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Daniri
387 Posts
On May 11 2011 01:56 Deapht wrote: as mentioned before the map reminds me of wc3. looks pretty cool but no watch towers? There's one that blocks the path in the middle. | ||
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mikyaJ
1834 Posts
In a Proleague format (as opposed to Winner's League) I don't think IM would do nearly as well. | ||
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Zane
Romania3916 Posts
On May 11 2011 01:59 GeorgeForeman wrote: Instead of blaming GOM for putting together a reasonable tournament structure, why not give some hate to IM for not having more than 3 players in the GSL? All they needed was someone to make it into Code A last season and they'd have qualified. IM didn't make it in because IM doesn't have a deep enough roster. I have no problem with the placement. All that said, I'm really looking forward to the team league. I'll be done with finals, so I'll have plenty of time to watch! :-D It seems that the players they have now are enough for winning 1 GSTL and being in the other GSTL finals. They also have 2 GSL champions, 1 World Champion, 1 Code A winner, 1 Code A Runner-up and very likely another Code S win. Why would they need more players? | ||
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Elefanto
Switzerland3584 Posts
On May 11 2011 02:01 mikyaJ wrote: I'd just like to point out that TSL and IM have around the same number of players (both small teams), but TSL has almost all of there players in GSL, and most of those in Code S. IM's lesser players need to stop being carried by the trifecta : / In a Proleague format (as opposed to Winner's League) I don't think IM would do nearly as well. Why? They have the equivalent of FBB (Fantasy / Bisu / Best) with LMN (Losira / MVP / Nestea). And SKT does fairly well in Pro League lol | ||
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Grezzz
United Kingdom78 Posts
The second thing that jumps out is the ST vs oGs match in the first round. It seems a little bizarre that if you're going to use a point system to determine qualifying teams that you would then put the 1st and 4th highest teams in terms of points against eachother in round 1. Those issues aside, I'm looking forward to it. GSTL has proved to be an entertaining league and format and will definately be worth watching. | ||
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theMiNUS
United States333 Posts
can't wait to see how the matches play out on it! | ||
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OPL3SA2
United States378 Posts
On May 11 2011 02:03 Zane wrote: It seems that the players they have now are enough for winning 1 GSTL and being in the other GSTL finals. They also have 2 GSL champions, 1 World Champion, 1 Code A winner, 1 Code A Runner-up and very likely another Code S win. Why would they more players? It seems pretty straightforward the reasons why they were not included in the GSTL. Last GSTL, they got spanked by `SlayerS`, and it's a shame they were even allowed to play because all they ended up doing was knocking out other teams that actually had a chance at beating SlayerS. See what I did there? | ||
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mikyaJ
1834 Posts
On May 10 2011 14:10 Belisarius wrote: Also, totally ignoring the IM thing because it's pretty obviously retarded; what the heck is up with the brackets? oGs (1st) plays ST (4th) in the first round. Seriously, guys, seeds. Seeds are good. At least SlayerS is on the other side of the bracket. They randomize them because you could end up having the same bracket over and over. | ||
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KillerPenguin
United States516 Posts
The formula should take the top 5 players and add their GSL points together. | ||
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tooPrime
United States245 Posts
On May 11 2011 02:06 mikyaJ wrote: They randomize them because you could end up having the same bracket over and over. Its based of the point system which is flawed. The first seed is the previous championship team and the the rest of the seeds is based on quantity of players in the GSL. That's why Ogs is always the second seed yet have never won a series in the GSTL. | ||
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Maskedsatyr
Singapore1245 Posts
On May 10 2011 14:21 0neder wrote: Naming yourself MVP doesn't guarantee your team a GSTL seed, you have to win, and he's been choking lately. I for one am excited to see more undiscovered talent. Choking? Are you in the same universe as the rest of us? | ||
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legatus legionis
Netherlands559 Posts
When you look at IM they have 4 players in the GSL and thus at least 3 who could get to play in the Team League who aren't. Does that mean those 3 players are bad? No ofcourse not. But what if we sent my fictional team in and I'd have 3 player who are, that would be like a forfeit. So taking the ability of the players on a team from the GSL seems like one of the most fair. Also because now we get to see a different team! Maybe they are gonna stomp, who knows. And to note, the GSL doesn't use ranking which I think is good, it only counts the amount and the Code. Maybe a carry over could be used where the placing in previous Team Leagues grants a few points for the next but I wouldn't even know how that would be fair, that could make it much harder for teams to rotate. So I don't think it's really possible to have a system where you remember the results of the past. In the end for a best case scenario solution I can only agree with many before me. A proleague, winners league thing where there doesn't have to be a cap on the number of teams. To help advance that we just need to enjoy the GSTL and show our support and interest. Tasteless has already hinted at to be revealed GOM plans. Who knows what the future will hold. That new maps looks ice cool, I've been waiting for a snowy map since forever and this seems to come close. I'm really excited. | ||
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JayDee_
548 Posts
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karpo
Sweden1998 Posts
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brentsen
1252 Posts
On May 11 2011 02:04 Grezzz wrote: The first thing that jumps out is obviously the lack of IM. I have to say that I'm disapointed, because MVP and Nestea are two of the main reasons I watch GSL. HOWEVER - I do have to say it's justified. This is a team league, and so far the IM team just aren't performing well enough besides their top two players. The second thing that jumps out is the ST vs oGs match in the first round. It seems a little bizarre that if you're going to use a point system to determine qualifying teams that you would then put the 1st and 4th highest teams in terms of points against eachother in round 1. Those issues aside, I'm looking forward to it. GSTL has proved to be an entertaining league and format and will definately be worth watching. It seems that brackets are based on previous GSTLs because Slayers and Startale are on different sides of the bracket and OGS had rather poor performances. | ||
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Fus
Sweden1112 Posts
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akaname
United Kingdom599 Posts
i really wish that new map was on EU, it's beautiful. | ||
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OPL3SA2
United States378 Posts
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teekesselchen
Germany886 Posts
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
On May 11 2011 01:57 ReaperX wrote: I feel so bad about IM not being able to play... Although I respect GOM, they should do something like total the player's GSL points in total so one gsl champion player can carry a whole team? | ||
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