EPTDo you macro like a pro? - Page 19
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Shucks!
United States118 Posts
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Treva
United States535 Posts
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rebelsaint
United States24 Posts
A question: I am a Gold leaguer who has been facing Plats as of late. I calculated my last 20 games: the average SQ was 64.6. This is mid-Diamond League according to the chart. Would it be safe for me to assume that my macro is above my league, and that i should start focusing on micro or general strategy/tactics to improve more rapidly? | ||
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Rantech
Chile527 Posts
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
On September 17 2011 04:42 rebelsaint wrote: Awesome post, first of all. A question: I am a Gold leaguer who has been facing Plats as of late. I calculated my last 20 games: the average SQ was 64.6. This is mid-Diamond League according to the chart. Would it be safe for me to assume that my macro is above my league, and that i should start focusing on micro or general strategy/tactics to improve more rapidly? sure, unless your last 20 games are abnormal somehow this should indicate your macro, at least to the extent this score shows is above your level, assuming your current level is gold or plat this would probably mean your decision making and/or micro is lacking in comparison! | ||
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Draconicfire
Canada2562 Posts
Interesting info regardless though. | ||
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Steveplayshorn
United States36 Posts
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Clbull
United Kingdom1439 Posts
Zerg are meant to max out before their Terran and Protoss bretheren but it's not like they build 30 hatcheries once they max out. They pool their money and continue to make larvae, making their average unspent resources skyrocket later and later into the game. I tried calculating mine over my last 10 ladder games as Zerg but I had two games where I pooled a load of unspent resources in the late game that I didn't spend because I had been maxed out and had a fuckload of larvae anyway. My SQ dropped to around 22 there. There was also a ZvZ where I BM'd and the opponent, being an asshole back basically extended the game as long as possible by expanding eveywhere, staying about 5 hatcheries ahead of me and abusing my immobility by constant harassment and guerilla warfare. In that game which I won after 1 hour and 14 minutes, my SQ dropped to -2.7 ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/v6q3S.jpg) Screenshot of my Excel spreadsheet. Note that I did a revised calculation from 8 games after I felt the late game nature of 2 of them really screwed up my final SQ rating. With the retardedly late game games, SQ = ~42.99 average Without. SQ = ~50.96 average If it's important, I am a high Gold League Zerg. | ||
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Madera
Sweden2672 Posts
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McFortran
United States79 Posts
On September 17 2011 04:41 IndoorSpawningPool wrote: You have to remember that the OP is taking his data from the ladder where the data is already categorized by Blizzard matchmaking... he found a VERY interesting correlation in player's league and macro efficiency that almost everyone has overlooked... I indeed found the correlation to be quite cool, and also enjoyed the worker graphs. That's obviously quite valuable information. I figured that most people would just try to calculate their SQ and use that for comparisons though, and wanted to show that they aren't necessarily comparable on an individual level. | ||
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goodbyepuppy
United States1 Post
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hitpoint
United States1511 Posts
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KaBoom300
United States225 Posts
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kmh
Finland351 Posts
On September 17 2011 04:51 Clbull wrote: I don't feel that SQ is a very accurate formula for calculating how good a player is at macro. It makes sense for earlier games but what about with the late game. [...] snip Without. SQ = ~50.96 average If it's important, I am a high Gold League Zerg. Guess what? Your results fall into the expected range for a gold league player regardless of that inaccuracy. | ||
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Lingy
England201 Posts
 Very good job | ||
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XForce3
Canada45 Posts
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Demonace34
United States2493 Posts
SQ was a good way to mitigate some of the problems with probe cuts since masters and grandmasters are more likely to spend their money better as their income rises. Thanks for all the math, I don't understand all of it, but you did a damn good job. | ||
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MeLlamoSatan
United States136 Posts
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DensitY
New Zealand74 Posts
Gold 1v1 Protoss NA, Plat EU. Seems my SQ varies. My highest was an impressive 88.3749. My lowest was a sad sad 52.34. Avg is 69.84241318 (so half way between diamond and masters) Pretty much enforcements my all of my friend's opinions that my decision making is one of the biggest reasons I'm not in a higher league. Very interesting! | ||
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MonkSEA
Australia1227 Posts
I even got a 97.3, which is pretty cool! :D | ||
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