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Jinsho
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom3101 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-06 14:38:22
October 06 2011 14:38 GMT
#281
Testing 1 2, testing 1 2.

Love the preparations that go into this!
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
October 06 2011 14:38 GMT
#282
BoxeR games are not meaningless, instead everyone is a winner.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/*tlusernamehere*/
laharl23
Profile Joined February 2011
United States582 Posts
October 06 2011 14:38 GMT
#283
Saying pool play is meaningless is almost saying that every ladder game ever played is meaningless. but people still watch player streams all the time.
merz
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Sweden2760 Posts
October 06 2011 14:38 GMT
#284
On October 06 2011 23:37 Eufouria wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 06 2011 23:34 meRz wrote:
On October 06 2011 23:32 Eufouria wrote:
On October 06 2011 23:28 meRz wrote:
On October 06 2011 23:26 laguu wrote:
On October 06 2011 16:15 dde wrote:
so even if you do super bad in pool play you will still get placed in single elimination (championship bracket) Whats the point of having pool play then?


They want to produce more content, more games. Some people may like it but personally I don't care about matches that don't mean anything. I wouldn't be surprised to see a ton of cheese and something like 1 base bc/mothership etc.


You still earn a better seed whereas placing last earns you a really crappy seed thus you don't get any "easy" rounds. So it actually does matter.

But how are they deciding which seed plays which player from the open bracket? Are they seeding the open bracket, and if so, how are they going to do that?

It seems like its only there to provide more content, which isn't too bad, but I doubt anyone is going to show their real builds in the group stages.



??? Unless there's some sort of silent agreement between all of the pool players to just fuck around, you'd want to get that high seed otherwise you're gonna end up playing someone like TSL_Alive or something in the first round, which to say the least, isn't something you'd want.

But how are they making sure that the best open bracket players get the highest seeds?



Dunno, one option would be to play it out (?) i.e when you reach top16 you still play the open bracket out to determine seeds.
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
Deleted User 124618
Profile Joined November 2010
1142 Posts
October 06 2011 14:39 GMT
#285
Oh WOW, my first time watching IPL and the ui...the ui! I love the ui!
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
October 06 2011 14:39 GMT
#286
5 minutes to go. Seems like they're gonna do a 15 minute presentation before the games start.
stichtom
Profile Joined March 2011
Italy695 Posts
October 06 2011 14:39 GMT
#287
4 minutes!!!! GOGOGOGO
I think Probe1 should add some info in the OP.
Favourite player: IM.MVP ~ Favorite league: IPL
Condor Hero
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2931 Posts
October 06 2011 14:39 GMT
#288
On October 06 2011 23:36 Taf the Ghost wrote:
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On October 06 2011 23:28 Xeris wrote:
On October 06 2011 16:59 Denar wrote:
On October 06 2011 16:15 dde wrote:
so even if you do super bad in pool play you will still get placed in single elimination (championship bracket) Whats the point of having pool play then?


The explanation given by the IPL staff made a lot of sense for me :

NASL got people to come from all around the world, and get knocked out after 1 BO3. So some of those people who have travelled from so far away have played 2 maps.

Here, every player who has been invited/qualified will at least play a full pool stage + 1 bracket match.

Seems weird, but cool for the players and great for the viewers imo.


That doesn't make sense if that's the reason...having players play 3 meaningless group matches just for the sake of them playing more games isn't that good.

I'm sure IPL staff has good reasons for their format


The Format seems straight forward.

- Pool play allows for higher level games for days 1 & 2 (avoiding the 2010 MLG problem).
- Seeding *does* help the Pro Players. First in Pool play should get someone that finished 4th in their "Open Bracket", so that will likely be a weaker pro (or a good amatuer on a big run). This should avoid the Ret v Puma problem from NASL S1 Finals.
- We get to watch more Boxer.
- Fans get a chance to interact with the Pros more (see the number of Signings going on).
- Gives content for 4 days rather than 2 or 3. And avoids the MLG 2010 problem, again.
- Single Elimination for Championship bracket, as they don't have time to air a Double Elimination over 2 days, without doing 4 streams at once.
- Let's players get over the "Jet Lag" problem, as if they biff their Pool, they still have a full run to the Finals available to them.

It makes sense for what they want to do. Especially since everyone in the Top 32 wins 1k. A 1st in Pool is practically assured 2k.

Not to mention the point of E-sport tournaments is to entertain the fans, and what better way of entertaining nerds than games with great players on a big stage?
tofubeans
Profile Joined January 2011
United States794 Posts
October 06 2011 14:40 GMT
#289
anyone have a twitch.tv link to the Bally's stream?
Murdock
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland490 Posts
October 06 2011 14:40 GMT
#290
I can't wait to see all those awesome games! HYYYYYYPE!!!
ODKStevez
Profile Joined February 2011
Ireland1225 Posts
October 06 2011 14:40 GMT
#291
Really pumped for this! HuK and MC XD
Luppa <3
FEnd
Profile Joined September 2011
Finland5 Posts
October 06 2011 14:41 GMT
#292
So is EG's new announcement goint to show up to the screen when the countodown ends...?
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
October 06 2011 14:41 GMT
#293
I'm so ready to spam the hell out of this.
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
eloist
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1017 Posts
October 06 2011 14:41 GMT
#294
I must say, this stream player with embedded schedule and all that is really neat.
Ammoth
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden391 Posts
October 06 2011 14:41 GMT
#295
Do you need to pay or anything? :/ I only get a huge black screen where the streams are supposed to be, no countdown or anything
Apom
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
France656 Posts
October 06 2011 14:41 GMT
#296
On October 06 2011 23:37 laguu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 06 2011 23:31 Terminal wrote:
How are they meaningless games exactly? Don't winners get a better seed?

Seeds are pretty random anyway. It's not like you are guaranteed an easier opponent if you work your ass of to win the pool. They're not absolutely meaningless but I if you wanna do well, you have to be able to beat whoever comes against you in the bracket anyway. I'm sure the players don't take any pressure from the pool play matches.
Yes, you are quite guaranteed an easier opponent. Just look at the open bracket finishes from the most recent MLG (Raleigh), which was fairly similar to the IPL3 open bracket in terms of good players :

13-16th : rsvp, Lost, Cruncher, wbc
9-12th : HwangSin, PainUser, KawaiiRice, ostojiy
5-8th : Drewbie, Orly, DeMuslim, Tyler
1-4th : Puma, Trimaster, Hero, Noblesse

I don't know about you, but wbc seems less intimidating than Puma as a first opponent in a single-elimination bracket...
The Void
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany428 Posts
October 06 2011 14:41 GMT
#297
this is so exciting ^^
it is hard to be an atheist and deal with day9 (╯°□°)╯︵┻━┻ also i stole this too ♞...o_O..oh..and his buddies ♚♛♜♝♟http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295038 don't trust the suits...
tofubeans
Profile Joined January 2011
United States794 Posts
October 06 2011 14:41 GMT
#298
On October 06 2011 23:41 Ammoth wrote:
Do you need to pay or anything? :/ I only get a huge black screen where the streams are supposed to be, no countdown or anything


www.justin.tv/ignproleague
GreyArrow
Profile Joined November 2010
United States157 Posts
October 06 2011 14:41 GMT
#299
getting my F5 finger ready, let's do this!
Antithesis
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1268 Posts
October 06 2011 14:41 GMT
#300
So I heard Stephano will tear shit up today.
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