EPTGomTV protecting Boxer? - Page 2
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
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Biggo
Australia185 Posts
While they probably gave him a favourble RO64, it becomes much harder to 'manipulate' it beyond that. New players pop up each season who suprise everybody and go deep into the series, knocking out favourites on the way | ||
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FuRong
New Zealand3089 Posts
1) They distribute the races evenly between the brackets 2) They make it so that "name" players don't face each other in the first round I don't think Boxer is the only player who benefits from this though, none of the top players really want to play anyone "good" in their first round. If it was truly random, then there would be an uproar on TL if for example two foreigners got paired together, or a foreigner had to play Nestea or Foxer in the first round. As for the TvT...your theory seems likely, but we don't have any real proof. Boxer's ro32 opponent could have been a Zerg or a Terran, and same for his potential ro16 opponent. If they really wanted to rig it then they would keep Zergs out of that side of the bracket... | ||
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curtis
Iran21 Posts
 . dont blame GOMTV , blame matchup imo | ||
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ROOTdrewbie
Canada1392 Posts
User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Fenneth
Australia354 Posts
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dtz
5834 Posts
I don't mind it actually because i don't think rigging the bracket benefit anyone in particular. Everyone is an unknown quantity Like you would probably prefer playing against Nestea compared to someone like Zenio before GSL 2. Or you'll prefer playing against Bitbybit rather than Rainbow. But turns out Rainbow got destroyed by NewDawn who got destroyed by Bitbybit. So yea i don't mind them rigging the bracket because i don't think it does anything in terms of giving someone an "easier" path. Rigging the map though is something that i despise. Pretty sure even David Kim already said that they know their maps are bad and that the maps are made to offer good ladder experience ( i.e you get varieties and not so much balance). So I don't see why GOM insist on having all maps featured or rigging the maps to favour a particular player. | ||
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avilo
United States4100 Posts
On November 30 2010 13:52 Plexa wrote: Moon is also the only Zerg not to get Steppes as a Map and has an excellent set of maps. Moon vs Boxer is literally one game away. You really gotta think something is up. Here's hoping Jinro screws there evil plans up funny, i was also thinking this, and what the OP is thinking. I'm sure a lot of people have been. | ||
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Saechiis
Netherlands4989 Posts
On November 30 2010 13:56 drewbie.root wrote: yea man, i'm sure they rigged every single round so that a terran would always be his opponent, are you stupid? They made the probability significant without it being utterly obvious like a 100% Terran bracket. The fact that big name players seem to miss each other till the later stages of the GSL for 3 seasons seems a bit too coincidental. No-one is arguing it's a bad move though, no need to call people stupid. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45164 Posts
On November 30 2010 13:52 Plexa wrote: Moon is also the only Zerg not to get Steppes as a Map and has an excellent set of maps. Moon vs Boxer is literally one game away. You really gotta think something is up. Here's hoping Jinro screws there evil plans up How RIDICULOUS would it be if Jinro defeats the icon of WC3 and then the icon of SC1? Don't do it, Jinro! They'll hire a hitman and + Show Spoiler + slice off your hands, so you can never play StarCraft again!  | ||
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donut boi
United States154 Posts
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cablesc
United States1540 Posts
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dtz
5834 Posts
On November 30 2010 14:04 donut boi wrote: the maps for jinro vs moon arent too great for terran either... aside from xel naga, their matches include blistering sands and scrap station (most ppl would agree that these are zerg favored maps). which is exactly the point. They "prefer" Moon to advance | ||
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Woyn
United Kingdom1628 Posts
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DentThat
United States22 Posts
On November 30 2010 14:03 Saechiis wrote: They made the probability significant without it being utterly obvious like a 100% Terran bracket. The fact that big name players seem to miss each other till the later stages of the GSL for 3 seasons seems a bit too coincidental. No-one is arguing it's a bad move though, no need to call people stupid. Thank you! And here I was, rooting for Drewbie in the MLG's... ;P On November 30 2010 13:52 Plexa wrote: Moon is also the only Zerg not to get Steppes as a Map and has an excellent set of maps. Moon vs Boxer is literally one game away. You really gotta think something is up. Here's hoping Jinro screws there evil plans up Jinro vs Moon will be edge-of-seat suspense then. And please go back to answering our questions in the PvZ thread Plexa! lol | ||
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rift
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
im amazed, lol | ||
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DentThat
United States22 Posts
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Grebliv
Iceland800 Posts
there are loads of people not playing a mu or two too much zergbong, 1set of ZvP fruitdealer, 1set ZvZ 2 set ZvP foxer, 1 set TvP 1(long) set TvT boxer, 1 set TvP 1(long) set TvZ maka, 1 set TvT | ||
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Subversion
South Africa3627 Posts
i get the motivation for ratings, but that just seems kind of kespa-ish to me. kills the spirit of competition imo. On November 30 2010 13:56 drewbie.root wrote: yea man, i'm sure they rigged every single round so that a terran would always be his opponent, are you stupid? User was temp banned for this post. You really need to adjust your attitude. These kinds of abrasive posts are really not constructive. I also feel you may have missed the point of what the OP was trying to say. Edit: lol the red writing wasn't there when I clicked quote :O gj mods. | ||
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