Power Rank 11/01/2009 - Page 10

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On November 03 2009 12:26 Waxangel wrote:
the main problem with giving a player credit for their past performances is that skill decay over time cannot be predicted and measured by any reliable standard -- so people determine it almost entirely subjectively

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On November 03 2009 16:46 kvilx wrote:
If this is Power Rank based on MONTHLY performance, then I'dont get Jaedong sitting over Calm, and Hyuk placed below both Effort and Fantasy. BO losses DOES matter, especially in JD's case, when he was schooled by Hyuk himself in PL Finals why not to go 12 Hatch against average Zergs. And Hyuk won straight-up with both Jaedong and Effort, while Fantasy really did nothing special (he even lost to UpMagic, AFAIK).

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On November 03 2009 16:09 MuffinDude wrote:

This is why jaedong in second place is just unreasonable.

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On November 03 2009 13:57 cokencheese wrote:
When I think about JD's October performance my mind goes to how effortlessly he destroyed Kal in his only non-ZvZ matchup so far. As for his other matches, I believe any other Zerg would've also had a good chance of losing the ZvZs JD lost due to the nature of the matchup. Just because JD had a few uncharacteristic losses in the most unforgiving matchup in the game doesn't mean that Calm has suddenly become scarier than him. Calm lost to RoRo in an ace too, you know.

I don't think there would even be an issue here if Oz let JD play their Ace matches for them. Goddamn Killer.

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On November 03 2009 09:08 dannyd102 wrote:
After reading the PR and all the posts, I can say for sure that this is one of the most disputed PRs since now. And probably there is something wrong with this PR if so many people can't agree with it.

First of all, I think that the PR was meant to be a list of the best performing players over the last month, not over the last 2 or 3 months and not in the next 2 or 3 months. So, if I am right, it means that JD being placed at second place is completely wrong (I will not argue with the other positions, since this one is the most out of place according to the below criteria).

Regardless of which approach you will chose: results , number of matches, game consistency, quality of the played games, you can't get JD on 2nd place for the month of October.

Maybe he will be on 2nd place or even on the 1st place in November, but October was a bad month for JD when you compare his achievements to other players that are ranked bellow him.

I can accept that this was a mistake that the author made for and unknown reason, but with PRs like this particular one, the value and relevance of the PR will decrease.

There was a time when we used to report the value and "power" of a player to the PR instead of the KESPA ranking, I think that this will not be valid anymore with PRs like this.

So, please take in consideration the facts when writing the future PRs and not some speculations or the glorious past of some of the players.

Anyway, I would like to thank you for the effort of maintaining the PR (even if sometimes creates such a big debate).

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On November 04 2009 03:02 ghostWriter wrote:
Well, Jaedong did lose to hyuk while doing the same build order. Even if the matchup has a lot to do with luck, it was a skill game that he lost.

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On November 04 2009 03:40 StorrZerg wrote:



hyuk needs to improve his zvt quite a bit before he should be above top 5

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On November 04 2009 05:20 ReketSomething wrote:


His ZvT.....is SKT Zerg Style. =O

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On November 04 2009 05:34 DreaM)XeRO wrote:

he's gonna rape Flash in the SKT vs KT game
just watch

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