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StarStruck
25339 Posts
You could have just said. No more extended series and everyone would yell HOORAY. It shouldn't take that long to explain the format. Honestly. That and your map pool... I know you guys like editing old maps and such, but really there are guys more qualified for the job. | ||
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RaiKageRyu
Canada4773 Posts
Stage 2 Group Play has replaced Pool Play as the second stage of the Event, and there are some major differences between the two: Group Play is made up of four separate double elimination brackets.
*cough* Kespa Players *cough* | ||
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jobber123rd
United States501 Posts
On July 28 2012 11:28 StarStruck wrote: I love how the boys from MLG make things seem more complicated than they really are. You could have just said. No more extended series and everyone would yell HOORAY. It shouldn't take that long to explain the format. Honestly. That and your map pool... I know you guys like editing old maps and such, but really there are guys more qualified for the job. Extended series can still happen if players rematch in the same stage of the tournament. For example, if the winner of Group D loses to the winner of Group A in the Championship Winners Bracket R1, but then wins against whichever opponent in the Losers Bracket, then A & D would rematch in the Championship Semifinals in an extended series. Also, if the Losers Bracket player wins the initial Bo3 in a non-rematch Group Play Final or Championship Semifinal, then it becomes an extended Bo7. That part of the rules hasn't really changed. | ||
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MangoSnap
United States184 Posts
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Fishriot
United States621 Posts
I guess we luck out with the fact that MLG has good production and entertainment value. | ||
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jobber123rd
United States501 Posts
On July 28 2012 11:24 Hrrrrm wrote: Friend of mine brought up a funny but interesting point. Here is MLG who touts how important their Extended Series rule is and how pivotal it is in determining the "best" player in any given match up in their tournament. Yet here is MLG doing absolutely everything in it's power to GUARANTEE that an Extended Series Grand Finals never occurs. Three stages and double elimination bracket upon double elimination bracket to make sure that the Grand Finals aren't played by two players who previously met where the Extended Series score can carry over. Basically they know about their dysfunctional rule but, don't want to remove it for whatever reason. MLG man the fuck up and remove the rule already. Because if you feel like your Grand Finals shouldn't be played with your "unique" rule then no match in the entire tournament should. The split bracket is more of an answer to the typical anticlimactic finals that pretty much any double-elimination bracket tends to produce. Yes, extended series finals are bad, but it's not like true DE finals are necessarily much better for entertainment value (the single Final series starting at 0-0 trumps both). The split would have happened at some point even if they never introduced extended series. (Somebody at MLG might be a fan of NCAA baseball, as they've been using a similar split DE format for the College World Series since 1988, when they wanted to make their final more television-friendly.) | ||
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Ozell
Canada105 Posts
The only map I don't like is Metropolis, cuz this map seems unbalanced in a bad boring way. | ||
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Torpedo.Vegas
United States1890 Posts
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bLecK
Australia625 Posts
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Fenrax
United States5018 Posts
On July 28 2012 13:05 bLecK wrote: Extended series, dear god let it be gone... I hate to quote without new content but there is nothing more to say. EVERYBODY FUCKING HATES EXTENDED SERIES. Get it away. Totally. At all stages. Kill it with fire. | ||
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rkshox
Taiwan536 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
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densha
United States797 Posts
Obviously I have to echo the main points of the community too: 1) extended series is still the worst idea any tournament has ever come up with and 2) the map pool is so outdated and bad that MLG should be ashamed of themselves. I guess that's all I can say about it. | ||
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The Final Boss
United States1839 Posts
On July 28 2012 12:11 MangoSnap wrote: Gold on Antiga? Why? I haven't seen any tournament that still has gold on that map, let alone a fairly major one like mlg. As a Terran I do love me some Antiga, but please no gold To be fair, the reason why Gold was removed was because it was too strong in conjunction with MULES. Since the tides of balance have shifted a bit, it might not actually be all that bad to add Gold Minerals back in. However, I think that Antiga Shipyard is probably one of the best maps for Terran, so while it is going to make beating Terran harder on that one map, they still will struggle on the other maps. Finding a way to add Gold Minerals to a map that Terrans really struggle with might actually be a decent idea. | ||
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Irave
United States9965 Posts
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Roman666
Poland1440 Posts
I suspect that as well. And please, Shakuras and Tal'darim? There is a reason why people tick them off even on ladder... | ||
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Hunterai
Thailand842 Posts
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Ansinjunger
United States2451 Posts
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Dakure
United States513 Posts
On July 28 2012 15:23 Hunterai wrote: Any graphical representation for the bracket-challenged such as myself? Stage 2 aka Groups: http://wordpress.tools.majorleaguegaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/raleighgroups_a_and_d.png Stage 3 aka Championship Bracket: http://wordpress.tools.majorleaguegaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/raleigh_champ_bracket2.png It's toward the bottom of the OP, fyi. | ||
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mengsk83
Germany519 Posts
business > competition? fuck that... | ||
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