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On December 18 2011 18:04 Meteora.GB wrote:Show nested quote +On December 18 2011 17:48 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:On December 18 2011 16:52 VirgilSC2 wrote:On December 18 2011 16:30 pt wrote:
S-Class, A-Class. That's all it means. Nope. Code S =/= S Class. It has the same meaning. Not quite. S-Class in BW was described as the best of the best players, in other words: Flash, Jaedong, Stork and Bisu were considered as S-Class. This designation does not simply rotate easily in and out like Code S, where you can be in the finals and then drop out into Code A (see MVP, TOP and Inca). It is a designation by the fans/commentators. Top tier A-class included people like EffOrt, Hydra and Fantasy. Does not translate well to SC2 terms. Either way, the Code thing has nothing to do with Class ratings. Though you are free to believe whatever you want.
S Class (and all other classes as well) isn't something unique to professional Brood War. The ranking can be seen in many anime/manga, sports, etc. In that regard, both GSL's Code S and BW's S Class delineation refer to the same thing: the best of the best.
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On December 18 2011 18:31 stormfoxSC wrote:Show nested quote +On December 18 2011 18:04 Meteora.GB wrote:On December 18 2011 17:48 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:On December 18 2011 16:52 VirgilSC2 wrote:On December 18 2011 16:30 pt wrote:
S-Class, A-Class. That's all it means. Nope. Code S =/= S Class. It has the same meaning. Not quite. S-Class in BW was described as the best of the best players, in other words: Flash, Jaedong, Stork and Bisu were considered as S-Class. This designation does not simply rotate easily in and out like Code S, where you can be in the finals and then drop out into Code A (see MVP, TOP and Inca). It is a designation by the fans/commentators. Top tier A-class included people like EffOrt, Hydra and Fantasy. Does not translate well to SC2 terms. Either way, the Code thing has nothing to do with Class ratings. Though you are free to believe whatever you want. S Class (and all other classes as well) isn't something unique to professional Brood War. The ranking can be seen in many anime/manga, sports, etc. In that regard, both GSL's Code S and BW's S Class delineation refer to the same thing: the best of the best.
That is true, S-Class has different definitions spread across everything. In BW I feel it holds much more weight to be S-Class. However if one choose to, they can think that Code S is equal to S-Class, the best of the best. I on the other hand don't feel that way, but we all have our own differing opinions.
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I thought only the top172 from the KR ladder are able to take part in the code a qualifiers,
so those top172 are called "code B".
Though i think with the new format its only top 160 players.
Basically means "being able to participate in code A qualifier"
Anyone got an idea, if this info is correct or is it just an open qualifier for everyone now?
I know 100% that it was top172 when they first introduced Code S and A after the Open seasons.
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On December 18 2011 19:09 MasterReY wrote:
I thought only the top172 from the KR ladder are able to take part in the code a qualifiers,
so those top172 are called "code B".
Though i think with the new format its only top 160 players.
Basically means "being able to participate in code A qualifier"
Anyone got an idea, if this info is correct or is it just an open qualifier for everyone now?
I know 100% that it was top172 when they first introduced Code S and A after the Open seasons.
when yellow tried to qualify it was said that you have to be in master league with a certain amount of points. cant remember the exact number but it was like high master(~1000 points+).
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On December 18 2011 18:04 Meteora.GB wrote:Show nested quote +On December 18 2011 17:48 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:On December 18 2011 16:52 VirgilSC2 wrote:On December 18 2011 16:30 pt wrote:
S-Class, A-Class. That's all it means. Nope. Code S =/= S Class. It has the same meaning. Not quite. S-Class in BW was described as the best of the best players, in other words: Flash, Jaedong, Stork and Bisu were considered as S-Class. This designation does not simply rotate easily in and out like Code S, where you can be in the finals and then drop out into Code A (see MVP, TOP and Inca). It is a designation by the fans/commentators. Top tier A-class included people like EffOrt, Hydra and Fantasy. Does not translate well to SC2 terms. Either way, the Code thing has nothing to do with Class ratings. Though you are free to believe whatever you want.
Are you putting MVP on the same level as Top? MVP had one slipup for about a 20 day period and was back to dominating after 2 sets of poor matches. If you want to use the same definition for S class in sc2 as in BW then MVP is the obvious main choice with MMA being the other. Leenock/DRG/Nestea are all questionable one way or the other if you are talking top top tier. Nestea due to his slump, Lennock and DRG simlpy because their success is too recent and not sustained. Would that not fit your idea of the top BW players? Very similar considering the game has only been out a year.
Sadly, even as a Toss player myself I couldn't put any as best of the best atm 
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Gsl only has code-A and code-S which refers to separate tournaments.
code B you can consider to be all those from korean ladder that are masters + as that is the requirement in order to compete in the qualification.
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On December 18 2011 20:03 ShoWTimE94 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 18 2011 19:09 MasterReY wrote:
I thought only the top172 from the KR ladder are able to take part in the code a qualifiers,
so those top172 are called "code B".
Though i think with the new format its only top 160 players.
Basically means "being able to participate in code A qualifier"
Anyone got an idea, if this info is correct or is it just an open qualifier for everyone now?
I know 100% that it was top172 when they first introduced Code S and A after the Open seasons. when yellow tried to qualify it was said that you have to be in master league with a certain amount of points. cant remember the exact number but it was like high master(~1000 points+).
It was Grandmaster, I believe. And I think it was top X, excluding people who are already qualified.
EDIT: It seems you were right, even though they have GM there aswell, they qualify based on ladder points.
EDIT2: And it seems the number of participants has since increased from 172 to 576.
EDIT3: Finally, it seems that Code B is "kind of" an official name for people trying to qualify, as it appears on the first page.
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Ok.. So from what I've gathered..Codes A and S are all that matter rofl...thanks guys.
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