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L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
May 13 2013 04:16 GMT
#21
Keeping fingers crossed we get a nice showing for such an ambitious auditorium!

Maybe a little too much TvZ for my taste....nah who am I kidding TvZ is epic, especially with these different characters coming at it.

Nada v Yellow I fear will be super one-sided...unless Yellow really has some serious surprises for us, but Nada has been active on snipe here and there and was generally stronger regardless.
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
SonZHi
Profile Joined May 2012
Hong Kong30 Posts
May 13 2013 04:58 GMT
#22
It is too long. It should be

Bronze: BO3
Legend: BO1
Final: BO5 or BO7
blueblimp
Profile Joined May 2009
Canada297 Posts
May 13 2013 05:06 GMT
#23
The finals games especially should be great. Killer and Hiya both showed in the semifinals that they were a step beyond their opponents.

I agree with others that Bo5 format would be better for the finals.

I think Bo5 is a better format for BW series than Bo7, in general. There's always a trade-off in series length. Shorter series are more tense, more random, and more favourable to preparation and strategic plays (aka cheeses). Longer series are less tense, more skill-based, and more favourable to core skills and standard strategies.

I like the trade-off of a Bo5 the best. It's short enough that every game feels important, unlike a Bo7, where the first and second games often don't feel super exciting. Yet it's not too random. Because each game is important, it's worth preparing strategic plays, but unlike a Bo3, you can't win the series off a couple of cheeses.
IntoTheEmo
Profile Joined February 2009
Singapore1169 Posts
May 13 2013 05:08 GMT
#24
Haven't watched BW recently, but will definitely tune in for the finals - that's one sweet OZ final match.

Agree with the 3rd place match being BO3, you gotta save the momentum for the finals game.
MMOs kill APM. However Proleague plus BW Proscene music increase APM -> 100. 이제동 Fighting! Highest ranked Jaedong owner in FPL10 = clearly #1 Jaedong fan~! <- Keeping my sig from 2010
amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
May 13 2013 05:09 GMT
#25
On May 13 2013 13:58 SonZHi wrote:
It is too long. It should be

Bronze: BO3
Legend: BO1
Final: BO5 or BO7


Finals always have to be BO7, always!
The world is burning and you rather be on this terrible website discussing video games and your shallow feelings
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
May 13 2013 05:12 GMT
#26
On May 13 2013 14:09 amazingxkcd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2013 13:58 SonZHi wrote:
It is too long. It should be

Bronze: BO3
Legend: BO1
Final: BO5 or BO7


Finals always have to be BO7, always!


Except that Starleague finals have always historically been Bo5. I will say I personally like Bo7 however.
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
May 13 2013 05:19 GMT
#27
SSL finals have always traditionally been Bo7, there will no be point in talking about it.

If anything, probably bronze becomes Bo3 and Legends becomes Bo1
Writerptrk
art_of_turtle
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
United States1203 Posts
May 13 2013 06:46 GMT
#28
If you average every single game out to 30 minutes long including the breaks in between matches, then it comes out to 7.5 hours worth of BW.
Flash should fear Sacsri
Hoender
Profile Joined March 2011
South Africa381 Posts
May 13 2013 08:20 GMT
#29
Awesome! Wouldn't have minded PvT bronze match to accompany the best match-up possible for the finals, but you can't have everything in life :D

Die ou swepe sê: "daar's 'n raat vir elke kwaal," maar watse pil kou jy as die donker jou kom haal?
KristofferAG
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Norway25712 Posts
May 13 2013 08:26 GMT
#30
On May 13 2013 11:30 GTR wrote:
Such a bad idea to hold this on the same night as the GSL final =/

For sure.

And 13 games? Way too much, Sonic being a bit too eager. Should do the bronze games on another day.
@KristofferAG | http://vestkyststoy.bandcamp.com | last.fm/user/KristofferAG
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9530 Posts
May 13 2013 09:07 GMT
#31
Can't wait!
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-13 09:07:45
May 13 2013 09:07 GMT
#32
killer killer killer killer killer <3 <3 <3 <3

sigh, where's harem when you need him
Writer
Arceus
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Vietnam8333 Posts
May 13 2013 09:10 GMT
#33
brb buying another monitor
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33586 Posts
May 13 2013 09:11 GMT
#34
Magikarp fighting
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
May 13 2013 09:22 GMT
#35
On May 13 2013 11:30 GTR wrote:
Such a bad idea to hold this on the same night as the GSL final =/


So sad

Nada vs. Yellow o.0
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33586 Posts
May 13 2013 09:45 GMT
#36
On May 13 2013 17:26 KristofferAG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2013 11:30 GTR wrote:
Such a bad idea to hold this on the same night as the GSL final =/

For sure.

And 13 games? Way too much, Sonic being a bit too eager. Should do the bronze games on another day.


so negative

consider it the risk you have to take to gain the great reward of being able to gloat to SC2 fans for months
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
ShiroKaisen
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States1082 Posts
May 13 2013 10:07 GMT
#37
So dumb to hold it then...Sonic has to know that overlapping with GSL is only a bad thing.
Dame da na, zenzen dame da ze!
actionbastrd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Congo598 Posts
May 13 2013 10:21 GMT
#38
i am stoked for this, and happy that the game series are so long. Personally i dont care that it is on the same day as the GSL finals, that will mostly hurt physical turnout but i have more than one monitor, and a laptop as well as my desktop... Point being im not going to be missing anything because they are on the same day. If anything ill just get a serious lack of sleep.

Will be interesting to see the actual turn-out at each event over in korea.
It rained today inside my head...
PVJ
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Hungary5221 Posts
May 13 2013 10:23 GMT
#39
I have to choose between this or GSL final? They can't be serious.
The heart's eternal vow
cybertopo
Profile Joined February 2010
Spain525 Posts
May 13 2013 10:44 GMT
#40
I said HOLY FUCK
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