But Sean, the idea is usually that golds are harder to defend 3rds, while the other options for 3rd are easier to defend (so if golds weren't so imba in general, the idea by itself does not remove variety from choosing the 3rd).

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

January 27 2012 00:27 GMT

#40366

On January 27 2012 09:24 Corsica wrote:

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T.T Thats why I dont like MLG, its Top Koreans and Mediocre americans, very few good European players

Well now that MLG has a more solid prize pool (25k for first and 16'th get 1k) I imagine european's will want to go now. If not well guess it just won't happen then lol.

Asha

United Kingdom38256 Posts

January 27 2012 00:28 GMT

#40367

lol as if nobody has played competitive games on Sanshorns mists (seen Atlantis used here and there for a while too...)

MrCon

France29748 Posts

January 27 2012 00:30 GMT

#40368

Gold base problem isn't only, and I would even say isn't mainly the mass mules drop. The main problem is that on newest maps with a gold base (antiga, crossfire), zergs can take the gold first and this is worse than a terran with a gold base in term of balance problems.

Telcontar

United Kingdom16710 Posts

January 27 2012 00:31 GMT

#40369

Completely agree about the map pool being too large. 4~5 maps per tournament should be more than sufficient.

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

January 27 2012 00:33 GMT

#40370

Hehe seems I was ahead of the curve downing the Korean Weekly to 5 maps.

Also plz plz plz plz if you host a influential live show, please do research.

pdd

Australia9933 Posts

January 27 2012 00:34 GMT

#40371

On January 27 2012 09:31 Telcontar wrote:
Completely agree about the map pool being too large. 4~5 maps per tournament should be more than sufficient.

The 10 that IPL has is too much. But 4-5 is too little. 7-8 is IMO the best, especially if you intend to do a Bo7 finals.

TRAP[yoo]

Hungary6026 Posts

January 27 2012 00:35 GMT

#40372

what is your opinion about bo7 in general? i feel like bo5 is more than enough for a final since the gameplay is way more developed than in the "early" days.

Asha

United Kingdom38256 Posts

January 27 2012 00:35 GMT

#40373

http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/sc2-korean/maps/490_ESV_Sanshorn_Mists_AE

110 games between top European and Korean pros...

how

United States538 Posts

January 27 2012 00:35 GMT

#40374

On January 27 2012 09:33 Diamond wrote:
Hehe seems I was ahead of the curve downing the Korean Weekly to 5 maps.

Also plz plz plz plz if you host a influential live show, please do research.

That is pretty awesome, but one of the points was that EVERY tournament needs to start doing this, otherwise the pros still have to practice way to many maps :/

1 tournamnet down, a million more to go.

naux

Canada738 Posts

January 27 2012 00:35 GMT

#40375

boring sotg without incontrol

sevia

United States954 Posts

January 27 2012 00:36 GMT

#40376

Atlantis spaceship and sanshorn mist have not underwent thorough testing. However many pros are practicing on and playing games on these maps, which is something they should touch on.

pdd

Australia9933 Posts

January 27 2012 00:36 GMT

#40377

On January 27 2012 09:35 TRAP[yoo] wrote:
what is your opinion about bo7 in general? i feel like bo5 is more than enough for a final since the gameplay is way more developed than in the "early" days.

I still think Bo7s if you have the logistics to do so. Finals like the GSL Nov and Blizz Cup wouldn't have been epic if it weren't Bo7.

Hambone636

United States62 Posts

January 27 2012 00:36 GMT

#40378

They need to fix the quality of Day9 and Artosis
The sound and picture are bad

Diamond

United States10796 Posts

January 27 2012 00:37 GMT

#40379

My head is going to explode. This is embarrassing.

milesfacade

United Kingdom799 Posts

January 27 2012 00:37 GMT

#40380

Considering how important maps are to this game it continues to blow my mind the ignorance shown towards them by the professional section of our community.