[MLG] Dallas Day 3

[MLG] Dallas Day 3 - Page 29

Stay on-topic please. Off-topic arguments derailing the thread will not be tolerated.
Next spam post about eagles = ban. We get it, you're funny
Take the eagle stuff here
stop with the bw vs wc3 bullshit please

artanis2

United States732 Posts

April 03 2011 14:45 GMT

#561

You guys saying the stream isn't active need to read the f'ing thread. You'd see many many posts linking to what we're watching.

AxiR

Germany944 Posts

April 03 2011 14:45 GMT

#562

lol halo?

tgun

434 Posts

April 03 2011 14:45 GMT

#563

Day9, you should watch the song linked on http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=208468 while you're waiting.

KorvMoij

Sweden327 Posts

April 03 2011 14:45 GMT

#564

dont worry thats halo

mcc

Czech Republic4646 Posts

April 03 2011 14:45 GMT

#565

On April 03 2011 22:49 The KY wrote:

Show nested quote +

On April 03 2011 22:47 mcc wrote:

On April 03 2011 22:27 The KY wrote:

On April 03 2011 22:21 UpHeaVaL wrote:

On April 03 2011 22:17 The KY wrote:

On April 03 2011 22:02 UpHeaVaL wrote:
How the HELL did InControl get to winners bracket??????? I count at least 9 players who are a gajillion times stronger than him. Did he cheese his way there, or was his pool really shit? I'm stunned.

Maybe you're just completely fucking wrong and have no idea whether he's good or not.

I've watched his stream for hours, I think I have a pretty good gage on how strong he is. But you are right, I'm just basing myself on him getting his ass handed to him by 3800 masters consistently. Maybe better players brings out his best. Thanks for helping lose my illusion.

Well he earned his spot in pool play (well...someone quit and he got bumped up 1 place from 17th seed into 16th) and actually yeah funnily enough people do play a lot different in LAN settings than on the ladder, and Inc has always said he thrives at LAN settings.

The point is round robin pool play is a lot better than the old, simpler format for determining better players. You can argue that it's unfair on the players who have to make it through the open bracket first and I would agree, in fact even iNcontroL would agree (on SotG he commented that it's a ridiculous number of games to play and if you win the tournament you're going to spit on the cheque they hand you and just demand a glass of water). But Naniwa, who you used as an example, didn't exactly have to pound through an open bracket full of champions.

If your goal is to determine let's say top 4 reasonably accurately, than MLG format is not really good. If there is a week group then winner of that group is automatically top 6. Better format is the standard group->bracket format, where from each group you take top 2-3 and put them into full single/double championship bracket. In that format the players from weaker groups have to still prove themselves before getting to top8/4. And It does still allow for the division into championship and open bracket as was done in MLG so you still keep the advantage of having good matches to cast all the time.

That IS what has happened, you get into pool play based on seeds from previous events. They have had to prove themselves. The only weak link in iNcontroL's group which was the topic of discussion was Slush, MAYBE. And Slush is still no slouch.

Oh and maybe Mihai but he earned it as well.

I was not describing how you get into pool play, but how it goes from there. My implied example was somewhat InControl's group, but my point was independent on this tournament. Some groups will be much weaker in some tournaments because that is statistics. MLG format makes it so that being 1st in weak group makes you top6. Normal "group(pool) to bracket" format requires some intergroup play to get to that spot, thus making top8/6/4 placements more accurate. The only plus of MLG format is less games played, but that is plus only if you want to cast all games, if you cast only select games it should really not make much difference.

Also to qualify, by weak group I mean weaker than others, not weak in any general sense as there are no real weak groups.

And by normal pool -> bracket format I mean that groups are played, top2/3 from the group go to normal full bracket and rest is out of the tournament. Additionally placement in the group determines seed in the bracket like 1st in A group plays 3rd in F group,..

That said, InControl fight for the Brotoss

Darkhallow

Finland139 Posts

April 03 2011 14:45 GMT

#566

Dont worry. it's just Halo

Tablespoon

Norway223 Posts

April 03 2011 14:45 GMT

#567

WHY CAN I NOT SEE THIS?

Still getting "The StarCraft 2 stream is currently inactive. It will resume today at 9:30 am Central Time, with the pregame show featuring Day9 and DJ Wheat."

dcemuser

United States3248 Posts

April 03 2011 14:45 GMT

#568

Lol, this isn't just Halo.

It's Halo 3 from Raleigh 2010.

Deserex

United States317 Posts

April 03 2011 14:45 GMT

#569

Why is there Halo 3 on my stream....

Garbels

Austria653 Posts

April 03 2011 14:46 GMT

#570

is think everyone could hear day9 laugh even without sound

Riotbot

United States87 Posts

April 03 2011 14:46 GMT

#571

Hahaha, those pictures to Day9 being showed those pictures to Day9's laughing and <3's. The games haven't even started yet and I'm still thoroughly entertained :D