ToT)MidiaN( United Kingdom. Sep 20 2021 20:19. Posts 5070
On September 19 2021 16:11 Oddeye wrote:
Heya midian, always good to see you, hope you are well. Snow is one of the toss that impressed me the most other than mini of course. I really wish flash was still there, either random or T. I don't think soulkey played like the #1 player but he his still really good.
Hey man. I'm not too bad thanks. I still come around this place once in a while.
SnOw has been very solid for a long time and pretty much always a top 3 Protoss for the last few years. He is currently #2 ranked Protoss and #4 player overall on Sponbbang. Earlier in the day his rating was high enough to place him #2 overall and #1 Protoss, just behind SoulKey. SnOw's biggest strength is undoubtedly his PvT, but I don't really give him a very high chance of winning this ASL as there are a lot of Zerg and Protoss players who hold solid winning records against SnOw this year online. SnOw actually has a positive winrate against every Terran in the world this year, with the hardest Terran opponent for him being Light where SnOw holds a 26W 22L record. However, against other players remaining in the tournament he is losing against Stork, Mini, Soma, Queen, SoulKey and hero. All in all SnOw probably needs some clutch builds or a lucky runout of opponents to get far. I would not be surprised at all if he did not make it out of RO16 Group C which is a stacked group.
Both FlaSh and Bisu were involved in a scandal which resulted in the backlash of a lot of fans and is ultimately why Bisu stopped playing, perhaps also FlaSh too. There's a big thread on tl.net about it here: https://tl.net/forum/brood-war/574711-flashs-crypto-scandal I haven't read it in detail myself or know the full conclusion, so I dunno if/when either FlaSh or Bisu will be returning to play again.
SoulKey has been a bit underrated for a while now, because other Zergs such as Queen and Larva have taken more of the limelight with their offline tournament wins. If you look at 2020 sponbbang games, SoulKey had the best ZvT in the world and 2nd best ZvP, just behind Queen. He has been super strong for a while, he's just not had as much fortune in tournaments or has been knocked out against other Zergs such as he was in ASL 10 where Larva beat him 3:1 in the knockout stages. SoulKey just really struggles in that matchup. That being said Queen is slumping a bit now, so it could be that SoulKey is just straight up the best ZvT AND ZvP player right now.
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Thanks for those detailed stats, ToT)MidiaN(.
I always knew SoulKey was a world class TvsZer, but i gotta say
i am very surprised about his stats against protoss.
Especially against 2 of the best PvsZer of the moment, Mini (of course), and Stork (his pvsz has improved tremendously as of late).
Add to the fact that a broke man is ready to do anything for money (if you get the reference with his actual online ID ), i think youre right.
Bros.. we have Ro16 now, first game Mini.. lets go!
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ToT)MidiaN( United Kingdom. Oct 06 2021 17:09. Posts 5070
For anyone interested I created a spreadsheet compiling the win rates of each remaining player in RO8 against every other remaining player taken from sponbbang, filtered only for 2021 games, as well as a head to head tab for the remaining 4 matchups with their head to head stats. I also created a little probability table showing the chance player A wins the best of 5 given the odds of player A and player B winning a single game based on the sponbbang win rate.
I just came to share the new ASL eng upload... about to watch with some dinner and hyped
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ToT)MidiaN( United Kingdom. Oct 06 2021 20:21. Posts 5070
Hey David Group C did not disappoint! It was the group of death with good reason with 4 very solid players in it.
One day good. One day bad. And some days, even hope
Group C games were sick... D is out, I know you love the D! Let's go baby
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
Edit: Btw guys if you miss Larva like I do, he played a ZvT match vs Sharp from '19 apparently, but they are really good games, spoilering below if you want to enjoy other GGs too + Show Spoiler +
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
if poker is dangerous to them i would rank sports betting as a Kodiak grizzly bear who smells blood after you just threw a javelin into his cub - RaiNKhAN
United Kingdom. Sep 20 2021 20:19. Posts 5070
), i think youre right.
Group C did not disappoint! It was the group of death with good reason with 4 very solid players in it.
