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Do you like the new Super-Ace PL Format? - Page 4

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p4NDemik
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States13896 Posts
August 03 2009 01:32 GMT
#61
I prefer a straight up Bo7 series, maybe a Bo15 over two days, but honestly I don't really care.
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DreaM)XeRO
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4667 Posts
August 03 2009 01:39 GMT
#62
more chances of a Bisu/Jaedong/Fantasy orgasm
cw)minsean(ru
ktp
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States797 Posts
August 03 2009 02:13 GMT
#63
The super ace format is totally geared towards Jaedong. Just put as much pressure on him as possible and his winning chances start going up, and I think the super ace match has to be the most pressure out of any of the leagues.
Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8556 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-03 02:48:07
August 03 2009 02:47 GMT
#64
I don't understand this logic, why should a team like CJ do better against Oz in a Bo7 rather than Bo5?
I think people are mad because they think the regular format is supposed to favor the team with more depth.
Jaedong
Gustav_Wind
Profile Joined July 2008
United States646 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-03 03:14:04
August 03 2009 03:12 GMT
#65
On August 03 2009 10:27 StarBrift wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 03 2009 04:04 Hot_Bid wrote:
On August 03 2009 03:12 StarBrift wrote:
Why would Oz fans think this is better? Bo7 is harder for Oz which ever way you look at it.

In a normal PL game jaedongs minions has to win one game for him to seal the deal. In a Bo7 they have to win two.

How is 5 of 15 games easier to win than 2 of 5? Becuase NO, unlike most of you saying in here. Jaedong won't be playing two ace matches if the game only goes to 5 games in both meetings.

If Oz wins or loses the first game 4-0, 4-1 or 4-2 Jaedong will have played one game in it. If they then go to ace in the second he will play two in that and possibly the super ace. He will then have 4 games played out of atleast 12.

So if Jaedong plays either 4 out of 12 or 5 out of 15 he plays exactly one third of the games. In a normal PL game he would play 2 out of 5. That is more than one third of the games. Thus the team is less reliant on jaedong and more on their other players.

People need to stop saying this format favours Oz because it clearly does not.

Edit: Techically he can play 4 out of 13 or 14 aswell if one of the matches goes to 5 or 6 games but that would only make it less likely for Oz to win because he then plays even less.

Well, its not really about the % of games played, its about chance to win the entire set

In a normal Bo7 Oz has to win 2 out of 5 non Jaedong games to get it to ace so Jaedong can win. In this new format, they still have to win 2 out of 5 non Jaedong games, but they have two tries to do it. If they do this on either Day 1 or Day 2, then they get a super ace that Jaedong plays.

However, just because its easier for Oz doesn't mean its a worse format. 2 Bo7s is better than one, and the super aces are some of the most intense, insane games I've ever watched.


How is getting two tries easier than getting one? Aren't the chances of better players winning greater the more games are played? If they were just doing a normal BO7 they would still have to win an entire match. The difference here is that even after they win that one they still need to win the other or take the ace match down. So if they lose they still need to win a BO7. But the problem lies int he fact that OZ has less of a chance of actually winning a BO7 than both CJ and SKT1 because they have only one solid threat as opposed to the tripple threat of SKT1 right now (not counting Best) or the extremely well rounded CJ that imo has atleast 4 worthy aces. Imo the only reason CJ lost to OZ is due to overwork because they are so far into the leagues. OZ members (except Jaedong) only has proleague right now.

I'm not sure if you're arguing that this format is better for OZ than one BO5 or than one BO7. BO5 is obviously better for OZ no matter how you view it. If it were only one BO7 it would be like it is now but with less risk for SKT1 to fall to OZ snipers who devote 100% of their time into taking out one player at one map. Now atleast they have to practise for more matchups.


Hot Bid's reasoning is correct. I'll just make up some numbers for the sake of making the example easier.

Let's say Oz's chance of winning a Bo7 vs CJ is 40%, because CJ is a deeper team, and that Jaedong's chances of winning an ace match is 80%.

In a normal single Bo7 format, Oz's chance of winning is 40%. Simple.

In this format, Oz's chance of winning is (chance of winning both sets) + (chance of winning 1 of the two sets)*(chance of winning super ace). That is, (.4*.4) + (.4*.6*2)*.8. This comes out to .544, or 54.4%.



konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
August 03 2009 03:16 GMT
#66
Yes

Because of more games
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roronoe
Profile Joined May 2009
Canada1527 Posts
August 03 2009 03:36 GMT
#67
I think it could be interesting with the same format, but the super ace match be a bo3 between the two aces.
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Aphelion
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States2720 Posts
August 03 2009 04:09 GMT
#68
I haven't followed PL for a while, someone explain to me what the hell this is about. So ACE match = 3 wins? Then why did Hwaseung win purely due to ace match just because Jaedong won?
But Garimto was always more than just a Protoss...
Mindcrime
Profile Joined July 2004
United States6899 Posts
August 03 2009 05:44 GMT
#69
On August 03 2009 13:09 Aphelion wrote:
I haven't followed PL for a while, someone explain to me what the hell this is about. So ACE match = 3 wins? Then why did Hwaseung win purely due to ace match just because Jaedong won?


If teams split the bo7s, there is a super ace match which determines which team advances. Oz lost the second bo7 after winning the first. Jaedong won the super ace so his team advanced.
That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.
Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8556 Posts
August 03 2009 06:29 GMT
#70
On August 03 2009 12:12 Gustav_Wind wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 03 2009 10:27 StarBrift wrote:
On August 03 2009 04:04 Hot_Bid wrote:
On August 03 2009 03:12 StarBrift wrote:
Why would Oz fans think this is better? Bo7 is harder for Oz which ever way you look at it.

In a normal PL game jaedongs minions has to win one game for him to seal the deal. In a Bo7 they have to win two.

How is 5 of 15 games easier to win than 2 of 5? Becuase NO, unlike most of you saying in here. Jaedong won't be playing two ace matches if the game only goes to 5 games in both meetings.

If Oz wins or loses the first game 4-0, 4-1 or 4-2 Jaedong will have played one game in it. If they then go to ace in the second he will play two in that and possibly the super ace. He will then have 4 games played out of atleast 12.

So if Jaedong plays either 4 out of 12 or 5 out of 15 he plays exactly one third of the games. In a normal PL game he would play 2 out of 5. That is more than one third of the games. Thus the team is less reliant on jaedong and more on their other players.

People need to stop saying this format favours Oz because it clearly does not.

Edit: Techically he can play 4 out of 13 or 14 aswell if one of the matches goes to 5 or 6 games but that would only make it less likely for Oz to win because he then plays even less.

Well, its not really about the % of games played, its about chance to win the entire set

In a normal Bo7 Oz has to win 2 out of 5 non Jaedong games to get it to ace so Jaedong can win. In this new format, they still have to win 2 out of 5 non Jaedong games, but they have two tries to do it. If they do this on either Day 1 or Day 2, then they get a super ace that Jaedong plays.

However, just because its easier for Oz doesn't mean its a worse format. 2 Bo7s is better than one, and the super aces are some of the most intense, insane games I've ever watched.


How is getting two tries easier than getting one? Aren't the chances of better players winning greater the more games are played? If they were just doing a normal BO7 they would still have to win an entire match. The difference here is that even after they win that one they still need to win the other or take the ace match down. So if they lose they still need to win a BO7. But the problem lies int he fact that OZ has less of a chance of actually winning a BO7 than both CJ and SKT1 because they have only one solid threat as opposed to the tripple threat of SKT1 right now (not counting Best) or the extremely well rounded CJ that imo has atleast 4 worthy aces. Imo the only reason CJ lost to OZ is due to overwork because they are so far into the leagues. OZ members (except Jaedong) only has proleague right now.

I'm not sure if you're arguing that this format is better for OZ than one BO5 or than one BO7. BO5 is obviously better for OZ no matter how you view it. If it were only one BO7 it would be like it is now but with less risk for SKT1 to fall to OZ snipers who devote 100% of their time into taking out one player at one map. Now atleast they have to practise for more matchups.


Hot Bid's reasoning is correct. I'll just make up some numbers for the sake of making the example easier.

Let's say Oz's chance of winning a Bo7 vs CJ is 40%, because CJ is a deeper team, and that Jaedong's chances of winning an ace match is 80%.

In a normal single Bo7 format, Oz's chance of winning is 40%. Simple.

In this format, Oz's chance of winning is (chance of winning both sets) + (chance of winning 1 of the two sets)*(chance of winning super ace). That is, (.4*.4) + (.4*.6*2)*.8. This comes out to .544, or 54.4%.




Too many assumptions and generalizations. I did the math for STX and Khan using diff percentages and the results varied.
Jaedong
Kyuki
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1867 Posts
August 03 2009 06:50 GMT
#71
There is ofc two sides of the fence here, but I think people blow the SuperAce out of proportion.

If you think about it, why should the numbers matter if a team wins a set? I mean if TeamX wins with 4-0 or 4-3, it's still a 1-0 and 3 points.
If the second game ties up the score I really dont think it's fair to give the win to the team that lost less sets since the score actually is 1-1.

The real question is if the third game should be played between just two players or if it should come down to a last Bo7.

Personally I like the format - if it comes down to 1 player in the end it will still be a teameffort if that single player wins because of all the blood and sweat they've all shared in practice.
And it would be stupid to say that another BO7 is more fair - it's rather just tipping the balance to other teams, than how the balance is tipped atm.

Mada Mada Dane
endGame
Profile Joined June 2009
United States394 Posts
August 03 2009 06:56 GMT
#72
On August 03 2009 01:52 GGQ wrote:
No. It's a bad format for proleague, which shouldn't put such emphasis on a single star player.


This also.
"...As the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they will and the weak suffer what they must." -Thucydides
GinNtoniC
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Sweden2945 Posts
August 03 2009 08:21 GMT
#73
No, not really at all.
It's dramatic and I suppose it's not bad in a spectator-perspective.
Just don't find it overly fair in an example like the last semis..
Huge fan of JulyZerg, HonestTea and that guy Kim Taek Yong.
Aurious
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Canada1772 Posts
August 03 2009 08:40 GMT
#74
Yes, but it should be a Bo3 instead of a Bo1
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
August 03 2009 09:10 GMT
#75
I think it's stupid that a tie for two sets of seven games each gets decided in one.
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CoL_DarkstaR
Profile Joined January 2009
Germany649 Posts
August 03 2009 10:47 GMT
#76
it's awesome. it makes everything so exciting!
Naib
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Hungary4843 Posts
August 03 2009 11:22 GMT
#77
No it blows balls, like (almost) every playoff encounter was decided by a superace? Come the eff on.
Complete the cycle!
eshlow
Profile Joined June 2008
United States5210 Posts
August 03 2009 12:06 GMT
#78
On August 03 2009 02:06 TerranGuy wrote:
I think it would be fun to see 2v2 be the super ace, but that's just me.


4v4 Hunters.... would be epic. :p

A man can dream...
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GoSu
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Korea (South)1773 Posts
August 03 2009 12:37 GMT
#79
I really love the SUPER ACE MATCH.
That's create more tention for players and it's more for the show too.
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foeffa
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Belgium2115 Posts
August 03 2009 14:57 GMT
#80
On August 03 2009 01:31 ssystem wrote:
What's the point of this poll? Basically Oz fans will vote yes. Everyone else will vote no.


I was thinking of a way to phrase it but this totally expresses my sentiment so I 'll just QFT.
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