On October 27 2011 23:39 Micket wrote: The best part of the new format is Bo3 everything. Players who are playing terribly will not be able to keep code S through skin of their teeth by cheesing in 1 Bo1.
People are saying that Liquipedia is wrong and that Ro32 is actually Bo1, so I'm really confused as to what the format is as far as BoXs go.
Still, even if that is true, those people will drop to Code A Ro32 instead of staying in Code S now.
Nice groups. No really super hard or easy groups like last seasons. Strongest should be group E. The Slayers group is not bad either and will be tough for MC.
I would have liked bo3 for code s groups as well, but logistically it's really hard to do. With 5 bo3s per group, you can get a max of 15 games per group. Now even if they did 2 groups per day, one afternoon and one at night, that's a max of 30 gamers per day.
A possible 30 games per day would take forever to play! To put it in perspective, IPL 3 did 2 groups per day and with their format they played 12 bo3 per day for a max of 36 games. However, I believe their schedule was 10am-11pm those days. I don't think gom wants to broadcast all day like that.
Mr. Chae says they're looking into bo3 code s for next year, but I still think that would be hard to do because a possible 15 games per group takes forever!!! They would have to make it so there would be only 1 group per day, and probably bump time slot up by 2 hours to allow for a max of 15 games per day. They would need 4 more days for code s groups, which I guess is doable. Will be interesting to see what they decide next year.