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[NASL] Season 3 Grand Finals In Toronto! - Page 9
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Random2732
Canada51 Posts
added to wait list, hoping for ticket T.T | ||
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Sumahi
Guam5609 Posts
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NASL.tv
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The winners of the WildCards will be ordered for Playoffs seeding based on their seed value going into the WildCards. They will then be assigned seeds in the Playoffs according to this order. WildCard Seed 1 becomes Playoffs seed 9, and so on. For instance, Thorzain is seeded as #16 in the WildCards, so if he wins the WildCards, he would be the 8th highest seed, and would then face Puzzle in the Playoffs. Meanwhile, if Ret wins, he is the highest seed player in the WildCards, and thus would face DeMuslim in the playoffs. ![[image loading]](http://nasl.tv/content/uploads/nasls3/nasl_wildcard_playoffs_02.jpg) | ||
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Falconblade
United States1035 Posts
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Lega-
Canada141 Posts
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Liquidsmoke
Canada8 Posts
Think there will be scalpers there? Or is there simply anyone here willing to sell me a spare?  | ||
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jakethesnake
Canada4948 Posts
On June 22 2012 03:08 Lega- wrote: Can anyone comment on the 'wait list' for ticket purchases? Is it sold out? What are the chances of getting tickets if you are on the wait list? Yeah, I'm interested as well. I know its my fault for waiting so long to book tickets, but if more come available I'd love to snatch some up and I'd be interested on hearing if more will become available. | ||
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HoboJoe20
Canada63 Posts
On June 22 2012 04:32 jakethesnake wrote: Yeah, I'm interested as well. I know its my fault for waiting so long to book tickets, but if more come available I'd love to snatch some up and I'd be interested on hearing if more will become available. You're not alone on this mission! and to think, when I went to MLG Columbus, we bought our spectator passes like 2 weeks in advance with no trouble. SC2 comes to Canada ... | ||
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Gatesleeper
Canada300 Posts
You use Ret and Thorzain as examples because Ret is seed 1 and Thorzain is seed 16. If Ret wins, regardless of how the other 7 matches turn out, he's guaranteed to be #1 seed still. If Thorzain wins, regardless of how the other 7 matches go, he's guaranteed to be #8, because everyone else in the wildcards had a higher entry seed than him. But what about the other 14 players? What their final playoff seed is dependent on how the other wildcard matches go. Take Strelok for example. He faces TT1 in his wildcard match as seed 2. If He wins his match, and Ret also wins his match, Strelok's final seed will still be 2, and he will face Stephano in the playoffs. But what if Strelok wins his match and Ret loses? Since Ret is the only player that had a higher entry seed than Strelok coming into the wildcards, that means Strelok becomes the #1 seed, and he faces DeMuslim in the playoffs. For TT1, if he wins and Thorzain wins, he becomes #7 seed, and he faces HerO. But if he wins and Thorzain loses, there is nobody with a lower seed than him (15), and he becomes #8 seed, facing Puzzle. And that's just second simplest scenario for a player. For the wildcard players seeded 3 to 14, it gets even more complicated to the point where there's so much depending on this or that other player winning or losing, they have no idea what their final seed will be and hence no idea who they will be playing in the playoffs. The way NASL.tv explains it, it sounds really straightfoward, but it's only straightforward from Ret and Thorzain's perspective. They know who they will face if they win their match. For the rest of the players, it's a tossup. | ||
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Gatesleeper
Canada300 Posts
On June 22 2012 02:50 Zeppelin535 wrote: Agreed, I am also very upset about this change in format. The regular season seems all the more meaningless. You can get first place in the entire league and you still need to win another BO5 to make it to the offline event. Last season top 2 in your group guaranteed you a spot at the offline finals, which is far simpler a format and far better for the players. Overall very disappointed with this change by NASL. Also, I question whether or not the players are fully aware of this change in format. From watching recent interviews with HuK and him talking about his upcoming tournaments, he lists NASL as if he thinks he's already at the offline finals, when in reality he still needs to win a likely difficult BO5 to make it there. It's not too late to mend the schedule and invite the top 16 to Toronto, NASL! Really, it isn't! | ||
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NASL.tv
699 Posts
Yes, the 4th seeded person in the WildCard race could end up anywhere from 9th to 12th Playoffs seed, depending on who wins that was ranked better than him. If no one in the WildCards who was ranked better than him wins in the WildCards, he becomes the top person to survive the WildCards, and thus becomes Seed 9 in the Playoffs. If everyone ranked better than him in the WildCards survives the WildCards, then he becomes Seed 12 in the Playoffs. This is why the WildCards are wild: how you are seeded in the playoffs is contingent on who else survives the WildCards. The Divisional winners, plus the next 3 highest ranking 2nd place divisional finishers, were all awarded with a guaranteed playoffs spot, just like in the past. The next 16 people simply have to go through one more round of elimination before they can move on to the Playoffs. | ||
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Delleh
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CCa1ss1e
Canada3231 Posts
also.. is there a thread or anyone who's carpooling from London? XD | ||
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nooboon
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Strategos
Canada132 Posts
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NASL.tv
699 Posts
We are working with the venue to maximize capacity. If you are on the waiting list, please check your email for updates. We want to accommodate as many people as possible so that no one misses out on the fun.  <3 | ||
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jakethesnake
Canada4948 Posts
On June 23 2012 08:45 NASL.tv wrote: Tickets Update: We are working with the venue to maximize capacity. If you are on the waiting list, please check your email for updates. We want to accommodate as many people as possible so that no one misses out on the fun. <3Thanks for the update. I actually just got an email saying tickets were available for me 'for a limited time', but when I clicked there weren't any. I'm guessing the limited time is quite short since I checked before I went to sleep and first thing when I got up! | ||
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HoboJoe20
Canada63 Posts
On June 23 2012 22:59 jakethesnake wrote: Thanks for the update. I actually just got an email saying tickets were available for me 'for a limited time', but when I clicked there weren't any. I'm guessing the limited time is quite short since I checked before I went to sleep and first thing when I got up! I too have the same problem (I received my email at 2:30am and by the time I checked it at 9am it was unavailable ...) | ||
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Shiori
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Zeppelin535
Canada262 Posts
Brilliant move with the format change for the finals. I'm also quite pleased at the prospect that we might not even see HuK, Stephano, MC, etc. at the finals depending on how the matches go. Overall very excited for the WCS&CSL event. Should be some top notch play and make for an exciting weekend! That little 8 man side tournament might be decent too. | ||
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