EPTPower Rank: IEM Katowice - Page 2
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sneakyfox
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brickrd
United States4894 Posts
On February 25 2018 00:17 OHGRinho wrote: Good thing about "Power Rankings" is, they don't matter. They are based on someones opinion who did some analytics, of which we know nothing about. So I don't understand why so many people give a damn. this is a starcraft forum hosted on a website for esports journalism, so running analytical articles about the current tournament and the players involved is pretty much exactly the kind of content i would expect here. the point is to stimulate discussion and hype? what i don't understand is why people have to "discredit" power ranks as if the author is claiming they're important. it's just really basic sports journalism which you'll see in any major sport, it's for fun and to be informative to people who don't follow everything daily | ||
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GothGirlGames
167 Posts
But sure almost all casters have said that the gap seems to be getting smaller and smaller. | ||
Soularion
Canada2764 Posts
On February 25 2018 00:40 GothGirlGames wrote: Hu? top 6 is KR, 8 out of 10 is KR, I don't think this list says "foreigners are on par with koreans" at all. But sure almost all casters have said that the gap seems to be getting smaller and smaller. I think I'm the only one who put 3 of the 10 as foreigners. There were quite a few who only put 1, iirc. | ||
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yubo56
690 Posts
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starkiller123
United States4030 Posts
On February 25 2018 00:08 Fango wrote: Smh at putting Gumiho, Maru, Stats, and Dear below Serral and Scarlett Yeah it's pretty ridiclous | ||
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Rescawen
Finland1028 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23579 Posts
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sneakyfox
8216 Posts
On February 25 2018 02:17 Musicus wrote: Wait will Maru be at IEM or not? He is in the qualifiers, along with a number of other great players. | ||
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Mike L
Germany162 Posts
On February 24 2018 23:11 Charoisaur wrote: The WCS system is succeding in creating the illusion that foreigners are on par with koreans apparently. Can't wait for the slaughter. Reaching the GSL playoffs is apparently enough for Scarlett to get #7 but Maru who did the same in a harder group is somehow not even in the list?? Gumiho, Dear, Rogue, Trap and Impact should all be above Serral. same case for Classic - he didn`t won any big tournament last year ( if i`d remember correct) but his recently monstrous results is apparently enough for earning #1 rank in this list. and btw Maru recent results are little bit worse compared to Scarlett | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On February 25 2018 02:34 Mike L wrote: and btw Maru recent results are little bit worse compared to Scarlett By what measure? Maru's GSL performance was better (both reached ro8 yes but Scarlett had an easier group), and results in the IEM/WeSG qualifiers were a lot better than Scarlett's. | ||
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Morbidius
Brazil3449 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23579 Posts
On February 25 2018 02:19 sneakyfox wrote: He is in the qualifiers, along with a number of other great players. Okay, I know he hasn't done great for a while, but I'd still put him top 10 right now I think. | ||
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Mike L
Germany162 Posts
On February 25 2018 02:56 Fango wrote: By what measure? Maru's GSL performance was better (both reached ro8 yes but Scarlett had an easier group), and results in the IEM/WeSG qualifiers were a lot better than Scarlett's. it wasn`t better in both stages Maru has not been even able to won his own group with always ranked second, plus that lose match against Keen didn`t spotted him in better light too. yes he did better performance at IEM quali but Scarlett had won IEM event not just simple quali, so at the end the consequence is that she defeated simply more formiddable opponents than Maru by recent time | ||
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Jacenoob
299 Posts
On February 25 2018 03:32 Morbidius wrote: Scarlett and Serral are better than Rogue now, should have ranked dimaga ahead of Innovation too. Dimaga has not won any IEM tournaments recently iirc. The last big tournament results were that Scarlett has beaten Rogue, Serral, Elazer (would have played Zest but Elazer knocked him out), SoS, Zest and Innovation in a row. 16-4 in games, hard to ignore that. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On February 25 2018 04:48 Mike L wrote: it wasn`t better in both stages Maru has not been even able to won his own group with always ranked second, plus that lose match against Keen didn`t spotted him in better light too. yes he did better performance at IEM quali but Scarlett had won IEM event not just simple quali, so at the end the consequence is that she defeated simply more formiddable opponents than Maru by recent time Maru got second in the group to Classic, who is probably the best player in the world right now. While Scarlett had the easiest group in the ro16. In terms of IEM/WeSG events it's not even questinable that Maru has done better than Scarlett. The fact she won IEM doesn't mean much when you remember she qualified from NA and only beat one korean in the actual event. Simply put, beating Solar/Dark/Dear/Gumiho in long macro games/series is more impressive than beating sOs and Inno with quick cheese. (How you choose to win doesn't really matter, but one method is more reliable than the other). | ||
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hexhaven
Finland963 Posts
On February 24 2018 23:47 Charoisaur wrote: Does the current world champion need results to be perceived highly? Yes, absolutely. Here's last year's PR: https://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/519608-iem-katowice-preview-power-rank | ||
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Mike L
Germany162 Posts
On February 25 2018 06:06 Fango wrote: Maru got second in the group to Classic, who is probably the best player in the world right now. While Scarlett had the easiest group in the ro16. In terms of IEM/WeSG events it's not even questinable that Maru has done better than Scarlett. The fact she won IEM doesn't mean much when you remember she qualified from NA and only beat one korean in the actual event. Simply put, beating Solar/Dark/Dear/Gumiho in long macro games/series is more impressive than beating sOs and Inno with quick cheese. (How you choose to win doesn't really matter, but one method is more reliable than the other). for me beating Rogue/soO/Elazer/Serral/sOs/Zest/Innovation in a row in two big tournaments, won IEM and ro16 GSL group is certainly much more impressive than beat Solar/Dark/Dear/Gumiho and achieve nothing | ||
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TheDougler
Canada8309 Posts
I’ll be pleasantly surprised if we get more than one foreigner in the top 12. I don’t think any will reach top 8. (Really hoping I’m wrong, and there are foreigners here who have made deep runs before). | ||
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Elentos
55581 Posts
On February 25 2018 07:03 TheDougler wrote: Massive Scarlett fan, but this is in my estimation the first REAL global tournament we’ve seen in years. I witnessed the foreigner bloodbaths of 2013-2014, and I know better than to get my hopes up here. What about Katowice last year? | ||
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