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On April 17 2012 16:34 sunturion wrote:i was absolutely certain i was gonna buy the whole spring pass for 30$ until i realised that Spring Arena 2 is scheduled for may 18th to the 20th aka. the first weekend of Diablo 3s release. i think im just gonna stick with spring arena 1 
mlg really shoulda consulted blizz on the released date for d3 before scheduling an arena for the same week :p
on topic: i can't wait for this weekend. i actually don't mind the 8 player format as it gives me the ability to watch so many top notch games from 2 of my favorite playes (HuK and MKP).
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On April 18 2012 06:31 Cassel_Castle wrote:
How have they not released the format for this yet? I see people claiming it's single and double elimination without any sources. Also to the people claiming pool play doesn't matter, do you realize that since it's an MLG event the pool play results will likely carry over making every series an extended series?
The answer's in the OP (the link at least http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/spring-scii-arena-1-broadcast-details/)
If you read the schedule, you'll notice that on Friday and Saturday there will be pool play, and on Sunday we enter bracket play. Since the times only show "Bracket Round 1-3" and then the finals. Assuming that they show 2 matches at the same time, it would have to be a single elimination tournament, since double elimination would take a much longer time to both show all the games and make it to the finals in the set amount of time.
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United States123 Posts
Format released: http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/big-format-changes-sc2-arena-1/
Some highlights of the new format:
The first stage of the tournament will be a Round Robin in which all players play each other
The second stage is a single-elimination bracket
The Extended Series rule will not link Round Robin matches to Bracket matches
The Bracket will have Best of 5 matches until the Finals, which will be a Best of 7
In the Bracket stage, some players will get a choice of opponents
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On April 18 2012 07:52 MLG-Kyle wrote:Format released: http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/big-format-changes-sc2-arena-1/Some highlights of the new format: The first stage of the tournament will be a Round Robin in which all players play each other The second stage is a single-elimination bracket The Extended Series rule will not link Round Robin matches to Bracket matches The Bracket will have Best of 5 matches until the Finals, which will be a Best of 7 In the Bracket stage, some players will get a choice of opponents
So this will be the first completely extended-series-free MLG SC2 tournament?
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Does anyone know if there is going to be a live audience at the tournament and/or where in New York it's happening?
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On April 18 2012 09:43 Quakecomm wrote:
Does anyone know if there is going to be a live audience at the tournament and/or where in New York it's happening?
The Spring Arena 1 is just like the Winter Arena; it will be held at the MLG Studio and there will not be a live audience.
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Canada1637 Posts
On April 18 2012 07:52 MLG-Kyle wrote:Format released: http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/big-format-changes-sc2-arena-1/Some highlights of the new format: The first stage of the tournament will be a Round Robin in which all players play each other The second stage is a single-elimination bracket The Extended Series rule will not link Round Robin matches to Bracket matches The Bracket will have Best of 5 matches until the Finals, which will be a Best of 7 In the Bracket stage, some players will get a choice of opponents
I am hyped for bracket selection ^^.
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10$ not worthed for this one.
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United States994 Posts
Just wanted to clarify that the Point of View streams for all of the players will in fact be direct views of the actual player screens, no observer.
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'In the Bracket stage, some players will get a choice of opponents''
Wait what  Elaborate ? ^_ ^
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United States994 Posts
On April 19 2012 00:58 Coal wrote:'In the Bracket stage, some players will get a choice of opponents'' Wait what Elaborate ? ^_ ^
http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/competitions/33#event_100_competition-format
Bracket Format
1. After losing a Match in the Bracket, Players will be eliminated from the Event.
2. The Round 1 Matchups will be set by the Player who finished 3rd in the Round Robin Standings. That Player must choose to play the Player who finished 5th or the Player who finished 6th in the Round Robin Standings. The Player who finished 4th’s Round 1 opponent will be the 5th/6th Player who wasn’t chosen.
3. The Semifinal Matchups will be set by the Player who finished 1st in the Round Robin Standings. That Player must choose to play one of the Players who won their Round 1 Match. The Player who finished 2nd’s Semifinal opponent will be the Round 1 winner who wasn’t chosen.
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Still don't understand the PPV thing. The thing I always loved about SC2 tournaments was that they were all free and everyone could watch and join in. But by keeping this PPV thing up, you exclude people who can't afford it. (like myself) Now I don't know jack about economics, but definitely the wrong direction to move in, IMHO.
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I don't like the PPV model in general not just in regard to MLG, I can afford it but I'll just watch something else. I used to watch boxing back in the eighties but they went PPV and I haven't watched a match since. I love MLG, I want them to do well, I just don't like PPV.
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Looking forward to the FPV from the players :D Stoked!
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Sigh MLG keep pushing Pay per view only.
Will never support that.
Dreamhack open is this weekend anyway, and they always have FREE hd stream.
Hope PPV never gets into esport and no one else takes after MLG with this.
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I'm so glad that MLG gave the observer a name and a face. Good observers are seriously the unsung heroes of the pro scene.
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I have only 1 question - is this gonna be free for watching???
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I see a lot of support/indifference for no free stream which I'm displeased by. I know it's all about the money for them, and my voice will change nothing.
But i fell obligated to express my displease with this due to no acting=supporting the things i do not approve.
I hope the people that don't have to think about giving a few dollars to watch MLG will never experience the tough choice between spending the money on this(your passion/hobby/fun) or on utilities, food, or some other essential thing.
This is a bit over exaggerated but i will leave you with this(it has different versions):
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me
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Canada16217 Posts
If you can't afford the stream theirs other events going on and it's really simple you don't have to pay but you can pay. Your not forced to watch the stream, the gsl is free everyday live if you're interested in watching Starcarft 2 .
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On April 19 2012 10:59 NovemberstOrm wrote:
If you can't afford the stream theirs other events going on and it's really simple you don't have to pay but you can pay. Your not forced to watch the stream, the gsl is free everyday live if you're interested in watching Starcarft 2 .
yeah free GSL stream... don't even wanna watch that on my iphone... as light ticket holder you can't even choose between 2 streams when there's a 2nd available... so crappy >.<
not going to support this ppv model, would be fine with an add-sponsored free stream like IPL (but they srsly need a wider variation of ads to not make it such a pain to endure commercial breaks)
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