Was expecting Roro to be one of the Code S seeds based on his recent performance. Would like to know if there was any method or reasoning behind their seed selections. Also, not a single Kespa Terran seed.

Kleinmuuhg

Vanuatu4091 Posts

August 30 2012 09:39 GMT

#84

Not enough time to prepare for the matches.

Caesarion

Australia8332 Posts

August 30 2012 09:39 GMT

#85

RorO was more deserving, sigh. Still, it's fucking Jaedong.

Quite surprised Flash didn't get a Code A seed. Oh, Proleague rankings.

bgx

Poland6595 Posts

August 30 2012 09:39 GMT

#86

edit: ok so it was based on proleague points...

Still i think Roro is way better than JD in SC2

snowbird

Germany2044 Posts

August 30 2012 09:40 GMT

#87

A reddit user (rbcd) posted this:

Proleague Ranking

Code S:
Rain - 13-6, 7 ace match wins = 495
JaeDong 10-9, 6 ace match wins = 390

Code A:
Trap =11-4, 3 ace match wins = 375
RoRo = 9-6, 3 ace match wins = 315
Effort = 9-8, 3 ace match wins = 315
Shy 9-2 = 270

Barely Missed the cut:
Hero 8-5, 2 ace match wins = 270
Stork 8-3, 1 ace match win = 255
Soulkey 7-7, 1 ace match win = 225
Stats 6-2, 2 ace match wins = 210

wurm

Philippines2296 Posts

August 30 2012 09:40 GMT

#88

As somebody who doesn't follow GSL, do you still need some kind of account to watch live (through GomTV)? Or are there livestreams?

Anyways, fuckin' Jaedong! Hope he does well. Kill them with your death stare!

Grumbels

Netherlands7028 Posts

August 30 2012 09:40 GMT

#89

I will say that constantly using proleague rankings is a bit silly. I'm worrying that the same players will get seeded into GSL, MLG, WCS for months just because of slightly better proleague performance. I think KeSPA could have done something like "performance in last round" instead of overall performance. Or they could have rewarded Roro and Reality for their WCS performance more. (Reality is nowhere to be found in Code A for instance)

I recall reading an analysis for how long it would take to have all the good KeSPA players in the GSL and even if all the KeSPA players were superior to their GSL counter parts it would take way too long. By adding seeds they alleviate the problem so I'm willing to bet they'll seed more players next season also. And of course some KeSPA players will come up through Code A qualifiers.

snowbird

Germany2044 Posts

August 30 2012 09:40 GMT

#90

On August 30 2012 18:40 wurm wrote:
As somebody who doesn't follow GSL, do you still need some kind of account to watch live (through GomTV)? Or are there livestreams?

Anyways, fuckin' Jaedong! Hope he does well. Kill them with your death stare!

You create an account on GOMTV.net and then watch via GOM Player

Looms

United States4624 Posts

August 30 2012 09:41 GMT

#91

On August 30 2012 18:37 snowbird wrote:

Show nested quote +

The seeds have nothing to do with popularity, afaik KeSPA used their proleague rankings (not exactly sure how they work)

A reddit user (rbcd) posted this:

Proleague Ranking

Code S:
Rain - 13-6, 7 ace match wins = 495
JaeDong 10-9, 6 ace match wins = 390

Code A:
Trap =11-4, 3 ace match wins = 375
RoRo = 9-6, 3 ace match wins = 315
Effort = 9-8, 3 ace match wins = 315
Shy 9-2 = 270

Barely Missed the cut:
Hero 8-5, 2 ace match wins = 270
Stork 8-3, 1 ace match win = 255
Soulkey 7-7, 1 ace match win = 225
Stats 6-2, 2 ace match wins = 210

thanks for the info! that seems like a fair system, but its a shame that no terrans could be included.

stipe145

764 Posts

August 30 2012 09:42 GMT

#92

I know JeaDong is more popular but still RoRo deserved the seed more. Also suprised not to see Soulkey,Hero[join] and Flash but get Trap and Shy. I know they are good in proleague but WCS matters more since it is a bigger tournament and Flash should be there since he is Flash.

Weirdkid

Singapore2431 Posts

August 30 2012 09:42 GMT

#93

Random point: Gom should have given 7 seeds

Now poor KT Rolster ends up without a seed while the other 6 teams get one hahaha

iKill

Denmark861 Posts

August 30 2012 09:43 GMT

#94

On August 30 2012 18:39 Kleinmuuhg wrote:
Not enough time to prepare for the matches.

maybe GOM is trying to move away from the preparation-type schedule into a more adaptable one? could make sense with how they're hosting Ro8 to Finals at IPL5.