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Israel2209 Posts
The Top 32 from each of the NA and EU Blizzard Grandmaster ladders will be invited to compete, and anyone else can register for the remaining spots.
So MLG just gave immense value to a spot at the top of Grandmaster on EU and NA, I wonder how this will effect ladder games from players near the top. A lot more silly strategies that only work on ladder like 3-Pylon block etc. ?
The one thing I am most afraid of is all the drop-hackers having their fun with this and wasting everybody's time with drops and disconnects, and we end up with a ladder with fake accounts with 60-1 records.
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MLG why do you always schedule your west coast events at the worst possible time, June 8-10 is the weekend before half of the college students (and most high school students) get out of school. :/
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On March 26 2012 14:56 IoDefault wrote:
MLG why do you always schedule your west coast events at the worst possible time, June 8-10 is the weekend before half of the college students (and most high school students) get out of school. :/
Not really. Most colleges don't use quarters systems (although it is true that west coast has a lot more quarters system type schools, e.g. the one I go to now. it's so weird.)
I would say scheduling the first spring arena to overlap with dreamhack is a bigger error.
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Yeah, like most people I'm confused by the 8 player tournament. I'm not sure if I'd watch that even it's free, especially considering that there will be a better 32 player version of it 1 month later with pretty much all the same players. Although I guess maybe 1 or 2 from Arena#1 might not make it through the "Invite Regional Qualifiers".
If they had to stick with those dates and the crappy open/championship bracket system, then I kinda wish they did this instead:
1. Open Regional Qualifiers: Online, broadcasted. The top 8 from each region gets seeded into Arena#2.
2. Arena#1: NYC. Top 16 from previous Championship. The Top 8 from this event get seeded into the next Championship pools, but cannot participate in Arena#2. The Bottom 8 from this event drop down to Arena #2.
4. Arena#2: NYC. Top 8 from each Invite Regional Qualifier, plus bottom 8 from Arena#1. The Top 8 from this event gets seeded into next Championship pools. The bottom 24 receive preferential seeding in Spring Championship Open Bracket.
5. Spring Championship: Top 8 from Arena#1, Top 8 from Arena#2, Top 8 from Open Bracket.
That way there's actually some incentive to watch both Arena #1 and Arena #2.
What I'd REALLY wish MLG would do: (separate from GSL Code S/A btw)
Month#1: Code B: 3 Online events, single elimination. Massive open tournaments open to everyone not in Code A or S.
1. Top 8 from NA/EU/KR advance to Code A.
2. Viewers vote on 2 additional Code B players per region to advance to Code A.
3. MLG chooses 2 additional Code B players (from any region) to advance to Code A.
Month#2: Code A: 2 Studio events, group play. 16 from previous Code S, 16 from previous Code A, 32 from Code B.
1. RO64: 16 groups of 4, BO3. Top 2 advance and gain Code A. Bottom 2 drop to Code B.
2. RO32: 8 groups of 4, BO3. Top 2 advance and gain Code S. Bottom 2 remain Code A.
Month#3: Code S: 1 Venue event, mix of single elimination and group play. 16 from previous Code S, 16 from Code A.
1. RO32: 8 groups of 4, BO3. Top 2 advance and gain Code S. Bottom 2 drop to Code A.
2. RO16: 4 groups of 4, BO3. Top 2 advance to single elimination. Bottom 2 remain Code S.
3. RO8: Single elimination BO3.
4. RO4: Single elimination BO5.
5. RO2: Single elimination BO7.
And then after that the season resets.
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I hope they just make it an invitational tournament and invite players from 3 different regions rather than just the same 8 players.
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I can see why that 8player Arena is out there. The top 8 this championship more or less played each other, and now they get to play each other AGAIN. And since it's a small tourney, I wouldn't be surprised if there were some BO5.
The result: The rivalries will get hyped up even higher. Another part of the DRG vs MKP story, Huk vs. Heart again, Naniwa vs. Koreans (even though... we'll see what he can do in GSL this time).
All in all... a fair marketing decision, IMHO. The question is... PPV or not?
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So they are testing the water with arenas?
Have an 8 man arena with great players for a very low price, and see if you get a high volume of ticket sales. Then have a bigger arena with a higher price, and so on. It isn't a bad way to test the water and find the price that works best.
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The Top 32 from each of the NA and EU Blizzard Grandmaster ladders will be invited to compete, and anyone else can register for the remaining spots.
The ladder invite seems weird/interesting to me.
It's kinda nice to give People who are not well known a chance to compete, but on the other hand there are a lot of players who don't really play ladder to practice.
i.e. Morrow, don't you agree that Morrow would be able to make top 32 GM? But he practices mostly in customs so he won't appear in the top 32. (Unless he has a smurf I don't know about).
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I want to go to MLG Anaheim. Gonna make it happen.
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On March 26 2012 14:59 Lunares wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2012 14:56 IoDefault wrote:
MLG why do you always schedule your west coast events at the worst possible time, June 8-10 is the weekend before half of the college students (and most high school students) get out of school. :/ Not really. Most colleges don't use quarters systems (although it is true that west coast has a lot more quarters system type schools, e.g. the one I go to now. it's so weird.) I would say scheduling the first spring arena to overlap with dreamhack is a bigger error.
dunno about the us but in canada we get off at april so....
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On March 26 2012 09:33 Childplay wrote:
so no big competictions like last year? just medium arenas every month or so?
wut? the competitions are way bigger than last year because of the regional qualifiers
so europeans and koreans don't have to play open bracket to get to pool play which raises the level of play in the pools by a huge amount
also i think there will still be a season final just like 2011
like the seasons but i really really dislike the idea of an 8 man tournament over a full weekend
tournaments with such few players always seem so uninteresting to me... but it may be only me so
oh and also it seems to overlap with dreamhack which makes this a horrible event 
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MLG bringing back the KBK invitational? 
looking forward to the coming months, worried about ppv though...
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MLG winter Arena #1...i can't wait this great matchs !
Plz, can we have a french stream ?
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I don't think a lot of people will watch arena #1 if it's PPV. Only 8 players as well as DH the same weekend (speaking as someone who bought Winter Arena).
Will definitely be watching Spring arena 2 + Championship tho.
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so guys... Spring Arena, premier championship or not?
I'd say the first one is a major, the second one a premier
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Hmm, Arena 1 overlaps with Dreamhack's invitational...
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On March 26 2012 17:44 Jebusrocks wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2012 14:59 Lunares wrote:On March 26 2012 14:56 IoDefault wrote:
MLG why do you always schedule your west coast events at the worst possible time, June 8-10 is the weekend before half of the college students (and most high school students) get out of school. :/ Not really. Most colleges don't use quarters systems (although it is true that west coast has a lot more quarters system type schools, e.g. the one I go to now. it's so weird.) I would say scheduling the first spring arena to overlap with dreamhack is a bigger error. dunno about the us but in canada we get off at april so....
Every single UC is on the quarter system and gets off the week after (besides UC-Berkeley, which is on the semester system)
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PPV for a 8 players tournament sound a bit lame. =(
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Arena 1 is strange. Can't see that working out too well.
Excited about the Arena 2 and the Championship, though.
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