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Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
August 11 2013 23:02 GMT
#4021
On August 12 2013 08:00 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 07:58 Shikyo wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:57 Abominous wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:55 Lachrymose wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:45 dtz wrote:
For those complaining about the format, the way to see it is this way.

The whole playoffs were not to pick the winner. It is to pick the top 2 teams who will play in a grand final. It's a 2 separate stage in the tournament.

So there are actually 3 stages in the tournament which is groupstage, playoff, grand finals.Each stage is separate.

Teams who did better in group stage didn't start with a 1-0 advantage in the playoff as well despite winning more games.




Is this serious?

Yeah, they didn't get a 1-0 advantage, they got a 2-0 advantage. They started in the upper bracket and other teams started in the lower bracket, the equivalent in the format of getting 2-0'd.

There was a huge advantage to doing well in the prelims, it's really weird that you try to make it sound like there wasn't.

Yeah, a team with a 9-5 record (lets not count the tiebreaker) was in the exact same part of the bracket against a team with 14-0.

That team was seeded worse. If you're ever played in a tournament you might be aware that it's a gigantic disadvantage to play vs #1 seed first instead of vs the #8 seed.

How about the 3 teams who finished 8-6 and only 1 had to play against Na`vi, the top seed?

Alliance should have been the top seed. 3 worst teams play vs the 3 best teams. You cannot be serious?
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
misirlou
Profile Joined June 2010
Portugal3245 Posts
August 11 2013 23:02 GMT
#4022
On August 12 2013 07:58 zul wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 07:57 Gentso wrote:
Did that guy just say Chinese varied their picks? WHAT LOL

ofc. they do: sometimes they play alchemist mid, sometimes support, sometimes carry. see? variation.


loled. Zenith and orange had nice picks but they aren't chinese, maybe we can call them eastern. And they call us fanboys racists!
dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
August 11 2013 23:02 GMT
#4023
I think they realize some people might watch the grand final or at least only the last day so these recaps are good to inform them of the whole storyline.

Do the people in TV6 see this also? or they just observe through the game and have their own production
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
August 11 2013 23:02 GMT
#4024
On August 12 2013 07:58 dtz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 07:55 Lachrymose wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:45 dtz wrote:
For those complaining about the format, the way to see it is this way.

The whole playoffs were not to pick the winner. It is to pick the top 2 teams who will play in a grand final. It's a 2 separate stage in the tournament.

So there are actually 3 stages in the tournament which is groupstage, playoff, grand finals.Each stage is separate.

Teams who did better in group stage didn't start with a 1-0 advantage in the playoff as well despite winning more games.




Is this serious?

Yeah, they didn't get a 1-0 advantage, they got a 2-0 advantage. They started in the upper bracket and other teams started in the lower bracket, the equivalent in the format of getting 2-0'd.

There was a huge advantage to doing well in the prelims, it's really weird that you try to make it sound like there wasn't.


That group stage is to pick 8 teams to be put in Upper Bracket and 8 teams to be put in Lower Bracket.

This playoff is to put 2 teams in the Grand Finals and 14 teams to be eliminated.

Between teams in the lower bracket, there is no score advantage despite some teams winning more than the others ( IG vs DK started 0-0 despite IG being 8-6 and DK 10-4).

Therefore in the grand finals there should be no score advantage also.

of course there are other non score advantages like being able to pick your opponents or being well rested and are able to save strats and analyze more of your opponents.

If the formats were similiar, the second qualifiers should put one half of the teams in the winners' bracket and one half in the losers' bracket for the grand finals.

Which is how it would go in a properly done tournament format. As you see, doing well in the qualifiers gives you an advantage. In a proper format, that is.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
August 11 2013 23:02 GMT
#4025
On August 12 2013 08:00 Fusilero wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 07:59 Mataza wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:56 cchriss wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:56 Mataza wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:54 blobrus wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:53 hyptonic wrote:
so disappointing as a spectator that the two most boring teams besides mouz make it to the final.

at least the chinese teams varied their picks

Navi boring? Rofl.

orange, Zenith, Mufc = Pinoy doto
Mostly malaysian though.


Fu

Ok, it's SEA. There are no pinoy dota teams though, so maybe everyone else should stop talking about teams that don't exist?

Mineski and dreamz pls.
Never 5get dagon 3 puck against vici gaming.

I'm talking out of my ass, sorry. Never heard of them outside of Ti3 qualifiers though.
I'll try to talk less wrong things
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
potatomash3r
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia417 Posts
August 11 2013 23:03 GMT
#4026
One person says Na'vi is boring and everyone goes apeshit hahaha
Part of being mature is to accept your loss.
Abominous
Profile Joined March 2013
Croatia1625 Posts
August 11 2013 23:03 GMT
#4027
On August 12 2013 08:00 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 07:58 Shikyo wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:57 Abominous wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:55 Lachrymose wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:45 dtz wrote:
For those complaining about the format, the way to see it is this way.

The whole playoffs were not to pick the winner. It is to pick the top 2 teams who will play in a grand final. It's a 2 separate stage in the tournament.

So there are actually 3 stages in the tournament which is groupstage, playoff, grand finals.Each stage is separate.

Teams who did better in group stage didn't start with a 1-0 advantage in the playoff as well despite winning more games.




Is this serious?

Yeah, they didn't get a 1-0 advantage, they got a 2-0 advantage. They started in the upper bracket and other teams started in the lower bracket, the equivalent in the format of getting 2-0'd.

There was a huge advantage to doing well in the prelims, it's really weird that you try to make it sound like there wasn't.

Yeah, a team with a 9-5 record (lets not count the tiebreaker) was in the exact same part of the bracket against a team with 14-0.

That team was seeded worse. If you're ever played in a tournament you might be aware that it's a gigantic disadvantage to play vs #1 seed first instead of vs the #8 seed.

How about the 3 teams who finished 8-6 and only 1 had to play against Na`vi, the top seed?

Oh and this too.
WindWolf
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Sweden11767 Posts
August 11 2013 23:03 GMT
#4028
Fly still seems happy!
EZ4ENCE
Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
August 11 2013 23:04 GMT
#4029
On August 12 2013 08:03 potatomash3r wrote:
One person says Na'vi is boring and everyone goes apeshit hahaha

He had a point though, the Na'Vi vs A games were boring as shit.
Alliance played amazing ratdoto, but it was still boring to watch.
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
hyptonic
Profile Joined June 2011
2155 Posts
August 11 2013 23:04 GMT
#4030
i mean if you guys think watching naix bombs over and over aren't boring then we can agree to disagree
tomatriedes
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
New Zealand5356 Posts
August 11 2013 23:04 GMT
#4031
On August 12 2013 08:03 potatomash3r wrote:
One person says Na'vi is boring and everyone goes apeshit hahaha


Haha, after his last post I realize he's just trolling.
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
August 11 2013 23:04 GMT
#4032
On August 12 2013 08:02 Shikyo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 08:00 Itsmedudeman wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:58 Shikyo wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:57 Abominous wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:55 Lachrymose wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:45 dtz wrote:
For those complaining about the format, the way to see it is this way.

The whole playoffs were not to pick the winner. It is to pick the top 2 teams who will play in a grand final. It's a 2 separate stage in the tournament.

So there are actually 3 stages in the tournament which is groupstage, playoff, grand finals.Each stage is separate.

Teams who did better in group stage didn't start with a 1-0 advantage in the playoff as well despite winning more games.




Is this serious?

Yeah, they didn't get a 1-0 advantage, they got a 2-0 advantage. They started in the upper bracket and other teams started in the lower bracket, the equivalent in the format of getting 2-0'd.

There was a huge advantage to doing well in the prelims, it's really weird that you try to make it sound like there wasn't.

Yeah, a team with a 9-5 record (lets not count the tiebreaker) was in the exact same part of the bracket against a team with 14-0.

That team was seeded worse. If you're ever played in a tournament you might be aware that it's a gigantic disadvantage to play vs #1 seed first instead of vs the #8 seed.

How about the 3 teams who finished 8-6 and only 1 had to play against Na`vi, the top seed?

Alliance should have been the top seed. 3 worst teams play vs the 3 best teams. You cannot be serious?

? I don't think you understand how this tournament works.
Ianuus
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia349 Posts
August 11 2013 23:04 GMT
#4033
On August 12 2013 08:01 teapoted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 08:00 DustbinBieber wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:57 gruff wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:55 DustbinBieber wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:53 hyptonic wrote:
so disappointing as a spectator that the two most boring teams besides mouz make it to the final.

at least the chinese teams varied their picks


Alliance are boring, but Na'Vi?
L O L

State one subjective fact and then laugh at another. You want a cookie?


"from Sweden", talk subjectivity.
I find the Alliance boring in that they've become a winning machine, also I love the plays but can hardly stand the players (EGM especially has the right number to get on my nerves), sorry we don't share the same opinion.
"from France", talk subjectively.

Look how effective this is. Go to reddit if you're not interested in what others say.


Is there a French team in TI3 now?
nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15845 Posts
August 11 2013 23:04 GMT
#4034
I can't believe some people are bringing up that there are boring teams, all the teams have bring some great games even if sometimes they shackled themselves a bit during those 80K+$ dollars games. It has been an amazing tournament with lots of great games, better than the usual TPL, SL, TD (which are already good).
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
cchriss
Profile Joined June 2009
United States912 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-11 23:07:13
August 11 2013 23:04 GMT
#4035
On August 12 2013 08:02 Mataza wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 08:00 Fusilero wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:59 Mataza wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:56 cchriss wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:56 Mataza wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:54 blobrus wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:53 hyptonic wrote:
so disappointing as a spectator that the two most boring teams besides mouz make it to the final.

at least the chinese teams varied their picks

Navi boring? Rofl.

orange, Zenith, Mufc = Pinoy doto
Mostly malaysian though.


Fu

Ok, it's SEA. There are no pinoy dota teams though, so maybe everyone else should stop talking about teams that don't exist?

Mineski and dreamz pls.
Never 5get dagon 3 puck against vici gaming.

I'm talking out of my ass, sorry. Never heard of them outside of Ti3 qualifiers though.
I'll try to talk less wrong things

Don't worry, Pinoy doto is irrelevant.
EDIT: I tried to make a joke, but it ended up being a terrible one.
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
August 11 2013 23:04 GMT
#4036
On August 12 2013 08:03 WindWolf wrote:
Fly still seems happy!

well they did great in this international
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
gazageiras
Profile Joined February 2011
Finland242 Posts
August 11 2013 23:04 GMT
#4037
Fly so handsome.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-11 23:05:55
August 11 2013 23:04 GMT
#4038
On August 12 2013 08:04 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 08:02 Shikyo wrote:
On August 12 2013 08:00 Itsmedudeman wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:58 Shikyo wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:57 Abominous wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:55 Lachrymose wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:45 dtz wrote:
For those complaining about the format, the way to see it is this way.

The whole playoffs were not to pick the winner. It is to pick the top 2 teams who will play in a grand final. It's a 2 separate stage in the tournament.

So there are actually 3 stages in the tournament which is groupstage, playoff, grand finals.Each stage is separate.

Teams who did better in group stage didn't start with a 1-0 advantage in the playoff as well despite winning more games.




Is this serious?

Yeah, they didn't get a 1-0 advantage, they got a 2-0 advantage. They started in the upper bracket and other teams started in the lower bracket, the equivalent in the format of getting 2-0'd.

There was a huge advantage to doing well in the prelims, it's really weird that you try to make it sound like there wasn't.

Yeah, a team with a 9-5 record (lets not count the tiebreaker) was in the exact same part of the bracket against a team with 14-0.

That team was seeded worse. If you're ever played in a tournament you might be aware that it's a gigantic disadvantage to play vs #1 seed first instead of vs the #8 seed.

How about the 3 teams who finished 8-6 and only 1 had to play against Na`vi, the top seed?

Alliance should have been the top seed. 3 worst teams play vs the 3 best teams. You cannot be serious?

? I don't think you understand how this tournament works.

If Alliance went 14-0 in the qualifiers, they should have been the top seed for the bracket.

Was this not the case, then?


Though you're correct, I don't understand how this tournament works and how this format got through but whatever. It's only unfair if Na'Vi wins, and they won't.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
cilinder007
Profile Joined August 2010
Slovenia7251 Posts
August 11 2013 23:05 GMT
#4039
On August 12 2013 08:04 cchriss wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 08:02 Mataza wrote:
On August 12 2013 08:00 Fusilero wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:59 Mataza wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:56 cchriss wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:56 Mataza wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:54 blobrus wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:53 hyptonic wrote:
so disappointing as a spectator that the two most boring teams besides mouz make it to the final.

at least the chinese teams varied their picks

Navi boring? Rofl.

orange, Zenith, Mufc = Pinoy doto
Mostly malaysian though.


Fu

Ok, it's SEA. There are no pinoy dota teams though, so maybe everyone else should stop talking about teams that don't exist?

Mineski and dreamz pls.
Never 5get dagon 3 puck against vici gaming.

I'm talking out of my ass, sorry. Never heard of them outside of Ti3 qualifiers though.
I'll try to talk less wrong things

Don't worry, Pinoy doto is irrelevant.

LOL, more out of ass talking
DustbinBieber
Profile Joined April 2013
France276 Posts
August 11 2013 23:05 GMT
#4040
On August 12 2013 08:04 Ianuus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 08:01 teapoted wrote:
On August 12 2013 08:00 DustbinBieber wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:57 gruff wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:55 DustbinBieber wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:53 hyptonic wrote:
so disappointing as a spectator that the two most boring teams besides mouz make it to the final.

at least the chinese teams varied their picks


Alliance are boring, but Na'Vi?
L O L

State one subjective fact and then laugh at another. You want a cookie?


"from Sweden", talk subjectivity.
I find the Alliance boring in that they've become a winning machine, also I love the plays but can hardly stand the players (EGM especially has the right number to get on my nerves), sorry we don't share the same opinion.
"from France", talk subjectively.

Look how effective this is. Go to reddit if you're not interested in what others say.


Is there a French team in TI3 now?


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