Khaldor Profile Joined March 2008 Germany 859 Posts Last Edited: 2011-08-26 06:12:49 #1 Apart from information about the amount of prizemoney a player won during his StarCraft II career you can find all sorts of statistics on our new website. The most prominent features are probably:

Progamer Ranking (link)

This ranking shows the best players in StarCraft II based on our database which contains more than 22.000 matches! The algorythm used does not only take the skill level of the players into consideration but also includes the amount of matches they have in our database (as the rating of a player with 1.000 games is obviously more reliable as that of a player with only 10). The algorythm is based on the Glicko Rating System.



(link) This ranking shows the best players in StarCraft II based on our database which contains more than 22.000 matches! The algorythm used does not only take the skill level of the players into consideration but also includes the amount of matches they have in our database (as the rating of a player with 1.000 games is obviously more reliable as that of a player with only 10). The algorythm is based on the Glicko Rating System. Prizemoney Ranking (link

Did you ever wonder how much money the best european StarCraft II player won so far? How much prize money Nestea made or Kas? Our prizemoney ranking shows exactly those information and also give you details about the last achievements of the players and the amount of money they won at each event



(link Did you ever wonder how much money the best european StarCraft II player won so far? How much prize money Nestea made or Kas? Our prizemoney ranking shows exactly those information and also give you details about the last achievements of the players and the amount of money they won at each event Matchup statistics (link)

Terran is imba? Protoss doesnt stand a chance again Zerg? Our Matchup statistics show you the race vs. race stats for each patch, the best map for each race in the existing matchups and many more information







FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS



1. What are those rankings based on?

The ranking is based on the match database of MyStarCraft.de which is a german website. The database includes all sorts of tournaments and leagues, also weekly cups (quarterfinals onwards). Right now the database is even bigger than the one on TL itself (even though it's pretty close). And of course: as we are german we are reliable!





The ranking is based on the match database of MyStarCraft.de which is a german website. The database includes all sorts of tournaments and leagues, also weekly cups (quarterfinals onwards). Right now the database is even bigger than the one on TL itself (even though it's pretty close). And of course: as we are german we are reliable! 2. Why does the database not include laddergames?

The main reason is that progamers don't take it serious. The Battle.net Ladder is where they train their strategies, play for fun and try new things. Ladder doesn't really matter all that match and we wanted to focus on the competitive aspect which is why we limit the database to tournaments and leagues (as well as showmatches, koth and whatever there is).





The main reason is that progamers don't take it serious. The Battle.net Ladder is where they train their strategies, play for fun and try new things. Ladder doesn't really matter all that match and we wanted to focus on the competitive aspect which is why we limit the database to tournaments and leagues (as well as showmatches, koth and whatever there is). 3. Why don't you use an ELO System for the Progamer Ranking?

The ELO system is one of the most common ones as it is really easy to apply. It has several flaws though which make it kinda useless for our purposes. It's a pretty good system but we were looking for something that gave us the chance to be more accurate when it comes down to a players strength and would take the amount of games (and therefore the validity of the skilllevel he's supposed to have) into consideration as well.





The ELO system is one of the most common ones as it is really easy to apply. It has several flaws though which make it kinda useless for our purposes. It's a pretty good system but we were looking for something that gave us the chance to be more accurate when it comes down to a players strength and would take the amount of games (and therefore the validity of the skilllevel he's supposed to have) into consideration as well. 4. What's the Progamer Ranking based on?

The Progamer Ranking is based on the Glicko Rating System (details). We actually talked to to its creator in order to make sure that we could adjust the algorythm to the specific needs of our ranking. The ranking calculates the skilllevel for a player based on the matches in the database (every map counts, at 2:0 score in a bo3 is worth more than a 2:1). This obviously also takes into account how good the opponents of the player in question were. Then the accuracy of this skilllevel is taken into account in which the number of games played is very important. For a player with 1.000 matches the calculatet skilllevel is way more accurate of course than for a player with only 20 games. Those factores determine the ranking points in the end.





The Progamer Ranking is based on the Glicko Rating System (details). We actually talked to to its creator in order to make sure that we could adjust the algorythm to the specific needs of our ranking. The ranking calculates the skilllevel for a player based on the matches in the database (every map counts, at 2:0 score in a bo3 is worth more than a 2:1). This obviously also takes into account how good the opponents of the player in question were. Then the accuracy of this skilllevel is taken into account in which the number of games played is very important. For a player with 1.000 matches the calculatet skilllevel is way more accurate of course than for a player with only 20 games. Those factores determine the ranking points in the end. 5. How come some Europeans are ranked so high?

Most koreans play in some kind of asian "bubble". They don't face foreigners that often. For this reason it's very hard for an international ranking to compare players from Korea to players from Europe or NA. The same problem occurs when you try to compare the Battle.net Ladder for different servers.

This problem will be minimized in time as right now a lot of korean players attend european or american tournaments far more often and players like naniwa and thorzain travel to korea to compete in the korean leagues.





Most koreans play in some kind of asian "bubble". They don't face foreigners that often. For this reason it's very hard for an international ranking to compare players from Korea to players from Europe or NA. The same problem occurs when you try to compare the Battle.net Ladder for different servers. This problem will be minimized in time as right now a lot of korean players attend european or american tournaments far more often and players like naniwa and thorzain travel to korea to compete in the korean leagues. 6. How is it possible that DRG is ranked ahead of Nestea?

This is based on the fact that DRGs recent opponents are considered to be much stronger than the opponents Nestea had to face. The system takes the skilllevel of the players facing each other into account which is why defeating a strong opponent will give you more ranking points than defeating inferior ones.





This is based on the fact that DRGs recent opponents are considered to be much stronger than the opponents Nestea had to face. The system takes the skilllevel of the players facing each other into account which is why defeating a strong opponent will give you more ranking points than defeating inferior ones. 7. Why should I use this ranking of TLPD?

TLPD is based on an ELO system. Even though ELO is a valid ranking system the one that we apply is far more superior as it takes the accuracy of the determined skilllevel based on the amount of games a player played into consideration as well. Also the database applied is bigger than the database TL uses for the ranking, that's one major point that one should NOT underestimate. Whichever ranking one uses the amount of data it is based on is always one of the most important things to consider. In order to better understand why Glicko is superior to ELO for such a ranking I'd suggest to have a closer look on wikipedia at both the systems. (PS: this does not stats that the TLPD is crap, the SC2Charts Ranking is simply more accurate).





TLPD is based on an ELO system. Even though ELO is a valid ranking system the one that we apply is far more superior as it takes the accuracy of the determined skilllevel based on the amount of games a player played into consideration as well. Also the database applied is bigger than the database TL uses for the ranking, that's one major point that one should NOT underestimate. Whichever ranking one uses the amount of data it is based on is always one of the most important things to consider. In order to better understand why Glicko is superior to ELO for such a ranking I'd suggest to have a closer look on wikipedia at both the systems. (PS: this does not stats that the TLPD is crap, the SC2Charts Ranking is simply more accurate). more will be added later





PS: right after this edit I'll have to leave for my flight to Australia. I'll make sure that we will add some information regarding the rankings and the database to

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Apart from those information there's a lot more information to find on the website and I really hope you are goint to like it. We put a lot of effort in the site and the database is growing by the day. The website's purpose is to provide you with statistics and not being a community website although it has quite a lot of features.



Even though I'll leave tomorrow for my holidays it'd be great if you could provide us with some feedback on the website!



kind regards, Khaldor



Link: http://www.sc2charts.net After talking to Hotbid about opening a thread to our new statistic website www.sc2charts.net I've been looking for a topic and that was the only thing that I could come up withApart from information about the amount of prizemoney a player won during his StarCraft II career you can find all sorts of statistics on our new website. The most prominent features are probably:right after this edit I'll have to leave for my flight to Australia. I'll make sure that we will add some information regarding the rankings and the database to www.sc2charts.net as well. I'm very sorry for the confusion, I should have elaborated on those things earlier.----------------------------Apart from those information there's a lot more information to find on the website and I really hope you are goint to like it. We put a lot of effort in the site and the database is growing by the day. The website's purpose is to provide you with statistics and not being a community website although it has quite a lot of features.Even though I'll leave tomorrow for my holidays it'd be great if you could provide us with some feedback on the website!kind regards, Khaldor Tutorials, Quick Tips and Guides: www.YouTube.com/KhaldorTV