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WaveofShadow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada31495 Posts
June 11 2010 17:19 GMT
#6461
That would be a massive tournament.
I may not be diamond league myself but I know many current TLers are and Diamond isn't necessarily an indication of HDH Invitational #1-level skill.
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WhistlingMtn
Profile Joined May 2010
United States190 Posts
June 11 2010 17:22 GMT
#6462
On June 12 2010 02:19 WaveofShadow wrote:
That would be a massive tournament.
I may not be diamond league myself but I know many current TLers are and Diamond isn't necessarily an indication of HDH Invitational #1-level skill.


Also, invitationals get better viewership because people know most of the players.
Cor_Malek
Profile Joined April 2010
Poland61 Posts
June 11 2010 17:30 GMT
#6463
If HD and Husky like the idea of less known players, maybe they could ask players about their recommendations and just invite the most often occurring name (they do play in diamond after all, I don't believe all their sparring partners get owned all the time). That said, the invitational ensures pure awesomeness in all games, and we've recently seen that even recommendation do not mean good quality.

Booking the games and coordinating them then casting - it all takes effort (even more so if the chat rooms stay out), and it'd be unpleasant surprise if HD and Husky would be spending their HDH time to cast a player doing 4 six-pools, because he get's Sen and knows that he wont win a macro game.
And if he'd be just a lot worse mechanically, it would be even sadder (unless he gets to play against TLO in which case it's fun for us, possible humiliation for him.
That's the problem with unknowns - they're unknown.
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Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
June 11 2010 17:53 GMT
#6464
A qualifiers for a subset of spots could do great to hype up the tournament, actually. The issue is having enough time and patience to do it, as organizing an open tournament can be both time-consuming and frustrating. If HDH desired, I'm sure they could get help in this area, and last I was told they said they would be expanding their organization team.
ChickenLips
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2912 Posts
June 12 2010 20:03 GMT
#6465
Still waiting for those replays bump
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Galleon.frigate
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada721 Posts
June 12 2010 21:37 GMT
#6466
I love the idea of a few spots open to qualification. Just as important, random placements.

HDH was what it needed to be, they had to have a hit the first time, and hand
oddo123
Profile Joined October 2009
Iceland134 Posts
June 13 2010 02:41 GMT
#6467
Great tournament. Keep it up guys!
Imma lead farmer, motherfucka!~ T: TLO P: InCa Z: Sen
oursblanc
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada1450 Posts
June 13 2010 05:50 GMT
#6468
Fantastically fun tournament.
An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom!
youngminii
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia7514 Posts
June 14 2010 07:48 GMT
#6469
I'd love to see a tournament with a few players that got in via qualifiers. I mean, it's pretty difficult for a new gamer to get into these invitationals. That said, the first one was great and if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?
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Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-14 08:42:03
June 14 2010 08:41 GMT
#6470
On June 11 2010 05:15 HuskyTheHusky wrote:
Anyone know a good site to host some files? I have the RO16 and RO8 replays compiled together. A couple of the RO4/Finals replays seem to be corrupt so I'm seeing if I can get full copies.

Thanks!



Wouldn't it be better to upload it to existing sc2 replay sites instead like http://www.sc2rc.com/ ? You can probably get in touch with the webmaster so they can take care of it for you.

If you went that route, you might want to get in touch with fansites for some exclusive editorial features over the replay pack. I wouldnt be surprised if sites like 178 &17173 will leap over each over for a chance at it.
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Cheerio
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Ukraine3178 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-14 08:57:06
June 14 2010 08:56 GMT
#6471
There is a site that shows all diamond ranked up in one list right? Get the list chose 32/64/128 highest ranked players and make a tourney among them. I'm sure those who win will be very much deserving a spot in the tourney,
ChickenLips
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2912 Posts
June 14 2010 16:16 GMT
#6472
On June 14 2010 17:56 Cheerio wrote:
There is a site that shows all diamond ranked up in one list right? Get the list chose 32/64/128 highest ranked players and make a tourney among them. I'm sure those who win will be very much deserving a spot in the tourney,


There are a lot of #1 Diamond players than get so high because they play absurd numbers of games. They are not necessarily better than any other Diamond players, win% is much more important imo. Also how would one go about contacting them?
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WhistlingMtn
Profile Joined May 2010
United States190 Posts
June 14 2010 19:06 GMT
#6473
On June 14 2010 17:56 Cheerio wrote:
There is a site that shows all diamond ranked up in one list right? Get the list chose 32/64/128 highest ranked players and make a tourney among them. I'm sure those who win will be very much deserving a spot in the tourney,


Not a great idea for a tournament like this. The #1 goal is to get viewers, you get viewers with recognizable and consistent names.

Someone brought it up already, but I wouldn't mind if they had qualifiers for, say, 4 spots. As long as the qualifiers actually bring in good players. They'd probably need to partner with some other group who is holding weekly or semi-weekly events and say we'll take your next 4 winners.
NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8751 Posts
June 14 2010 19:44 GMT
#6474
My suggestion was to have 75% invited (12 people) and 25% qualified (4 people). The 25% qualified would most likely be famous players too (there are more than 12 famous people on the scene). Even if they're not, it'd still be interesting to follow. Every match would have at least one invited player in it and if the invited player completely owns, it'd still be entertaining and lend some legitimacy to the invites. If the qualified players happen to all advance and end up playing each other, that'd be interesting too.

The way I see it is that it's all improvements for the tournament. The only downside is the extra work.

If it was 100% qualification, and it had significant prize money (which it will), then it's like the TSL. The people that deserve to be there will qualify and most of them will be famous. Probably all of them will be people you've heard of before. But if some new people sneak in, there is value to that too. I'm sure HD and Husky will be able to hype it so that all the spectators can see the value in having a few new players mixed in too (especially when they're there because they survived a grueling qualification process).
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WhistlingMtn
Profile Joined May 2010
United States190 Posts
June 14 2010 22:35 GMT
#6475
On June 15 2010 04:44 Liquid`NonY wrote:
If it was 100% qualification, and it had significant prize money (which it will), then it's like the TSL. The people that deserve to be there will qualify and most of them will be famous. Probably all of them will be people you've heard of before. But if some new people sneak in, there is value to that too. I'm sure HD and Husky will be able to hype it so that all the spectators can see the value in having a few new players mixed in too (especially when they're there because they survived a grueling qualification process).


If they can get consistent sponsorship, perhaps it would be better to just alternate between them. An HDH Invitational, and an HDH Open.
Seikhor
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada116 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-14 22:39:13
June 14 2010 22:38 GMT
#6476
Personally, I would love to see a 100% qualification tournament. I think for a lot of people like myself, it is the only way to play versus the best and be recognise. I also know that it is a lot more work, so I wouldn't mind a smaller tournament.

Maybe HD and Husky could team up with TL for more support?
TriniMasta
Profile Joined December 2009
United States1323 Posts
June 15 2010 02:52 GMT
#6477
why is this thread still bumped
(I am not bumping this because this was the top thread on the list anyways)
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RogerChillingworth
Profile Joined March 2010
Chad3131 Posts
June 15 2010 05:45 GMT
#6478
On June 15 2010 11:52 TriniMasta[wD] wrote:
why is this thread still bumped
(I am not bumping this because this was the top thread on the list anyways)



How does this thread being bumped affect you negatively? Beta's down, people are excited about the next HDH.
ChickenLips
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2912 Posts
June 15 2010 07:53 GMT
#6479
On June 15 2010 11:52 TriniMasta[wD] wrote:
why is this thread still bumped
(I am not bumping this because this was the top thread on the list anyways)


Because we are still waiting for the replays and also talking about the HDH 2.
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Headshot
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1656 Posts
June 15 2010 07:59 GMT
#6480
I'm so pumped for the next HDH. Please make this happen, HD & Husky!
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