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Nithala
Serbia18 Posts
On November 01 2019 10:02 jalstar wrote: It's bad for the east coast too... why only 1 day... Wow, if east coast suffers then its hell for the others. Finals starts 03:30 am in my time. It would be cool if all started 3 hours earlier, even with 1 day show. | ||
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dbRic1203
Germany2655 Posts
On November 01 2019 15:10 Morbidius wrote: Yes yes! Zvz is amazing! A matchup that's superior to every other BW and SC2 matchups! (Please Blizzard! I swear we like this garbage, please keep WCS and GSL going.) Yeah, I also enjoy watching ZvZ quite a bit. The only matchup, that is quite hard to witness atm is probably PvZ, when it s non stop Nydus. But appart from that I m gladly watching every game, they throw at me  | ||
Poopi
France12880 Posts
Too much hype tho it’s gonna be a long waiting | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15959 Posts
On November 01 2019 11:00 tigon_ridge wrote: Better question yet: why do organizers insist on going with the single elimination format? People want to see a greater variety of race and player MUs, and more games played. Yet, here we are 2 decades later still using this lame format that is so luck-based and brief. double-elim has always the controversy if the player from the winner bracket should get a map advantage or not. | ||
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
On November 01 2019 16:45 ZigguratOfUr wrote: While the amount of time available is definitely a factor, ending with a single elim. top8 is pretty typical even when time isn't a problem. Most people do like having things culminate in a straightforwards finals since it's more 'exciting', so the organizers are giving them what they want. Sure having the players play a bunch rounds of Swiss (to name just one example) might be less random, but you end up with players unceremoniously winning with rounds to go, games that viewers don't care about etc. Ah, the mythical "most people" the ultimate argument for any dumb corporate decision. It's the same bunch of hypothetical beings as has been used for years to argue for any randomly nonsensical choice around the game - and in fact around almost anything on the market nowadays. It's mostly a smoke screen for the cheapest solution though. | ||
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Dingodile
4133 Posts
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Stormhoof
Serbia182 Posts
On November 01 2019 21:01 Dingodile wrote: Is here a "Blizzcon 2019" Thread? I like to know when it starts. This is it, it starts 7 hours from now on. It's 20h CET (first quarterfinal) so check your timezone. | ||
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Dingodile
4133 Posts
On November 01 2019 21:09 Stormhoof wrote: This is it, it starts 7 hours from now on. It's 20h CET (first quarterfinal) so check your timezone. I didn't mean sc2 games. The whole Event Blizzcon. I like to know/see the announcements/trailers of any new games. | ||
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Obamarauder
697 Posts
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
The finals start very late from a European pov, but with a rolling schedule and a tournament full of zergs there is still some hope. | ||
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NoS-Craig
Australia3103 Posts
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dysenterymd
1237 Posts
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tigon_ridge
482 Posts
On November 01 2019 15:44 Ej_ wrote: Hint: it has to do with Blizzcon being a weekend event that is not primarily a Starcraft 2 tournament They literally flew a few players halfway around the world midway into the tournament, and you're telling me they can't afford to extend the tournament by another weekend? What makes the logistics so difficult? | ||
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40190 Posts
On November 01 2019 23:27 tigon_ridge wrote: They literally flew a few players halfway around the world midway into the tournament, and you're telling me they can't afford to extend the tournament by another weekend? What makes the logistics so difficult? Little to do with logistics and the fact that holding a Blizzcon tournament after Blizzcon is over is... senseless to say the least. | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
On November 01 2019 23:27 tigon_ridge wrote: They literally flew a few players halfway around the world midway into the tournament, and you're telling me they can't afford to extend the tournament by another weekend? What makes the logistics so difficult? Setting up an arena and paying a bunch of staff is way more expensive than flying a couple of people from Seoul to California. (plus the fact that they had the preliminary in Korea probably saved them money since they already had a studio and staff on place.) If they give Starcraft another day then they probably need to find another room for something else that is going on there on the weekend, or cancel something. They already have an entire separate Arena for Overwatch so I assume the convention center is pretty packed. I guess they could have done another weekend in Seoul than do round of 4 at Blizzcon. | ||
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tigon_ridge
482 Posts
On November 01 2019 16:45 ZigguratOfUr wrote: While the amount of time available is definitely a factor, ending with a single elim. top8 is pretty typical even when time isn't a problem. Most people do like having things culminate in a straightforwards finals since it's more 'exciting', so the organizers are giving them what they want. Sure having the players play a bunch rounds of Swiss (to name just one example) might be less random, but you end up with players unceremoniously winning with rounds to go, games that viewers don't care about etc. While there will be matches few viewers care about after the winner has been declared, it at least protects the integrity of the trophy. (e.g. Elazer came dangerously close to a 1st prize in a tournament where he shouldn't have even been in the Ro4). Viewers are much more likely to get the player MUs they'd been hoping for. | ||
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tigon_ridge
482 Posts
On November 01 2019 23:32 lolfail9001 wrote: Little to do with logistics and the fact that holding a Blizzcon tournament after Blizzcon is over is... senseless to say the least. The group stage took place before Blizzcon. Can't they simply move it back another week? I wouldn't mind the entire Blizzcon SC2 event being a round robin of just the top4 remaining players. | ||
Waxangel
United States33388 Posts
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Northern Ireland25322 Posts
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