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On October 22 2013 05:58 smogg wrote:Show nested quote +Ties within the top 16 WCS players will be decided by cumulative points earned only in World Championship Series America, Europe, Korea, and Season Finals events. If a tie remains, it will be settled through points earned only in WCS Tier 1 events. If the players in question are still tied, seeding will be decided by coin-toss. This means if Revival gets 1st or 2nd in his Challanger group, he's gonna surpass Naniwa ;( Which would mean that if even a single other player gets 3200+ points, Naniwa is out... T.T
No that's to determine the seed, like 15th and 16th players are tied so to determine if which one will have the 15 and 16th seed. One gets 15th so he plays vs 2nd seed and the other gets 16th and plays vs 1st seed.
For ties for the 16th place to quality it says: (as mentioned previously)
Ties for qualification to the Global Finals
If there is a tie across the Global Finals cutoff, the players in question will travel to BlizzCon to play an offline, best-of-five match to decide who will be seeded into the WCS Global Finals bracket.
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So i guess Blizzard already gave Polt 750 points for this season's finals instead of 500. Are they trying to go for some prediction here?
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high possibility of Jaedong vs Naniwa rematch
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15 koreans and naniwa. LOL! Epic if he manages to get far, but I doubt it.
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ah well they should at least allow seed 1-8 to pick their first opponent. 3 more weeks to go. online watching we only get 2 days worth of matches though i suppose there will be vods later.
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I feel bad for whoever gets in MVPs way.
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On October 22 2013 05:58 redpeople wrote:maru vs bomber? 
I think its Maru vs Taeja
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Pretty legit way to do everything honestly... For once I gotta say I'm completely happy about everything haha
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I hope there are no/few PvP, PvZ, or ZvZ's in the Ro16. I am not particularly rooting for a particular race, but it will be a lot more interesting if it is not all Terrans, even though I enjoy high level TvT.
(Though, if a race has to die out, Protoss can be it. Protoss = considerably higher chance of boring games)
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Naniwa vs Innovation or Jaedong maybe...
:D
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Awesome. I was hoping they would use this exact format, it's the only thing that would've felt right. Totally supportive of this, especially the seeding.
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On October 22 2013 05:55 XaCez wrote:
Feels utterly bizarre to use a different format for the Grand Finals in comparison to both the regional and seasonal finals.
Feels pretty normal to me. BlizzCon is not a season finals. It's way different and bigger. However I would have preferred a double elimination bracket.
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On October 22 2013 04:53 Zealously wrote:
So are we getting another Naniwa vs Innovation stomp? Cool
Actually it's quite possible that Polt or Jaedong will end up no.1
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single elimination bo5 is the BEST system for viewers, not for players but better for viewers
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On October 22 2013 04:51 Kinon wrote:
Bo5 until the finals? That's fantastic! With such top players, it's gonna be a joy watching the tournament.
Yeah, but single elimination
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TaeJa vs Maru omg that would be so amazing
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There is still hope for Naniwa!
Making all the matches Bo5 will make for some sick series!
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On October 22 2013 05:01 Heyoka wrote:
I'm a little sad at single elim 16 player bracket but I guess they gotta do what they can with the time/setup available.
What do you expect? EVERY single pro sport does a single elim when it gets to bracket phase. Do you see teams in the NBA/NFL/MLB getting a second chance when they get knocked out? I don't get why so many people in esports cry for a second chance.... A best of 5 is plenty enough games where the better player will win.
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On October 22 2013 07:48 Boucot wrote:Show nested quote +On October 22 2013 05:55 XaCez wrote:
Feels utterly bizarre to use a different format for the Grand Finals in comparison to both the regional and seasonal finals. Feels pretty normal to me. BlizzCon is not a season finals. It's way different and bigger. However I would have preferred a double elimination bracket.
I think this is fine from a hype and good games point of view, MLG winter used the same system with bo5 single elimination and it was one of the best tournaments ever.
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I feel the double elimination is only really important when people get eliminated in short series. Plus it removes any chance of people crying over any outcome when there are rematches in double elim this way.
I'm very excited for this, although I have missed most of the last major tournaments. As always, go Mvp !
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