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No Open Bracket at MLG Dallas 2013

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VirgilSC2
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States6151 Posts
January 22 2013 18:09 GMT
#1
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I'll try and keep as much of my opinion out of the OP as possible, but I do not think this is a good idea, even with all the volatility HotS could bring.
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snively
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States1159 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-22 18:12:59
January 22 2013 18:12 GMT
#2
oooooh my god. "something else planned" IM PSYCHED
i hope its good xD

edit: i mean, what could replace open bracket? has to be something awesome right???
My religion is Starcraft
Cokefreak
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland8095 Posts
January 22 2013 18:13 GMT
#3
That sucks.
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18827 Posts
January 22 2013 18:13 GMT
#4
Sundance ought to know better than to announce no open bracket without an immediate followup, the rumor mill and the court of public opinion are going to go nuts.
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
nihlon
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden5581 Posts
January 22 2013 18:14 GMT
#5
A lottery?
Banelings are too cute to blow up
Mortal
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
2943 Posts
January 22 2013 18:14 GMT
#6
On January 23 2013 03:13 farvacola wrote:
Sundance ought to know better than to announce no open bracket without an immediate followup, the rumor mill and the court of public opinion are going to go nuts.


ANNOUNCING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Oh Sundance.

+ Show Spoiler +
I do hope it's something fun though
The universe created an audience for itself.
mijellin
Profile Joined November 2008
China740 Posts
January 22 2013 18:15 GMT
#7
On January 23 2013 03:13 farvacola wrote:
Sundance ought to know better than to announce no open bracket without an immediate followup, the rumor mill and the court of public opinion are going to go nuts.


Oh no! People will be talking about the event they're putting on! They're going to be soooooo devastated!
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8304 Posts
January 22 2013 18:16 GMT
#8
Desrow leaked this earlier. I agree it's a bad move, but as long as they have a pretty large bracket and several qualifiers it might not be the end of the world.
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18827 Posts
January 22 2013 18:17 GMT
#9
On January 23 2013 03:15 mijellin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 23 2013 03:13 farvacola wrote:
Sundance ought to know better than to announce no open bracket without an immediate followup, the rumor mill and the court of public opinion are going to go nuts.


Oh no! People will be talking about the event they're putting on! They're going to be soooooo devastated!

Chinese Romanians unite!
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
-JoKeR-
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada387 Posts
January 22 2013 18:17 GMT
#10
Well whatever they plan it better be something good
MCXD
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Australia2738 Posts
January 22 2013 18:18 GMT
#11
Lets wait and see what this other thing they have in mind is, first.

If it's simply some sort of kespa qualifier though, meh.
sixfour
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
England11061 Posts
January 22 2013 18:18 GMT
#12
please please please be a swiss format
p: stats, horang2, free, jangbi z: soulkey, zero, shine, hydra t: leta, hiya, sea
SHOOG
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1639 Posts
January 22 2013 18:20 GMT
#13
I'm excited to see what it will be, but I can't help but disagree with this decision. Open Brackets allow for some amazing series.
Alryk
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2718 Posts
January 22 2013 18:22 GMT
#14
I don't agree, but I'm withholding full hatred/sadness/displeasure until I see what they have in store.

I competed at MLG dallas last november, and it was a ton of fun, even though I didn't get anywhere near pool play.
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peanuts
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States1225 Posts
January 22 2013 18:22 GMT
#15
I'm wondering how they're going to fill player space in the championship bracket then...

And even though we don't know what the "something else" is, I gotta say, I'm still really disappointed by this. The open bracket has always been the source of some amazing games, as well as letting up and comers really make a name for themselves.

:c
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Ammanas
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Slovakia2166 Posts
January 22 2013 18:22 GMT
#16
On January 23 2013 03:13 farvacola wrote:
Sundance ought to know better than to announce no open bracket without an immediate followup, the rumor mill and the court of public opinion are going to go nuts.


He only did it cause Desrow leaked it on twitter like 3 days ago...
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mute20
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada175 Posts
January 22 2013 18:23 GMT
#17
I am taking a guess it will be some super extended series -_-
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44334 Posts
January 22 2013 18:23 GMT
#18
Several (open?) qualifiers?

People will probably be immediately angry until Sundance elaborates on this. I have faith in him though
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
RageCommodore
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany912 Posts
January 22 2013 18:23 GMT
#19
Not happy with the absence of the open bracket (it is what made many MLG's great for me), but maybe the replacement will be something really great. Let's wait and see.
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Crazypyro1
Profile Joined May 2010
United States446 Posts
January 22 2013 18:24 GMT
#20
Sounds pretty boring to me. I know the open brackets don't usually pull in that much in terms of viewers, compared to only having known pros participate, but it added something to the feel of MLG that I think will be sorely missed without the open bracket. Everyone loves to see the underdog, but MLG has pretty much completely shut out the chances of one of those story lines.

One has to wonder what they were thinking, especially because I think story lines are more important now than ever to the growth of e-sports.

Judgement: Stupid move, in my opinion.
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