MVP to pick GuMiOh
Nestea to play Curious
MC to pick DRG to get revenge for Blizzard Cup (or picks Ganzi)
MMA calling out Jjajki to bring revenge for Boxer and get even MORE glory and overshadow all other SlayerS!

Maghetti

United States2429 Posts

January 20 2012 02:18 GMT

#23

I think that basing the top 4 picks off total points is muuuuch better than off the previous tournament results. When we look at any one particular tournament it is hard to place who is the best players. You will have MC fall or MVP fall or some combination of the top 10 players will fail to advance far, even though we all know these players are the best. We end up with really lame finals because of things like groups of death and good players falling to soon. When you base off the over all points you have for sure the most consistently good players spread out as much as possible.

joocybaneling

67 Posts

January 20 2012 02:19 GMT

#24

On January 20 2012 11:13 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:

Show nested quote +

NO!

Zergs have to join hands against the Terran and Protoss oppressors! There's only 3 left and I want ZvT!

agreed, I would like to see aLive, Ganzi and SuperNova (the 4 least scary Terrans from the pool) in Nestea's grp

and GuMiho, Jjakji and MarineKing in MVP's grp =)

Markwerf

Netherlands3728 Posts

January 20 2012 02:26 GMT

#25

They should add some decay to those GSL points, last three tournaments 1x multiplier and those before that 0.5x with the ones older then a year 0x. MC being #3 still based on GSLs 10 months ago is a bit silly.

MrCon

France29748 Posts

January 20 2012 02:27 GMT

#26

On January 20 2012 11:18 Maghetti wrote:
I think that basing the top 4 picks off total points is muuuuch better than off the previous tournament results. When we look at any one particular tournament it is hard to place who is the best players. You will have MC fall or MVP fall or some combination of the top 10 players will fail to advance far, even though we all know these players are the best. We end up with really lame finals because of things like groups of death and good players falling to soon. When you base off the over all points you have for sure the most consistently good players spread out as much as possible.

I agree. Yeah, in theory using 2011 points isn't a good idea, but in practice for this tournament only it's perfect to have the big 4 in 4 different groups.

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10317 Posts

January 20 2012 02:36 GMT

#27

Wow, awesome!

Also, WHOA WTF there's 5 P and 3 Z? I wonder how many Ps will survive though.

tuho12345

4482 Posts

January 20 2012 02:38 GMT

#28

On January 20 2012 10:04 Plexa wrote:
Anyone else think its kinda silly to base this off of 2011 rankings rather than placing in the groups?

They should use top 4 of last SS if they're still in R16 imo. If these guys just keep passing R32, they can always have the calls

ReaperX

Hong Kong1758 Posts

January 20 2012 02:39 GMT

#29

They should do it based on season points from the last season.

NuclearJudas

6546 Posts

January 20 2012 02:42 GMT

#30

Can't wait to see MC pick insanely hard players and bomb out hard.

(I'm an MC fan, but he has a habit of making really stupid choices in these selections)

DarkPlasmaBall

United States44046 Posts

January 20 2012 02:44 GMT

#31

1. MVP 20103
2. NesTea 14280
3. MC 9115
4. MMA 9048

Holy shit I didn't realize that MVP was that far ahead of everyone else lmao

KimJongChill

United States6429 Posts

January 20 2012 02:48 GMT

#32

top 4 is a dream team. holy crap I think this might be the best gsl yet.

vthree

Hong Kong8039 Posts

January 20 2012 02:48 GMT

#33

Can't wait to see MC pick insanely hard players and bomb out hard.

To be fair, almost all the other 12 players are pretty good and it will depend on match up

frucisky

Singapore2170 Posts

January 20 2012 02:49 GMT

#34

Really hope MVP spares Marineking and Nestea spares DRG!

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

January 20 2012 02:53 GMT

#35

On January 20 2012 10:04 Plexa wrote:
Anyone else think its kinda silly to base this off of 2011 rankings rather than placing in the groups?

Let's see how it goes for a season or two. Group nominations add to the rivalry and entertainment factor in my opinion. Basing it off of 2011 points is good because it allows the consistently good players pick, rather than someone who had a really good day in the RO32. At least that is my opinion.

wklbishop

United States1286 Posts

January 20 2012 02:53 GMT

#36

MVP might take Gumiho... hmmm.

FOr some reason I feel like Nestea is going to pick Parting.

MC might go for Curious, especially after the games he showed against Oz.... (though the Inca games were ok..)

And MMA, no idea.

vthree

Hong Kong8039 Posts

January 20 2012 03:01 GMT

#37

I think besides matchups and so forth, a lot of these guys seems to know each other well and are practice partners... So not sure how it will play out... I think slightly different from Ro32 before because there were many more 'new' comers so players probably had a lot more players that they didn't know well...

MrProb

Thailand794 Posts

January 20 2012 03:12 GMT

#38

Genius and Parting would be the first 2's to be picked

mcgriffin

Canada81 Posts

January 20 2012 03:15 GMT

#39

since the SlayerS coach will be picking for MMA, I highly doubt he'll make any unreasonable/emotional picks. Most likely it will be very strategic based off cold statistics.

jkang

United States404 Posts

January 20 2012 03:33 GMT

#40

On January 20 2012 11:26 Markwerf wrote:
They should add some decay to those GSL points, last three tournaments 1x multiplier and those before that 0.5x with the ones older then a year 0x. MC being #3 still based on GSLs 10 months ago is a bit silly.

Then I guess Mvp and NesTea should take back 5k points from January and May, since those were a year ago and 8 months ago, respectively; and shouldn't count either.