EPTWCS Challenger 2015 matchup season 1. - Page 3
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Supersamu
Germany296 Posts
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SNSeigifried
United States1640 Posts
On January 18 2015 07:18 Supersamu wrote: So after all these qualifiers, this is now single elimination who reaches the actual tournament and the loser gets nothing in return in regards to next WCS Season outside of 50 (?) WCS points? They also get $2000!!! | ||
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Dingodile
4133 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24202 Posts
Happy > Majestic Welmu > Beastyqt Harstem < Serral MaNa > HeRoMaRinE uThermal < Bly ShoWTime < Lilbow BlinG < MorroW TLO > Ret TargA < Kas Snute > PsiOniC Starbuck > FireCake ForGG > MarineLord Nerchio < NaNiwa Bunny > PtitDrogo No bold predictions here I guess. A lot of the match-ups will be really interesting. I'm especially eager to see that Nerchio - NaNiwa clash  | ||
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Die4Ever
United States17676 Posts
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
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Supersamu
Germany296 Posts
Still, it seems a little bit silly that one match decides who gets into the Tournament where they have 2 lives in the group stage and who gets out. I am consistently underwhelmed with the formats in SC2 Tournaments, I wish some would just do floating triple elimination and rely on a robust seeding of the players. But then there would need to be a good (official) rating system, and that might be hard, since the regions are kind of disjunct with the regionlock and all. Not to mention that I think group play is awful. But I will still watch, since the matches will be good. I am surprised we don't see pro players complaining about the formats, though. I guess they value knowing their possible opponents sooner more than a more fair tournament format. | ||
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stardog
556 Posts
Given NaNi's recent inactivity Nerchio should be strongly favored but I think NaNiwa is significantly better in preparation for special occasions, whereas Nerchio often is stuck in tunnel vision when it comes to the metagame. Or it might just come down to who better handles mind games  | ||
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Holdenintherye
Canada1441 Posts
My body is ready | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
.Just look how the chat of the first game starts, fuck this will be good! | ||
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
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BaneRiders
Sweden3630 Posts
On January 18 2015 06:00 rotta wrote: The first day smells like hockey gifs... lmao, bring it on! | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
Sweden and Finland fighting about hockey... that's cute. | ||
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KingAlphard
Italy1705 Posts
On January 18 2015 07:27 Supersamu wrote: Still, it seems a little bit silly that one match decides who gets into the Tournament where they have 2 lives in the group stage and who gets out. I am consistently underwhelmed with the formats in SC2 Tournaments, I wish some would just do floating triple elimination and rely on a robust seeding of the players. But then there would need to be a good (official) rating system, and that might be hard, since the regions are kind of disjunct with the regionlock and all. Not to mention that I think group play is awful. But I will still watch, since the matches will be good. I am surprised we don't see pro players complaining about the formats, though. I guess they value knowing their possible opponents sooner more than a more fair tournament format. In 2013 they used 4 player groups for challenger league too. I don't understand why they changed it. | ||
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Fishriot
United States621 Posts
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Yhamm
France7248 Posts
On January 18 2015 07:21 Dingodile wrote: online or offline? online all premier matches are offline though | ||
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Alchemik
Poland7124 Posts
On January 18 2015 08:01 Yhamm wrote: online all premier matches are offline though oh really? that's cool | ||
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On January 18 2015 07:27 Supersamu wrote: Still, it seems a little bit silly that one match decides who gets into the Tournament where they have 2 lives in the group stage and who gets out. I am consistently underwhelmed with the formats in SC2 Tournaments, I wish some would just do floating triple elimination and rely on a robust seeding of the players. But then there would need to be a good (official) rating system, and that might be hard, since the regions are kind of disjunct with the regionlock and all. Not to mention that I think group play is awful. But I will still watch, since the matches will be good. I am surprised we don't see pro players complaining about the formats, though. I guess they value knowing their possible opponents sooner more than a more fair tournament format. I think this is a better format, I prefer having matches where there is a lot on the line for every match. $2000 and the notoriety gained is more than enough of a reward for getting through the qualifier, IMO. If you think about it, in most major sports the playoffs are huge high-stakes games after they've been fighting for a really long time to get there. In American football it's even Bo1. This creates a more hype atmosphere for every playoff match since you work the entire season for that one moment. WCS has three seasons a year so I see nothing wrong with it really. | ||
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Skynx
Turkey7150 Posts
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MrMotionPicture
United States4327 Posts
Nerchio vs Naniwa is going to be a good one to see. | ||
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