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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
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illsick
United States1770 Posts
... I hope | ||
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duckTemplar
United States216 Posts
This is just my option. I know a lot NA master players near here. But we all know how they will stack against the kr masters | ||
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hjkim1304
Korea (South)105 Posts
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phate
81 Posts
On September 22 2011 05:45 Bobster wrote: Well, that's part of a tournament dynamic. If a player is confident enough to beat anyone and everyone anyway, he might not care about his group results. Then again, that holds true for any non-elimination group play. I suppose you could have the last-placed player eliminated from the groups to increase the stakes - but that would raise other issues (such as having Open Bracket players go farther in the final bracket than invitees/qualified after only having to beat (supposedly) weaker players). I'm fine with the way it's played out right now. + Show Spoiler + To provide some historical reference: of course always playing your best is an unspoken rule of competition, but I as a German can never honestly argue against strategical moves like this since withholding our true strength in the group stage to beat Hungary in the finals is what won us the Football World Cup '54. :lol :lol I would prefer that there is some form of elimination/other incentive. MLG's system as flawed as it is, does create plenty of incentives in the group stage to do well. I'm not sure what my suggested viable alternative would be, but within the current system, I can forsee plenty of situations (more so than most tournament formats) where it's beneficial for players to not play their best in the group stages. | ||
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bucckevin
858 Posts
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Fox116
United States409 Posts
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Dawg_Snow
France425 Posts
On September 22 2011 06:02 bucckevin wrote: I think people are underestimating Boxer. Although he is in code B right now, he is still very very good. His TvT and TvZ is good enough to take out alive and Stephano. I could see him having problems with HuK but it's a coin flip. actually zvt is stephano's best matchup, i think boxer will loose | ||
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DarkRise
1644 Posts
they beat CLG and TSM in NY qualifier | ||
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monx
Canada1400 Posts
2) Ryung 3) Thorzain | ||
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duk3
United States807 Posts
It removes my only previous issue with the IPL, which was the lack of excitement since the videos were released a while after the games were played, lowering the excitement for me at least | ||
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McFeser
United States2458 Posts
On September 22 2011 06:00 duckTemplar wrote: I feel 16 players advance from the onsite venue is a bit overkill, im not saying the local talent is bad, but I think pokebunny is the only one who lives in tristate who is a GM here, or u can call it metro new york area. I feel there should be more invites than just 8. This is just my option. I know a lot NA master players near here. But we all know how they will stack against the kr masters Not to get on the bandwagon of hating NA grandmasters, but I don't even they could take a few games off these 16 | ||
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devPLEASE
Kenya605 Posts
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MotherOfRunes
Germany2862 Posts
On September 22 2011 03:12 IGNProLeague wrote: Player Vision - Main Stage - This stream will be a split screen feed showing the first-person view of each player in the current main stage game. You could turn on the free stream with our commentators and watch each player demonstrating their professional APM and never miss a thing! i love you so much for that...and all the other stuff of course! you guys are amazing ! i hope after this event the daily viewers of the ipls will increase rapidly...because the ipl team gives nerdgasms nearly everyday ! keep it up! | ||
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Olinim
4044 Posts
On September 22 2011 06:15 devPLEASE wrote: looks like another tournament not worth watching due to the fact that they failed to get Tastosis Pretty sure you've seen them cast enough TvT. Is it really needed here as well? | ||
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McFeser
United States2458 Posts
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ClysmiC
United States2192 Posts
These pools all look so deadly! | ||
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TERRANLOL
United States626 Posts
On September 22 2011 04:54 Liquid`Nazgul wrote: I'm trying to find more info about the open bracket This is what I get from Liquipedia. Playing out groups just for seeding seems a bit over the top. Am I missing something here? Over the top, maybe but... I think they have the tournament format this way so that the spectators get to see games many games from the pros over the course of the whole tournament, and not just when they happen by coincidence. It also removes the randomness of things like... Remember in MLG anaheim where slayers_alicia got knocked out of the open bracket fairly early? I'm sure a lot of spectators were disappointed with that, because they probably didn't get to see too much play from him. However, for a tournament organizer they can put him into the pool play to avoid something like that. | ||
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Ownos
United States2147 Posts
On September 22 2011 06:00 duckTemplar wrote: I feel 16 players advance from the onsite venue is a bit overkill, im not saying the local talent is bad, but I think pokebunny is the only one who lives in tristate who is a GM here, or u can call it metro new york area. I feel there should be more invites than just 8. This is just my option. I know a lot NA master players near here. But we all know how they will stack against the kr masters What makes you think it'll only be local players? | ||
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JustinMartin
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