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SKT_Rain seeded into GSL Code S - Page 14
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laerteis
United States78 Posts
There is no explanation that can save this massive facepalm. | ||
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Squiggles
Canada54 Posts
This allows for less volatility, a more stable set of players (grow popularity), and have rivalries. It sucks when the top players pick themselves into the same group and get knocked out in RO32. You'll net get the #1 and #2 favorites meeting in the final. | ||
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Gorlin
United States2753 Posts
That said, I trust Chae and I don't think he would do it lightly. | ||
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movac
Canada494 Posts
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tj341
United States147 Posts
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totauksz
Ghana190 Posts
like seeds from top MLG placement (MMA, DRG, MC) or seeds from winning premier tournaments, being really succesful at a time. If i'm correct, 8 seeds come from code S, 12 seeds come from code A round of 12, and other 12 comes from up/down groups, with 2 people advancing from each group it means there must be 6 groups,28 players come from code A, which can't be divided by 6, so there must be 2 seeds to make it a multiple of 6 (or 5). the other way is to make groups have different number of players which makes it slightly unfair (they have less mathematical chance to advance if the group is bigger) so the seeds are justified in this sense, to fill in the gaps of the format also a different way to fill in the gaps of the format is to give direct code s seeds and have 1 less groups consiting of a certain number of players and possible seeds to make it a multiple of the certain number so bottom line, if they have the current format, seeds are somewhat required to make it absolutely even and fair for everybody, but one could argue that the format is fundamentally flawed. anyways the matches they televise are basically a product of the gomtv studio, they make efforts to satisfy the crowd, and I guess we have to be happy whichever format they use because even if they use the stupidest one, we still get the best quality of sc2 from gomtv and they have great services if you buy their ticket. | ||
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Nineball
Norway163 Posts
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Sirvantes7
United States18 Posts
On March 06 2013 22:51 boxerfred wrote: Lol, seeds get more and more ridiculous. HuK got seeded (what for, by the way, he wasn't even on a Code A level), now Rain gets seeded (who is on Code S/A level, yepp), though he already got the chance of qualifying... I don't get that seed stuff anymore. But with latest zerg dominance, GSL gets uninteresting anyways (well, I'm zerg, too), so I'm really rooting for next season's HOTS start!! Huk was seeded to U/D and advance to code S from that. That's totally different from being seeded directly to Code S. | ||
NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
On March 06 2013 22:21 iGX wrote: @ Elite_ what is your reason for level of hate for this? Rain, current reigning OSL champion, high level WCS contender, GSL semi-finalist doesn't deserve this seed? what does he have to do to actually "deserve" it then? Rain deserves this seed more than some of the players that made it into code S for the upcoming season. He's been on tilt in the last couple of weeks but name one player that doesn't go through a slump once in a while... To be honest he hasn't done anything of recent especially after he chose to drop out of Code S once before. I'm not trying to start an argument but I'm just stating the facts. Neither am I saying he does or doesn't deserve the seed. On March 06 2013 23:11 tj341 wrote: I don't think this is Gom's choice. Why would gom voluntarily give Rain another chance when last time he ditched their tournament for mlg? It probably involves another partner of some sort. | ||
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Gruntt
United States175 Posts
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primal
Philippines114 Posts
a seeding always feels undeserved cheering 4 best protoss! | ||
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Gemini_sc2
Norway69 Posts
Soon enough we shall see the announcement with the reasoning behind this decision. | ||
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illidanx
United States973 Posts
stephano drops out of code S and GOMTV needs someone to replace him. He cannot state it right now or he will spoil the whole thing about stephano. | ||
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mikedebo
Canada4341 Posts
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Sableyeah
Netherlands2119 Posts
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Champi
1422 Posts
rain fighting!~~ :D wonder what the soon to be revealed reason for seeding him is?! :O | ||
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Ace Frehley
2030 Posts
On March 06 2013 23:19 Gruntt wrote: Someone prob dropped out and they figured Rain was a good seed, but the person that is dropping out just doesn't want it announced yet. I'm having this impression, too Probably stephano, but he doesn't want to announce it yet | ||
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blackbrrd
Norway477 Posts
On March 06 2013 23:06 Squiggles wrote: The whole Code A/Code S system is messed up anyway. They should have a better method of ranking all players and seed the top 16/24 in the main tournament every time, and everyone else qualifies + wildcards. This is how they do it for tennis tournaments. This allows for less volatility, a more stable set of players (grow popularity), and have rivalries. It sucks when the top players pick themselves into the same group and get knocked out in RO32. You'll net get the #1 and #2 favorites meeting in the final. They had a much simpler system earlier, but you got a stagnant Code S. Not good. The way they have it now gives plenty of opportunities to both Code S and Code A players to move up and down, but at the same time makes it likely that bad Code S players drops down, or good Code A players move up. If you have a bad streak or are in a slump, you can drop down, but for this they have the seeding from other tournaments, which I think works pretty well. A bit unusual that they haven't told us why Rain got the seed. | ||
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zkeller51
United States25 Posts
i hope they seed MMA in to code S too | ||
Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
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