On January 13 2021 16:05 Waxangel wrote:
1: Rogue
2: TY
3: Serral
4: Reynor
5: Maru
6: Trap
7: Stats
8: Zest
9: Cure
10: Dark
Close but no cigar (in no order): INnoVation, ByuN, Clem
I prioritized IEM Katowice pretty heavily because of the ridiculous prize money discrepancy with other tournament. Prize money isn't a perfect measure of tournament importance, but it's the best one we've got IMO. I also rated second place finishes pretty highly (2 silver > 1 gold; dunno the EXACT ratio, but I find the EPT point distribution in tournaments to be pretty good), prolly much higher than is 'usual' for fans.
Pretty boring to give #1 to the BlizzCon/IEM winner every year, but I don't see how to get around it.
1: Rogue
2: TY
3: Serral
4: Reynor
5: Maru
6: Trap
7: Stats
8: Zest
9: Cure
10: Dark
Close but no cigar (in no order): INnoVation, ByuN, Clem
I prioritized IEM Katowice pretty heavily because of the ridiculous prize money discrepancy with other tournament. Prize money isn't a perfect measure of tournament importance, but it's the best one we've got IMO. I also rated second place finishes pretty highly (2 silver > 1 gold; dunno the EXACT ratio, but I find the EPT point distribution in tournaments to be pretty good), prolly much higher than is 'usual' for fans.
Pretty boring to give #1 to the BlizzCon/IEM winner every year, but I don't see how to get around it.
I´m fine with Wax´ list, too, though i would rate
8: Byun
9: Dark
10: Zest, Clem
I don´t understand why so much guys here do rate Maru over Serral (and Reynor)? I´m fine with TY and Rogue being the top duo, but why exactly rate Maru on 3rd place? In KoB he barely made it out of the group and then TvTed his way to win it, beating Clem, Inno and Cure, no one of those is considered to be a top Tier player this year. Then he won GSL ST1 and got 2nd place in GSL S3, which were both strong runs, besides that he had mixed results. I think Serral can bring better results to the board and won the head to head (two times). So that´s why i think Wax´ list is quite good, putting Serral and Reynor over Maru.