EPTHopefully HuK kan inch his way into the top 8 atleast.
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Legace
Sweden342 Posts
Hopefully HuK kan inch his way into the top 8 atleast. | ||
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Hibzy
United Kingdom445 Posts
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Angelbelow
United States3728 Posts
On September 17 2011 08:00 Angelbelow wrote: They changed balls because they were physically hurting the players. Thats not an appropriate analogy. A more appropriate analogy would be the NBA making changes to their playoff schedule even after the seedings have been set. If that were to happen, chaos would ensue. | ||
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Resilient
United Kingdom1431 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
2) incontrols group is impossible lol and wow socke is still seeded even though he hasn't been to mlg since dallas? wowowowowow | ||
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0neder
United States3733 Posts
On September 17 2011 08:02 Hibzy wrote: Can't wait to see how many bunkers Boxer builds vs IdrA! He should nuke him. It better happen. | ||
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HunterK
Argentina68 Posts
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huameng
United States1133 Posts
On September 17 2011 07:57 Jibba wrote: What about the NBA switching balls mid-season after players complained about the new material? The NFL has made mid-season changes as well. If the NFL sees that a 5-9 team is tied for 1st place in their division, they don't switch them out with a random 9-5 team from some other division to make sure there isn't a blowout in the playoffs. You cannot make a system like MLG did, which highly influences the choices teams make, (to come to as many MLGs as possible, especially the really soft first one) and then abandon it because it isn't giving you the results you want. Sometimes you have to stick with your bad decisions, because to do otherwise would, while giving you a better product for most people, ruin your credibility and trustworthiness. Certainly MLG is comfortable changing maps and such, which is more in line with your analogy IMO. | ||
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zarepath
United States1626 Posts
That is the most laughably stacked group I've ever seen compared to its competition. | ||
Adebisi
Canada1637 Posts
On September 17 2011 07:56 MLG_Adam wrote: Remember there are quite a few sharks in the Open Bracket. 'Easy' pools might be thrown a curve ball based on how it plays out. Post a list of top confirmed open bracket players soon please :D. I heard whispers of WhiteRA :O, FXO supposed to be sending Koreans too? | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On September 17 2011 08:00 Angelbelow wrote: They changed balls because they were physically hurting the players. Thats not an appropriate analogy. How about the playoff series game number change? Stern announced they were going from bo5s to bo7s midseason. On September 17 2011 08:03 huameng wrote: If the NFL sees that a 5-9 team is tied for 1st place in their division, they don't switch them out with a random 9-5 team from some other division to make sure there isn't a blowout in the playoffs. You cannot make a system like MLG did, which highly influences the choices teams make, (to come to as many MLGs as possible, especially the really soft first one) and then abandon it because it isn't giving you the results you want. Sometimes you have to stick with your bad decisions, because to do otherwise would, while giving you a better product for most people, ruin your credibility and trustworthiness. Certainly MLG is comfortable changing maps and such, which is more in line with your analogy IMO. That is only if you view it as a single season to begin with, which I'm arguing is the initial mistake. Every major tournament uses placement from past events to determine seeds/invitations to future events. They just don't connect them in this way. DH is the perfect example. | ||
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Valikyr
Sweden2653 Posts
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Aurdon
United States2007 Posts
They may take away your life but they will never take away your POOL PLACEMENT!!!!!! | ||
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Highways
Australia6103 Posts
Group D is insane... | ||
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
On September 17 2011 07:54 MLG_Adam wrote: Again. Will never happen. If you cannot rest on your rules, you have nothing. That is the foundation of what you do, and it cannot change on the fly. Hate us for bad seeding, fine. You would hate us more if we made changes at will. This has been a standing policy since 2003. Next year will be the first time in MLG history that a calendar year will be treated as multiple seasons. Unfortunately this year, 2011, is not afforded that luxury. I get where you're coming from, but just sticking with a clearly flawed system because 'that's how you do things' doesn't show much initiative. Yes, you might be compromising your principals, but if it makes it better for 99% of the people out there, why would you not take the leap and change things up? It's not a good thing to have 0 room for flexibility. For example, let's say you guys make a similar mistake next season and things look similar to how it is now (no plan or system is 100% foolproof). That would mean we would have another year of MLGs with a broken system. With only 2 events to go, yeah it's probably too late to change things now, but I hope you guys are more open-minded about mending the rules mid-season next year. | ||
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Nazeron
Canada1046 Posts
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Corrik
United States1416 Posts
So, there is precedent to change rules mid-season, but I agree it's a bad idea to do so. | ||
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Remaker12
United States105 Posts
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Garnet
Vietnam9029 Posts
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CursedFeanor
Canada539 Posts
To all those saying that pool A is super easy... yeah it's clearly the easiest this time around, but Boxer and IdrA both are top players who could cause a surprise in this event! Never count out the emperor, just remember last time he was there, The others will obviously get rolled, but again it's not their fault, the system of ranking is to blame here. | ||
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