EPTPlayer L plays Player W in the first round. W beats L 2-1, sending him into the loser's bracket. In a later round of the loser's bracket, W and L meet again. In a typical double-elimination tournament, this would be a standard best of 3. However, in an extended series rule, player L will enter a bo7 rule down 2-1.
Do you like MLG's extended series rule?
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Chill
Calgary25993 Posts
Player L plays Player W in the first round. W beats L 2-1, sending him into the loser's bracket. In a later round of the loser's bracket, W and L meet again. In a typical double-elimination tournament, this would be a standard best of 3. However, in an extended series rule, player L will enter a bo7 rule down 2-1. | ||
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Manlot
Mexico111 Posts
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ffz
United States490 Posts
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let_FLY
80 Posts
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xaeiu
432 Posts
it's actually just a slightly tougher position for player L since he has now to win 3 instead of 2 sets, so just one more in the exbo7 than in the usual bo3. W has to win either way 2 sets, right? so nothing changes for him. | ||
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Arco
United States2090 Posts
Get rid of this crappy rule ASAP, it would be completely unacceptable to keep it in the rules. Almost mind boggling who is pulling the strings at MLG. Why can't they hire rule admins that know stuff about games they admin? | ||
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
It makes the finals anticlimactic (with or without extended series, the finals are not fun when one person has a big advantage) and the tournament hard to follow. | ||
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ReketSomething
United States6012 Posts
go math | ||
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SadStarcraft
Mexico56 Posts
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Count9
China10928 Posts
On December 01 2010 14:48 ReketSomething wrote: At first I thought this rule was the most garbage EVER...made absolutely NO SENSE. AFter hearing tyler's argument, he is right. Having the extended series produces an overall better ranking and therefore Im going to vote FOR IT go math Did you listen to the SotG podcast? | ||
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ShadowDrgn
United States2497 Posts
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Fzero
United States1503 Posts
"MLG is the best tournament in America" /sigh | ||
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Blackrobe
United States806 Posts
/sigh | ||
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Alou
United States3748 Posts
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GrapeD
Canada679 Posts
On December 01 2010 14:26 Chill wrote: The extended series rule is as follows: Player L plays Player W in the first round. W beats L 2-1, sending him into the loser's bracket. In a later round of the loser's bracket, W and L meet again. In a typical double-elimination tournament, this would be a standard best of 3. However, in an extended series rule, player L will enter a bo7 rule down 2-1. Is this for every game thereafter he beats him? finals included? | ||
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Zamiel
United States211 Posts
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
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elkram
United States221 Posts
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Chill
Calgary25993 Posts
On December 01 2010 14:55 GrapeD wrote: Is this for every game thereafter he beats him? finals included? Yes. | ||
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TaKemE
Denmark1045 Posts
ppl saying its fair have no idea what they are talking about and should realy think some more about it. Even for a game like Halo its unfair and you will never find a math expert saying its fair. Heres just one good point from Idra: IdrA made the good point that if you lose to someone in the winners bracket, and then they lose later in the tournament to someone else, then they face you in the losers bracket there is no reason they should be up any games on you because they lost to a person you may not have lost to. Technically they're down just as many games as you and now because of the luck of the draw they're going against you again and have an advantage. | ||
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