SHOUTcraft Invitational 4 - Postmortem - Page 4

Why am I even going through those hypotheticals? Because there was some controversy regarding our statements on the stream about who would go through as what seed in what scenario. Based on the system we used, we were correct. As to whether or not our system is better or worse than the "maps won" priority system, I honestly don't know. I feel that performance ratio rewards the more solid, consistent player. 2 2-0 victories are significant, they show a clear dominance of one player over another. I think that a player who can achieve that should have an edge when the scores are tallied, as opposed to a player who wins his games, but drops maps every time. We are open to feedback on this issue though, as I feel it is contentious and worthy of discussion.

On January 17 2012 04:27 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Colin Smith, we named this tournament after him and once again he showed his generosity, donating $1337 to the next tournament.

On January 17 2012 05:19 Mattchew wrote:
This is my favorite online tourny as well. Everything is brilliant.

There is a small issue I have with something you said however,



I know that you do not intend this, but this statement is scary. I like the fact that you feel you owe your viewers something as they have provided the resources to make this happen. I am not saying this will happen but without viewer funding executive decisions can be made without the support of the community and viewers may feel less connected to the tournament. I would say that instead of ever severing ties with community sponsorship, you just continue raising the prize pool as your own revenue keeps increasing. I doubt any player or team would oppose to the prize pool being raised from what it was originally announced as when they signed up.

Just some food for thought.