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NecroSaint
Profile Joined June 2010
England102 Posts
December 14 2010 15:17 GMT
#61
Reminds me of the time I saw the zelda time line flow chart
Koshi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium38799 Posts
December 14 2010 15:24 GMT
#62
+ Show Spoiler +
On December 14 2010 04:47 butter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2010 03:45 dvide wrote:
There's one on reddit right now which I think is clearer:
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

It's actually from the TL thread. But I think they are not as clear as mine
(based on the visual style of the OSL FAQ):

[image loading]

[image loading]



This one is the most understandable for me. Pretty well done. I knew already 90% of how it was going to work next year. But this made it 100% clear.
I had a good night of sleep.
hooktits
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States972 Posts
December 14 2010 15:34 GMT
#63
I was looking at the charts last night and i understand how they work but my question is what do we have left to be played before the 4th season. is there going to be a preliminaries and code S replacement matches or will that happen next season? Is the already set groups that were drawn last night going to be the official players in the 4th GSL correct? Thats what Im thinking i guess because we used last 3 GSLs to determine code placements but i just wanted to check to make sure i fully understand.
Hooktits of Tits gaming @hooktits twit
Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
December 14 2010 16:32 GMT
#64
So there's 32 Code S player and each season 6 on average will swap with Code A.
That seems like an incredibly slow speed of replacement in my opinion.
We're going to get the same players in the tournaments for years.
Don't hate the player - Hate the game
Mob
Profile Joined April 2010
Austria152 Posts
December 14 2010 17:05 GMT
#65
i will be so happy when tastosis is gonna try and explain it all in the finals.
gonna be an epic laugh.
yadda!
Heimatloser
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany1494 Posts
December 14 2010 20:45 GMT
#66
will tastosis cast both code a and code s? will gsl hire more english casters? and if yes, whats the system for determining caster places in the gsl leagues?
All what KT currently needs is a Zerg and a second Terran
tpir
Profile Joined July 2010
United States53 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-14 22:43:41
December 14 2010 22:43 GMT
#67
On December 14 2010 05:10 syllogism wrote:
The system is pretty straightforward; no idea what some of you are talking about. The diagram in the first post makes it look more complex than it is.

This. Just look at the Reddit picture. It is a very simple relegation/promotion system to make sure the best players don't get bounced totally out of Code S for doing poorly and have to re-qualify through prelims, BUT while still leaving qualifying as a viable option to someone who is really good AND replacing the consistent underperformers.
tpir
Profile Joined July 2010
United States53 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-14 22:46:48
December 14 2010 22:45 GMT
#68
deleted because it was dumb.
Baerinho
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany257 Posts
December 15 2010 06:38 GMT
#69
its chopped up more then it needed to be, but in essence its a KO system tournament with previous groupstages including relegation.

Has alot in common with Ice hockey Worldchampionships if i remmeber correctly
Moletrap
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1297 Posts
December 15 2010 12:36 GMT
#70
Reminds me of the old OSL format... with OSC and ODT...
aka Moletrap
maellestrom
Profile Joined April 2010
United States194 Posts
December 15 2010 12:38 GMT
#71
Does this not remind anyone of the movie Basketball when they try to explain the playoffs?
Holla
bkrow
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia8532 Posts
December 15 2010 12:48 GMT
#72
It wouldn't be fun if we could understand it.. It takes real RTS skill to understand the GSL format.. oh well - time to ressurect my brain
In The Rear With The Gear .. *giggle* /////////// cobra-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA!!!!
Ghad
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway2551 Posts
December 15 2010 14:10 GMT
#73
On December 14 2010 03:54 GobIin wrote:
Now im more confused


On December 14 2010 03:54 SmoKim wrote:
i feel like a Caveman looking at this


lol, sums me up nicely
forgottendreams: One underage girl, two drunk guys, one gogo dancer and starcraft 2. Apparently just another day in Europe.
c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8293 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-15 14:42:19
December 15 2010 14:42 GMT
#74
I don't like the fact that there is a huge advantage in finishing 3rd over finishing 4th in the initial group stage of the Code S tournament - considering after the top 8 seeds, the groups are all randomly generated and these group stage games are all Bo1. There is just too much luck involved.

It's also odd that they reserve 4 spots in code A for foreigners. It's good that they want to keep the tournament diversified but it would be more fair for all newcomers to have to go through the preliminary offline tournament to qualify for code A. Though, the flip side of this is that currently qualified players have a little bit too much protection. It would take at least two seasons for a Korean newcomer to qualify for Code S.

Also, does anyone know if the 4 reserved Code A spots account for foreigners who already qualified for code A (in this case, Ret) ?
Sanguinarius
Profile Joined January 2010
United States3427 Posts
December 15 2010 14:54 GMT
#75
Ok, both the Reddit visual and the butter visual are really good at describing what is going on. Thanks!
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness
Phanekim
Profile Joined April 2003
United States777 Posts
December 16 2010 04:00 GMT
#76
damn this thing is confusing. doesn't the foreinger slots feelt a little like affirmative action?
i like cheese
HollowLord
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3862 Posts
December 16 2010 04:22 GMT
#77
On December 14 2010 03:40 Empyrean wrote:
Leave it to GOMTV to turn something like Code S and Code A qualification into some sort of Kafkaesque monstrosity :/


Very nice use of Kafkaesque.
dota 2 stream #noskill #feed #noob twitch.tv/dmcredgrave
Liquid_Adun
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada205 Posts
December 16 2010 17:17 GMT
#78
Looks like 2x the games at least, my only concern will be if they put them on gom tv for people to view, not just the streams.

Thanks for the flow charts, Adun
I have returned.
Ownos
Profile Joined July 2010
United States2147 Posts
December 16 2010 18:38 GMT
#79
On December 14 2010 03:45 dvide wrote:
There's one on reddit right now which I think is clearer:

[image loading]

It was made by puzzl from teamliquid.


Far clearer. Very nice.
...deeper and deeper into the bowels of El Diablo
B.I.G.
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
3251 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-28 23:21:35
December 28 2010 23:21 GMT
#80
sweet lord all these graphs make me feel retarded
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