Time for someone send a suggestion to GSL to do it double-elim style with extended series and a confusing group stage for seeding the top 16 players to keep the top 16 as static as possible then ;-)

Deserex

United States317 Posts

March 01 2011 13:20 GMT

#2026

At least I was able to predict one winner from each group. Maybe Tester can finally take a GSL.

antilyon

Brazil2546 Posts

March 01 2011 13:20 GMT

#2027

On March 01 2011 22:18 Hunterai wrote:

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Time for someone send a suggestion to GSL to do it double-elim style with extended series and a confusing group stage for seeding the top 16 players to keep the top 16 as static as possible then ;-)

I would like double elimination actually.

syllogism

Finland5948 Posts

March 01 2011 13:21 GMT

#2028

Fruitdealer, Nestea, Zenio, Marineking, Top, MVP, POlt, Banban, Inca, Hyperdub, Rainbow, thebest, Boxer, Choya, Genius in up&down matches

B.I.G.

3251 Posts

March 01 2011 13:21 GMT

#2029

i think it's really cool to see how shit just keeps changing and players keep surprising you. Im just glad to see that every seasonh all the players seem to improve so much... it almost seems by now that anyone of these guys would be good enough to win a gsl

Humppis

Finland52 Posts

March 01 2011 13:22 GMT

#2030

Every time i underestimate Jinro, he wins. He has already proofen that he can beat MC no matter what the forums think about it.

He has never had this good changes before, so yea, good luck to Jinro! Being champion could very well be reality this season, i know i will be cheering for him.

Dandel Ion

Austria17960 Posts

March 01 2011 13:22 GMT

#2031

MC's the only GSL finalist left in ro16, and by that also the only finalist to have a secure spot in the code S.

While in some cases that's not surprising at all (*cough* Rainbow) it's still weird how people like sC, san and anypro demolish them.

GGs, but I think I have to rework my Liquibet-strategy...

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

March 01 2011 13:22 GMT

#2032

Too much whining about favorites being eliminated. Who were fruitdealer, MC, and Nestea before they won their respective GSL's? In a game as young as SC2 it's good to have fresh faces and new heroes emerge.

Hunterai

Thailand842 Posts

March 01 2011 13:23 GMT

#2033

On March 01 2011 22:20 antilyon wrote:

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I would like double elimination actually.

I actually loved the old MLG format. The only thing I would complain about was that we didn't get to see too many matches as there are all at the same time.

But the new MLG format? It seems the only reason for that is to make the GSL format looks easy to comprehend in comparison T_T

I hope MC or Jinro takes this GSL (finger crossing)

desderak

United Kingdom206 Posts

March 01 2011 13:23 GMT

#2034

and MKP only has 1 game in which he can get back into code S.. mind boggling that a player with such consistent success can lose just 2 maps and suddenly is one BO3 away from moving down into a lower division? Surely there needs to be slightly more protection for the players who have proven to be threats in the later stages of the competition, or randomness with these BO1's will continue to happen..

DaRKMaTT3r

Brazil553 Posts

March 01 2011 13:24 GMT

#2035

On March 01 2011 22:21 syllogism wrote:
Fruitdealer, Nestea, Zenio, Top, MVP, POlt, Banban, Inca, Hyperdub, Rainbow, thebest, Boxer, Choya, Genius in up&down matches

Hope HuK gets Polt and Hyperdub on his Up/Down matches =D

Avalain

Canada308 Posts

March 01 2011 13:25 GMT

#2036

On March 01 2011 22:13 Lobo2me wrote:
If GSL continues to upset, this is what we'll see:
Byun > MC
Hongun > Jinro
TheWind > San
sCfOu > Trickster
Clide > July
Check > Nada
Lyn > Ensnare
Anypro > Kyrix

Byun > Hongun
TheWind > sCfOu
Check > Clide
Lyn > Anypro

TheWind > Byun
Lyn > Check

TheWind > Lyn

Yes, except that before this season started no one would have put San as the favorite against anyone.

Erionn

United States1015 Posts

March 01 2011 13:28 GMT

#2037

I think I'm going to start throwing darts at pictures of the players to select my liquibets. I'll probably have a better chance doing that than actually trying to pick who I think would win.

Zinjil

United States166 Posts

March 01 2011 13:29 GMT

#2038

I am loving this month's GSL. I wake up every day to just see utter chaos in the brackets, and it makes me feel like there are a lot of really great players who have a big name or have no name at all based on just a few televised games. Finally some of the underdogs are showing some promise so that the early rounds won't be some kind of foregone conclusion; this can do nothing but strengthen the quality of the tournament going forward.

WhiteDog

France8650 Posts

March 01 2011 13:32 GMT

#2039

It's the game that make all that shit possible. There are just too many timing where some race are just too weak, especially zerg. Sometime the game is awesome, and some times it's like everything is so tense that one unit can cost you the game, despite the economical state or the supply state of every players.

brentsen

1252 Posts

March 01 2011 13:33 GMT

#2040

On March 01 2011 22:22 red4ce wrote:
Too much whining about favorites being eliminated. Who were fruitdealer, MC, and Nestea before they won their respective GSL's? In a game as young as SC2 it's good to have fresh faces and new heroes emerge.

Also they still have their chance to remain Code S.