EPTGSL sends MVP, DongRaeGu to MLG Anaheim - Page 48
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StarcraftKevin
United States285 Posts
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mikyaJ
1834 Posts
On July 12 2011 06:44 MCDayC wrote: No, Thorzain was invited, but got treated like shit last time so declined the spot, which meant seeding went to HuK. He was not invited lol. His team sent him like any other player would. Even if he had stayed, he's 20th on points. | ||
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theseraph
United States100 Posts
still, should be awesome though. naniwa, thorzain, DRG and many more, man, code A is a legit rival to code S now. | ||
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Jim7
United States154 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97274 Posts
On July 12 2011 06:42 alexhard wrote: Really the main problem is that they carried over the points from last year's MLGs where the competition was at a MUCH lower level, but those people still got to keep their points. And it's nearly impossible to lose your seeded spot because of the giant advantage that pool play confers. It's even harder to lose your seed now because a majority of the Koreans who do well wont come back even if they get seeded. They will earn most of the points at each MLG, so the foreign standings will change much more slowly. Also, as more and more Koreans enter the open bracket, it becomes more difficult for any non koreans to make it to the championship bracket | ||
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adiga
495 Posts
But DRG is awesome also! | ||
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StarcraftKevin
United States285 Posts
Code A is becoming really stacked with naniwa and thorzain, jinro, and probably a lot of slayers players with puma. Omg | ||
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Lorizean
Germany1330 Posts
On July 12 2011 06:46 theseraph wrote: here's the thing, they're using MLG to get non code A/S koreans/top players into the pool quickly. DRG is obviously good enough/popular enough to be in code A/S but instead of having him in the competition for rain's vacant spot(which ryung has taken) they're going to fly him to MLG and assume he'll be good enough to get a worthwhile spot which would then land him in code A/S. still, should be awesome though. naniwa, thorzain, DRG and many more, man, code A is a legit rival to code S now. I think the Code A spots only go to non-koreans. Code S for first goes to Korean or foreigner. | ||
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ILIVEFORAIUR
United States173 Posts
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Akash1223
United States91 Posts
On July 12 2011 06:38 Ruscour wrote: Gretorp went 0-6 in the last 2 MLGs and he's still ranked in the top 30...the seeding is screwed. This. It's so difficult to knock down the players who got seeded for the first MLG. Once you're placed into the top 16, it's impossible to finish worse than 32nd even if you lose every game you play. Then consider that not everyone who finishes top 32 is going to come back for the next MLG, and you could easily go 0-5 in group play, win 1 series in the championship bracket, and end up being ranked high enough to make top 16 after removing the players who aren't comming back. Think the tournament needs a different format. | ||
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KanoCoke
Japan863 Posts
On the other hand, NesTea/MC/HuK vs DRG sounds like a great match-up. For the next MLG, they should definitely send PuMa. | ||
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kenwoo
United States484 Posts
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Lorizean
Germany1330 Posts
On July 12 2011 06:53 Akash1223 wrote: This. It's so difficult to knock down the players who got seeded for the first MLG. Once you're placed into the top 16, it's impossible to finish worse than 32nd even if you lose every game you play. Then consider that not everyone who finishes top 32 is going to come back for the next MLG, and you could easily go 0-5 in group play, win 1 series in the championship bracket, and end up being ranked high enough to make top 16 after removing the players who aren't comming back. Think the tournament needs a different format. I think some kind of roll-out system would be good, i.e. only points from, let's say, the last 4 MLGs count. That way you still have the kind of security progamers would like (as was discussed on sotg) but you also have sufficient change in the scene to let new blood in. | ||
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Engore
United States1916 Posts
I hope us foreigners can put up a good fight and really make it interesting. A foreigner winning it with like 5 koreans in 2-6 positions would really be crazy to see. Can't wait for Anaheim <3 | ||
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SafeAsCheese
United States4924 Posts
On July 12 2011 06:57 kenwoo wrote: DRG 2nd best zerg in the world behind nestea Might want to wait until he actually plays some SERIES and not BO1s, and more than 30 game  Just because his play looks nice doesn't mean he can be placed in front of players like Losira or July yet | ||
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TestSubject893
United States774 Posts
On July 12 2011 06:53 Akash1223 wrote: This. It's so difficult to knock down the players who got seeded for the first MLG. Once you're placed into the top 16, it's impossible to finish worse than 32nd even if you lose every game you play. Then consider that not everyone who finishes top 32 is going to come back for the next MLG, and you could easily go 0-5 in group play, win 1 series in the championship bracket, and end up being ranked high enough to make top 16 after removing the players who aren't comming back. Think the tournament needs a different format. Actually, its impossible for the pool players to finish worse than 28th now, and they couldn't finish worse than 24th before Columbus when the pools were expanded. So yeah, its pretty hard to lose your spot. | ||
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kalany
United States149 Posts
I mean, I really really really want a foreigner to take it on our home-turf but DRG and MVP? Uhhh, I am a bit sad to be honest. | ||
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Titorelli
2492 Posts
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SovSov
United States755 Posts
Foreigners need as much money stolen from them as possible until they sack up and take SC2 more seriously. | ||
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Rarak
Australia631 Posts
On July 12 2011 07:01 SafeAsCheese wrote: Might want to wait until he actually plays some SERIES and not BO1s, and more than 30 game Just because his play looks nice doesn't mean he can be placed in front of players like Losira or July yet You mean like the LG tournament he just won beating SC in the finals? | ||
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