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Where dat snitch at?37041 Posts
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Season 13
LotV started off kind of strange... The GSL Pre-season matches were full of upsets and surprises. Players that were dominating in HotS all of a sudden could not produce the same kind of results in LotV. And players that were kind of invisible in HotS all of a sudden became the center of attention. (ByuN and aLive anyone? Oo;; ) Of course, now that some time has passed, the old dominant players are definitely starting to come back into the spotlight. ( Zest and  Maru holy crap...)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/yRmXxQu.png) WCS: Unfortunately, the new format makes it pretty darn impossible to do liquibets for WCS now. RIP WCS Premier/Challenger. But major congratulations and props to ShoWTimE,  Nerchio, and Snute for kicking ass. (Sorry Polt, you don't count because we all already know just how good you are)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/9eqZgMw.png) SPL: The interesting thing about SPL so far is that there isn't a single team out there right now that can be called the "New Prime". MVP and Afreeca Freecs looked like they were sort of going to take over that role, but they always manage to pull off some sick wins when it matters the most. And on top of all that, there is no one team that is completely dominant. SKT seemed like they were heading in that direction with their Round 1 victory, and then showed everyone that they too, were indeed mortal with their Round 2 performance. Speaking of Round 2, major props to both KT and Jin Air for bossing it up this round. And major respect to CJ's herO for carrying his team like such a baller. I hope everyone else is just as excited for the final remaining round as I am.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ty8yUQK.png) GSL and ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/u0HIAVO.png) SSL: Congratulations to Dark for finally getting out of that dreaded and infamous kong line! Unfortunately however, his rise to prominence may be short lived because Korean protoss players are just dominating the scene left and right right now... (Proleague Round 2 playoffs results were: Classic: 4 kills, Stats: 6 kills, sOs: 3 kills and Zest: 1 kill) Absolutely ridiculous... Speaking of Zest, taking that GSL championship like such a baws was riveting. Granted, as a terran player I would have loved to see TY win it all, but there was never any second of doubt in my mind that Zest wasn't going to win another GSL. If things keep going at this rate, we're in store for some seriously amazing SC2 action.
So now, with all that's been said and done, let's go ahead and take a look at this season's Top 10 for liquibets:
(NOTE: In my opinion, I think I should have won this thing. The fact that I didn't means there's definitely some unfair black magic voodoo stuff going on around here.)
I kid you not, not in a million years would I have expected an ending like this. kell234 was DOMINATING like crazy on the liquibet rankings. He was constantly leading by double digits between first and second place spots with no sign of slowing down.
I'm not sure what happened, but all I know is this: Persistence and diligence does pay off when it comes to liquibets. Because not only did two other people catch up to kell234, they grabbed first place spots and forced out a 3-WAY TIE!!! (First time ever in TL history!) I don't think kell234 himself could have also foreseen such an ending. I'm pretty darn sure he was expecting to take this one by himself. But dang, Voltrik and WigglingSquid, congratulations to the both of you. You two never gave up and now you're co-liquibet Season 13 champions!
So without further ado, CONGRATULATIONS to WigglingSquid, kell234, and Voltrik!!!
Thank you very much to everyone who participated for Season 13. Season 14 should be starting up soon so stay tuned and get those bets ready! (j/k it's already started. For once, R1CH beat the recap  )
Previous Recaps:
Season 5 and 6 Recaps
Season 7 Recap
Season 8 Recap
Season 9 Recap
Season 10 Recap
Season 11 Recap
Season 12 Recap
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GZ to the three winners!
Couldn't catch up at the end -.- Especially frustrating considering that if i had simply voted with my head (JinAir) instead of my heart (KT) i would have won (srsly did everyone at the top vote for KT?)
I hope Bisudagger ends the bw one soon though, haha
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Were you tempted to extend the Liquibet season slightly in hopes that you could finish first? Also is this the first ever Liquibet 3-way tie?
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Canada8159 Posts
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Where dat snitch at?37041 Posts
On May 25 2016 11:09 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Were you tempted to extend the Liquibet season slightly in hopes that you could finish first? Also is this the first ever Liquibet 3-way tie?
Nah, I'm a pro dawg, I don't let feeling get in the way of my duty.
+ Show Spoiler +Man, I'm an idiot. I should have just banned the Top 5 right before KT vs Jin Air took place.
And yeah, first ever 3-way tie.
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your Country52797 Posts
Seeing how I did horribly for a while, I'm OK with top 100.
Man, I'm an idiot. I should have just banned the Top 5 right before KT vs Jin Air took place.
Banned users can still place liquibets
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On May 25 2016 11:26 The_Templar wrote:Seeing how I did horribly for a while, I'm OK with top 100. Show nested quote +Man, I'm an idiot. I should have just banned the Top 5 right before KT vs Jin Air took place.
Banned users can still place liquibets
What if he permabanned them and then unpermed them afterwards? Would that work?
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Rank #57, pretty happy with that 
Congratulations to the triple winners ! :D
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Congrats to the close season winners!
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Austria24422 Posts
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Well, if I registered earlier...
My stats:
Number of Points 85 of 106 points voted on
Correct Votes 39 of 51 votes made
Points Percentage 80%
If I voted on all 240 points, I may have 192 points
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congrats to the winners!
Some upsets in coda A made me lose points.
But glad I did JinAir in proleague. I trusted in statistics
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Takeways: stuchiu seems to actually understand who is supposed to win, his articles might not be as bogus as I always thought and even Viper can be taken seriously despite all the shitposting.
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Grats to the winners!
I hope I won't miss so many votes next season as I did this one... *sigh* xD
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I'm not salty but it feels like too many points are awarded for big finals and semi finals matches - and if you get a few of the big ones wrong, no matter how impressive the rest of your predictions are you're basically screwed. It does allow for comebacks I suppose but I would cap the max points at, say, 5 points for something like a GSL finals.
anyway, congrats to the winners.
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Number of Points 41 of 56 points voted on
Correct Votes 14 of 18 votes made
Points Percentage 73%
Voting Percentage 78%
Only started towards end of the season this time i will play from the start and see how far i can get
Gratz to Winners!
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Bearded Elder29903 Posts
I won two Liquibets straight in LL, finished 3rd on 2nd place.
Beat that.
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On May 25 2016 17:22 opisska wrote:
Takeways: stuchiu seems to actually understand who is supposed to win, his articles might not be as bogus as I always thought and even Viper can be taken seriously despite all the shitposting.
I don't see you in the top 10, does that mean we shouldn't take your posts seriously? 
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rank 220 is honestly higher than I expected, gj me
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My unwavering faith in CJ killed my LB season ):
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Thanks for the writeup, TL. I love how the lettering on my trophy is all wiggly. <3
As it happens, I even missed a couple of votes during the season, but all's well that which ends well. I guess I will have to be more active in LR threads again, otherwise the pretty icon will go to waste!
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On May 26 2016 00:01 The_Red_Viper wrote:Show nested quote +On May 25 2016 17:22 opisska wrote:
Takeways: stuchiu seems to actually understand who is supposed to win, his articles might not be as bogus as I always thought and even Viper can be taken seriously despite all the shitposting. I don't see you in the top 10, does that mean we shouldn't take your posts seriously?
Liquibets aren't really a very good game for me, because I am often away from internet for too long and miss too many of them, which demotivates me from betting at all.
Also, I have usually no idea who's gonna win, but that's definitely secondary. Definitely.
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Goddamn it. 3 fucking points. 3 measly fucking points 
Oh well...still my best ever result
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Bearded Elder29903 Posts
On May 26 2016 01:08 WigglingSquid wrote:
Thanks for the writeup, TL. I love how the lettering on my trophy is all wiggly. <3
As it happens, I even missed a couple of votes during the season, but all's well that which ends well. I guess I will have to be more active in LR threads again, otherwise the pretty icon will go to waste!
What icon ?
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On May 26 2016 15:57 739 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 26 2016 01:08 WigglingSquid wrote:
Thanks for the writeup, TL. I love how the lettering on my trophy is all wiggly. <3
As it happens, I even missed a couple of votes during the season, but all's well that which ends well. I guess I will have to be more active in LR threads again, otherwise the pretty icon will go to waste!
What icon ?
Oh, I recall some "current liquidbet season winner" or some such icon. (Or was that for FPL?)
Perhaps it's been discontinued.
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Oh wow, I got 24th. I figured I'd be lucky to be top 100. I always try to bet but seldom think about how accurate I've been.
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i got 155points and i missed a couple of games i didn't vote on. Didn't expect to get this high on the first season i play liquibet.
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