There are some interesting stats shown on the opening day of Season 2 WCS Korea. Korean Journalists rated the players based on the following:

• Offense
• Defense
• Macro
• Micro
• Strategy
• Cheese
• Popularity

Round of 32 example:

In the round of 16, the players are rated again by the Korea Journalists.

Round of 16 example:

In the round of 8, the stats difference is compared between Ro32 and Ro8. The one that I compare is between Ro16 and Ro8, as it can better capture the difference of each round.

Round of 8 example:

As a social science student, I’m quite sensitive to rating scales in terms of their validity and reliability. I wonder what does “cheese” rating stand for. Is it the player’s likelihood to cheese or is it the success of it? Anyway, just take these stats with a pinch of salt.

I cannot find any site that has the full breakdown of the stats, and hence, I will do it myself.

I added another average score without including cheese and popularity. Popularity is excluded because it does not have direct implication to a player’s skill. Cheese is vague as I have mentioned earlier. Moreover, it affects the measurement scale since a higher rating for cheese does not indicate that player is more skillful. It is just a play style in general.

This post will be updated when new player stats become available.

Archive

• 19 June 2013: Added Group A and B
• 20 June 2013: Added Group C and D
• 25 June 2013: Added Group E and F
• 27 June 2013: Added Group G and H
• 02 July 2013: Added 8 of the 16 players from Ro16
• 04 July 2013: Added all 16 players for Ro16
• 30 July 2013: Added all 8 players from Ro8

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Round of 32

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Group A & B

Group C & D

Group E & F

Group G & H

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Round of 16

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Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

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Round of 8

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