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Ratch!
Profile Joined June 2012
Peru258 Posts
January 16 2013 18:33 GMT
#81
BO1
Maps
Snipers
And something everyone is missing is that they are not the best representative of Code S players, besides Taeja IMO.
rauk
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States2228 Posts
January 16 2013 18:38 GMT
#82
On January 16 2013 22:05 FeyFey wrote:
Proleague has first of all a different system. The other reason is in this case the map pool, you don't prepare as hard on those maps if they aren't in CodeS. The more valuable tournament for most people.
So Imo it is completely logical. And since Kespa and Esf have different priorities it will ever be that way. It is stuff for the eternal discussion of who is better. (well until parting will win all the kespa tournaments)
But I think EG/TL will do better with more experience in this format. I mean there is always a homeground advantage in some tournaments.
Also ewww Best of 1 so random ... just kidding ... but it annoyed me when it was mentioned after a kespa player lost in the up and downs.


other way around, proleague is always number one priority for kespa players
Thieving Magpie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States6752 Posts
January 16 2013 18:40 GMT
#83
On January 17 2013 02:43 mongmong wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2013 02:18 Thieving Magpie wrote:
On January 17 2013 00:28 starfinder wrote:
On January 17 2013 00:18 Thieving Magpie wrote:
Kespa can't even win an MLG, just saying

Oh? Did I take things out of context? Compared apples to oranges?

Two different tournaments, two different results. MVP and Nestea never did that well in GSTL and they only really played during their early reign--they don't do that we'll in team league. JYP? He barely holds on to the middling sections of a tournament, never the favorite. Put him in team league and suddenly he's a consistent work horse.

Nerves are much less of an issue unless you're at the ace match.


They are all apples. All of them. No one comparing kespa players and ESF players but you.This is a thread about PROLEAGUE PLAYERS with/without code S badges.



Because you got confused, I will quote myself to show you what I was talking about.

Did I take things out of context?


I said Kespa players can't win an MLG and so that must be a good measurement of their skill--except it isn't because not doing well in one tournament doesn't make you a terrible player.

I said MVP and Nestea does worse in Team Leagues than JYP, does that make JYP a better player than them?

Bisu never won an OSL--does that mean he's a scrub?

Team Leagues =/= Individual Leagues

Performance in one tournament does not dictate your performance in another tournament.

Rain won an OSL at the same time period as failing to win an MLG--does that mean MLG is harder than OSL?

Apples and Oranges my friend, Apples and Oranges.



bisu won 3 msl. Why do u think he is called a revolutionist? Because he is the one who 3-0d fucking Bonjwa at the time,
Savior. Individual league >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>proleague when it comes to player evaluation.


I'm saying that Bisu is NOT a scrub. Just because he didn't win an OSL does not make him a scrub. Just because flashed failed to get into Code S does not make him a scrub. And just because Taeja isn't doing well in PL does not make him a scrub.
Hark, what baseball through yonder window breaks?
rEalGuapo
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany832 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-16 18:43:17
January 16 2013 18:41 GMT
#84
So, Stephano got invited into Code S.

Everybody knows Taeja is doing worse than he should due to injury.

HuK just fought his way into Code S this season through up & down invite.

Two of the Code S players you name haven't even had a single match. (Back when HuK played Code S the game was so far away from being the Starcraft 2 we know now I think it does not count)

Can't really comment on the rest but I would rather be surprised if one of them were in the top 10....
StarVe
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany13591 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-16 18:44:58
January 16 2013 18:44 GMT
#85
Taeja did quite well but is badly injured, which might be more impressive than some of the better runs in Proleague this season.

Soulkey and Bogus are just playing badly after their good run last Code S season, same goes for Roro to some extent. Stephano is doing decently well but gets sniped every time by a Zerg.

Baby was always inconsistent but had a good run in Code A, it happens. HuK got through Up&Downs but is not necessarily Code S level.

Not one of the Code S players who are currently the best is playing in Proleague, that's just how it is.

Add maps/BO1 randomness/snipers and people having bad days into that and you have your reasons.
xxpack09
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2160 Posts
January 16 2013 18:46 GMT
#86
Wow, tbh, those ELO calculations penalize WAY too heavily for losses... ace players for their teams like roro and bogus (although jangbi might be stepping up in roro's spot, we'll see) have less points than BISU.... just because their W-L differential is worse. 6-8 is obviously a way better record than 1-2...

I wouldn't say that code S players "aren't doing well in proleague" based off of those flawed rankings
j4vz
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada976 Posts
January 16 2013 18:50 GMT
#87
round 2 is all kill format and it just started..
BO1
Sniper
Maps
someone_elses_lies@live.fr
Darrkhan
Profile Joined February 2012
Finland1236 Posts
January 16 2013 18:56 GMT
#88
I feel that so many players are pretty much equal skill level wise. Also in GSL you got a lot time to prepare for your opponent while in pl you have not that kind of opportunity. Also new maps might make slight differece
Elroi
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden5599 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-16 19:05:34
January 16 2013 19:04 GMT
#89
On January 17 2013 03:23 mongmong wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2013 03:09 Elroi wrote:
On January 17 2013 02:54 mongmong wrote:
On January 17 2013 02:46 Elroi wrote:
On January 17 2013 02:43 mongmong wrote:
On January 17 2013 02:18 Thieving Magpie wrote:
On January 17 2013 00:28 starfinder wrote:
On January 17 2013 00:18 Thieving Magpie wrote:
Kespa can't even win an MLG, just saying

Oh? Did I take things out of context? Compared apples to oranges?

Two different tournaments, two different results. MVP and Nestea never did that well in GSTL and they only really played during their early reign--they don't do that we'll in team league. JYP? He barely holds on to the middling sections of a tournament, never the favorite. Put him in team league and suddenly he's a consistent work horse.

Nerves are much less of an issue unless you're at the ace match.


They are all apples. All of them. No one comparing kespa players and ESF players but you.This is a thread about PROLEAGUE PLAYERS with/without code S badges.



Because you got confused, I will quote myself to show you what I was talking about.

Did I take things out of context?


I said Kespa players can't win an MLG and so that must be a good measurement of their skill--except it isn't because not doing well in one tournament doesn't make you a terrible player.

I said MVP and Nestea does worse in Team Leagues than JYP, does that make JYP a better player than them?

Bisu never won an OSL--does that mean he's a scrub?

Team Leagues =/= Individual Leagues

Performance in one tournament does not dictate your performance in another tournament.

Rain won an OSL at the same time period as failing to win an MLG--does that mean MLG is harder than OSL?

Apples and Oranges my friend, Apples and Oranges.



bisu won 3 msl. Why do u think he is called a revolutionist? Because he is the one who 3-0d fucking Bonjwa at the time,
Savior. Individual league >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>proleague when it comes to player evaluation.

Thats way, way to simplistic. Bisu is also very much known for having the best PL record of all times.



Liquid Sea?
He has one of the greatest records in proleague, didnt find so much success in
individual leagues. Are you going to list him along with TBLS because he was a great
proleague player? I doubt it ^^

You are only pushing you agenda here. Sea was a very strong player. Some seasons he was exceptional in PL. But he never had any real success in individual leagues and he was most of the time only a strong player in PL, not unlike Light, Firebathero or Midas etc.

My point is that both count, no >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> either way.



You made a very good point there genius, Sea never had any real success in individual leagues hence he is not remembered as one of the best players. I'll give you the list of best progamers of all time: iloov, Savior, Flash, Reach
Jaedong, bisu, Stork, Nada, Boxer, July. Not single one of them would be remembered as one of the best if they hadnt had any success in individual leagues. Youre not gonna say Gumiho>>>>Mvp because Gumiho's team league results is better are you? lol

My point was that both matter. Do you think it is a coincidence that almost all of those players have won Proleague?

I wouldn't say that Gumiho > MVP because I have more or less never seen any of them play.
"To all eSports fans, I want to be remembered as a progamer who can make something out of nothing, and someone who always does his best. I think that is the right way of living, and I'm always doing my best to follow that." - Jaedong. /watch?v=jfghAzJqAp0
RanDomFox
Profile Joined November 2012
United States84 Posts
January 16 2013 19:10 GMT
#90
code s > GSTL > proleague. if they really cared about proleague, theyd do better.
Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen
Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
January 16 2013 19:18 GMT
#91
Lets just give the honest answer - SC2 is a volatile game and there's really not much difference between the top players. This is also why we haven't had, and will never have, anything close to a bonjwa in SC2.
uberism
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada271 Posts
January 16 2013 19:39 GMT
#92
I'd say code s players are doing better in prologue than kespa players are doing in the gsl
Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24422 Posts
January 16 2013 19:43 GMT
#93
Because in PL there's a whole team specifically preparing to snipe you if you're a high caliber player. That and Bo1s.
Administrator"Declaring anything a disaster because aLive popped up out of nowhere is just downright silly."
TzTz
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany511 Posts
January 16 2013 20:19 GMT
#94
They always get sent out against relatively good players?
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
January 16 2013 20:54 GMT
#95
On January 16 2013 21:44 starfinder wrote:
I checked code S group and TLPD,found something interesting.

All the players who playing in both code S and proleague haven't a good score in proleague by now.They just normal or worse.

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/sc2-korean/leagues/3224_2012-2013_SPL/player_stats#tblt-523-1-7-DESC

ID    win/lose ELOpts
taeja   6-3 2054
soulkey 6-4 2032
stephano 2-2 1996
bogus 6-8 1970
TY 5-7 1967
roro 6-8 1964
huk 0-2 1964
None of them got in the proleague ELO ranking top 10.

In my opinion, code S is top level tourney,a player is one of the best32 in gsl,and his boss paid him for proleague, a league seems not as tough as code S,of cause he will be the bests in proleague. right? but TLPD told me something different,why?

Any logical reasoning about this?

edit:

Difference of map pool not the answer obviously. They paid for proleague win. Practicing mainly on proleague maps, not GSL. Practicing everyday almost for proleague, not for gsl, but can't win as more as on maps they didn't practicing so much. How did this happen?

And it's not a title comparing proleague players with ESF players.Just asking why some proleague players who got a code S badge in their spare time,harder to carry out works their Boss paid them for:win in proleague


As long as they have a .500 batting average then I see nothing wrong with their performance. HuK's not worth mentioning and as for the rest. They're doing just fine.
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10142 Posts
January 16 2013 21:00 GMT
#96
A better question would be "What way is better to gauge player skill, individual or team tournaments?"

Because it's just stupid post to "compare". It's like saying "Why the PL players with the best stats couldn't qualify to Code S?".
snafoo
Profile Joined August 2010
New Zealand1615 Posts
January 16 2013 21:02 GMT
#97
This is like asking why ST and/or IM hasn't won GSTL(for a long time)..... Individual league is different to team league... there's no complicated science.
HolyArrow
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7116 Posts
January 16 2013 21:09 GMT
#98
In addition to the points already made, I'd like to point out that the availability of replays is likely a big deal. There are a multitude of replays out there to study for players in Code S, while the same can't be said for the players in PL. If someone wants to study a Code S mainstay, it's easy. If someone wants to study their opponent in PL, there's nowhere near as much material to look at.
Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
January 16 2013 21:23 GMT
#99
--- Nuked ---
bankobauss
Profile Joined December 2012
204 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-16 21:28:32
January 16 2013 21:27 GMT
#100
in order for true proleague skill to be determined, I believe

1) you must remove mirror match losses from the stastistics

2) you must remove games on arkanoid from the stastistics


i know many will disagree with me on the mirror match point, but my argument is that I truly feel mirror matches are highly different from non-mirror matches

stephano has incredible skill in non-mirror matches. but his zvz is pretty abysmal

Now, if a player can be like flash with great non-mirror matches and a awesome TvT, then that is amazing and incredible

however IMO I feel if you follow my 2 rules, many of the code S players will show to have very good skill showings in proleague

i guess my argument is, that mirror matchups are a completely different animal compared to non-mirrors
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