They do tie-breakers. Its quite common. It goes something like this:

Player 1 vs Player 2
Player 1 vs Player 3
Player 2 vs Player 3

If 3 players are tied for 2nd (group: 3-0 + 3 * 1-2) then the first one to get two victories advances.

If 3 players are tied for 1st (group 0-3 + 3 * 2-1) then whoever gets two wins is through, and whoever gets two losses is out.

If everyone wins 1 game and loses 1 game then they do another round. I've never seen more than three rounds. That looked pretty tiring.

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

September 20 2008 13:15 GMT

#71

On September 20 2008 16:50 blue_arrow wrote:
so what happens when the groups end up with ties? how do they determine which two players advance? sorry for the nooby questions. =p

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=75492

GrandInquisitor

New York City13113 Posts

September 20 2008 15:22 GMT

#72

updated with VOD's and added ultimate progaming faq to OP

Zerg Zergling

United States24 Posts

September 20 2008 20:22 GMT

#73

Sorry I have to post this question here, but I looked everywhere and don't see how to start a thread. I don't even know where the help thread is. Anyway, anyone know why the spidermine didn't detect the reaver at 1:12?

GrandInquisitor

New York City13113 Posts

September 24 2008 17:26 GMT

#74

Updated.

Here's the picture for next week:

Group A: Flash advances no matter what. If Bisu beats Flash, Bisu will advance as A1 along with Flash (who would get demoted to A2); if Bisu loses, there will be a three-way playoff between Bisu/July/Much for A2, as Flash advances as A1.

Group B: If Best beats Light, Best advances as B1 and GGPlay as B2. If Light beats Best, there will be a three-way playoff between Best, Light, and GGPlay for both B1 and B2.

Group C: If thezerg beats Midas, thezerg advances as C1 and Mind advances as C2. If Midas beats thezerg, Midas advances as C2 and Mind advances as C1.

Group D: Stork advances as D1 no matter what. If fantasy beats BackHo, fantasy advances as D2; otherwise, there will be a three-way playoff between fantasy / BackHo / Sea for D2.

Those not in control of their destiny:

July and Much both need Flash to beat Bisu to have a chance at A2.
GGPlay would want Best to beat Light to be assured of a playoff spot, but would have a shot at B1 if Best loses to Light.
Mind wants Midas to beat thezerg so that Mind can advance as C1
Sea needs BackHo to beat fantasy to have a chance at D2

Ideas

United States8142 Posts

September 24 2008 17:43 GMT

#75

So for the 1st time EVER I want Backho to win his game tonight so that Sea still has a shot at advancing :\

Simplistik

2093 Posts

September 24 2008 20:20 GMT

#76

I think it's funny how Mind is the only one through despite losing a game. He quite likes to "casually" throw away 2nd games.

capek

United States585 Posts

September 24 2008 20:36 GMT

#77

On September 25 2008 02:43 Ideas wrote:
So for the 1st time EVER I want Backho to win his game tonight so that Sea still has a shot at advancing :\

lol you are the prototypical TL.net user (don't worry, its not a bad thing).

Requirement 1: Must hate BackHo
Requirement 2: Must love Sea
Requirement 3: Must fear mods

GrandInquisitor

New York City13113 Posts

September 24 2008 21:22 GMT

#78

On September 25 2008 05:20 Simplistik wrote:
I think it's funny how Mind is the only one through despite losing a game. He quite likes to "casually" throw away 2nd games.

Stork 3-0'd his group.

EvilTeletubby

Baltimore, USA22256 Posts

September 25 2008 08:28 GMT

#79

On September 25 2008 02:43 Ideas wrote:
So for the 1st time EVER I want Backho to win his game tonight so that Sea still has a shot at advancing :\

Same. While I *gasp* actually like BackHo sometimes, I'd much rather see Sea advance. The game of Sea vs Stork was just... so painful to watch. I really felt bad for him. Lost the game by a quarter of a inch, literally.