It says Ro16-Ro8 is Bo3. Ro8 traditionally has been Bo5. There should be absolutely no reason why Ro8 should be best of five either. You are casting them throughout two days which means 4 players/2matches per day, which is exactly the same situation as the Semi finals.

GOM assuade my fears please.

EDIT: also seems like Code A semi-finals have returned to Bo3? No way, too much on the line in Code A now with Code S spot to revert back to Bo3. Two Bo3 is too short for one day.

Mootland

Finland63 Posts

June 21 2011 09:41 GMT

#103

The summer is coming.

Formina

18 Posts

June 21 2011 11:22 GMT

#104

Wooo hope this new format begins a proleague sorta thing with SC2 as well

Time to hop on and support Boxer's team yet again xD

aebriol

Norway2066 Posts

June 21 2011 12:46 GMT

#105

I would just ask for one thing, and that would be the option to buy a package for both teams.

Since it seems bothersome to buy both one at a time.

Which I know I'll do - it just doesn't make much sense to me not offering the combined package.

Doesn't even have to be reduced much if anything, would just be more convenient.

I guess the reasoning will be they don't last as long?

At some point in time, I hope gomtv offers the option of just buying a whole year subscription.

Drake

Germany6146 Posts

June 21 2011 14:48 GMT

#106

i now paid ~140$ to watch gsl

cause i bought everything

i could also bought alot other things for it

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

June 21 2011 17:34 GMT

#107

Does anybody know why Rain forfeited?
I mean, even if you drop out of ro32, it's still 1,5k.

Dac

Canada538 Posts

June 21 2011 17:47 GMT

#108

On June 22 2011 02:34 JustPassingBy wrote:
Does anybody know why Rain forfeited?
I mean, even if you drop out of ro32, it's still 1,5k.

He did leave his team... might be related?

Mr.Brightside

Australia317 Posts

June 21 2011 18:34 GMT

#109

Great to see GOM are listening to the community, the format changes imo are great and the schedule there makes things very clear as to what is going on. Thanks for all of that. Also good that the early rounds of Code A are crammed into the first week or so (while still having the option of watching Code S or GSTL) as I speak for myself and a few other friends in saying that often those rounds aren't worth watching as we don't know a number of the players (thus don't really show any sentiments towards them) and the gameplay can be a bit tedious or scrappy. As time goes on and the player quality improves though perhaps it will be again necessary to see asap who the next up and comers are.

nicknt

185 Posts

June 21 2011 20:02 GMT

#110

I really dislike the new up/down format. It's already quite tough to get into code A and now after making it to the ro8, the new format makes it even harder than before to win a spot into code S. they no longer have an advantage over the code S 4th place players like in the past when they had 2 chances (against code S 3rd and 4th place player) to get into code S. This also means there will be less player turnover from each code S tournament and we will see almost the same players each time and less weeding out of the crappy code S players. I would rather see more new faces for each new code S tournament.

lelorrain

France2 Posts

June 21 2011 20:09 GMT

#111

8 players from code S gonna have to play the up & down matches.

The winner of code A will get a spot, the winner of MLG will have one too, and the two first of each up & down group, so 12 people will move to code S.

There will be 36 players in code S the next season instead of 32 this season. How will you handle it in the actual format ?

Tipton

Sweden13 Posts

June 21 2011 23:00 GMT

#112

On June 21 2011 00:17 Cevari wrote:
Awesome news altogether. Just to echo something many have said before, it would be awesome to get some kind of package offers for GSL / GSTL. I'd instantly buy a ticket that combined this GSTL season and the three next GSL seasons into one for a slightly lower price than all of them separately, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

You are not!

KomradeKevin

United States88 Posts

June 22 2011 01:14 GMT

#113

This is going to be $60 to save me from ads for spanish soap operas and bing. If I could full screen the VOD's while the commercials are playing then I could get up and sit on the couch instead of lurching for an extra 30 seconds or more. Anyway, good job to GOM for making a product that I can't seem to entertain myself without.

DivinO

United States4796 Posts

June 22 2011 01:44 GMT

#114

Wonder who new caster is...? Diggity? :D

duk3

United States807 Posts

June 22 2011 02:06 GMT

#115

I'm looking forward to seeing how the group play goes for the GSTL, but I wish the HQ stream was better quality like the TSL/DreamHack streams were.

eipxen

23 Posts

June 22 2011 02:29 GMT

#116

Hmm, I know I heard them talk about the Code S seed at MLG Columbus, but I thought there was some complication with Korean players when I saw that MMA was still in Code A. Does anyone know why he is not in Code S after winning MLG?

I hope things work out with TSL Rain

OptimusYale

Korea (South)1005 Posts

June 22 2011 04:19 GMT

#117

Why so expensive GOM?

Looks like I'll be watching korean vods this time round

Deindar

United States302 Posts

June 22 2011 05:10 GMT

#118

God damn I love GSL. I don't even give a fuck about the price haha.

Souljah

United States423 Posts

June 22 2011 05:45 GMT

#119

Why such a small prize pool for the winning team? With the price of the subscription and the amount of participation on the teams part, this seems quite low. A prize pool of $100,000.00 like you did in the super tournament seems a better fit.

I'm sure the scheduling with the GSL will affect the players participation in the GSTL as well. I'm betting if players have a GSL match the same week as their GSTL match, we won't be seeing them participate.

Noise

Australia47 Posts

June 22 2011 08:37 GMT

#120

This is coolest setup so far, I am pumped