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Penguinator
Profile Joined December 2010
United States837 Posts
June 22 2014 06:31 GMT
#3481
On June 22 2014 15:29 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2014 15:28 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:27 Darkhorse wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:26 fuzzylogic44 wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:24 Yorkie wrote:
Not a fan of MLG format. Making it into pools is 4559426954 times better than having to go through the bracket. Especially unfair given people who bombed out of pools place higher than people who rocked the open bracket but just came up a little short


And they all get $0 so really what's the difference

The difference is a player that just played through that marathon of difficult open bracket play could have gotten much further starting from pools instead of the bracket. Starting from pools is a HUGE advantage.

Well they should've won the qualifiers/Open Winners Bracket if they wanted to get pools. It stinks but that's how tournaments are.

they had an american qualifier, a European qualifier, 3 invite only qualifiers that were almost exclusively NA (with a few Aussies), and one Korean qualifier that awarded a single spot.


What's your point?....
Towelie.635
Slakter
Profile Joined January 2010
Sweden1947 Posts
June 22 2014 06:31 GMT
#3482
Been up all night, it's 8:30 where I live. Should I go to sleep and wake up to see the games tommorow or try to stay awake and probably fall asleep and miss it?
Protoss, can't live with em', can't kill em'.
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
June 22 2014 06:31 GMT
#3483
On June 22 2014 15:30 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2014 15:30 Dodgin wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:28 Circumstance wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:27 Darkhorse wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:26 fuzzylogic44 wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:24 Yorkie wrote:
Not a fan of MLG format. Making it into pools is 4559426954 times better than having to go through the bracket. Especially unfair given people who bombed out of pools place higher than people who rocked the open bracket but just came up a little short


And they all get $0 so really what's the difference

The difference is a player that just played through that marathon of difficult open bracket play could have gotten much further starting from pools instead of the bracket. Starting from pools is a HUGE advantage.


Winning a qualifier is better than not. What a novel concept.


qualifiers were mostly NA-only though

Yeah but it's an NA tournament so what you gonna do I guess.

Have DH format pls :D
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BakedButters
Profile Joined November 2011
United States748 Posts
June 22 2014 06:31 GMT
#3484
Well at least Bomber had the best game of the tournament against JD
Snute <3 Bomber <3 Parting <3 Life <3
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-22 06:32:23
June 22 2014 06:31 GMT
#3485
On June 22 2014 15:29 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2014 15:28 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:27 Darkhorse wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:26 fuzzylogic44 wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:24 Yorkie wrote:
Not a fan of MLG format. Making it into pools is 4559426954 times better than having to go through the bracket. Especially unfair given people who bombed out of pools place higher than people who rocked the open bracket but just came up a little short


And they all get $0 so really what's the difference

The difference is a player that just played through that marathon of difficult open bracket play could have gotten much further starting from pools instead of the bracket. Starting from pools is a HUGE advantage.

Well they should've won the qualifiers/Open Winners Bracket if they wanted to get pools. It stinks but that's how tournaments are.

they had an american qualifier, a European qualifier, 3 invite only qualifiers that were almost exclusively NA (with a few Aussies), and one Korean qualifier that awarded a single spot.


And that was not participated in by Bomber or Hyun, and their non-participation was sure as hell not MLG's decision.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
Superbanana
Profile Joined May 2014
2369 Posts
June 22 2014 06:31 GMT
#3486
On June 22 2014 15:27 pure.Wasted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2014 15:24 Yorkie wrote:
Not a fan of MLG format. Making it into pools is 4559426954 times better than having to go through the bracket. Especially unfair given people who bombed out of pools place higher than people who rocked the open bracket but just came up a little short


Please explain.

Sad for Bomber.

Well, they all knew the tournament conditions (yeah, some issues made it worse), so in the end im just surprised that such a strong pool of players showed up to fight under a disadvantage o_O Those guys... i praise their hard work
In PvZ the zerg can make the situation spire out of control but protoss can adept to the situation.
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
June 22 2014 06:32 GMT
#3487
On June 22 2014 15:31 Slakter wrote:
Been up all night, it's 8:30 where I live. Should I go to sleep and wake up to see the games tommorow or try to stay awake and probably fall asleep and miss it?


The one where you don't miss any action.
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
June 22 2014 06:32 GMT
#3488
On June 22 2014 15:31 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2014 15:30 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:30 Dodgin wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:28 Circumstance wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:27 Darkhorse wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:26 fuzzylogic44 wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:24 Yorkie wrote:
Not a fan of MLG format. Making it into pools is 4559426954 times better than having to go through the bracket. Especially unfair given people who bombed out of pools place higher than people who rocked the open bracket but just came up a little short


And they all get $0 so really what's the difference

The difference is a player that just played through that marathon of difficult open bracket play could have gotten much further starting from pools instead of the bracket. Starting from pools is a HUGE advantage.


Winning a qualifier is better than not. What a novel concept.


qualifiers were mostly NA-only though

Yeah but it's an NA tournament so what you gonna do I guess.

Have DH format pls :D

I just want another tournament like MLG Winter 2013, which was my first tournament. That was so dope.
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
June 22 2014 06:32 GMT
#3489
On June 22 2014 15:31 Penguinator wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2014 15:29 Darkhorse wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:28 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:27 Darkhorse wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:26 fuzzylogic44 wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:24 Yorkie wrote:
Not a fan of MLG format. Making it into pools is 4559426954 times better than having to go through the bracket. Especially unfair given people who bombed out of pools place higher than people who rocked the open bracket but just came up a little short


And they all get $0 so really what's the difference

The difference is a player that just played through that marathon of difficult open bracket play could have gotten much further starting from pools instead of the bracket. Starting from pools is a HUGE advantage.

Well they should've won the qualifiers/Open Winners Bracket if they wanted to get pools. It stinks but that's how tournaments are.

they had an american qualifier, a European qualifier, 3 invite only qualifiers that were almost exclusively NA (with a few Aussies), and one Korean qualifier that awarded a single spot.


What's your point?....

Just refuting the "they should have won qualifiers if they wanted to get in pools" argument. Koreans had no opportunity to win qualifiers basically.
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Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
June 22 2014 06:32 GMT
#3490
On June 22 2014 15:31 Circumstance wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2014 15:29 Darkhorse wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:28 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:27 Darkhorse wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:26 fuzzylogic44 wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:24 Yorkie wrote:
Not a fan of MLG format. Making it into pools is 4559426954 times better than having to go through the bracket. Especially unfair given people who bombed out of pools place higher than people who rocked the open bracket but just came up a little short


And they all get $0 so really what's the difference

The difference is a player that just played through that marathon of difficult open bracket play could have gotten much further starting from pools instead of the bracket. Starting from pools is a HUGE advantage.

Well they should've won the qualifiers/Open Winners Bracket if they wanted to get pools. It stinks but that's how tournaments are.

they had an american qualifier, a European qualifier, 3 invite only qualifiers that were almost exclusively NA (with a few Aussies), and one Korean qualifier that awarded a single spot.


And that was not participated in by Bomber or Hyun.

Are you serious...they had one opportunity to try for a spot and it was basically a hail mary. You can't argue that the way it was set up gave us some really top heavy pools
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
pure.Wasted
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada4701 Posts
June 22 2014 06:32 GMT
#3491
On June 22 2014 15:30 Yorkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2014 15:27 pure.Wasted wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:24 Yorkie wrote:
Not a fan of MLG format. Making it into pools is 4559426954 times better than having to go through the bracket. Especially unfair given people who bombed out of pools place higher than people who rocked the open bracket but just came up a little short


Please explain.

Sad for Bomber.

Players like TLO, Petraeus, etc who got the unbelievable advantage of starting in pools got the same place as Bomber. A player of Bomber's caliber starting from that position may have done muchhh better. Pools are an insane advantage, and the way the spots are handed out is questionable


OK, that with the rest of the comments on this page clarified it for me.

Koreans getting shafted all over again.

Only good Terrans are Korean Terrans, so Terrans getting shafted too!

Please Polt.

INna Maru-da-FanTa, Bbaby, TY Dream that I'm Flashing you
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
June 22 2014 06:33 GMT
#3492
On June 22 2014 15:31 Circumstance wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2014 15:29 Darkhorse wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:28 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:27 Darkhorse wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:26 fuzzylogic44 wrote:
On June 22 2014 15:24 Yorkie wrote:
Not a fan of MLG format. Making it into pools is 4559426954 times better than having to go through the bracket. Especially unfair given people who bombed out of pools place higher than people who rocked the open bracket but just came up a little short


And they all get $0 so really what's the difference

The difference is a player that just played through that marathon of difficult open bracket play could have gotten much further starting from pools instead of the bracket. Starting from pools is a HUGE advantage.

Well they should've won the qualifiers/Open Winners Bracket if they wanted to get pools. It stinks but that's how tournaments are.

they had an american qualifier, a European qualifier, 3 invite only qualifiers that were almost exclusively NA (with a few Aussies), and one Korean qualifier that awarded a single spot.


And that was not participated in by Bomber or Hyun, and their non-participation was sure as hell not MLG's decision.

Very true. Wasn't participated in by a lot of people. However, there was only one spot there and a myriad of players in the open bracket that are much better than those that were in pools.
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eonDE
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada371 Posts
June 22 2014 06:34 GMT
#3493
Just like in traditional sporting tournaments, the host country gets to place wildcards into the main draw by virtue of them organizing the event. In this case there are more spots for NA players into pool play. Simple.
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
June 22 2014 06:34 GMT
#3494
Welp. At the very least we still have 2 canadians to take on the korean domination. I think they're both gonna lose first thing tomorrow but I'm happy they made it this far.
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
June 22 2014 06:34 GMT
#3495
I mean I guess people got what they wanted, because a lot of people wanted a lot of NA players on display at MLG like they used to be, but to be honest they're not strong enough to deserve the spots. One possible solution is to go back to the system where they had more pools. Only 2 pools was a little tight
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
June 22 2014 06:35 GMT
#3496
On June 22 2014 15:34 eonDE wrote:
Just like in traditional sporting tournaments, the host country gets to place wildcards into the main draw by virtue of them organizing the event. In this case there are more spots for NA players into pool play. Simple.


IPL tho
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
June 22 2014 06:35 GMT
#3497
Well whatever, we never have a perfect format anyways. Nothing in this world is perfect, I still think we got some nice games so far. Really impressed with RagnaroK's performance, he's doing so well! Tomorrow should be dope, I'll see you all in that thread!
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
June 22 2014 06:36 GMT
#3498
On June 22 2014 15:34 eonDE wrote:
Just like in traditional sporting tournaments, the host country gets to place wildcards into the main draw by virtue of them organizing the event. In this case there are more spots for NA players into pool play. Simple.

DH doesn't show EU favoritism. Koreans and strong EU players alike get seeded into group stage 2
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
June 22 2014 06:36 GMT
#3499
Maybe koreans should get claufzubu to organize a weekend tournament
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Foreverkul
Profile Joined March 2014
United States1649 Posts
June 22 2014 06:36 GMT
#3500
Bomber, the rising hero of MLG Anaheim shot down before his time u_u
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