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On May 27 2014 11:11 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Does anyone have statistics about foreigners winning the bo3 in a group against a Korean, and then losing the rematch? Because it feels like it happens awfully often...
it might just be confirmation bias (we remember that disappointment more often because koreans just win more often), but if it is actually common it might be because a lot of top foreigners are more likely to use aggressive, high-intensity builds and/or cheeses that get figured out by the second match when the korean plays safer and takes it into the lategame where their macro and experience shine
just a theory though
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Updating the OP is always so painful when my hope from the first 2 hours of the day is so crushed. I'm always tempted to just put in the results I was so convinced we might actually get.
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Yeah, it's the outcome I expected but not quite the way I expected it to happen.
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Just came back to see the results.
After watching the first series, I had such hopes for qxc 
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On May 27 2014 11:13 Waise wrote:Show nested quote +On May 27 2014 11:11 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Does anyone have statistics about foreigners winning the bo3 in a group against a Korean, and then losing the rematch? Because it feels like it happens awfully often... it might just be confirmation bias (we remember that disappointment more often because koreans just win more often), but if it is actually common it might be because a lot of top foreigners are more likely to use aggressive, high-intensity builds and/or cheeses that get figured out by the second match when the korean plays safer and takes it into the lategame where their macro and experience shine just a theory though
I just looked through the 2013-2014 WCS records for series where either foreigners win the first series against a Korean, and lose the second series against the same Korean, and series where the Korean wins the first series against a foreigner and lose the rematch against the same player. I found 14 instances where a foreigner won the first, and lost the rematch, and 1 of the opposite. They are:
aLive > KiLLeR
Revival > Goswser
Revival > Suppy
Ryung > MajOr
Minigun > Apocalypse (the exception)
Nestea > Vibe
Taeja > MajOr
Duckdeok > Dimaga
Stardust > Kas
Stardust > Welmu
MC > Thorzain
Taeja > MajOr
Hyun > puCK
Oz > qxc
Yoda > Bunny
I did this quickly so I might have missed some games, but it seems that Koreans just don't lose against opponents they've just beaten.
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On May 27 2014 11:49 Darkhorse wrote:
God I suck.
Please choose the Americans to lose next time lol..
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United States97277 Posts
Rip American dream
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Aww I feel so bad for qxc
But cool that Oz got through. Glad to see him in the RO16
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On May 27 2014 08:53 looken wrote:
FF, disgusting me since 2010
User was warned for this post
aaaw man, i should know it by now... freedom of speech just doesnt exist on TL...
Shame qxc didnt make it. I was afraid this might happen to him
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On May 27 2014 18:26 looken wrote:Show nested quote +On May 27 2014 08:53 looken wrote:
FF, disgusting me since 2010
User was warned for this post aaaw man, i should know it by now... freedom of speech just doesnt exist on TL... Shame qxc didnt make it. I was afraid this might happen to him
Ha, you got warned for that? Some hammer guy must really like them for taking such action. Let's hope no one in the position feel the same for swarm hosts.
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On May 27 2014 12:06 Shellshock wrote:Rip American dream
but it's sooo alive, look at pigbaby
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even with korean lag... the foreigners played very well
especially qxc, damn
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EPT
