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Foregone Conclusion? Finland wins NationWars 2019 - Page 2

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sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8218 Posts
December 11 2019 15:11 GMT
#21
PS. If the announcement of the tournament was announced early enough that players had a whole season to try to reach GM and become eligible before the vote was held, this could make people highly motivated to practice and reach GM.
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
December 11 2019 15:20 GMT
#22
And if they d struggle to get GM, they could just try it on NA
MaxPax
franzji
Profile Joined September 2013
United States583 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-11 16:37:58
December 11 2019 16:33 GMT
#23
Perfectly balanced format, I think people are already forgetting that Canada almost beat South Korea. The United States also had some upsets and hype (USA vs. Netherlands).

The upset in the finals was great too. Letting the Koreans have 1 less shot at Serral is a big deal (Serral did lose 1 game in the finals).

Maybe Reynor, Serral (or zerg) are just too good at the game and that is why their nations went so far.
Tommy131313
Profile Joined May 2016
Germany157 Posts
December 11 2019 17:45 GMT
#24
Great format, please keep it in future iterations! Everything was fine for me, from the online Qualifiers and RO24 to those great playoffs and finally the offline finals.

Only thing, that could be tweaked imho is the way to choose teams. Maybe try some national competition? Could be great motivation for lower tier players to improve. And at least some of the national competitions would likely be streamed by national community casters...
ZugzwangSC
Profile Joined October 2019
87 Posts
December 11 2019 18:23 GMT
#25
This Seral guy, he kinda sounds like he might be an ok player.

(Great write up, Wax!!)
www.youtube.com/c/zugzwangstarcraft
fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4121 Posts
December 11 2019 19:34 GMT
#26
On December 12 2019 03:23 ZugzwangSC wrote:
This Seral guy, he kinda sounds like he might be an ok player.

(Great write up, Wax!!)


he cant beat computer, what's up with that
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ZugzwangSC
Profile Joined October 2019
87 Posts
December 11 2019 21:15 GMT
#27
Serral's so good he makes it look like he's losing -- he secretly lets Alpha Star win.

It's part of his long range plan to defer Skynet's Judgment Day.
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UnLarva
Profile Joined March 2019
458 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-11 22:02:01
December 11 2019 22:01 GMT
#28
On December 12 2019 06:15 ZugzwangSC wrote:
Serral's so good he makes it look like he's losing -- he secretly lets Alpha Star win.

It's part of his long range plan to defer Skynet's Judgment Day.


Yeah. "Better not to teach these strats to Alpha."

How much I'd like to say its not all about Serral, somehow all trajectories end to there... at to the skull pile around and beneath of his divine throne.

I loved his casual Finnish comments in SC2.Fi V9 about games earlier today. He played games in his mind from both sides simultaneously, and his pre-insight was spot on... and when it wasn't there was a plunder by a player.

Mostly Finnish audience in the stream acted just like would've been expected. Serral's Aura transcended through everything...

"It's nice"
Part-time Serralogist
Xamo
Profile Joined April 2012
Spain886 Posts
December 11 2019 23:21 GMT
#29
The format is nice right now. A full Proleague format would be always won by Korea, whereas now both Finland and Korea have options.
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8991 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-11 23:51:24
December 11 2019 23:50 GMT
#30
On December 12 2019 08:21 Xamo wrote:
The format is nice right now. A full Proleague format would be always won by Korea, whereas now both Finland and Korea have options.


I feel like France, Germany and China would also have a decent shot. CTC format is the best imo
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virpi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany3599 Posts
December 12 2019 05:53 GMT
#31
The Finland victory reminds me of Jaedong carrying Hwaseung Oz back in the day. Moustache zerg would be proud of Serral.
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OGamingTV SC2
Profile Joined March 2013
France84 Posts
December 12 2019 08:01 GMT
#32
Hello,

Thank you for the feedback on NW. Let's us know what did you think about the format etc. W'll look into it !

But for the 2v2 part. We clearly wanted put it in the format. Since it is a real team match. Instead of just having 1v1.
But noone plays it at high level. And one of the reason it's beacause it's really imbalanced and often boring. 2v2 in W3 was a lot of fun. But it turn's out it's not really the case in SC2.
I watched the 2v2 in Crank TL. And there were only 1 good match in all the season. It's totaly not worth it.
We can't just compare "hey look, in tennis there is a 2v2 at some point so let's do the same". We need to look at what's working the best in SC2 first.
O'GamingTV Crew !
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12133 Posts
December 12 2019 08:04 GMT
#33
On December 12 2019 17:01 OGamingTV SC2 wrote:
Hello,

Thank you for the feedback on NW. Let's us know what did you think about the format etc. W'll look into it !

But for the 2v2 part. We clearly wanted put it in the format. Since it is a real team match. Instead of just having 1v1.
But noone plays it at high level. And one of the reason it's beacause it's really imbalanced and often boring. 2v2 in W3 was a lot of fun. But it turn's out it's not really the case in SC2.
I watched the 2v2 in Crank TL. And there were only 1 good match in all the season. It's totaly not worth it.
We can't just compare "hey look, in tennis there is a 2v2 at some point so let's do the same". We need to look at what's working the best in SC2 first.

Hey, look, it's a team league and it was won by one player.

This sounds way better
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
OGamingTV SC2
Profile Joined March 2013
France84 Posts
December 12 2019 08:14 GMT
#34
Yes, a TL won by one player.
But if we just did:
A1 vs A2
B1 vs B2
C1 vs C2

90% of matches would have been decided just by the line up. We just can't do this format in 2019. Because most of the country don't have 3 pro players. It just would have been a pointless format. With almost 0 entertainment. It's why we just not only have to think at "what's working in SC2". But "what's working in SC2 in 2019".
O'GamingTV Crew !
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12133 Posts
December 12 2019 08:17 GMT
#35
On December 12 2019 17:14 OGamingTV SC2 wrote:
Yes, a TL won by one player.
But if we just did:
A1 vs A2
B1 vs B2
C1 vs C2

90% of matches would have been decided just by the line up. We just can't do this format in 2019. Because most of the country don't have 3 pro players. It just would have been a pointless format. With almost 0 entertainment. It's why we just not only have to think at "what's working in SC2". But "what's working in SC2 in 2019".

Look at my earlier post, I actually aknowledged this. But sorry not sorry, it couldn't be resisted to post this once you posted your thing about 2v2 (and I don't think 2v2 is the solution either)
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
OGamingTV SC2
Profile Joined March 2013
France84 Posts
December 12 2019 08:18 GMT
#36
Ho ok sry !

Yeah 2v2 is not the solution. Unfortunatly, Archont mode is not either.
O'GamingTV Crew !
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12133 Posts
December 12 2019 08:22 GMT
#37
On December 12 2019 17:18 OGamingTV SC2 wrote:
Ho ok sry !

Yeah 2v2 is not the solution. Unfortunatly, Archont mode is not either.

Obviously the solution is coop. Brutal6+ and the opposing team will select the map. If you win you can resurrect your ace player, if you lose, you lost :D

I just wish there would be any solution to this but there isn't. At least if you want it serious.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Ciaus_Dronu
Profile Joined June 2017
South Africa1848 Posts
December 12 2019 08:22 GMT
#38
On December 12 2019 17:14 OGamingTV SC2 wrote:
Yes, a TL won by one player.
But if we just did:
A1 vs A2
B1 vs B2
C1 vs C2

90% of matches would have been decided just by the line up. We just can't do this format in 2019. Because most of the country don't have 3 pro players. It just would have been a pointless format. With almost 0 entertainment. It's why we just not only have to think at "what's working in SC2". But "what's working in SC2 in 2019".


Honestly I think the format was really nice, and led to some really cool and competitive matches. Korea vs Finland, Korea vs Canada and Italy vs France could have swung either way and offered up great games.

I don't envy your task of choosing a format for this, but the end result was very good :D
Archerylady
Profile Joined January 2011
277 Posts
December 12 2019 08:30 GMT
#39
Finland won the proleague portion. But since we are ignoring that... in order for one player to carry his team to victory in the final, he has to go either 5-0 or 5-1. If the three best players of a nation in the finals can not take more than 1 map out of 6 from the other team's ace, do they really deserve to win?

The fact is, the format is still slanted towards the nations with the deeper lineups. It's just not so slanted that it's a guaranteed victory for them. It still allows the possibility of an all-kill by a truly phenomenal player. And that only adds to the excitement and enriches the tournament.
RoninKenshin
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada97 Posts
December 12 2019 08:52 GMT
#40
On December 12 2019 17:14 OGamingTV SC2 wrote:
Yes, a TL won by one player.
But if we just did:
A1 vs A2
B1 vs B2
C1 vs C2

90% of matches would have been decided just by the line up. We just can't do this format in 2019. Because most of the country don't have 3 pro players. It just would have been a pointless format. With almost 0 entertainment. It's why we just not only have to think at "what's working in SC2". But "what's working in SC2 in 2019".


When Jaedong basically carried Oz on his shoulders to win Proleagues, the format was bo5 with the 5th match being the Ace match. To win a round, Jaedong would win, 1 of his 3 teammates would win, and he would win the Ace. This format was acceptable, as someone besides the ace would be required to contribute.

The main problem for Nation Wars in regards to this is the 3 player roster vs 4 player for that bo5. And I agree that it's very difficult for many countries to procure 3 competitive players. I think the easiest solution is to cap a single player's number of games in a match to 1 less than the winning score. Bo5, cap the players at 2 games each. Bo7, cap the players at 3 games each etc.

This lets the Ace still shine in a shallow roster, but ensures that it's a team series.
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