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Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Poll: Dark vs ReynorDark Wins (51) 65% Reynor Wins (27) 35% 78 total votes Your vote: Dark vs Reynor (Vote): Dark Wins
(Vote): Reynor Wins
Poll: Rogue vs MaruMaru Wins (35) 51% Rogue Wins (33) 49% 68 total votes Your vote: Rogue vs Maru (Vote): Rogue Wins
(Vote): Maru Wins
Poll: TY vs PartinGTY Wins (47) 68% PartinG Wins (22) 32% 69 total votes Your vote: TY vs PartinG (Vote): TY Wins
(Vote): PartinG Wins
Poll: Zest vs ClemZest Wins (43) 54% Clem Wins (37) 46% 80 total votes Your vote: Zest vs Clem (Vote): Zest Wins
(Vote): Clem Wins
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Let's hope for another exciting day of SC2 
Dark 3-2 Reynor
Rogue 3-1 Maru
TY 3-1 PartinG
Zest 3-2 Clem... but I want 2-3
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Dark 3-1 Reynor
Maru 3-2 Rogue
TY 3-0 Parting
Clem 3-2 Zest
Unlike inno, TY actually studies build orders and counters them properly. Maru will finally beat rogue and we have a TvT finals
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United States23455 Posts
Head is Dark, Rogue, TY, Zest
Heart is Dark, Maru, TY, Clem
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Head: Dark, Rogue, TY, Zest
Heart: Dark, Maru, PartinG, Zest
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Northern Ireland26265 Posts
I’m finding these pretty hard to pick, although I’d pretty heavily favour TY.
Between Maru taking a break for his injury and Rogue’s pretty ropey form for a while now I’m not sure what they’re going to bring to the table but it could potentially be great.
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I agree with WombaT. TY should be a strong favorite over Parting based on their GSL history. All the others are tough. I do think though that I'd comfortably favor Zest over Clem based on recent form (like WardiTv for example).
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What a day tomorrow gonna be, all matches are super hype!
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Northern Ireland26265 Posts
On February 27 2021 08:29 angry_maia wrote:
I agree with WombaT. TY should be a strong favorite over Parting based on their GSL history. All the others are tough. I do think though that I'd comfortably favor Zest over Clem based on recent form (like WardiTv for example).
I voted Clem in that one on Liquibets, my process for these has been a combination of coin flipping and gut feeling. Feel I could go 0-4 just as easily as I could go 4-0 with this bracket!
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Incoming anti-hype ZvP 4-0 finals...
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Northern Ireland26265 Posts
In general how are you guys enjoying this Katowice and its format? I must say I’m enjoying it but I feel it worked much better in combination with Blizzcon in previous years as the biggy world championship title tournies.
Blizzcon was the tournament that rewarded consistency over the year, Katowice via qualifiers closer to the event and a bigger open bracket was the one that had the feeling of players could hit a real hot streak and make those big surges.
I do kind of miss that element, granted I think it’s something that is more exciting in a LAN setting with the great and the good gathering and with crowds in.
The performance of players from the ro36 doesn’t particularly help my case in this regard, but SC2 has had great stories over the years from big open brackets, be there from MLG or IPL or some interesting Katowice runs.
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Canada8989 Posts
I think everyone as a good shot of winning it all except Parting.
I'd say from most likely to less likely:
Dark
TY
Reynor
Rogue
Zest
Clem
Maru
Parting
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On February 27 2021 09:48 WombaT wrote:
In general how are you guys enjoying this Katowice and its format? I must say I’m enjoying it but I feel it worked much better in combination with Blizzcon in previous years as the biggy world championship title tournies.
Blizzcon was the tournament that rewarded consistency over the year, Katowice via qualifiers closer to the event and a bigger open bracket was the one that had the feeling of players could hit a real hot streak and make those big surges.
I do kind of miss that element, granted I think it’s something that is more exciting in a LAN setting with the great and the good gathering and with crowds in.
The performance of players from the ro36 doesn’t particularly help my case in this regard, but SC2 has had great stories over the years from big open brackets, be there from MLG or IPL or some interesting Katowice runs.
How about a mix of both - pure knockout open bracket double-elim format?
Seedings based on points collected over the year. So the higher seeds will start later in the competition (R64, R32, etc).
A double elim format somewhat mitigates 'bracket luck' by allowing comebacks - not to mention incredible runs like Dark recently.
Edit: Also, there will lesser emphasis on qualifiers at entry level. Tournament should start as large as 128 players. Lessen the 'region lock' distribution effect. We'll probably see less foreigners in the deeper stages. But we have enough top foreigners nowadays to keep the hype flowing.
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Northern Ireland26265 Posts
On February 27 2021 09:55 RKC wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2021 09:48 WombaT wrote:
In general how are you guys enjoying this Katowice and its format? I must say I’m enjoying it but I feel it worked much better in combination with Blizzcon in previous years as the biggy world championship title tournies.
Blizzcon was the tournament that rewarded consistency over the year, Katowice via qualifiers closer to the event and a bigger open bracket was the one that had the feeling of players could hit a real hot streak and make those big surges.
I do kind of miss that element, granted I think it’s something that is more exciting in a LAN setting with the great and the good gathering and with crowds in.
The performance of players from the ro36 doesn’t particularly help my case in this regard, but SC2 has had great stories over the years from big open brackets, be there from MLG or IPL or some interesting Katowice runs. How about a mix of both - pure knockout open bracket double-elim format? Seedings based on points collected over the year. So the higher seeds will start later in the competition (R64, R32, etc). A double elim format somewhat mitigates 'bracket luck' by allowing comebacks - not to mention incredible runs like Dark recently. Edit: Also, there will lesser emphasis on qualifiers at entry level. Tournament should start as large as 128 players. Lessen the 'region lock' distribution effect. We'll probably see less foreigners in the deeper stages. But we have enough top foreigners nowadays to keep the hype flowing.
That would be pretty fun, I can’t see ESL going for something like that but it would be great to see a proper slog of a big offline tournament in that vein some day!
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On February 27 2021 10:18 WombaT wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2021 09:55 RKC wrote:On February 27 2021 09:48 WombaT wrote:
In general how are you guys enjoying this Katowice and its format? I must say I’m enjoying it but I feel it worked much better in combination with Blizzcon in previous years as the biggy world championship title tournies.
Blizzcon was the tournament that rewarded consistency over the year, Katowice via qualifiers closer to the event and a bigger open bracket was the one that had the feeling of players could hit a real hot streak and make those big surges.
I do kind of miss that element, granted I think it’s something that is more exciting in a LAN setting with the great and the good gathering and with crowds in.
The performance of players from the ro36 doesn’t particularly help my case in this regard, but SC2 has had great stories over the years from big open brackets, be there from MLG or IPL or some interesting Katowice runs. How about a mix of both - pure knockout open bracket double-elim format? Seedings based on points collected over the year. So the higher seeds will start later in the competition (R64, R32, etc). A double elim format somewhat mitigates 'bracket luck' by allowing comebacks - not to mention incredible runs like Dark recently. Edit: Also, there will lesser emphasis on qualifiers at entry level. Tournament should start as large as 128 players. Lessen the 'region lock' distribution effect. We'll probably see less foreigners in the deeper stages. But we have enough top foreigners nowadays to keep the hype flowing. That would be pretty fun, I can’t see ESL going for something like that but it would be great to see a proper slog of a big offline tournament in that vein some day!
Yes, fun like a WWE Royal Rumble!
There's also a plus side for 'weaker' players - the higher likelihood of pulling out upsets and making a deep Cinderalla run (group matches tend to filter them out), and also slightly greater recognition (R064 of Premier X looks better on CV than Semi-Finalist of Regional Round of Premier X).
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TY vs PartinG is a funny match-up. Most people would agree that TY is fairly favoured, but the statistics absolutely don't. PartinG won their last four encounters and his form against Terran is very good while TY's form against Protoss is quite mediocre.
On February 27 2021 09:55 RKC wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2021 09:48 WombaT wrote:
In general how are you guys enjoying this Katowice and its format? I must say I’m enjoying it but I feel it worked much better in combination with Blizzcon in previous years as the biggy world championship title tournies.
Blizzcon was the tournament that rewarded consistency over the year, Katowice via qualifiers closer to the event and a bigger open bracket was the one that had the feeling of players could hit a real hot streak and make those big surges.
I do kind of miss that element, granted I think it’s something that is more exciting in a LAN setting with the great and the good gathering and with crowds in.
The performance of players from the ro36 doesn’t particularly help my case in this regard, but SC2 has had great stories over the years from big open brackets, be there from MLG or IPL or some interesting Katowice runs. How about a mix of both - pure knockout open bracket double-elim format? Seedings based on points collected over the year. So the higher seeds will start later in the competition (R64, R32, etc). A double elim format somewhat mitigates 'bracket luck' by allowing comebacks - not to mention incredible runs like Dark recently. Edit: Also, there will lesser emphasis on qualifiers at entry level. Tournament should start as large as 128 players. Lessen the 'region lock' distribution effect. We'll probably see less foreigners in the deeper stages. But we have enough top foreigners nowadays to keep the hype flowing.
So something similar to the OSC Championship format I guess ( OSC Championship 8).
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