On October 06 2007 12:46 Jyvblamo wrote:
TL.Net should send a condolence ham to Stork. I feel really bad for him now, being stuck in his shitty situation.

you feel bad for him for trying to throw a game and failing?

Camlito

Australia4040 Posts

October 06 2007 04:28 GMT

#942

On October 06 2007 13:25 littlechava wrote:

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you feel bad for him for trying to throw a game and failing?

he succeded throwing the games

but ra and ex stuffed him up xD

BlackStar

Netherlands3029 Posts

October 06 2007 04:29 GMT

#943

Just let the no.1 pick to which bracket he is moved to.

And what game did Ex throw?

Camlito

Australia4040 Posts

October 06 2007 04:39 GMT

#944

I dont know if your talking to me star but

i didnt say they threw a game, they just frustrated stork with tiebreakers

MyCrow

Korea (South)248 Posts

October 06 2007 04:42 GMT

#945

Not sure if anyone got this, but Reason is zerg and played terran because it's what Savior did vs GoRush. That's why both of them were smiling before the match.

HonestTea

5007 Posts

October 06 2007 04:44 GMT

#946

This shit is bananananas.

IntoTheWow

is awesome32274 Posts

October 06 2007 04:45 GMT

#947

rofl wcg drama!

IdrA

United States11541 Posts

October 06 2007 05:08 GMT

#948

haha
ra's a pimp
serves stork right

Last Romantic

United States20661 Posts

October 06 2007 06:03 GMT

#949

....

how would you feel if you got bracket-fucked like the Koreans did?

The system is screwed up. the Koreans are simply trying to rectify the situation and make the best of it they can. If that means tossing games, so be it. I'd rather watch Koreans play each other later in higher-importance matches than early on.

Plus, nobody can deny that the three strongest players there are the Korean representatives, and that the three best deserve the medals. If they aren't following the rules by the letter in throwing games, they are following the spirit of the tournament by trying to let the best men get prizes. I don't see why anyone can blame them for it.

Every year WCG does this. It needs to be fixed. The maps are always fucked, too. They need to be fixed. I have zero faith in WCG administration.

Aphelion

United States2720 Posts

October 06 2007 06:13 GMT

#950

While I wouldn't go so far as to say that throwing games is following the spirit of the tournament, the fact remains that the WCG system is fucked up. No listening to gamers, shitty organization year after year, completely out of touch with this crap maps and Microsoft money determining the games.

Maybe for SC2 Blizzard should hold an annual tourny. I wouldn't mind playing like a dollar a year for B.Net every year to fund it. It should just take over WCG as the premier gaming event. I won't even mind if games like War3 or WoW are included. Still better than the crap WCG has right now.

bine

United States2352 Posts

October 06 2007 06:13 GMT

#951

Are you saying the brackets weren't generated randomly? Or that they should somehow say "Oh, the Koreans are the best, so let's engineer the brackets so that they don't have to face each other until the semifinals"? Clearly that would be wholly unfair. Assuming there was no tampering that put the Koreans together at a certain time or something, I don't see why they shouldn't have to to face each other before the end of the match. Maybe a better solution is double elimination after the group stage?

Agree about the maps though.

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

October 06 2007 06:18 GMT

#952

wasnt there a loser bracket in 2004 ? when gorky and martian cross were used ? I seem to remember fisheye beating trek in LB or something.

KissBlade

United States5718 Posts

October 06 2007 06:32 GMT

#953

The biggest loss now is trying to question which of these kor games were legit vs non. I don't 100% blame the koreans for trying to beat the brackets but honestly there needs to be a better system.

IdrA

United States11541 Posts

October 06 2007 06:39 GMT

#954

On October 06 2007 15:03 Last Romantic wrote:
....

how would you feel if you got bracket-fucked like the Koreans did?

what are you talking about?
the odds are against a country with 3 representatives being seperated enough in the groups/bracket to get top 3 without throwing games.

http://www.ygclan.com/?m=replay&board=gosureplay&assort=&search=&searcht=&page=1&rno=64648
looks like mondi vs reason rep got leaked

Aphelion

United States2720 Posts

October 06 2007 06:45 GMT

#955

If there are players so far ahead of the competition that there is incentive for them to cheat the brackets (they feel assured they can win when necessary), then a different system must be implemented. Double elimination sounds the best right now, but either way something must be done.