On December 30 2012 11:05 Fionn wrote: Khan has the longest losing streak to start a Proleague season since 2008. ACE went 0-7 to start the season before beating Estro 3-0.
Glad to see a lot of people have confidence in Jangbi. I wanted to trade him but couldn't because I had to get rid of other players who didn't play at all. So I hope it's well placed!
On December 30 2012 14:47 TommyP wrote: I actually love those yellow jackets CJ has under their coats also who wears coats indoors? that has to be super hot
Might be too comfy to take off. The black coats look stupid, in my opinion.
Um...is this supposed to be part of the map design? they can just kill gas from air unimpeded? Maybe I just didn't know that this was common or something before ><
On December 30 2012 14:58 AndAgain wrote: Wow this map is pretty broken. You need a phoenix or something to kill those banshees.
Im sure this will be fixed next round. like moving the geyser back a bit or something
I like the map a lot, but there are definite issues with it. It is a big departure from the norm that we are used to in map development, that said it really needs a tuneup for next round.
On December 30 2012 14:58 AndAgain wrote: Wow this map is pretty broken. You need a phoenix or something to kill those banshees.
Im sure this will be fixed next round. like moving the geyser back a bit or something
I like the map a lot, but there are definite issues with it. It is a big departure from the norm that we are used to in map development, that said it really needs a tuneup for next round.
it should be fixed, they usually make small changes to maps between rounds.
On December 30 2012 15:05 TommyP wrote: no my anti team..why JangBi
in a way you deserve it for putting such a high profile player on your anti team though i am definitely not a master of anti teams, i have never had a good anti team in fpl lol
On December 30 2012 15:05 TommyP wrote: no my anti team..why JangBi
in a way you deserve it for putting such a high profile player on your anti team though i am definitely not a master of anti teams, i have never had a good anti team in fpl lol
People with really great anti teams, scoring like 3 points over weeks, always baffle me. So lucky.
On December 30 2012 15:07 Topin wrote: wow that was boring ... one atack and gg... sigh
Did we watch the same game? Granted it wasn't an amazing back and forth game. But I think you missed a lot of Harrasment and small attacks on Jangbi's mineral line...
On December 30 2012 15:05 TommyP wrote: no my anti team..why JangBi
in a way you deserve it for putting such a high profile player on your anti team though i am definitely not a master of anti teams, i have never had a good anti team in fpl lol
People with really great anti teams, scoring like 3 points over weeks, always baffle me. So lucky.
No anti team has been safe of late. Thorzain won, Bisu won, and Jangbi is playing decent. With Stephano coming for round 2, free passes are going to be short to come by now too.
Jangbi's harass defense was really good. Having the banshees there might have hurt Skyhigh since Jangbi always had stalkers in position to defend. And Skyhigh just had a terrible comp against the colo army. He went marine, ghosts...
I don't think terrans can be aggressive off 2 bases on Bifrost. The narrow choke rules out a frontal assault so drop play will be expected by the Protoss. I think it will come down to trying to delay the third while getting the right comp to engage.
You got this~ BByong is p good, not gonna lie, but hoping Stork can take this one. If Stork wins this, I have faith that Roro will be able to take it at least to an ace. Though in an ace match, not sure how we'd fare against Effort (probably not too hot).
On December 30 2012 15:05 TommyP wrote: no my anti team..why JangBi
in a way you deserve it for putting such a high profile player on your anti team though i am definitely not a master of anti teams, i have never had a good anti team in fpl lol
People with really great anti teams, scoring like 3 points over weeks, always baffle me. So lucky.
No anti team has been safe of late. Thorzain won, Bisu won, and Jangbi is playing decent. With Stephano coming for round 2, free passes are going to be short to come by now too.
Its not really lucky... i think over all four weeks my antiteam players have played a grand total of 2 matches of which they only won once... when you can see the lineups before you trade its really very simple
On December 30 2012 15:07 Topin wrote: wow that was boring ... one atack and gg... sigh
Did we watch the same game? Granted it wasn't an amazing back and forth game. But I think you missed a lot of Harrasment and small attacks on Jangbi's mineral line...
you could be right but those cute moves didnt made me jump of sit, i would like to see more little fights or atacking 2 places at the same time, like you say more of a back and forth game :o)
On December 30 2012 15:24 MateShade wrote: does anyone know how to get korean casters? nothing personal to these guys as i know its last minute but i honestly cant stand it
On December 30 2012 15:24 MateShade wrote: does anyone know how to get korean casters? nothing personal to these guys as i know its last minute but i honestly cant stand it
On December 30 2012 15:05 TommyP wrote: no my anti team..why JangBi
in a way you deserve it for putting such a high profile player on your anti team though i am definitely not a master of anti teams, i have never had a good anti team in fpl lol
People with really great anti teams, scoring like 3 points over weeks, always baffle me. So lucky.
No anti team has been safe of late. Thorzain won, Bisu won, and Jangbi is playing decent. With Stephano coming for round 2, free passes are going to be short to come by now too.
I think Huk and Idra are pretty much safe bets, i can't imagine either seeings too much play time with the current roster.. maybe just the occasional "we need to get our foreigner out there to appease fans"... but nothing serious. I'm undecided on a 3rd anti team though lol, needs to be big enough to balance the points to 12..
happy for stork but wouldnt call this "good play" from him.
100% of GM terrans in NA will clear their main of probes between 4-5 minutes. It is an absolute in every game, takes nothing other than a few clicks to do. The terran not doing it is the terran playing badly.
On December 30 2012 15:24 -Strider- wrote: I don't know why I feel so excited watching the PL.
Because all kill format sucks (which we're going to see next round )
I think that it will be jsut as exciting as long as it is still proleague. GSTL lacks the intrigue because it takes place so late at night, and proleague is simply so many more matches before your favorite team gets knocked out..
On December 30 2012 15:25 AndAgain wrote: I'm guessing Stork isn't very confident in PvT. Otherwise why would he do something so risky.
He didn't start the 2-4th gates until after the probe was well hidden. He jumped at the opening presented to him, he could have easily gone into a completely different build if Bbyong had seen it.
On December 30 2012 15:05 TommyP wrote: no my anti team..why JangBi
in a way you deserve it for putting such a high profile player on your anti team though i am definitely not a master of anti teams, i have never had a good anti team in fpl lol
People with really great anti teams, scoring like 3 points over weeks, always baffle me. So lucky.
No anti team has been safe of late. Thorzain won, Bisu won, and Jangbi is playing decent. With Stephano coming for round 2, free passes are going to be short to come by now too.
I think Huk and Idra are pretty much safe bets, i can't imagine either seeings too much play time with the current roster.. maybe just the occasional "we need to get our foreigner out there to appease fans"... but nothing serious. I'm undecided on a 3rd anti team though lol, needs to be big enough to balance the points to 12..
I think they'll be sent out a fair bit, not necessarily every match of course. I def think Idra will be played more than Huk though, he's actually not bad, Huk just plays like it's 2010-2011 and doesn't seem to recognize he needs to change his style (pvz and pvp)
Wait what why how?
All kill format in round 2 and round 5 (might be round 4 instead?)
On December 30 2012 15:05 TommyP wrote: no my anti team..why JangBi
in a way you deserve it for putting such a high profile player on your anti team though i am definitely not a master of anti teams, i have never had a good anti team in fpl lol
People with really great anti teams, scoring like 3 points over weeks, always baffle me. So lucky.
No anti team has been safe of late. Thorzain won, Bisu won, and Jangbi is playing decent. With Stephano coming for round 2, free passes are going to be short to come by now too.
I think Huk and Idra are pretty much safe bets, i can't imagine either seeings too much play time with the current roster.. maybe just the occasional "we need to get our foreigner out there to appease fans"... but nothing serious. I'm undecided on a 3rd anti team though lol, needs to be big enough to balance the points to 12..
I think they'll be sent out a fair bit, not necessarily every match of course. I def think Idra will be played more than Huk though, he's actually not bad, Huk just plays like it's 2010-2011 and doesn't seem to recognize he needs to change his style (pvz and pvp)
One thing is for sure, the amount of foreigners in Korea next round is going to be staggering, and with some good foreigners and a lot of good koreans, its going to much harder to get fielded as the novelty foreigner. I feel like huk and idra both lack the motivation and work ethic to clinch the starting lineup, I think that thorzain has solidified the fact that he deserves a spot once every few games due to how hard he has bee working and how quickly he was ready to drop everything and go to korea. The koreans are also all doing well. And with stephano there too, its gonna be tough for idra and huk. I'm pretty sure they pick lineup based on inhouse tournaments or something ...
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
This EXACT build vs Terran is the reason I have a 6 inch hole in my wall with the Skyrim map over it, next to my computer. Been there since beta :/ I'm no drywaller.
I remember incontrol VS whoevers in the BETA hd+husky invitational where incontrol won like 2games or another protoss also won 2games using the probe-in-base hidden 4gate woot
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
BO1 can get pretty cheesy. Makes this format very interesting.
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Well, this is PL so only Kespa teams and players (besides EGTL) play here. So the players played here are the best Kespa players. In terms of skill, the range is quite big. There are some players who are Code S level, some Code A and some not very good. But this is the case for some eSF teams as well.
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
These guys were first class players. They just need a few months to get all of the subtleties down.
off topic.... my god im never eating fastfood again. had some mcdonalds 6hours ago after not eating fastfood for 2months. god what have i done to my toilet
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
It's not. I think he means he believes the play that some of the kespa players show wouldn't be good enough to get into GM or high masters on korea, not that being in GM shows you're better than other progamers who aren't.
On December 30 2012 15:24 -Strider- wrote: I don't know why I feel so excited watching the PL.
Because all kill format sucks (which we're going to see next round )
Wait what why how?
I just have to agree that this format is way better than TeamTaeja format. Here it needs a real team.
I'm also a bit worried about the fpl experience. Sure you could strike mad gold but all-in-all I don't really see it work out that well. Also my coffee is cold. Grumpy.
The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs Players who fell out of Code A last season: Jangbi, Rain, Mini, Classic, Hyvaa Players who failed to qualify for Code A by losing the final match last season: Bisang, Dear, check, Paralyze, Zero, Jaehoon, Free, Alone, s2, hoejja
Really smart play by hydra. I don't watch that much proleague but ive seen a couple zergs now go completely infestorless BL rush vs mech, seems powerful, and it is even better than usual on Arkanoid.
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Unrefined and crude? Perhaps. But these players are far from bad. Just because they haven't mastered the game in a few months doesn't mean they are worse than randoms on bnet.
Those drops really seem to favor the map. Sometimes I feel like the weird strategies we see "only on the ladder" are shown, not because of the skill of these "pros", but because the map favors them. Also, if you think about it, it's a way to mindgame your opponents, since they've mostly been practicing against standard builds. That doesn't mean these guys don't make a lot of mistakes, though.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Unrefined and crude? Perhaps. But these players are far from bad. Just because they haven't mastered the game in a few months doesn't mean they are worse than randoms on bnet.
That "few months of practice" excuse was old a year ago.
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
So playing the game would help me imagine skyhigh's mistake in his composition lol? This makes no sense
On December 30 2012 15:27 Sadist wrote: Anyone know how good the guys in PL are? Are they all GM on korean server?
Just curious because sometimes the play looks mediocre.
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
Ok, I really don't like the caster that doesn't speak English as well... Hes always such a dick to the other caster, totally publicly too. It's almost unacceptable, I would have some choice words for him after the cast -_-
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
On December 30 2012 15:30 aznkukuboi wrote: [quote]
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
OK this makes sense. This is basically how I assumed it was but I wasn't sure. I know guys like Rain are doing great so the top kespa guys can compete with the top esf guys. I was just curious about the bottom tier since you dont really see these guys playing against esf players.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
It doesnt change my point :D I dont see a bad player in this ST lineup :D
On December 30 2012 15:30 aznkukuboi wrote: [quote]
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
Yeah, I have to say that this is pretty fallacious. The reason why I say so is that Flash, JD, Fantasy can all compete at the highest level, but once you get to about 3 people down on the list, like Action, EffOrt, etc. they aren't code S level, maybe not even code A. They aren't even that far down on the list. The 30th best player for KeSPA is not as good as the 30th best player for eSF. IMO, once you get past maybe the top 15 or so, it really drops off. With time we might see a difference, but for right now I don't think we can argue that they are the same.
On December 30 2012 15:57 nmetasch wrote: Ok, I really don't like the caster that doesn't speak English as well... Hes always such a dick to the other caster, totally publicly too. It's almost unacceptable, I would have some choice words for him after the cast -_-
He's a good guy, he's not being "rude" on purpose. But I'm not too fond of him thus far. I like Whiplash though
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
Unfortunately IM lineup sucks in GSTL
But I think IM's line up actually does better in PL format. A lot of their loses are from players getting 4 kills or AK.
On December 30 2012 15:56 Hier wrote: So why did Shine shave his head?
you shave your head when you decide to commit to some goals or give something a fresh start. Thats some kind of Asian ways, at least in countries influenced by buddhism
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
Yeah, I have to say that this is pretty fallacious. The reason why I say so is that Flash, JD, Fantasy can all compete at the highest level, but once you get to about 3 people down on the list, like Action, EffOrt, etc. they aren't code S level, maybe not even code A. They aren't even that far down on the list. The 30th best player for KeSPA is not as good as the 30th best player for eSF. IMO, once you get past maybe the top 15 or so, it really drops off. With time we might see a difference, but for right now I don't think we can argue that they are the same.
I wouldn't even say those three are Consistent Code S level. JD would get smashed by any protoss with soul. Flash isn't as invincible as people make him out to be and neither is Fanta.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
It doesnt change my point :D I dont see a bad player in this ST lineup :D
Well, it is because you are defining the player already with good and bad.
It is like saying a good Korean is on par with a good foreigner and a bad Korean is on par with a bad foreigner. Which is true as well. But you just have a lot more 'good' Koreans compare to 'good' foreigners.
The only way to compare would be to see how the 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th players from both sides stack up against each other. Right now, you have to give the advantage to eSF. But I think when HoTS comes out, we will see that gap close a lot more.
On December 30 2012 15:56 Hier wrote: So why did Shine shave his head?
you shave your head when you decide to commit to some goals or give something a fresh start. Thats some kind of Asian ways, at least in countries influenced by buddhism
My first thought was a name related bald joke. He should go full Khaldor.
On December 30 2012 15:25 AndAgain wrote: I'm guessing Stork isn't very confident in PvT. Otherwise why would he do something so risky.
Stork wasn't afraid to throw in proxy 2 gate zealots in BW PvT once in a while (vs Hwasin on Paranoid Android being the memorable time). He was known for being especially good at PvT.
On December 30 2012 15:30 aznkukuboi wrote: [quote]
Bogus/Innovations is top GM. Soulkey is said to be one.
what about guys like stork/jangbi/fantasy?
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
Yaaay Khan fans emerging from out of the woodwork :3
Would be REALLY nice if it doesn't get to an ace match though, because Effort...wait...I traded him off my anti for Soulkey...who already won today...never mind ;___;
On December 30 2012 16:11 Aerisky wrote: Yaaay Khan fans emerging from out of the woodwork :3
Would be REALLY nice if it doesn't get to an ace match though, because Effort...wait...I traded him off my anti for Soulkey...who already won today...never mind ;___;
Well, its gonna be rough now, both effort and hero is really good, so the chances of ace feels high
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
probably, considering there's at least 30 ESF players currently in code a/s and some other really good ones like Tear in code b.
It's hard to say because not that many kespa players have broken into gsl yet.
Im just curious if these guys are actually representative of the best players in korea or if they are playing based on Kespa connections (obviously they have huge potential, but it kinda surprises me that they are in the lineups already if they arent GM in korea or something)
Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
Yes, if you look at results. There are 50 players in code S/Up and Downs. With 11 Kespa players and 30+ eSF players. Can the Kespa player take games off the eSF player? Sure. But so can the 30th rank foreigner. But overall, I would say the 30th eSF is the overall better player.
On December 30 2012 15:34 GhostKorean wrote: [quote] Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
probably, considering there's at least 30 ESF players currently in code a/s and some other really good ones like Tear in code b.
It's hard to say because not that many kespa players have broken into gsl yet.
I would love to see how guys like Dear and Action perform in GSL. I feel like Action is A LOT better than people think.
On December 30 2012 15:34 GhostKorean wrote: [quote] Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
Yes, if you look at results. There are 50 players in code S/Up and Downs. With 11 Kespa players and 30+ eSF players. Can the Kespa player take games off the eSF player? Sure. But so can the 30th rank foreigner. But overall, I would say the 30th eSF is the overall better player.
"Taking games off" isn't indicative of anything. Combatex took a game off Parting in a Bo3. It's a poor standard to judge things by.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
It doesnt change my point :D I dont see a bad player in this ST lineup :D
then you're smoking something. Life is the only zenex player to really show consistent good form-suhosin beat GS(TL) and did some damage to NSHoseo and then nothing. Hack isn't bad, but doesn't seem to have enough oomph to get any better than solid. Brain and Treme could be getting pretty good, but still haven't seen any good performances in tournaments. If Startale was going to be a strong force in PL, They would need to play Bomber/Parting/Squirtle/Life/Curious/Hack lineup and occasionally exchange either parting, hack, or life to play a sniper (which would most likely be where suhosin would come in (or, less probable, one of the lesser zenex players). In PL format, I would bet that T8 could take on startale pretty evenly~
On December 30 2012 15:34 GhostKorean wrote: [quote] Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
Yes, if you look at results. There are 50 players in code S/Up and Downs. With 11 Kespa players and 30+ eSF players. Can the Kespa player take games off the eSF player? Sure. But so can the 30th rank foreigner. But overall, I would say the 30th eSF is the overall better player.
but much better?
I would say that they are better, but not much better. which means that my point stands that Kespa pros are competitive.
and also, your logic is also flawed. less Kespa players have even attempted to get into GSL, and further, they have had less time to establish themselves in GSL. that doesn't mean their skill is any less.
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
Yes, if you look at results. There are 50 players in code S/Up and Downs. With 11 Kespa players and 30+ eSF players. Can the Kespa player take games off the eSF player? Sure. But so can the 30th rank foreigner. But overall, I would say the 30th eSF is the overall better player.
"Taking games off" isn't indicative of anything. Combatex took a game off Parting in a Bo3. It's a poor standard to judge things by.
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
Yes, if you look at results. There are 50 players in code S/Up and Downs. With 11 Kespa players and 30+ eSF players. Can the Kespa player take games off the eSF player? Sure. But so can the 30th rank foreigner. But overall, I would say the 30th eSF is the overall better player.
"Taking games off" isn't indicative of anything. Combatex took a game off Parting in a Bo3. It's a poor standard to judge things by.
All this talk about eSF vs Kespa guys isn't really a legit comparison... once HotS comes out, meta games reset to zero then the real look at the two organizations will be legitimate.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
It doesnt change my point :D I dont see a bad player in this ST lineup :D
Well, it is because you are defining the player already with good and bad.
It is like saying a good Korean is on par with a good foreigner and a bad Korean is on par with a bad foreigner. Which is true as well. But you just have a lot more 'good' Koreans compare to 'good' foreigners.
The only way to compare would be to see how the 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th players from both sides stack up against each other. Right now, you have to give the advantage to eSF. But I think when HoTS comes out, we will see that gap close a lot more.
Its fair. And thats my point about the original comment but with other point of view. Not about quantity but just quality. bad = bad, good = good But appart from ST, i dont see other esf team with a lineup with players on the same level. Even if its a better level than kespa teams, it still have a big difference between players in the same team.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
It doesnt change my point :D I dont see a bad player in this ST lineup :D
lists 5 Code S level players from ST then says T8 would beat them
On December 30 2012 16:11 Aerisky wrote: Yaaay Khan fans emerging from out of the woodwork :3
Would be REALLY nice if it doesn't get to an ace match though, because Effort...wait...I traded him off my anti for Soulkey...who already won today...never mind ;___;
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
Yes, if you look at results. There are 50 players in code S/Up and Downs. With 11 Kespa players and 30+ eSF players. Can the Kespa player take games off the eSF player? Sure. But so can the 30th rank foreigner. But overall, I would say the 30th eSF is the overall better player.
but much better?
I would say that they are better, but not much better. which means that my point stands that Kespa pros are competitive.
and also, your logic is also flawed. less Kespa players have even attempted to get into GSL, and further, they have had less time to establish themselves in GSL. that doesn't mean their skill is any less.
Almost all the Kespa pros went to the Code B qualifiers for 2 seasons... Better and much better depends on interpretation as does competitive. Are Korean better or much better than foreigners?
On December 30 2012 16:11 Aerisky wrote: Yaaay Khan fans emerging from out of the woodwork :3
Would be REALLY nice if it doesn't get to an ace match though, because Effort...wait...I traded him off my anti for Soulkey...who already won today...never mind ;___;
effort in ace match would be free win for khan
you just have to send a protoss
OHAI Harem :D
Oh hm, didn't know toss was super effective against Effort >.< perhaps we have a chance after all~
Not sure what kind of mindgames would go on, but then I suppose herO would be the one to be afraid of.
On December 30 2012 15:34 GhostKorean wrote: [quote] Kespa pros didn't ladder much in bw
I obviously know this I just am wondering how good these guys are because some of the games I watch look like my ladder games and there have to be players in korea better than this.
How is ladder rank indicative of skill?..
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
probably, considering there's at least 30 ESF players currently in code a/s and some other really good ones like Tear in code b.
It's hard to say because not that many kespa players have broken into gsl yet.
that logic is also flawed in it's own way. less Kespa players have tried to go into GSL, and have had less time to establish themselves.
I might agree that esf players are better in general, but I don't think by any significant amount.
edit: hmm, it seems that I might have overstated that a bit (the bolded part of my post). though I wonder how many current Code S and Code A guys would be able to get through Code B.... again, not fair to compare the different situations.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
It doesnt change my point :D I dont see a bad player in this ST lineup :D
Well, it is because you are defining the player already with good and bad.
It is like saying a good Korean is on par with a good foreigner and a bad Korean is on par with a bad foreigner. Which is true as well. But you just have a lot more 'good' Koreans compare to 'good' foreigners.
The only way to compare would be to see how the 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th players from both sides stack up against each other. Right now, you have to give the advantage to eSF. But I think when HoTS comes out, we will see that gap close a lot more.
Its fair. And thats my point about the original comment but with other point of view. Not about quantity but just quality. bad = bad, good = good But appart from ST, i dont see other esf team with a lineup with players on the same level. Even if its a better level than kespa teams, it still have a big difference between players in the same team.
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
Yes, if you look at results. There are 50 players in code S/Up and Downs. With 11 Kespa players and 30+ eSF players. Can the Kespa player take games off the eSF player? Sure. But so can the 30th rank foreigner. But overall, I would say the 30th eSF is the overall better player.
"Taking games off" isn't indicative of anything. Combatex took a game off Parting in a Bo3. It's a poor standard to judge things by.
Did you read my post at all?
Given a high enough sampling size anybody with in reasonable range of skill level can take games over each other, it's the win rate that matters. We don't have a big sampling size with esf / Kespa so speculation isn't relevant. Even some random masters players can "take a game" off these guys, they didn't have perfect records going up to gm in ladder. I did read your post, it's just not a good example. Is Hero / Taeja top 30 esf? I would think so, they don't have perfect records.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
It doesnt change my point :D I dont see a bad player in this ST lineup :D
lists 5 Code S level players from ST then says T8 would beat them
Wat?
In PL format, ofc. Assuming we take it by current player status, as long as baby got matched up against parting/curious and Jaehoon avoided bomber, Ryul2, speed, or terminator could take a game off of whoever is left. Terminator v Squirtle would be a pretty decent toss-up, with preparation ryul2 could come close against life or take out hack, and Speed could just pull a bravo and cheese. And alone could sixpool for the hell of it ^^
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
It doesnt change my point :D I dont see a bad player in this ST lineup :D
Well, it is because you are defining the player already with good and bad.
It is like saying a good Korean is on par with a good foreigner and a bad Korean is on par with a bad foreigner. Which is true as well. But you just have a lot more 'good' Koreans compare to 'good' foreigners.
The only way to compare would be to see how the 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th players from both sides stack up against each other. Right now, you have to give the advantage to eSF. But I think when HoTS comes out, we will see that gap close a lot more.
Its fair. And thats my point about the original comment but with other point of view. Not about quantity but just quality. bad = bad, good = good But appart from ST, i dont see other esf team with a lineup with players on the same level. Even if its a better level than kespa teams, it still have a big difference between players in the same team.
IM?
Back when nestea and LosirA was playing good, i can agree with you. But now... idk
??????? it isn't but if you played the game at all you would imagine things like skyhigh making a critical composition mistake and this last game wouldn't happen. Its not indicative of the best players obviously but it would be indicative of a general/minimum level.
Now that I realize it is basically KESPA only teams this makes sense. I'm still curious as to the skill level of the lowest players. The worst pros in BW who were only practice partners were still godly and would rape face vs just about anyone when you ran into them on iccup/pgt etc. They only looked bad by comparison to the top players. Some of these guys make mistakes that make you wonder how good they really are.
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
Yes, if you look at results. There are 50 players in code S/Up and Downs. With 11 Kespa players and 30+ eSF players. Can the Kespa player take games off the eSF player? Sure. But so can the 30th rank foreigner. But overall, I would say the 30th eSF is the overall better player.
"Taking games off" isn't indicative of anything. Combatex took a game off Parting in a Bo3. It's a poor standard to judge things by.
Did you read my post at all?
Given a high enough sampling size anybody with in reasonable range of skill level can take games over each other, it's the win rate that matters. We don't have a big sampling size with esf / Kespa so speculation isn't relevant. Even some random masters players can "take a game" off these guys, they didn't have perfect records going up to gm in ladder. I did read your post, it's just not a good example. Is Hero / Taeja top 30 esf? I would think so, they don't have perfect records.
That is why I said the 30th eSF is the better overall player... I just said the take games off example in case people came here and say that Dear beat HerO which shows the 30th Kespa player is better than 30th eSF.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
It doesnt change my point :D I dont see a bad player in this ST lineup :D
lists 5 Code S level players from ST then says T8 would beat them
Wat?
In PL format, ofc. Assuming we take it by current player status, as long as baby got matched up against parting/curious and Jaehoon avoided bomber, Ryul2, speed, or terminator could take a game off of whoever is left. Terminator v Squirtle would be a pretty decent toss-up, with preparation ryul2 could come close against life or take out hack, and Speed could just pull a bravo and cheese. And alone could sixpool for the hell of it ^^
On December 30 2012 16:17 Dodgin wrote: startale would never lose a match in proleague, you're kidding yourselves ;o
I think your kidding yourself if you seriously think that xD
they would be rank 1 easily, they can field a lineup of 5 code s players + someone pretty good every time
Hmm, yeah i'd agree on the list, really unsure about bbyong tho I havent seen him play that many games so far, jaedong is just so sloppy 50% of the time atm
On December 30 2012 16:17 Dodgin wrote: startale would never lose a match in proleague, you're kidding yourselves ;o
I think your kidding yourself if you seriously think that xD
they would be rank 1 easily, they can field a lineup of 5 code s players + someone pretty good every time
Hmm, yeah i'd agree on the list, really unsure about bbyong tho I havent seen him play that many games so far, jaedong is just so sloppy 50% of the time atm
I included bbyong because he made it from code b > a > s for 2012 season 5, dunno if he's still actually playing at code s level. we'll see soon in the up/downs.
On December 30 2012 16:17 Dodgin wrote: startale would never lose a match in proleague, you're kidding yourselves ;o
I think your kidding yourself if you seriously think that xD
they would be rank 1 easily, they can field a lineup of 5 code s players + someone pretty good every time
Hmm, yeah i'd agree on the list, really unsure about bbyong tho I havent seen him play that many games so far, jaedong is just so sloppy 50% of the time atm
I included bbyong because he made it from code b > a > s for 2012 season 5, dunno if he's still actually playing at code s level. we'll see soon in the up/downs.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
It doesnt change my point :D I dont see a bad player in this ST lineup :D
lists 5 Code S level players from ST then says T8 would beat them
Wat?
In PL format, ofc. Assuming we take it by current player status, as long as baby got matched up against parting/curious and Jaehoon avoided bomber, Ryul2, speed, or terminator could take a game off of whoever is left. Terminator v Squirtle would be a pretty decent toss-up, with preparation ryul2 could come close against life or take out hack, and Speed could just pull a bravo and cheese. And alone could sixpool for the hell of it ^^
You're grasping at straws homie.
Baby and Jaehoon are 2/3 wins needed for an ace match, and they get 4 more tries to get an ace-speed and terminator have both performed semi-well in Code A.
Startale's lineup is fearsome in GSTL format-but in proleague I wouldn't name them the clear favorites because snipers.
On December 30 2012 16:17 Dodgin wrote: startale would never lose a match in proleague, you're kidding yourselves ;o
I think your kidding yourself if you seriously think that xD
they would be rank 1 easily, they can field a lineup of 5 code s players + someone pretty good every time
Hmm, yeah i'd agree on the list, really unsure about bbyong tho I havent seen him play that many games so far, jaedong is just so sloppy 50% of the time atm
I included bbyong because he made it from code b > a > s for 2012 season 5, dunno if he's still actually playing at code s level. we'll see soon in the up/downs.
Really? thats really impressive
yeah, he made it into code a in the season 4 prelims, then won three straight series' to make it to code s without up/downs, but he lost early in ro32 in the next season. to be fair his group was Mvp, Creator and Dongraegu.
On December 30 2012 16:17 Dodgin wrote: startale would never lose a match in proleague, you're kidding yourselves ;o
I think your kidding yourself if you seriously think that xD
they would be rank 1 easily, they can field a lineup of 5 code s players + someone pretty good every time
Hmm, yeah i'd agree on the list, really unsure about bbyong tho I havent seen him play that many games so far, jaedong is just so sloppy 50% of the time atm
I included bbyong because he made it from code b > a > s for 2012 season 5, dunno if he's still actually playing at code s level. we'll see soon in the up/downs.
Really? thats really impressive
yeah, he made it into code a in the season 4 prelims, then won three straight series' to make it to code s without up/downs, but he lost early in ro32 in the next season. to be fair his group was Mvp, Creator and Dongraegu.
On December 30 2012 15:50 fuzzylogic44 wrote: [quote]
Put it this way: GSL 2013 season 1
Code S Kespa players: Bogus, Soulkey, Roro, Baby Up and Down players: Flying, Trap. Flash, Jaedong, Fantasy, Bbyong, sOs
I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
Yes, if you look at results. There are 50 players in code S/Up and Downs. With 11 Kespa players and 30+ eSF players. Can the Kespa player take games off the eSF player? Sure. But so can the 30th rank foreigner. But overall, I would say the 30th eSF is the overall better player.
"Taking games off" isn't indicative of anything. Combatex took a game off Parting in a Bo3. It's a poor standard to judge things by.
Did you read my post at all?
Given a high enough sampling size anybody with in reasonable range of skill level can take games over each other, it's the win rate that matters. We don't have a big sampling size with esf / Kespa so speculation isn't relevant. Even some random masters players can "take a game" off these guys, they didn't have perfect records going up to gm in ladder. I did read your post, it's just not a good example. Is Hero / Taeja top 30 esf? I would think so, they don't have perfect records.
That is why I said the 30th eSF is the better overall player... I just said the take games off example in case people came here and say that Dear beat HerO which shows the 30th Kespa player is better than 30th eSF.
That's not actually provable though, I remember watching life play in non gsl / prelims and thinking this guy might make it big one day then boom GSL champion and best zerg in the world. Before those few months no one even knew who he was. With Kespa it's the same deal, Hero[join] was a b-teamer and completely uninspired, who knows whom out of the people on the rosters are actually top 30, they might not even get play time just because of planning.
On December 30 2012 15:43 HanFuzi wrote: The fact that we're used to ladder makes skill seem more static than it actually is. The relative skill of pros varies even day to day, based on many things.
thats obvious. But im curious as to why some of these guys are playing in televised matches if they arent very good. Im all for giving them a chance to get better and keeping them on the roster to work their way up to the team, but some of these guys I would bet you could grab people from bnet who would be more likely to get a win for your team.
Maybe they all are really good and just look bad comparatively, thats why I was asking what the skill level of some of the players was because I have no point of reference. As I said, when I would play a progamer in BW, it was pretty obvious you were playing a pro just by the way they played, you could feel it because they were able to dictate the game and reacted much faster than most non korean players did. I haven't played any korean pros in SC2 (not that im very good at this game anyway) but I was wondering if it was kinda the same thing.
The whole Kespa vs Esf thing makes me curious about the skill level of the average kespa player vs a guy who is on an esf team. Seems like the kespa guys can get by on reputation and potential so just because they are on a pro team doesnt mean they are very good. I would expect the opposite for esf teams since you basically had to earn your way on since the teams have been around for quite a while now.
Think this way. Good kespa players are on par with good esf players. Bad kespa players are on par with bad esf players. I think whats confusing you is that bad kespa players need to play in this format, while esf focus more on individual leagues. And team play is all-kill format.
I dunno man... I feel like a lineup of YongHwa, Yoda, First, Losira, Happy would pretty much destroy any KeSPA team. And that's not even playing their three champions.
And ST could probably just play their ZeNEX lineup and still smash face.
It doesnt change my point :D I dont see a bad player in this ST lineup :D
lists 5 Code S level players from ST then says T8 would beat them
Wat?
In PL format, ofc. Assuming we take it by current player status, as long as baby got matched up against parting/curious and Jaehoon avoided bomber, Ryul2, speed, or terminator could take a game off of whoever is left. Terminator v Squirtle would be a pretty decent toss-up, with preparation ryul2 could come close against life or take out hack, and Speed could just pull a bravo and cheese. And alone could sixpool for the hell of it ^^
You're grasping at straws homie.
Baby and Jaehoon are 2/3 wins needed for an ace match, and they get 4 more tries to get an ace-speed and terminator have both performed semi-well in Code A.
Startale's lineup is fearsome in GSTL format-but in proleague I wouldn't name them the clear favorites because snipers.
Baby lost to hon_sin today... You make it like Baby and Jaehoon are guarantee wins...
On December 30 2012 15:52 Dosey wrote: [quote] I don't understand what you're trying to say...?
I think he's saying that that is pretty good representation at the GSL level (highest esf). so obviously some Kespa guys are really competitive with the best GSL players. which means they are, in general, competitive as a whole against esf players, skill wise.
That logic is so flawed. Yes, the top Kespa players can compete with the top eSF players. But right now, the 30th eSF player is much better than the 30th Kespa player.
you're sure of that?
Yes, if you look at results. There are 50 players in code S/Up and Downs. With 11 Kespa players and 30+ eSF players. Can the Kespa player take games off the eSF player? Sure. But so can the 30th rank foreigner. But overall, I would say the 30th eSF is the overall better player.
"Taking games off" isn't indicative of anything. Combatex took a game off Parting in a Bo3. It's a poor standard to judge things by.
Did you read my post at all?
Given a high enough sampling size anybody with in reasonable range of skill level can take games over each other, it's the win rate that matters. We don't have a big sampling size with esf / Kespa so speculation isn't relevant. Even some random masters players can "take a game" off these guys, they didn't have perfect records going up to gm in ladder. I did read your post, it's just not a good example. Is Hero / Taeja top 30 esf? I would think so, they don't have perfect records.
That is why I said the 30th eSF is the better overall player... I just said the take games off example in case people came here and say that Dear beat HerO which shows the 30th Kespa player is better than 30th eSF.
That's not actually provable though, I remember watching life play in non gsl / prelims and thinking this guy might make it big one day then boom GSL champion and best zerg in the world. Before those few months no one even knew who he was. With Kespa it's the same deal, Hero[join] was a b-teamer and completely uninspired, who knows whom out of the people on the rosters are actually top 30, they might not even get play time just because of planning.
Is anything provable? Players can play head to head and you can still argue the player that lost was actually 'better'. Since there are 7 Kespa teams, ranking 30th would mean they are the 4th-5th ranked player on you team. It is likely they would be played in most matches.
On December 30 2012 16:17 Dodgin wrote: startale would never lose a match in proleague, you're kidding yourselves ;o
I think your kidding yourself if you seriously think that xD
they would be rank 1 easily, they can field a lineup of 5 code s players + someone pretty good every time
Add baby
oops, baby is actually Code S already for 2013 season 1, no idea how I forgot him.
You realize that Code S is only 32 players. That means that you are saying a lot of people in Code S now are not Code S level ? Unless i am misunderstanding you.
" Code S level " as in they could play games in Code S and not bomb out in ro32, if they were seeded in ( probably )
It's really the only fair method since it's only been 2 seasons since kespa started playing GSL, not enough time to shuffle around.
On December 30 2012 16:42 blade55555 wrote: oh fuck I forgot this was kespa for a second. Wonder if he'll get warned.
Somehow I doubt they will punish that this time, they have to win over the foreign fans now that we matter A LOT more to them than before with the whole twitch deal, though they might issue him a warning. You are probably right about that.
Should've been a DQ. I kid, good plays by effOrt; every single strategy Shine would've worked and would've been really good...for a lesser or equal player.
On December 30 2012 16:17 Dodgin wrote: startale would never lose a match in proleague, you're kidding yourselves ;o
I think your kidding yourself if you seriously think that xD
they would be rank 1 easily, they can field a lineup of 5 code s players + someone pretty good every time
Add baby
oops, baby is actually Code S already for 2013 season 1, no idea how I forgot him.
You realize that Code S is only 32 players. That means that you are saying a lot of people in Code S now are not Code S level ? Unless i am misunderstanding you.
" Code S level " as in they could play games in Code S and not bomb out in ro32, if they were seeded in ( probably )
It's really the only fair method since it's only been 2 seasons since kespa started playing GSL, not enough time to shuffle around.
Oh ok. Although I think I would take sOs, Jaedong and Bbyong off your list and add Stephano
yeah Stephano definitely, I just didn't include him because he hasn't played in PL yet and I wasn't really thinking about eg-tl. only that hero and taeja are easily code s level and I did specify " in proleague "
all three of those guys will be able to be judged better after the upcoming up/down matches, they are all in there fighting for code s.
On December 30 2012 16:42 blade55555 wrote: oh fuck I forgot this was kespa for a second. Wonder if he'll get warned.
Somehow I doubt they will punish that this time, they have to win over the foreign fans now that we matter A LOT more to them than before with the whole twitch deal, though they might issue him a warning. You are probably right about that.
You must not be watching the English stream if you are still assuming that KeSPA is trying to win over foreign fans.
On December 30 2012 16:17 Dodgin wrote: startale would never lose a match in proleague, you're kidding yourselves ;o
I think your kidding yourself if you seriously think that xD
they would be rank 1 easily, they can field a lineup of 5 code s players + someone pretty good every time
Add baby
oops, baby is actually Code S already for 2013 season 1, no idea how I forgot him.
You realize that Code S is only 32 players. That means that you are saying a lot of people in Code S now are not Code S level ? Unless i am misunderstanding you.
" Code S level " as in they could play games in Code S and not bomb out in ro32, if they were seeded in ( probably )
It's really the only fair method since it's only been 2 seasons since kespa started playing GSL, not enough time to shuffle around.
Oh ok. Although I think I would take sOs, Jaedong and Bbyong off your list and add Stephano
yeah Stephano definitely, I just didn't include him because he hasn't played in PL yet and I wasn't really thinking about eg-tl. only that hero and taeja are easily code s level and I did specify " in proleague "
all three of those guys will be able to be judged better after the upcoming up/down matches, they are all in there fighting for code s.
bbyong didn't bomb out -_- put stephano in the group bbyong was in and he would lose too.
On December 30 2012 16:17 Dodgin wrote: startale would never lose a match in proleague, you're kidding yourselves ;o
I think your kidding yourself if you seriously think that xD
they would be rank 1 easily, they can field a lineup of 5 code s players + someone pretty good every time
Add baby
oops, baby is actually Code S already for 2013 season 1, no idea how I forgot him.
You realize that Code S is only 32 players. That means that you are saying a lot of people in Code S now are not Code S level ? Unless i am misunderstanding you.
" Code S level " as in they could play games in Code S and not bomb out in ro32, if they were seeded in ( probably )
It's really the only fair method since it's only been 2 seasons since kespa started playing GSL, not enough time to shuffle around.
Oh ok. Although I think I would take sOs, Jaedong and Bbyong off your list and add Stephano
yeah Stephano definitely, I just didn't include him because he hasn't played in PL yet and I wasn't really thinking about eg-tl. only that hero and taeja are easily code s level and I did specify " in proleague "
all three of those guys will be able to be judged better after the upcoming up/down matches, they are all in there fighting for code s.
bbyong didn't bomb out -_- put stephano in the group bbyong was in and he would lose too.
I didn't say he did ;o he got put in the hardest group and got 4th, not really that surprising.
i meant for example if we threw shine or bisu in code s they would obviously bomb out, so they aren't on the list.
On December 30 2012 16:52 Hier wrote: If Reality loses AGAIN I will just assume he was notified of me trading him off my anti-team and is doing it on purpose.
Conspiracy! Where is that conspiracy meme when I need it >.>
really awesome play by herO. show 1 colossus, don't even get thermal lance to save the resources to go fast HT. Wins engagement with high templars, instantly goes back to making 4 collosus + thermal lance while reality is pumping out ghosts and stops viking production. When the 2nd battle occurs there is only 7 vikings left which isn't enough vs 4 collosus. He managed to position well and didn't let his HT get emp'd anyway. Sick tech switches.
On December 30 2012 17:09 TommyP wrote: I hate how in the late game Protoss can rarely fight zerg army head up and Terran can rarely fight Protoss army head up. I really dislike that.
Remember what happened when a Zerg army couldn't fight a late game Terran army?...
On December 30 2012 17:09 TommyP wrote: I hate how in the late game Protoss can rarely fight zerg army head up and Terran can rarely fight Protoss army head up. I really dislike that.
Remember what happened when a Zerg army couldn't fight a late game Terran army?...
when was that? I remember like 5 mvp games where that happened.
On December 30 2012 17:09 TommyP wrote: I hate how in the late game Protoss can rarely fight zerg army head up and Terran can rarely fight Protoss army head up. I really dislike that.
Terran can win, you just have to micro well and have the perfect army composition. Miss some emp's and your opponent gets to land 1-2 storms and a ~30 Supply and/or ~2000 resource advantage becomes meaningless.
Reality missed his emps, so despite having an advantage and winning battles pretty decisively earlier he lost the game.
terran can actually win late game vs protoss very cost efficiently if you have enough ghosts, it's just that protoss attacks in the timing where you're 2-2 and he's 3-3 thanks to chronoboost and you don't have your optimal army composition yet.
On December 30 2012 17:09 TommyP wrote: I hate how in the late game Protoss can rarely fight zerg army head up and Terran can rarely fight Protoss army head up. I really dislike that.
Remember what happened when a Zerg army couldn't fight a late game Terran army?...
when was that? I remember like 5 mvp games where that happened.
Dear God.....please Samsung hire me or anyone else in this thread and fire January this is just sad. I dotn know Korean, but guarantee I could help this team more than her by just pointing at the guys and telling them its their turn to play in the ace match.
On December 30 2012 17:09 TommyP wrote: I hate how in the late game Protoss can rarely fight zerg army head up and Terran can rarely fight Protoss army head up. I really dislike that.
Remember what happened when a Zerg army couldn't fight a late game Terran army?...
when was that? I remember like 5 mvp games where that happened.
I think he meant prenerf ghost era.
there was no prenerf ghost era, there were 5 mvp games.
herO's PvP is very good. He did lose to Stats recently but before that he was on like a 10 game win streak in PvP, including beating Rain multiple times.
anyone else think archons morph too fast? Seems kinda lame you can get 2 storms off (or get emped) and almost instantly morph into an archon to join the battle and rapce face
Well i guess I can see where january is coming from on this one actually.. RorO has only played one Protoss so far in Proleague... and he lost... against Bisu
On December 30 2012 17:18 Sadist wrote: anyone else think archons morph too fast? Seems kinda lame you can get 2 storms off (or get emped) and almost instantly morph into an archon to join the battle and rapce face
They shortened the time back in 2010 to incentivize using archons a little bit since they were crap and underused then. They since got massive status and a range buff, maybe the merge duration should revert.
On December 30 2012 17:18 Sadist wrote: anyone else think archons morph too fast? Seems kinda lame you can get 2 storms off (or get emped) and almost instantly morph into an archon to join the battle and rapce face
They shortened the time back in 2010 to incentivize using archons a little bit since they were crap and underused then. They since got massive status and a range buff, maybe the merge duration should revert.
On December 30 2012 17:21 TommyP wrote: Well i guess I can see where january is coming from on this one actually.. RorO has only played one Protoss so far in Proleague... and he lost... against Bisu
On December 30 2012 17:18 Sadist wrote: anyone else think archons morph too fast? Seems kinda lame you can get 2 storms off (or get emped) and almost instantly morph into an archon to join the battle and rapce face
They shortened the time back in 2010 to incentivize using archons a little bit since they were crap and underused then. They since got massive status and a range buff, maybe the merge duration should revert.
On December 30 2012 17:21 TommyP wrote: Well i guess I can see where january is coming from on this one actually.. RorO has only played one Protoss so far in Proleague... and he lost... against Bisu
his zvp record is 68% with 22 games though ;/
all stats are thrown out the door when you lose to Bisu.
On December 30 2012 17:21 TommyP wrote: Well i guess I can see where january is coming from on this one actually.. RorO has only played one Protoss so far in Proleague... and he lost... against Bisu
On December 30 2012 17:18 Sadist wrote: anyone else think archons morph too fast? Seems kinda lame you can get 2 storms off (or get emped) and almost instantly morph into an archon to join the battle and rapce face
They shortened the time back in 2010 to incentivize using archons a little bit since they were crap and underused then. They since got massive status and a range buff, maybe the merge duration should revert.
On December 30 2012 17:22 Zenbrez wrote: Just occured to me, when Idra comes and plays (and hopefully wins), he's going to give the most badass interviews haha
If they even use him, with Stephano/Rivival coming soon I doubt he will see many games apart from to maybe get some viewers.
On December 30 2012 17:22 Zenbrez wrote: Just occured to me, when Idra comes and plays (and hopefully wins), he's going to give the most badass interviews haha
If they even use him, with Stephano/Rivival coming soon I doubt he will see many games apart from to maybe get some viewers.
Stephano's time will be primarily spent in preparation for GSL matches, so I'd assume they'd use Greg over him. No?
On December 30 2012 17:18 Sadist wrote: anyone else think archons morph too fast? Seems kinda lame you can get 2 storms off (or get emped) and almost instantly morph into an archon to join the battle and rapce face
They shortened the time back in 2010 to incentivize using archons a little bit since they were crap and underused then. They since got massive status and a range buff, maybe the merge duration should revert.
On December 30 2012 17:20 Scarecrow wrote: Looks like that LoS blocker hurt Reality, 6 ghosts wandered through it into the protoss army. Was looking close till then.
sKyHigh suicided his ghosts the same way without sight blocker, they require better control.
On December 30 2012 17:22 Zenbrez wrote: Just occured to me, when Idra comes and plays (and hopefully wins), he's going to give the most badass interviews haha
If they even use him, with Stephano/Rivival coming soon I doubt he will see many games apart from to maybe get some viewers.
Stephano's time will be primarily spent in preparation for GSL matches, so I'd assume they'd use Greg over him. No?
i doubt it. IMO Stephano will lose in the Ro32 so he'll have time on his hands, but should he make a run, he'll still probably play in every match
On December 30 2012 17:39 Fuchsteufelswild wrote: Whaaaaaaaaa?! Why did Hero keep moving the stalkers into his old base when he say Jangbi's forces there?
WTF was that? Why three times instead of all at once at least?
Jangbi had one probe left. If hero kills the probe, he still has a chance.
On December 30 2012 17:39 Fuchsteufelswild wrote: Whaaaaaaaaa?! Why did Hero keep moving the stalkers into his old base when he say Jangbi's forces there?
WTF was that? Why three times instead of all at once at least?
he wants to take chances to snipe the probes and MAYBE force a draw
On December 30 2012 17:39 Fuchsteufelswild wrote: Whaaaaaaaaa?! Why did Hero keep moving the stalkers into his old base when he say Jangbi's forces there?
WTF was that? Why three times instead of all at once at least?
His only hope was to snipe the probe and hope that Jangbi had less than 50 minerals, even though he had more.
On December 30 2012 17:39 Fuchsteufelswild wrote: Whaaaaaaaaa?! Why did Hero keep moving the stalkers into his old base when he say Jangbi's forces there?
WTF was that? Why three times instead of all at once at least?
I think he was just trying to snipe the one probe to force a stalemate.
edit: He wanted to have enough stalkers left over to win a base trade if JangBi moved out to kill his last building(s).
On December 30 2012 17:39 Fuchsteufelswild wrote: Whaaaaaaaaa?! Why did Hero keep moving the stalkers into his old base when he say Jangbi's forces there?
WTF was that? Why three times instead of all at once at least?
His only hope was to snipe the probe and hope that Jangbi had less than 50 minerals, even though he had more.
Well, even though he had mineral he was supply blocked so he can't actually -build- anything unless he loses his units.
On December 30 2012 17:39 Fuchsteufelswild wrote: Whaaaaaaaaa?! Why did Hero keep moving the stalkers into his old base when he say Jangbi's forces there?
WTF was that? Why three times instead of all at once at least?
Jangbi had one probe left. If hero kills the probe, he still has a chance.
He thinks that, but Jangbi also has enough minerals to make one more probe if his supply allows it.
On December 30 2012 17:39 Fuchsteufelswild wrote: Whaaaaaaaaa?! Why did Hero keep moving the stalkers into his old base when he say Jangbi's forces there?
WTF was that? Why three times instead of all at once at least?
I think he was just trying to snipe the one probe to force a stalemate.
edit: He wanted to have enough stalkers left over to win a base trade if JangBi moved out to kill his last building(s).
Yeah, Jangbi would have had to kill his own units in order to get out of the red if he had lost his only probe
On December 30 2012 17:39 Fuchsteufelswild wrote: Whaaaaaaaaa?! Why did Hero keep moving the stalkers into his old base when he say Jangbi's forces there?
WTF was that? Why three times instead of all at once at least?
Jangbi had one probe left. If hero kills the probe, he still has a chance.
He thinks that, but Jangbi also has enough minerals to make one more probe if his supply allows it.
I know my FPL is sort of doomed at the moment but whats funny is i JUST traded for Jangbi this week as a desperation trade. I should trade desperate more often.
Man that was so close. herO could force a draw if he sniped the probe. Jangbi had > 50 mineral BUT he had too much supply. So he couldn't build another probe unless he lost his entire army too. herO needed to save enough stalkers to defend his pylon/snipe nexus if jangbi decide to go for his last building. if herO sacc'd his entire army for the probe then Jangbi would just kill him afterwards. I think herO knew he couldn't beat Jangbi army in a fight so there was no point taking that fight.
Just want to give another shoutout to my boy Fionn using your powers for Khan, much appreciated <3
Reminds me of the guy who repeatedly said Federer didn't have an ice cube's chance in hell against Murray, and Roger ended up winning Wimbledon 2012. Voodoo magic OP!
herO should have warped units to handle the zealots back at home. He didn't need more units in Jangbi's base because Jangbi's army was stuck in the natural anyway, and he was going to blink out when the ff ran out and be up 30 probes to 10.
On December 30 2012 17:48 mrbamboo wrote: herO should have warped units to handle the zealots back at home. He didn't need more units in Jangbi's base because Jangbi's army was stuck in the natural anyway, and he was going to blink out when the ff ran out and be up 30 probes to 10.
he dumped a cycle into the prism at jangbi's base i think
On December 30 2012 17:47 cravin74 wrote: I've Jangbi in my FPL team since week 1. Good to see it pay dividend at the end of this round. Now I need to get rid of Roro from my anti.
Jangbi just smart as hell. Killing all the probes when the stalkers came back. If Hero had had 12 probes and not 1 it would have been totally different. What a wild game.
I think this it the first time this year that EVERY SINGLE MAP in both matches has been Recommended by TL for PL.
I look through the recommended maps each day here to watch VODs and usually there is only one good game (typically a TvT or an Arkanoid game), maybe 2 if there is an ace.
LOL. Same, Jangbi is my captain. Favourite player since BW. Also have Effort on my team and Reality
Khan fan all the way, but in the interests of my fpl hopes I only allowed myself to pick stork; awesome as it was it would have been infinitely better if he had pulled through in the ace match.
On December 30 2012 17:48 mrbamboo wrote: herO should have warped units to handle the zealots back at home. He didn't need more units in Jangbi's base because Jangbi's army was stuck in the natural anyway, and he was going to blink out when the ff ran out and be up 30 probes to 10.
he dumped a cycle into the prism at jangbi's base i think
That's exactly what I was saying. Jangbi had zealots in his base long before that, because he already warped 2 rounds of zealots at home to defend at that point. He should've kept warping at base instead of a round of stalkers on the warp prism. Think the attack went really well and herO got overeager and tried to end the game. Should've warped stalkers at home, micro them against zealots. And have his main army blink out of Jangbi's base and head home too, which he ends up doing anyway but a bit too late. He was up 30 probes to 10 at that point and could've easily won from there.
On December 30 2012 17:48 mrbamboo wrote: herO should have warped units to handle the zealots back at home. He didn't need more units in Jangbi's base because Jangbi's army was stuck in the natural anyway, and he was going to blink out when the ff ran out and be up 30 probes to 10.
he dumped a cycle into the prism at jangbi's base i think
which was a bad decision - hero should have anticipated the likelihood of a baserace and warped those units at home to defend (especially sentries for ff), instead of in jangbi's base where the only purpose they served was adding an insignificant amount of dps vs buildings.
On December 30 2012 17:47 cravin74 wrote: I've Jangbi in my FPL team since week 1. Good to see it pay dividend at the end of this round. Now I need to get rid of Roro from my anti.
whoa whoa whoa what
the first rule of FPL:
NEVER put Roro on your anti-team.
HAHA... I know but I got him to replace Baby in week 2 but it looks like this acquisition has run its course.
haha last week i traded dear for jangbi... i just had a feeling that jangbi must get good, he ended bw on top after all. after dear won the ace last week i was kicking myself, but now :D
On December 30 2012 19:49 supernovamaniac wrote: JANGBANG'D
:D
Though put on some thick skin when you read/think about some of the posts in this thread because they didn't hold back from a jangbanging themselves when it came to casting criticism. ><
Damm.Just fell asleep right before the ace :-( No problem, i can say now: Jangbiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii