EPT
http://www.fighterforum.com/news/news_read.asp?cat=ISS&idx=13318
Basic Info
Group Drawing Date: August 18
Maps: Sin Peaks of Baekdu, Arcadia 2, Arkanoid, Tau Cross
Sponsor: ShinHan Bank
Name (so we have no conflicts!): 2006 ShinHan Season 2 OGN Starleague (or just 06Shinhan2)
Well we all know that Shinhan will be sponsoring the next 2 starleagues and another invite tournament. But it seems that OGN will have a few slight changes this league. Here's a list.
- Draws for Round of 16 will be changed.
Last season, the draw was pre-arranged. That is, whoever was first in group A, was arranged to play with whoever came in second in Group C (or something). This season, they will be arranging it so that the players can choose who to play against.
Players who came in first with a 3-0 record will vote first (incase of tie, they will just pick one). First place players may not pick players who came in first place from other groups.
- Round of 16 schedule will be slightly different.
This change isn't big. They are keeping the format all the way to Finals as it was. But instead of having 2 matches (bo3 each) play each day, they will have 4 matches play in one day, but 1 game a day. In other words, it will be like how they do the Quarter Finals.
- Maps will be rotated.
If you remember, last season they used the same maps for the first game of each match. During Quarter's, we'd see 3 games played on the same map. But by changing the maps on each match, they are hoping to not let that happen.
- 3rd/4th Place Match will no longer be Bo5
Title explains it all. 3/4 Match will now be Best Of 3, and it will be played on the same day as 5th/6th Place Match.
- Wild Card Matches will change.
I'm kinda happy about this because they used my idea (if you read my "My Ideal MSL Format" thread). Before, they had 3 1v1's (bo3) where the winners advance, and the 3 losres play a round robin. Now, they will simply have 2 groups of 3 players, and have each group play a round robin (AvsB, BvsC, CvsA). Top two from each group will advance.
- Interviews at Group Drawing will be changed.
This has little to do with the TLnet community since most of us (not me though!) don't understand Korean. Before, they had each player give a short interview after they chose a player to be in his/her group. Now, they will go straight through the group, and have 6 interviews after whoever in Group F has chosen. Seeded players will get interviewed right after their choice like before.
Now that that's over with, let's take a look at this player's List.
Seeds
#1. Casy (T) OGN Sparkyz
#2. ChoJJa (Z) KTF MagicNs
#3. YellOw (Z) KTF MagicNs
#4. JJu (Z) Samsung KHAN
#5. ZergMan (Z) Samsung KHAN
#6. IriS (T) CJ Entus
ODT Qualifiers
A1. Shine[Name] (T) OGN Sparkyz
A2. Ever)P(TT (P) Samsung KHAN
B1. GGPlay (Z) Hanbit Stars
B2. Canata (T) SKTelecom T1
C1. Firebathero (T) Samsung KHAN
C2. Bisu[Shield] (P) MBCGame Hero
D1. Midas (T) SKTelecom T1
D2. NaDa (T) Pantech Ex
E1. AnyTime (P) Lecaf Oz
E2. Sea (T) MBCGame Hero
F1. JiHyun (Z) Samsung KHAN
F2. GooDFriend (T) KTF MagicNs
G1. Rock (P) Pantech Ex
G2. Light[Alive] (T) MBCGame Hero
H1. GoRush (Z) SKTelecom T1
H2. July (Z) MBCGame Hero
I1. Sea.Jy (Z) CJ Entus
I2. ClouD (T) OGN Sparkyz
Race Statistics
T: 11
P: 4
Z: 9
Team Statistics
Samsung KHAN: 5
MBCGame Hero: 4
SKTelecom T1: 3
KTF MagicNs: 3
OGN Sparkyz: 3
CJ Entus: 2
Pantech Ex: 2
Hanbit Stars: 1
Lecaf Oz: 1
eNature Top: 0
