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Krehlmar
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1149 Posts
October 27 2011 15:32 GMT
#121
Funny how simple yet complex it can seem.

Anyway I'm positively neutral (paradox) to this, don't know if it'll work out but we'll see.

Long live BoxeR!
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Choboo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Sweden2088 Posts
October 27 2011 15:33 GMT
#122
[image loading]

Here's a simplified version.
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Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-27 15:34:50
October 27 2011 15:34 GMT
#123
I'm not 100% sure I get the new format but this seems like a huge improvement, I love tournaments with huge turnover rates for the top players. Keeps things spicy and fun.

choboo you're too smart for your own good
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TMStarcraft
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia686 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-27 15:41:26
October 27 2011 15:38 GMT
#124
There should be a "GOM just gave me cancer of the brain" option in the poll. Guess I'll re-read this in the morning. Thanks for taking the time to explain it to us

On October 27 2011 19:09 sitromit wrote:
So there's no longer really a Code A tournament, there won't be a Code A winner, it's just a qualifier and nothing more... I don't know how I feel about that. It was nice to have Code A finals, we had some good ones...

Yeah Code S finals are guaranteed to be one-sided. Sad to see Code A finals disappear.

@Choboo: I'm cured!
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KazeHydra
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan2788 Posts
October 27 2011 15:40 GMT
#125
Interesting. I like the double elimination type format and that only top 8 guarantee to stay. A little sad that we don't get a code A winner but this is more exciting overall in my opinion. This also makes up for when 2 really strong players meet early on in the tournament.
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VirgilSC2
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States6151 Posts
October 27 2011 15:40 GMT
#126
On October 28 2011 00:33 Choboo wrote:
[image loading]

Here's a simplified version.

This is probably the funniest thing I've seen all day.

I just don't like that Code A gets no real winner but oh well, I kinda like how the GSL is just about one big tournament now basically.
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Wren
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States745 Posts
October 27 2011 15:42 GMT
#127
I like everything except that there's not preferred seeding for the very best Code S finishers. It shouldn't be possible to win one GSL and drop all the way out of the system in the next one.
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moge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States124 Posts
October 27 2011 15:42 GMT
#128
Thank you, Rannasha! Kinda loving this new bracket. Having people flux in and out of Code S should give some more foreigners a chance to sneak in and make a run for it.
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TurtlePerson2
Profile Joined October 2010
United States218 Posts
October 27 2011 15:44 GMT
#129
It's a bad sign when you need a flowchart to explain how your league works. It means that it might be too complicated.
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Stiver
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada285 Posts
October 27 2011 15:45 GMT
#130
I dunno what the OP means, I would go so far as to say this format is a hellovalot simpler than the previous format.

Which is too bad, because I feel like the other format was good, if players had consistency, and the game wasn't constantly changing. However, for this format, code S really is less important than it once was, since it is much easier to get in.
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uMjuzu
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark24 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-27 15:45:47
October 27 2011 15:45 GMT
#131
Nonono... You got it all wrong!
this is the correct simplified version:
http://i.imgur.com/Iwye2.gif

On a serious note, i like the change
Babidibubbe?
DoomsVille
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada4885 Posts
October 27 2011 15:47 GMT
#132
Just a bit too much turnover in Code S IMO.

They went from only the bottom 8 players losing Code S... to the bottom 24. Pretty drastic.

But it is an overall improvement imo.
Animostas
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States568 Posts
October 27 2011 15:49 GMT
#133
I think this format is a lot more interesting, but it's a bit of a shame that there's no more Code A finals
pOtentiaLeaver
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia60 Posts
October 27 2011 15:49 GMT
#134
On October 28 2011 00:45 uMjuzu wrote:
Nonono... You got it all wrong!
this is the correct simplified version:
http://i.imgur.com/Iwye2.gif

On a serious note, i like the change


lol i was having a nose block and this made me blew so hard that im breathing fine now

ViperPL
Profile Joined March 2011
Poland1775 Posts
October 27 2011 15:49 GMT
#135
I really liked the simplified version. Easy to understand and remember, so no confusion coming in the next GSL. Thanks !
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Subversive
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2229 Posts
October 27 2011 15:50 GMT
#136
Good format. I'm not sure why this needed explaining... it's complex but the diagram is pretty straightforward if you read through it.
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uMjuzu
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark24 Posts
October 27 2011 15:50 GMT
#137
On October 28 2011 00:49 pOtentiaLeaver wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 28 2011 00:45 uMjuzu wrote:
Nonono... You got it all wrong!
this is the correct simplified version:
http://i.imgur.com/Iwye2.gif

On a serious note, i like the change


lol i was having a nose block and this made me blew so hard that im breathing fine now




Happy to help you keep on breathing !
Babidibubbe?
RavenLoud
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada1100 Posts
October 27 2011 15:51 GMT
#138
Make group stages bo3 and it will be beautiful.
VirgilSC2
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States6151 Posts
October 27 2011 15:51 GMT
#139
I think all we need now is a way for the top 4-8 in Code A to play against the top 4-8 in Code S so that it's really more of a "losers bracket" and we'd have the most epic tournament ever.
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NeThZOR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa7387 Posts
October 27 2011 15:51 GMT
#140
Thanks for the explanation, this new format seems rather interesting. It's good that the GSL is kept refreshed with all the changes and things.
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