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Counter-Strike: Gamesense: Online vs. LAN

By: Jason Bass - Published April 03, 2005 at 10:41 AM EDT - Writer Archive
K. Miller (Ksharp) really needs no introduction. He is the most well-known player in the American CS community and possibly the world. The entire competitive scene has been built up around his name. He is not very outspoken and generally stays out of public except for LAN events, which helps his popularity. He has been a major part of the CPL for a long time and both X3 and 3D have always had major expectations with him playing.

CAL
F D A E R TF CTF 2F 3F 4F ACE DAR ARF FPR +/-
vs. WEEKEND WARRIORS 18 19 7 0 30 6 12 2 2 0 0 77.1 0.400 0.600 -1
vs. DEATH IS ETERNAL 23 17 1 0 30 13 10 5 0 0 0 77.1 0.600 0.767 +6
vs. BLINDSIDE 27 21 2 0 30 10 17 3 3 0 0 86.7 0.600 0.900 +6
vs. COMPLEXITY 21 28 6 0 30 8 13 2 2 1 0 74.9 0.400 0.700 -7
vs.ZEBRA EXTREME 32 15 8 0 30 17 15 4 3 0 0 112.2 0.733 1.067 +17

CPL
F D A E R TF CTF 2F 3F 4F ACE DAR ARF FPR +/-
vs. ADRENA 20 10 2 0 24 8 12 2 2 0 0 84.4 0.583 0.833 +10
vs. G3NERATION - X 20 18 4 0 30 12 8 3 1 0 0 73.1 0.500 .667 +2
vs. MADE IN BRAZIL 18 9 2 0 19 2 16 3 1 1 0 94.8 0.526 0.947 +9
vs. TEAM GAMER CO. 24 19 5 0 30 7 17 6 1 0 0 87.9 0.533 0.800 +5
vs. DEATH IS ETERNAL 14 23 3 0 27 9 5 3 1 0 0 57.1 0.333 0.519 -9

DAR
In selected important matches for CAL, Ksharp’s damage per round is pretty consistent with the lowest being 74.9 and the highest being 112.2. The average DAR of the selected CAL matches is 85.6.

At the CPL, his damage per round is slightly lower with the lowest being 57.1 and the highest being 94.8. Averaged out, his score in the selected CPL matches is 79.5. There is definitely a very small difference between online and LAN play.

FPR and ARF
Following the constant trend, Ksharp’s frag per round average is lower in CAL matches than at the CPL. The average FPR in CAL matches was .8068 and in the CPL was .7532.

In ARF terms, it illustrates the same difference that online and LAN statistics for FPR showed. There is about a .5 difference in favor of CAL play compared to the CPL.

Once again, the CPL performance is slightly less impressive compared to online CAL play just like with fRoD. The difference is very small, but it is definitely consistently visible.

2F, 3F, 4F
Ksharp’s multi-kill rounds were impressive in both events. He was actually very consistent both online and offline. He actually had more two-frag rounds at the CPL than in CAL, but he had more three-frag rounds in CAL. His amount of four-fraggers was identical with both having one total.

DIE Match Comparision
At long last there is a great matchup that can be compared as 3D played against DIE. As a well-known team that is no longer with us, DIE played at both the CPL and in CAL. The interesting part about this matchup is that DIE won at the CPL (16-11) and 3D won online (22-8). Was Ksharp’s performance sub-par in the CPL match or was there another factor?

Ksharp’s damage per round was 77.1 in CAL and 57.1 at the CPL versus DIE. This is a very noticeable difference because that much of a damage difference can mean a lot in a round and over the course of the match. The amounts of rounds played were very similar so the all frags scored in the match can be analyzed. Ksharp only made 14 in the CPL matchup as opposed to a decent 23 online.

As the FPR indicates, the player statistically only made a frag every other round of the match during the CPL with a .519 ratio. The ARF makes his performance look even less stellar as it indicates that Ksharp only made frags in 33.3% of the rounds that were played. Comparing this with the .767 FPR and 60% ARF, there is noticeable difference.

Finally, his multi-kill rounds were not drastically different. With three two-frag rounds at the CPL and five in CAL, there’s a small difference, but he makes up for it with a three-frag round at the CPL. Overall, Ksharp’s performance in this particular match was lacking at the CPL whereas he played well-enough in the CAL matchup. If his performance at the CPL matched his CAL statistics, its quite possible that 3D would have beaten DIE.

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