EPTAutomated Tournaments Coming to Beta - Page 3
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[PkF] Wire
France24202 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On August 20 2015 04:31 Garemie wrote: Looks like a little TV. Wonder if that means spectator options.....oh I dream big. Pretty sure that is some sort of twitch integration since they are going to announce something at twitchcon. Automated tournaments thing looks amazing. | ||
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Big J
Austria16289 Posts
On August 20 2015 06:03 [PkF] Wire wrote: Very good news. So eager to test that, though there are going to be huge discrepancies, for instance low masters is miles away from actually good masters (being a low masters myself, I know what I'm talking about lol). then go back to high diamond where you belong  | ||
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purakushi
United States3300 Posts
On August 20 2015 06:10 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote: Pretty sure that is some sort of twitch integration since they are going to announce something at twitchcon. Automated tournaments thing looks amazing. Nah, it's the menu button. | ||
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DeadByDawn
United Kingdom476 Posts
Good job Blizzard, hope it is as awesome as it sounds. | ||
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DeadByDawn
United Kingdom476 Posts
Please, please, please sell me some skins for christ's sake. Then we could wager them in the tournaments. I have spent $100s on DotA stuff for my nephew and I don't even play the game - don't you want some of that cash? | ||
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[PkF] Wire
France24202 Posts
On August 20 2015 06:11 Big J wrote: then go back to high diamond where you belong Ha ha fuck you  | ||
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aRyuujin
United States5049 Posts
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UberNuB
United States365 Posts
I play a lot of SC2, but doing an entire tournament seems daunting. I do think playing Bo3 or even Bo5 against ladder opponents would be neat. Arguably, I should scout better or what not, but playing a truly random player (as I am not at the top of the ladder, I rarely ever play the same person twice), means that we both go into the game with random build orders in mind. When we're both mid-tier players, this means the game is effectively won/lost by random chance as to who you got matched up against and if your build order just happens to be better. Playing a Bo3 or Bo5 adds a bit more stability into the mix. Obviously, what I say isn't necessarily applicable to the top players, as they aren't matched evenly from the beginning, but when you're in the middle of the pack and you go in roughly even with your opponent, the build orders are often times too much to overcome. | ||
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TelecoM
United States10673 Posts
On August 20 2015 08:15 UberNuB wrote: Honestly, I'd rather have an option for ladder to set BoX when searching. I play a lot of SC2, but doing an entire tournament seems daunting. I do think playing Bo3 or even Bo5 against ladder opponents would be neat. Arguably, I should scout better or what not, but playing a truly random player (as I am not at the top of the ladder, I rarely ever play the same person twice), means that we both go into the game with random build orders in mind. When we're both mid-tier players, this means the game is effectively won/lost by random chance as to who you got matched up against and if your build order just happens to be better. Playing a Bo3 or Bo5 adds a bit more stability into the mix. Obviously, what I say isn't necessarily applicable to the top players, as they aren't matched evenly from the beginning, but when you're in the middle of the pack and you go in roughly even with your opponent, the build orders are often times too much to overcome. Well you can always you know, just not play in the tournaments. | ||
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aRyuujin
United States5049 Posts
On August 20 2015 08:15 UberNuB wrote: Honestly, I'd rather have an option for ladder to set BoX when searching. I play a lot of SC2, but doing an entire tournament seems daunting. I do think playing Bo3 or even Bo5 against ladder opponents would be neat. Arguably, I should scout better or what not, but playing a truly random player (as I am not at the top of the ladder, I rarely ever play the same person twice), means that we both go into the game with random build orders in mind. When we're both mid-tier players, this means the game is effectively won/lost by random chance as to who you got matched up against and if your build order just happens to be better. Playing a Bo3 or Bo5 adds a bit more stability into the mix. Obviously, what I say isn't necessarily applicable to the top players, as they aren't matched evenly from the beginning, but when you're in the middle of the pack and you go in roughly even with your opponent, the build orders are often times too much to overcome. an option to bo3 ladder would be cool yea. But why not just play them in customs afterwards? Most of the time opponents are happy to play again, especially if you aren't too bad mannered, at least in my experience. | ||
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Wildmoon
Thailand4189 Posts
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hoby2000
United States918 Posts
Man, this going to be shitty for games that end up being longer... Then my instant second thought was... How can I use this to my advantage? It's almost a blessing and a curse for starcraft. On one hand people are going to do some weird ass shit we've never seen before in order ot have an advantage either turtely or hyper agressive. On the other hand, long starcraft games can be enjoyable with even more crazy shit. I'm torn. I'll try it out though. | ||
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Cluster__
United States328 Posts
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y0su
Finland7871 Posts
On August 20 2015 09:31 hoby2000 wrote: The 25 minute limit idea gave me two thoughts. The first: Man, this going to be shitty for games that end up being longer... Then my instant second thought was... How can I use this to my advantage? It's almost a blessing and a curse for starcraft. On one hand people are going to do some weird ass shit we've never seen before in order ot have an advantage either turtely or hyper agressive. On the other hand, long starcraft games can be enjoyable with even more crazy shit. I'm torn. I'll try it out though. Don't forget that 25 minutes of game time in LotV will be a very different game than 35 now. It will be interesting to see if any strategies develop from this though. | ||
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MagicRover
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CountZero71
Germany89 Posts
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ETisME
12390 Posts
I am really hyped for this, been waiting for this since hots | ||
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
Leagues. Why are they still here? Why are they associated with the tournament system? Why isn't this inaccurate and non-credible league system being replaced in LotV? While the idea of using MMR for tournament matchmaking makes a lot of sense allowing everyone a chance at winning, more specifically you have a 1/16 chance of being randomly put in a group where you have the best performance, it risks becoming as meaningless as divisions. Congrats, you're the best out of 16 (or 100 in the case of divisions) arbitrary players. You could be the best because you played really well, or you could be the best due to the RNG putting you into a group where you have the most skill out of the 16 randomly chosen players. Again, it's a good idea to have this mode that allows everyone a chance of winning. But it should also be supplemented with a WC3-style tournament system, where there is a 3.5 hour open queue phase, where anyone can face anyone, and then the top 16 with the highest levels (or points) in the tournament moves onto a 16 player bracket phase. | ||
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