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HeroSandro
Profile Joined July 2019
538 Posts
February 25 2022 20:42 GMT
#441
On February 26 2022 05:27 koalabro wrote:
This is why we need transparency into how the groups are decided. This is what most likely happened:

ESL put Serral in the hands down easiest group there can be, and put him in an earlier day. Then put people like Maru and Reynor in the last group knowing they will play long games and they'll be tired. This gives Serral rest time and time to observe Maru and Reynor. They are gonna be extremely tired the next day and Serral will capitalize on that. Honestly. All of the groups should have been played at the same time.

You have no proof. You pull stuff from your ass. Can you please stop? You are an idiot.
koalabro
Profile Joined June 2021
59 Posts
February 25 2022 20:43 GMT
#442
On February 26 2022 05:42 HeroSandro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 26 2022 05:27 koalabro wrote:
This is why we need transparency into how the groups are decided. This is what most likely happened:

ESL put Serral in the hands down easiest group there can be, and put him in an earlier day. Then put people like Maru and Reynor in the last group knowing they will play long games and they'll be tired. This gives Serral rest time and time to observe Maru and Reynor. They are gonna be extremely tired the next day and Serral will capitalize on that. Honestly. All of the groups should have been played at the same time.

You have no proof. You pull stuff from your ass. Can you please stop? You are an idiot.


With no group setup transparency from ESL, all I can do is speculate.
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17739 Posts
February 25 2022 20:43 GMT
#443
Byun with the build order win, scissors beats paper
"Expert" mods4ever.com
FCHK
Profile Joined August 2020
203 Posts
February 25 2022 20:45 GMT
#444
On February 26 2022 05:41 EquilasH wrote:
If you just look at the seeding of EPT points it looks pretty clear to me how groups are decided?

1-4 are all in different groups.
5-8 are in different groups.
9-12 are in different groups
13-16 are in different groups.

Hopefully it's completely randomized from there. This is never gonna leave us with perfect groups but no system is.

It is, but for 2 years in a row the draw results are lopesided
EquilasH
Profile Joined April 2009
Denmark2142 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-02-25 20:47:44
February 25 2022 20:46 GMT
#445
On February 26 2022 05:45 FCHK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 26 2022 05:41 EquilasH wrote:
If you just look at the seeding of EPT points it looks pretty clear to me how groups are decided?

1-4 are all in different groups.
5-8 are in different groups.
9-12 are in different groups
13-16 are in different groups.

Hopefully it's completely randomized from there. This is never gonna leave us with perfect groups but no system is.

It is, but for 2 years in a row the draw results are lopesided

As I said, no system is gonna leave us with perfect groups.

Edit: This is the same for all sports; sometimes you end up in much harder groups than other times. Sometimes the same team will end up in a tough group 2, 3 or 4 years in a row.
wat
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4420 Posts
February 25 2022 20:47 GMT
#446
Groups with fixed positions for each seed announced in advance would be ideal.
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24239 Posts
February 25 2022 20:47 GMT
#447
On February 26 2022 05:43 Die4Ever wrote:
Byun with the build order win, scissors beats paper

It's an excellent start, but not a straight win with someone like Reynor
EquilasH
Profile Joined April 2009
Denmark2142 Posts
February 25 2022 20:49 GMT
#448
On February 26 2022 05:47 JJH777 wrote:
Groups with fixed positions for each seed announced in advance would be ideal.

Without any sort of randomization you incentivize people to throw certain matches late in the season to end up in a certain group. Personally that's something I want to avoid in Starcraft.
wat
HeroSandro
Profile Joined July 2019
538 Posts
February 25 2022 20:50 GMT
#449
On February 26 2022 05:43 koalabro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 26 2022 05:42 HeroSandro wrote:
On February 26 2022 05:27 koalabro wrote:
This is why we need transparency into how the groups are decided. This is what most likely happened:

ESL put Serral in the hands down easiest group there can be, and put him in an earlier day. Then put people like Maru and Reynor in the last group knowing they will play long games and they'll be tired. This gives Serral rest time and time to observe Maru and Reynor. They are gonna be extremely tired the next day and Serral will capitalize on that. Honestly. All of the groups should have been played at the same time.

You have no proof. You pull stuff from your ass. Can you please stop? You are an idiot.


With no group setup transparency from ESL, all I can do is speculate.

Do you have any skills in critical thinking? You say that your opinion is most likely the right one, but offer no evidence. You are literally just talking nonsense. Lets say that you were taking a test and got everything correct. Your teachers still fails you, because he/she had no evidence on you not cheating. Same logic as you are using.
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24239 Posts
February 25 2022 20:50 GMT
#450
phew that banshee played with fire
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
February 25 2022 20:52 GMT
#451
On February 26 2022 05:50 HeroSandro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 26 2022 05:43 koalabro wrote:
On February 26 2022 05:42 HeroSandro wrote:
On February 26 2022 05:27 koalabro wrote:
This is why we need transparency into how the groups are decided. This is what most likely happened:

ESL put Serral in the hands down easiest group there can be, and put him in an earlier day. Then put people like Maru and Reynor in the last group knowing they will play long games and they'll be tired. This gives Serral rest time and time to observe Maru and Reynor. They are gonna be extremely tired the next day and Serral will capitalize on that. Honestly. All of the groups should have been played at the same time.

You have no proof. You pull stuff from your ass. Can you please stop? You are an idiot.


With no group setup transparency from ESL, all I can do is speculate.

Do you have any skills in critical thinking? You say that your opinion is most likely the right one, but offer no evidence. You are literally just talking nonsense. Lets say that you were taking a test and got everything correct. Your teachers still fails you, because he/she had no evidence on you not cheating. Same logic as you are using.


I believe it. ESL knows how important it is for Serral to get first. Not in terms of audience hype but in terms of his emotional well-being and self-esteem. Because silver medal is bad, and if you are third you are absolutely awful, if you're fourth you're completely useless. Only winning matters, that's the Finnish attitude
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17739 Posts
February 25 2022 20:53 GMT
#452
On February 26 2022 05:47 JJH777 wrote:
Groups with fixed positions for each seed announced in advance would be ideal.

Blizzcon used to do that, I liked it a lot more
"Expert" mods4ever.com
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
February 25 2022 20:53 GMT
#453
If Clem can beat Zoun and Byun, Zoun HAS to beat Maru to advance
EquilasH
Profile Joined April 2009
Denmark2142 Posts
February 25 2022 20:53 GMT
#454
On February 26 2022 05:52 Pandain wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 26 2022 05:50 HeroSandro wrote:
On February 26 2022 05:43 koalabro wrote:
On February 26 2022 05:42 HeroSandro wrote:
On February 26 2022 05:27 koalabro wrote:
This is why we need transparency into how the groups are decided. This is what most likely happened:

ESL put Serral in the hands down easiest group there can be, and put him in an earlier day. Then put people like Maru and Reynor in the last group knowing they will play long games and they'll be tired. This gives Serral rest time and time to observe Maru and Reynor. They are gonna be extremely tired the next day and Serral will capitalize on that. Honestly. All of the groups should have been played at the same time.

You have no proof. You pull stuff from your ass. Can you please stop? You are an idiot.


With no group setup transparency from ESL, all I can do is speculate.

Do you have any skills in critical thinking? You say that your opinion is most likely the right one, but offer no evidence. You are literally just talking nonsense. Lets say that you were taking a test and got everything correct. Your teachers still fails you, because he/she had no evidence on you not cheating. Same logic as you are using.


I believe it. ESL knows how important it is for Serral to get first. Not in terms of audience hype but in terms of his emotional well-being and self-esteem. Because silver medal is bad, and if you are third you are absolutely awful, if you're fourth you're completely useless. Only winning matters, that's the Finnish attitude

I was just about to go off on you until you quoted that. Well played, sir.
wat
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
February 25 2022 20:56 GMT
#455
On February 26 2022 05:53 EquilasH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 26 2022 05:52 Pandain wrote:
On February 26 2022 05:50 HeroSandro wrote:
On February 26 2022 05:43 koalabro wrote:
On February 26 2022 05:42 HeroSandro wrote:
On February 26 2022 05:27 koalabro wrote:
This is why we need transparency into how the groups are decided. This is what most likely happened:

ESL put Serral in the hands down easiest group there can be, and put him in an earlier day. Then put people like Maru and Reynor in the last group knowing they will play long games and they'll be tired. This gives Serral rest time and time to observe Maru and Reynor. They are gonna be extremely tired the next day and Serral will capitalize on that. Honestly. All of the groups should have been played at the same time.

You have no proof. You pull stuff from your ass. Can you please stop? You are an idiot.


With no group setup transparency from ESL, all I can do is speculate.

Do you have any skills in critical thinking? You say that your opinion is most likely the right one, but offer no evidence. You are literally just talking nonsense. Lets say that you were taking a test and got everything correct. Your teachers still fails you, because he/she had no evidence on you not cheating. Same logic as you are using.


I believe it. ESL knows how important it is for Serral to get first. Not in terms of audience hype but in terms of his emotional well-being and self-esteem. Because silver medal is bad, and if you are third you are absolutely awful, if you're fourth you're completely useless. Only winning matters, that's the Finnish attitude

I was just about to go off on you until you quoted that. Well played, sir.


Actually my favorite SC2 quote in a long time.

Clem looking good vs. Zoun. Byun will be a tough match but I'll be impressed if he can get himself into a decider match after losing his first 5 games and pulling the sixth one out of his ass
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27176 Posts
February 25 2022 20:57 GMT
#456
On February 26 2022 05:46 EquilasH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 26 2022 05:45 FCHK wrote:
On February 26 2022 05:41 EquilasH wrote:
If you just look at the seeding of EPT points it looks pretty clear to me how groups are decided?

1-4 are all in different groups.
5-8 are in different groups.
9-12 are in different groups
13-16 are in different groups.

Hopefully it's completely randomized from there. This is never gonna leave us with perfect groups but no system is.

It is, but for 2 years in a row the draw results are lopesided

As I said, no system is gonna leave us with perfect groups.

Edit: This is the same for all sports; sometimes you end up in much harder groups than other times. Sometimes the same team will end up in a tough group 2, 3 or 4 years in a row.

Especially with such a clear gap between the 4 horsemen of Zerg, Maru and the next step down. It’s really difficult to make that fair. That’s my S class anyway

Go by EPT points and fully transparently people will still moan, because oh Trap is actually 3rd seed and apparently trash, so one or more group will 100% have more than one of that top group in it.

There’s too much one has to discount IMO to consider these groups particularly unfair.

Pesky things like, Zest and Trap actually winning tournaments the past year and being quite good for example. Or how the Korean tournies went
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3556 Posts
February 25 2022 20:57 GMT
#457
Soo how are you supposed to win vs a good zerg on this map
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27176 Posts
February 25 2022 21:00 GMT
#458
On February 26 2022 05:57 darklycid wrote:
Soo how are you supposed to win vs a good zerg on this map

I didn’t realise soO browsed TL but I hope he gets back to you
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
FCHK
Profile Joined August 2020
203 Posts
February 25 2022 21:01 GMT
#459
On February 26 2022 05:49 EquilasH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 26 2022 05:47 JJH777 wrote:
Groups with fixed positions for each seed announced in advance would be ideal.

Without any sort of randomization you incentivize people to throw certain matches late in the season to end up in a certain group. Personally that's something I want to avoid in Starcraft.

I agree

Which is why I suggested drawing it so that the same ranked player within each tier will end up in different groups

e.g.
Group A: 1 8 11 14
Group B: 2 5 12 15
Group C: 3 6 9 16
Group D: 4 7 10 13

Then 17-20 will be drawn into the groups randomly, and those from the Ro36 will be paired with them according to points
HeroSandro
Profile Joined July 2019
538 Posts
February 25 2022 21:01 GMT
#460
On February 26 2022 06:00 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 26 2022 05:57 darklycid wrote:
Soo how are you supposed to win vs a good zerg on this map

I didn’t realise soO browsed TL but I hope he gets back to you

Good one
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