Taken from the NASL site:
After nine weeks of competition, group play in the first season of the North American Star League has come to a close. Ten players have punched their tickets for the Grand Finals and one additional player will secure their place by winning the NASL Open Tournament. Twenty more will attempt to secure one of five additional spots by coming through the playoff bracket. While seeding for the playoffs is based on league standings, many players have not played one another and are presently tied. As such, a series of tiebreakers will be played and broadcast this upcoming Tuesday to set the stage for playoff action.

Match 1 - Winner gets 16th seed; Loser gets 17th seed

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VS.

~~EG.Axslav~~ <??????> [image loading]

Col.CrunCher

EG.Axslav vs. Col.CrunCher was decided by a coin toss. Col.CrunCher won and will get the higher seed.

Tiebreaker Scenario:
(4) (P)

Dignitas.NaNiwa vs. (17) (P)

EG.Axslav
(5) (P)

Ogs.MC vs. (16) (P)

Col.CrunCher

Match 2 - Winner gets 18th seed; Loser gets 19th seed

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VS.

RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK <Metalopolis> [image loading]

aTn.Socke

Tiebreaker Scenario:
(2) (Z)

Mouz.MorroW vs. (19) Loser of Match 2
(3) (P)

ST_Ace vs. (18) Winner of Match 2

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RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK Wins!
Drazerk Live Report

Match 3:
Winner plays Winner of Match 5 for 7/8 seed; Loser plays Loser of Match 5 for 9/10 seed

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VS.

Fnatic.Fenix <Metalopolis> [image loading]

OGS.NaDa

Tiebreaker Scenario:
Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 5 - Determines 7/8 seed
Loser of Match 3 vs. Loser of Match 5 - Determines 9/10 seed

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Fnatic.Fenix Wins!
Drazerk Live Report

Match 4:
Winner plays Winner of Match 3 for 7/8 seed; Loser plays Loser of Match 3 for 9/10 seed

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VS.

EG.IdrA <Xelnaga Caverns> [image loading]

Dignitas.SjoW

Tiebreaker Scenario:
Winner of Match 4 vs. Winner of Match 3 - Determines 7/8 seed
Loser of Match 4 vs. Loser of Match 3 - Determines 9/10 seed

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Dignitas.SjoW Wins!
Drazerk Live Report

Match 5 - Winner gets 9th seed; Loser gets 10th seed

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VS.

Loser of Match 3 <Terminus RE> Loser of Match 4

Tiebreaker Scenario:
(9) Winner of Match 5 vs. (12) Winner of Match 6
(10) Loser of Match 5 vs. (11) (P)

Mouz.MaNa

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OGS.NaDa Wins!
Drazerk Live Report

Match 6 - Winner gets 7th seed; Loser gets 8th seed

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VS.

Winner of Match 3 <Metalopolis> Winner of Match 4

Tiebreaker Scenario:
(7) Winner of Match 6 vs. (14) (Z)

aTn.DarKFoRcE
(8) Loser of Match 6 vs. (13) Loser of Match 7

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Decided by coin toss. (T)

Dignitas.SjoW Wins!

Match 7 - Winner gets 12th seed; Loser gets 13th seed

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VS.

Fnatic.TT1 <Metalopolis> [image loading]

Mouz.HasuObs

Tiebreaker Scenario:
This tiebreaker is slightly more complicated. Both the winner's and loser's opponent for the playoffs will be determined by a 4 man tiebreaker.

(8) (T)

Fnatic.Fenix; (Z)

EG.IdrA;

OGS.NaDa; or (T)

Dignitas.SjoW vs. (13) Loser of Match 7
(9) (T)

Fnatic.Fenix; (Z)

EG.IdrA;

OGS.NaDa; or (T)

Dignitas.SjoW vs. (12) Winner of Match 7

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Fnatic.TT1 Wins!
Drazerk Live Report

Match 8 - Winner gets 6th seed in Grand Final; Loser gets 7th seed in Grand Final
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VS.

Fnatic.Sen <Metalopolis> ~~Dignitas.SeleCT~~

Fnatic.Sen vs. Dignitas.SeleCT was decided by a coin toss. Fnatic.Sen won and will get the higher seed.

Final Playoff Brackets:
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Playoff Matchups (Best of 3):

Group 1: Winner to play Fnatic.Sen
(1) (Z)

OGS.Zenio vs (20) (T)

sixjax.dde
(11) (P)

Mouz.MaNa vs (10) (Z)

EG.IdrA

Group 2: Winner to play ST_July
(2) (Z)

Mouz.MorroW vs (19) (P)

aTn.Socke
(12) (P)

Fnatic.TT1 vs (9) (T)

OGS.NaDa

Group 3: Winner to play Moon
(3) (P)

ST_Ace vs (18) (T)

RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK
(13) (P)

Mouz.HasuObs vs (8) (T)

Fnatic.Fenix

Group 4: Winner to play imba.FXO.Strelok
(4) (P)

Dignitas.NaNiwa vs (19) (P)

EG.Axslav
(14) (Z)

aTn.DarKFoRcE vs (7) (T)

Dignitas.SjoW

Group 5: Winner to play SlayerS_BoxeR
(5) (P)

OGS.MC vs (16) (P)

Col.CrunCher
(15) (Z)

CN!MoMaN vs (6) (P)

KiWiKaKi

godemperor

Belgium2043 Posts

June 14 2011 23:51 GMT

Edit: Problem solved

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

June 14 2011 23:51 GMT

Some explanation

Squirtle vs Sheth -- they're playing each other Round 1, so a tie-break is irrelevant.

MorroW vs Ace -- Ace chose not to play a tiebreak game (he probably didn't want to wake up on a weekend at 4am to play 1 game of SC2).

Boxer vs Strelok -- Since they are fighting for a Grand Final seeding, this tiebreak game is still pending.

Hope this clears up some of the confusion! I also will add that there were some games today that were decided by coin-flip:

SeleCT vs Sen -- SeleCT takes lower seed

Axslav vs CrunCher -- Axslav takes lower seed

godemperor

Belgium2043 Posts

June 14 2011 23:54 GMT

ok, thanx xeris.

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

June 14 2011 23:56 GMT

Please see my post, hope confusion is cleared!

nvs.

Canada3609 Posts

June 14 2011 23:59 GMT

I know both Naniwa and MC are beasts, but it would seem desirable for cruncher and axslav to throw their games in order to avoid PvP against MC.

What kind of person 'wins' the right to play PvP vs. MC :D

nokz88

Brazil1253 Posts

June 15 2011 00:00 GMT

On June 15 2011 08:44 CptGrackSparrow wrote:

Tiebreaker Scenario:
(4) (P)

Dignitas.NaNiwa vs. (17) Loser of Match 1
(5) (P)

Ogs.MC vs. (16) Winner of Match 1

I would lose on purpose if I were one of these guys... but then again, I'm no pro.

CptGrackSparrow

United States278 Posts

June 15 2011 00:03 GMT

please let me know if i made any mistakes and i'll update the thread.

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

June 15 2011 00:04 GMT

I believe you are correct sir.

KiNGxXx

7928 Posts

June 15 2011 00:05 GMT

#10

On June 15 2011 08:51 Xeris wrote:

MorroW vs Ace -- Ace chose not to play a tiebreak game (he probably didn't want to wake up on a weekend at 4am to play 1 game of SC2).

So that means Morrow can decide which spot he gets, right?

Jinsho

United Kingdom3101 Posts

June 15 2011 00:06 GMT

#11

Ok, so which games do we have today?

This is what the event says here on TL:

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(P)Axslav vs (P)CrunCher (for 16th / 17th seed)
(P)TT1 vs (P)HasuObs (for 12th / 13th seed)
(T)BRAT_OK vs (P)Socke (for 18th / 19th seed)
(T)Fenix vs (Z)IdrA vs (T)NaDa vs (T)SjoW (for 7th / 8th / 9th / 10th seed)

For the four player tie, the players are matched against each other randomly. Then, the winners play each other and the losers play each other.

Grand Final Seeding Tiebreaks
(T)SeleCT vs (Z)Sen (for 6 / 7th seed)

Since Axslav and Cruncher aren't playing, according to Xeris' post, the other games will be shown?

motbob

United States12546 Posts

June 15 2011 00:19 GMT

#12

Playoff Matchups:

(Z)

Zenio vs

dde

MaNa vs

IdrA /

Fenix /

SjoW /

NaDa (10)

MorroW vs

BRAT_OK /

Socke (19)
(P)

HasuObs /

TT1 (12) vs (Z)

IdrA /

Fenix /

SjoW /

NaDa (9)

Ace vs

BRAT_OK /

Socke (18)
(P)

HasuObs /

TT1 (13) vs (Z)

IdrA /

Fenix /

SjoW /

NaDa (8)

NaNiwa vs

Axslav

DarKFoRcE vs (Z)

IdrA /

Fenix /

SjoW /

NaDa (7)

MC vs

CrunCher

MoMaN vs

KiWiKaKi

MCDayC

United Kingdom14464 Posts

June 15 2011 00:21 GMT

#13

lol. Cruncher will take the higher seed. And plays against oGsMC.
Actually, to be honest Nani and MC are probably two of the hardest players to make a choice to play against.

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

June 15 2011 00:21 GMT

#14

We will see: BRAT vs Socke, the 4 way bracket of IdrA, NaDa, SjoW, Fenix... and TT1 vs HasuObs. And yes, MorroW is the 2nd seed.

nvs.

Canada3609 Posts

June 15 2011 00:26 GMT

#15

Actually, to be honest Nani and MC are probably two of the hardest players to make a choice to play against.

PvP wise it seems MC is the more feared opponent, at least judging from the MC vs. Naniwa games at MLG. MC just seems to be on a whole different level PvP

nalgene

Canada2153 Posts

June 15 2011 00:37 GMT

#16

Does dde play tomorrow?

nodule

Canada931 Posts

June 15 2011 00:43 GMT

#17

Was Axlav vs. Cruncher decided by coinflip because both players would have preferred to be seeded lower? (Thus avoiding a ridiculous game)

Seems like a similar issue in BRAT_OK vs. Socke. They might prefer to lose and face Morrow rather than Ace.

Drazerk

United Kingdom31255 Posts

June 15 2011 00:47 GMT

#18

I may be able to live report this if my laptop is up for it

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

June 15 2011 00:51 GMT

#19

I'm leaving the NASL office for the day, hope you guys enjoy the games!

MaestroSC

United States2073 Posts

June 15 2011 00:53 GMT

#20

On June 15 2011 09:21 MCDayC wrote:
lol. Cruncher will take the higher seed. And plays against oGsMC.
Actually, to be honest Nani and MC are probably two of the hardest players to make a choice to play against.

Lol seriously this is one of those situations in which you know you are going up against a beast of a protoss regardless haha. I would be kinda sad whether i won or lost

But seriously i hope this influences NASL to change how their tournament runs.

I loved the select vs MC series as much as anyone seeing mass carrier against Mass Battlecruisers but players should never be in a position where they are losing a match on purpose for better seeding. It makes no sense. "If i lose this match, i have a worse seed.. which means i will have an easier round.." huh.

The object should be to win every match you go into. But obviously they want to win the tournament so i am not faulting them at all for knowing what matches they want to lose, but they shouldnt ever be in a situation where they go in wanting to lose.