EPTOn September 07 2016 00:59 rednusa wrote:
What does "Best of 3, Dual Tournament" mean?
What does "Best of 3, Dual Tournament" mean?
Normal, GSL style groups. A vs B, C vs D, Winner vs Winner, Loser vs Loser, Loser 2 vs Winner 2.
KeSPA Cup 2016 announced - Page 7
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TheOneAboveU
Germany3367 Posts
Normal, GSL style groups. A vs B, C vs D, Winner vs Winner, Loser vs Loser, Loser 2 vs Winner 2. | ||
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rednusa
651 Posts
While we have online cups where the two meet, it's not quite the same as a serious offline tournament with big money involved! | ||
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
Having so few global events is one of the major letdowns of this year's WCS system. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On September 07 2016 01:12 paralleluniverse wrote: Is this the first global event of the year? Having so few global events is one of the major letdowns of this year's WCS system. Yeah i think it is. Personally i only have two problems with the system: We have less korean tournaments and we have less "global" events because any global from last year got region locked this year. => It's not nearly as interesting to follow sc2 this year unless all you care for is foreigners winning tournaments | ||
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FrkFrJss
Canada1205 Posts
On September 06 2016 22:34 Eiltonn wrote: Btw what except for Neebs recent run in the Olimo Cup makes people think that foreigners will be able to beat Koreans? I do not mean any offense, but when there is 8 people going through KR only qualifiers + herO, Maru, Zest and Stats the only chance i see for the foreigners is Zest going for a cannon rush lol So Zest will cannon rush....and lose badly right? Besides, once you get past the top Koreans, (and there's no guarantee that only the very top Koreans will make it through the qualifiers) you get to Reality, alive, ryung, and gumiho. And all of those players have been beaten by a number of foreigners. So if (and this is a big if) the best of the best foreigners make it through, they may not be able to beat the top Koreans, but they'll likely put up some good games versus the weaker Koreans who qualify. On September 07 2016 01:15 The_Red_Viper wrote: Yeah i think it is. Personally i only have two problems with the system: We have less korean tournaments and we have less "global" events because any global from last year got region locked this year. => It's not nearly as interesting to follow sc2 this year unless all you care for is foreigners winning tournaments But if you even care a bit for foreigners winning, then SC2 has been very interesting to follow. (Especially how Polt and Hydra were expected to dominate and then did the exact opposite.) | ||
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RedAlice
51 Posts
On September 07 2016 01:18 FrkFrJss wrote: So Zest will cannon rush....and lose badly right? Besides, once you get past the top Koreans, (and there's no guarantee that only the very top Koreans will make it through the qualifiers) you get to Reality, alive, ryung, and gumiho. And all of those players have been beaten by a number of foreigners. So if (and this is a big if) the best of the best foreigners make it through, they may not be able to beat the top Koreans, but they'll likely put up some good games versus the weaker Koreans who qualify. But if you even care a bit for foreigners winning, then SC2 has been very interesting to follow. (Especially how Polt and Hydra were expected to dominate and then did the exact opposite.) Group stage ro16 makes it harder for casual wins. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
Region locking is fine if there is enough "global events" to put it all into context. Like i wanna see this at least every two months or so :/ | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16121 Posts
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Antonidas
United States105 Posts
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
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Blargh
United States2103 Posts
I'd love to see who the foreign representatives are though!!! | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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TriX_sc2
19 Posts
On September 06 2016 19:16 Major wrote: Im tired and i think i speak on behalf alot of ppl of these invites based on points ita totally unfair and really should b removed for next year I am not sure if this has been brought up yet, but isn't any invite unfair to begin with? | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16062 Posts
Maybe we'll see nerchio losing 4:0 to hurricane and speed or something. | ||
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CyanEsports
Canada128 Posts
Its unfortunate that the qualifiers fall so close to Copa Intercontinental. Especially when the race for 8th place is so tight. | ||
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TelecoM
United States10705 Posts
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Elentos
55570 Posts
On September 06 2016 23:50 Ctone23 wrote: Seems only fair to me, but I can respect that argument. Okay, let me give you an example then. Let's assume sOs wins GSL and secures his Blizzcon spot that way. Then the Korean top 8 for Blizzcon is Dark, Solar, Zest, Stats, TY, sOs, ByuN, Dear. Now let's assume the winner of KeSPA Cup gets a Blizzcon ticket. Say, perhaps, INnoVation wins KeSPA Cup. INnoVation only has 800 WCS points, he's far away from the top 8. Even with the points from KeSPA Cup he'd only be at 2300. But because of the guaranteed ticket he would still have a Blizzcon seed and kick out the lowest ranking top 8 player (by points). In this case, Dear, who would have more than twice as many WCS points as INnoVation for his vastly superior performances in Korean leagues (2x GSL Ro4, 1x SSL Ro8) would get cut. In favor of someone who only really performed for the 3 days of KeSPA Cup. On September 07 2016 02:03 CyanEsports wrote: Between IEM Goyang and this, the run up to Blizzcon will be really busy! This will be really exciting! Its unfortunate that the qualifiers fall so close to Copa Intercontinental. Especially when the race for 8th place is so tight. IEM Goyang is in December. | ||
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geokilla
Canada8246 Posts
On September 07 2016 01:49 Shellshock wrote: Neeb 4-0 Maru in the final imo If this happens, then Maru should retire as a pro gamer. | ||
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
On September 07 2016 02:06 geokilla wrote: If this happens, then Maru should retire as a pro gamer. Noonius won't give him a choice in such case | ||
Olli
Austria24422 Posts
On September 06 2016 23:55 stuchiu wrote: Incredibly funny to point out it was fucking Kespa who did it Hey, I did it first D: On September 06 2016 18:59 Olli wrote: It's so incredibly fitting that it's KeSPA who pull out the first and probably only Global Event of the year. | ||
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