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Alright, its truly time to stop whining. Stop caster bashing also. Be warned.
Jomppa
Profile Joined July 2011
1225 Posts
July 31 2011 11:45 GMT
#12161
Go White-Ra!
Technique
Profile Joined March 2010
Netherlands1542 Posts
July 31 2011 11:45 GMT
#12162
On July 31 2011 20:11 DrunkeN. wrote:
Holy shiiit.

Haha :D.
If you think you're good, you suck. If you think you suck, you're getting better.
Corrik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1416 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-31 12:00:47
July 31 2011 11:46 GMT
#12163
On July 31 2011 20:39 CursedRich wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2011 19:19 Corrik wrote:
On July 31 2011 17:53 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
On July 31 2011 17:15 CellTech wrote:
On July 31 2011 17:14 Taf the Ghost wrote:
On July 31 2011 17:11 DizzyDrone wrote:
On July 31 2011 17:01 Hierarch wrote:
On July 31 2011 16:54 Mordiford wrote:
On July 31 2011 16:52 Hierarch wrote:
On July 31 2011 16:49 Mordiford wrote:
[quote]

As much as I may not like him, I still think IdrA is a "top" player, he manages to remain competitive at a high level. But yeah, no one else on EG is a top player to be honest, if the other EG guys dropped out, I think it'd be quite unlikely for any of them to pull a Tyler and make it back in.


DeMusliM is quite good, he's shown very good TvT and TvP


I was talking more about the ones currently in pool play, Machine and inControl, but even DeMuslim has had a pretty hard time in the open bracket, it's really rough and I think it's sad that the format is unfair to them when many of them could probably take out the weak links of the pools.


GSL's Code S took a very long time to get the weak players cycled out, like check, thebest, hyperdub, rainbow etc... It just takes time, the final tournament will be the most high quality due to the amount of time and weeding of players occur before it.


I disagree. Let me use White-Ra as an example. In order to qualify for pool play in MLG Raleigh he has to place at least 6th, and even then he's not guaranteed a spot. To end up top 6, at least one of the Korean players will have to drop a series. If White-Ra doesn't make it to top 6 he will once again have to go through the stacked open bracket in Raleigh.

I can understand that they want to reward people who frequently take part in MLG tournaments, but
at the moment it's just too hard to place high enough to even earn rank points while the players seeded in the pools earn points even if they lose every match they play.


The real problem with the Rank Points system right now is that they're importing 4 Koreans each LAN that are pretty much assured a Top 16 finish. That's really eating up (and preventing knocking off) the weaker players in the Pools.


That's clearly not the REAL problem. As an above poster said, if you are seeded from a previous tourney, you can lose EVERY game and still get points from the epic fail of a weekend.


If the rank points from last years events decayed it wouldn't be a problem at all. Some of the players like Huk are benefiting from a strong showing last year since he hasn't attended all of the events, but others are riding the fact that they have earned points at every event so they have more points than better players even though they haven't had a good showing since Raleigh or DC last year. They keep getting points because it's almost automatic to earn points if you're already seeded. A few of the players have dropped down this event though so maybe the cleansing will continue and weed everyone out before providence.


Points for last year don't count for this year except for the first event.

If they did count, your national champion Jinro would have been in pool play.


Yes and the only reason people like Inc were ever in group play was because Jinro and Huk didn't attend the first MLG of this year


I think that benefited Gretorp and I think Painuser the most. But, I can't 100% stand by that. Those no shows did help though. I think TT1 not coming to the first event helped them also. Can't remember.

Edit for correct information: Upon looking at the list of points before Dallas. Those that benefited from Jinro (8th), Huk (1st), TT1 (3rd), Nadagast (17th), ajtls (19th) not showing up were.

In order:
Incontrol
Sjow
Gretorp
Titorelli
Profile Joined March 2011
2492 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-31 11:49:52
July 31 2011 11:48 GMT
#12164
man I really dont like that is it almost impossible to drop out of the pool. I mean if you go 0-5 in your group you are safe lol. Whereas players like Demuslim Tod etc didnt make it into the pool play right?

Edit: Wait and Whitera has to be in the top 6 in order to get into pool in the next MLG??? WTF?!
"Everybody poops.... after Tasteless kills them" Artosis
Thorakh
Profile Joined April 2011
Netherlands1788 Posts
July 31 2011 11:52 GMT
#12165
On July 31 2011 20:11 DrunkeN. wrote:
Holy shiiit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbfP5SIn0Y&feature=related
Oh my god, this is gold hahahaha!
Jacobs Ladder
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1705 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-31 12:00:27
July 31 2011 11:59 GMT
#12166
On July 31 2011 20:48 Titorelli wrote:
man I really dont like that is it almost impossible to drop out of the pool. I mean if you go 0-5 in your group you are safe lol. Whereas players like Demuslim Tod etc didnt make it into the pool play right?

Edit: Wait and Whitera has to be in the top 6 in order to get into pool in the next MLG??? WTF?!

Keep in mind this is the third event. Every event points are given out to the people who score well. People in the groups score well. Therefore if you're in the groups for most of the year, you will stay in the groups.

After Dallas (the first event) people who totally failed did drop out of the groups. During this event the weaker players of Anaheim actually beat someone, so they did decently and advanced. Those weaker players were removed from groups and replaced by stronger ones who fought through the open bracket (like Nani). This made the groups stronger and now players who were mid range at dallas (inc, for example) are now super weak, but someone safe due to their surviving the earlier events pool stages.

Edit: This also makes it harder for people to come to a mid season event and steal a group seat. It rewards players who attend all MLG events.
Corrik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1416 Posts
July 31 2011 12:02 GMT
#12167
On July 31 2011 20:48 Titorelli wrote:
man I really dont like that is it almost impossible to drop out of the pool. I mean if you go 0-5 in your group you are safe lol. Whereas players like Demuslim Tod etc didnt make it into the pool play right?

Edit: Wait and Whitera has to be in the top 6 in order to get into pool in the next MLG??? WTF?!


Basically. This could vary if certain people don't show up at the next event or such.
UnholyRai
Profile Joined September 2010
720 Posts
July 31 2011 12:03 GMT
#12168
can you hire someone to prepare replays for the public? the cost wouldn't be that high and the rewards to customers would be massive! i loved watching the replays
Gogo Grubby.
Badfatpanda
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States9719 Posts
July 31 2011 12:04 GMT
#12169
Fuck =( just woke up to see DeMu come back to 2-1 qxc then lose to whitera 1-2 =( fucking good run though! Wish there would be more casts of the open bracket matches, because the skill level there is so much higher than the bottom of the pools ><

And no replays =(
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. -Beethoven | Mech isn't a build, it's a way of life. -MajOr | Charlie.Sheen: "What is sarcastic, kids who have no courage to fight?" | #TerranPride #yolo #swag -Naama after 2-0'ing MC at HSC VI
CellTech
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada396 Posts
July 31 2011 12:11 GMT
#12170
On July 31 2011 19:33 Scribble wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2011 18:18 CellTech wrote:
On July 31 2011 18:07 Scribble wrote:
On July 31 2011 18:00 CellTech wrote:
On July 31 2011 17:17 Scribble wrote:
On July 31 2011 17:11 CellTech wrote:
PvP doesn't count.

mother of all coin flips

TvT and ZvZ for the most part, reward the better player.



That's a terrible argument. If PvP was a coinflip then all high level protoss would have roughly a 50% win-rate in PvP.

Either your argument is absurd or MC (among others) is playing with some really weird coins.


I think it's generally accepted that of the 6 matchups, PvP is the most coinflip.


Oh, ok. So it's not that players like MC are generally better at the match-up. He just has better coins.

That totally makes more sense than people calling it a coin flip because it is punishes them for inferior execution.


So your argument is "PvP is not coinflippy! Look at :: insert best Protoss players name :: !" ?

strong argument.

You are just taking an anomaly (gosu MC) and using him as your main argument.

And who are these 'players like MC' you keep mentioning? Afaik, MC is the only Protoss to win a GSL (twice)


Answer me this: If PvP is just a coinflip, what does MC being the best Protoss have to do with anything? After all, that shouldn't matter in a matchup that is determined by luck and not skill.

Also, what does winning a GSL have to do with a matchup not being random?

Oh, one more thing.

Naniwa: 64.24%
Huk: 66.30% (internationally, I believe it's in the 30's in Korea albeit with a small sample size)
Inca: 80%

Satisfied?

Maybe, instead of calling it a coin flip, you could just admit that it isn't your cup of tea?


You DO realize the only person you are trying to convince PvP isn't a coinflip matchup is yourself?
^ Probably a Troll Post
poorcloud
Profile Joined April 2011
Singapore2748 Posts
July 31 2011 12:12 GMT
#12171
Don't see whats up with rains play being good though.
If you look at his games closely, his macro isn't really that awesome, he has like 4 - 5 units queued up at each rax.
His micro isnt that amazing too, he is barely able to split his marines against banelings, instead just running his whole group of marines away.
Of course, his skills are more than good enough to beat the foreigners. But when u compare him to a true code S player, his play is less than impressive.
He managed to beat MMA though. But he did win through a BO win (Game 3) and Game 2 was just weird with MMA trying some weird all in.
Corrik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1416 Posts
July 31 2011 12:15 GMT
#12172
On July 31 2011 21:12 poorcloud wrote:
Don't see whats up with rains play being good though.
If you look at his games closely, his macro isn't really that awesome, he has like 4 - 5 units queued up at each rax.
His micro isnt that amazing too, he is barely able to split his marines against banelings, instead just running his whole group of marines away.
Of course, his skills are more than good enough to beat the foreigners. But when u compare him to a true code S player, his play is less than impressive.
He managed to beat MMA though. But he did win through a BO win (Game 3) and Game 2 was just weird with MMA trying some weird all in.


This is why I said he had some hiccups. He seemed to have some sloppy unit control in the Ret series. He floated a ton of gas in one of the series for a good while (forget which).

However, his builds were pretty solid. He also seemed to have a good sense of timings and when and how to attack his opponents.
sopas
Profile Joined July 2011
509 Posts
July 31 2011 12:16 GMT
#12173
On July 31 2011 21:12 poorcloud wrote:
Don't see whats up with rains play being good though.
If you look at his games closely, his macro isn't really that awesome, he has like 4 - 5 units queued up at each rax.
His micro isnt that amazing too, he is barely able to split his marines against banelings, instead just running his whole group of marines away.
Of course, his skills are more than good enough to beat the foreigners. But when u compare him to a true code S player, his play is less than impressive.
He managed to beat MMA though. But he did win through a BO win (Game 3) and Game 2 was just weird with MMA trying some weird all in.

it's "good" because people have bashed him so hard that they actually thought he's some barely masters players it seems like. hype has so much effect on ppl's images of players.
King of Kings
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany481 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-31 12:17:06
July 31 2011 12:16 GMT
#12174
who is "WBC" Oo last unknown in the champ bracket?

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Anaheim/ChampionshipBracket
Fan of: MarineKingPrime.WE | MVP_Keen | LiquidTLO | oGs.MC
Corrik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1416 Posts
July 31 2011 12:17 GMT
#12175
On July 31 2011 21:16 King of Kings wrote:
who is "WBC" Oo last unknown in the champ bracket?

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Anaheim/ChampionshipBracket


WannaBeCool
justinpal
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3810 Posts
July 31 2011 12:20 GMT
#12176
On July 31 2011 21:16 King of Kings wrote:
who is "WBC" Oo last unknown in the champ bracket?

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Anaheim/ChampionshipBracket


wannabecool from Its Gosu. They just qualified in EG's Master League. They had a really good showing in MLG.
Never make a hydralisk.
King of Kings
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany481 Posts
July 31 2011 12:20 GMT
#12177
On July 31 2011 21:17 Corrik wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2011 21:16 King of Kings wrote:
who is "WBC" Oo last unknown in the champ bracket?

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Anaheim/ChampionshipBracket


WannaBeCool


Oh another Korean oO
Fan of: MarineKingPrime.WE | MVP_Keen | LiquidTLO | oGs.MC
windzor
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark1013 Posts
July 31 2011 12:23 GMT
#12178
On July 31 2011 21:03 UnholyRai wrote:
can you hire someone to prepare replays for the public? the cost wouldn't be that high and the rewards to customers would be massive! i loved watching the replays


Lee already answered to this in his post here on TL. But to give you the quote



3) Modifying replay files (not reading them) is a violation of Blizzard's ToS. I maybe could get permission to do it, but there's a lot of legal issues tied up in that. We already know how to do it. But we'd have to check them all before releasing them.



So no the cost seems to high for them to do it. Myabe if 200.000 subscriptions come in theu will?
Yeah
eloist
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1017 Posts
July 31 2011 12:28 GMT
#12179
I couldn't watch anything yet - how is the crowd compared to columbus?
Beyonder
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands15103 Posts
July 31 2011 12:29 GMT
#12180
On July 31 2011 21:11 CellTech wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2011 19:33 Scribble wrote:
On July 31 2011 18:18 CellTech wrote:
On July 31 2011 18:07 Scribble wrote:
On July 31 2011 18:00 CellTech wrote:
On July 31 2011 17:17 Scribble wrote:
On July 31 2011 17:11 CellTech wrote:
PvP doesn't count.

mother of all coin flips

TvT and ZvZ for the most part, reward the better player.



That's a terrible argument. If PvP was a coinflip then all high level protoss would have roughly a 50% win-rate in PvP.

Either your argument is absurd or MC (among others) is playing with some really weird coins.


I think it's generally accepted that of the 6 matchups, PvP is the most coinflip.


Oh, ok. So it's not that players like MC are generally better at the match-up. He just has better coins.

That totally makes more sense than people calling it a coin flip because it is punishes them for inferior execution.


So your argument is "PvP is not coinflippy! Look at :: insert best Protoss players name :: !" ?

strong argument.

You are just taking an anomaly (gosu MC) and using him as your main argument.

And who are these 'players like MC' you keep mentioning? Afaik, MC is the only Protoss to win a GSL (twice)


Answer me this: If PvP is just a coinflip, what does MC being the best Protoss have to do with anything? After all, that shouldn't matter in a matchup that is determined by luck and not skill.

Also, what does winning a GSL have to do with a matchup not being random?

Oh, one more thing.

Naniwa: 64.24%
Huk: 66.30% (internationally, I believe it's in the 30's in Korea albeit with a small sample size)
Inca: 80%

Satisfied?

Maybe, instead of calling it a coin flip, you could just admit that it isn't your cup of tea?


You DO realize the only person you are trying to convince PvP isn't a coinflip matchup is yourself?


Can you stop this dumb discussion. A coin-flip would imply that everyone should be around 50% with a large sample size. This is obviously not the case. What you are trying to argue is that there is quite a lot of variance due to build order losses. Now this is partly true, but you can overcome this with more skill and safer, cleaner builds. The problem arises when two people of equal skill play, as then there is the potential for some build order losses, because you need to take risks to edge out a win. However, people are now finding more and more safe ways to play PvP, e.g. the observer blink stalker build.
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