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MLG 2011 Circuit Prize Money Announced - Page 12

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grandkai
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada71 Posts
February 03 2011 19:49 GMT
#221
50k is amazing, gl to all the players who contend in this event.
danson
Profile Joined April 2010
United States689 Posts
February 03 2011 19:50 GMT
#222
This + EG announcement could make the US the center of sc2 as far as where to be to get the cash... I want to see some koreans move out to the US, like a reverse IdrA!
TheHunksta
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States122 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 19:56:20
February 03 2011 19:54 GMT
#223
I wouldn't be surprised if some Koreans got sent over for this. this is like what 115k for top 8? my god...

I bet that the halo kids on MLG forums are bitching that we have that prize money lol
LittleAtari
Profile Joined August 2010
Jordan1090 Posts
February 03 2011 19:54 GMT
#224
Yes!
This is great news. MLG is my favorite tournament series for SC2. I do hope that some Koreans will start coming out to it. Honestly, they should have Korean stream. That would bring in some more cash =)


I cant wait for this MLG season to start
Faronel
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States658 Posts
February 03 2011 19:56 GMT
#225
Whoo... I remember the days when everyone on TL thought MLG was just some no name blood sucking corporation; at least they're doing something right.
C'est la vie...
dolpiff
Profile Joined June 2010
France300 Posts
February 03 2011 19:56 GMT
#226
starcraft!
it(s happening!

side Q: did they mention anything about maps?
TofuFox
Profile Joined November 2010
374 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 20:05:07
February 03 2011 19:59 GMT
#227
On February 04 2011 04:45 syllogism wrote:
They didn't use that in 2010 MLG Dallas (SC2) and will not use that in 2011

2010 SC2 was all standard Double-Elim brackets (64 players at Raleigh/DC, 128 Dallas). That was a test run, however, they are using a 256/16 Open/Championship bracket system for SC2 for 2011:

On February 04 2011 02:35 MLG_Adam wrote:
SC2 will be treated like every other pro circuit title: championship bracket. Look for 256 open plus 16 pre seeded pro players already in the money bracket. That is why regular season is important.

and
The 2011 StarCraft 2 Regular Season will be huge, featuring:
* 272 players
(from http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/competitions/16#event_33_event_information )


I just don't know if there were any changes to the system since the 2009 post I grabbed that image from.
Moosy
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada396 Posts
February 03 2011 20:00 GMT
#228
as a member of both communities im glad MLG made sc2 a lynch-pin game along with halo reach
TestSubject893
Profile Joined September 2009
United States774 Posts
February 03 2011 20:00 GMT
#229
On February 04 2011 04:45 syllogism wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2011 04:38 TofuFox wrote:
It looks like this is the championship bracket format, at least as announced for 2009 (I can't confirm if the same format was used for 2010, or even if they changed it for 2009 - MLG has taken down all their 2010 sites):

http://media.mlgpro.com/site/images/features/faq_bracket5.png

It can be a bit odd (but, then, so is GSL). It gives a massive advantage to the 16 seeded players, who would play 5-10 rounds to win while open bracket players would play 15-20 rounds to win.

Basically, there is the Open Bracket (256 Player, Double Elim, Not Shown above) and the Championship Bracket (16 seeded players, 16 through Open Bracket)

For the Open Bracket, they play (given the image) through 6 rounds of the Winner's Bracket and 8 rounds of the Loser's Bracket. This leaves 16 players:
4 players in the Winner's Bracket. ("C")
4 players that lost in WBR6 and haven't played in Loser's Bracket (They would play in LBR10) ("B")
8 players that have played in the Loser's Bracket (making it to LBR9) ("A")

Championship Bracket:

16 seeded players are in the winner's bracket.
The losers of the WBR1 and WBR2 are put in a placement bracket (PBR).
WBR1 Losers go in PBR1.
WBR2 Losers go in PBR2.
WBR3 and Winner's Bracket Finals (WBR4) Losers go into the Loser's Bracket.

"A" Players from Open Bracket are placed in LBR1
"B" Players from Open Bracket are placed in LBR2
"C" Players from Open Bracket are placed in LBR3
PBR1 Losers go in LBR4
PBR2 Losers go in LBR5
PBR2 Winners go in LBR6
WBR3 Losers go in LBR8
WBR4 Losers go in the Loser's Bracket Finals (LBR10)

And then Winner's Bracket and Loser's Bracket winners meet in the Grand Finals.

They didn't use that in 2010 MLG Dallas (SC2) and will not use that in 2011


I'm just curious, how do you know that they won't be using that for Starcraft for 2011? Is there an information page somewhere you are referencing or perhaps a post from an MLG staff member?
Cyanocyst
Profile Joined October 2010
2222 Posts
February 03 2011 20:06 GMT
#230
Hmm, nice increase. I might distribute the money a bit more evenly between regular events and the Championship event.

However just glad to see a much more interesting prize pool.
|| Fruit Dealer | Leenock | Yughio | Coca | Sniper | True | Solar | Dark |
syllogism
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland5948 Posts
February 03 2011 20:09 GMT
#231
On February 04 2011 05:00 TestSubject893 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2011 04:45 syllogism wrote:
On February 04 2011 04:38 TofuFox wrote:
It looks like this is the championship bracket format, at least as announced for 2009 (I can't confirm if the same format was used for 2010, or even if they changed it for 2009 - MLG has taken down all their 2010 sites):

http://media.mlgpro.com/site/images/features/faq_bracket5.png

It can be a bit odd (but, then, so is GSL). It gives a massive advantage to the 16 seeded players, who would play 5-10 rounds to win while open bracket players would play 15-20 rounds to win.

Basically, there is the Open Bracket (256 Player, Double Elim, Not Shown above) and the Championship Bracket (16 seeded players, 16 through Open Bracket)

For the Open Bracket, they play (given the image) through 6 rounds of the Winner's Bracket and 8 rounds of the Loser's Bracket. This leaves 16 players:
4 players in the Winner's Bracket. ("C")
4 players that lost in WBR6 and haven't played in Loser's Bracket (They would play in LBR10) ("B")
8 players that have played in the Loser's Bracket (making it to LBR9) ("A")

Championship Bracket:

16 seeded players are in the winner's bracket.
The losers of the WBR1 and WBR2 are put in a placement bracket (PBR).
WBR1 Losers go in PBR1.
WBR2 Losers go in PBR2.
WBR3 and Winner's Bracket Finals (WBR4) Losers go into the Loser's Bracket.

"A" Players from Open Bracket are placed in LBR1
"B" Players from Open Bracket are placed in LBR2
"C" Players from Open Bracket are placed in LBR3
PBR1 Losers go in LBR4
PBR2 Losers go in LBR5
PBR2 Winners go in LBR6
WBR3 Losers go in LBR8
WBR4 Losers go in the Loser's Bracket Finals (LBR10)

And then Winner's Bracket and Loser's Bracket winners meet in the Grand Finals.

They didn't use that in 2010 MLG Dallas (SC2) and will not use that in 2011


I'm just curious, how do you know that they won't be using that for Starcraft for 2011? Is there an information page somewhere you are referencing or perhaps a post from an MLG staff member?

I mistakenly assumed they wouldn't make the same mistake twice. That is to say use a system directly imported from Halo.
tGFuRy
Profile Joined September 2010
United States537 Posts
February 03 2011 20:13 GMT
#232
I am so fucking excited for this!!! Hope to see you there!
Always a Gamer
hmsrenown
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1263 Posts
February 03 2011 20:14 GMT
#233
So haters gonna hate. It's simply amazing that within a year, starcraft 2 has grown to the status where sponsors are willing to shell out 50k for a final, which is way bigger than what they had last year.

And as a "League" format, it's very plausible that people who had done well in "regular season" have fair rewards for performing well consistently. So please, people who have a huge problem with this stop bringing Halo as a bullseye for your hate, and instead focus on a real constructive suggestion.
jslocum
Profile Joined January 2011
United States80 Posts
February 03 2011 20:15 GMT
#234
mlg so much cooler than last year! hope the new money attracts a much wider competition, because that's a lot of money......
"... ive really never understood this how can someone post something thats flat out wrong with such absolute certainty? what is broken in your brain to make that possible? " - idra
OperatoR
Profile Joined October 2010
United States6 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 20:17:39
February 03 2011 20:15 GMT
#235
Nvm. Looks like nationals can be attended by anyone. WOW.
rUiNati0n
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1155 Posts
February 03 2011 20:18 GMT
#236
Very cool! I hope all the tournaments run smoothly and attract a lot of big players (and maybe some good newcomers!)
eating corn while thinking about eating more corn
Malinor
Profile Joined November 2008
Germany4755 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 20:21:15
February 03 2011 20:20 GMT
#237
On February 04 2011 04:38 TofuFox wrote:
It looks like this is the championship bracket format, at least as announced for 2009 (I can't confirm if the same format was used for 2010, or even if they changed it for 2009 - MLG has taken down all their 2010 sites):

http://media.mlgpro.com/site/images/features/faq_bracket5.png

It can be a bit odd (but, then, so is GSL). It gives a massive advantage to the 16 seeded players, who would play 5-10 rounds to win while open bracket players would play 15-20 rounds to win.

Basically, there is the Open Bracket (256 Player, Double Elim, Not Shown above) and the Championship Bracket (16 seeded players, 16 through Open Bracket)

For the Open Bracket, they play (given the image) through 6 rounds of the Winner's Bracket and 8 rounds of the Loser's Bracket. This leaves 16 players:
4 players in the Winner's Bracket. ("C")
4 players that lost in WBR6 and haven't played in Loser's Bracket (They would play in LBR10) ("B")
8 players that have played in the Loser's Bracket (making it to LBR9) ("A")

Championship Bracket:

16 seeded players are in the winner's bracket.
The losers of the WBR1 and WBR2 are put in a placement bracket (PBR).
WBR1 Losers go in PBR1.
WBR2 Losers go in PBR2.
WBR3 and Winner's Bracket Finals (WBR4) Losers go into the Loser's Bracket.

"A" Players from Open Bracket are placed in LBR1
"B" Players from Open Bracket are placed in LBR2
"C" Players from Open Bracket are placed in LBR3
PBR1 Losers go in LBR4
PBR2 Losers go in LBR5
PBR2 Winners go in LBR6
WBR3 Losers go in LBR8
WBR4 Losers go in the Loser's Bracket Finals (LBR10)

And then Winner's Bracket and Loser's Bracket winners meet in the Grand Finals.


Thank you for explaining it. After 3x reading I got the hang of it.
If they will do it this way, they'll probably get so much shit from the community though. It just seems overcomplicated for its purpose. I think that the seeding idea for the top-pros is quite nice, but I would like to see the open round players on equal footing after going through all those qualifiers. Basically a normal Double-Elim 32-player bracket. We will see what they have in mind.

Still extremely pumped for this MLG-Season.
"Withstand. Suffer. Live as you must now live. There will, one day, be answer to this." ||| "A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come."
statez
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia101 Posts
February 03 2011 20:23 GMT
#238
Ive been on MLG since 2004 and its a great website. Has done alot for halo and will do alot for sc2.
ST Bomber
betaV1.25
Profile Joined April 2010
425 Posts
February 03 2011 20:25 GMT
#239
Wow very nice from MLG. I understand player seeding and i hope this time they offer a premium stream aswel.

and please bring back Day[9] with DJweat
OperatoR
Profile Joined October 2010
United States6 Posts
February 03 2011 20:28 GMT
#240
On February 04 2011 03:53 Mainland wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2011 01:03 OperatoR wrote:
Guys, you have to attend the regular events and get a top 8 seeding throughout the season. Once you have accomplished top 8 (accumulated points from previous event placings) you will get a invitation to the nationals. So Koreans will not be able to attend Nationals out of the blue.


This is false. Please stop spreading misinformation like that.

Im not. Its how they ran their tournament for ages. I figured it would be closed invites like halo. Some one from MLG already stated it was open BUT like i suspected they are using the Championship bracket format. Which means if a pro foreigner only comes to the Nationals he would have to play through open bracket (easy) but once he reaches Championship bracket he will be DOWN automatically in the series vs whoever he plays. that is the (extreme advantage) mentioned earlier. Either way... Nationals will have sick turnout.
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