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[SPL] Playoffs Maps/Format

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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51602 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-14 10:14:56
July 13 2009 13:02 GMT
#1
So basically, each playoff will consist of two games for each of the teams, one on each channel, Bo7, normal format.

If game scores are tied, a single ace match will decide who advances to the next round.


STX SouL vs Samsung KHAN


Game 1 on OnGameNet (7/18)
Set 1: Heartbreak Ridge
Set 2: Neo Medusa
Set 3: Shades of Twilight
Set 4: Neo Harmony
Set 5: Outsider
Set 6: Destination
Closer: Andromeda

Game 2 on MBCgame (7/19)
Set 1: Outsider
Set 2: Neo Harmony
Set 3: Destination
Set 4: Andromeda
Set 5: Neo Medusa
Set 6: Heartbreak Ridge
Closer: Shades of Twilight
Ace Match: Colosseum 2

STX thumbs down: Colosseum 2 for both Game 1 and 2, Shades of Twilight for Ace Match.
Samsung KHAN thumbs down: God's Garden for Game 1, 2 and Ace Match.


hite SPARKYZ vs CJ Entus

Game 1 on MBCgame (7/18)
Set 1: Neo Harmony
Set 2: Destination
Set 3: Heartbreak Ridge
Set 4: Andromeda
Set 5: Shades of Twilight
Set 6: Neo Medusa
Closer: Colosseum 2

Game 2 on OnGameNet (7/19)
Set 1: Neo Medusa
Set 2: Colosseum 2
Set 3: Neo Harmony
Set 4: Shades of Twilight
Set 5: Destination
Set 6: Heartbreak Ridge
Closer: Andromeda
Ace Match: Heartbreak Ridge

hite thumbs down: Outsider for both Game 1 and 2, God's Garden for Ace Match.
CJ thumbs down: God's Garden for both Game 1 and 2, Shades of Twilight for Ace Match.


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Rosters for each team for this round of the playoffs:

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Protoss
(P)Stork
(P)yoOn
(P)JangBi

Terran
(T)FrOzean
(T)Miracle
(T)firebathero

Zerg
(Z)oDin
(Z)Juni
(Z)JiHyun
(Z)Chavi
(Z)Rarity
(Z)great


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Protoss
(P)fOru
(P)Much
(P)Nbs
(P)Snow
(P)Movie

Terran
(T)sKyHigh
(T)Iris

Zerg
(Z)Orion
(Z)EffOrt
(Z)sAviOr
(Z)Hydra
(Z)Kwanro


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Protoss
(P)Britney
(P)HakSoo
(P)Horang2
(P)Tazza
(P)herb

Terran
(T)go.go
(T)Leta

Zerg
(Z)HoGiL
(Z)type-b
(Z)YellOw[ArnC]
(Z)Clay


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Protoss
(P)SoO
(P)Kal
(P)Shuttle

Terran
(T)Notice
(T)Last
(T)Bogus
(T)Hwasin

Zerg
(Z)Calm
(Z)Modesty
(Z)July
(Z)hero

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oshibori_probe
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States2936 Posts
July 13 2009 13:06 GMT
#2
thought colosseum and andro were things of the past???
Fuck KeSPA.
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
July 13 2009 13:08 GMT
#3
Yea but this is like the grand finals of the entire year - ie it uses all of the maps of the past year.
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Origami
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States266 Posts
July 13 2009 13:08 GMT
#4
So wait, do they only play the final ace match if the final scores are exactly tied (Hite winning 4-3, then CJ winning 4-3) or do they play it if each team wins an overall match?
oshibori_probe
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States2936 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-13 13:10:10
July 13 2009 13:09 GMT
#5
On July 13 2009 22:08 Plexa wrote:
Yea but this is like the grand finals of the entire year - ie it uses all of the maps of the past year.

If only requiem and RA2 were used

but ya having to bring back some fairly old not quite so beloved maps for the finals is another reason for PL to go back to its old format.
Fuck KeSPA.
Too_MuchZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Finland2818 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-13 13:10:45
July 13 2009 13:09 GMT
#6
On July 13 2009 22:08 Origami wrote:
So wait, do they only play the final ace match if the final scores are exactly tied (Hite winning 4-3, then CJ winning 4-3) or do they play it if each team wins an overall match?


overall match (would sound weird if other team wins 4-0 and next set they win 1 game and it would end there )
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66363 Posts
July 13 2009 13:09 GMT
#7
Netizen comments! - by konadora
- Looks like Samsung will lose to STX based on maps alone hahahaha
- Oh.. Andromeda is being used
- Colosseum, Andromeda and Neo Harmony is all being used...
- Glad to see Andromeda and Colosseum 2 back hahaahaha but Neo Harmony is bad for TvZ so it's a good thing Shin Chupung-Ryeong isn't used keke Ah... But they should have used Tau Cross
- Looks like finals will be Hite vs SKT1
- I think Neo Harmony is better than Tau Cross
- Ace match is only in the second set? Well, since they split it into two sets...
- Why did Hite take out Outsider? Leta is autowin on that map... why...
- Looks like they wanted to put Leta on God's Garden but CJ took out God's Garden... looks like Horang2 for Destination and HakSoo or herb for Neo Medusa...
- Hwasin please don't come out on Heartbreak Ridge...
- THEY JUST PUT IN ALL THE ANTI-TOSS MAPS KEKEKEKEKEKEKKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE
- Jangbi vs July / Leta vs EffOrt
- Hope they reveal the entries on the day itself.. or don't reveal like ace matches...


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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51602 Posts
July 13 2009 13:09 GMT
#8
On July 13 2009 22:08 Origami wrote:
So wait, do they only play the final ace match if the final scores are exactly tied (Hite winning 4-3, then CJ winning 4-3) or do they play it if each team wins an overall match?


If both teams 4-0 each other or something, then technically yes, an ace match should appear.
I'm still confused by the format.
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samachking
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Bahrain4949 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-13 13:18:03
July 13 2009 13:10 GMT
#9
OO? BO15 lol...More matches is going to be more epic anyways, but I do think Khan is pretty much fucked in this format as STX has a stacked line up of players they can send out to win:
Bogus,Hwasin,Notice,Modesty,Calm,Hero,July,YoonJoong,Kal

STX's line up is deep, well experienced and highly trained, and them losing in a bo15 format is IMPOSSIBLE at this stage, the only chance Khan has is if they snipe well, and knowing their capabilities and how they performed in previous playoffs January does a good job of sniping and getting the best out of their players. This should be quite epic. Oz loses out a lot in this format too, Jaedong has to prepare for 2 matches + 2 ace matches, and we all know how thick the rest of Oz's line up is, with preparation time like this I expect any team out of the 4 to knock them out in the semis with ease.

Edit: Isnt it kind of weird CJ vetoing Gods Garden twice when they have Kwanro,Effort in the line up? Thats kind of weird to me. I can understand Khans decision since they have only 1 Zerg and he is not good enough, but vetoing Gods Garden is a questionable decision for CJ, who knows, maybe they are saving up some builds for later.
"And then Earthlings discovered tools. Suddenly agreeing with friends could be a form of suicide or worse. But agreements went on, not for the sake of common sense, or decency, or self preservation, but for friendliness."
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
July 13 2009 13:10 GMT
#10
I think this is because the two shows were fighting for who gets to broadcast it live, since both don't want to be broadcasting the same match at the same time for some reason. This is more of a compromise reached by the two broadcasting powers, not really has to do much with Kespa
Writerptrk
oshibori_probe
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States2936 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-07-13 13:13:50
July 13 2009 13:12 GMT
#11
Nothing better than a chance at 15 games.

Fuck atleast mix it up, this is just downright bad.
Fuck KeSPA.
Jonvvv
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Norway1530 Posts
July 13 2009 13:13 GMT
#12
Thank god they left out Battle Royal and Raid Assault for this xD
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Too_MuchZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Finland2818 Posts
July 13 2009 13:14 GMT
#13
On July 13 2009 22:10 ArvickHero wrote:
I think this is because the two shows were fighting for who gets to broadcast it live, since both don't want to be broadcasting the same match at the same time for some reason. This is more of a compromise reached by the two broadcasting powers, not really has to do much with Kespa


And for fans we will see more games and more intense fighting. If it goes to ace match, it will be more epic as choosing ace player is so important
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66363 Posts
July 13 2009 13:15 GMT
#14
I'm thinking that it doesn't matter whether they win each 'sets' 4-3 or 4-0, if overall it's still 1-1, they'll go into the ace match.
POGGERS
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
July 13 2009 13:15 GMT
#15
On July 13 2009 22:14 Too_MuchZerg wrote:
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On July 13 2009 22:10 ArvickHero wrote:
I think this is because the two shows were fighting for who gets to broadcast it live, since both don't want to be broadcasting the same match at the same time for some reason. This is more of a compromise reached by the two broadcasting powers, not really has to do much with Kespa


And for fans we will see more games and more intense fighting. If it goes to ace match, it will be more epic as choosing ace player is so important

True haha
Writerptrk
SuperArc
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Austria7781 Posts
July 13 2009 13:16 GMT
#16
wow, zerg heavy CJ is thumbing down God's Garden o.o
Snow - future of protoss! :) Nada = baller
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
July 13 2009 13:16 GMT
#17
That is many games O_O
TranslatorBaa!
29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5725 Posts
July 13 2009 13:17 GMT
#18
i think if a map was removed and then replaced (like battle royal), then it wouldn't be here.

this format is new, right?
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
oshibori_probe
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States2936 Posts
July 13 2009 13:17 GMT
#19
With each team playing potentially 15 games in 2 days time, how can there be any measure of quality typical of SPL playoffs?

Way to go, dragging out the season then rushing the best part (WL was probably better but still)
Fuck KeSPA.
NeverGG *
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom5399 Posts
July 13 2009 13:18 GMT
#20
I was confused just looking at fomos' schedule - thanks for the clarification. I probably won't attend STX/Khan, but will photograph CJ/Hite unless anyone objects.
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