Yes, a major patch of nerfs, and then more nerfs came after them. How can you see the changes and say, ‘‘yes, these changes will make P stronger than ever’’
No, that means p players that are at aligulac metrics that include master and GM, are not performing as well as T and specially Z ‘‘now’’.
from Aligulac
On the [period list you can see OP/UP fields, and in the infobox for each period, the same data is given as “leading” and “lagging” race. This is an indicator showing which races are most and least prominent near the top of the list. Specifically, for each race imagine a hypothetical player with a rating equal to the mean of the ratings of the top five players of that race, and imagine these three players playing very many games against each other. If the players were of equal strength, each of them would score about 50%, however, in reality, one of them may score, say, 10% more than that. The race that scores the most in this scenario is the “OP”, or “leading” race, and the race that scores the least is the “UP”, or “lagging” race.
This is provided as a way to analyse the metagame shifts near the top of the skill ladder, and should not be taken as actual evidence for real game imbalance.
As you can see, it’s not just not getting first places, seconds or thirds, it’s about not winning enough on average against similar players. It says it’s not balance related, but we have seen that every time a race was OP, was the leading race, and when a race is mostly the lagging race and does not get any big title you know something is wrong.