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$10,000 Tactic3D Tourney Finals

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compLexityGaming
Profile Joined January 2011
United States98 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-26 16:41:54
May 23 2011 01:20 GMT
#1
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compLexity Gaming is thrilled to announce that the $10,000 SoundBlaster Tactic3D Tournament, presented by Fry's Electronics, will be holding the Amateur Finals and Grand Finals this week. The event, which featured a 1024 player open has now determined the 32 players who will face the 32 invited professionals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2CSYb76DPc&feature=player_embedded


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Throughout the week we will be giving away numerous prizes to our viewers. Stay tuned to the stream and this thread for updates as they are released.

Contest 1: Win a Tactic3D Sigma headset. Click HERE for more information.

Contest 2: $1,000 Grand Prize Pack. Click HERE to enter.




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First the Amateur Finals will take place to determine the winners of $5,000 in prizes.



Here are the 32 finalists from the Amateur/Open part of the event:

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vVvStarkad.301
coLRyan.692
Rhyton.297
VeE.288
vileDomorin.959
Risk.895
PicNic.734
fxoqxc.955
icedragonCF.882
goswser.747
iPBioOrMech.853
sTksooch.225
Saikou.927
Sasquatch.859
hasunet.415
ONEwbc.236
hnr.583
RevShaDow.441
RevSoda.726
MayanWarrior.483
WaltzYouBatz.142
EtsurLizzuma.365
vpchance.970
Jackalope.400
nozick.865
sPsLogiC.158
FXOpTiKzErO.844
strobot.645
tkOhmboy.876
HellsArchyon.924
NrGLuckyFool.531
Makoz.201



Amateur Finals

- Bracket Play Format
- Best of 3 Map Format
- Single Elimination
- 1 Bracket
- 32 Players

Round 1: (32 Players) Thursday, May 26th @ 8:00pm CST
Round 2: (16 Players) Thursday, May 26th @ 10:00pm CST
Round 3: (8 Players) Friday, May 27th @ 8:00pm CST
Amateur Semi Finals: (4 Players) Friday, May 27th @ 9:00pm CST
Amateur Championship: (2 Players) Friday, May 27th @ 10:00pm CST


After the conclusion of the Amateur Finals, the 32 Finalists will be randomly matched against our 32 invited professionals as they play for $5,000 in cash prizes.

Pro/Am Tournament Round Finals

- Bracket Play Format
- 1 Bracket
- 64 Players (32 Amateurs / 32 Pros)
- Top Player From The Bracket Wins

Round 1: (64 Players) Best of 3: Saturday, May 28th @ 12:00pm CST
Round 2: (32 Players) Best of 3: Saturday, May 28th @ 3:00pm CST
Round 3: (16 Players) Best of 3: Saturday, May 28th @ 6:00pm CST
Round 4: (8 Players) Best of 5: Saturday, May 28th @ 9:00pm CST
Tournament Semi Finals: (4 Players) Best of 7: Sunday, May 29th @ 5:00pm CST
Tournament Grand Finals: (2 Players) Best of 7: Sunday, May 29th @ 9:00pm CST


Tournament Maps

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First map played:

Shakuras Plateau - Normal, non-MLG version, published by Blizzard

Remaining maps (loser picks):

GSL Crevasse - On North American Battle.net, published by SzOmOru
GSL Cross Fire SE - On North American Battle.net, published by SzOmOru
GSL Taldarim Altar - On North American Battle.net, published by SzOmOru
Xel'Naga Caverns - Normal, non-MLG version, published by Blizzard
Metalopolis - Normal, non-MLG version, published by Blizzard
GSL Terminus RE - On North American Battle.net, published by SzOmOru


Tournament Stream

All the action will be streamed live HERE.

Tournament VODs

The tourney VODs can be found HERE. (Amateur matches cast by AskJoshy are available now.)


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ROOT.drewbie
ROOT.Destiny
ROOT.CatZ
ROOT.Ddoro
ROOT.Minigun
Fnatic.KawaiiRice
coL.Stalife
coL.CrunCher
coL.rsvp
coL.Antimage*
EG:IdrA
EG.iNcontroL
EG.Axslav
EG.Machine
sixjax.ViBe
sixjax.dde
vile.Spanishiwa**
LG.PainUser
LG.Agh
LG.Zelniq
LG.Response
Liquid`Tyler
FXO.Sheth
FXO.moonan
Vile.HasHe
Dignitas.SeleCT
VT.Spades
VT.Future
vVv.Murder
Check6.ThisIsJimmy
ONE.Bubbles
eMg.Darkcell

* replaced coL.rsvp who was unable to attend
**replaced sixjax.Mihai because he resides in Quebec

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Casters for the event include DJWheat, JP McDaniel and AskJoshy.

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Please support the sponsors that are making this event possible! Consider buying the new SoundBlaster Tactic3D gaming headset from Fry's Electronics!

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Evolve your game with immersive 3D Audio, thanks to THX TruStudio Pro Technology
Experience the evolution of 3D gaming audio with the Sound Blaster Tactic3D Alpha gaming headset. Acoustically optimized 40mm drivers combine with THX® TruStudio Pro™ technology to transform everyday audio into a mind-blowing cinematic experience. Touchscreen software and Tactic Profiles allow you to save and share your favorite settings including THX TruStudio Pro Surround for immersive 360º headphone surround and VoiceFX™ voice morphing technology. The dual mode design allows you to connect via standard minijacks or use the Dual Mode™ adapter to connect to your PC or Mac’s USB port for the full THX TruStudio Pro experience.




Click here to purchase the SoundBlaster Tactic3D from Fry's Electronics!



Also, please help us show support for the companies sponsoring this event so that they will continue to support StarCraft 2! Please join and comment on their Facebook pages as this (and viewer counts) are the primary way they are measuring the success of the tournament.

Fry's Electronics Facebook

SoundBlaster Facebook



Click HERE to visit the tournament page for more information.


Thanks for your support!


Visit compLexity Gaming

#compLexity on Gamesurge & Quakenet IRC


A special thank you to CEVO for administering this event.

compLexity Gaming
jlake02
Profile Joined January 2011
United States395 Posts
May 23 2011 01:22 GMT
#2
Thanks for everyone's support! Hope you join us for the streams!
compLexity Gaming - @coL_Lake
question
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Czech Republic509 Posts
May 23 2011 01:29 GMT
#3
looks cool
GGverySooN
Dubzex
Profile Joined October 2010
United States6994 Posts
May 23 2011 01:43 GMT
#4
Nice looking tournament. Who is the caster with the lazy eye in the bottom middle of the 3 pictures?
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KillerPlague
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1386 Posts
May 23 2011 01:44 GMT
#5
its VileSpanishiwa woot go hashe+spanishiwa! vile fighting
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aMies
Profile Joined January 2011
United States77 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-23 02:03:11
May 23 2011 01:49 GMT
#6
On May 23 2011 10:43 Dubzex wrote:
Nice looking tournament. Who is the caster with the lazy eye in the bottom middle of the 3 pictures?


Bottom middle is Josh "AskJoshy" Sutherland.
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broseph
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia17 Posts
May 23 2011 02:02 GMT
#7
On May 23 2011 10:43 Dubzex wrote:
Nice looking tournament. Who is the caster with the lazy eye in the bottom middle of the 3 pictures?

AskJoshy - a youtube caster
i'm a mage, not a fage
qxc
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States550 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-23 02:19:13
May 23 2011 02:12 GMT
#8
So basically... 32 amateurs battle for 5k in prizes. and then those 32 get placed against the invitees and that tourney is also worth 5k. seems like being an amateur is the way to go as the invited only have the opportunity to win once + more competition. Is prize distribution listed anywhere?
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Beatus
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada101 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-23 02:14:55
May 23 2011 02:14 GMT
#9
**replaced sixjax.Mihai because he resides in Quebec


Huh so lame to live in Québec sometime....It's the only thing that I really hate about it.

I feel sorry for you. I Understand your pain.

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TadH
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1846 Posts
May 23 2011 02:20 GMT
#10
might wanna remove all the player id codes so they dont get spammed with friend requests
jlake02
Profile Joined January 2011
United States395 Posts
May 23 2011 02:24 GMT
#11
On May 23 2011 11:12 qxc wrote:
So basically... 32 amateurs battle for 5k in prizes. and then those 32 get placed against the invitees and that tourney is also worth 5k. seems like being an amateur is the way to go as the invited only have the opportunity to win once + more competition. Is prize distribution listed anywhere?


Prize breakdown: http://tactic3d.complexitygaming.com/account/faq/


compLexity Gaming - @coL_Lake
Leeoku
Profile Joined May 2010
1617 Posts
May 23 2011 02:36 GMT
#12
lol the contest link is to League of legends. and wtf qxc is an amateur/open bracket?
Deception-35
Profile Joined February 2011
United States113 Posts
May 23 2011 06:33 GMT
#13
On May 23 2011 11:36 Leeoku wrote:
lol the contest link is to League of legends. and wtf qxc is an amateur/open bracket?


lol thats what i was sayin. seems like he wants some free money. seems kinda wierd to me that he would be even allowed to be in in as an amateur
oo inflame oo
Profile Joined April 2011
United States286 Posts
May 23 2011 07:33 GMT
#14
aw, why all NA server?
Saskatchewan
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4 Posts
May 23 2011 09:08 GMT
#15
i predict Dignitas.SeleCT will win teh tourney
TouchWiz
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany7 Posts
May 23 2011 10:37 GMT
#16
Where ist WhiteRa
goswser
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3519 Posts
May 23 2011 12:32 GMT
#17
Yay this should be exciting! I'll be tuning in
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JadedZerg
Profile Joined May 2011
21 Posts
May 23 2011 12:45 GMT
#18
On May 23 2011 11:24 jlake02 wrote:
Prize breakdown: http://tactic3d.complexitygaming.com/account/faq/


oh okay that's more reasonable. sounds like good fun will definitely watch. shame it seems only limited to NA .
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
May 23 2011 13:15 GMT
#19
Good group of players. I see SeleCT winning this.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
PMSH2OStarcraft
Profile Joined September 2010
United States107 Posts
May 23 2011 13:38 GMT
#20
Let's go MayanWarrior!!! H2O TechnoBoy FIGHTING!!!
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Mithriel
Profile Joined November 2010
Netherlands2969 Posts
May 23 2011 14:54 GMT
#21
Qxc going to make some easy money in the amateur side lol.
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Allied
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States129 Posts
May 23 2011 15:05 GMT
#22
can't wait :D
twitter: @AlliieD
AskJoshy
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1625 Posts
May 23 2011 15:21 GMT
#23
On May 23 2011 10:49 aMies wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2011 10:43 Dubzex wrote:
Nice looking tournament. Who is the caster with the lazy eye in the bottom middle of the 3 pictures?


Bottom middle is Josh "AskJoshy" Sutherland.

Lazy eye? I dunno, he looks pretty handsome and charming to me. <3
Heroes, Hearthstone, and SC2 videos: http://www.youtube.com/AskJoshy
Xursian
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada94 Posts
May 23 2011 16:29 GMT
#24
nice i hope finals are select / hashe/ idra / kawaiirice / catz. Go Guys go!!!
WTFs with Barracks NERF?
Bagi
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany6799 Posts
May 23 2011 16:31 GMT
#25
Wohoo Wheat and JP!
byobong7
Profile Joined February 2010
United States207 Posts
May 23 2011 18:20 GMT
#26
On May 23 2011 15:33 Deception-35 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2011 11:36 Leeoku wrote:
lol the contest link is to League of legends. and wtf qxc is an amateur/open bracket?


lol thats what i was sayin. seems like he wants some free money. seems kinda wierd to me that he would be even allowed to be in in as an amateur


He entered as an amateur since he wasn't one of the 32 invites. There were 1024 players in that part of the tourney and hes already won a lot of matches to get to the top 32 so I wouldn't say it is exactly 'easy money'.
CEVO SC2 Official
Steel
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Japan2283 Posts
May 23 2011 18:48 GMT
#27
vVvStarkad takes it all.

You heard it hear first gogo DA
Try another route paperboy.
HuKPOWA
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1604 Posts
May 23 2011 22:11 GMT
#28
Hopefully Liquid'Tyler breaks free from his slump...
CEVO Ellis
Profile Joined April 2011
47 Posts
May 24 2011 01:25 GMT
#29
The brackets and matches have been posted for the amateur finals round. There are some rules we want to point out for these matches to the players still in the event. You must join the battle.net channel "Tactic3d" 15 minutes prior to 8pm CST, as well as check in on the tactic website for the match. There is to be no streaming or observers in any of the matches for the event unless an official tactic3d steamer or official. Also note that since multiple matches will be played in a row you must play your match AT 8pm CENTRAL time. If you have any questions please contact support.
Greatness
Profile Joined May 2011
United States450 Posts
May 24 2011 01:39 GMT
#30
On May 24 2011 03:20 byobong7 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2011 15:33 Deception-35 wrote:
On May 23 2011 11:36 Leeoku wrote:
lol the contest link is to League of legends. and wtf qxc is an amateur/open bracket?


lol thats what i was sayin. seems like he wants some free money. seems kinda wierd to me that he would be even allowed to be in in as an amateur


He entered as an amateur since he wasn't one of the 32 invites. There were 1024 players in that part of the tourney and hes already won a lot of matches to get to the top 32 so I wouldn't say it is exactly 'easy money'.

You're right, it's SUPER easy money.
Laneir
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1160 Posts
May 24 2011 01:51 GMT
#31
So much money Zomg hope everybody does well
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forSeohyun
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
504 Posts
May 24 2011 06:22 GMT
#32
Going to root (rUt? ) for Idra, Spanishiwa and Liquid'Tyler for top-3. Gogogo guys! (Oh, and go SeleCT too!)

Looks like a really nice tournament, hoping for some hitherto, to me, unknown players surprising and kicking out some epic games..
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robih
Profile Joined September 2010
Austria1086 Posts
May 24 2011 08:46 GMT
#33
lol there is no competition there for idra
should be another easy NA tourney win
ginnipig
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada84 Posts
May 24 2011 14:30 GMT
#34
"**replaced sixjax.Mihai because he resides in Quebec" that's the punch line to a great joke i know LOL
ginnipig
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
May 24 2011 15:02 GMT
#35
Lol I just bought this exact headset, I received it today.

Btw I bought it because this company doesnt make much advertisement, so I figured I would not have to pay a big extra charge just for the brand, as with Steelseries or Sennheiser.

Upon seeing this ad, I guess I have to give it back.

Nah just kidding, seems to be good quality for the price.
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jay236
Profile Joined August 2010
29 Posts
May 24 2011 16:42 GMT
#36
I was disappointed in the lack of punctuality in the tournament. I think there were at least a third of the players in the whole tournament who didn't show up resulting in byes. I got unlucky and got matched with a grand master player in the second round
NightAngel
Profile Joined June 2010
United States144 Posts
May 24 2011 21:09 GMT
#37
It's hard to believe that if one of the amateur finalists had allowed me to reschedule the match with him, and had beaten him, I would be in the running.

Very crazy! I'm sure this will end up being a great tournament!
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Wonderbread
Profile Joined December 2010
United States32 Posts
May 24 2011 21:51 GMT
#38
Gogo Mayanwarrior! Winning tournaments is a daily routine for Mayan.
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Klogbert
Profile Joined March 2011
United States139 Posts
May 24 2011 23:02 GMT
#39
Gogo MayanWarrior
NemesysTV
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1088 Posts
May 25 2011 01:41 GMT
#40
Gooooo icedragonCF
desty
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada142 Posts
May 25 2011 15:02 GMT
#41
Heuhhh Why the fuck every province of canada is allowed except quebec?
DReaMe
Profile Joined October 2002
United States337 Posts
May 25 2011 20:43 GMT
#42
damn thats a nice mtt ;-)
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Shuffleus
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Australia764 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-26 06:17:00
May 26 2011 06:16 GMT
#43
From the map pool:
"Metalopolis - Normal, non-MLG version, published by Blizzard"

May i ask why you neglect the balanced version of this map and instead intentionally use the bad out of date version?
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AskJoshy
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1625 Posts
May 26 2011 17:02 GMT
#44
Part of the reason is that we had a 1,024 man open amateur tournament and we wanted consistency. MLG has published several versions of their own Metalopolis. Also, I would wager that the majority of our amateurs had never played on the MLG versions anyway.
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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
May 26 2011 21:27 GMT
#45
where's the bracket for this... starts in 2 days and there's no bracket. i'm confused =[
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MayanSc2
Profile Joined March 2010
United States198 Posts
May 26 2011 21:40 GMT
#46
On May 27 2011 06:27 Xeris wrote:
where's the bracket for this... starts in 2 days and there's no bracket. i'm confused =[


http://www.cevo.com/playoffs/bracket.php?id=1312
icedragon
Profile Joined August 2010
86 Posts
May 26 2011 23:54 GMT
#47
go me!
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compLexityGaming
Profile Joined January 2011
United States98 Posts
May 27 2011 01:08 GMT
#48
Casting... right now! http://www.justin.tv/complexity starting with qxc's ro32!
compLexity Gaming
oiceth
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia35 Posts
May 27 2011 10:51 GMT
#49
joshy's one of my fav casters, he has a good voice, otherwise its just gunna be idra vs select really, maybe sheth. rest dotn have a chance
World_Ender
Profile Joined March 2011
China40 Posts
May 27 2011 11:51 GMT
#50
Yeah will be Idra vs Select, I agree, this is an impressive bunch for NA though and I can't wait to watch the stream... gogo idra
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redbrain
Profile Joined January 2011
Northern Ireland117 Posts
May 27 2011 12:28 GMT
#51
cant wait to see cruncher get destroyed xD i will jump up and down when that happens gogo idra
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jlake02
Profile Joined January 2011
United States395 Posts
May 28 2011 03:18 GMT
#52
Final brackets are out!

http://www.cevo.com/playoffs/bracket.php?id=1310

compLexity Gaming - @coL_Lake
CEVO Ahn
Profile Joined August 2010
United States159 Posts
May 28 2011 03:56 GMT
#53
Pros VS Amateurs brackets have been released. Congrats to VPchance for winning the Amateur finals vs ColRyan.

http://www.cevo.com/playoffs/bracket.php?id=1310

Tournament Stream

All the action will be streamed live HERE. Casters for the event include DJWheat, JP McDaniel and AskJoshy.

Throughout the week we will be giving away numerous prizes to our viewers. Stay tuned to the stream and this thread for updates as they are released.

Contest 1: Win a Tactic3D Sigma headset. Click HERE for more information.

Contest 2: $1,000 Grand Prize Pack. Click HERE to enter.



Tournament Round

- Bracket Play Format
- 1 Bracket
- 64 Players (32 Amateurs / 32 Pros)
- Top Player From The Bracket Wins

Round 1: (64 Players) Best of 3: Saturday, May 28th @ 12:00pm CST
Round 2: (32 Players) Best of 3: Saturday, May 28th @ 3:00pm CST
Round 3: (16 Players) Best of 3: Saturday, May 28th @ 6:00pm CST
Round 4: (8 Players) Best of 5: Saturday, May 28th @ 9:00pm CST
Tournament Semi Finals: (4 Players) Best of 7: Sunday, May 29th @ 5:00pm CST
Tournament Finals: (2 Players) Best of 7: Sunday, May 29th @ 9:00pm CST
Shuffleus
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Australia764 Posts
May 28 2011 12:52 GMT
#54
On May 27 2011 02:02 JoshSuth wrote:
Part of the reason is that we had a 1,024 man open amateur tournament and we wanted consistency. MLG has published several versions of their own Metalopolis. Also, I would wager that the majority of our amateurs had never played on the MLG versions anyway.



This is absolutely awful reasoning. Lets look at the argument here.

1) Consistency.

I'm not quite sure if you mean consistency between the amateur open and the finals or just within the amateur open rounds themselves, so i'll answer both here.

I can see how with a 1024 man tournament it is beyond the means of feasible management to ensure that all the players remember to pick the correct map and you'll have some games on blizzards version and some on MLG version, but I fail to see the downside to this. It is the players responsibility to check the map and play the correct version. If the blizzard version so wholly disadvantages a certain player in a certain match-up, I find it hard to believe that the player would not voice their concerns within a game and correct the issue. I certainly would and i think that any player participating with a serious mindset would seek to remove a serious inhibition from their play. As long as you clearly specified which version to use in the map pool (as you did) there can be no argument from either player.
This is not a small deal we're talking about here. The difference between MLG metal and Blizzard metal is not a patch of flowers somewhere. It's essentially preventing you spawning on Steppes of War 1/3 of the time. With the competition you have (Especially in the final tournament) you're

A. Almost condemning a zerg to death in a non-mirror match-up 1/3 of the time on this map
B. Causing problems in a 'losers pick' map pool. If I just lost a game and was considering picking Metalopolis, suddenly there is a very significant chance that the map could be dramatically different than what i want. It throws an element of chance in there with serious ramifications.




2) MLG has published multiple versions of metalopolis, however they all achieve the same purpose! No close positions, No 2x2 building walling at the bottom of the ramp. They are all the same bar publishers. I don't see how there being 2 published versions of the map goes against it's use. If you want to be really specific about it, there is very clearly an MLG version uploaded by MLG staff. Tell them to use that one.



3) The players who win the amateur tournament and are thrown in with the 'pros' are not going to be noobs. They understand map imbalance and they're going to be legitimate players who compete in a host of online tournaments. Other tournaments who without a doubt don't use maps which cause severe imbalance based on spawn positions. They'll understand the implications of the MLG version and they're probably used to it.

How would a player who wins an advertised 1024 open bracket open to all American players bar 32 with a considerable prize pool not understand ramp wall-offs and close position imbalance. These are not tough concepts to grasp. Far easier than actually winning on them with Zerg against someone who knows what they're doing.


If you want to promote a fair competitive tournament then there is not a single reason to have this joke of a map in the map pool.

I can understand a misunderstanding or lack of concern for balance issues concerning things like a ramp wall-off on Shakuras plateau in PvZ (Another reason for a different map to favour the MLG version) but HOW does something like allowing close positions Metalopolis get overlooked?
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Murfshake
Profile Joined November 2010
46 Posts
May 28 2011 16:51 GMT
#55
Why bother removing player code when you can just go to the "grand master" list and add 90% of these people to your friend list anyways.
Vendor
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada115 Posts
May 28 2011 17:05 GMT
#56
On May 29 2011 01:51 Murfshake wrote:
Why bother removing player code when you can just go to the "grand master" list and add 90% of these people to your friend list anyways.



You can't actually add people from GM like that. The option for "friend" is greyed out/not there on their main "page".
Mailing
Profile Joined March 2011
United States3087 Posts
May 28 2011 17:26 GMT
#57
*sigh*

Must every content use facebook ;(
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MonsieurGrimm
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada2441 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-28 19:30:36
May 28 2011 19:30 GMT
#58
:/ stream isn't featured on JTV, means I can't watch it because of canadian internet T___T

at least the vods will be on youtube, so I can watch it after

IdrA hwaiting!!
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nodule
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada931 Posts
May 28 2011 19:43 GMT
#59
what does a featured stream have to do with it?
legek
Profile Joined September 2010
Slovenia153 Posts
May 28 2011 20:58 GMT
#60
Epic game
MonsieurGrimm
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada2441 Posts
May 28 2011 21:02 GMT
#61
On May 29 2011 04:43 nodule wrote:
what does a featured stream have to do with it?

I think only featured streams are allowed to have multiple levels of quality
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Lambertus
Profile Joined February 2010
South Africa966 Posts
May 28 2011 21:08 GMT
#62
but here I was, an hour ago, I could choose resolution...and now, its sort of fucked up and I only see green stuff. I refreshd my browser, in fact, installed everything new. but still dont work for me... (
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Thrax
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada1755 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-28 21:30:25
May 28 2011 21:29 GMT
#63
On May 29 2011 06:08 Lambertus wrote:
but here I was, an hour ago, I could choose resolution...and now, its sort of fucked up and I only see green stuff. I refreshd my browser, in fact, installed everything new. but still dont work for me... (

Disable Flash hardware acceleration - you should be able to find out how in Google


On May 29 2011 06:02 MonsieurGrimm wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 29 2011 04:43 nodule wrote:
what does a featured stream have to do with it?

I think only featured streams are allowed to have multiple levels of quality

The stream is only 480p, so I'd definitely try it. Josh reduced the quality because it was skipping badly
Lambertus
Profile Joined February 2010
South Africa966 Posts
May 28 2011 22:13 GMT
#64
This is incredible! :D Thanks a lot Thrax! I had trouble with this for weeeks an no one could tell me...YOU are the MAN! :D Big greetz from Germany, a happy Benjamin
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Bloodzz
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia15 Posts
May 28 2011 23:08 GMT
#65
hey hotbid - jp
GG
Bloodzz
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia15 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-28 23:10:29
May 28 2011 23:09 GMT
#66
lol @ catz queen hydra wall on a gold fe. Very crafty

P.S. Give Will a shout out on stream jp cause u love me
GG
ICEprelude
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada11 Posts
May 28 2011 23:09 GMT
#67
hey hot bid / itmejp told me to do that
Player_3
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-28 23:11:17
May 28 2011 23:10 GMT
#68
hi hotbid!! from JP
snabel
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden8 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-28 23:15:09
May 28 2011 23:14 GMT
#69
JP MADE ME DO IT!


...also, hello hotbid.
All glory to the Hypnotoad!
Bloodzz
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia15 Posts
May 28 2011 23:29 GMT
#70
Idra fighting
GG
Bloodzz
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia15 Posts
May 28 2011 23:31 GMT
#71
p.s. get throat honey jp not fkn cough drops fml....
GG
Nimic
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway1360 Posts
May 29 2011 00:13 GMT
#72
Not sure what optikzero is thinking here.
Elvedeta
Profile Joined November 2010
Portugal395 Posts
May 29 2011 00:15 GMT
#73
Kinda disappointed by optikzero play in this serie...I have seen him play much better.
tritonice
Profile Joined November 2010
United States119 Posts
May 29 2011 01:59 GMT
#74
Can someone tell what happened to Liquid Tyler in round 2 (FFW)??? Spanishiwa stated on Reddit that he had mis translated his time zone and missed his round Haven't seen anything about Tyler.
antihobo
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada121 Posts
May 29 2011 03:18 GMT
#75
JP loves select's huge marine balls.
takin yer ladder points
Oneek
Profile Joined May 2011
United States2 Posts
May 29 2011 03:41 GMT
#76
I'm anticipating an Idra vs Cruncher finale. Even though Idra has had his number recently, it would be fun to see if Cruncher could put up a fight.

neats
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada59 Posts
May 29 2011 07:52 GMT
#77
Awesome tournament.
Frankon
Profile Joined May 2010
3054 Posts
May 29 2011 22:14 GMT
#78
so what games are streamed today?
MyOwnPrison
Profile Joined April 2011
United States17 Posts
May 29 2011 22:56 GMT
#79
so i guess we're not going to get any matches today? a warning would have been nice
MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
May 30 2011 00:12 GMT
#80
Idra seems really dominant here.
VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG
wallawalla__
Profile Joined April 2011
13 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-30 01:03:22
May 30 2011 01:02 GMT
#81
Anyone else having issues loading the stream page? Other streams on JTV work but the complexity page doesn't load in FF/IE/Chrome.

*edit, 5 seconds later it comes up
Pipeline
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1673 Posts
May 30 2011 09:21 GMT
#82
Wow, who ever thought of the "amazing" idea to use normal Metalapolis in a tournament is retarded. Good tournament overall but someone needs to smack the guy on the head for having close positions on metalopolis... There is a reason why close spots have been removed from all other tournaments.
OhMyGawd
Profile Joined February 2011
United States264 Posts
May 30 2011 16:02 GMT
#83
Why do they use Regular Metal and not MLG?
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