Four groups of six players played out in Round-Robin format.
All matches are Bo3. • First place in each group advances directly to the Quarterfinals. • Second and third place in each group advance to the Round of 12.
Ties are broken in the following order: • Overall map difference • Overall number of map wins • Match wins amassed between the tied participants ('Mini-League') • Map difference between the tied participants ('Mini-League') • Number of map wins between the tied participants ('Mini-League') • Tie breaker matches • Coin toss
I can understand putting Spirit on the main stage since Polish crowd and all, but putting the 2-0 Gumiho vs the 2-0 Creator on the C stream seems wack.
On February 10 2023 20:07 Vindicare605 wrote: I can understand putting Spirit on the main stage since Polish crowd and all, but putting the 2-0 Gumiho vs the 2-0 Creator on the C stream seems wack.
Seems normal to me
IEM WC has always tried to balance giving everyone a main stage game, putting 'popular' players on stage, and making sure the main stage games have actual stakes (tho this is more for the final round of games).
There's def been times when I've been annoyed cause they favored the popular player too much at the expense of having someone play entirely backstage, but this particular choice seems pretty reasonable (might be last meaningful match for Polish player).
On February 10 2023 20:07 Vindicare605 wrote: I can understand putting Spirit on the main stage since Polish crowd and all, but putting the 2-0 Gumiho vs the 2-0 Creator on the C stream seems wack.
Seems normal to me
IEM WC has always tried to balance giving everyone a main stage game, putting 'popular' players on stage, and making sure the main stage games have actual stakes (tho this is more for the final round of games).
There's def been times when I've been annoyed cause they favored the popular player too much at the expense of having someone play entirely backstage, but this particular choice seems pretty reasonable (might be last meaningful match for Polish player).
IEM isn't the only guilty party. Remrmber sOs Blizzcon 2013?
On February 10 2023 21:05 Vindicare605 wrote: This clown fiesta of a TvP is holding up the entire tournament lol. The other two series both ended 2-1 by the time this last game started.
such a hater; u'd never say that if Maru decided to turtle and take a nap
On February 10 2023 21:05 Vindicare605 wrote: This clown fiesta of a TvP is holding up the entire tournament lol. The other two series both ended 2-1 by the time this last game started.
such a hater; u'd never say that if Maru decided to turtle and take a nap
Wax. Come on, look at this game and tell me it's not a clown fiesta.
So Astrea's defense of his probes in this tournament leaves a lot to be desired. The amount of probes he's lost to just not defending against Widow Mines, it's staggering. That one drop at his third/fourth where Astrea just decided to build a cannon after the 3 mines got one shot off and then didn't do anything else so the Mines fired again wiping out the entire mineral line twice.
Is it nerves? or is he this vulnerable to mine drops on ladder too?
It's going to come down to some weird tie breaker in this group. Reynor and Gumiho are separating from the pack. Creator needs to beat Reynor to stay ahead of the others.
If Spirit beats Showtime, but loses to Gumiho (seems like a reasonable outcome given their current performances), and Creator loses to Astrea and Reynor, is Spirit out because he lost to Creator? Or does he have a shot based on map scores?
On February 10 2023 21:37 Acrofales wrote: Is the tie breaker map score? Or h2h?
If Spirit beats Showtime, but loses to Gumiho (seems like a reasonable outcome given their current performances), and Creator loses to Astrea and Reynor, is Spirit out because he lost to Creator? Or does he have a shot based on map scores?
IIRC it goes by map score first before it goes H2H.
On February 10 2023 21:37 Acrofales wrote: Is the tie breaker map score? Or h2h?
If Spirit beats Showtime, but loses to Gumiho (seems like a reasonable outcome given their current performances), and Creator loses to Astrea and Reynor, is Spirit out because he lost to Creator? Or does he have a shot based on map scores?
On February 10 2023 21:37 Acrofales wrote: Is the tie breaker map score? Or h2h?
If Spirit beats Showtime, but loses to Gumiho (seems like a reasonable outcome given their current performances), and Creator loses to Astrea and Reynor, is Spirit out because he lost to Creator? Or does he have a shot based on map scores?
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IEM Katowice/2023
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