EPT$11,000 GIGABYTE ESPORTS LAN Invitational in SoCal - Page 27
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mememolly
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
On June 15 2012 07:57 KawaiiRice wrote: Post the schedule -.- | ||
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Irave
United States9965 Posts
The OP is awfully pretty. It even has the schedule included. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/KKz5h.png) | ||
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KawaiiRice
United States2914 Posts
are you guys streaming most of the groups / all of the groups? if so what order will the groups be played in? (i.e.: group a 12-2 pm, group b 3-5 pm, group c 6-8 pm, group d 9-11 pm or something) and for the other days, when would certain people start/what rounds? | ||
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Artifice
United States523 Posts
On June 15 2012 10:06 Irave wrote: The OP is awfully pretty. It even has the schedule included. That's not a real schedule, it just gives a half a day window and says "play matches here". | ||
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Peanutbutter717
United States240 Posts
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CarltonBeener
United States84 Posts
Friday: 9a Player Meeting 10a Live Group Draw 11a Preshow 11:30a-6p Groups A & B 6p-11p Groups C & D Saturday: 12:15 Starcraft Preshow 1p-5p Groups A & B 5p - 11p Groups C & D Sunday: 12:15 Starcraft Preshow 1p-3p Round 1 3p-4p Round 2 4p-6p Semi Finals 7:45p-9:45p Finals | ||
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
So I have to get there at 9 am and potentially not play until 6 or 9 pm? Will we have computers to play on while we wait? Are you planning to stream every single game or will we play games on the side off stream (or a second stream)? Also theres a second group stage on Saturday? I thought it was one group into a 16 man bracket | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16125 Posts
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thegesl
United States65 Posts
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itsjustatank
Hong Kong9179 Posts
On June 15 2012 14:01 Vindicare605 wrote: I like how they say no extended series in a single elimination tournament as if that wasn't obvious. There is a group stage beforehand. It could be a problem if there was a rematch in elimination. | ||
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itsjustatank
Hong Kong9179 Posts
On June 15 2012 13:45 Xeris wrote: Hey thisis Kawaii. So I have to get there at 9 am and potentially not play until 6 or 9 pm? Will we have computers to play on while we wait? Are you planning to stream every single game or will we play games on the side off stream (or a second stream)? Also theres a second group stage on Saturday? I thought it was one group into a 16 man bracket There will be 4 groups of 6 (exact group makeup will be determined in a live draw tomorrow), as stated in the OP. Not sure if every game is going to be streamed. There should be computers for you to play on and practice while you wait. There are three streams, one main stage (which may be sc2 or league depending on whats there) and a dedicated sc2 as well as a dedicated league channel. So potentially there may be two streamed sc2 games going on at one time. | ||
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Clutch8
United States258 Posts
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KawaiiRice
United States2914 Posts
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itsjustatank
Hong Kong9179 Posts
On June 15 2012 14:47 KawaiiRice wrote: so whats the thing with saturday groups? are we only playing half of each group on friday and half of each group on saturday? Not sure about the answers to those questions. There will be a player meeting at 9am tomorrow, bring it up then. See: | ||
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Primadog
United States4411 Posts
We want you there at 9 tomorrow because groups are drawn live at 10am, so we can't know for sure what will be your schedule until then. | ||
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ES_JohnClark
United States1121 Posts
Note, it may be a wall of text for some.. but once I get the pretty graphics made, I will post those up here. LIVE GROUP DRAW - INFORMATION: Starting at 10 AM PST on Friday, officially before the start of the event, we will be streaming the Dolby Live Group Drawing. This drawing will be to determine the make up of the 4 groups of 6 players each. This is an informal production and is meant for transparency on how the groups are decided. All of the players are being asked to be there for this portion of the event. Players will physically be grouped on stage as a visual representation of the groups. Of course, the GESL, CSN and Liquidpedia website will all be instantly updated as the groups are being decided. Schedules of which matches are being put on the main stage and all other matches will be updated and given to the players so that they may start to prepare. Every player will have their own practice computer for this event. HOW THE POOLS WERE DECIDED: Three (3) pools were chosen to be pulled from for the groups. These 3 pools were decided on using the following criteria: 1. Ranking / Past Tournament Results / Player vs. Player results 2. Team Kill possibility 3. Race Players were first placed in pools based on how a panel of 5 GESL Staff members ranked the players by skill level. This must be and is the main criteria for the pools. Obviously, not everyone will agree with how the pools were tiered, but I imagine that a case can be made for any situation. The next criteria that was considered, was the probability for players to be pulled to the same group that were from the same team. It is likely that players from the same team will end up in the same group. This is something that must be accepted if a true competitive format is used. We have tried though to set Pools #2 and #3 up so that the possibility is less. Race was the final criteria used when deciding the pools. Any chance we had to switch players of relatively equal 'ranking' to avoid a group having too much of one race was addressed. GIGABYTE ESPORTS LAN 2012 STARCRAFT II PLAYER POOLS: Pool #1 Tails Monster Ryung Alicia Clide viOLet Inori Dream Pool #2 DeMusliM Beastyqt Machine Golden Sleep Illusion Axslav HwangSin Pool #3 theognis STX Insur Mystik Caliber Rhythm Daisuki KawaiiRice *Note - The pools are not seeded in any particular order HOW GROUPS ARE DRAWN: 1 player at a time will be drawn from Pool #1 into Group A, then Group B, etc. This will happen twice for pool #1 until there are 2 players from Pool #1 in each of the groups. The process will continue with Pool #2 until there are 2 players from that pool in each of the Groups. Again, the same process will be used to determine the final 2 players drawn into each group. HOW BRACKET POSITIONS ARE DETERMINED: Once the group stage has completed, with each player playing each of the opponents in their group (Round Robin Scheduling), brackets will be set based on a very specific bracket methodology. Unlike the World Cup (of Soccer/Football)... these brackets will not be released until the final round of matches come to an end. The reason for this is that the brackets are not re-seeded or rigged for 'viewer/spectator experience'. They are based strictly on how a player finishes in their Group. The better a players' finish in their group, the better 1st round match up they will receive. These match ups are hidden to protect against players 'throwing' matches to gain a more favorable position on the bracket or to help a team mate. For example: Group A winner vs. Group C 4th place, Group B Winner vs. Group D 4th place, etc... The players will NOT know the exact bracket setup until the final round of Group Stage matches have been completed. These brackets have been given to Team Liquid, ESFI and Cadred as a safeguard against the perception that the brackets were 'rigged' or seeded to favor certain match ups. Again, the idea here is transparency and letting results decide the competition and removing 'subjectivity' from the equation. So.. there is a quick rundown of how the Live Group Drawing will work. Tomorrow, on stream (if I can get up early enough to shave!).. I will explain how the process for drawing the players works. Good Luck to all of the players and Thank you to all of the community supporting this event! | ||
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Cubeface
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
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Botanical
Canada12 Posts
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