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JoeCool
Germany2517 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:25 Yonnua wrote: He beat him at last year's WCS grand finals, so it's not unbelievable. Well, it's been a whole year since that happened. Not the best argument to support your prediction. | ||
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StasisField
United States1086 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:24 Fango wrote: In this case it works though. A good system is one where the #1 and #2 players are on opposite sides. Although I agree the announcement of this after groups is a joke. But then again they changed gsl vs the world format to force a maru vs serral match so why not I agree, they should have announced this once both Serral and Maru were confirmed to go through to the ro8. Still, it's really not that big of a deal imo. It's not like they gave Serral and Maru a 1 map advantage in their games too. They just put the 2 top players on opposite ends like every sport does. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:25 StasisField wrote: I suggest you look at every playoff bracket a traditional sport ever does and then try to tell me most sports don't purposely try to line things up so the favorites play each other in the end rather than at the beginning. Of course they do, but they fucking announce it at the start of the season. YOU KNOW how the play off will be played in advance. And not all leagues have play offs! So you can actually PLAN it. Can you imagine that FIFA/UEFA would add a random rule just before drawing Champions League? What Blizzard just did is pathetic from sport/fair play view. Announce these rules properly and in advance. | ||
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DieuCure
France3713 Posts
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Weavel
Finland9221 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:26 Penev wrote: Sad and true. Come on guys of course it's rigged Every year we get NASL sound guy, glorious breaks, full foreigners and rigging. It's called tradition. | ||
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starkiller123
United States4029 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15880 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:25 StasisField wrote: I suggest you look at every playoff bracket a traditional sport ever does and then try to tell me most sports don't purposely try to line things up so the favorites play each other in the end rather than at the beginning. They may or not. They don't straight up say "we rigged the bracket to make sure the favorites play each other later" | ||
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Yonnua
United Kingdom2331 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:27 JoeCool wrote: Well, it's been a whole year since that happened. Not the best argument to support your prediction. It's not my prediction- I'm a massive stats fan and I don't like Special. But saying that the other guy is crazy because he thinks Special stands a chance against stats is ridiculous. Stats has had a worse year than last year when Special beat him, so it's not at all impossible. | ||
CynicalDeath
Italy3220 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:27 deacon.frost wrote: Of course they do, but they fucking announce it at the start of the season. YOU KNOW how the play off will be played in advance. And not all leagues have play offs! So you can actually PLAN it. Can you imagine that FIFA/UEFA would add a random rule just before drawing Champions League? What Blizzard just did is pathetic from sport/fair play view. Announce these rules properly and in advance. ^ this | ||
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StasisField
United States1086 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:27 deacon.frost wrote: Of course they do, but they fucking announce it at the start of the season. YOU KNOW how the play off will be played in advance. And not all leagues have play offs! So you can actually PLAN it. Can you imagine that FIFA/UEFA would add a random rule just before drawing Champions League? What Blizzard just did is pathetic from sport/fair play view. Announce these rules properly and in advance. Out of all the things that could "taint" the integrity of competition, this has to be one of the lowest on my list tbh. I really don't see how this is that big of a deal. | ||
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Luolis
Finland7099 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:28 Charoisaur wrote: They may or not. They don't straight up say "we rigged the bracket to make sure the favorites play each other later" Atleast in leagues they seed according to how the regular season went. It's stupid that esports doesn't do the same when it can. | ||
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StasisField
United States1086 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:28 Charoisaur wrote: They may or not. They don't straight up say "we rigged the bracket to make sure the favorites play each other later" Go check out the NBA, NFL, and MLB playoff brackets. Then, tell me where the best teams are placed relative to each other and how that's not done so the best don't play each other first. I honestly don't see how this is too different from that or worth caring about as much as many of y'all are. EDIT: Although, I wish they had been clear about this from the beginning. I do agree with that, but I don't see this as corrupting fair play or anything like that, unless you consider what nearly every sport with a playoffs does as being unfair. | ||
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starkiller123
United States4029 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:29 Yonnua wrote: It's not my prediction- I'm a massive stats fan and I don't like Special. But saying that the other guy is crazy because he thinks Special stands a chance against stats is ridiculous. Stats has had a worse year than last year when Special beat him, so it's not at all impossible. he said Special is going to murder Stats and i completely disagree with that, last time they met it was a easy 3-0 for Stats and to say Special will murder Stats after he shows one good series is ridiculous | ||
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Alarak89
United States882 Posts
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Brutaxilos
United States2622 Posts
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:27 deacon.frost wrote: Of course they do, but they fucking announce it at the start of the season. YOU KNOW how the play off will be played in advance. And not all leagues have play offs! So you can actually PLAN it. Can you imagine that FIFA/UEFA would add a random rule just before drawing Champions League? What Blizzard just did is pathetic from sport/fair play view. Announce these rules properly and in advance. Yeah this last minute rule is utter bullshit. And that's coming from someone who doesn't buy in to the narrative that they always rig brackets (except for KeSPA Cups). | ||
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Luolis
Finland7099 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:32 Brutaxilos wrote: Blizzard isn't even trying to hide their foreigner bias anymore. After the whole WCS 2018 Trailer where they literally say "It's US vs THEM" to them rigging the seeding, this is a total shit show. Cry is free my friend | ||
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Cricketer12
United States13969 Posts
 sOs >  MaruStats > SpeCial Rogue > TYSerral > DarkStats > sOsSerral > RogueStats > Serral | ||
Poopi
France12761 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:32 Brutaxilos wrote: Blizzard isn't even trying to hide their foreigner bias anymore. After the whole WCS 2018 Trailer where they literally say "It's US vs THEM" to them rigging the seeding, this is a total shit show. More like money bias tbh. They know that’s what the viewers want (majority of them at least) | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16055 Posts
On October 29 2018 09:32 Brutaxilos wrote: Blizzard isn't even trying to hide their foreigner bias anymore. After the whole WCS 2018 Trailer where they literally say "It's US vs THEM" to them rigging the seeding, this is a total shit show. Curious, as someone that constantly is arguing against Blizzard's foreigner bias, what exactly is rigged about this bracket? That Special and Serral are on opposite sides of it? Is that it? | ||
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