Magnus Carlsen – “I am chaotic and lazy” (2010)

Re:Magnus Carlsen – “I am chaotic and lazy” (2010) by Igglyboo on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @08:21PM (#8732695)

I'd have to agree. Great magic players (kibler, finkel, lsv, anyone in the hall of fame) will often have lifetime win rates that are slightly higher than 50% with 60% in a single season being an extreme outlier.

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Re:Magnus Carlsen – “I am chaotic and lazy” (2010) by lgieron on Thursday December 11, 2014 @04:21AM (#8733909)

Wow, really? Do you have a source for that?

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Re:Magnus Carlsen – “I am chaotic and lazy” (2010) by Igglyboo on Thursday December 11, 2014 @09:45AM (#8734942)

http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg...

So my memory is failing me and I was off by a decent amount, seems mid 60's is an average ceiling for win rate.

This is just an example from the 2013 season at the world championships. You'll want to sort it by Con(structed) Win %. Even the best players in the world win slightly more than they lose over an entire season.

EDIT: Actually individual hall of famers might be better to look at, especially since these are lifetime stats.

http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/halloffame.aspx?x=...

If yo go to the career stats page you'll see that kibler has a lifetime win rate of around 60% and finkel is slightly higher than that.

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