• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 20:01
CEST 02:01
KST 09:01
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
TL.net Map Contest #21: Voting2[ASL20] Ro4 Preview: Descent6Team TLMC #5: Winners Announced!3[ASL20] Ro8 Preview Pt2: Holding On9Maestros of the Game: Live Finals Preview (RO4)5
Community News
Weekly Cups (Oct 6-12): Four star herO65.0.15 Patch Balance Hotfix (2025-10-8)67Weekly Cups (Sept 29-Oct 5): MaxPax triples up3PartinG joins SteamerZone, returns to SC2 competition325.0.15 Balance Patch Notes (Live version)119
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (Oct 6-12): Four star herO PartinG joins SteamerZone, returns to SC2 competition 5.0.15 Patch Balance Hotfix (2025-10-8) IP For new Brazil servers for NA Players TL.net Map Contest #21 - Finalists
Tourneys
WardiTV Mondays SC2's Safe House 2 - October 18 & 19 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL Offline Finals Dates + Ticket Sales! SC4ALL $6,000 Open LAN in Philadelphia
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 495 Rest In Peace Mutation # 494 Unstable Environment Mutation # 493 Quick Killers Mutation # 492 Get Out More
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Any rep analyzer that shows resources situation? BW General Discussion [ASL20] Ro4 Preview: Descent I'm making videos again
Tourneys
[ASL20] Semifinal A [ASL20] Semifinal B [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL20] Ro8 Day 4
Strategy
Current Meta BW - ajfirecracker Strategy & Training Siegecraft - a new perspective TvZ Theorycraft - Improving on State of the Art
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread ZeroSpace Megathread Dawn of War IV Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion LiquidDota to reintegrate into TL.net
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
SPIRED by.ASL Mafia {211640} TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
Sex and weight loss Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread The Games Industry And ATVI
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club! The Happy Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023 NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
SC2 Client Relocalization [Change SC2 Language] Linksys AE2500 USB WIFI keeps disconnecting Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
Inbreeding: Why Do We Do It…
Peanutsc
From Tilt to Ragequit:The Ps…
TrAiDoS
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 916 users

Korea Weekly - August 6th - GSL Group Selections - Page 2

Forum Index > SC2 General
48 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 Next All
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-07 16:36:31
August 07 2017 16:36 GMT
#21
It was never his style of play, it was the results and the players he beat.

But anyway this is a waste of time as your assume I must have bad criteria because I came to a different conclusion.
Moderator
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-07 16:54:53
August 07 2017 16:47 GMT
#22
Just asking because it isn't quite clear, you supposedly look at the whole spectrum of results right? So even a ro8 finish for example matters? And even for these ro8 finishes you added context by looking at the path?

Well typically i wouldn't do that because it is flawed, but you stated that Innovation isn't even close to being considered, that seems extremely ridiculous so the only conclusion i can have is that your system is bad. (or rather the execution)

edit: but yes criteria like:

"Then I judged Innovation and refinement. What builds/styles did a player innovate (in the sense that he was the first to do a build consistently, players credited that player with the build and/or players copied him after he had done it - like Stephano and the 3 hatch) Then there was refinement. Nestea created and refined Muta ling/bling, but DRG took that refinement a step further than that. Generally I had to measure the degrees of refinement and innovation"

A lot of your criteria works like that btw, extremely subjective ratings nobody can be sure you were consistent on by any means. I mean:
Then I added in X factors for each player: Clutch, composure, versatility, play style, series planning.

You wanna tell me you can rate each players reasonably. How much did these things matter? For Inno to not be even close to consideration i can only imagine that all these subjective things (so not results) play against him. I would love to hear your reasoning, simply linking your blog and pretending that is an argument is weak.
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
August 07 2017 16:50 GMT
#23
How is using subjective variables (such as meta and runs) being objective? Unless, of course, you actually use hard numbers to quantify them (ELO of players to assess difficulty of runs, race matchup win rates for meta, etc.).

And even if u did devise such a methodology, are you catching too many irrelevant data or missing out on other equally important unverifiable meta data that renders reliance on such data alone unreliable (e.g. Inno had a solid run in Tournament X, but his ELO high opponents were unwell and not performing to their usual standards)?

Using such a methodology to tennis, there's a high chance that Djokovic and Nadal could actually rank higher as Federer as GOAT (they won more Grand Slams against each other, whilst Federer nick a lot of wins against 'weaker' opponent before their peak era). Which is, regardless subjective or objective, quite a hard opinion to sell.
gg no re thx
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15995 Posts
August 07 2017 17:34 GMT
#24
On August 08 2017 01:03 stuchiu wrote:
I've never been biased beyond making jokes. All I did was use this to judge players. That's it.

http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/482944-the-process-of-creating-the-top-15-greatest-list

a quote from that blog
Basically for me it was all about context, the runs, the metas, who they played, how the played and the degrees therewithin.

so basically bias
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Alarak'smanservant
Profile Joined May 2017
35 Posts
August 07 2017 20:42 GMT
#25
Sorry what? Inno was only underperforming during the blink era. During bl/infestor he was doing pretty damn well, so no he is not only strong when terran is strong.
BitbyBit is mathematically the greatest player of all time
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
August 07 2017 23:07 GMT
#26
On August 08 2017 05:42 Alarak'smanservant wrote:
Sorry what? Inno was only underperforming during the blink era. During bl/infestor he was doing pretty damn well, so no he is not only strong when terran is strong.


Also last year.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15995 Posts
August 07 2017 23:08 GMT
#27
On August 08 2017 08:07 Phredxor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2017 05:42 Alarak'smanservant wrote:
Sorry what? Inno was only underperforming during the blink era. During bl/infestor he was doing pretty damn well, so no he is not only strong when terran is strong.


Also last year.

Terran wasn't performing badly last year
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
August 07 2017 23:12 GMT
#28
On August 08 2017 08:07 Phredxor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2017 05:42 Alarak'smanservant wrote:
Sorry what? Inno was only underperforming during the blink era. During bl/infestor he was doing pretty damn well, so no he is not only strong when terran is strong.


Also last year.

Last year was League year for Inno. Nothing to do with balance or patches or even Starcraft.
Denominator of the Universe
TL+ Member
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
August 07 2017 23:20 GMT
#29
On August 08 2017 08:08 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2017 08:07 Phredxor wrote:
On August 08 2017 05:42 Alarak'smanservant wrote:
Sorry what? Inno was only underperforming during the blink era. During bl/infestor he was doing pretty damn well, so no he is not only strong when terran is strong.


Also last year.

Terran wasn't performing badly last year


Yeah but Inno was.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15995 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-07 23:41:45
August 07 2017 23:40 GMT
#30
On August 08 2017 08:20 Phredxor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2017 08:08 Charoisaur wrote:
On August 08 2017 08:07 Phredxor wrote:
On August 08 2017 05:42 Alarak'smanservant wrote:
Sorry what? Inno was only underperforming during the blink era. During bl/infestor he was doing pretty damn well, so no he is not only strong when terran is strong.


Also last year.

Terran wasn't performing badly last year


Yeah but Inno was.

Yes but that doesn't support the argument that Inno can't win when terran is weak because terran wasn't weak.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
August 08 2017 00:22 GMT
#31
On August 08 2017 08:40 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2017 08:20 Phredxor wrote:
On August 08 2017 08:08 Charoisaur wrote:
On August 08 2017 08:07 Phredxor wrote:
On August 08 2017 05:42 Alarak'smanservant wrote:
Sorry what? Inno was only underperforming during the blink era. During bl/infestor he was doing pretty damn well, so no he is not only strong when terran is strong.


Also last year.

Terran wasn't performing badly last year


Yeah but Inno was.

Yes but that doesn't support the argument that Inno can't win when terran is weak because terran wasn't weak.


Yeah I'm just supporting the argument that Inno sux.
curufinwe_wins
Profile Joined August 2017
68 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-08 01:11:12
August 08 2017 01:10 GMT
#32
Stats really should be in that top tier level, INSTEAD of classic.

Successive SSL rounds by STATS and DARK have shown that Classic right now is just a bit too predictable... His mechanics are great. His understanding of the matchups are great... But he just doesn't have the late game or variety that makes top tier protoss so scary to deal with.

Too defensive, I would say.

Also Stats rofl-stomped Inno in their SSL this week (read yesterday)... Inno is still better, don't get me wrong... But I think you have to take Stats just a tiny bit ahead of Classic atm for top 'toss in the world.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
August 08 2017 01:10 GMT
#33
Inno is the kind of player that focuses on perfect play. He practices the most standard terran builds until he makes no errors. That means that when terran is favoured in a matchup, he looks unstoppable. When terran is at a disadvantage he isn't as dominant.

Is he a patch terran? kinda, I guess. But that doesn't take away from his talent. He plays perfect terran that's it.

(although I do give bonus points to players that dominated during times of severe imbalance against them, ByuL, Life, Maru etc)
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
curufinwe_wins
Profile Joined August 2017
68 Posts
August 08 2017 01:14 GMT
#34
On August 08 2017 10:10 Fango wrote:
Inno is the kind of player that focuses on perfect play. He practices the most standard terran builds until he makes no errors. That means that when terran is favoured in a matchup, he looks unstoppable. When terran is at a disadvantage he isn't as dominant.

Is he a patch terran? kinda, I guess. But that doesn't take away from his talent. He plays perfect terran that's it.

(although I do give bonus points to players that dominated during times of severe imbalance against them, ByuL, Life, Maru etc)


He also is far less innovative and more predictable than any of the other god-terrans... Which, yeah, is actually a knock against him...

A few weeks ago in SSL we actually saw him mix up builds and do some crazy shit and I thought to myself... "If this guy did this just a bit more often... He really would be unstoppable, and I would like watching his games soo much more".

He is the macro/multitasking god of SC2... Just untouchable in his control of everything... If not for Byun, we might even talk about his insanely good micro as well (poor Byun man... his micro has become almost a crutch for him in not rounding out his play...)


The Robot indeed.
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-08 03:24:19
August 08 2017 03:19 GMT
#35
I don't see Inno as less of a 'micro god' than Byun or Maru. It's just that he chooses to focus most of his energies on macro (instead of 'engagements' which can be a risky gamble). That's what he thinks is the optimal play to maximise his chances to win. He's calculating. In that sense, he's a Machine. And a bit like Flash (whose micro is also quite underrated).
gg no re thx
curufinwe_wins
Profile Joined August 2017
68 Posts
August 08 2017 03:26 GMT
#36
On August 08 2017 12:19 RKC wrote:
I don't see Inno as less of a 'micro god' than Byun or Maru. It's just that he chooses to focus most of his energies on macro (instead of 'engagements' which can be a risky gamble). That's what he thinks is the optimal play to maximise his chances to win. In that sense, he's a Machine. And a bit like Flash (whose micro is also quite underrated).

Inno is realistically a micro god...

It is just that Byun is a Titan of Micro...

I mean it actually isn't fair to anyone else in the game that Byun is so next level...

It is almost laughable watching the other "four horsemen" try Byun'ng (Maru doing 3 rax is lolzy bad by comparison), and lets be real here... Those guys are already insanely good.
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
August 08 2017 03:34 GMT
#37
On August 08 2017 12:26 curufinwe_wins wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2017 12:19 RKC wrote:
I don't see Inno as less of a 'micro god' than Byun or Maru. It's just that he chooses to focus most of his energies on macro (instead of 'engagements' which can be a risky gamble). That's what he thinks is the optimal play to maximise his chances to win. In that sense, he's a Machine. And a bit like Flash (whose micro is also quite underrated).

Inno is realistically a micro god...

It is just that Byun is a Titan of Micro...

I mean it actually isn't fair to anyone else in the game that Byun is so next level...

It is almost laughable watching the other "four horsemen" try Byun'ng (Maru doing 3 rax is lolzy bad by comparison), and lets be real here... Those guys are already insanely good.

Inno's micro is amazing, it's just that he rarely needs to show it because his style revolves around efficient trades into overwhelming force instead of specific unit control. Now and then he will bust out some incredible splitting against Zerg, but that's about all we typically get to see from him in terms of micro.

Yes, ByuN has the best micro out of the Four Horsemen (though his splitting is actually quite poor), but while Inno's style is less flashy, it wins.
Denominator of the Universe
TL+ Member
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
August 08 2017 03:38 GMT
#38
Rogue is going to win GSL so who cares about this terran argument
Moderatorhttp://i.imgur.com/U4xwqmD.png
TL+ Member
curufinwe_wins
Profile Joined August 2017
68 Posts
August 08 2017 03:39 GMT
#39
On August 08 2017 12:34 pvsnp wrote:
Inno's micro is amazing, it's just that he rarely needs to show it because his style revolves around efficient trades into overwhelming force instead of specific unit control. Now and then he will bust out some incredible splitting against Zerg, but that's about all we typically get to see from him in terms of micro.

Yes, ByuN has the best micro out of the Four Horsemen (though his splitting is actually quite poor), but while Inno's style is less flashy, it wins.


Agreed... Inno is, in fact, arguably the only other person who has pulled off ByuN's own builds with similar success (although again Inno doesn't really roll that way very much.)

pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-08 03:45:00
August 08 2017 03:42 GMT
#40
On August 08 2017 12:39 curufinwe_wins wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2017 12:34 pvsnp wrote:
Inno's micro is amazing, it's just that he rarely needs to show it because his style revolves around efficient trades into overwhelming force instead of specific unit control. Now and then he will bust out some incredible splitting against Zerg, but that's about all we typically get to see from him in terms of micro.

Yes, ByuN has the best micro out of the Four Horsemen (though his splitting is actually quite poor), but while Inno's style is less flashy, it wins.


Agreed... Inno is, in fact, arguably the only other person who has pulled off ByuN's own builds with similar success (although again Inno doesn't really roll that way very much.)


Yep, some of Inno's 2/1/1 pushes just straight up win the game (against ByuL in GSL Season 1 for example) which is something I've really only seen ByuN pull off.

I find it mildly interesting that ByuN doesn't try and copy Inno more, for all that he idolizes him. While both of them are usually very aggressive, Inno has shown the ability to sit back and turtle into lategame to great success, while ByuN seems permanently stuck on the early-midgame aggro style.
Denominator of the Universe
TL+ Member
Prev 1 2 3 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
00:00
Patches' TLMC21 Bash #2
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
PiGStarcraft426
Nathanias 113
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 14564
Artosis 624
Backho 121
NaDa 12
Super Smash Bros
PPMD86
Other Games
summit1g7223
Grubby2742
shahzam754
C9.Mang0324
Skadoodle212
Maynarde144
fpsfer 3
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick768
BasetradeTV30
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• davetesta80
• Hupsaiya 61
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• Azhi_Dahaki13
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Other Games
• Scarra737
Upcoming Events
Afreeca Starleague
9h 59m
Soma vs Bisu
OSC
13h 59m
OSC
17h 59m
MaxPax vs Gerald
Solar vs Krystianer
PAPI vs Lemon
Ryung vs Moja
Nice vs NightPhoenix
Cham vs TBD
MaNa vs TriGGeR
PiGosaur Monday
23h 59m
OSC
1d 22h
The PondCast
2 days
OSC
2 days
Wardi Open
3 days
CranKy Ducklings
4 days
Safe House 2
4 days
[ Show More ]
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
Safe House 2
5 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Acropolis #4 - TS2
WardiTV TLMC #15
HCC Europe

Ongoing

BSL 21 Points
ASL Season 20
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
EC S1
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025

Upcoming

SC4ALL: Brood War
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
RSL Offline Finals
RSL Revival: Season 3
Stellar Fest
SC4ALL: StarCraft II
eXTREMESLAND 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
SL Budapest Major 2025
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
CS Asia Championships 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.