before someone goes on a rant about Bo1 again remind yourself that OGN is a TV channel with many shows a day and they simply do not have time for 5 Bo3s a day.

it sucks but thats the way it is.

Goatey

United States53 Posts

June 13 2013 02:21 GMT

#108

BO1 is so terrible. I don't understand why they had to do that. The groups are going to be so short and way more volatile. I can understand the excitement of seeing some upsets, but I'd rather have people be awarded for higher skill.

DavoS

United States4605 Posts

June 13 2013 02:22 GMT

#109

Eh, I don't think a Bo1 is a good idea. Too much randomness for a tournament that's supposed to thoroughly test the skills of each player, not just their ability to execute/scout a clever all in. But time will tell.

On June 13 2013 10:05 LuckyMacro wrote:
Not sure if I'd consider group E the group of death, maybe if fantasy and jangbi were both like how they were in BW. Although they do play some nice SC2 sometimes. Kind of excited for the rain vs bomber, depending on which bomber shows up

Ditto, Life and Losira seem like easy favorites. Group G is the only group where I can't predict a favorite. Parting would be my choice if I had to make one, but even that I question considering his ex-teammate Squirtle is there, and Squirtle will probably teach his current teammate YongHwa a thing or two about how Parting plays. And Spernova only has to play TvP so there's that too

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

June 13 2013 02:22 GMT

#110

Bo1 huh? Interesting

Yhamm

France7248 Posts

June 13 2013 02:22 GMT

#111

On June 13 2013 11:21 BLinD-RawR wrote:
before someone goes on a rant about Bo1 again remind yourself that OGN is a TV channel with many shows a day and they simply do not have time for 5 Bo3s a day.

it sucks but thats the way it is.

but that's what they will do in RO16.. with 6 matches instead of 5

NovemberstOrm

Canada16217 Posts

June 13 2013 02:24 GMT

#112

if that was the case then ro16 would also be bo1. theirs actually 0 reason for it to be bo1.

Aflixion

United States191 Posts

June 13 2013 02:24 GMT

#113

On June 13 2013 11:17 StarscreamG1 wrote:
The one with the gom season ticket, will we have access to this?

Yes, there will be a GOM stream for this too.

killer1nz

New Zealand164 Posts

June 13 2013 02:26 GMT

#114

On June 13 2013 11:24 NovemberstOrm wrote:

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if that was the case then ro16 would also be bo1. theirs actually 0 reason for it to be bo1.

it's always been bo1 seems like a pretty good reason to me.

Gary Oak

Canada2381 Posts

June 13 2013 02:26 GMT

#115

On June 13 2013 11:14 emythrel wrote:

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This is why blizzard should impose a universal format. Its slightly different in each region or whether gom/kespa are running the korea one lol.

They should just have ro32/16 as double elim groups, bo3. Then playoffs. Same for "challenger" league. But I think the only way blizz could get everyone working together was to allow them some wiggle room with formats and maps.

Really the map pool, map selection process and veto rules should all be the same too, which ever region you play in.

I would also love to see "Premier League" be all offline, in every region but thats a lot to hope for. Wouldn't be so difficult to force players to have to live in the region they wish to play, in order to be able to play the event completely offline. I mean does MVP play in EU region from Korea? Probably not.

Formats should be universal, yes. I know OGN and GOM are rivals, so it strikes me as pretty hilarious that this gaffe by OGN is making GOM look so much better by comparison. I also agree with the region thing. You should play in the region you're from, and it should be 100% offline. I thought players like MVP playing in Europe was really stupid to begin with.