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On March 03 2016 05:44 thecrazymunchkin wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2016 05:43 [PkF] Wire wrote:On March 03 2016 05:41 thecrazymunchkin wrote:On March 03 2016 05:39 [PkF] Wire wrote:On March 03 2016 05:38 Soularion wrote:On March 03 2016 05:36 Schelim wrote:On March 03 2016 05:35 Ej_ wrote:On March 03 2016 05:33 Schelim wrote:On March 03 2016 05:31 Sif_ wrote:On March 03 2016 05:26 Soularion wrote:
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pls explain how he isn't somewhere in the low 20s to high 30s ptitdrogo #3 polt #5 come to think of it, was the PR seeded randomly like the iem bracket? lol did they really put Major in 30? he's clearly better than Lambo, Serral, Firecake, Pilipili, Huk, Pig, Puck, Masa, Harstem, Kelthuzad, Neeb and Elazer and probably better than Mana and Bunny as well tbh. rofl Major isn't even close to Elazer/FireCake/Serral well keep in mind i'm talking completely out of my HotS ass as i don't have a real clue of what happened after that in the foreigner scene, hence my sig. but yeah, i generally tend to rank players by potential, not by average performance, so Major would have to be somewhere close to the top. The power rank was almost entirely based on their LotV results, of which MajOr has very little. He struggled in Copa America, and his qualification came with a couple of sloppy sets which made me think he had promise (which I noted in my writing) but because of his repeated failures in WCS last year I was cautious and placed him low. He's performed well today, so he ends up looking underrated, but that reasoning is completely logical and is not contradicted by the reality we have observed. I think people shitting on the PR should try doing their own and see if they don't look silly at some points  More importantly, realising that doing a PR before writing the games is harder than doing it after you know all the results yeah ofc I meant doing it before the tournament, it's easy to rank the losers from #32 to #17 and the winners from #16 to #1 and say "look how clever I am" lol yep It's just that unsurprisingly 90% of the criticism has come after the matches rather than before
You deserve some shit for Drogo at #3 though, he's looked pretty weak the weeks leading up to IEM.
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Canada2764 Posts
On March 03 2016 05:45 [PkF] Wire wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2016 05:44 Soularion wrote:On March 03 2016 05:43 [PkF] Wire wrote:On March 03 2016 05:41 thecrazymunchkin wrote:On March 03 2016 05:39 [PkF] Wire wrote:On March 03 2016 05:38 Soularion wrote:On March 03 2016 05:36 Schelim wrote:On March 03 2016 05:35 Ej_ wrote:On March 03 2016 05:33 Schelim wrote:On March 03 2016 05:31 Sif_ wrote:
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ptitdrogo #3
polt #5
come to think of it, was the PR seeded randomly like the iem bracket?
lol did they really put Major in 30? he's clearly better than Lambo, Serral, Firecake, Pilipili, Huk, Pig, Puck, Masa, Harstem, Kelthuzad, Neeb and Elazer and probably better than Mana and Bunny as well tbh. rofl Major isn't even close to Elazer/FireCake/Serral well keep in mind i'm talking completely out of my HotS ass as i don't have a real clue of what happened after that in the foreigner scene, hence my sig. but yeah, i generally tend to rank players by potential, not by average performance, so Major would have to be somewhere close to the top. The power rank was almost entirely based on their LotV results, of which MajOr has very little. He struggled in Copa America, and his qualification came with a couple of sloppy sets which made me think he had promise (which I noted in my writing) but because of his repeated failures in WCS last year I was cautious and placed him low. He's performed well today, so he ends up looking underrated, but that reasoning is completely logical and is not contradicted by the reality we have observed. I think people shitting on the PR should try doing their own and see if they don't look silly at some points More importantly, realising that doing a PR before writing the games is harder than doing it after you know all the results yeah ofc I meant doing it before the tournament, it's easy to rank the losers from #32 to #17 and the winners from #16 to #1 and say "look how clever I am" lol tbh with this tournament you'd still get a lot of controversy ranking players after the tournament is played, like- where the fuck does ShoWTimE go? yeah even after the games it's hard to assess those things
It's been very fun, though! And I hope you guys enjoyed the writing. For the WCS recap I'll definitely take a step back from controversy, but don't worry- I have plans for Shanghai ;p
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On March 03 2016 05:36 Schelim wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2016 05:35 Ej_ wrote:On March 03 2016 05:33 Schelim wrote:On March 03 2016 05:31 Sif_ wrote:On March 03 2016 05:26 Soularion wrote:On March 03 2016 05:25 Sif_ wrote:
major #30 pls explain how he isn't somewhere in the low 20s to high 30s ptitdrogo #3 polt #5 come to think of it, was the PR seeded randomly like the iem bracket? lol did they really put Major in 30? he's clearly better than Lambo, Serral, Firecake, Pilipili, Huk, Pig, Puck, Masa, Harstem, Kelthuzad, Neeb and Elazer and probably better than Mana and Bunny as well tbh. rofl Major isn't even close to Elazer/FireCake/Serral well keep in mind i'm talking completely out of my HotS ass as i don't have a real clue of what happened after that in the foreigner scene, hence my sig. but yeah, i generally tend to rank players by potential, not by average performance, so Major would have to be somewhere close to the top.
Major's potential isn't very high since his battle micro is subpar (and always has been). He does however look good when he outmultitasks medicore players. But when he doesn't do a ton of damage, he usually has trouble winning.
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Snute is impressive !!! What composure and resilience...
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maj0r tries to drop so much he forgot he could make one big army and finish the game
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Major has no answer to Snute's lategame style it seems
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On March 03 2016 05:45 opisska wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2016 05:41 Heartland wrote:
what do you use Vipers for in ZvT? Parasitic bomb? yes, particularly against someone who stubbornly refuses to split
thanks, I've seen lots of Vipers... but almost always they get a-moved into the fight and die
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United States97277 Posts
had this pegged as one of my upset picks cause Snute seemed to have some on and off struggles vs T lately but I guess he's making it work today
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what cost Major this game was being up in bases vs Zerg and having like 8 liberators total and 16
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On March 03 2016 05:45 opisska wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2016 05:41 Heartland wrote:
what do you use Vipers for in ZvT? Parasitic bomb? yes, particularly against someone who stubbornly refuses to split
Also abducting annoyingly sieged liberators.
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On March 03 2016 05:45 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2016 05:44 thecrazymunchkin wrote:On March 03 2016 05:43 [PkF] Wire wrote:On March 03 2016 05:41 thecrazymunchkin wrote:On March 03 2016 05:39 [PkF] Wire wrote:On March 03 2016 05:38 Soularion wrote:On March 03 2016 05:36 Schelim wrote:On March 03 2016 05:35 Ej_ wrote:On March 03 2016 05:33 Schelim wrote:On March 03 2016 05:31 Sif_ wrote:
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ptitdrogo #3
polt #5
come to think of it, was the PR seeded randomly like the iem bracket?
lol did they really put Major in 30? he's clearly better than Lambo, Serral, Firecake, Pilipili, Huk, Pig, Puck, Masa, Harstem, Kelthuzad, Neeb and Elazer and probably better than Mana and Bunny as well tbh. rofl Major isn't even close to Elazer/FireCake/Serral well keep in mind i'm talking completely out of my HotS ass as i don't have a real clue of what happened after that in the foreigner scene, hence my sig. but yeah, i generally tend to rank players by potential, not by average performance, so Major would have to be somewhere close to the top. The power rank was almost entirely based on their LotV results, of which MajOr has very little. He struggled in Copa America, and his qualification came with a couple of sloppy sets which made me think he had promise (which I noted in my writing) but because of his repeated failures in WCS last year I was cautious and placed him low. He's performed well today, so he ends up looking underrated, but that reasoning is completely logical and is not contradicted by the reality we have observed. I think people shitting on the PR should try doing their own and see if they don't look silly at some points More importantly, realising that doing a PR before writing the games is harder than doing it after you know all the results yeah ofc I meant doing it before the tournament, it's easy to rank the losers from #32 to #17 and the winners from #16 to #1 and say "look how clever I am" lol yep It's just that unsurprisingly 90% of the criticism has come after the matches rather than before You deserve some shit for Drogo at #3 though, he's looked pretty weak the weeks leading up to IEM.
Yeah this is the only one I really disagreed on even before the tournament
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Damn I don't ever get tired of watching Snute
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On March 03 2016 05:46 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Page 100 woohoo
France power
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On March 03 2016 05:45 opisska wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2016 05:41 Heartland wrote:
what do you use Vipers for in ZvT? Parasitic bomb? yes, particularly against someone who stubbornly refuses to split
+ is there another counter to Liberator in big numbers?
At one point, Corrupters and Ravagers just don't do the trick anymore.
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I feel at some point Major has to realize he has to just gather his entire army instead of having 20-30 supply dedicated to denying fringe bases and just go for the throat
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France13022 Posts
On March 03 2016 05:44 thecrazymunchkin wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2016 05:43 [PkF] Wire wrote:On March 03 2016 05:41 thecrazymunchkin wrote:On March 03 2016 05:39 [PkF] Wire wrote:On March 03 2016 05:38 Soularion wrote:On March 03 2016 05:36 Schelim wrote:On March 03 2016 05:35 Ej_ wrote:On March 03 2016 05:33 Schelim wrote:On March 03 2016 05:31 Sif_ wrote:On March 03 2016 05:26 Soularion wrote:
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pls explain how he isn't somewhere in the low 20s to high 30s ptitdrogo #3 polt #5 come to think of it, was the PR seeded randomly like the iem bracket? lol did they really put Major in 30? he's clearly better than Lambo, Serral, Firecake, Pilipili, Huk, Pig, Puck, Masa, Harstem, Kelthuzad, Neeb and Elazer and probably better than Mana and Bunny as well tbh. rofl Major isn't even close to Elazer/FireCake/Serral well keep in mind i'm talking completely out of my HotS ass as i don't have a real clue of what happened after that in the foreigner scene, hence my sig. but yeah, i generally tend to rank players by potential, not by average performance, so Major would have to be somewhere close to the top. The power rank was almost entirely based on their LotV results, of which MajOr has very little. He struggled in Copa America, and his qualification came with a couple of sloppy sets which made me think he had promise (which I noted in my writing) but because of his repeated failures in WCS last year I was cautious and placed him low. He's performed well today, so he ends up looking underrated, but that reasoning is completely logical and is not contradicted by the reality we have observed. I think people shitting on the PR should try doing their own and see if they don't look silly at some points More importantly, realising that doing a PR before writing the games is harder than doing it after you know all the results yeah ofc I meant doing it before the tournament, it's easy to rank the losers from #32 to #17 and the winners from #16 to #1 and say "look how clever I am" lol yep It's just that unsurprisingly 90% of the criticism has come after the matches rather than before
I didn't know there was a PR before the actual games tho, I'm probably not the only one
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