EPTOn February 26 2011 09:09 Hoju wrote:
This just shows that MLG wants to top the GSL....
in complexity
This just shows that MLG wants to top the GSL....
in complexity
if the halo people understand it, we can too!
MLG 2011 Competition Format Changes - Page 3
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
if the halo people understand it, we can too! | ||
Antoine
United States7481 Posts
Both games will feature Open Brackets, Pool Play, and a Championship Bracket. The only major difference between the two is that StarCraft 2 will feature a best-of-three series in all portions of the tournament, Am I reading this correctly? even the finals will be bo3 unless they're an extended bo7? | ||
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Arch00
United States233 Posts
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QuothTheRaven
United States5524 Posts
On February 26 2011 09:26 Antoine wrote: Am I reading this correctly? even the finals will be bo3 unless they're an extended bo7? That appears to be correct  It's especially surprising given that Halo has a Bo5 finals, and MLG seems to want to copy everything about the sc2 format from Halo. (It was that way last season too.) | ||
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Bobster
Germany3075 Posts
How many of those advance into the Championship Bracket, to be added to the 16 seeds? 4? 12? 16? What's the point of pool play? How many games are those on top? Will only the Championship 32 man bracket be televised? so confused Bo3 finals and extended series being back. Sigh. | ||
p4NDemik
United States13896 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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godemperor
Belgium2043 Posts
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JoxxOr
Sweden1502 Posts
Confusing, stupid and just.... like what purpose does this serve? While this might help getting better players into top brackets and giving us some better game in the end. It can also be solved by seeds, allowing top tier players facing newbs with no ranking points..... Like what the hell MLG. Slasher you've been watching/participating/reporting esport for ages, cant you understand how stupid this sounds? | ||
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ptbl
United States6074 Posts
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
On February 26 2011 09:23 MLG-Lies wrote: The Championship Bracket features 32 total players. Yes, only four have a chance to get into Pool Play, but the other 12 players who advanced from the Open Bracket with a loss are placed into the Championship Losers Bracket. Thanks, I overread that there is a loser bracket. That is somewhat better then. nd it means there will be a shitload of games. :D But still its quite difficult for new players that are not in the TOP16. And the people that are already in have MUCH better chances of making points and thereby staying in TOP16. But I guess its part of your concept to have a pool of known players that we see every tournament. | ||
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Corrupted
United States1255 Posts
Your tournament, your rules though. Good luck with it. | ||
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Weasel-
Canada1556 Posts
I can't see how seeding 16 players and leaving "the rest" to play in a gigantic open tournament is going to be exciting to watch in the early rounds. Previous MLGs were fun and exciting and filled with big matches right from the first round, I don't see that happening here. | ||
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
On February 26 2011 09:32 ptbl wrote: The finals will be a best of three? Am I hearing this right? Wow...Also, the 16 people in the championship will have a huge advantage coming into the tournament. With 5 liquid players, I'm confident to say that the next champion will come from TL. Where did you read finals bo3? No way it will be like that. Also in the section about extended series they talk about what happens to extended bo5 series. | ||
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Doraemon.doraemon
United States335 Posts
On February 26 2011 09:31 JoxxOr wrote: This really fuck up europeans/koreans who wants to go to MLG. Seriously, we have to enter a 256 man tournament where if we're undefeated can enter another 16 man tournament where we possibly can win some money. It almost feels like rolling a dice. I can also imagine how boring it will be from a spectator view watching these games... Confusing, stupid and just.... like what purpose does this serve? While this might help getting better players into top brackets and giving us some better game in the end. It can also be solved by seeds, allowing top tier players facing newbs with no ranking points..... Like what the hell MLG. Slasher you've been watching/participating/reporting esport for ages, cant you understand how stupid this sounds? won't be boring for spectators as the top 16 will play each other right away while the open bracket is going on... but it is indeed very difficult to crack the top as a new comer with no points | ||
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MythicalMage
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godemperor
Belgium2043 Posts
On February 26 2011 09:35 Redox wrote: Where did you read finals bo3? No way it will be like that. Also in the section about extended series they talk about what happens to extended bo5 series. Both games will feature Open Brackets, Pool Play, and a Championship Bracket. The only major difference between the two is that StarCraft 2 will feature a best-of-three series in all portions of the tournament, | ||
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MythicalMage
1360 Posts
On February 26 2011 09:34 Weasel- wrote: Lol this is pretty ridiculous. You're leaving in double elimination AND extended series, and grossly overcomplicating the whole deal. I can't see how seeding 16 players and leaving "the rest" to play in a gigantic open tournament is going to be exciting to watch in the early rounds. Previous MLGs were fun and exciting and filled with big matches right from the first round, I don't see that happening here. Because a Group with Huk AND Jinro won't be exciting. The loss of excitement will be that players like Agh won't be there to stir things up. It's effectively a top 16 only club. They'll likely not even cast the lower games. | ||
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KillerDucky
United States498 Posts
If you start in the open and win 6 straight rounds, you get to the Pool Play with the top 16 seeds. If you start in the open and lose at some point, you need to keep winning and when you reach losers round 11 (MLG calls this L3), you start playing the Pool play people, starting from 5th, working up to 2nd, etc. | ||
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Raelgar
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