On January 23 2013 08:51 Dujek wrote:
I was kinda looking forward to the first HotS open bracket, you know that some noname would come out of nowhere with some crazy new HotS strategy and win the whole thing.

yeah, this is pretty much the worst possible tournament to start cutting the open bracket. if it had been in the middle of WoL I could see where they're coming from.

then again I have no idea what else they have planned.

Aerisky

United States12128 Posts

January 23 2013 03:53 GMT

#263

Something else...?!

What could it be? Really curious, because the open bracket has shown us some nice games.

orllyfools

United States153 Posts

January 23 2013 03:55 GMT

#264

what could possibly be better then a small name or even big name players making amazing runs through the open brackets?

redFF

United States3910 Posts

January 23 2013 04:00 GMT

#265

One of the reasons foreign players and the foreign scene in general are so bad is because of the fact that most foreign tournaments work invite well known players or seed them extremely high when they really do not deserve that invite/seed. Therefore the scene stagnates because it is so hard to win tournaments or get noticed if you aren't getting these invites/seeds.

Terrible idea, all tournaments of this type should have an open bracket.

jmbthirteen

United States10734 Posts

January 23 2013 04:40 GMT

#266

I dont think its for every event that they are ditching the open bracket. Just Dallas. Will hold off on full judgement until the full announcement, but I don't like the cut.

GrapeApe

1053 Posts

January 23 2013 05:01 GMT

#267

While I'm very curious as to what this "replacement" could be...the open bracket has been the most exciting part of more than 1 MLG..so this has me worried.

KookyMonster

United States311 Posts

January 23 2013 05:02 GMT

#268

I'm extremely curious what the plans are.

freakhill

Japan463 Posts

January 23 2013 05:14 GMT

#269

Obviously a set of State-wide league qualifiers

Geos13

437 Posts

January 23 2013 05:19 GMT

#270

The only time I buy subscriber tickets for mlg is when they are have the extra two streams running games that aren't on the main stage just because I love the open bracket.

Disappointed

Skiblet

South Africa206 Posts

January 23 2013 06:43 GMT

#271

I don't like this move to be honest. Whatever it is it WONT be like the open bracket, which is always essential for up and coming players to be able to show face and test their skill. Also pro's that didn't have the time to play qualifiers or previous tournaments etc will not be able to play at all. Bad move tbh.

ReignSupreme.

Australia4123 Posts

January 23 2013 06:47 GMT

#272

Damn, always love me some open bracket upsets

BigKahunaBurger

Australia334 Posts

January 23 2013 06:52 GMT

#273

On January 23 2013 11:09 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:

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Actually you don't know that, because we don't know what the new set up for this MLG is.

Also, it sounds condescending to single them out, out of all the other players.

You're right. Sorry. InControl and Machine aren't the only bad players.

On January 23 2013 11:12 skatblast wrote:

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You forgot lzgamer bro

Much better.

But seriously. I mean, a lot of NA pro players do virtually nothing else but practice and compete for MLG's open bracket.

Not with any success but still.

It's kind of sad that the only thing they do is shut down.

Integra

Sweden5626 Posts

January 23 2013 06:55 GMT

#274

Wonder what the changes will be. Intriguing to say the least.

SniXSniPe

United States1938 Posts

January 23 2013 08:26 GMT

#275

Anyone else worried MLG Dallas will be just a bunch of KeSPA pros with a few NA/European pros (minus NA players like sasquatch, binski, goswser, etc.) trinkled in, with 90% of the pro-gamers (mostly KeSPA) having little practice time for HotS?

Joedaddy

United States1948 Posts

January 23 2013 08:47 GMT

#276

As long as they're not gimping SC2 in favor of another game I'm happy :D

thirtyapm

521 Posts

January 23 2013 10:02 GMT

#277

yeah this better not be an attempt to relocate resources to more profitable areas

Scalepad

Sweden366 Posts

January 23 2013 10:13 GMT

#278

I thought they wanted more storylines? And the open bracket added some sort of storyline, did it not?

Azurues

Malaysia5612 Posts

January 23 2013 10:24 GMT

#279

LUCKY DRAW SESSION

i'll be damned if that happen

Elite_

United States4259 Posts

January 23 2013 10:51 GMT

#280

On January 23 2013 17:26 SniXSniPe wrote:
Anyone else worried MLG Dallas will be just a bunch of KeSPA pros with a few NA/European pros (minus NA players like sasquatch, binski, goswser, etc.) trinkled in, with 90% of the pro-gamers (mostly KeSPA) having little practice time for HotS?

Flash said in his interview he'll be at MLG... and he said he hasn't played HotS and doesn't have any time to... So yes, MLG Dallas will be a bunch of KeSPA players that have never touched the HotS beta and will most likely have less than 12 hours of practice.