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On January 10 2014 15:03 Sentenal wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2014 11:54 L_Master wrote: 18th for semi
First sat in February for final ( whatever date that is ) Just for clarification, this post is the correct date for the semi-finals, right? January 18th? I ask because you said the 25th for the Semi-Finals one page ago.
Yea, I didn't want it to conflict with the DRTL group stages, so the correct date is the 25th. Lineups due by the 18th (specifically 168 hours prior to match time). Finals then are on February 8th.
Made a spreadsheet for all of this so I don't get lost in my head with dates in the future.
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Currently, Hwaiting Oz is having problems to find a 5th player for the playoffs. We've been struggling to field a complete lineup for the entirety of round 2, since 2 of us decided to move away from D-ranked events after round 1. We managed to get a few new players for the 2nd round nevertheless, but it seems that now all of them have lost interest in bw. I will keep trying to find somebody from the team who wants to play in the playoffs, but chances are this won't be possible. For the sake of our players who have played all season long though, we can't give a wo in the playoffs. Right now there are two options for us to get a 5th player. 1. I (rulzbooom) return for the playoffs. 2. TheMarine plays Zerg in the playoffs for us. TheMarine was supposed to be playing on Hwaiting Oz before the season started but he hit C with protoss right before that. However, I feel like there is no doubt that his zerg is nowhere close to his protoss skill and certainly not above the league average. I'd strongly prefer letting him play rather than me. I think that it would be much better for the integrity of the league to have a player who without a doubt fits the skill criteria for DRTL. The problem however, is that technically I am still eligible to play even though I hit C mid-season while he would be a special case. So L_master suggested that I make a poll and ask what the other teams think about the situation.
Poll: 5th player for Hwaiting Oz in the playoffs?TheMarine playing Zerg (9) 64% RulzBoooM playing Protoss (5) 36% 14 total votes Your vote: 5th player for Hwaiting Oz in the playoffs? (Vote): TheMarine playing Zerg (Vote): RulzBoooM playing Protoss
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Rulzbooom Protoss >>>>>>>>>>>> TheMarine Protoss > TheMarine Zerg + Show Spoiler +
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Putting down Rulzbooom protoss is probably the funniest thing i've read in this thread
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On January 18 2014 03:17 arb wrote: Putting down Rulzbooom protoss is probably the funniest thing i've read in this thread
How so?
He is perfectly eligible to play, as he started the season as an eligible player. Even if he had hit A- he would still be permitted to play as players get to finish the season.
The reason he is asking if the Marine can play instead is that he does feel he is too strong for DRTL and is trying to do what he feels is the more equitable thing. As far as the Marine goes, I played his zerg about a month ago and it was definitely weak, as I won easy with my offrace terran. That was a month ago, but at that stage I don't think he was even D+ with it yet.
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On January 18 2014 03:38 L_Master wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2014 03:17 arb wrote: Putting down Rulzbooom protoss is probably the funniest thing i've read in this thread How so? He is perfectly eligible to play, as he started the season as an eligible player. Even if he had hit A- he would still be permitted to play as players get to finish the season. The reason he is asking if the Marine can play instead is that he does feel he is too strong for DRTL and is trying to do what he feels is the more equitable thing. As far as the Marine goes, I played his zerg about a month ago and it was definitely weak, as I won easy with my offrace terran. That was a month ago, but at that stage I don't think he was even D+ with it yet. Although somewhat off-topic, I don't think just because TheMarine loses a ZvT means that his Zerg is weak. ZvT is fairly a difficult matchup to play, whereas ZvP is preferably more favored towards Zerg. Of course, there can be exceptions with Zerg players having a stronger ZvT than a ZvP, or a Protoss player having a stronger PvZ than a PvT, despite PvT being slightly favorable towards Protoss, such as Lmaster (although I believe he said he thought his PvZ was his strongest matchup).
So yeah, just saying, just because TheMarine lost a ZvT doesn't mean he has bad ZvP/ZvZ. As for eligibility, I agree that TheMarine's skill level with Zerg is far off from his Protoss, and if RulzBoooM started the season and voluntarily left, he's still eligible to some degree to play, although as a Courage player who's playing Hwaiting Oz in the playoffs, I would rather he not play... T_T
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United States11390 Posts
Just ensure that there is ghrur getting revenge vs rulzboom somehow pls.
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On January 17 2014 14:44 ggrrg wrote:Currently, Hwaiting Oz is having problems to find a 5th player for the playoffs. We've been struggling to field a complete lineup for the entirety of round 2, since 2 of us decided to move away from D-ranked events after round 1. We managed to get a few new players for the 2nd round nevertheless, but it seems that now all of them have lost interest in bw. I will keep trying to find somebody from the team who wants to play in the playoffs, but chances are this won't be possible. For the sake of our players who have played all season long though, we can't give a wo in the playoffs. Right now there are two options for us to get a 5th player. 1. I (rulzbooom) return for the playoffs. 2. TheMarine plays Zerg in the playoffs for us. TheMarine was supposed to be playing on Hwaiting Oz before the season started but he hit C with protoss right before that. However, I feel like there is no doubt that his zerg is nowhere close to his protoss skill and certainly not above the league average. I'd strongly prefer letting him play rather than me. I think that it would be much better for the integrity of the league to have a player who without a doubt fits the skill criteria for DRTL. The problem however, is that technically I am still eligible to play even though I hit C mid-season while he would be a special case. So L_master suggested that I make a poll and ask what the other teams think about the situation. Poll: 5th player for Hwaiting Oz in the playoffs?TheMarine playing Zerg (9) 64% RulzBoooM playing Protoss (5) 36% 14 total votes Your vote: 5th player for Hwaiting Oz in the playoffs? (Vote): TheMarine playing Zerg (Vote): RulzBoooM playing Protoss
I'll play Terran.
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Russian Federation25 Posts
y u so zerg -- gogo RulzBoooM ;x
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Less Zerg = always to be prefered
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Are the matches being posted today?
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Assuming I get lineups from Oz and Khan, yes.
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Why not penalize them for being late? What ever happened to zero tolerance in big red letters?
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On January 19 2014 03:32 Sentenal wrote: Why not penalize them for being late? What ever happened to zero tolerance in big red letters?
Who said there wouldn't be a penalty?
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Khan v mSj
Arb <Destination> mSj[R2D2]
Gorg <Fighting Spirit> mSj[naxel]
Kopp <Circuit Breaker> mSj[Anxarat]
Xkcd <MatchPoint> mSj[Mr.LiR]
Napoleon <SniperRidge> mSj[Holy]
Oz v Courage
[Sam]Gohan <Destination> aeghrur
Comsat <Fighting Spirit> tonight
Smokeybear <Circuit Breaker> prophecy_
TheMarine <MatchPoint> Sentenal
Arca(Crema) <SniperRidge> RedAxis
Unfortunate as it is for playoffs, both Khan and Oz had late lineups and will be receiving a 2 set penalty
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On January 19 2014 05:36 L_Master wrote:Khan v mSj Arb <Destination>  mSj[R2D2]  Gorg <Fighting Spirit>  mSj[naxel]  Kopp <Circuit Breaker>  mSj[Anxarat]  Xkcd <MatchPoint>  mSj[Mr.LiR]  Napoleon <SniperRidge>  mSj[Holy] Oz v Courage [Sam]Gohan <Destination>  aeghrur  Comsat <Fighting Spirit>  tonight  Smokeybear <Circuit Breaker>  prophecy_  TheMarine <MatchPoint>  Sentenal  Arca(Crema) <SniperRidge>  RedAxis Unfortunate as it is for playoffs, both Khan and Oz had late lineups and will be receiving a 2 set penalty
So much for the integrity of the tournament... Also, Comsat will be playing zerg.
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On January 19 2014 05:36 L_Master wrote:Khan v mSj Arb <Destination>  mSj[R2D2]  Gorg <Fighting Spirit>  mSj[naxel]  Kopp <Circuit Breaker>  mSj[Anxarat]  Xkcd <MatchPoint>  mSj[Mr.LiR]  Napoleon <SniperRidge>  mSj[Holy] Oz v Courage [Sam]Gohan <Destination>  aeghrur  Comsat <Fighting Spirit>  tonight  Smokeybear <Circuit Breaker>  prophecy_  TheMarine <MatchPoint>  Sentenal  Arca(Crema) <SniperRidge>  RedAxis Unfortunate as it is for playoffs, both Khan and Oz had late lineups and will be receiving a 2 set penalty So just as confirmation, hypothetically, even if Oz wins the series 3-2 against Courage, Courage will still be advancing into the finals? And if Oz wins 4-1, Oz will move onto the finals?
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On January 19 2014 06:03 SynC[gm] wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2014 05:36 L_Master wrote:Khan v mSj Arb <Destination>  mSj[R2D2]  Gorg <Fighting Spirit>  mSj[naxel]  Kopp <Circuit Breaker>  mSj[Anxarat]  Xkcd <MatchPoint>  mSj[Mr.LiR]  Napoleon <SniperRidge>  mSj[Holy] Oz v Courage [Sam]Gohan <Destination>  aeghrur  Comsat <Fighting Spirit>  tonight  Smokeybear <Circuit Breaker>  prophecy_  TheMarine <MatchPoint>  Sentenal  Arca(Crema) <SniperRidge>  RedAxis Unfortunate as it is for playoffs, both Khan and Oz had late lineups and will be receiving a 2 set penalty So just as confirmation, hypothetically, even if Oz wins the series 3-2 against Courage, Courage will still be advancing into the finals? And if Oz wins 4-1, Oz will move onto the finals?
Yes, that's how it would operate.
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On January 19 2014 06:12 L_Master wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2014 06:03 SynC[gm] wrote:On January 19 2014 05:36 L_Master wrote:Khan v mSj Arb <Destination>  mSj[R2D2]  Gorg <Fighting Spirit>  mSj[naxel]  Kopp <Circuit Breaker>  mSj[Anxarat]  Xkcd <MatchPoint>  mSj[Mr.LiR]  Napoleon <SniperRidge>  mSj[Holy] Oz v Courage [Sam]Gohan <Destination>  aeghrur  Comsat <Fighting Spirit>  tonight  Smokeybear <Circuit Breaker>  prophecy_  TheMarine <MatchPoint>  Sentenal  Arca(Crema) <SniperRidge>  RedAxis Unfortunate as it is for playoffs, both Khan and Oz had late lineups and will be receiving a 2 set penalty So just as confirmation, hypothetically, even if Oz wins the series 3-2 against Courage, Courage will still be advancing into the finals? And if Oz wins 4-1, Oz will move onto the finals? Yes, that's how it would operate.
I strongly urge you to reconsider this desicion. No team has any disadvantage from the lineups being posted a bit late and the two or so hours certainly won't impact any player's ability to practice. Objectively, the only problem is that you had to wait longer and bother with us so we submit the lineups. For this I'm sorry. However, giving penalties in the playoffs is a complete joke. Not to mention that pretty much all people affected by this punishment are the ones that are not at fault.
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