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What levels do you think the pro and amateur leagues will be at? I don't know which one to join.
I'm a ~500 diamond player... but yea that doesnt mean much either way.
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karihoka
Australia54 Posts
What levels do you think the pro and amateur leagues will be at? I don't know which one to join. I'm a ~500 diamond player... but yea that doesnt mean much either way. | ||
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Aseenus
Australia87 Posts
On August 19 2010 01:08 karihoka wrote: Will most likely be there What levels do you think the pro and amateur leagues will be at? I don't know which one to join. I'm a ~500 diamond player... but yea that doesnt mean much either way. You should be right for the pro tournament, even if you don't win and are placed in the top 3 the prize pool is better than if you won the amateur tourney. | ||
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karihoka
Australia54 Posts
Just wondering thats all. Will definitely be taking part, just not sure which league as of yet. 3 weeks to practice! | ||
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Aseenus
Australia87 Posts
On August 20 2010 02:16 karihoka wrote: Lol are you sure? I'm doubting i'll reach the top 3 of the pro league... (will there be any famous people around?) Just wondering thats all. Will definitely be taking part, just not sure which league as of yet. 3 weeks to practice! Unfortunately we are not announcing the participants list until tournament day. There may or may not be some 'famous' people, you will have to make your choice before 11:30am on September the 11th. | ||
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TeMiL
Peru545 Posts
what about all the things that tournaments with fee must have the blizzard authorization? i want to know because in peru we are going to do the same | ||
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7th-Real
Australia93 Posts
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Aseenus
Australia87 Posts
On August 20 2010 23:13 7th-Real wrote: I seriously hope that nobody in diamond is considering going in the amateur tourney just to have a better chance at prizes. That would be very unwise since the 3rd prize in the pro tournament is better than the 1st prize in the amateur one. | ||
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Touch
Canada475 Posts
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nataziel
Australia1455 Posts
On August 23 2010 10:09 Touch wrote: Everything's backwards in Australia...bet they send SCVs to attack their own CC Wait, you guys don't do that? | ||
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Onlinejaguar
Australia2823 Posts
On August 20 2010 23:13 7th-Real wrote: I seriously hope that nobody in diamond is considering going in the amateur tourney just to have a better chance at prizes. Diamond doesn't mean your a really good player unless you are top 20 or so, in that case it would be silly to join the amateur event. I'm low Diamond and am no better then Platinum players. I get rolled by anyone who's actually good. | ||
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Partypants
Australia50 Posts
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Ftrunkz
Australia2474 Posts
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deth
Australia1757 Posts
On August 23 2010 11:26 Ftrunkz wrote: i would think that anyone in high plat or above (any diamond level) should be entering pro... By any other standards the pro league is going to have me, glade, deth and mez to compete for 3 prizes, lol... Gonna laugh so hard if most everyone goes amateur and we have a tiny pro tourney because people scared. | ||
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-Genome-
Australia156 Posts
On August 23 2010 16:06 deth wrote: Gonna laugh so hard if most everyone goes amateur and we have a tiny pro tourney because people scared. I think XIN needs to take a hand in splitting people up rather than leaving it to be randomly decided. Even something like all diamond play in pro and plat down in amateur or diamond + plat in pro and gold down in amateur. I know leagues aren't hard and fast in how good people are, but otherwise I can see what Deth said happening very easily, because although 3rd prize pro is better than 1st prize amateur, 3rd prize amateur is better than 4th - last in pro :S | ||
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KuroN3ko
Malaysia154 Posts
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Aseenus
Australia87 Posts
On August 23 2010 16:06 deth wrote: Gonna laugh so hard if most everyone goes amateur and we have a tiny pro tourney because people scared. I can assure you that the Pro tournament is far from empty, it may even have more people than the amateur one. On August 23 2010 16:41 -Genome- wrote: I think XIN needs to take a hand in splitting people up rather than leaving it to be randomly decided. Even something like all diamond play in pro and plat down in amateur or diamond + plat in pro and gold down in amateur. I know leagues aren't hard and fast in how good people are, but otherwise I can see what Deth said happening very easily, because although 3rd prize pro is better than 1st prize amateur, 3rd prize amateur is better than 4th - last in pro :S This was discussed when organizing the event however a few things came up. 1. The reason we decided to have two tournaments was so that even casual players can get in on the fun, there is only a hand full of hardcore players in Aus that are pro material and I myself would not enter this tournament if I heard some of the big names entering, this way both the hardcores and the casuals can enjoy a tournament and have a chance at winning. 2. We want people to have a choice, If we were to restrict players based on league/rank and if someone was in plat-di league and believed that their chances of winning the pro tournament is very slim than you would not enter the tournament at all resulting in an empty tournament. If someone was to enter the pro tournament than lose it would be their own fault for entering a tournament that was above their level, in the end it's still their own choice. 3. We had thought of making the 1st/2nd/3rd prizes for both tournaments the exact same and only allow people in a certain league to enter one or the other, first of all if we go back to point 2, the amateur tournament will have a decent pool of players but the pro tournament would be empty, we didn't want this. There are many ways to separate the pros from the amateurs but there is always loop holes. 4. If there was a restriction that plat-di ranks could only enter the pro tournament I know for a fact that I along with many others would purposely lose matches to be placed in a lower league in order to participate in the amateur tournament. At least this way it is evident that players in higher leagues will enter the pro tournament and everyone is well aware of that before entering. 5. From the entries we have had so far (as stated above) the way we have decided to go about it has proved to be effective. There really is no need for me to explain all these things to you since the results speak for them self. | ||
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schiznak
Australia258 Posts
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
On August 20 2010 23:13 TeMiL wrote: this tournament has the blizzard support? what about all the things that tournaments with fee must have the blizzard authorization? i want to know because in peru we are going to do the same If you don't ask Blizzard's permission, they will patch the game and reboot in the middle of the tournament. Edit : and btw, isn't it an issue that some australian players have a SEA version of the game ? | ||
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deL
Australia5540 Posts
On August 23 2010 18:44 endy wrote: If you don't ask Blizzard's permission, they will patch the game and reboot in the middle of the tournament. Edit : and btw, isn't it an issue that some australian players have a SEA version of the game ? No, pretty much ALL Australians have the SEA version. | ||
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KuroN3ko
Malaysia154 Posts
On August 23 2010 19:11 deL wrote: No, pretty much ALL Australians have the SEA version. For now, :D | ||
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