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IEM Katowice 2020 Playoffs bracket set - Page 2

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col_jung
Profile Joined October 2017
139 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-02-29 04:28:19
February 29 2020 04:27 GMT
#21
Disappointed TY didn't make it. He's still one of the biggest reasons I watch a tourney.
CraigWT
Profile Joined May 2019
97 Posts
February 29 2020 04:48 GMT
#22
TY wins every game (maybe unless the game 1 against sos) he should win and people think he is overrated.

The only difference between group c & d is the top zerg is Serral instead of solar. So unlike Maru and Inno, TY cannot get 2 wins from zerg. the others are the same (lose to top p, win against other players)
kochanfe
Profile Joined July 2011
Micronesia1338 Posts
February 29 2020 04:58 GMT
#23
I agree with those saying that the top half of the bracket is substantially easier, on average, than the bottom half. However, if TY had advanced instead of Hurricane, as should have happened, I think the brackets would have been much more nearly even. The bottom half would still have been stronger, but not by nearly as large a factor.

I know Aligulac is not perfect, but I'm happy to use it in lieu of a better barometer. The average rating of the players populating the top half of the bracket is 2742, compared to 2851 for the bottom half. If TY had advanced with his 6-5 score instead of Hurricane with his 7-6 score (I'm still wrapping my head around the sheer idiocy of the rule that dictated that Hurricane advance), the average rating of the top half of the bracket would have been 2834, much closer to the bottom half's average of 2851.

We would also have had 3 terrans, 4 zergs, and 5 protosses rather than 2, 4, and 6 respectively. Additionally, there would only be 3 guaranteed mirror matchups in the Ro12 and Ro8 as opposed to 5 guaranteed mirror matchups. For all of the above reasons, I'm sad Hurricane advanced over TY. All the same, we should be in store for some great games, so I'm excited for the next two days!
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MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1798 Posts
February 29 2020 05:32 GMT
#24
Only 2 Terrans in the top 12. When was the last time terran took a large portion of the top spots in a tournament?
ImmortalGhost
Profile Joined April 2019
United States57 Posts
February 29 2020 05:44 GMT
#25
Anyone know where to find the vod for the Serral v Hurricane games? It wasn't on the main stream.
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4420 Posts
February 29 2020 05:50 GMT
#26
On February 29 2020 14:32 MockHamill wrote:
Only 2 Terrans in the top 12. When was the last time terran took a large portion of the top spots in a tournament?


The Homestory Cup that happened immediately after Blizzcon 2018 on a brand new patch had Terran over represented. I feel the Z/P lineup there was weak though and they were still adapting to the patch while the T players didn't have to adapt as much. Serral still ended up winning there regardless. Besides that not since 2017.
Wildmoon
Profile Joined December 2011
Thailand4189 Posts
February 29 2020 06:27 GMT
#27
Can someone explain to me why Hurrican advances over TY?
Crocolisk Dundee
Profile Blog Joined October 2015
870 Posts
February 29 2020 06:33 GMT
#28
Hurricane won more maps than TY. Hurricane won 7 maps, whereas TY won 6. A 1:2 match loss is better than a 0:2 match loss in the ESL system.
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omop
Profile Joined April 2017
46 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-02-29 07:46:04
February 29 2020 07:45 GMT
#29
On February 29 2020 15:33 Crocolisk Dundee wrote:
Hurricane won more maps than TY. Hurricane won 7 maps, whereas TY won 6. A 1:2 match loss is better than a 0:2 match loss in the ESL system.


A 1:2 loss should be better than 0:2 loss. Problem with Esl system is that 2-0 win and 0-2 loss is worse than 2-1 win and 1-2 loss, which doesn't make any sense.

Ties are broken in the following order:
1.Overall map difference
2.Overall number of map wins
3.Match wins amassed between the tied participants ('Mini-League')

They should change order of 2. and 3. rule, to fix it.
DarkGamer
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany332 Posts
February 29 2020 07:53 GMT
#30
On February 29 2020 16:45 omop wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 29 2020 15:33 Crocolisk Dundee wrote:
Hurricane won more maps than TY. Hurricane won 7 maps, whereas TY won 6. A 1:2 match loss is better than a 0:2 match loss in the ESL system.


A 1:2 loss should be better than 0:2 loss. Problem with Esl system is that 2-0 win and 0-2 loss is worse than 2-1 win and 1-2 loss, which doesn't make any sense.

Ties are broken in the following order:
1.Overall map difference
2.Overall number of map wins
3.Match wins amassed between the tied participants ('Mini-League')

They should change order of 2. and 3. rule, to fix it.



I dont understand this. Can someone help me?

If a player wins 2-0 its the best, 2-1 is worse, 1-2 is more worse and 0-2 is the worst for the statistics in the groups, right?
Why are ppl saying (like the quoted statement), that winning 2-0 is worse then winning 2-1?
Am i missing something or is that just wrong?
Melliflue
Profile Joined October 2012
United Kingdom1389 Posts
February 29 2020 08:02 GMT
#31
On February 29 2020 16:53 DarkGamer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 29 2020 16:45 omop wrote:
On February 29 2020 15:33 Crocolisk Dundee wrote:
Hurricane won more maps than TY. Hurricane won 7 maps, whereas TY won 6. A 1:2 match loss is better than a 0:2 match loss in the ESL system.


A 1:2 loss should be better than 0:2 loss. Problem with Esl system is that 2-0 win and 0-2 loss is worse than 2-1 win and 1-2 loss, which doesn't make any sense.

Ties are broken in the following order:
1.Overall map difference
2.Overall number of map wins
3.Match wins amassed between the tied participants ('Mini-League')

They should change order of 2. and 3. rule, to fix it.



I dont understand this. Can someone help me?

If a player wins 2-0 its the best, 2-1 is worse, 1-2 is more worse and 0-2 is the worst for the statistics in the groups, right?
Why are ppl saying (like the quoted statement), that winning 2-0 is worse then winning 2-1?
Am i missing something or is that just wrong?

It's not that 2-0 is worse than 2-1, but over two matches winning 2-0 then losing 0-2 is worse than winning 2-1 then losing 1-2 because in the first case you have a 2-2 overall map score and the second you are 3-3, and under ESL tie-break rules 3-3 is better than 2-2.

People are complaining about ESL using map wins as a decider if map difference is the same.
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4967 Posts
February 29 2020 08:17 GMT
#32
It would be hilarious if they change the ruling and next katowice the fan favorite also suffers from the new "fair" system that the comunity advocates for now.

Lets face it, ppl complains about the ruling because of the names involved and it is sad.
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HeroSandro
Profile Joined July 2019
542 Posts
February 29 2020 08:25 GMT
#33
On February 29 2020 17:17 Argonauta wrote:
It would be hilarious if they change the ruling and next katowice the fan favorite also suffers from the new "fair" system that the comunity advocates for now.

Lets face it, ppl complains about the ruling because of the names involved and it is sad.

The rules are rules. If Harry Kane had not advanced, nobody would complaint. I would have liked to see TY or Cure go trough, but they did not.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16103 Posts
February 29 2020 08:42 GMT
#34
korean scene is like a walking corpse and still only 2 foreigners manage to get into the playoffs.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-02-29 08:46:34
February 29 2020 08:44 GMT
#35
On February 29 2020 10:43 Shellshock wrote:
TY is the most overrated SC2 player since MKP


At least TY is abble to see creep on the minimap...

On a serious note. Where can i see Has's games ?
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spenzer
Profile Joined June 2016
27 Posts
February 29 2020 08:46 GMT
#36
1 Zerg already save in semis says everything about the current balance. Inno also didn't Look String vs Solar and Maru at least ein the group,after His game vs Trap I already thought won't make it. Anyway we geht another ZvZ final wheeeey interesting 😒

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Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
February 29 2020 08:47 GMT
#37
Funny how there are still people who believe we will ever get a Maru vs Serral. Havent u learnt ur lessons by now?
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sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8218 Posts
February 29 2020 08:56 GMT
#38
On February 29 2020 16:45 omop wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 29 2020 15:33 Crocolisk Dundee wrote:
Hurricane won more maps than TY. Hurricane won 7 maps, whereas TY won 6. A 1:2 match loss is better than a 0:2 match loss in the ESL system.


A 1:2 loss should be better than 0:2 loss. Problem with Esl system is that 2-0 win and 0-2 loss is worse than 2-1 win and 1-2 loss, which doesn't make any sense.

Ties are broken in the following order:
1.Overall map difference
2.Overall number of map wins
3.Match wins amassed between the tied participants ('Mini-League')

They should change order of 2. and 3. rule, to fix it.


Or even simpler, just have

1. Map win percentage
2. Match wins amassed between the tied participants ('Mini-League')
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55594 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-02-29 09:04:39
February 29 2020 09:03 GMT
#39
If it were up to me players tied in map score would always play a tie breaker. I'm neither okay with arbitrarily deciding that 7-6 is superior to 6-5 (also not with 6-5 superior to 7-6 should they change this ruling at some point to accomodate the fact that 6-5 is in fact a superior winrate), nor with nodding someone through because they maybe barely beat somebody 2-1 once at the start of the group where neither of them was warmed up.
On February 29 2020 17:47 Geo.Rion wrote:
Funny how there are still people who believe we will ever get a Maru vs Serral. Havent u learnt ur lessons by now?

Yeah this bracket is tailor made to be an excuse for Maru not to make the finals.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8218 Posts
February 29 2020 09:11 GMT
#40
On February 29 2020 18:03 Elentos wrote:
If it were up to me players tied in map score would always play a tie breaker. I'm neither okay with arbitrarily deciding that 7-6 is superior to 6-5 (also not with 6-5 superior to 7-6 should they change this ruling at some point to accomodate the fact that 6-5 is in fact a superior winrate), nor with nodding someone through because they maybe barely beat somebody 2-1 once at the start of the group where neither of them was warmed up.


That would theoretically be most fair, but it would be really difficult for production. If there is another group afterwards, the whole scheduled gets pushed back by the additional nail-biter match that people would surely want to watch. Or if it's the later group, the schedule might go too far into the night. Plus those players would have a disadvantage the next day by having played a possibly exhausting match at a point when they where already tired.

I think in that case it would be better to just go with head-to-head.
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