• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 14:43
CEST 20:43
KST 03:43
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12TL.net Map Contest #22 - Voting & Ladder Map Selection7Code S Season 2 (2026) - RO8 Preview7[ASL21] Finals Preview: Two Legacies21
Community News
Weekly Cups (June 8-14): Clem and Solar double, PTR tested0RSL: S6 Finals played at BlizzCon 202611Douyu Cup 2026: $20,000 Legends Event (June 26-28)10[BSL22] Non-Korean Championship from 13 to 28 June4Weekly Cups (May 25-31): Clem doubles, 2v2 circuit heads toward finale0
StarCraft 2
General
Daily SC2 Player Grid - feedback wanted TL Poll: How do you feel about the 5.0.16 PTR balance changes? Code S Season 2 (2026) - RO8 Preview Updates to The Core/Core Lite for v5.0.16? RSL: S6 Finals played at BlizzCon 2026
Tourneys
Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) GSL CK #4 20-21th June Crank Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League Douyu Cup 2026: $20,000 Legends Event (June 26-28) Maestros of The Game 2 announcement and schedule !
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
Work In Progress Melee Maps [D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3
External Content
Mutation # 530 One For All The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 529 Opportunities Unleashed Mutation # 528 Infection Detected
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion vespene.gg — BW replays in browser Where is EffOrt? BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Quality of life changes in BW that you will like ?
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL21] Grand Finals [BSL22] Grand Finals - Sunday 21:00 CEST Escore Tournament StarCraft Season 2
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Relatively freeroll strategies Creating a full chart of Zerg builds Why doesn't anyone use restoration?
Other Games
General Games
ZeroSpace Megathread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread Beyond All Reason Total War: Warhammer 40K
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread The Games Industry And ATVI UK Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread [H]Internet/Gaming Cafe Tips and Tricks
Fan Clubs
The HerO Fan Club! The herO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books [TV/BOOK] *SPOILERS* Game of Thrones Discussion [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Formula 1 Discussion Cricket [SPORT] NBA General Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread Facing Challenges in Mobile App Development
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Does Workplace Frustration D…
TrAiDoS
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
I'm an arrogant trash talke…
FlaShFTW
Gauntlet SC2: A Retrospectiv…
Ctone23
Why RTS gamers make better f…
gosubay
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 7485 users

MLG Providence Format - Page 9

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 7 8 9 10 11 18 Next All
zaii
Profile Joined October 2010
Guam2611 Posts
October 17 2011 07:57 GMT
#161
On October 17 2011 16:50 ReketSomething wrote:
WTF. They made this even more favored towards seeded players. Why is mlg so evil to freshies...


No shit this is the Championship. If the players who gained all those points during the regular events didn't gain an advantage it would be messed up, and would make those regular events meaningless.
AxionSteel
Profile Joined January 2011
United States7754 Posts
October 17 2011 07:58 GMT
#162
Would be tough on Mvp and his severe wrist problems to have to play 13-19 intense games or whatever, in a very short time. I hope he competes anyway!

I've just loved MLG and it's tournament format. It's not perfect I know, nor fair to players who can't make every tournament. but as a viewer it's really exciting for me to see who's going to make heroic runs from the open bracket etc. Providence should be absolutely amazing, would love to be there!
Sea_Food
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Finland1612 Posts
October 17 2011 07:59 GMT
#163
On October 17 2011 16:50 ReketSomething wrote:
WTF. They made this even more favored towards seeded players. Why is mlg so evil to freshies...


To encourage people to participate in the other, way lower price pool tournaments of theirs.
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
October 17 2011 07:59 GMT
#164
The advantage that the top seeds get is insanely retarded.
Jim7
Profile Joined December 2010
United States154 Posts
October 17 2011 08:01 GMT
#165
Damn this tourney is gonna be stacked! From that bracket (if they all show) and everyone in that Open Bracket.

I'm guessing that if any 1 of these people don't show then incontrol gets in? But I don't know why any of those top 16 wouldn't show.. Maybe a Korean might not if they have some Code S/A stuff is going on that they MUST attend.
KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-17 08:02:36
October 17 2011 08:01 GMT
#166
On October 17 2011 16:50 ReketSomething wrote:
WTF. They made this even more favored towards seeded players. Why is mlg so evil to freshies...

Remember the NASL where basically every match in the entire tournament before the finals was meaningless and the grandfinals were the real deal? MLG is preventing that, and this is good. Puma winning the NASL was, as exciting as the series vs MC was, a joke. Top seeded players having a big adventage is perfectly reasonable.
Apom
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
France656 Posts
October 17 2011 08:02 GMT
#167
On October 17 2011 16:59 Sea_Food wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 17 2011 16:50 ReketSomething wrote:
WTF. They made this even more favored towards seeded players. Why is mlg so evil to freshies...


To encourage people to participate in the other, way lower price pool tournaments of theirs.

Yeah, it makes complete sense from a business point of view. Not so much from a competitive point of view, unfortunately :/
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
October 17 2011 08:07 GMT
#168
On October 17 2011 17:01 KeksX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 17 2011 16:50 ReketSomething wrote:
WTF. They made this even more favored towards seeded players. Why is mlg so evil to freshies...

Remember the NASL where basically every match in the entire tournament before the finals was meaningless and the grandfinals were the real deal? MLG is preventing that, and this is good. Puma winning the NASL was, as exciting as the series vs MC was, a joke. Top seeded players having a big adventage is perfectly reasonable.

puma had to go through more players and he had to win them all. MC actually dropped sets in pool play, and it's obvious that Puma had the harder road to the grand finals. How is every match before meaningless? If you don't place top 16 in in the pools you don't get to go to the grand finals period. The order in which you place didn't really matter, that's all, but the difference between being first place and 16th and being forced to win 4 more series is just dumb.

Also consider the fact that in no way shape or form are the rankings indicative of higher quality players, just those who have attended more MLGs.
ALPINA
Profile Joined May 2010
3791 Posts
October 17 2011 08:08 GMT
#169
Wow can't believe player who won whole event won't be seeded because someone got more points...

So someone like Haypro who made like 15th place 4 times is more important than gold medal?
You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
zaii
Profile Joined October 2010
Guam2611 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-17 08:12:43
October 17 2011 08:12 GMT
#170
On October 17 2011 17:08 Alpina wrote:
Wow can't believe player who won whole event won't be seeded because someone got more points...

So someone like Haypro who made like 15th place 4 times is more important than gold medal?


The whole objective of the regular events was to gain points, If MVP attended Orlando he would have top 16 seed for providence.
Novalisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Israel1818 Posts
October 17 2011 08:12 GMT
#171
On October 17 2011 17:08 Alpina wrote:
Wow can't believe player who won whole event won't be seeded because someone got more points...

So someone like Haypro who made like 15th place 4 times is more important than gold medal?


If MVP got just enough points to make it in, you'd basically guarantee IdrA a trip to the losers bracket after playing just one best of 3.
/commercial
sixfour
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
England11062 Posts
October 17 2011 08:14 GMT
#172
On October 17 2011 17:08 Alpina wrote:
Wow can't believe player who won whole event won't be seeded because someone got more points...

So someone like Haypro who made like 15th place 4 times is more important than gold medal?


I can't believe people are qqing over this. The thing is a culmination of a CIRCUIT and as such if you can only turn up to one event it is perfectly fine that you don't get seeded

I mean MLG doesn't have a great format, but it is MILES ahead of every other tournament
p: stats, horang2, free, jangbi z: soulkey, zero, shine, hydra t: leta, hiya, sea
ALPINA
Profile Joined May 2010
3791 Posts
October 17 2011 08:15 GMT
#173
On October 17 2011 17:12 zaii wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 17 2011 17:08 Alpina wrote:
Wow can't believe player who won whole event won't be seeded because someone got more points...

So someone like Haypro who made like 15th place 4 times is more important than gold medal?


The whole objective of the regular events was to gain points, If MVP attended Orlando he would have top 16 seed for providence.


Yes, but it's not really fair because getting 1st place is much much harder than going to all MLGs and doing mediocre results. 1st place winners should get more points so they are guaranteed to be seeded imo.
You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
October 17 2011 08:18 GMT
#174
On October 17 2011 17:15 Alpina wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 17 2011 17:12 zaii wrote:
On October 17 2011 17:08 Alpina wrote:
Wow can't believe player who won whole event won't be seeded because someone got more points...

So someone like Haypro who made like 15th place 4 times is more important than gold medal?


The whole objective of the regular events was to gain points, If MVP attended Orlando he would have top 16 seed for providence.


Yes, but it's not really fair because getting 1st place is much much harder than going to all MLGs and doing mediocre results. 1st place winners should get more points so they are guaranteed to be seeded imo.


It could be a rule for MLG 2012, where winners of MLGs get automatically seeded to the final, but honestly, for this circuit, it's not that big of a deal. MVP could easily go through the open bracket as well and then plough through the losers from the seeded group.
geno
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1404 Posts
October 17 2011 08:19 GMT
#175
I wish these major events like MLG IPL IEM and GSL worked more like the Grand Slams in Tennis. ELO/ranking based seeding to determine the bracket (ie first vs last), plus qualifying tournaments for the rest of the spots.

Of course that would require a very organized body that creates and tracks rankings very well as well as sanctions events and tournaments that would count towards those rankings. And such a system would also be complicated by the korean/foreign divide if they were not weighted appropriately or counted separately. Still, I'd love to see the major tourneys working together and coexisting in the same way the Grand Slams do, and setting up something like this would work very well for that.
Creem
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden254 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-17 08:24:35
October 17 2011 08:22 GMT
#176
Hey Motbob please explain to me, or all of us, how a player that's been going 0-5 in the last three tournaments can still be ranked top 16?

Maybe I'm pointing out the obvious, but your seeding/ranking system is far too rigid.
thekoven
Profile Joined July 2010
United States128 Posts
October 17 2011 08:29 GMT
#177
On October 17 2011 12:11 motbob wrote:
Note that Idra is probably not so happy that he got the #1 seed.

Wait why wouldnt he be happy? Is this a typo? Confused I am.
twitch.tv/thekoven
Novalisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Israel1818 Posts
October 17 2011 08:34 GMT
#178
On October 17 2011 17:29 KeithONLINE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 17 2011 12:11 motbob wrote:
Note that Idra is probably not so happy that he got the #1 seed.

Wait why wouldnt he be happy? Is this a typo? Confused I am.


In this particular instance, the #1 seed got the more difficult side of the bracket compared to the #2, #3, and #4 seed.
/commercial
fer
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada375 Posts
October 17 2011 08:39 GMT
#179
Rofl, hilarious how a player will get rewarded less for attending an MLG and completely destroy everyone, than for attending multiple MLGs and get manhandled in every single one of them.

Still mind boggling how a player like MVP can be below ranking points than a player like iNcontroL, jesus.

Can't wait for next season.
WellPlayed.org <3
Creem
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden254 Posts
October 17 2011 08:40 GMT
#180
On October 17 2011 13:13 Lunares wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 17 2011 13:07 Fubi wrote:
On October 17 2011 12:44 Lunares wrote:
On October 17 2011 12:39 Fubi wrote:
Wheres MVP?


MVP only played in one event and is therefore not in the top 16 points wise.

My question, do we know the BoX format here? Is just like all the other MLG events where it's Bo3 all the way through, except for extended series? I would assume it's that way.

Wait, so winning one event isn't worth more points than someone that went 0-6'd in like 6 events consecutively? My mind just imploded!


Remember Incontrol did get 4th in the very first event (dallas). So that's why he is so high. 4th place = 800 points, 1st place = 1200 points. Incontrol only has 1270 points because he got 4x really bad places for another 470 points.


The fact that '4x really bad places' are worth 470 points is just further evidence why this system is fundamentally flawed.
Prev 1 7 8 9 10 11 18 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 15h 17m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
UpATreeSC 327
Livibee 90
BRAT_OK 89
JuggernautJason75
ProTech74
RushiSC 51
CosmosSc2 39
MindelVK 23
StarCraft: Brood War
Sea 719
Soulkey 506
910 21
Sacsri 15
IntoTheRainbow 11
GoRush 10
NaDa 5
Dota 2
qojqva2151
Counter-Strike
fl0m2080
pashabiceps1619
ScreaM1193
x6flipin259
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King101
Other Games
Grubby3194
B2W.Neo774
Beastyqt520
C9.Mang0190
ArmadaUGS115
Trikslyr51
Dewaltoss46
QueenE45
Organizations
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream2889
StarCraft 2
ComeBackTV 350
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 18 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• maralekos23
• iHatsuTV 7
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Migwel
• intothetv
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• HerbMon 29
• FirePhoenix13
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota281
League of Legends
• TFBlade810
Counter-Strike
• imaqtpie739
• Shiphtur156
Upcoming Events
The PondCast
15h 17m
WardiTV Spring Champion…
16h 17m
MaxPax vs SHIN
ByuN vs herO
Solar vs Zoun
OSC
18h 17m
OSC
1d 5h
CranKy Ducklings
1d 15h
WardiTV Spring Champion…
1d 16h
Cure vs SKillous
WardiTV Spring Champion…
2 days
GSL
2 days
Maru vs ShoWTimE
Classic vs Reynor
herO vs Lambo
Solar vs Clem
BSL22 NKC (BSL vs China)
3 days
XuanXuan vs Jaystar
Mihu vs Messiah
eOnzErG vs Dewalt
Bonyth vs Jaystar
TerrOr vs Messiah
XuanXuan vs Mihu
eOnzErG vs Jaystar
Replay Cast
3 days
[ Show More ]
WardiTV Spring Champion…
3 days
GSL
3 days
Patches Events
3 days
BSL22 NKC (BSL vs China)
4 days
Dewalt vs Messiah
Bonyth vs Mihu
TerrOr vs XuanXuan
eOnzErG vs Messiah
Jaystar vs Mihu
Dewalt vs XuanXuan
Bonyth vs TerrOr
Replay Cast
4 days
WardiTV Weekly
4 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-06-16
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Heroes Pulsing #1

Ongoing

IPSL Spring 2026
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 2
Acropolis #4
CSCL: Masked Kings S4
YSL S3
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
SCTL 2026 Spring
Maestros of the Game 2
WardiTV Spring 2026
Murky Cup 2026
Heroes Pulsing #2
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1

Upcoming

CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
CSLAN 4
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Revival: Season 6
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
HSC XXIX
Douyu Cup 2026
BCC 2026
Heroes Pulsing #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.