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On September 18 2011 15:54 Oktyabr wrote:Show nested quote +On September 18 2011 15:42 ch33psh33p wrote:On September 18 2011 15:41 Oktyabr wrote:On September 18 2011 14:37 Arceus wrote:On September 18 2011 14:31 RaiKageRyu wrote:
Sigh, I just realized yet again. ALL of the invites have Code S already except for Boxer. Come on MLG, you gotta stop inviting Code S players except for the returning champion. Gotta make that Code S spot more competitive with multiple vying players for it. If it wasn't for some players coming in on their own accord(MC, PUMA), Boxer would have a very good chance of regaining Code S. And at his current level of play that's feels like a cheat towards all the other players that legitimately climbed their way into Code S. dont worry he wont get into the required place. I would imagine a top 3 of Bomber/DRG/PuMa in no particular order (Bomber is the clear favorite though). July could be 4th or higher if he manages to get a good bracket The highest ranked non Code S player is the one who wins the Code S spot. Bomber/DRG/July can all nab top 3 but Boxer would still get the Code S spot if he was ranked 4th. The biggest contenders for this MLG's Code S spot other than Boxer would arguably be MC/PuMa. No, Code S MUST go to one in the top 3, or NONE AT ALL. Yep, I stand corrected. I guess Boxer needs to get into top 3 then. But assuming if all the top 3 spots in Orlando are taken up by Code S players, how will this affect the up/down groups for the next GSL? EDIT: Hm, this link (http://www.gomtv.net/2011gslsponsors3/news/6529) says otherwise: Code S status will be awarded to the highest placing player, regardless of country of origin, who doesn't already have Code S status.
You have to be top 3. Mlg lee confirmed this during Raleigh. And if no mlg player gets it I believe its up for grabs in the up and down matches, not completely sure though.
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man those groups are imbalanced.... maybe mlg should reconsider their ranking system, it seems quite unfair.
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While i agree that Group D is going to be the toughest group i would not really count the difference between group A and B that big. Although it might have something to do with me still rooting for Boxer...
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I feel a bit bad for Huk ≈[
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Prepare to witness some world class brie with players like HongUn, MKP, and July there. I should buy myself a bottle of vintage to enjoy it all the more.
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how the hell does incholesterol still get into the pool stages when he was like 1 win from 7 last mlg and i think 2 from 7 the time before yet he's still ranked 8th
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These groups make no sense whatsoever, some of them are like 10 times tougher than the other groups.
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On September 18 2011 20:09 killerbob wrote:
how the hell does incholesterol still get into the pool stages when he was like 1 win from 7 last mlg and i think 2 from 7 the time before yet he's still ranked 8th
You just made me spit coffee on my keyboard lol
But yeah it is a good question, not like he has won a lot so how is he still in pools bracket?
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If this keeps up, in 1 year pool play will be all Koreans plus Naniwa, Idra, Select and Kiwi... This is really getting out of hand. Easy money and a guaranteed Code S seed is like the holy grail for Koreans.
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On September 18 2011 20:34 KaiserJohan wrote:Show nested quote +On September 18 2011 20:09 killerbob wrote:
how the hell does incholesterol still get into the pool stages when he was like 1 win from 7 last mlg and i think 2 from 7 the time before yet he's still ranked 8th You just made me spit coffee on my keyboard lol But yeah it is a good question, not like he has won a lot so how is he still in pools bracket?
I think you get "points" on how good you place in the previous MLG? I'm not quite sure tho..
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Groups are insane.
You could argue that anyone from Pool D can beat anyone from Pool A.
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On September 18 2011 20:09 killerbob wrote:
how the hell does incholesterol still get into the pool stages when he was like 1 win from 7 last mlg and i think 2 from 7 the time before yet he's still ranked 8th
Despite losing 0-5 in groups he still managed to win match/es in the championship bracket, which establishes him as a stronger player than the one he defeated, gaining him more points than people who failed to beat players at this stage in the tournament. This mitigates the degradation of his rank a lot and with good reason, until a more dynamic system is introduced. He also placed 6th once.
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how were the pools created? i looked at the seeding, and if they based it off that, it looks kind of random... then again i'm not too familiar with different kinds of ways you can create pools from rankings.
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poor Socke, he could've really shown his amazing play there (mainly vs. foreigners ofc).
Only real chance for him is vs. HuK
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On September 17 2011 06:54 k!llua wrote:
Poor socke?
More like poor iNcontroL. He's going to get romped, again.
even if he had the easiest group i still don't think he would have went past it...
but damn Group D matches will be awesome ^^
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Group A : Normally i'd say Idra, but he's been playing so horribly for a long long time, that i am gonna go with Boxer on this 1
Group B: There is no freaking way Incontrol is gonna take a game from any1 in there...
And in Puma vs Bomber...i'd go with Puma
Group C: Ret or HungUn. Ret if he comes prepared.
Group D: Group of Death LoL....Any1 can take this....
Most people will probably call DRG to win it, but since there are no T's...it might not happen ^^
Lets see!
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wow group D will be interesting. I think July is the favourite for top spot? It'll probably come down to the ZvZ anyhow.
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On September 18 2011 21:23 Nomad- wrote:
wow group D will be interesting. I think July is the favourite for top spot? It'll probably come down to the ZvZ anyhow.
I wouldn't call July the favourite, I wouldn't actually call anybody the favourite in that group. It's pretty damn hard to predict.
Group A will be won by BoxeR, pretty easily I'd say.
Group B, PuMa or Bomber, obviously. Cannot wait for them to have their Bo3, I just wish it could be a bo7. <3
Group C, I say HongUn, but possibly Rain or Ret.
Group D, I can't predict, but put a gun to my head and I'll say MC. You can say MC's struggling, but I think protoss is struggling more than MC is, and there are three protosses in his group.
I see DongRaeGu dropping a series or two to the protosses in there. Socke is good but not good enough to get first, and I don't see July getting first either. MC or possibly HuK will clinch first I think.
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Too bad NaNi and T-ZaIN aren't there, it will probably be a Korean top 6 this time around as well if HuK continues to choke.
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Boxer vs IdrA, Bomber vs Puma, and any Group D game is going to be especially epic.
But count on MLG to bring another dramatic, exciting and totally exhausting (in a good way) weekend of ESPORTS!
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