I think international and GSL/GSTL/Special Cups results should be separate, but not a bad list overall.
PowerRank - November - Page 4
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MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
I think international and GSL/GSTL/Special Cups results should be separate, but not a bad list overall. | ||
Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
This is what you need to express in the article to justify the "misranking" of players that are either higher or lower than their results show for. This is why PR's are fun to both write and read in the first place. This article, on the other hand, really isn't much of a Power Rank at all. What you've done is pretty much listed their accomplishments and then ranked them based on your evaluation of what they've done. I would also put HerO in top 5 PR, but it's for the skill level he displays during games which is beyond what any other player has shown so far - but based on his accomplishments alone (pretty much DH win and nothing else) he wouldn't even make it to CNBC. Also it is unforgivable to compare anyone except HerO to Bisu. | ||
Hider
Denmark9232 Posts
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SlimeBagly
356 Posts
Player wins big tournament => TL considers player to be best starcraft player until next tournament. | ||
Lukeeze[zR]
Switzerland6838 Posts
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shockaslim
United States1102 Posts
On November 28 2011 15:45 Ace.Xile wrote: I don't get this, you criticize him for his choice on whos in, and then mention stephano who has done absolutely nothing in november, he lost to goody in battle in berlin, he didn't make it out of his group in dreamhack, and the only difficult person he even had to play in the uk qualifier was sase. Ugh ppl. Yeah he had a great october, but he hasn't really done anything this month in terms of success that would warrant him in top 10. So you are telling me that he can win a tournament and still do "nothing" while other people on that list have done nothing (by the normal standards of doing nothing) and are still allowed to be there? | ||
DarkPlasmaBall
United States42201 Posts
On November 28 2011 23:34 shockaslim wrote: So you are telling me that he can win a tournament and still do "nothing" while other people on that list have done nothing (by the normal standards of doing nothing) and are still allowed to be there? What did Stephano do in November? How far did he get in any tournament? I'm pretty sure he got knocked out super-early in DreamHack, and he didn't even go to MLG or play in GSL. Isn't that everything? Errr... what's left, NASL? The players in these top ten spots at least made good (or great) runs in top SC2 tournaments of this month. That's the point of the monthly power ranking >.> | ||
Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
On November 29 2011 00:00 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: What did Stephano do in November? How far did he get in any tournament? I'm pretty sure he got knocked out super-early in DreamHack, and he didn't even go to MLG or play in GSL. Isn't that everything? Errr... what's left, NASL? The players in these top ten spots at least made good (or great) runs in top SC2 tournaments of this month. That's the point of the monthly power ranking >.> There was that fairly significant UK LAN (also related to IPL in some way) that Stephano won. Ryung, Demuslim, Grubby etc played in it, it ran at the same time as MLG. | ||
DarkPlasmaBall
United States42201 Posts
On November 29 2011 00:07 Talin wrote: There was that fairly significant UK LAN (also related to IPL in some way) that Stephano won. Ryung, Demuslim, Grubby etc played in it, it ran at the same time as MLG. Okay cool! Now, the question is whether or not winning that LAN is more important than doing well in the other tournaments previously mentioned. Personally, I hadn't heard any hype about the UK LAN, and of the three players you mentioned, Ryung is the only one who makes me salivate (especially when you also look at the lists of high-level pro players at MLG, GSL, and DH). It was off my radar, but probably because I was at MLG and I'm not a European. While I can't deny that Stephano is a fantastic player, that single November accomplishment isn't enough (in my opinion) to put him in the top ten. It may be for others. | ||
Mackguy
France40 Posts
So you are telling me that he can win a tournament and still do "nothing" while other people on that list have done nothing (by the normal standards of doing nothing) and are still allowed to be there? it seems, that if you are a korean living in korea, and doing nothing, you are still having a much better month than a korean abroad doing well, or a foreigner winning some tourny. And even if you are a korean going to foreign tourny and losing badly, you are still doing greater than those who got deep in such tourny.. While I don't really agree with the list, people need to understand this is a PowerRank for November and November only, so players like Stephano, Idra and Huk have absolutely nothing to do in a ranking seeing as none of them have done something top10 worthy the last 30 days. Stephano : IPL 4 qualifier winner Idra Top 8 MLG huk Top 5 MLG what about the ones from the list ? what did you they do, deserving a spot there ? | ||
Zorkmid
4410 Posts
Why is Naniwa so high on this list? Why is Ret there? Where is HuK ? | ||
Mattchew
United States5684 Posts
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Mattchew
United States5684 Posts
On November 29 2011 00:15 Zorkmid wrote: 3 questions: Why is Naniwa so high on this list? Why is Ret there? Where is HuK ? i wanted to question Naniwa too but beating nestea twice and only losing to leenock and DRG is pretty beast mode if you asked me. I would flip flop him and DRG but thats probably my DRG fan bias. I agree with your other 2 questions | ||
teddyoojo
Germany22366 Posts
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fcgog
United Kingdom876 Posts
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voy
Poland348 Posts
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Mackguy
France40 Posts
Personally, I hadn't heard any hype about the UK LAN, and of the three players you mentioned, Ryung is the only one who makes me salivate ( here was the rosters, of course it was in the shadow of MLG, so they didn't get the spotlight they deserved, it was nevertheless the biggest Esport event organized in the UK Teamredbyte Italy - Mauritius "Stareagle" Carioti Dignitas - Samayan "BlinG" Kay Dignitas - Jesper "Bishu" Johansson Team Grubby - Manuel “Grubby” Schenkhuizen mousesports - Marcus "ThorZaIN" Eklöf mousesports - Dennis "HasuObs" Schneider Tt Esports - Aleksey “WhiteRa” Krupnyk Quantic Gaming - Kim “SaSe” Hammar Millenium - Ilyes “Stephano” Satouri Millenium - Benoît “Adelscott” Strypsteen Evil Geniuses - Benjamin “DeMusliM” Baker infused - Nathan “Lau” Lau Team Alternate - Jonathan “DarKFoRcE” Belke compLexity - Shijie “DreaM” Zhu (Qualifier 1) SlayerS - Kim Dong Won “Ryung” MvP - Kim Won Hyung “TAiLS” MLG is a pro american tourny where Europeans cannot fairly compete and to go through the OpenBracket a crazy/exhausting/unfair experience, props to those who got.through. (now mostly koreans... so...) | ||
Vindicare605
United States15707 Posts
November has truly been the month of Leenock. It's also been the worst month of Nestea that ive ever seen. | ||
Vindicare605
United States15707 Posts
On November 29 2011 00:15 Zorkmid wrote: 3 questions: Why is Naniwa so high on this list? Why is Ret there? Where is HuK ? Can't speak about Ret and Huk but Naniwa deserves to be here, hell I'd say he deserves to be second. Strong showing at MLG Providence (2nd) and Dreamhack and champion of the MLG Global Invitational all in the same month. He's been on a tear lately. | ||
AcrossFiveJulys
United States3612 Posts
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