oh that's weird... so you are not mixing no namers with well known players? Just all the well known players to begin than the no namers towards the end? Or will some people be able to play more than once?

I wouldn't call me/sasquatch "no namers"... I've qualed for IPL5 and Sassy MLG Summer Arena. But yeah -- there needs to be SOME system to sift through players more effectively (like a coin flip maybe?)

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

August 04 2012 06:14 GMT

#171

How is a coin flip a more effective way than a results based criteria. The goal is to have a balance of race, so 3 zergs ideally. Sasquatch, you, vibe, goswser,catz, Scarlett, ostojiy ... more than half of this list gets left out. Theres not a really effective way to choose 3 players from a pool of 10 aside from picking randomly, which is essentially what we did after the initial list was gathered.

The method of randomness (coin flip, names in a hat, donkeys) has no bearing on the outcome.

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699 Posts

August 04 2012 22:53 GMT

#172

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Chytilova

United States790 Posts

August 04 2012 23:12 GMT

#173

On August 04 2012 15:06 Glon wrote:

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I actually was not refering to you specifically, but like actual unknown grandmasters who might want to play, but do not have name value because... well ya know they are unknown :D

On August 04 2012 15:14 Xeris wrote:
How is a coin flip a more effective way than a results based criteria.

My haphazard question was more about the fact that you say anyone can play, but then base the criteria on results. So if you are saying anyone can play than yes coin flip would be more effective. I would not have been confused if this was not advertised. From what I gather from your posts you are picking 9 people of each race over the 3 days based on results which means anyone who has been in grandmasters cannot actually play.

Xeris

Iran17695 Posts

August 04 2012 23:53 GMT

#174

On August 05 2012 08:12 Chytilova wrote:

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I actually was not refering to you specifically, but like actual unknown grandmasters who might want to play, but do not have name value because... well ya know they are unknown :D

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Saying "anyone can play" doesn't equate to "everyone will be able to play." We can only have a very limited number of games played in a day and have to consider several factors when selecting: a) who showed up to play, b) what players would our viewers care about watching, c) based on the current games, are there any players that, if in the channel, would create a fun and interesting game/story (I.E. there is bad blood between TT1 and Goswser, so putting that match on would be very interesting because there is a story behind it).

For example, I played basketball at a gym in Inglewood, CA two summers ago where many NBA/College players train. There are always pickup games at the gym and technically anyone could have played. That gym, and any gym you go to will always advertise that "anyone can play," it doesn't mean that everyone actually will play. That's just how it works - with a limited number of people who can play, there will always be others left out.

So let's say that there are 15 zergs who show up to play tonight, all Grand Master. If I put them on a list (even with a very basic setup like "who have results" and "who don't have results"), there is a pretty high chance that there will be at least 3 notable or semi-notable players on the list, and the other 12 zergs won't be playing. Just because they didn't get to play doesn't mean they could not have played.