EPTif teams are tied at the end of prelims they will play tiebreaker games
well at least this wording suggests additional games will be played
"If there are ties among teams in the same group, the ties are resolved by tie-breaker games."
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zeehar
Korea (South)3804 Posts
if teams are tied at the end of prelims they will play tiebreaker games well at least this wording suggests additional games will be played "If there are ties among teams in the same group, the ties are resolved by tie-breaker games." | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
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Chiharu Harukaze
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On August 28 2012 12:18 TheYango wrote: TBH being last spot in the Winner's Bracket for either group isn't really much consolation, seeing as having to face iG or LGD as your first match is essentially a one-way trip back to the loser's bracket. But if you're last seed in Winner Bracket, at least you avoid Loser Bracket Round 1 and get to go directly into Loser Bracket Round 2. So that's one less Bo1 to worry about. And if you can win in Loser Bracket Round 2 and make it to Round 3 you guarantee at least top 8. | ||
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
On August 28 2012 12:17 zeehar wrote: if teams are tied at the end of prelims they will play tiebreaker games well at least this wording suggests additional games will be played "If there are ties among teams in the same group, the ties are resolved by tie-breaker games." another reason why day3 has so little games. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On August 28 2012 12:21 Chiharu Harukaze wrote: But if you're last seed in Winner Bracket, at least you avoid Loser Bracket Round 1 and get to go directly into Loser Bracket Round 2. So that's one less Bo1 to worry about. And if you can win in Loser Bracket Round 2 and make it to Round 3 you guarantee at least top 8. So basically it's a question of "Is having to worry about a Bo3 vs IG/LGD worth getting to skip a Bo1 against Darer/Mouz/M5/mTw?" Not necessarily worth the extra effort. | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
On August 28 2012 12:18 TheYango wrote: TBH being last spot in the Winner's Bracket for either group isn't really much consolation, seeing as having to face iG or LGD as your first match is essentially a one-way trip back to the loser's bracket (as opposed to a loser's bracket match vs. m5, mouz, Darer, or mTw). For teams without special strategies, yes. But for teams of the caliber of coL and Na'Vi, it's an opportunity to knock one of the Chinese giants into the LB with huge plays. iG and LGD are not invincible. They did look behind in several of the games in the group stages, though they managed to come back in each one. But when push comes to shove, you know Na'Vi is going to make the biggest plays in the world. Tomorrow is the decider. TF triumphing over Na'Vi makes coL the sole team capable of upsetting Asians giants. Na'Vi triumphing over TF shows that they're still in the running for winning TI 2. | ||
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On August 28 2012 12:24 Azarkon wrote: For teams without special strategies, yes. But for teams of the caliber of coL and Na'Vi, it's an opportunity to knock one of the Chinese giants into the LB with huge plays. iG and LGD are not invincible. They did look behind in several of the games in the group stages, though they managed to come back in each one. But when push comes to shove, you know Na'Vi is going to make the biggest plays in the world. They're Bo3s. In Loser's Bracket games maybe, but the likelihood of those special strategies pulling you through 2 wins in a Bo3 is quite small. coL pulled out "special strategies" both games against iG in group stage. They got outplayed so hard that it absolutely didn't matter. | ||
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Chiharu Harukaze
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On August 28 2012 12:23 TheYango wrote: So basically it's a question of "Is having to worry about a Bo3 vs IG/LGD worth getting to skip a Bo1 against Darer/Mouz/M5/mTw?" Not necessarily worth the extra effort. If they save their energy against iG/LGD and go in knowing that they will end up in Loser Round 2, skipping the risk of an upset in a Bo1 against Darer/mouz/M5/mTw might perhaps be worth it. Those four teams still have the potential to do damage and anything goes in a Bo1. | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
On August 28 2012 12:26 TheYango wrote: They're Bo3s. In Loser's Bracket games maybe, but the likelihood of those special strategies pulling you through 2 wins in a Bo3 is quite small. coL pulled out "special strategies" both games against iG in group stage. They got outplayed so hard that it absolutely didn't matter. For now, yes. But there's three days between now and the play offs. Teams have time to prepare and analyze their mistakes. I said before that Na'Vi making it into WB is critical for them having success. I stand by that. The difference between WB and LB is huge for a team of Na'Vi's caliber and style. | ||
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LuckoftheIrish
United States4791 Posts
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Chiharu Harukaze
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TheYango
United States47024 Posts
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Chiharu Harukaze
12112 Posts
On August 28 2012 12:43 LuckoftheIrish wrote: Nice to see Tobi acting like he's bigger than the tournament. Shocker. What did he do? I've been watching Luminous. | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
On August 28 2012 12:43 LuckoftheIrish wrote: Nice to see Tobi acting like he's bigger than the tournament. Shocker. What happened? | ||
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LuckoftheIrish
United States4791 Posts
On August 28 2012 12:47 Chiharu Harukaze wrote: What did he do? I've been watching Luminous. Toby Dawson @TobiWanDOTA Just to let everyone know we will not be using DOTA TV tomorrow, will cast CLG vs EG and Na'Vi vs Tongfu - thanks for watching today Toby Dawson @TobiWanDOTA We are not assigned / not allowed in DOTA TV for these matches, and we strongly disagree with the matches already assigned to us...so DOTATV | ||
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BurningSera
Ireland19621 Posts
On August 28 2012 12:43 LuckoftheIrish wrote: Nice to see Tobi acting like he's bigger than the tournament. Shocker. That's weird :S whats up with that 'strongly disagree on assigned matches to them'?? Meanwhile Col owned orange. I have a feeling that the players are very tired by now. | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
On August 28 2012 12:47 TheYango wrote: coL 2-0 Orange. Barring some throws to Darer tomorrow, they're basically guaranteed 2nd seed. The only other team that 2-0'd Orange this tournament is iG. coL... Are they are able to do it? I remember that one of coL's member said that they 30-0 Ehome regularly in scrims and now they've 2-0'd both TF and Orange. They did lose to Ehome one game on LAN - which, to be fair, iG did too - but have gotten better and better each game they play. Is coL the team that's going to challenge the Chinese for TI 2? | ||
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LuckoftheIrish
United States4791 Posts
Tobi has always been about Tobi first and everyone else second if at all. | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
On August 28 2012 12:48 LuckoftheIrish wrote: Toby Dawson @TobiWanDOTA Just to let everyone know we will not be using DOTA TV tomorrow, will cast CLG vs EG and Na'Vi vs Tongfu - thanks for watching today Toby Dawson @TobiWanDOTA We are not assigned / not allowed in DOTA TV for these matches, and we strongly disagree with the matches already assigned to us...so DOTATV lol wtf.. "strongly disagree with the matches assigned to us" ?? Tobi and joindota in general are WAYYYYY too obsessed with only european teams it seems. They give so much bias to them. Not saying that there aren't good euro teams, but it gets pretty annoying when JD casting and reporting acts like EU dota is the center of the universe | ||
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