EPTI personally dislike the way the Code A/S tournaments are set up. Group stages into BoX series bores me. I'd rather prefer watching something like the Open Season tournaments with their own qualifiers. No seeds given to Code S players or any people in the GSL. We can see more new faces.
Code S might be losing entertainment value. - Page 17
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Tatari
United States1179 Posts
I personally dislike the way the Code A/S tournaments are set up. Group stages into BoX series bores me. I'd rather prefer watching something like the Open Season tournaments with their own qualifiers. No seeds given to Code S players or any people in the GSL. We can see more new faces. | ||
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roymarthyup
1442 Posts
On September 08 2011 09:41 Zeroxk wrote: If this star player is as brilliant as you say he should have NO trouble going through code A and STAYING in code S, Look at Bomber, Puzzle, July ++, they all came into code A and blasted their way to Code S. And if someone can't beat the up/downs that have the "weaker" Code S players how do you expect them to do against the heavyweights. Sounds like you just want instant gratification. your right. i kind of want instant gratification. in my opinion that style/mystique makes the tournament more entertaining. however i realize its only my opinion and some people might enjoy the current system. also you are right that the player should be able to win and stay in code S. my point was that if he doesnt, i realize he deserves to drop down, but still that creates a scenario where great players have to do entire code A seasons yet again. my idea would still give him a small chance to win the next code S tournament without having to do another entire code A. pro gamers dont have large amounts of time in their career and im just thinking of systems that are more time friendly. But at the end of the day its still just my opinion, and i cant say for a fact improving the system in such a manner is good. All of these things are just discussions within the realm of opinion and i realize that. | ||
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JonnyLaw
United States3482 Posts
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adrift
192 Posts
On September 08 2011 09:04 CitrusFo wrote: Once a year they should have a tournament where each korean pro team chooses 3 or so players from there lineup depending on Teamleague results and have a 32 man tourny like that. Can't think or another way to have the best players inside a tournament. They are already kind of doing this with Super tournament. Pretty sure its once a year and its a huge 64-man bracket (like the old GSL seasons) based on the top 64 by GSL points. | ||
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Persev
United States127 Posts
Recently, I've fallen asleep in my chair everytime I stayed up late to watch and when I do watch its very rarely that I come away saying wow those guys played great. I understand that the level is play is extremely high...just something is missing for me in my viewing experience. The only thing similar to this i've ever encountered is Iron Chef. I can watch the original series and be inspired to eat/cook something new. But the new Iron Chef America is agonizing to me. | ||
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Ghost-z
United States1291 Posts
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Bippzy
United States1466 Posts
As to the content of the post (which is curiously more of a suggestion then supporting the title) , no. GSL wants the best and most consistent players to have the best games. New blood isnt exciting, its more of a "old blood kills new blood" fest(itd be more like second chance for code B, and would code A exist?). Because people don't train as much as IMMvp and the like and GSL would lose it's exclusivity. MLG and GSL are two different systems, GSL is completely meritocratic while MLG is more of a do-well and stay good enough and we'll keep you in, if you aren't in you better be pretty good if you want in. TL;DR Although MLG has enjoyable characteristics, The meritocratic system of the GSL, the fact that people around here complain for the sake of complaining, and the fact that the GSL is the best tournament all around causes this post to be a worthless endeavor. | ||
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RezChi
Canada2368 Posts
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hitpoint
United States1511 Posts
I almost never missed a match in the first 5 seasons. Now I only watch if a foreigner is playing or if a really huge match is coming up like mvp vs nestea. MLG feels so much more special. | ||
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Feartheguru
Canada1334 Posts
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Sovern
United States312 Posts
If they want this league to look a lot more professional than they should consider making seasons last 3-6 months and making it harder to drop down from code S to A. | ||
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mrtomjones
Canada4020 Posts
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Altern
United States1053 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
However, I don't like how big-name players sometimes get knocked out early in the tournament while weaker players tend to go deep. I dislike how players like HongUn, Anypro, and Inca accidentally knock out big names only to get crushed in subsequent matches. Although I do like the Nestea, MVP, MC trinity dominating the entire tournament, I sometimes feel that perhaps too much dominance can stifle lesser-known stars from having a fighting chance at the championship and can stagnate things a bit too much. Polt broke away from this trend during the Super Tournament, and I really want to see more Polts win Code S. | ||
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UndoneJin
United States438 Posts
The terran imbalance, as far as the actual number of them in Code S, will settle over the next three seasons. We're already seeing the big Code A influx of P and Zs and the new patch will (hopefully) eliminate any actual racial imbalance, if there is any. Edit: I also think that the players who get "lucky" going deep (InCa in finals) subsequently get knocked down very quickly or exit in the RO32 the very next season. | ||
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Sandro
897 Posts
On September 08 2011 09:55 Ghost-z wrote: GSL is losing its luster only because its not the monopoly on SC2 tournaments any more. There are so many strong foreign tournaments that it has to compete with for viewers. MLG, IPL, IEM, NASL are to name only a few. People tend to have short attention spans with which these other tournaments can satisfy. I can say that the only reason I have yet to watch GSL live is because the viewing hours are not friendly to America. They could re-broadcast the matches like NASL did for the EU audiance and they would gain at least 1 more viewer....ME! Either rebroadcast and make people happy while costing them more money, Or lose potential subscriptions due to people like yourself not having to watch the VoDs. Not that I'm saying you specifically wouldn't keep buying their subscriptions Ghost-z just using you as an example. But you get what I mean, its all about economics and what makes GOM the most money. | ||
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ReaperX
Hong Kong1758 Posts
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
If it wasn't so easy, we would have an MLG-style pool of players that don't deserve their spots keeping their spots. If you're playing worse than your peers, you should lose your Code S spot. | ||
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MoriyaGXP
Korea (South)240 Posts
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dejahu
United States83 Posts
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