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figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
January 22 2013 20:01 GMT
#121
Please rename title to "MLG Open bracket changes" or something - obviously there will be some replacement for what we call "open bracket"; but the concept isn't gone. My guess is there will be qualifying open tournament instead.
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
January 22 2013 20:02 GMT
#122
Man I cant handle the pressure of all these Esecrets, please have an announcement soon so I can get this weight off of my chest.
VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG
Butterednuts
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States859 Posts
January 22 2013 20:02 GMT
#123
On January 23 2013 04:46 KiF1rE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 23 2013 04:35 Akio00 wrote:
On January 23 2013 04:31 Butterednuts wrote:
Leave it to Team Liquid to already hate an idea that isn't announced yet.


Well said. Before you start complaining too hard, wait until you see what the replacement is. Maybe you'll like it. What a hard concept to grasp.


well the issue with this is, they made an announcement that the community wont like guaranteed. Without offering what is replacing it... And if its online qualifiers or anything of the sort, I wont like it regardless.



How is it guaranteed that the community won't like it? Again, you're still just assuming it's bad.
Chameleons Cast No Shadows
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
January 22 2013 20:05 GMT
#124
On January 23 2013 05:02 Butterednuts wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 23 2013 04:46 KiF1rE wrote:
On January 23 2013 04:35 Akio00 wrote:
On January 23 2013 04:31 Butterednuts wrote:
Leave it to Team Liquid to already hate an idea that isn't announced yet.


Well said. Before you start complaining too hard, wait until you see what the replacement is. Maybe you'll like it. What a hard concept to grasp.


well the issue with this is, they made an announcement that the community wont like guaranteed. Without offering what is replacing it... And if its online qualifiers or anything of the sort, I wont like it regardless.



How is it guaranteed that the community won't like it? Again, you're still just assuming it's bad.


Well I don't see what else they could possibly do that would give new comers a chance to get their name out there. If it's online qualifiers it's better then nothing but still dumb. I was not a fan of IPL getting rid of their open brackets either :/.
When I think of something else, something will go here
MichaelDonovan
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1453 Posts
January 22 2013 20:08 GMT
#125
People making judgments before we even know what Sundance has planned... Trust in Sundance. He doesn't let us down.
InsidiA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada1169 Posts
January 22 2013 20:08 GMT
#126
On January 23 2013 03:09 VirgilSC2 wrote:
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.

Virigl is actually livid.
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2xNoodle
Profile Joined May 2012
United States201 Posts
January 22 2013 20:08 GMT
#127
The Open Bracket is something that has partially defined MLG since before it picked up SC2 and I highly doubt that they would drop it willy-nilly. It's only gone for one event, which is happening a week after HotS' release, and they've said that they'll have something else in its place. Let's not hit the panic button yet.
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Noonius
Profile Joined April 2012
Estonia17413 Posts
January 22 2013 20:08 GMT
#128
mega bracket with only zerg because that's what people want to see. But in all seriousness, I hope they come up with something that's great for the audience to follow
Terran forever | Maru hater forever
xuanzue
Profile Joined October 2010
Colombia1747 Posts
January 22 2013 20:09 GMT
#129
i expect 3 open previous lans one in eastern coast, other in western coast and one in canada
Dominions 4: "Thrones of Ascension".
ReachTheSky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3294 Posts
January 22 2013 20:11 GMT
#130
I hope they aren't trying to make things seem more "exclusive". I've seen enough invitationals with the same sack of players I don't want to see another.
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goswser
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3548 Posts
January 22 2013 20:12 GMT
#131
On January 23 2013 05:11 ReachTheSky wrote:
I hope they aren't trying to make things seem more "exclusive". I've seen enough invitationals with the same sack of players I don't want to see another.

They are.
say you were born into a jungle indian tribe where food was scarce...would you run around from teepee to teepee stealing meat scraps after a day lazying around doing nothing except warming urself by a fire that you didn't even make yourself? -rekrul
Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24422 Posts
January 22 2013 20:12 GMT
#132
A rock, paper, scissors tournament. Winner goes directly to main tournament.
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nGBeast
Profile Joined July 2010
United States914 Posts
January 22 2013 20:12 GMT
#133
have they listed the tournament cities yet?
diplomatten
Profile Joined September 2011
United States43 Posts
January 22 2013 20:12 GMT
#134
I like this idea. There were most certainly problems with the open bracket and it sounds like MLG has found a solution. I'm excited to hear! Worst case, things don't go as planned and we go back to an open bracket format, but there are absolutely better ways to do this. Let's see what MLG has planned.
"I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am"
dubRa
Profile Joined December 2008
2165 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-22 20:17:21
January 22 2013 20:14 GMT
#135
No open bracket for the whole year? whaaat? This is a huge dissapointment for me.

Edit.
Tweet says only in Dallas. Topic name is misleading I think.
Edit.
Title changed
Grimmyman123
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada939 Posts
January 22 2013 20:14 GMT
#136
Probably an online tournament or open qualifier. Get through that, you get into the groups at the MLG.
Win. That's all that matters. Win. Nobody likes to lose.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
January 22 2013 20:15 GMT
#137
I really like the idea of open brackets, it allows for more story telling. The idea of open bracket runs just create everything that people love in starcraft tournaments: drama, tension, stories of underdogs. I hope they do something better than online qualifiers.
User was warned for too many mimes.
TheSir
Profile Joined February 2012
1830 Posts
January 22 2013 20:16 GMT
#138
will see what they come up with, for now there is no sense of jumping on it cause we dont know.
Butterednuts
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States859 Posts
January 22 2013 20:17 GMT
#139
On January 23 2013 05:05 blade55555 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 23 2013 05:02 Butterednuts wrote:
On January 23 2013 04:46 KiF1rE wrote:
On January 23 2013 04:35 Akio00 wrote:
On January 23 2013 04:31 Butterednuts wrote:
Leave it to Team Liquid to already hate an idea that isn't announced yet.


Well said. Before you start complaining too hard, wait until you see what the replacement is. Maybe you'll like it. What a hard concept to grasp.


well the issue with this is, they made an announcement that the community wont like guaranteed. Without offering what is replacing it... And if its online qualifiers or anything of the sort, I wont like it regardless.



How is it guaranteed that the community won't like it? Again, you're still just assuming it's bad.


Well I don't see what else they could possibly do that would give new comers a chance to get their name out there. If it's online qualifiers it's better then nothing but still dumb. I was not a fan of IPL getting rid of their open brackets either :/.


You're still doing it. You're still arguing that there's nothing that can be done that can improve upon the open bracket format. Just calm down and take the news for what it is: an announcement of more news to come.
Chameleons Cast No Shadows
Deathshot
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada29 Posts
January 22 2013 20:17 GMT
#140
A COIN FLIP TOURNAMENT.

One announcement explaining this and the replacement would be much better though
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