it has more foreigner in the scene and jinro made it to semis.
that's what this season about and i could not even remember one game while i remember some from season 2 and 3.
hope the gsl 2011 will be better and looking forward to idra vs jinro :D
mothergoose729
Profile Joined December 2010
United States666 Posts
December 18 2010 14:41 GMT
#4444
Payed 20 dollars to watch MC own the whole tournament in HD. Completely worth it. That guy is so OP, he is a freaking monster.

These Koreans are so crazy good. MC made jinro look like an amateur.
DarkRise
Profile Joined November 2010
1644 Posts
December 18 2010 14:43 GMT
#4445
On December 18 2010 23:41 mothergoose729 wrote:
Payed 20 dollars to watch MC own the whole tournament in HD. Completely worth it. That guy is so OP, he is a freaking monster.

These Koreans are so crazy good. MC made jinro look like an amateur.


hes startegy against terran is soo good
it looks like terran is UP when MC is fighting lol
Markwerf
Profile Joined March 2010
Netherlands3728 Posts
December 18 2010 14:50 GMT
#4446
People trying to use statistics on GSL champions and ro4 outcomes are complete morons. The actual winning races of GSL have absolutely no value for judging balance as there have been only 3 GSL's.
Take for example a ultimately balanced game. Each race would have 1/3rd chance to win a GSL. Yet the chance that in 3 GSL's there would have been 3 different races winning would be quite small.. It would be (2/3) * (1/3) = 2/9 not even 25%... So basically people need to learn their statistics a bit and stop making completely idiotic assumptions based on just 3 win results 3 top 4's.

A statistic that does get somewhat reasonable is the amount of each races that qualified for GSL 3 or the ones that got S class. GSL 3 saw lots of zergs and terrans, not so many protoss. S-class is slightly more terrans and then about a equal amount of zerg and protoss.
Overall you can't say anything from these numbers yet as it's just not enough data.

The most reasonable way to balance by numbers is just to look at win %s of matchups in the top of the best ladder imo. If the new master league is a fact that would be a perfect benchmark for racial balance imo. Also the map factor is pretty huge it seems in zerg based matchups so far so the system for map choosing also plays a huge role. GSL 3 was the only GSL without a veto system and had by far the worst results for zerg (most entered and least got through), which could have been a huge part of it. I certainly think some good zergs got knocked out by not being able to thumb down steppes of war for example.
Denizen[9]
Profile Joined July 2010
United States649 Posts
December 18 2010 14:51 GMT
#4447
i restreamed the whole series but fell asleep before the first game
Jaedong, Baby | Idra, Marineking, Tester, Nada
FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4516 Posts
December 18 2010 14:56 GMT
#4448
On December 18 2010 23:41 DarkRise wrote:
Let's face it, the reason why GSL 3 was popular because it has more foreigner in the scene and jinro made it to semis.
that's what this season about and i could not even remember one game while i remember some from season 2 and 3.
hope the gsl 2011 will be better and looking forward to idra vs jinro :D

You either don't watch enough or have poor taste.
The Clide vs Leenock series was amazing.

Watching MarineKingPrime get roflstomped was also a treat. >
hi. big fan.
aisight
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States145 Posts
December 18 2010 15:09 GMT
#4449
On December 18 2010 23:38 Heimatloser wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 23:30 aisight wrote:
On December 18 2010 23:25 Heimatloser wrote:
On December 18 2010 23:21 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On December 18 2010 22:53 The KY wrote:
Haha it really is beyond parody that the Terran QQ comes out of the woodwork the MINUTE a protoss wins GSL.


QFT.

This is really able to be generalized to every race and tournament, unfortunately.

Famous Player X (who happens to play as Race A) convincingly beat Famous Player Y (who happens to play as Race B)? Let's ignore how they played in the game, their inherent ability levels, and all statistics of the races; Race A is clearly overpowered and needs to be nerfed! In fact, I can name at least 3 units from Race A that I don't like, so those should be the units that get knocked down. And on top of that, Race B also needs at least 4 buffs of my choice (1200 ranked orange copper league here), two of which are completely unrelated to the game played between Player X and Player Y. And Race C sucks.

your "logics" aside, terran is the only race which didnt win a gsl. Here a Race-Power-Ranking by Gsl Wins:

1.) Zerg [ 2 Wins ]
2.) Protoss [ 1 Win ]
3.) shared by Terran and Random [ 0 Wins ]

Aside from it being quite amazing if all three races each won one out of the three GSLs that have happened so far, let's take a look at the far more relevant top 4 composition.

GSL1:
1 Zerg
2 Terran
3 Terran
3 Terran

GSL2:
1 Zerg
2 Terran
3 Terran
3 Terran

GSL3:
1 Protoss
2 Terran
3 Terran
3 Protoss

TOTALS:
1: 2 Zerg, 1 Protoss
2: 3 Terran
3: 5 Terran, 1 Protoss

round of 4 is where the real "pro gaming" begins. i agree with you in that. and there are more terran progamers then all other races. i agree with you here also.
but the fail-rate of terran is the highest! You see:

Out of 2 Zergs, 2 made it to champion (100%)
Out of 2 Protoss, 1 made champion (50%)
Out of 8(!) Terran, 0 became chapmion (0% out of 8!)

That's a hilarious way of interpreting the results. There were 27 Zerg players in GSL3. None of them made it to the Ro4. Does that mean that there is a grand total of zero "real pro" Zerg players around? By the same token, you can't claim anything about win or fail rate among an absurdly small sample (in this case the champions out of three GSL seasons).

If there are more Terran players than any other races, it would probably go to follow that more of them lose than the other races, unless there were some stupidly extreme level of imbalance favoring them as a race.
{ToT}ColmA
Profile Joined November 2007
Japan3260 Posts
December 18 2010 15:12 GMT
#4450
On December 18 2010 23:41 DarkRise wrote:
Let's face it, the reason why GSL 3 was popular because it has more foreigner in the scene and jinro made it to semis.
that's what this season about and i could not even remember one game while i remember some from season 2 and 3.
hope the gsl 2011 will be better and looking forward to idra vs jinro :D


if u cant remember leenock vs clide then its probably over for you anyway
The only virgins in kpop left are the fans
noD
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
December 18 2010 15:12 GMT
#4451
i woke up 6 am (local time) it was 2-0 and ppl were saying the game was one-sided
luck i get back to sleep coz it seems it was xD
Iberry
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2 Posts
December 18 2010 15:22 GMT
#4452
I think that this is not about imba or not, because since we got a ton of terran make it to round 8 or even 16 a ton, they just need to play better, don't blame on units imba, since season 1 GSL FruitDealer put up really good fight and he deserve to win that, baneling drop? on season 2 GSL IMNestea put up really awesome match against Terran. and season 3 oGsMC win since you see the potential that he feedback the group of ghost during one of his match, so no doubt that he reallly got skill.

There might be balance unit issue but that really hard job to do to make all unit balance, I know Blizzard try really hard for balancing units. Beside people need to adapt whatever patch come out and create new strategies and all other stuff, so just be patient the game just came out, it takes time.
mothergoose729
Profile Joined December 2010
United States666 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-18 15:25:48
December 18 2010 15:24 GMT
#4453
This tournament showed definitively that the races are not imba, if they are it is so minor. This tournament showed there is a lot of imbalance in the maps rather then the races, if blizzard is going to nerf anything it is going to be the map pool and the meta game. Zerg had a weaker showing in this GSL, but I think nestea played zerg in the last GSL and he won that one I believe.

Oh, and MC is so freaking good. He is the only one that is imbalance. New rule: after a certain skill level you must play dial up so that lag balances out your pwnage.
nihoh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia978 Posts
December 18 2010 15:25 GMT
#4454
On December 18 2010 23:39 tyr wrote:
So i heard Flounder won a GSL.
I just can't take this guy seriously since the Hyungjoon show. :D

Was he the one who Hyungjoon always picked on?
Dont look at the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
GimbleB
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Scotland178 Posts
December 18 2010 15:25 GMT
#4455
So yeah, the finals were pretty awesome. The Tasteless song was a good highlight (Carefoot got up and started dancing around, Koreans cheered). Will do a proper write-up while I upload videos.
"What's the point of it all, when you're building a wall and in front of your eyes it disappears." -pigwiththefaceofaboy
The KY
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom6252 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-18 15:42:01
December 18 2010 15:40 GMT
#4456
On December 18 2010 23:25 Heimatloser wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 23:21 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On December 18 2010 22:53 The KY wrote:
Haha it really is beyond parody that the Terran QQ comes out of the woodwork the MINUTE a protoss wins GSL.


QFT.

This is really able to be generalized to every race and tournament, unfortunately.

Famous Player X (who happens to play as Race A) convincingly beat Famous Player Y (who happens to play as Race B)? Let's ignore how they played in the game, their inherent ability levels, and all statistics of the races; Race A is clearly overpowered and needs to be nerfed! In fact, I can name at least 3 units from Race A that I don't like, so those should be the units that get knocked down. And on top of that, Race B also needs at least 4 buffs of my choice (1200 ranked orange copper league here), two of which are completely unrelated to the game played between Player X and Player Y. And Race C sucks.

your "logics" aside, terran is the only race which didnt win a gsl. Here a Race-Power-Ranking by Gsl Wins:

1.) Zerg [ 2 Wins ]
2.) Protoss [ 1 Win ]
3.) shared by Terran and Random [ 0 Wins ]


You're seriously using that as balance statistics? I'm betting you didn't take maths at school did you. Or if you did you failed.

Blizzard have stated they sometimes balance use the games in tournaments for reference when discussing balance. Never the results. Because they aren't thick as pig shit.

Imagine if they did balance on your sample group of the winner of three (three!) tournaments. Zerg could have won all three times and it would mean literally fuck all in terms of balance.

Terran player here by the way, trying to maintain some level of dignity for the race. I'm probably wasting my time, there will always be players who will sieze on anything they can to make themselves the victims. Guess what Terran players; if you lose, it's your fault. That goes for everyone, really. I hope this blame culture that's sprung up fucks off soon.
lowercase
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada1047 Posts
December 18 2010 15:44 GMT
#4457
I watched the games and all I heard was this gross thumping sound like a fist smacking meat.
That is not dead which can eternal lie...
Zocat
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany2229 Posts
December 18 2010 15:48 GMT
#4458
On December 19 2010 00:25 nihoh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 23:39 tyr wrote:
So i heard Flounder won a GSL.
I just can't take this guy seriously since the Hyungjoon show. :D

Was he the one who Hyungjoon always picked on?


I'd say that would be Sea

MC "major" showing was during the birthday party of Shark with his Kara - Mister dancing skills ("He's our ace dancer in MBC")
A Wet Shamwow
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1590 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-18 15:53:18
December 18 2010 15:50 GMT
#4459
On December 18 2010 23:38 Heimatloser wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 23:30 aisight wrote:
On December 18 2010 23:25 Heimatloser wrote:
On December 18 2010 23:21 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On December 18 2010 22:53 The KY wrote:
Haha it really is beyond parody that the Terran QQ comes out of the woodwork the MINUTE a protoss wins GSL.


QFT.

This is really able to be generalized to every race and tournament, unfortunately.

Famous Player X (who happens to play as Race A) convincingly beat Famous Player Y (who happens to play as Race B)? Let's ignore how they played in the game, their inherent ability levels, and all statistics of the races; Race A is clearly overpowered and needs to be nerfed! In fact, I can name at least 3 units from Race A that I don't like, so those should be the units that get knocked down. And on top of that, Race B also needs at least 4 buffs of my choice (1200 ranked orange copper league here), two of which are completely unrelated to the game played between Player X and Player Y. And Race C sucks.

your "logics" aside, terran is the only race which didnt win a gsl. Here a Race-Power-Ranking by Gsl Wins:

1.) Zerg [ 2 Wins ]
2.) Protoss [ 1 Win ]
3.) shared by Terran and Random [ 0 Wins ]

Aside from it being quite amazing if all three races each won one out of the three GSLs that have happened so far, let's take a look at the far more relevant top 4 composition.

GSL1:
1 Zerg
2 Terran
3 Terran
3 Terran

GSL2:
1 Zerg
2 Terran
3 Terran
3 Terran

GSL3:
1 Protoss
2 Terran
3 Terran
3 Protoss

TOTALS:
1: 2 Zerg, 1 Protoss
2: 3 Terran
3: 5 Terran, 1 Protoss

round of 4 is where the real "pro gaming" begins. i agree with you in that. and there are more terran progamers then all other races. i agree with you here also.
but the fail-rate of terran is the highest! You see:

Out of 2 Zergs, 2 made it to champion (100%)
Out of 2 Protoss, 1 made champion (50%)
Out of 8(!) Terran, 0 became chapmion (0% out of 8!)



Yes but you have to look at it this way
Out of 2 zergs, 2 made it to championship
Out of 8 terran, 3 made it to championship
Out of 2 Protoss 1 made it to the championship

Also in a round of four with many terrans in the ro4 we have seen many tvt's and that will cut down the sucess rate of terran's. In other words, the higher the number of terrans in the Ro4 the higher the number of terrans not making the finals
I think the reason that many terrans are having problems is because since the beginning the terran race has never really had any lategame strategies and now the other two races have started to figure out the early timing attacks of terran and so on.
Just look at marineking he is one of the top terran players, and guess what he does? Early pressure every time, and once he became figured out, he gets roflstomped by better players
“Life is a gamble, at terrible odds. If it were a bet you wouldn’t take it.”
proxY_
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1561 Posts
December 18 2010 15:58 GMT
#4460
I can't believe people are actually arguing that terran is UP based on MC's dominance in the series. MC was just a vastly superior player. Look at game 4 where the terran saw the proxy pylon building and knew an inbase proxy gate was coming and he still got decimated. Game two was pretty epic because MC put himself in a bit of a bad situation and had to play from behind but MC's ability to harass and multitask was just so much higher than Rain's. Even the game that Rain won, MC held out for a ridiculously long time when Rain had a massive advantage.

Terran right now just doesn't seem to have a premier "go to" player that can be counted on to be consistently good, at least not in the gsl. Zerg has fruitdealer, nestea, and to a lesser extent players like idra, Check, July etc. Protoss has MC, Genius, and Tester (even though hes failed to qualify lately). I don't really know who the premier terran is. A lot of people are saying that it's Jinro, and it may very well be, but his game does have some holes in it that he needs to work on. Terrans like Rain and Marineking are just being seen as gimmicky and one dimensional. Looking at the code s list, between Nada, Boxer, Ensnare, Jinro, and Clide I would assume that one or more of them will make that leap.
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