scsz is currently the highest rated player in the US with a rating of 2432. I've been tracking him for a little over a week, wondering when they'll put him in the platinum league.

A quick look at his last 5 games reveals he's beaten top level platinums lately such as TeamEG (rank 1 platinum division 7), iamkhufu (rank 6 platinum division 4), tatazusfk (rank 4 platinum division 11), and Xiphius (rank 3 division 11).

Anyone have any scsz reps?

EGLzGaMeR

United States1867 Posts

March 14 2010 06:32 GMT

did u mention the rematch of me vs. sczc where he lost and didnt gg? ye.. didnt think so ^^

agorist

United States115 Posts

March 14 2010 06:34 GMT

How are the points awarded? If he's still unfavored do to his position in silver and getting 20-30 points per game, well, that's retarded.

Dionyseus

United States2068 Posts

March 14 2010 06:34 GMT

On March 14 2010 15:32 Lz wrote:
did u mention the rematch of me vs. sczc where he lost and didnt gg? ye.. didnt think so ^^

Could you share one of those reps? I just want to see how he plays.

nc[retaliator]

Romania130 Posts

March 14 2010 06:35 GMT

also if hes advancing in leagues he will lose alot of hes points when hes promoting ... its like blizzard making adjusments .. so this high score in silver wont be equal with 1800 in gold or so ... so wait till he gets to platinum to he hes score and stop be enthusiastic about silver divisions guys!!!! kk thx

Nadagast

United States245 Posts

March 14 2010 06:35 GMT

Are ratings equivalent across plat/gold/silver/etc? Is 2400 in silver equivalent to 2400 in gold/plat? I kinda doubt it

EximoSua2

United States216 Posts

March 14 2010 06:36 GMT

Hey, don't dis silver division...some of us just had bad placement matches.

CakeOrI)eath

United States327 Posts

March 14 2010 06:37 GMT

The ELO rating is effected by league. When someone goes up a league their rating goes down meaning that 2400 silver does not equal 2400 platinum. While this doesn't mean this guy isn't good, I think its wrong to call him the highest rated player.

VeeSe

United States42 Posts

March 14 2010 06:37 GMT

On March 14 2010 15:34 agorist wrote:
How are the points awarded? If he's still unfavored do to his position in silver and getting 20-30 points per game, well, that's retarded.

He'll actually be favored vs gold/platinum guys. Same thing happened to me except I was in bronze, and I was favored vs some gold/plats, so no, he won't be getting 20-30 points per game

Disarray

United States1164 Posts

March 14 2010 06:37 GMT

#10

On March 14 2010 15:35 nc[retaliator] wrote:
also if hes advancing in leagues he will lose alot of hes points when hes promoting ... its like blizzard making adjusments .. so this high score in silver wont be equal with 1800 in gold or so ... so wait till he gets to platinum to he hes score and stop be enthusiastic about silver divisions guys!!!! kk thx

except he's already beating top platinum guys ?

Integra

Sweden5626 Posts

March 14 2010 06:37 GMT

#11

no, ratings between leagues are not the same, considering his win/loss ratio he will get bashed pretty fast once he reaches gold/platinum, if he barely maintains a 50 win ratio in silver he wont really stand a chance in the higher leagues.

Psyonic_Reaver

United States4342 Posts

March 14 2010 06:38 GMT

#12

Ya. This guy has some really interesting strats that I don't see in Plat League. I'm 1-2 to him atm.

Disarray

United States1164 Posts

March 14 2010 06:38 GMT

#13

On March 14 2010 15:37 Integra wrote:
no, ratings between leagues are not the same, considering his win/loss ratio he will get bashed pretty fast once he reaches gold/platinum, if he barely maintains a 50 win ratio in silver he wont really stand a chance in the higher leagues.

seriously, do you guys read the whole OP before you post ? come on...

huameng

United States1133 Posts

March 14 2010 06:39 GMT

#14

Your division doesn't totally determine the division of the players you play.

CheeC[h]

United States137 Posts

March 14 2010 06:39 GMT

#15

strange, i feel like beating people like that he would have been placed in gold or plat from the beginning. i assume this account is being shared by 2 or more people which is throwing off the accounts player statistics.

AnEsotericMan

United States12 Posts

March 14 2010 06:40 GMT

#16

The rough impression I've gotten from playing is that each league up is a 200-250 point difference. So he's roughly as skilled as a platinum ranked 1932-2032. Not the highest rated, but certainly among the top players. Very odd that he's still in silver.

Integra

Sweden5626 Posts

March 14 2010 06:40 GMT

#17

On March 14 2010 15:39 huameng wrote:

Show nested quote +

Your division doesn't totally determine the division of the players you play.

doesn't matter, my argument is still valid.

Insane

United States4991 Posts

March 14 2010 06:41 GMT

#18

Talk about misleading titles :/

QibingZero

2611 Posts

March 14 2010 06:41 GMT

#19

I've played him twice (I'm middling platinum right now, don't have a ton of ladder games played). Both TvT, I won the first and lost the second. I think he's chinese - occasionally my name elicits a ni hao and such, heh.

First game he went 2rax and immediately expanded when I held it with a bunker. I then rolled him over with marine/tank.

Second game was on blistering sands and he siege rushed, broke down the rocks near my base before I put a supply there to scout it, and got in right before my siege finished and won.

Neither was a particularly good game, honestly, so I can't really judge.

Integra

Sweden5626 Posts

March 14 2010 06:44 GMT

#20

Did someone change the title of the thread? I could swear the OP claimed that he was the Best sc2 player currently on the ladder?

EIDT. yea, a admin ninja changed the title of the thread.