[breadfan]

Hey guys,

So since we have played 5 of our 11 matches for the season, I feel we now have enough games played that we can look at the numbers and get some cool info, and celebrate some our our achievements so far as a team (and also, get motivated to improve on them!). So here we go

ToRmentors - Half Season Results

10 players have represented ToR in Tier 5 this season...

+ [ToRmentors Players] +

breadfan
Bugalugs
DeathsFang
JoFritzMD
SmotPokaFish
Suipr
TeZzA
ToRMaverick
UglyMutt
TorZanderax

The race breakdown includes
2 Terran 3 Zerg 4 Protoss
... & 1 lonely random

2 players have represented ToR in every match so far...

+ [Always there] +

Suipr , ToRMaverick

When it comes to sets played, we have a fairly even win/loss...
27 wins to 29 losses

Despite this near parity, we have manged an overall record of just
12 matches won to 17 matches lost

The reason might be our lack of success in Ace matches. Only one victory has been earned by an Ace
DeathsFang (week 2)

2 players have earned 3 points for the team based on their results, equal most for the team...

+ [Players with the most points] +

ToRMaverick & ToRZanderax

The player with the best individual win/loss record is
ToRZanderax with a .857 record

The player who has won the most individual games is
ToRMaverick with 7

4 Players have earned themselves ladder promotions during the course of the season

+ [Promoted players] +

Week 2 - ToRMaverick ()
Week 3 - UglyMutt ()
Week 4 - DeathsFang ()
Week 5 - JoFritzMD ()

Race Matchups
Our most commonly faced race is Protoss - we've played a combined 28 matches vs Protoss

vs has also been our greatest challenge - we've managed only 13 wins for 15 losses
vs , we've played 21 matches, with a record of 10-11
vs is far rarer to see, and who says Terran imba? In 7 appearances, we've beaten Terrans 4 times for only 3 losses.
vs has happened once, but the races have been included in the above numbers - our opponent drew Zerg and then Terran in his two matches

Peculiar Matches
In Week 4, we played league leaders TAEdarus & Friends . Despite winning more matches (7 to 6), we came away with a loss (2 to 4)

There will be more added to this as I continue working on it between games

Quick Comments

	ToRPandarine:	i think the system might just ask me to spread some rep b4 givin u agn soon XD
	Trusty:	Nice job with the stats :D
	Volition:	Tier 5 <3
	ROOTPetraeus:	sick stats
	FSBenAD:	Awesome stuff :)
	ToRSpartaz:	Sick man!
	Zanderax:	I am so winning :D

[AsylumofSouls]

Don't mean to whine but the inclusion of platinums in the league has really hampered our efforts in ace matches since we were just fielding BSG.
Also, the lack of practice is probably not helping us play our best.

Quick Comments

ToRDjvillian:

Inclusion of platinums you say? include me in T5 then :)

[breadfan]

Originally Posted by AsylumofSouls

Don't mean to whine but the inclusion of platinums in the league has really hampered our efforts in ace matches since we were just fielding BSG.
Also, the lack of practice is probably not helping us play our best.

This is true, but given this is a "lower" league, it's all about improvement, so I don't mind. We still have half a season to turn it around (and now we have some plats, and hopefully more just around the corner).

And I mean, even if we don't earn ourselves that promotion this season, we can make sure we put ourselves in the best spot to grab it in Season 3

Quick Comments

	|Erasmus|:	That's exactly right... any truly OP teams should end up being promoted out of this league by next season. :)
	AsylumofSouls:	True that. Just here to improve with a team :)

[breadfan]

Originally Posted by breadfan

This is true, but given this is a "lower" league, it's all about improvement, so I don't mind. We still have half a season to turn it around (and now we have some plats, and hopefully more just around the corner).

And I mean, even if we don't earn ourselves that promotion this season, we can make sure we put ourselves in the best spot to grab it in Season 3

Also, I'm working on it (bit more serious statistics involved) but the strength of the teams we have played should be taken into account. We've played mostly top of the table opponents so far - the tail end of the season might not be easy, but we have had a tough run so far.

[TAminimat]

Yay, this will help me put every teams stats together ty

Quick Comments

breadfan:

Let me know if you want a hand... you should see my spreadsheet of every individual ToR player. Bit of work, but could be adapted

[ToRSpartaz]

Very nicely done bread (: im gunna do a bit of tactical reading up this mate very very sick (: good work.

[breadfan]

Originally Posted by Spartaz

Very nicely done bread (: im gunna do a bit of tactical reading up this mate very very sick (: good work.

Skype me, I'll share some extra info

[ToRMaverick]

I would rep you but need to share it around.

My PvP just plain old sucks and Im sure would have skewed the results... :P

[breadfan]

We were talking last night about goals for the season. Maybe we can use this to base our goals on.

Like, since we only won just under 50% of our games, our goal for the 2nd half is to win 60% of our games. Maybe individually, we can try to top each other's records. Switch our focus to internal goals rather than external (external being we want to be placed higher than teams X, Y and Z)

[breadfan]

Just wanna add:

Originally Posted by Djvillain

Djvillian:
Inclusion of platinums you say? include me in T5 then

Originally Posted by TAChadMann

EDIT: Also, if your team has a Tier 4 team - and any of the / players want to move up.. note that also, we might look at allowing a transfer.. (there may also be players from Tier 4 that have dropped league considering moving down too... Nothing is decided yet, I'm just trying to gather information so we can make an informed decision on this!

Come join us, Dj! With only 2 plats, I think we're one of the teams who'll hold up the expansion of the 2 plats per week rule. Maybe we can convince the MaynMann!

[Zanderax]

It's on guys, try your best to be my ratio! I JUST DAT GOOD

[breadfan]

Originally Posted by ToRZanderax

It's on guys, try your best to be my ratio! I JUST DAT GOOD

To be fair, you've had less games, so average is affected more by individual results :P

Maverick is hot on your heels though!

[ToRMaverick]

FYI - All ToR Tier 5 Players who dont read the latest news.

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

(http://sea.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/197729788#1)

According to Blizzard, the next patch will be released on SEA on the 27th of Feb, however the NA patch will be live on the 21st.

This is important as if you log onto NA with your client after the 21st but before the 27th, you will update your game and be unable to play on SEA for those 6 days.

I mention this as I can just imagine players updating their clients, messing up our ability to play SEACL, SEACC as well as other SEA events over the next week, which is something perfectly avoidable.

If you use a separate client (such as a Taiwan or Korean client) you are fine to update that one when the patch is live on those servers. This only really matters for the SEA/NA client as both servers are accessed from the 1 client through the region button on the login page.

[ToRDeathsFang]

I am a disappointment to ToR, i must go impale myself from shame

[breadfan]

Wrong, DF! Only one of us to win an ace match, there are people like me who haven't earned a single point for the team

[ToRPandarine]

Originally Posted by breadfan

Wrong, DF! Only one of us to win an ace match, there are people like me who haven't earned a single point for the team

or represent or be there for the team...why must classes sometime run long enough that i miss the matches T_T

[breadfan]

I want to add to this a little something about where we are and what our road to the finals looks like from here on.

We want to win all our remaining games
Our opponents for the rest of the season are Zerocraft, FaDe and Fusion Slugs. Zerocraft are sitting above us on the ladder so the win is probably the most crucial (reason below). FaDe are hot on our heels and a win here will give us some much needed distance between us and 7th spot. It's not enough to guarantee a top 5 finish (assuming finals will in fact be top 5)

No matter how well we play, we can't guarantee a top 5 finish
That is, even if we win all our games, we can still place 6th. It requires strong showings from Krrn & Co, AsG and Zerocraft to do so - they all need to beat the higher placed teams QED Mixed Lollies and TA, while Mixed Lollies and TA have to also beat their other opponents outside the top 5. This scenario is unlikely, but it's also reliant on us winning all matches, which will be a tough road, so we can't exactly breathe easy.

We want league leaders to keep winning
3 of TA's 4 remaining matches are against teams above us on the ladder. The more the nearly uncatchable TA wins, the more points the current 3rd-5th placed teams miss out on, and the more likely we are to pip them at the post. QED also plays an important match against fellow QEDers Krrn & co - we want Mixed Lollies to take them out of course. If TA and Mixed Lollies both beat Krrn and we win all our games, we are through

TCP might be the most important team in the competition for us
If TCP, fresh from a bye this week, can topple both QED Krrn & Co and AsG, we will be in a strong position. TCP are due some wins on the board and we definitely need to get behind them to do so!

ZeroCraft vs AsG is awesome, no matter what
Current 3rd and 4th placed teams ZC and AsG are sitting even currently (pending the outcome of the currently 2-2 ZC match this week). Only one can win, which means one of them must necessarily have a blemish in their record. If the team that loses that match also loses another, that puts us in a strong position as long as we can win all our matches. If ZC wins their in progress game, we definitely want them to lose this match, but either way if we win all our matches, we force BOTH ZC and AsG to win all their matches to stay safe.

So there we have it. We can only give it our best and we are still in a tight spot. By no means are we out of contention if we drop our match vs ZeroCraft next week, but the difficulty increases and we will rely more on others' results. So cheer TA & QED Mixed Lollies, cheer TCP, and most importantly, play hard