On October 28 2011 11:17 red4ce wrote:
Anyone know how they decide which players get matched up against the 4th place player from code S? I feel bad for whoever has to deal with Nestea's wrath after getting cheesed out of the group stages (hypothetical case).

There are effectively 4 groups of 12. They are done like this:

4th in Code S Group
Qualifier

Player who stayed in last season's Code A
Qualifier

4th in Code S Group
Qualifier

Player who stayed in last season's Code A
Qualifier

Player who stayed in last season's Code A
Qualifier

Player who stayed in last season's Code A
Qualifier

The actual players are completely randomly selected.

babylon

8765 Posts

October 28 2011 02:31 GMT

#48

On October 28 2011 11:22 urasyupi2 wrote:
BoxeR vs Dream. Have we ever actually seen Dream play before?

Yes. For TvT, he played that reallllllly long game against Maka. (Lost.)

He's kind of cheesy in TvZ, I remember, but I think he plays pretty standard in TvT. Can't remember much of his TvP, but he knocked out Tester.

Engore

United States1916 Posts

October 28 2011 02:32 GMT

#49

Should be a good set between Tassadar and SeleCT! SeleCT fighting! Your TvP is sick son show it to us!

Teim

Australia373 Posts

October 28 2011 02:34 GMT

#50

I think Boxer has a good chance against Dream. In fact he might even be the favourite.

KunFuSion

United States189 Posts

October 28 2011 02:37 GMT

#51

I feel like the Code S players should play someone that was already in Code A last season instead of the new Code A players. It just seems so volatile and punishing for the Code S players. Granted, the matches will have much more meaning, but I think it takes a bit of spark for getting into Code S itself.

Canucklehead

Canada5074 Posts

October 28 2011 02:37 GMT

#52

Holy, 8 bo3 per day for a possible max of 24 games? Jesus, these are going to be very long days! Remember how long the best day of gsl was? Yeah that was only 12 games!

I know they did 8 bo3 last season for code a, but those were broken up into day and night matches, and this schedule shows they just play all 8 games at usual time.

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?37071 Posts

October 28 2011 02:41 GMT

#53

I am gonna say this now...... BoxeR has show a lot of improvements lately.... and he is going to go far in this Code A...... Will he make it? That's up to him.... but I know for a fact he won't just be eliminated ez pz

McFeser

United States2458 Posts

October 28 2011 02:42 GMT

#54

IdrA actually really deserves that seeding (As a former Code S player and a winner of excellent tournaments) but DeMuslim doesn't deserve this at all.

MuK_x

743 Posts

October 28 2011 02:43 GMT

#55

MvPKeen vs TSLRevivaL:Commander Keen is Commander Keen...RevivaL is ZvT Gosu!definitely great match.

MvPGenius vs TSLSymbol:Genius is sick good but...Symbol is really underrated.Most of foreigners doesnt know him.He was Hwaseung OZ Zerg Neel[fOu] who managed to beat IdrA in MSL

TSLJYP vs QIMSaSe:Expect a super intense PvP,both players so good at PvP

NsHoSeoSage vs oGsFinForGG: Probably my favorite ro48 match up,cant wait for see ForGG analyzes Sage style

Canucklehead

Canada5074 Posts

October 28 2011 02:46 GMT

#56

On October 28 2011 11:37 KunFuSion wrote:
I feel like the Code S players should play someone that was already in Code A last season instead of the new Code A players. It just seems so volatile and punishing for the Code S players. Granted, the matches will have much more meaning, but I think it takes a bit of spark for getting into Code S itself.

No it makes sense because the assumption is the current code A player is stronger than the new code A player because he managed to stay in code A last season and didn't fall to code B. Of course this isn't necessarily true for every player, but in theory it is.

Therefore it makes sense to give some protection to the current code A player by having them avoid a code S player while also giving protection for the code S player by avoiding a current code A player.

Elurie

4716 Posts

October 28 2011 02:50 GMT

#57

On October 28 2011 10:18 Caesarion wrote:

(Z)

FruitDealer vs (P)

Alicia - Both of them seem to be performing better as of late. Will FD finally drop out of the GSL?

So depressing thinking about this. Because he had previously said he'll quit once he drops out of GSL.

KunFuSion

United States189 Posts

October 28 2011 02:55 GMT

#58

On October 28 2011 11:46 Canucklehead wrote:

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Yeah, I know, I can see where they are going with it, but it's just too random. I think this style of matchmaking would better fit a group scenario or something like the old Up/Down matches from before. At least it'd better insure that the best players advance from the groups as intended.

Chances are, a Code S fallout is going to beat a new Code A entry. Whereas the other new Code A entries are paired up against a Code A player already. In a group play scenario each of the new Code A entries would have an equal shot at staying in Code A and the fallout Code S player would have a better chance to redeem themselves instead of going from S -> B.

Groups should look like this:

Code S fallout
Code A from last season
Code A new entry
Code A new entry