I gotta say I believe it was a mistake to play axslav in the 1v1. He seems like a great guy and definately is a good player but when ur in the playoffs I feel like you need to play your top dogs in every game.

The 2v2 is so unreliable that you really need that third super player to be HuK or Demuslim. Cause even if Idra and Puma are favorites against just about anyone they can still lose and if you then play a slightly weaker card as the third player you are risking the 2v2 randomness. Which is exactly what happened this time. I also feel like Incontrol would be a better choice in the 1v1s than Axslav at this point as he is dedicated to 1v1 and has a lot of experience in playing the team game format from sc1.

I guess I just feel like if you're gonna have 2v2 in the format, you should have dedicated 2v2 players that spend a good ammount of time refining their builds. Most of the 2v2s right now are games where one team makes a change that the other hasn't seen before and they are instantly crushed by it. That rarely happens in 1v1 where the game is more figured out.

I also think that if you removed 2v2 all together then we would see another great 1v1 instead since many of these teams have deep lineups. I would love seeing that extra player from EG or Mouz come out and have another excellent 1v1 bo3.

SMD

Canada627 Posts

October 30 2011 21:50 GMT

#1288

On October 31 2011 06:41 StarBrift wrote:
I gotta say I believe it was a mistake to play axslav in the 1v1. He seems like a great guy and definately is a good player but when ur in the playoffs I feel like you need to play your top dogs in every game.

The 2v2 is so unreliable that you really need that third super player to be HuK or Demuslim. Cause even if Idra and Puma are favorites against just about anyone they can still lose and if you then play a slightly weaker card as the third player you are risking the 2v2 randomness. Which is exactly what happened this time. I also feel like Incontrol would be a better choice in the 1v1s than Axslav at this point as he is dedicated to 1v1 and has a lot of experience in playing the team game format from sc1.

I guess I just feel like if you're gonna have 2v2 in the format, you should have dedicated 2v2 players that spend a good ammount of time refining their builds. Most of the 2v2s right now are games where one team makes a change that the other hasn't seen before and they are instantly crushed by it. That rarely happens in 1v1 where the game is more figured out.

I also think that if you removed 2v2 all together then we would see another great 1v1 instead since many of these teams have deep lineups. I would love seeing that extra player from EG or Mouz come out and have another excellent 1v1 bo3.

HuK and Demuslim were obviously traveling. or sleeping. or otherwise unavailable. Scheduling conflicts do happen.

Colbi

United States535 Posts

October 30 2011 21:51 GMT

#1289

Updated OP with Fnatic vs. Empire draw.

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

October 30 2011 21:53 GMT

#1290

Oh, wow! No Rain! This might actually be very difficult for Fnatic - Kas can certainly beat KawaiiRice, Beastyqt might very well beat TT1 and even if Aristeo doesn't win against Nightend, the 2v2 should be pretty damn close.

Go Empire!

Chicane

United States7875 Posts

October 30 2011 21:53 GMT

#1291

I can't really say I am surprised by the results, it felt like it could have gone either way, but congrats to Empire!

Kira__

Sweden2672 Posts

October 30 2011 21:54 GMT

#1292

will EG play any more matches? The system confuses me a bit

pred470r

Bulgaria3265 Posts

October 30 2011 21:55 GMT

#1293

On October 31 2011 06:54 Kira__ wrote:
will EG play any more matches? The system confuses me a bit

No. Team EG is out of the tourney.

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

October 30 2011 21:55 GMT

#1294

On October 31 2011 06:54 Kira__ wrote:
will EG play any more matches? The system confuses me a bit

No, it's Double Elimination and they lost their matches both in the Upper Bracket as well as in the Lower Bracket

GenoZStriker

United States2914 Posts

October 30 2011 21:55 GMT

#1295

It's your standard double-elimination bracket. How is it confusing? EG lost twice, now they are out. Empire vs. Fnatic = Loser's bracket finals. Winner faces Mousesports.