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GOM's Big Mistake - Page 5
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
On December 16 2011 23:39 Rekrul wrote: i almost have to thank naniwa, sc2 is such a bad game that we need more drama like this to keep the scene interesting ^_^ And if all else fails, we can count on you to fan any dying flames lol | ||
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StUfF
Australia1437 Posts
On December 16 2011 13:33 Liquid`Tyler wrote: You don't mean to say "literally no tournament formats" when you follow it up like that. You know that there are popular tournament formats that don't have useless games but you think that they introduce even worse cons. MLG's pool play, keeping in mind the extended series rule, is an example of a non-elimination format that makes every game count. Every placement in pool play is significant. And even when a pool play match won't effect a player's placement in the pool, there is a chance that those two players will meet in the championship bracket and play an extended series. MLG group championship bracket games also has less meaning compared to regular games as well, you're just fighting for a seeding and not for elimination. Does this cause the pro-gamers to value these games less? Save their strategies for later opponents? Viewers care less? I can't think of a single format other than elimination style that would remove all useless games, these games exist in all professional sports and games, should elimination style be the only one played? I'm not sure what it is like from a pro-gamer perspective, but would you prefer elimination format over group - from a viewer/broadcast perspective you can see why they prefer group for some of the earlier rounds. More varied match ups (more viewership draw X vs X), more chance the best 3 our of 6 get through, a more controlled amount of games are played. | ||
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ComusLoM
Norway3547 Posts
On December 19 2011 07:05 StUfF wrote: MLG group championship bracket games also has less meaning compared to regular games as well, you're just fighting for a seeding and not for elimination. Does this cause the pro-gamers to value these games less? Save their strategies for later opponents? Viewers care less? Seeding and extended series in MLG pool play or "group championship bracket" as you call it make every game incredibly important. The seeding is hugely important and it makes every game very very significant. Players at MLG want to win every game and no games are pointless with the possible exception of 7-8 place matches etc, however they still count for MLG points, which are again, very important for the next MLG. I think GOM's main mistake was the punishing of Naniwa with the bait and switch Code S Seed instead of just apologising to the fans for letting something happen and secretly rewarding Naniwa for the huge amount of hype he just created. On December 16 2011 23:39 Rekrul wrote: i almost have to thank naniwa, sc2 is such a bad game that we need more drama like this to keep the scene interesting ^_^ <3 | ||
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