nothing wrong with having invites and making an invitational
invitationals are biased. maybe I will see flash playing, other than that I will be with the eagles stream.
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xuanzue
Colombia1747 Posts
nothing wrong with having invites and making an invitational invitationals are biased. maybe I will see flash playing, other than that I will be with the eagles stream. | ||
Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On February 01 2013 03:37 MLG_Adam wrote: Keep in mind that players from every region declined invites. Adam, you may want to talk about making it a practice to post the players that were invited and declined. I think people would ask fewer questions about the process. I know there are reasons not to publish the invites, but it should be something that should be discussed. Everyone at least understands why players decline invites and people like it when events are up front. | ||
aceofspadess
Finland84 Posts
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llIH
Norway2142 Posts
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MLG_Adam
United States994 Posts
On February 01 2013 03:45 KAB00000000M wrote: Bomber and Flash holy moly! (In addition to all the other awesome players) Best tournament ever! And HotS. I am looking forward to this! Thank you, I needed that ![]() | ||
ACrow
Germany6583 Posts
![]() For some reason I'm really hyped for HotS. | ||
bobsire
Canada296 Posts
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MLG John
United States34 Posts
On February 01 2013 03:01 goswser wrote: This map pool is also a horrible joke. Most of the HOTS maps are so bad none of them are fit for competition. That's something that really remains to be seen, which is why we've decided to include 11 Maps in our Winter Season Showdowns. There's very little data when it comes to Maps being played in HotS tournaments. In fact, I would argue that there is none. Each Player is allowed 3 Vetoes in their Showdown and we will use the Veto/Results data from these Showdowns to decide on our Map Pool of 7 for the Winter Championship. | ||
LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
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ACrow
Germany6583 Posts
On February 01 2013 03:48 MLG John wrote: Show nested quote + On February 01 2013 03:01 goswser wrote: This map pool is also a horrible joke. Most of the HOTS maps are so bad none of them are fit for competition. That's something that really remains to be seen, which is why we've decided to include 11 Maps in our Winter Season Showdowns. There's very little data when it comes to Maps being played in HotS tournaments. In fact, I would argue that there is none. Each Player is allowed 3 Vetoes in their Showdown and we will use the Veto/Results data from these Showdowns to decide on our Map Pool of 7 for the Winter Championship. Looks like a good way to do this. There is actually no way to know which maps are really good for HotS, as there are so few really top level players playing the beta seriously right now. | ||
UmbraaeternuS
Chile476 Posts
On February 01 2013 03:43 MLG_Adam wrote: Show nested quote + On February 01 2013 03:41 UmbraaeternuS wrote: On February 01 2013 03:37 MLG_Adam wrote: Keep in mind that players from every region declined invites. Of course they did. For example, flying from here (latin america) to the US is pretty damn expensive, and the tournament setup is really not that player-friendly... Teams or players won't risk investing in expensive air tickets and hotel reservations if they see no benefit. It's not that much of a "whoa, I don't like that tournament setup" but "whoa, what's in it for our team and me as a player, and what are the benefits?"... Like I said previously, I think the experiment being undertaken is interesting, but too hurting to newcomers and underdogs, and most of all, to teams in general... :/ The winners of the qualifier matches are all flown to dallas and provided hotel. All 32 players will have a fully paid trip. I stand corrected, my good sir. My sincerest apologies for my reckless and uninformed opinion. Now THAT is interesting. Why on God's earth would you reject an invite on those grounds? I'm baffled. | ||
Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On February 01 2013 03:47 MLG_Adam wrote: Show nested quote + On February 01 2013 03:45 KAB00000000M wrote: Bomber and Flash holy moly! (In addition to all the other awesome players) Best tournament ever! And HotS. I am looking forward to this! Thank you, I needed that ![]() Adam, I am also pumped. You have a great line up and I am excited to see the show you folks put on. Are you folks streaming through Twitch? I hope so, since theirIphone app works with my Apple TV. If not, I will find another way to watch, but I have a 46 inch TV that really should have MLG on it. | ||
blade55555
United States17423 Posts
I hope you guys change this as this is very very very disappointing to see. Hopefully this is just a one time thing I will tune in if some good zergs I like qualify still of course ^^. | ||
magicallypuzzled
United States588 Posts
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MLG John
United States34 Posts
On February 01 2013 03:15 iNcontroL wrote: This thread is odd to me. They say the reasons they can't do online quals/open bracket (which they have championed in the past) is because of instability across all the regions.. most people accept that. I don't really see anyone saying the reasoning for that isn't good enough. Then I read a bunch of vague posts about how the picks are biased and no open bracket is bad. When has an invite tourney EVER made everyone happy? It simply isn't possible.. so if we accept the reasoning for why the invites are there, can't we be happy for the tourney itself? I mean, they are doing a hybrid tourney in the sense that there is at least 1 round of qualification which means a full 2x people get a crack at this as opposed to just a straight invite to an offline tourney? Demu wasn't invited, our koreans... yet I can still look at this and say "ok." Ever wonder why Ddoro (inactive) and fenix are invited amongst others? Probably some point system behind that right? It isn't like MLG is super tight with Ddoro... come on. I am obviously very sad about no open bracket.. but after hearing their reasoning and thinking about it.. I have come to a place where I can accept this for Dallas. I know this thread doesn't speak for all of sc2 but I wish more of us would think on a more rational level as opposed to just jumping to boycott or get pissed ![]() Geoff Robinson 2016 | ||
ratbert
Germany1041 Posts
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Rhodon
United States51 Posts
On February 01 2013 03:47 MLG_Adam wrote: Show nested quote + On February 01 2013 03:45 KAB00000000M wrote: Bomber and Flash holy moly! (In addition to all the other awesome players) Best tournament ever! And HotS. I am looking forward to this! Thank you, I needed that ![]() You do so much great work for MLG! I'm very much looking forward to this! Grubby fighting! | ||
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MLG_Adam
United States994 Posts
On February 01 2013 03:53 Plansix wrote: Show nested quote + On February 01 2013 03:47 MLG_Adam wrote: On February 01 2013 03:45 KAB00000000M wrote: Bomber and Flash holy moly! (In addition to all the other awesome players) Best tournament ever! And HotS. I am looking forward to this! Thank you, I needed that ![]() Adam, I am also pumped. You have a great line up and I am excited to see the show you folks put on. Are you folks streaming through Twitch? I hope so, since theirIphone app works with my Apple TV. If not, I will find another way to watch, but I have a 46 inch TV that really should have MLG on it. Thank you ![]() It will be streamed exclusively on Twitch and we have some pretty amazing broadcast details to share. I guarantee not a single person will bitch about it. | ||
Noocta
France12578 Posts
But indeed it's sad to see only invite. | ||
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