EPTThe New GSL Format Explained - Page 4
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DrZz
Romania70 Posts
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sitromit
7051 Posts
On October 27 2011 22:06 razz wrote: Awesome format, and a lot less volatile! A lot less volatile? Are you serious? I doubt many people will continue to think so after their favorite player loses 2 bo1s in the Code S group stage, then loses only 1 bo3 and falls all the way to Code B after 4 games played... | ||
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TedJustice
Canada1324 Posts
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sitromit
7051 Posts
On October 27 2011 22:03 The KY wrote: So, basically, Code A is now essentially the lower bracket of a slightly weird double elim format. I drew in a hesitant breath when I saw Code S Ro16 was groups, but if groups are Bo3 - awesome! Groups are not bo3, see my post earlier in this thread. | ||
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Achaia
United States643 Posts
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lazyfeet
United States468 Posts
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justinpal
United States3810 Posts
On October 27 2011 22:12 sitromit wrote: A lot less volatile? Are you serious? I doubt many people will continue to think so after their favorite player loses 2 bo1s in the Code S group stage, then loses only 1 bo3 and falls all the way to Code B after 4 games played... There are no Bo1s in this format. The entire group stage is Bo3. So if your favorite player loses three Bo3s in a row he doesn't deserve Code S. It is more volatile though.  | ||
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
On October 27 2011 22:14 sitromit wrote: Groups are not bo3, see my post earlier in this thread. Liquipedia page for GSL Novemeber Round of 32 and Round of 16 are Best of 3 | ||
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Lowell
Germany346 Posts
On October 27 2011 22:22 Orcasgt24 wrote: Liquipedia page for GSL Novemeber Round of 32 and Round of 16 are Best of 3 See his post earlier in this thread. Its a tweet saying that groups are still Bo1 and probably will be Bo3 next year. | ||
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Imalengrat
Australia365 Posts
Summary of the changes and consequences - Players can go from Code S to Code B in one season (place 4th in group and lose Code A Ro48). - Much larger potential turnover in Code S: Only the top 8 are garantueed to stay. - Code A is no longer a separate tournament, but it more resembles a loser bracket from a double-elimination tournament. There are no finals as the top 12 advance directly into Code S. - More group-stages in Code S, with the Ro16 now also using this format. I may have read this wrong but does that mean no code A finals? I like most the changes but if this is true I will miss watching awesome GSL Korean finals. Hopefully Code S step it up!!! | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
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Umpteen
United Kingdom1570 Posts
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sitromit
7051 Posts
On October 27 2011 22:21 justinpal wrote: There are no Bo1s in this format. The entire group stage is Bo3. So if your favorite player loses three Bo3s in a row he doesn't deserve Code S. It is more volatile though. Really? http://twitter.com/#!/WoWnStarcraft/status/129530477114699776 | ||
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ThePhan2m
Norway2751 Posts
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ZeromuS
Canada13407 Posts
On October 27 2011 22:27 sitromit wrote: Really? http://twitter.com/#!/WoWnStarcraft/status/129530477114699776 at least next year it will change. He says no time to make the change this year probably due to time restraints and how they have set up the length of the season with regards to other tourneys etc | ||
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Neoattitude
Guam172 Posts
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aebriol
Norway2066 Posts
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Rannasha
Netherlands2398 Posts
On October 27 2011 22:26 Umpteen wrote: Will both code S group rounds be best of one this time around, or just the round of 32? The tweet suggests both... Probably both. Each group-stage has 5 games (Bo1). In previous seasons, the Ro16 consisted of 8 Bo3s, so between 16 and 24 games. Now it'll be 4 groups of 5 games, 20 total. The tweet from Mr. Chae said that there wasn't enough time on the schedule to fit in more games, so it makes sense that both group stages are Bo1, keeping the total number of games to be casted roughly equal to previous seasons (in Code S at least, Code A will have quite a bit more games). | ||
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ronpaul012
United States769 Posts
This will be interesting to see if Terran's still dominate, or if after a few seasons we'll see it more evened out. | ||
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WaSa
Sweden749 Posts
. If not well, you ain't good enough  Previously it was: if you're good enough for code S, you may still not qualify for code S as crazy good players fall to up/down all the time; meanwhile mediocre code S players get yet another lucky run through the up/down bracket and stay in code S. | ||
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