EPTSC2 Power Rank: August 2019 - Page 4
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2449 Posts
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midhigh
49 Posts
On August 15 2019 17:59 swarminfestor wrote: I guess the next ranking will hurt Dark a lot. And also Maru. Dark clearly underestimated Elazer and got outplayed 4 out of 5 matches, so i don't think he should drop that much. His ego got him eliminated, while Maru looked completly lost and outplayed by Stats. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On August 15 2019 21:45 midhigh wrote: And also Maru. Dark clearly underestimated Elazer and got outplayed 4 out of 5 matches, so i don't think he should drop that much. His ego got him eliminated, while Maru looked completly lost and outplayed by Stats. Depends if they wait for the RO16 to finish or not considering it's being played during the last week of August and the first one of Sep. | ||
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On August 15 2019 23:37 deacon.frost wrote: Depends if they wait for the RO16 to finish or not considering it's being played during the last week of August and the first one of Sep. They should, but even Dark stomping his group in Code S wouldn't be enough for him to keep his #1 spot after losing in the ro16 as GSL's reigning champion against a player ranked #29 on Aligulac, in my opinion. Maru sits at #6 in this Power Ranking and while he looked horrendous in his 0-3 loss against Stats, his Code S group is the group of death and advancing convincingly may net him some position on the next PR. | ||
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2449 Posts
On August 16 2019 02:33 Xain0n wrote: They should, but even Dark stomping his group in Code S wouldn't be enough for him to keep his #1 spot after losing in the ro16 as GSL's reigning champion against a player ranked #29 on Aligulac, in my opinion. Maru sits at #6 in this Power Ranking and while he looked horrendous in his 0-3 loss against Stats, his Code S group is the group of death and advancing convincingly may net him some position on the next PR. If Serral win GSL vs World, there is no doubt they will place him on the top of ranking this month because he will not play against any Korean GSL player onwards (beside Nationwar) until before Blizzcon. So, his performances wont change so much that it will affect the ranking. Another possibility, Stats will ascend to the top if he win the GSL vs World provided that he must get out of the ro.16 bracket in the next GSL. Stats must overcome two more hurdles in order to be in the top compared to Serral who needs to win GSL vs World only. | ||
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StasisField
United States1086 Posts
On August 15 2019 21:45 midhigh wrote: And also Maru. Dark clearly underestimated Elazer and got outplayed 4 out of 5 matches, so i don't think he should drop that much. His ego got him eliminated, while Maru looked completly lost and outplayed by Stats. I mean, if Dark doesn't completely botch his spine crawler placement on g1, Dark sweeps the series 3-0, and instead of talking about how hurt Dark's pride should be, we would all be talking about how Elazer the foreigner truly didn't deserve his spot and how Scarlett would have done so much better and what a crime it is that he "stole" that spot from her. The only game I think was truly embarrassing for Dark was game 1. | ||
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KalWarkov
Germany4126 Posts
On August 16 2019 23:35 StasisField wrote: I mean, if Dark doesn't completely botch his spine crawler placement on g1, Dark sweeps the series 3-0, and instead of talking about how hurt Dark's pride should be, we would all be talking about how Elazer the foreigner truly didn't deserve his spot and how Scarlett would have done so much better and what a crime it is that he "stole" that spot from her. The only game I think was truly embarrassing for Dark was game 1. trust me, a lot more than a spine crawler placement was needed for a 3-0 LUL he isn't serral | ||
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StasisField
United States1086 Posts
On August 16 2019 23:40 KalWarkov wrote: trust me, a lot more than a spine crawler placement was needed for a 3-0 LUL he isn't serral But he literally won g2 and g3. The spotted spine crawler killed his chances of winning g1. It is entirely within the realm of possibility that he would have easily won g1 if that hadn't gotten spotted, especially considering Elazer admitted in his post-game interview that he was nervous and did not expect Dark to cheese. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On August 16 2019 23:40 KalWarkov wrote: trust me, a lot more than a spine crawler placement was needed for a 3-0 LUL he isn't serral Had he placed the spine properly in g1 there's a decent chance he wins, so given he stomped games 2 and 3, yeah | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25344 Posts
On August 17 2019 07:26 Fango wrote: Had he placed the spine properly in g1 there's a decent chance he wins, so given he stomped games 2 and 3, yeah Assuming the other two games go the same and the two players don’t alter their approach based upon how game one went. If it’s a set 5 and it’s the decider then yeah, you can say if x player did this better they’d have won. If it’s the first set then I don’t think you can just add that game to what happened subsequently and come up with a 3-0. Maybe Elazer plays safe in set 2 to avoid an early loss again and Dark gets corners for greed and goes for a simple 2-0, or maybe Dark decides to play greedy with a 1-0 and Elazer decides after a cheese loss to say fuck it and cheese game 2 and evens it up. Sure people have their plans going into a series but they’re influenced by how the series is going as well. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On August 17 2019 11:31 Wombat_NI wrote: Assuming the other two games go the same and the two players don’t alter their approach based upon how game one went. If it’s a set 5 and it’s the decider then yeah, you can say if x player did this better they’d have won. As will always be the case when guessing how a series would have gone given a different opening. But the idea that Dark had no chance at a 3-0 is still wrong imo. Games 2 and 3 were stomps, game 1 was a free win for Elazer due to Dark's missed spine placement. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany6929 Posts
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BjoernK
194 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33390 Posts
obviously this is so we can hope Reynor beats Serral and we have a reason not to put him at #1 again  | ||
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On September 03 2019 09:21 Waxangel wrote: Since some ppl have been asking, next Power rank is after WCS Fall/Montreal and GSL Ro16 obviously this is so we can hope Reynor beats Serral and we have a reason not to put him at #1 again A very appropriate timing, I have to say. On the other hand, Serral should be #1 even if he doesn't win WCS Montreal, unless he embarasses himself crashing 0-7 out of the tournament(ehm...). | ||
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Harris1st
Germany6929 Posts
On September 03 2019 09:21 Waxangel wrote: Since some ppl have been asking, next Power rank is after WCS Fall/Montreal and GSL Ro16 obviously this is so we can hope Reynor beats Serral and we have a reason not to put him at #1 again Was just about to get angry at the lazy TL staff, then I noticed this is next week HYYYPEEE | ||
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain17992 Posts
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TheOneAboveU
Germany3367 Posts
On September 11 2019 22:35 Xain0n wrote: September's Power Ranking should be out soon according to what we have been said. Let me have a look at it! 2-3 days or something like that. I guess many people will be satisfied for some reason, but it's not going to be a huge shocker I suppose... :D | ||
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Jacenoob
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