MLG DQ policies - Page 4

Sermokala

United States14017 Posts

July 31 2011 01:14 GMT

#61

It was really cool White-ra met the same guy in the losers bracket later on and he honorably threw the first 2 games to even it up between them so they could have a fair match.

White-Ra killed him hardcore all the same.

Count9

China10928 Posts

July 31 2011 02:24 GMT

#62

On July 31 2011 00:43 turdburgler wrote:
after such good work on most things its sad that things like this ruin MLG for some

There were stories like this at last MLG as well (see OP, plus there were more, like the guy in the elevator). They just did absolutely nothing to change it.

T0fuuu

Australia2275 Posts

July 31 2011 06:50 GMT

#63

Its a shitty rule considering its a 0-2 but I have never heard of anyone being disqualified for arriving early. Fans or otherwise im sure people will stop showing up late once theyve been burnt.

Also the preferential treatment that thorzain complains about is because pool players are the stars of MLG. If you are a pool player it means that you are a proffessional gamer who has proven themselves in previous MLG's. So it kind of pays to treat their bread and butter better than others since they are the ones who MLG will build storys on and will see at every other MLG event. It also helps them legitimise progaming because the participants are more regular and less seasonal. Not Open player #89 on his college break who might only go to one MLG because it was in their area or it was all their sponsor could afford. It sucks yeah but I am sure if thorzain went to MLG this time and got out of open brackets he would be a pool player next MLG. And for open player #89 when he finally does get into pool play it will be a truly special "pro" experience to have his own practice computer and a leisurely schedule.

crate

United States2474 Posts

July 31 2011 06:52 GMT

#64

I'm fine with enforcing the rules. They're well-known at this point. If the rules say 10 minutes is a DQ, that's fine with me personally. I could see adopting other rules where you progressively forfeit games instead of the whole match immediately as well. Doesn't seem like a big issue to me ... it's on the players to not be late.

I think the bigger problems are MLG's organization (at least judging from the Thorzain quote, I obviously have no experience with it myself) and that MLG apparently runs late into the night (till 3 am? Seriously?) and then starts rather early the next morning.

The latter indicates that MLG should either trim the number of entrants allowed or extend the duration of the event. Since extending the duration is extremely unlikely since MLG isn't Starcraft-2-only, they should trim the number of entrants so they don't have to have such an unreasonable schedule and thus the players don't feel pressured to sneak in every bit of sleep possible between days (and thus are reasonably able to wake up and show up early). 256 players is nice, but clearly MLG doesn't really have the time to run a 256-person double-elimination tournament yet they are trying to do it anyway. Cut to 128 and maybe that will prove doable.

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