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GaryBrackett
Profile Joined December 2010
Bulgaria106 Posts
April 03 2011 13:42 GMT
#141
InControl as a #1 seed, surely a joke?
Then i look at his group and compare it with Group A and shrug.
Heard he cheese TLO as well so no surprise
laharl23
Profile Joined February 2011
United States582 Posts
April 03 2011 13:42 GMT
#142
On April 03 2011 22:39 Lobo2me wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2011 22:31 laharl23 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.


He didn't have to pound through "champions" in the open bracket, but after he was done winning the open bracket (like 8 straight bo3's I think) he STILL had to win his group and go 4-0 in it, which isn't easy

He didn't have to win his group, he could just as easily gone 0-4 and still been in the running. It would be harder (looks like 10 BO3 from worst position in championship loser bracket to winner of tournament), but because he played so well in group play he now only needs to win 3 BO3 to win everything. There was also 6 BO3 in a row needed to get into the group stages, not 8.


I meant to say that even after he went and won his open bracket, he still had to go 4-0 to be in the same spot as incontrol.
The KY
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom6252 Posts
April 03 2011 13:43 GMT
#143
On April 03 2011 22:39 Lobo2me wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2011 22:31 laharl23 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.


He didn't have to pound through "champions" in the open bracket, but after he was done winning the open bracket (like 8 straight bo3's I think) he STILL had to win his group and go 4-0 in it, which isn't easy

He didn't have to win his group, he could just as easily gone 0-4 and still been in the running.


I think he didn't mean he had to win the group, just that he did.
tnud
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden2233 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-03 13:46:48
April 03 2011 13:43 GMT
#144
On April 03 2011 22:41 The KY wrote:
Is it true that Idra quit a game against HuK when HuK hallucinated a bunch of voids?

+ Show Spoiler +
..HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Yep
http://pt-br.justin.tv/jabba_sp/b/282868451
+ Show Spoiler +
BWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


EDIT: @Lanzal, IdrA was winning.
EDIT2: The engagement in question is at 9:30.
- ಠ_ಠ - | disinfect wrote: AHAHHAHAHA 2DG FUCK ME ALREADY.
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
April 03 2011 13:43 GMT
#145
On April 03 2011 22:37 imareaver3 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2011 22:33 10or10 wrote:
On April 03 2011 22:28 Redox wrote:
On April 03 2011 22:26 10or10 wrote:
On April 03 2011 22:23 mdma-_- wrote:
On April 03 2011 22:16 UpHeaVaL wrote:
On April 03 2011 22:08 CryMeAReaper 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.


a mix of mediocre pool and a "lucky" (in the sense tlo didnt fucking scout lol and had poorly build to handle the vray) 2-0 over tlo by all ins.



O.o That's insane. Compare that to Naniwa going 24-0 to be at the same spot. What was the argument for pool play again? Oh yah, so they could always stream TOP games...oh the hilarity.

or compare it to kiwikaki going 4-0 vs Huk, Idra, Socke and Gretorp while Incontrol goes 3-1 vs mihai, TLO, Painuser and Slush.
The format is really stupid. It continues now in the championship bracket. Sheth and qxc have to go through Huk, Idra and Ret whilst Moonan and Agh will have to beat Mihai, Machine and Slush. Also I find it wierd that you can get top 16 even though u went 1-3 in group.(Ret) Same as Idra getting top 12 for 2-2.


Overall it's a great thing with seeds and the pool imo, but I agree with these guys the difference between seed vs open bracket is insane. (NASL is even worse though).

NASL is so much better in that regard.

Are you joking?

-Seed is not based on previous events (only on application and subjective selection) (some players seeded into division play haven't won anything, and barely participated in events prior to nasl)
-the open bracket is 1 spot for 1000 participants.



NASL has said that the bottom third (16/50) gets dumped and replaced by players from opens every season. That's better than even GSL, in which a maximum of a fourth of Code S (8/32) can get demoted to Code A each season. Of course there are problems with the first season, but those will be rectified by a few seasons of relegation and promotion from opens.


But then the season at the GSL is one month, sometimes with another month between seasons, while NASL is at least 4. It's simply a bad system considering the current inability of judging the good players from the bad, both right now and in a year.
Lanzal
Profile Joined October 2010
31 Posts
April 03 2011 13:43 GMT
#146
On April 03 2011 22:41 The KY wrote:
Is it true that Idra quit a game against HuK when HuK hallucinated a bunch of voids?

+ Show Spoiler +
..HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Think we need to watch that game before thinking it was a stupid move, maybe he already was heavily in the lead and Idra knew he would lose anyway..
Karakaxe
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden585 Posts
April 03 2011 13:43 GMT
#147
I smell medals for Sweden. =)
Sword of Omens, give me sight beyond sight.
overhaul
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom15 Posts
April 03 2011 13:44 GMT
#148
For anyone from the UK here is the days schedule in BST (british summer time).

+ Show Spoiler +

15:30 PM – 16:00 PM Pregame Show with DJ Wheat and Day 9*

16:00 PM – 17:00 PM Live Championship Losers Round 3 Match

17:00 AM – 18:00 PM Live Championship Losers Round 4 Match

18:00 PM – 19:00 PM Live Championship Winners Semi Finals Match #1

19:00 PM - 20:00 PM Live Championship Winners Semi Finals Match #2

21:00 PM – 22:00 PM Live Championship Losers Round 8 Match

22:30 PM – 8:45 PM MLG CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY:

22:30 PM – 23:30 PM Live Championship Winners Bracket Finals Match

23:30 PM – 01:00 AM Live Championship Losers Finals Match

01:00 AM – 2:30 AM Live StarCraft 2 Finals Match

2:30 AM – 2:45 AM Awards Ceremony
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42411 Posts
April 03 2011 13:44 GMT
#149
On April 03 2011 22:42 GaryBrackett wrote:
InControl as a #1 seed, surely a joke?
Then i look at his group and compare it with Group A and shrug.
Heard he cheese TLO as well so no surprise


Technically TLO lost because of not scouting 2 proxy pylons. So i dunno about calling that 100% cheese. You play to win.
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
UpHeaVaL
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada57 Posts
April 03 2011 13:44 GMT
#150
On April 03 2011 22:39 Lobo2me wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2011 22:31 laharl23 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.


He didn't have to pound through "champions" in the open bracket, but after he was done winning the open bracket (like 8 straight bo3's I think) he STILL had to win his group and go 4-0 in it, which isn't easy

He didn't have to win his group, he could just as easily gone 0-4 and still been in the running. It would be harder (looks like 10 BO3 from worst position in championship loser bracket to winner of tournament), but because he played so well in group play he now only needs to win 3 BO3 to win everything. There was also 6 BO3 in a row needed to get into the group stages, not 8.



How did he go 24-0 then? My math sucks but, 6x2=12 4x2=8, 12+8=20....where did the other 4 games come from?
Pudge_172
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1378 Posts
April 03 2011 13:44 GMT
#151
They should do 8 pools of 4 instead of 4 pools of 4. There is simply more individual players who are "top" players compared to how many "top" Halo teams there are.
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gnutz
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany666 Posts
April 03 2011 13:45 GMT
#152
On April 03 2011 22:43 Lanzal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2011 22:41 The KY wrote:
Is it true that Idra quit a game against HuK when HuK hallucinated a bunch of voids?

+ Show Spoiler +
..HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Think we need to watch that game before thinking it was a stupid move, maybe he already was heavily in the lead and Idra knew he would lose anyway..

He would have won that fight (and therefore the game).
AmishNukes
Profile Joined May 2010
United States98 Posts
April 03 2011 13:46 GMT
#153
Short and sweet of my opinion on MLG format:
Their aren't even "open" players in GSL. (You have to be high on Korean ladder or invited to qualify for code A.)
Code A players can't win the Code S tourney in a single season.
Nobody says the GSL format isn't fair.
MLG requires open bracket players to play 5-6 extra sets against mostly trash players, Top players are basically warming up.
The KY
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom6252 Posts
April 03 2011 13:47 GMT
#154
On April 03 2011 22:44 Grettin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 03 2011 22:42 GaryBrackett wrote:
InControl as a #1 seed, surely a joke?
Then i look at his group and compare it with Group A and shrug.
Heard he cheese TLO as well so no surprise


Technically TLO lost because of not scouting 2 proxy pylons. So i dunno about calling that 100% cheese. You play to win.


Yeah I saw the screenshot from one of the games with the proxy pylon...that's not cheese. It's essentially the same idea as a drop. And if you win from a drop no one is like 'herp you cheesed a better player and won'.

TLO should have scouted his own damn base. If you let a probe in and let it build a pylon then don't see it, guess who's fault that is?
mcc
Profile Joined October 2010
Czech Republic4646 Posts
April 03 2011 13:47 GMT
#155
On April 03 2011 22:27 The KY wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.
bennyaus
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia1833 Posts
April 03 2011 13:48 GMT
#156
Who can stop Naniwa?
Will HuK prove himself and meet IdrA in an epic rematch in the lower bracket?
Will Incontrol win a game today?
Can Tyler escape the lower bracket? etc.etc.

So many epic stories to be told today. I get the feeling though it could be a disappointment, and it may just be a PvT finals with a Naniwa/Dignitas roflstomp.

Tbh not a huge a fan of this format, but maybe next MLG will be better.

+ Show Spoiler +
HuK fighting!
I play Random - HuK, DRG + Liquid fan
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46060 Posts
April 03 2011 13:48 GMT
#157
On April 03 2011 22:08 CryMeAReaper wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


a mix of mediocre pool and a "lucky" (in the sense tlo didnt fucking scout lol and had poorly build to handle the vray) 2-0 over tlo by all ins.


Except game one was unorthodox build vs. unorthodox build, and game two wasn't an all-in.

People should give iNcontroL some credit -.-'
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
henrikyo
Profile Joined March 2008
Norway755 Posts
April 03 2011 13:48 GMT
#158
So, when does day 3 start, im not good with timezones compared to europe etc etc
AmishNukes
Profile Joined May 2010
United States98 Posts
April 03 2011 13:49 GMT
#159
On April 03 2011 22:47 mcc wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


Top 2 from each group should definitely be seeded in the winners bracket. I agree with that completely.
The KY
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom6252 Posts
April 03 2011 13:49 GMT
#160
On April 03 2011 22:47 mcc wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.
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