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KingofGods
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1218 Posts
June 14 2013 05:30 GMT
#661
I would say group G is very tough because all 3 of those protosses (Yongwha, Parting, and Squirttle) are excellent PvPers and Supernova is kind of a protoss sniper.

I feel as though some people might be underestimating the firepower of group H.
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
June 14 2013 05:41 GMT
#662
On June 14 2013 12:47 usethis2 wrote:
It hurts my eyes to see Symbol in code S.


Good I hope he blinds you.

Guy gets no credit despite consistently making it far and putting our impressive games.
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GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
June 14 2013 05:55 GMT
#663
On June 14 2013 12:03 Emzeeshady wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 14 2013 11:05 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 10:47 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 10:40 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:52 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:21 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:17 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 08:55 VManOfMana wrote:
On June 14 2013 08:45 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 08:43 VManOfMana wrote:
[quote]

Newsflash: Team Liquid exists long before SC2

Thank you for this irrelevant news i already knew.


Then you'll probably figure out there is people that unlike you, have seen multiple times and can undersrand the merit of the OSL format.

We have seen BO1s all the time in SC2 including the last SC2 OSL. It isn't a matter of not getting the chance to see this format in action, it is just that we have and we disliked it.

On another note will GOM be streaming this along with OGN or are Tastosis sitting this one out?


How many times in the previous OSL was the better player knocked out through cheese in a Bo1? Gom will also be streaming with Tastosis.

Idk, it is a little hard to tell because we didn't know how good a lot of the Kespa players were. All I remember was the games were terrible.


Bo1 doesn't magically make games bad. That makes zero sense. By that logic, you could say that Bo7 is stupid because a lot of GSL finals have been bad.

It doesn't, they are just generally worse in my opinion (and apparently 91% of this forum).

I am obviously still going to give this season a chance, I am just really disappointed that we are three years into this game and some of the best players in the world could get eliminated in just two games from the most prestigious tournament there is (WCS KR).


Most people clearly aren't thinking about this rationally and are just going "Bo1 this is fucking stupid it's now COMPLETELY RANDOM who will make it through and everyone will just cheese and it's a coinflip."

Now your exaggerating. Obviously it won't be completely random and every game won't necessarily be a cheese. There will probably be more randomness and cheesing though.

Even if the games don't turn out to be coin flippy or cheesy I still think that it is very unforgiving to be possibly eliminated after just two loses. I don't want to see my favourite players eliminated because they had 2 games where they didn't play their best and I doubt anyone else does either.

Not to say this will make the entire RO32 crap. I am sure it will be great, I just think it would be better with a different format.


Not exaggerating at all. Some people have literally said that it's now completely random who'll make it through. What about last MLG? Not only was it lose 3 games and you're out, but you only played one person, so if you had a bad match up (Minigun vs Life?) you were just out right away. What about code A? If you lose two games then you're out, and if it's in the Ro48, then you have to go through the prelims, where again if you lose two games then you're out.

It's just the way some things are, and it's the way the OSL has always been. Nobody ever complained about it during Brood War, but since people are used to something different in Starcraft 2, they all freak out about it with absolutely no rationale beyond "It didn't work in 2011" and "The last OSL was bad".
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XtreMe_au
Profile Joined August 2012
Australia412 Posts
June 14 2013 06:29 GMT
#664
Who wins out of Innovation, Flash, Life, Rain, Soulkey? Most stacked Code S in a while ~ particularly cos each of the top 10 (NO NOT YOU HERO) should make it ro16 for the round robin bo3's.... sickkkkk ciiiittttyyyyyy
Sinedd
Profile Joined July 2008
Poland7052 Posts
June 14 2013 06:30 GMT
#665
wait a second.. so who won the last OSL ?

It was Rain right ? I dont remember that well..
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GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
June 14 2013 06:41 GMT
#666
On June 14 2013 15:30 Sinedd wrote:
wait a second.. so who won the last OSL ?

It was Rain right ? I dont remember that well..


Yes, it was Rain.
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XtreMe_au
Profile Joined August 2012
Australia412 Posts
June 14 2013 07:05 GMT
#667
Rain > DRG 4-1 last OSL
Arceus
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Vietnam8333 Posts
June 14 2013 07:19 GMT
#668
look like Round of 32 will feature on three maps: Bel'Shir Vestige, Newkirk Remix & Whirlwind
It's said to reduce players' burden. Fuck
juicyjames *
Profile Joined August 2011
United States3815 Posts
June 14 2013 07:26 GMT
#669
On June 14 2013 16:19 Arceus wrote:
look like Round of 32 will feature on three maps: Bel'Shir Vestige, Newkirk Remix & Whirlwind
It's said to reduce players' burden. Fuck

What? So I'm guessing the opening map will be Bel'Shir Vestige, the loser's/winner's match will be Newkirk, and the final match will be on Whirlwind?
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Fjodorov
Profile Joined December 2011
5007 Posts
June 14 2013 07:58 GMT
#670
All this talk about playing safe as if the skill difference between most of these players is so enormous. Terran is not a reactive race like zerg. If you want to be safe you pretty much have to play safe from the start and give some things. Player A (the better player) will not just auto win in a macro game against player B (the worse player) if player A plays super safe and player B plays greedy. Nobody is that dominant. Thats why there is an element of gamble in bo1 and most of us just think that all of the players work to damn hard to have to settle for a bo1. Thats from the players perspective im thinking now. Dont forget that this is sc2, not bw. Its kind of important to understand that they are different games ^^

From a entertainment perspective I do agree that bo1 makes for more excitement per game and more on the line. It can also produce some cool carefully tailored builds and a chance for a underdog to break through. One of the best things about bo1 is that the show will not last 5 hours, because honestly its not reasonable to have 5 hour show 3-4 days a week. As a spectator and a big fan of e-sports I love watching sc2 but in the future we have to come up with a system that allows for a fair tournament structure for the players and reasonable hours for the spectators.
Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-14 08:20:58
June 14 2013 08:20 GMT
#671
On June 14 2013 12:47 usethis2 wrote:
It hurts my eyes to see Symbol in code S.


Yeah, being amongst the few zerg that even took games from INnoVatioN is completely irrelevant. Guy must be bad as hell.

Seriously...

On June 14 2013 16:26 juicyjames wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 14 2013 16:19 Arceus wrote:
look like Round of 32 will feature on three maps: Bel'Shir Vestige, Newkirk Remix & Whirlwind
It's said to reduce players' burden. Fuck

What? So I'm guessing the opening map will be Bel'Shir Vestige, the loser's/winner's match will be Newkirk, and the final match will be on Whirlwind?


Uh ? How so, it is Bo1...
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NicksonReyes
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Philippines4431 Posts
June 14 2013 08:29 GMT
#672
On June 14 2013 17:20 Ragnarork wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 14 2013 16:26 juicyjames wrote:
On June 14 2013 16:19 Arceus wrote:
look like Round of 32 will feature on three maps: Bel'Shir Vestige, Newkirk Remix & Whirlwind
It's said to reduce players' burden. Fuck

What? So I'm guessing the opening map will be Bel'Shir Vestige, the loser's/winner's match will be Newkirk, and the final match will be on Whirlwind?


Uh ? How so, it is Bo1...

1 <Bel'Shir> 2
3 <Bel'Shir> 4
Winner of match 1 <Newkirk> Winner of match 2
Loser of match 1 <Newkirk> Loser of match 2
Loser of winner's match <Whirlwind> Winner of loser's match

???
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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50600 Posts
June 14 2013 08:31 GMT
#673
On June 14 2013 17:20 Ragnarork wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 14 2013 12:47 usethis2 wrote:
It hurts my eyes to see Symbol in code S.


Yeah, being amongst the few zerg that even took games from INnoVatioN is completely irrelevant. Guy must be bad as hell.

Seriously...

Show nested quote +
On June 14 2013 16:26 juicyjames wrote:
On June 14 2013 16:19 Arceus wrote:
look like Round of 32 will feature on three maps: Bel'Shir Vestige, Newkirk Remix & Whirlwind
It's said to reduce players' burden. Fuck

What? So I'm guessing the opening map will be Bel'Shir Vestige, the loser's/winner's match will be Newkirk, and the final match will be on Whirlwind?


Uh ? How so, it is Bo1...


What I think he means
(Z)Soulkey <Crux Bel'Shir Vestige SE> (Z)YugiOh
(T)Flash <Crux Bel'Shir Vestige SE> (Z)RagnaroK
Winner/Loser match: Newkirk Remix
Consolidation: Crux Whirlwind
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ACrow
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6583 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-14 10:43:04
June 14 2013 08:31 GMT
#674
On June 14 2013 14:55 GolemMadness wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 14 2013 12:03 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 11:05 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 10:47 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 10:40 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:52 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:21 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:17 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 08:55 VManOfMana wrote:
On June 14 2013 08:45 Emzeeshady wrote:
[quote]
Thank you for this irrelevant news i already knew.


Then you'll probably figure out there is people that unlike you, have seen multiple times and can undersrand the merit of the OSL format.

We have seen BO1s all the time in SC2 including the last SC2 OSL. It isn't a matter of not getting the chance to see this format in action, it is just that we have and we disliked it.

On another note will GOM be streaming this along with OGN or are Tastosis sitting this one out?


How many times in the previous OSL was the better player knocked out through cheese in a Bo1? Gom will also be streaming with Tastosis.

Idk, it is a little hard to tell because we didn't know how good a lot of the Kespa players were. All I remember was the games were terrible.


Bo1 doesn't magically make games bad. That makes zero sense. By that logic, you could say that Bo7 is stupid because a lot of GSL finals have been bad.

It doesn't, they are just generally worse in my opinion (and apparently 91% of this forum).

I am obviously still going to give this season a chance, I am just really disappointed that we are three years into this game and some of the best players in the world could get eliminated in just two games from the most prestigious tournament there is (WCS KR).


Most people clearly aren't thinking about this rationally and are just going "Bo1 this is fucking stupid it's now COMPLETELY RANDOM who will make it through and everyone will just cheese and it's a coinflip."

Now your exaggerating. Obviously it won't be completely random and every game won't necessarily be a cheese. There will probably be more randomness and cheesing though.

Even if the games don't turn out to be coin flippy or cheesy I still think that it is very unforgiving to be possibly eliminated after just two loses. I don't want to see my favourite players eliminated because they had 2 games where they didn't play their best and I doubt anyone else does either.

Not to say this will make the entire RO32 crap. I am sure it will be great, I just think it would be better with a different format.


Not exaggerating at all. Some people have literally said that it's now completely random who'll make it through. What about last MLG? Not only was it lose 3 games and you're out, but you only played one person, so if you had a bad match up (Minigun vs Life?) you were just out right away. What about code A? If you lose two games then you're out, and if it's in the Ro48, then you have to go through the prelims, where again if you lose two games then you're out.

It's just the way some things are, and it's the way the OSL has always been. Nobody ever complained about it during Brood War, but since people are used to something different in Starcraft 2, they all freak out about it with absolutely no rationale beyond "It didn't work in 2011" and "The last OSL was bad".

You complain about people who exaggerate and then go on to say the bolded sentence yourself. Hypocrisy much? Especially since your only argument is "it's always been like this in BW".

The rationale, as has been many times stated, is that a sequence of Bo1 makes the more skilled player somewhat more vulnerable to allins/cheese. Of course most of the time the more skilled player will make it through, but Bo1 definitely increases the chances for a cheeser to get through or a lesser player upsetting a championship candidate too easily. That wouldn't be too bad if it was just for some nostalgic Starleague, but this replaces basically the GSL S3, so of course we hold it to a higher standard than if it just was an OSL. You also have to consider that this acts as a qualifier for the next season of WCS, so their messup potentially affects the next season too. That's why a lot of us are upset at this and express their concerns...
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Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-14 08:50:46
June 14 2013 08:50 GMT
#675
On June 14 2013 17:31 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 14 2013 17:20 Ragnarork wrote:
On June 14 2013 12:47 usethis2 wrote:
It hurts my eyes to see Symbol in code S.


Yeah, being amongst the few zerg that even took games from INnoVatioN is completely irrelevant. Guy must be bad as hell.

Seriously...

On June 14 2013 16:26 juicyjames wrote:
On June 14 2013 16:19 Arceus wrote:
look like Round of 32 will feature on three maps: Bel'Shir Vestige, Newkirk Remix & Whirlwind
It's said to reduce players' burden. Fuck

What? So I'm guessing the opening map will be Bel'Shir Vestige, the loser's/winner's match will be Newkirk, and the final match will be on Whirlwind?


Uh ? How so, it is Bo1...


What I think he means
(Z)Soulkey <Crux Bel'Shir Vestige SE> (Z)YugiOh
(T)Flash <Crux Bel'Shir Vestige SE> (Z)RagnaroK
Winner/Loser match: Newkirk Remix
Consolidation: Crux Whirlwind


Oh snap, right. Brain isn't fully functional this morning...

/doh
LiquipediaWanderer
Veldril
Profile Joined August 2010
Thailand1817 Posts
June 14 2013 09:03 GMT
#676
On June 14 2013 17:31 ACrow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 14 2013 14:55 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 12:03 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 11:05 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 10:47 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 10:40 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:52 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:21 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:17 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 08:55 VManOfMana wrote:
[quote]

Then you'll probably figure out there is people that unlike you, have seen multiple times and can undersrand the merit of the OSL format.

We have seen BO1s all the time in SC2 including the last SC2 OSL. It isn't a matter of not getting the chance to see this format in action, it is just that we have and we disliked it.

On another note will GOM be streaming this along with OGN or are Tastosis sitting this one out?


How many times in the previous OSL was the better player knocked out through cheese in a Bo1? Gom will also be streaming with Tastosis.

Idk, it is a little hard to tell because we didn't know how good a lot of the Kespa players were. All I remember was the games were terrible.


Bo1 doesn't magically make games bad. That makes zero sense. By that logic, you could say that Bo7 is stupid because a lot of GSL finals have been bad.

It doesn't, they are just generally worse in my opinion (and apparently 91% of this forum).

I am obviously still going to give this season a chance, I am just really disappointed that we are three years into this game and some of the best players in the world could get eliminated in just two games from the most prestigious tournament there is (WCS KR).


Most people clearly aren't thinking about this rationally and are just going "Bo1 this is fucking stupid it's now COMPLETELY RANDOM who will make it through and everyone will just cheese and it's a coinflip."

Now your exaggerating. Obviously it won't be completely random and every game won't necessarily be a cheese. There will probably be more randomness and cheesing though.

Even if the games don't turn out to be coin flippy or cheesy I still think that it is very unforgiving to be possibly eliminated after just two loses. I don't want to see my favourite players eliminated because they had 2 games where they didn't play their best and I doubt anyone else does either.

Not to say this will make the entire RO32 crap. I am sure it will be great, I just think it would be better with a different format.


Not exaggerating at all. Some people have literally said that it's now completely random who'll make it through. What about last MLG? Not only was it lose 3 games and you're out, but you only played one person, so if you had a bad match up (Minigun vs Life?) you were just out right away. What about code A? If you lose two games then you're out, and if it's in the Ro48, then you have to go through the prelims, where again if you lose two games then you're out.

It's just the way some things are, and it's the way the OSL has always been. Nobody ever complained about it during Brood War, but since people are used to something different in Starcraft 2, they all freak out about it with absolutely no rationale beyond "It didn't work in 2011" and "The last OSL was bad".

You complain about people who exaggerate and then go on to say the bolded sentence yourself. Hypocrisy much? Especially since your only argument is "it's always been like this in BW", lol.

The rationale, as has been many times stated, is that a sequence of Bo1 makes the more skilled player somewhat more vulnerable to allins/cheese. Of course most of the time the more skilled player will make it through, but Bo1 greatly increases the chances for a cheeser to get through or a lesser player upsetting a championship candidate too easily. That wouldn't be too bad if it was just for some nostalgic Starleague, but this replaces basically the GSL S3, so of course we hold it to a higher standard than if it just was an OSL. You also have to consider that this acts as a qualifier for the next season of WCS, so their messup potentially affects the next season too. That's why a lot of us are upset at this and express their concerns...


Well since you are a German, let me quote this "The strong one doesn't win, the one that wins is strong".

Sure the BO1 might make game more prone to cheese or all-in but everyone is under the same condition, with the same amount of time to prepare for the group and series. If cheese/all-in would be more prominent in this kind of format, then a player who know how to prepare both reading the build and the counter of each build more would win. And that itself is also a skill.

So the player who wins deserve it regardless of whether it is BO1 or BO3. It's just different, which is not bad and make things fresher.
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corumjhaelen
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
France6884 Posts
June 14 2013 09:04 GMT
#677
On June 14 2013 17:31 ACrow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 14 2013 14:55 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 12:03 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 11:05 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 10:47 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 10:40 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:52 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:21 GolemMadness wrote:
On June 14 2013 09:17 Emzeeshady wrote:
On June 14 2013 08:55 VManOfMana wrote:
[quote]

Then you'll probably figure out there is people that unlike you, have seen multiple times and can undersrand the merit of the OSL format.

We have seen BO1s all the time in SC2 including the last SC2 OSL. It isn't a matter of not getting the chance to see this format in action, it is just that we have and we disliked it.

On another note will GOM be streaming this along with OGN or are Tastosis sitting this one out?


How many times in the previous OSL was the better player knocked out through cheese in a Bo1? Gom will also be streaming with Tastosis.

Idk, it is a little hard to tell because we didn't know how good a lot of the Kespa players were. All I remember was the games were terrible.


Bo1 doesn't magically make games bad. That makes zero sense. By that logic, you could say that Bo7 is stupid because a lot of GSL finals have been bad.

It doesn't, they are just generally worse in my opinion (and apparently 91% of this forum).

I am obviously still going to give this season a chance, I am just really disappointed that we are three years into this game and some of the best players in the world could get eliminated in just two games from the most prestigious tournament there is (WCS KR).


Most people clearly aren't thinking about this rationally and are just going "Bo1 this is fucking stupid it's now COMPLETELY RANDOM who will make it through and everyone will just cheese and it's a coinflip."

Now your exaggerating. Obviously it won't be completely random and every game won't necessarily be a cheese. There will probably be more randomness and cheesing though.

Even if the games don't turn out to be coin flippy or cheesy I still think that it is very unforgiving to be possibly eliminated after just two loses. I don't want to see my favourite players eliminated because they had 2 games where they didn't play their best and I doubt anyone else does either.

Not to say this will make the entire RO32 crap. I am sure it will be great, I just think it would be better with a different format.


Not exaggerating at all. Some people have literally said that it's now completely random who'll make it through. What about last MLG? Not only was it lose 3 games and you're out, but you only played one person, so if you had a bad match up (Minigun vs Life?) you were just out right away. What about code A? If you lose two games then you're out, and if it's in the Ro48, then you have to go through the prelims, where again if you lose two games then you're out.

It's just the way some things are, and it's the way the OSL has always been. Nobody ever complained about it during Brood War, but since people are used to something different in Starcraft 2, they all freak out about it with absolutely no rationale beyond "It didn't work in 2011" and "The last OSL was bad".

You complain about people who exaggerate and then go on to say the bolded sentence yourself. Hypocrisy much? Especially since your only argument is "it's always been like this in BW", lol.

The rationale, as has been many times stated, is that a sequence of Bo1 makes the more skilled player somewhat more vulnerable to allins/cheese. Of course most of the time the more skilled player will make it through, but Bo1 greatly increases the chances for a cheeser to get through or a lesser player upsetting a championship candidate too easily. That wouldn't be too bad if it was just for some nostalgic Starleague, but this replaces basically the GSL S3, so of course we hold it to a higher standard than if it just was an OSL. You also have to consider that this acts as a qualifier for the next season of WCS, so their messup potentially affects the next season too. That's why a lot of us are upset at this and express their concerns...

Replace greatly by slightly, and then we could start talking about rationality...
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Arceus
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Vietnam8333 Posts
June 14 2013 09:14 GMT
#678
On June 14 2013 17:31 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 14 2013 17:20 Ragnarork wrote:
On June 14 2013 12:47 usethis2 wrote:
It hurts my eyes to see Symbol in code S.


Yeah, being amongst the few zerg that even took games from INnoVatioN is completely irrelevant. Guy must be bad as hell.

Seriously...

On June 14 2013 16:26 juicyjames wrote:
On June 14 2013 16:19 Arceus wrote:
look like Round of 32 will feature on three maps: Bel'Shir Vestige, Newkirk Remix & Whirlwind
It's said to reduce players' burden. Fuck

What? So I'm guessing the opening map will be Bel'Shir Vestige, the loser's/winner's match will be Newkirk, and the final match will be on Whirlwind?


Uh ? How so, it is Bo1...


What I think he means
(Z)Soulkey <Crux Bel'Shir Vestige SE> (Z)YugiOh
(T)Flash <Crux Bel'Shir Vestige SE> (Z)RagnaroK
Winner/Loser match: Newkirk Remix
Consolidation: Crux Whirlwind


Probably that. Maybe people complain about not enough time to prepare for Gwanghalli/Anaconda. While 3-map OSL is not strange, I'd love to see at least one new map They will be added in later rounds though
yrt123
Profile Joined October 2012
Singapore1246 Posts
June 14 2013 09:26 GMT
#679
New maps and random maps and no vetoes and Bo1s and no count map scores for tiebreakers? This is gonna be gud
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
June 14 2013 10:13 GMT
#680
On June 14 2013 16:26 juicyjames wrote:
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On June 14 2013 16:19 Arceus wrote:
look like Round of 32 will feature on three maps: Bel'Shir Vestige, Newkirk Remix & Whirlwind
It's said to reduce players' burden. Fuck

What? So I'm guessing the opening map will be Bel'Shir Vestige, the loser's/winner's match will be Newkirk, and the final match will be on Whirlwind?


Group A
(Z)Soulkey <Gwanghalli Beach> (Z)YugiOh
(T)Flash <Anaconda> (Z)RagnaroK
Winner/Loser match: Crux Bel'Shir Vestige SE
Consolidation: Crux Whirlwind

Group B
(T)INnoVation <Gwanghalli Beach> (Z)Savage
(P)Flying <Anaconda> (T)Bbyong
Winner/Loser match: Akilon Wastes
Consolidation: Crux Whirlwind

Group C
(P)sOs <Gwanghalli Beach> (Z)EffOrt
(Z)soO <Anaconda> (T)Maru
Winner/Loser match: Star Station
Consolidation: Crux Whirlwind

Group D
(Z)Symbol <Gwanghalli Beach> (P)Trap
(Z)Shine <Anaconda> (Z)Curious
Winner/Loser match: Newkirk Redevelopment District
Consolidation: Crux Whirlwind

Group E:
(Z)KangHo <Gwanghalli Beach> (P)JangBi
(Z)Life <Anaconda> (T)FanTaSy
Winner/Loser match: Crux Bel'Shir Vestige SE
Consolidation: Crux Whirlwind

Group F:
(Z)RorO <Gwanghalli Beach> (P)First
(Z)Leenock <Anaconda> (Z)hyvaa
Winner/Loser match: Akilon Wastes
Consolidation: Crux Whirlwind

Group G:
(P)PartinG <Gwanghalli Beach> (P)YongHwa
(P)Squirtle <Anaconda> (T)SuperNova
Winner/Loser match: Star Station
Consolidation: Crux Whirlwind

Group H:
(T)Bomber <Gwanghalli Beach> (P)Hurricane
(P)Rain <Anaconda> (T)KeeN
Winner/Loser match: Newkirk Redevelopment District
Consolidation: Crux Whirlwind

wait what about this?
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