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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On March 18 2014 04:28 ThomasjServo wrote: Helps to avoid some of the rounds that are basically walks anyway like JD vs. a gold Terran etc etc etc. Given JD's recent ZvT I would not be so sure... Anyway, interesting concept, I'm just happy open bracket is back. NA needs ways for unknown players to make a name. | ||
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Cheren
United States2911 Posts
Day 1: foreigners vs foreigners Day 2: foreigners vs Koreans (always hype) Day 3: mostly Koreans, but it's the championship bracket which creates more hype. They aren't going for Europeans since hosting the event in Anaheim means they can't hold it at a good time for EU. | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
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s.a.y
Croatia3840 Posts
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darkscream
Canada2310 Posts
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
On March 18 2014 06:23 Squat wrote: Given JD's recent ZvT I would not be so sure... Anyway, interesting concept, I'm just happy open bracket is back. NA needs ways for unknown players to make a name. So long as he didn't use swarm hosts he should come out on top. | ||
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shid0x
Korea (South)5014 Posts
Or we register when we come to MLG ? | ||
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Cheren
United States2911 Posts
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-Kyo-
Japan1926 Posts
It shouldn't be 50%/50% qualifier spots and only one elimination possibility for a tournament. @_@;; + Show Spoiler + though this is 'just' for pool play, i still think it's important. | ||
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playa
United States1284 Posts
Every game should be a showmatch, and, then, after the game, viewers should vote for who they want to win/advance. That would be swell. Make it happen, champs. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On March 18 2014 12:53 playa wrote: Still treating the NA SC 2 scene as if it were voting for political candidates. Pretty soon, people are going to stop playing and just start campaigning for why people should vote for them. I don't know whether to laugh or play a different game, or both. I still wish tournaments were played out via voting, too. Take it the whole 9. I vote for minigun to win. Every game should be a showmatch, and, then, after the game, viewers should vote for who they want to win/advance. That would be swell. Make it happen, champs. So you're not a fan of the voting? | ||
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playa
United States1284 Posts
If you're going to make a joke/spectacle (in a comical sense) out of NA, then I believe once it is already tarnished... go all the way. Make no bones about what is going on. A fraudulent tournament should be as fun as possible. I'd love to see two people that everyone hates matched up against each other, putting on a show, and then seeing who would win the "fan" voting. Playing games/winning is overrated. It's all about what the people want. Who cares if you won if no one likes you? MLG gets it. They just need to take it a little further. Plansix, you might be a good poster, but... why would anyone vote you into a forum if you weren't as popular as another member? Who cares about quality. That's just so overrated to me. I just don't like half-ass things. I feel like MLG is teasing me. We all want minigun to win. It's all about making the viewers/customers happy. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On March 18 2014 13:10 playa wrote: If you're going to make a joke/spectacle (in a comical sense) out of NA, then I believe once it is already tarnished... go all the way. Make no bones about what is going on. A fraudulent tournament should be as fun as possible. I'd love to see two people that everyone hates matched up against each other, putting on a show, and then seeing who would win the "fan" voting. Playing games/winning is overrated. It's all about what the people want. Who cares if you won if no one likes you? MLG gets it. They just need to take it a little further. Plansix, you might be a good poster, but... why would anyone vote you into a forum if you weren't as popular as another member? Who cares about quality. That's just so overrated to me. I just don't like half-ass things. I feel like MLG is teasing me. We all want minigun to win. It's all about making the viewers/customers happy. You could alway not watch. It's what I do when I don't like something. Rather the posts a bunch reductive comments trying to over play what might be a very minor voting system. Hell it could a vote on what match ups people want to see. | ||
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playa
United States1284 Posts
On March 18 2014 13:17 Plansix wrote: You could alway not watch. It's what I do when I don't like something. Rather the posts a bunch reductive comments trying to over play what might be a very minor voting system. Hell it could a vote on what match ups people want to see. Say I wanted to vote for Avilo. Who cares if you vote in bad players if they always get knocked out in the first round. It makes the whole system so "who cares..." for a lack of a better word. At least give me a chance to vote for bad players to advance a few rounds to make this system not the worst thing possible. I mean, it makes no sense as is. I'd like to vote for nathanias to live past 10 minutes. So maybe the other guy can be forced to go afk for a lil bit. It should be more fan controlled. Just my opinion though. | ||
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-Kyo-
Japan1926 Posts
On March 18 2014 13:17 Plansix wrote: You could alway not watch. It's what I do when I don't like something. Rather the posts a bunch reductive comments trying to over play what might be a very minor voting system. Hell it could a vote on what match ups people want to see. o.o... While I do think Playa is going a bit overboard... Wouldn't you agree that it is odd that half of the pool play spots are only available to those who are invited or voted in to a chance to even participate? I don't think this should mean we immediately shouldn't watch it, but rather, encourage more pool play spots for people who qualify through open skilled environments. This just seems natural >.> + Show Spoiler + Rather than reductive I'd call the aforementioned posts drama-inducing :p | ||
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JustPassingBy
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KaiserJohan
Sweden1808 Posts
On March 18 2014 05:25 MLG_Adam wrote: Are leagues really expected to pay for every flight for pro players? What about sponsors and teams? Agreed, it feels more like the job of the teams/sponsors to fix that | ||
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Lorch
Germany3703 Posts
On March 18 2014 05:25 MLG_Adam wrote: Are leagues really expected to pay for every flight for pro players? What about sponsors and teams? You began to invite Koreans via the partnership with GSL. Of course no organizer ever should pay for flights. Koreans/Europeans need to be able to afford their own flights so they actually pay for grabbing money out of the NA eco-system rather than getting paid to take that money out of the system. | ||
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Alum
United States16 Posts
On March 18 2014 05:25 MLG_Adam wrote: Are leagues really expected to pay for every flight for pro players? What about sponsors and teams? I think this might be the crux of the issue? I get not wanting to pay for KR travel, but I'm not sure why it couldn't have been set up for KR to pay their own way here with a pool spot. I mean, if you think about it from a team perspective, it's a helluva lot harder to make the decision to invest in your player in an open bracket than it is in pool play (guaranteed stage/advertising time) I don't doubt a lot of thought went into this and this was determined to be the best solution for a variety of factors, not all of which are known to us looking in from the outside. It's just a bit unfortunate for those of us who really aren't going to book an entire trip on the "hopes" enough top tier Koreans enter the OB. Either way this is probably the perfect spot to have these sorts of tournament restrictions. There will be plenty of locals who don't have to travel far. I hope this is a really successful event. I shall be tuning into the stream and keeping my eyes open for a potential live event later this year. glgl | ||
MLG_Adam
United States994 Posts
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