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kollin
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom8380 Posts
December 28 2012 14:15 GMT
#81
Current skill, I am certain Flash would beat Mvp because of Mvp's wrists. Nobelesse, not so much.
Aunvilgod
Profile Joined December 2011
2653 Posts
December 28 2012 14:21 GMT
#82
Sorry but if I look at this list I have to say that this system is as dumb and meaningless as TLPD. It works if you have one competition in a single country. But not in the globally imbalanced situation we have now. The skill of the opponents changes way way too much.
ilovegroov | Blizzards mapmaker(s?) suck ass | #1 Protoss hater
Markwerf
Profile Joined March 2010
Netherlands3728 Posts
December 28 2012 14:21 GMT
#83
I don't trust this ranking system, I guess it ranks players too quickly despite some having shown a low number of games.
It would probably be better if it was some bayesian estimate or the K value would be lower so it would take longer to reach high ranks.
A player like combatex is probably ranked highly because he played few ranked games and did quite well in the most recent ones.
Of course this is just conjecture since I didn't go through the data but the foreigner list just feels off
Leviance
Profile Joined November 2009
Germany4079 Posts
December 28 2012 14:26 GMT
#84
XLorD #9 foreigner!!!! nice :D
"Blizzard is never gonna nerf Terran because of those American and European fuck" - Korean Netizen
jermmanDOTA
Profile Joined December 2012
Canada45 Posts
December 28 2012 14:27 GMT
#85
I think combatex is up there because of how often he cheeses (and how damn good he is at it. Seriously, that shit is ridiculous.)
I exercise occult and subtle power, Carrying water, shouldering firewood.
kollin
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom8380 Posts
December 28 2012 14:30 GMT
#86
On December 28 2012 23:27 jermmanDOTA wrote:
I think combatex is up there because of how often he cheeses (and how damn good he is at it. Seriously, that shit is ridiculous.)

No he's there because he placed top 8 at WCG. This system can't magically tell your play unless it has tournament results to back it up.
Nihilnovi
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden696 Posts
December 28 2012 14:44 GMT
#87
I can't take any list that ranks Combatex and MacSed as the two top foreign protoss seriously.

I can't even fathom what type of alghoritm is used here, how is Grubby not above them considering his recent IEM win, and same for BabyK @ wcs, this whole topic just seems like a giant flamebait :S
crbox
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada1180 Posts
December 28 2012 14:46 GMT
#88
I'm surprised to see MVP is not there
kollin
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom8380 Posts
December 28 2012 14:48 GMT
#89
On December 28 2012 23:44 Nihilnovi wrote:
I can't take any list that ranks Combatex and MacSed as the two top foreign protoss seriously.

I can't even fathom what type of alghoritm is used here, how is Grubby not above them considering his recent IEM win, and same for BabyK @ wcs, this whole topic just seems like a giant flamebait :S

Grubby didn't win IEM.
Corrosive
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3741 Posts
December 28 2012 14:57 GMT
#90
On December 28 2012 23:44 Nihilnovi wrote:
I can't take any list that ranks Combatex and MacSed as the two top foreign protoss seriously.

I can't even fathom what type of alghoritm is used here, how is Grubby not above them considering his recent IEM win, and same for BabyK @ wcs, this whole topic just seems like a giant flamebait :S

what i've learned from this thread so far is people don't understand statistics.
Maruprime.
Salient
Profile Joined August 2011
United States876 Posts
December 28 2012 15:33 GMT
#91
The problem seems to be that it doesn't apply the correct weight to various wins. The fact that MC was #2 in a recent GSL and #3 at OSL should put him in the top 25 players despite his otherwise slumping results. Conversely, the recent top 10 performances by CombatEX at a few tournaments s not really that impressive.
Whatson
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States5357 Posts
December 28 2012 15:44 GMT
#92
On December 28 2012 23:57 Corrosive wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 28 2012 23:44 Nihilnovi wrote:
I can't take any list that ranks Combatex and MacSed as the two top foreign protoss seriously.

I can't even fathom what type of alghoritm is used here, how is Grubby not above them considering his recent IEM win, and same for BabyK @ wcs, this whole topic just seems like a giant flamebait :S

what i've learned from this thread so far is people don't understand statistics.

Yup we like our rankings to be an accurate representation of a player's skill, and somewhat realistic. This "ranking" just further proves that statistics are completely overrated.
¯\_(シ)_/¯
Conti
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany2516 Posts
December 28 2012 15:47 GMT
#93
On December 29 2012 00:33 Salient wrote:
The problem seems to be that it doesn't apply the correct weight to various wins. The fact that MC was #2 in a recent GSL and #3 at OSL should put him in the top 25 players despite his otherwise slumping results. Conversely, the recent top 10 performances by CombatEX at a few tournaments s not really that impressive.

The ranking does not weight any games, as there's no automatic (and sensible) way to do so.
Salient
Profile Joined August 2011
United States876 Posts
December 28 2012 15:51 GMT
#94
Any ranking system that places CombatEX above MC is ridiculous. MC won multiple major tournaments and took home well over 100 thousand dollars this year. CombatEX? Not so much.
Grovbolle
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark3813 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-28 15:54:48
December 28 2012 15:52 GMT
#95
On December 29 2012 00:33 Salient wrote:
The problem seems to be that it doesn't apply the correct weight to various wins. The fact that MC was #2 in a recent GSL and #3 at OSL should put him in the top 25 players despite his otherwise slumping results. Conversely, the recent top 10 performances by CombatEX at a few tournaments s not really that impressive.


On December 28 2012 23:44 Nihilnovi wrote:
I can't take any list that ranks Combatex and MacSed as the two top foreign protoss seriously.

I can't even fathom what type of alghoritm is used here, how is Grubby not above them considering his recent IEM win, and same for BabyK @ wcs, this whole topic just seems like a giant flamebait :S


Please TRY at least to understand it.

Do You Weigh Games Differently?

No, I don't. Korean tournaments and players receive no special treatment. The GSL is difficult because good players play there; the players aren't good because they play in the GSL.


The more data we have describing a player, the more we can expect them to play at their given rating. Since both CombatEx and MacSeed aren't that well documented, it still "surprises" the model when they perform well, meaning that the model will think they are better than they are. When we receive more and more information about players, we will have a more accurate representation of a players true skill level on a pretty current level.

Winning tournaments does NOT give you a higher rating, beating higher ranked players does. (Which you usually do to win a tournament, but it takes wins, not "overall wins")
Lies, damned lies and statistics: http://aligulac.com
Conti
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany2516 Posts
December 28 2012 15:53 GMT
#96
On December 29 2012 00:51 Salient wrote:
Any ranking system that places CombatEX above MC is ridiculous. MC won multiple major tournaments and took home well over 100 thousand dollars this year. CombatEX? Not so much.

That particular problem will fix itself. Promised.
Salient
Profile Joined August 2011
United States876 Posts
December 28 2012 15:54 GMT
#97
That's why you don't rank players at all until you have sufficient data to rank them in a meaningful manner.
Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
December 28 2012 15:55 GMT
#98
For the results ticker, I'd add in some variable for "offline" play or whether or not players are playing from the same region, just to see how much lag effects "skill". would be something interesting to see. (so EU vs EU matches are fine, but EU vs NA matches would have this flag, etc)
Grovbolle
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark3813 Posts
December 28 2012 15:56 GMT
#99
On December 29 2012 00:54 Salient wrote:
That's why you don't rank players at all until you have sufficient data to rank them in a meaningful manner.


So please define the sufficient amount of games played before we can rank a player? What about the already ranked player the unranked player played, how would he have points assigned?
Lies, damned lies and statistics: http://aligulac.com
Grovbolle
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark3813 Posts
December 28 2012 15:56 GMT
#100
On December 29 2012 00:55 Milkis wrote:
For the results ticker, I'd add in some variable for "offline" play or whether or not players are playing from the same region, just to see how much lag effects "skill". would be something interesting to see. (so EU vs EU matches are fine, but EU vs NA matches would have this flag, etc)


Would require an entire rework of the way results are currently added.

Maybe it can be done when we "start" fresh with HoTS
Lies, damned lies and statistics: http://aligulac.com
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