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Cheren
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
United States2911 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-23 02:17:56
June 23 2014 02:16 GMT
#4461
On June 23 2014 11:13 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2014 11:12 Cheren wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:11 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:07 Destructicon wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:03 Josh_Video wrote:
Using a dual bracket is hard because you have to reward the player coming from the winner bracket in some way, but not make it too much harder for the player coming from losers, personally i dislike both extended series and the two bo3 thing, but i cant think of a fair way of doing it, maybe start Polt with a 1 game advantage?


How about just have a regular BO7 finals? Is it really that hard to comprehend that the WB final player already has the upper hand due to having rested + having had the advantage of being able to study his opponent?


Such an advantage is not quantifiable and as such is pretty unfair towards the person that hasn't lost a series yet. A better alternative in my opinion, and one that MLG had used before is to split the brackets, and loser brackets into two halves, and have two people of equal standing in the tournament face each other on equal ground.


The Smash Bros community complained about that idea and it was changed for all the games for some reason. What you're describing was the original format they were going to use.


Why did they complain?


I honestly don't remember, but I do know that the standard double elimination format is used at most Smash tourneys, they probably just thought it was a change for no reason.

Also I've never heard "double elimination is unfair because the loser's bracket player has to play more games" outside the Starcraft community. Most people would look at you funny.
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
June 23 2014 02:17 GMT
#4462
Leenock also had numerous game of the year games under his belt. Most notably his early games against Clide.
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KingofGods
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1218 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-23 02:17:19
June 23 2014 02:17 GMT
#4463
Photon overcharge is enough to defense, Day9. You should know this.
Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
June 23 2014 02:17 GMT
#4464
On June 23 2014 11:15 Destructicon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2014 11:13 Clazziquai10 wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:11 Destructicon wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:09 Canucklehead wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:07 Destructicon wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:03 Josh_Video wrote:
Using a dual bracket is hard because you have to reward the player coming from the winner bracket in some way, but not make it too much harder for the player coming from losers, personally i dislike both extended series and the two bo3 thing, but i cant think of a fair way of doing it, maybe start Polt with a 1 game advantage?


How about just have a regular BO7 finals? Is it really that hard to comprehend that the WB final player already has the upper hand due to having rested + having had the advantage of being able to study his opponent?


Not enough of an advantage. The winner is entitled to lose one bo3 like everyone else, otherwise he's the only one that got screwed. In theory the lower bracket player is playing lesser people who have all lost before, so it doesn't matter if they have to play more games. The winner bracket player needs an advantage that is more than just rest.


I call bullshit on that, the rest + studying is enough of an advantage.


Alternatively you can see rest = "lack of warmup"


Hey you have a whole day's worth of time, its up to you what you do with it, if you didn't practice ladder or some custom games and then QQ that the other guy was warmed up then you really deserve to lose.


Well it's like the lower bracket player QQ that he has to play more games because he lost earlier. Polt is entitled to losing one bo3 like everyone else, otherwise it's totally unfair. It's not his fault he never lost, so he shouldn't be penalized for it.
Top 10 favourite pros: MKP, MVP, MC, Nestea, DRG, Jaedong, Flash, Life, Creator, Leenock
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
June 23 2014 02:17 GMT
#4465
On June 23 2014 11:16 Cheren wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2014 11:13 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:12 Cheren wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:11 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:07 Destructicon wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:03 Josh_Video wrote:
Using a dual bracket is hard because you have to reward the player coming from the winner bracket in some way, but not make it too much harder for the player coming from losers, personally i dislike both extended series and the two bo3 thing, but i cant think of a fair way of doing it, maybe start Polt with a 1 game advantage?


How about just have a regular BO7 finals? Is it really that hard to comprehend that the WB final player already has the upper hand due to having rested + having had the advantage of being able to study his opponent?


Such an advantage is not quantifiable and as such is pretty unfair towards the person that hasn't lost a series yet. A better alternative in my opinion, and one that MLG had used before is to split the brackets, and loser brackets into two halves, and have two people of equal standing in the tournament face each other on equal ground.


The Smash Bros community complained about that idea and it was changed for all the games for some reason. What you're describing was the original format they were going to use.


Why did they complain?


I honestly don't remember, but I do know that the standard double elimination format is used at most Smash tourneys, they probably just thought it was a change for no reason.

What was the MLG Anaheim finals last year? Best of 7?
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
Josh_Video
Profile Joined August 2013
Canada798 Posts
June 23 2014 02:17 GMT
#4466
On June 23 2014 11:15 Yorkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2014 11:13 Josh_Video wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:11 negativedge wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:10 Josh_Video wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:09 Exarl25 wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:07 Yorkie wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:06 Larkin wrote:
It wouldn't be MLG without a faceless Korean winning it!

MMA, MVP, DRG, MKP, Taeja so faceless wow


A lot of those guys were considered faceless Koreans until they were consistently winning foreign events. For Mvp especially that status stuck around for a very long time.

The term is complete bullshit and borderline racism anyway, as is calling them robots etc.


but nobody who won a mlg was their first tournament success.


bomber. code A doesn't count.

actually MMA too


If you win code A, you no longer classify as a "Faceless korean"

Nobody qualifies as a faceless Korean. It's a derogatory term that makes fun of the fact that it's tough to express your personality after being flown halfway around the world to a foreign country where you don't speak a lick of English


I don't think anyone should be considered a faceless korean, Im just trying to see this guys point of view when he says MLG has faceless koreans for champions.
MKP :D ~ MMA ~ Scarlett ~ Taeja ~ Mvp ~ InnoVation ~ Polt | Prime ( RIP :( ) ~ Acer ~ SK Telecom T1 | I enjoyed the locust war of May 3, 2014.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32755 Posts
June 23 2014 02:18 GMT
#4467
On June 23 2014 11:17 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2014 11:16 Cheren wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:13 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:12 Cheren wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:11 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:07 Destructicon wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:03 Josh_Video wrote:
Using a dual bracket is hard because you have to reward the player coming from the winner bracket in some way, but not make it too much harder for the player coming from losers, personally i dislike both extended series and the two bo3 thing, but i cant think of a fair way of doing it, maybe start Polt with a 1 game advantage?


How about just have a regular BO7 finals? Is it really that hard to comprehend that the WB final player already has the upper hand due to having rested + having had the advantage of being able to study his opponent?


Such an advantage is not quantifiable and as such is pretty unfair towards the person that hasn't lost a series yet. A better alternative in my opinion, and one that MLG had used before is to split the brackets, and loser brackets into two halves, and have two people of equal standing in the tournament face each other on equal ground.


The Smash Bros community complained about that idea and it was changed for all the games for some reason. What you're describing was the original format they were going to use.


Why did they complain?


I honestly don't remember, but I do know that the standard double elimination format is used at most Smash tourneys, they probably just thought it was a change for no reason.

What was the MLG Anaheim finals last year? Best of 7?

Bo5.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Cheren
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
United States2911 Posts
June 23 2014 02:18 GMT
#4468
On June 23 2014 11:17 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2014 11:16 Cheren wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:13 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:12 Cheren wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:11 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:07 Destructicon wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:03 Josh_Video wrote:
Using a dual bracket is hard because you have to reward the player coming from the winner bracket in some way, but not make it too much harder for the player coming from losers, personally i dislike both extended series and the two bo3 thing, but i cant think of a fair way of doing it, maybe start Polt with a 1 game advantage?


How about just have a regular BO7 finals? Is it really that hard to comprehend that the WB final player already has the upper hand due to having rested + having had the advantage of being able to study his opponent?


Such an advantage is not quantifiable and as such is pretty unfair towards the person that hasn't lost a series yet. A better alternative in my opinion, and one that MLG had used before is to split the brackets, and loser brackets into two halves, and have two people of equal standing in the tournament face each other on equal ground.


The Smash Bros community complained about that idea and it was changed for all the games for some reason. What you're describing was the original format they were going to use.


Why did they complain?


I honestly don't remember, but I do know that the standard double elimination format is used at most Smash tourneys, they probably just thought it was a change for no reason.

What was the MLG Anaheim finals last year? Best of 7?


http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2013_MLG_Spring_Championship

Looks like Best of 5.
Cyanocyst
Profile Joined October 2010
2222 Posts
June 23 2014 02:19 GMT
#4469
Who is the main observer for MLG? hes quite good.
|| Fruit Dealer | Leenock | Yughio | Coca | Sniper | True | Solar | Dark |
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
June 23 2014 02:20 GMT
#4470
Is it just me or did the crowd die when Scarlett got knocked out?
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16125 Posts
June 23 2014 02:20 GMT
#4471
On June 23 2014 11:17 stuchiu wrote:
Leenock also had numerous game of the year games under his belt. Most notably his early games against Clide.


Leenock was especially memorable for me because of how I remember DoA and Moletrap hyping his play. I heard about him way before I ever saw him play.

Was a fan after only a couple games. Kid is good, and he's entertaining. Shame to him struggle lately.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
June 23 2014 02:20 GMT
#4472
On June 23 2014 11:17 Josh_Video wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2014 11:15 Yorkie wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:13 Josh_Video wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:11 negativedge wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:10 Josh_Video wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:09 Exarl25 wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:07 Yorkie wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:06 Larkin wrote:
It wouldn't be MLG without a faceless Korean winning it!

MMA, MVP, DRG, MKP, Taeja so faceless wow


A lot of those guys were considered faceless Koreans until they were consistently winning foreign events. For Mvp especially that status stuck around for a very long time.

The term is complete bullshit and borderline racism anyway, as is calling them robots etc.


but nobody who won a mlg was their first tournament success.


bomber. code A doesn't count.

actually MMA too


If you win code A, you no longer classify as a "Faceless korean"

Nobody qualifies as a faceless Korean. It's a derogatory term that makes fun of the fact that it's tough to express your personality after being flown halfway around the world to a foreign country where you don't speak a lick of English


I don't think anyone should be considered a faceless korean, Im just trying to see this guys point of view when he says MLG has faceless koreans for champions.

I gotcha I didn't think you did I was just spouting my opinion haha
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32755 Posts
June 23 2014 02:20 GMT
#4473
On June 23 2014 11:20 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
Is it just me or did the crowd die when Scarlett got knocked out?

So did LR it slowed to a crawl honestly.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
June 23 2014 02:21 GMT
#4474
On June 23 2014 11:20 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2014 11:20 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
Is it just me or did the crowd die when Scarlett got knocked out?

So did LR it slowed to a crawl honestly.


All the casuals appeared and left in a great mass.
Moderator
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
June 23 2014 02:21 GMT
#4475
On June 23 2014 11:20 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2014 11:20 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
Is it just me or did the crowd die when Scarlett got knocked out?

So did LR it slowed to a crawl honestly.

Even TaeJa HerO finals was faster.
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
negativedge
Profile Joined December 2011
4279 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-06-23 02:22:23
June 23 2014 02:21 GMT
#4476
MLG starcraft crowds are always pretty bad, honestly (exception: columbus 2011)

basically you need to hold your event in Toronto or Paris if you want an engaged crowd.
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
June 23 2014 02:22 GMT
#4477
On June 23 2014 11:21 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2014 11:20 PhoenixVoid wrote:
On June 23 2014 11:20 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
Is it just me or did the crowd die when Scarlett got knocked out?

So did LR it slowed to a crawl honestly.


All the casuals appeared and left in a great mass.

Even my extreme fanboyism of Scarlett can't stop me from chilling in the LR.
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32755 Posts
June 23 2014 02:22 GMT
#4478
This is already a strange game with a proxy Stargate, Polt going for a hidden third and Storm drop ASAP.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
June 23 2014 02:22 GMT
#4479
On June 23 2014 11:21 negativedge wrote:
MLG starcraft crowds are always pretty bad, honestly

basically you need to hold your event in Toronto or Paris if you want an engaged crowd.


katowice was good too.
Moderator
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
June 23 2014 02:22 GMT
#4480
Dsmn those were good storms despite Polt's preparation.
Hwang Kang Hooooooooooo. Follow mah boy Shellshock @Shellshock1122
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