I really miss the MLG2011 format with open bracket, the 4 winner of the open bracket went into 4 6man group and the (other) 4 runner up played against 6th placed player from the 6man group etc.
MLG2012 format was really boring for me.

I hope the MLG 2013 format is much better than the 2012 one.

renaissanceMAN

United States1840 Posts

January 22 2013 21:37 GMT

#207

"in order to play in the tournament: you must beat ST_Bomber"

wondering what they're going to do though...

Uracil

Germany422 Posts

January 22 2013 21:38 GMT

#208

I hope there is some kind of open online qualifier and not an invite tournament.

Drake

Germany6146 Posts

January 22 2013 21:43 GMT

#209

no open makes it boring, the most intresting players come from the opens, perhaps he make online qualifiers ? no idea still bad

Mun_Su

France2063 Posts

January 22 2013 21:45 GMT

#210

I have a spoil, 100% sure. They will be online qualifier or something like this.

StarStruck

25339 Posts

January 22 2013 21:46 GMT

#211

The open bracket was one of the most interesting things about MLG. ._.

Holcan

Canada2593 Posts

January 22 2013 21:48 GMT

#212

No open bracket sucks, it makes it not worth travelling too, but hopefully Sundance pulls of something like a Kespa/GSL/Dreamhack side tournament for the tournament grounds to be more lively.

L3g3nd_

New Zealand10461 Posts

January 22 2013 21:50 GMT

#213

On January 23 2013 06:30 BronzeKnee wrote:

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The Open Bracket was amazingly awesome. I honestly can't think of a better replacement and that is the problem.

We'll see what happens.

so because you cant think of it means it doesnt exist? thats incredibly short sighted.

Sanguinarius

United States3427 Posts

January 22 2013 21:52 GMT

#214

Hrm, I dont like the no open bracket idea.... but I will reserve judgement until I see this new "announcement"

SupLilSon

Malaysia4123 Posts

January 22 2013 21:53 GMT

#215

On January 23 2013 06:48 Holcan wrote:
No open bracket sucks, it makes it not worth travelling too, but hopefully Sundance pulls of something like a Kespa/GSL/Dreamhack side tournament for the tournament grounds to be more lively.

I wholeheartedly hope this isn't his plan. I've gotta agree with IdrA, it's pretty unfair to players to expect them to perform in more than one tournament simultaneously.

Cinim

Denmark866 Posts

January 22 2013 21:54 GMT

#216

I'm glad, these huge open brackets have always been a complete failure.

Yorbon

Netherlands4272 Posts

January 22 2013 21:55 GMT

#217

This mlg will be a single elimination tournament, beginning with 16 players. Instead of a best of x for each match, there will a best of 2*n+3, where n is the number of times the players have played eachother in previous offline tournaments. This will create extra mindgames and revitalises storylines of the past.

on a more serious note:

On January 23 2013 06:27 BronzeKnee wrote:

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Why would MLG forbid an unknown player comes up with a solid build out and starts taking games off Koreans in a new game? Would that not bring drama and excitement (viewers) to the scene?

I think an open bracket would indeed fit this situation even better then normal.

But maybe their alternative is better, i'm pretty curious as to what they're doing instead.

Al Bundy

7257 Posts

January 22 2013 22:14 GMT

#218

Open tournaments are extremely beneficial to the scene and to eSports as a whole. So they announce the lack of open bracket, but do not announce its replacement or whatever it will be. Classy move MLG.

PVJ

Hungary5221 Posts

January 22 2013 22:24 GMT

#219

On January 23 2013 03:23 mute20 wrote:
I am taking a guess it will be some super extended series -_-

It will be one 500000 minute long match where players are taking over from each other every two minutes on the fastest map possible.

Adreme

United States5574 Posts

January 22 2013 22:29 GMT

#220

On January 23 2013 06:27 BronzeKnee wrote:

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Why would MLG forbid an unknown player comes up with a solid build out and starts taking games off Koreans in a new game? Would that not bring drama and excitement (viewers) to the scene?

One of the highest viewed moment of the last MLG (might have been the highest) was Flash vs Naniwa. Darkhorses dont draw viewers. People dont tune in to see people they havnt heard of, they tune in to see hyped matches and that was a hyped match.