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akalarry
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1978 Posts
October 17 2011 04:31 GMT
#81
bittersweet for mvp not being able to get top 16. he would've been guaranteed top 16 if he just came once more, but he couldn't because he was too busy being the best player in the world and completely owning gsl.
Valys
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8 Posts
October 17 2011 04:32 GMT
#82
The question I have is that it seems that Providence will also be awarding points to players. Is that true or did I hallucinate? Was it just true in last years? If it is true, will the $50k prize be awarded to whoever has the most MLG Points from the season? Or, are they just planning on using the points for seeding next year (or thinking about it)?
O HAI
Wren
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States745 Posts
October 17 2011 04:33 GMT
#83
On October 17 2011 13:23 Torte de Lini wrote:
Don't the players in Pool Play still maintain an advantage in ranking because they skip open bracket from the previous MLGs?

Well, being in the pool guarantees a finish of at least 24th. That, plus the exponential point distribution means that it's difficult to fall out of the pools.
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Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
October 17 2011 04:34 GMT
#84
The top 4 barely have to play any games, lol. Wonder what they'll be doing for 3 days before they play their games?
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Pokemonxoxo
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States217 Posts
October 17 2011 04:35 GMT
#85
So since ranked players are seeded, I guess this means the first day of Providence would be streaming the 256 open bracket players. Any idea on which matches they are going to stream or at least how they are going to prioritize which match to stream?
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Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
October 17 2011 04:38 GMT
#86
The #1-4 seeds have to win 1 Match (upper or lower bracket) to earn 3k. That ain't bad!
caradoc
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada3022 Posts
October 17 2011 04:46 GMT
#87
Well BoxeR gets in, so I'm happy.

Ret has a pretty good seed to!

Idra seems to have the worst of luck, but I'm not sure MC will necessarily take out Bomber.

man, just a few hours since MLG Orlando finishes and I'm already hyped for Providence.
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jmbthirteen
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States10734 Posts
October 17 2011 04:48 GMT
#88
On October 17 2011 13:33 Wren wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 17 2011 13:23 Torte de Lini wrote:
Don't the players in Pool Play still maintain an advantage in ranking because they skip open bracket from the previous MLGs?

Well, being in the pool guarantees a finish of at least 24th. That, plus the exponential point distribution means that it's difficult to fall out of the pools.

Pretty sure its top 28, not 24
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Angelbelow
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3728 Posts
October 17 2011 04:50 GMT
#89
Nice work!
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MuseMike
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1339 Posts
October 17 2011 04:51 GMT
#90
Wow, IdrA has a tough opponent either way. Puma, Bomber, or MC.
The.Doctor
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada333 Posts
October 17 2011 04:53 GMT
#91
Something interesting, all T korean except sjow, MC and DRG only other koreans.
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asaed
Profile Joined September 2011
United States1412 Posts
October 17 2011 04:53 GMT
#92
Question: What is the format for the Open Bracket Tournament?

As of now, you have the top 8 from the Open Bracket get seeded into the different Loser Champ bracket slots, and then the bottom 8 from the Open Bracket playing each other... but if the Open Bracket Tournament is played until you get top 4, won't the bottom 8 already be playing each other? So does this mean that the Open Bracket Tournament is basically the same set-up and blood bath as other MLG tournaments?
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motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
October 17 2011 04:54 GMT
#93
On October 17 2011 13:53 asaed wrote:
Question: What is the format for the Open Bracket Tournament?

As of now, you have the top 8 from the Open Bracket get seeded into the different Loser Champ bracket slots, and then the bottom 8 from the Open Bracket playing each other... but if the Open Bracket Tournament is played until you get top 4, won't the bottom 8 already be playing each other? So does this mean that the Open Bracket Tournament is basically the same set-up and blood bath as other MLG tournaments?

Yeah, it's just a double-elimination bloodbath. Fun times.
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MuseMike
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1339 Posts
October 17 2011 04:54 GMT
#94
On October 17 2011 13:27 simmeh wrote:
heh idra vs mc again


If MC beats Bomber, Puma, or whoever comes from open bracket.
TranceStorm
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
1616 Posts
October 17 2011 04:56 GMT
#95
It will be very difficult for anybody to make it through the open brackets - but I suppose this tournament is designed to reward those who have performed well in previous tournaments. To be perfectly honest though, I would rather prefer more evenly distributed prize pools at tournaments rather than a series of smaller tournaments and then one mega-large one.
Ryder.
Profile Joined January 2011
1117 Posts
October 17 2011 04:57 GMT
#96
On October 17 2011 13:51 MuseMike wrote:
Wow, IdrA has a tough opponent either way. Puma, Bomber, or MC.

He won't be playing Puma, do you mean Rain?

Still pretty tough competition for number 1 seed.
GettingIt
Profile Joined August 2011
1656 Posts
October 17 2011 05:02 GMT
#97
Pretty much a guarantee no one from the Open Bracket is going to win this event due to the huge difference in amount of games needed to be played.
Phaded
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia579 Posts
October 17 2011 05:03 GMT
#98
The players you listed are confirmed (obv. not in order)


Top 16 for #MLG Providence: Naniwa HuK Idra MMA KiwiKaki Slush Ret Bomber Sjow Select DRG MC Haypro Boxer Rain Puma.
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kofman
Profile Joined August 2011
Andorra698 Posts
October 17 2011 05:08 GMT
#99
I think this format is a little too favorable towards the higher seeds. Basically, for an open bracket player to win the tournament, they have to win 5x the amount of games that the number 1 seeds have to win. I just seems unfair to me, especially since many of the seeded players are definetly weaker than some of the open bracket players who will be attending. I can't understand at all why Idra would be unhappy about the number 1 seed. Perhaps he wants to be automatically in the finals??
Lunares
Profile Joined May 2010
United States909 Posts
October 17 2011 05:08 GMT
#100
On October 17 2011 14:03 Phaded wrote:
The players you listed are confirmed (obv. not in order)

https://twitter.com/#!/MLGRyan/status/125692190377775104
Show nested quote +
Top 16 for #MLG Providence: Naniwa HuK Idra MMA KiwiKaki Slush Ret Bomber Sjow Select DRG MC Haypro Boxer Rain Puma.


I really hope they all go. Incontrol would be the next and frankly he just doesn't deserve to be up there with the rest of these players and be guaranteed such a spot.
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