EPTPlayer News: news related to the top ladder players.
-Starcraft Pulse: Episode 15 - (Video)Tournament and other SC2 related news.
- [GSL]Open S1 - Ro64 Day 1 - (IdrA Win 2-0 vs JiTaeHunZenith) (MakaPrime Wins 2-0 vs Focus)
-SC Center Episode 23 - (Video)Tournament and other SC2 related news.
-Showmatch HuK vs MorroW - MorroW wins 4-2
-[ESL] Go4SC2 Final (August) - BratOK wins 3-0 vs NaNiWa
-Zotac_Cup #20 - pokeroffKas Wins 3-0 vs LaLuSh
-CraftCup #5 - mTwNightEnD wins vs mouzMaNa
-CraftCup US #3 - MurDeR wins vs junny
-Tournament Round up 3 - Team Liquid Tournament Round up #3 by choboPEon.
-Live Streamers : CellaWerra played LzGamer and KawaiiRice in live several matches drawing lots of spectators. Replays CellaWerra vs LzGamer CellaWerra vs KawaiiRice .
-Wolf Cup : Morrow wins Open Wolf Cup 6 vs KawaiiRice.
-ESL : srsRAZERnAni (Naniwa) wins over Satini and in the Go4SC2 #33 finals.
-GSL : Four foreigners, Idra, LiquidTLO, Artosis and TorcH, qualify for the GSL in the 2 day offline open qualifiers in which 2000 players will compete for just 64 spots. 16 Zerg, 21 Terran, 27 Protoss. Half the players are from teams Prime(12), oGs(11) and WeRRa(9). List of all qualifiers here.
-MLG: HuK wins the MLG tournament over KiWiKaKi . Unlike the IEM where Terran and Zerg players dominated the tournament, Protoss players dominated this one.
-HuK, KiWiKaKi and drewbie who are top ladder players on both NA and EU are putting in a very strong showing at the MLG. SUGGY another top multi region ladder player did very well, but has been eliminated by TTOne.
Major League Gaming: The much anticipated MLG tournament start this Friday (Aug 27th) and will be hosted by Day[9], JP, HDStarcraft and Husky. Some notable ladder players competing in the MLG are HuK, Slush, KiWiKaKi, drewbie, qxc, TTOne and Masg. List of more players here. More information for this event can be found at Team Liquid, MLG, and SC2 Center. Speaking of Day[9], he looked exhausted after getting back from the IEM in Germany. Wonder what he is doing on those long flights?
-Multi Region Play: Some players like HuK, KiWiKaKi, drewbie, Idra and Artosis are playing on more than one region and there is a section at http://ps.sc2fp.com that tracks these players and others playing on multiple regions.
-Abandon Ship: Several top players from LA (greatman), SEA (moonGlade) and RU (sinet) have switched to NA or EU. Not really a big surprise as the quality of play on these servers is not up to par.
-HuK puts all those accumulated bonus points to work and reclaims the global point leader spot after taking another mini vacation from laddering.
-Morrow wins the grudge match against Idra at IEM5 fueling the Terran vs Zerg balance discussions even further. Blizzard has stated they are taking a close look at the match up and changes will be coming in the near future. Hopefully there will be a change to the spawn larva mechanic. Unlike Mule and Chrono boost, there is no way to catch up if a player falls behind with it. Also at IEM, the TLO vs Nada showmatch was full of excitement and drama as KESP pulled the plug on the match half way into it. Check out Weapon of Choice, State of the Game - Episode 8, Youtube, and Team Liquid Thread for info (VODS, Replays, Commentary).
-dayvie has accumulated more points than other players with similar records and this has caused more speculation on how the point system works. 3 theories why dayvie has more points than other players with similar records. Extra Bonus Pool Points, due to account being created before release (probably for testing reason). Quick promotion to Diamond league, so not many points were lost when being promoted to Diamond from Platinum. Hidden Match Making Rating (not based on points) is lower than other players with similar records, thus dayvie gains more points from wins and less points are subtracted from a losses. Either way, dayvie is doing really well as a random player and clearly working hard to test the game.
-oGs down 2 players as oGssSKS a.k.a. tester and oGsCool a.k.a. fruitseller leave oGs clan. They will be playing in the upcoming GSL tournament. Source
-Blizzard Releases Top 200 List North America, Europe, and Korea
-1K Club Several more players have joined HuK in achieving 1000 points. dayvie, TTOne, CheckPrime, JunwiPrime and oGsGon. oGsGon has hit a big losing streak and has dropped to 876 points.
-Activity among the top players has dropped this weekend, probably due to the number of tournaments going on or they are just taking a break to recover from release fever.
-oGsGon of Korea is the second player to break 1000 points and currently has 1005, just barely edging out HuK for #1.
-HuK reaches 1001 and is the first player to break 1000 (Diamond). He reclaims the title as Global Point Leader which he held during the first week of beta with style.
-The Point Vortex between Platinum and Diamond has been brutal to some players. mTwDeMusliM lost 980 points making the jump to Diamond from Platinum. Idra lost 700. In order to avoid this from happening, it has been suggested that players should lose some games when at the top of Platinum in order be promoted.
-Race balance among the top 10K (points) seems to be even as the average win percentage of all races is 59%. Terran 59.73%, Protoss 59.33, Zerg 59.08. However Sentient has pointed out that the percentage of Terran increases as the sample size decreases which could suggest that Terran are stronger than the other races. Granted this could be due to other factors, but it is something to note. 44% of the Top 200 are Terran vs 29% of the TOP 10K. Also, Tamerlane points this out in the Ladder stats thread (see above).
-Ladder stats thread by Tamerlane
Protoss lead the race popularity contest (Protoss 37%, Terran 29%, Zerg 25%).
North America has almost half the player population(North America 46%, Europe 33%, Korea 11%, the rest 10%). This also suggest why Blizzard has not released sales data for Asia, because it looks to be disappointing considering that a large percent of the original SC was sold in Korea. Blizzards move to shaft KeSPA may not have been a good idea. Only time will tell.
Idra regarding the ladder promotion system and dayvie "the promotion system is so messed up its not even worth looking at. if you move up to diamond late you lose almost all your points, skewing your record: points. also randomness of opponents and point gains. he probably just knows how promotion works and got himself into diamond as quickly as possible".
Medivac vs Medic which unit is better? I'm not really sure, but when it comes to Divisions Medivac Alamo has 17 player in the top 100 while Medic Mu has 9.
Prime and oGs Prime has 9 player in the top 100, oGs has 6.
LaLuSh "I think dayvie's account is some sort of superuser account (so he can keep playing at the top of the ladder and keep tabs on balance). He had pretty bad/average stats in the beta as well, but somehow he gains more points than anyone else while still playing less games."
dayvie (David Kim) has taken the point lead as a random player while accumulating 3050 achievement points. He clearly is working hard at game testing..
SeleCT of Dota, WC3 and Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War, fame, continues to recapture the #1 position as point leader. Also the first player to break 900, however is currently at 875.
HuK just might claim the top point spot again by simply NOT playing. US and KR ladder has become more competitive over the last 24 hours as many top players points and win percentages have dropped.
Trump who held the top spot not that long ago is now in 30th. Amazing how fast a player can drop if they take any kind of break. (now 60th).
mTwDeMusliM 40-5 and STILL stuck in Platinum. According to Idra, it takes 7 losses to be promoted.
SrJoSeZ from the Latin American servers has manage a 93% win record (96/7). Granted the LA server is not as competitive, but still something to note.
Looks like HuK is back in action and making a move back to the top. Currently in Second.
SeleCT has once again taken the top spot and is starting to build a point cushion.
mTwDeMusliM finally dropped a game after 30 straight wins. Nice Job!. He is STILL stuck in Platinum however. I'll be curious to see where he places once promoted.
HuK held strong as the overall point leader for several days at the start of the Beta, but took a mini vacation and lost his lead to, JunwiPrime, then Trump.US, SeleCT.US and now IdrA.US has taken the leader spot. I have the feeling IdrA with his 89% win record might start to pull into a solid lead. However, I like seeing the top position being shared. GJ to all who managed their time at the top spot.
mTwDeMusliM remains undefeated with 26 straight wins. Drop Hacks?? (JK) However he is stuck in Platinum. Come on dude, lose a game so you can be promoted to Diamond. Idra was 26/0 but apperently lost a game due to... OMG disconnect!
Idra has an impressive 87% win percentage.
dayvie (David Kim) has managed to rack up 2350 Achievement points, 712 1v1 points and is the top Random player.
KBJ has massed 330 games.
Terran are leading the top 100 while Protross lead the top 1k and 5k. Zerg is lagging behind. This may be due to a lack of popularity vs being underpowered. Still too early to tell if Zerg are truly underpowered. Idra makes them looks OP.
Stacked Division US Medivac Alamo and Medic Mu, EU Feld Delta, KR Sorry for Liberty (google translation). Several top 100 players are in these divisions.
You are sooo busted. I have no proof of this players hackage, but unknown player with incredible winning streak. Hmmm, suspecious. Judge for yourself. There is also a TL thread about this player
**WARNING** DATA BELOW IS FROM Sunday Aug 1st.
Don't read too much into these stats. For entertainment purposes only!
Points
HuK.US 782
JunwiPrime.KR 759
DuckloadRa.EU 676
Alandalf.SEA 673
END.TW 635
Win Percent
IdrA.US 87.01%
roxkisBratOK.EU 83.08%
CheAse.US 79.59%
Race
HuK.US Protoss 782
JunwiPrime.KR Zerg 759
oGsEnsnare.EU Terran 709
dayvie.US Random 712
Undefeated
mTwDeMusliM.EU 26/0
Katari.US 20/0 (thanks soki) (Katari is no longer undefeated, lost to Select.US) aLt)nirvana
Kyrix.KR 16/0
Total Games
KBJ.KR 330
LunaR.US 284
Klingsward.EU 269
Wins
KBJ.KR 178
Klingsward.EU 152
Spesh.US 146
Achievement (* DIAMOND 1v1 level players)
dayvie.US 2300
Cadman.EU 2025
ProrsumJunk.KR 1490
Overall Achievement Leader? (Warf )
Phoenix.US with 3490
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/373791/1/Phoenix/
Stacked Division - US
US Division Medivac Alamo
HuK, KiWiKaKi, Seth, Slush, LzGaMeR, Zelniq, Android, Catz, iNcontroL, Corinthos, and several other good players.
OH and dayvie (impostor or 2nd account)
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/463882/1/dayvie/
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/715900/1/dayvie/
Medic Mu
Is also very stacked. SeleCT, TTOne, Idra, Anitmage, Jaden, drewbie.
Stacked Division - EU - thanks ToT)KnowMe( for URL correction
Feld Delta
Satiini, Goody, DuckloadRa, MaDFrog, mTwDIMAGA and more.
Stacked Division - KR
Sorry for Liberty Group (google translation)
Data for the top 10, 1K and 5K
Count=100
Top=100 Terran=42 Zerg=25 Protoss=31 Random=2
US=36 Terran=15 Zerg=9 Protoss=11 Random=1
EU=32 Terran=14 Zerg=7 Protoss=11 Random=0
KR=32 Terran=13 Zerg=9 Protoss=9 Random=1
Count=1000
Top=1000 Terran=300 Zerg=240 Protoss=401 Random=59
US=406 Terran=129 Zerg=87 Protoss=162 Random=28
EU=419 Terran=119 Zerg=114 Protoss=165 Random=21
KR=175 Terran=52 Zerg=39 Protoss=74 Random=10
Count=5000
Top=5000 Terran=1452 Zerg=1253 Protoss=1885 Random=410
US=2148 Terran=625 Zerg=551 Protoss=769 Random=203
EU=2003 Terran=553 Zerg=537 Protoss=763 Random=150
KR=849 Terran=274 Zerg=165 Protoss=353 Random=57
This is from data have collected from US, EU and KR servers. It does not include TW or SEA, or any players lower than diamond. I'm sure I don't have every US,EU,KR diamond player either. I have more data collected on a different server and I'll be moving it over soon.
Please see the Global Rankings and Player Search page at:
www.sc2pf.com
for a complete listing of players collected.
Note you can add yourself to the crawler if you are a Diamond level player. Must include name and battle.net profile Id (not to be confused with real id).
