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Live2Win
United States6657 Posts
http://www.fighterforum.com/news/news_read.asp?cat=ONG&idx=10650
I'm quite surprised myself for this new format... completely unexpected.
Dates:
OSL Qualification Round will be on 29th and 30th (will explain soon)
Group Drawing will be on March 31st
The new OSL will start on April 5th
Changes:
- There will now be a total of 24 players, instead of 16. (the new 8 players will be chosen in the OSL Qualificaiton Round)
- Prize money will increase.
- Instead of just Friday, there will now have OSL on Wednesday, AND Frieday... thus, 2 OSL's a week insetad of 1.
- Dual Tournement will no longer play during the OSL. It will start after the current OSL, so the players aren't so busy anymore.
- Due to the increase in players, there will now be 6 seeds instead of 3 seeds for the next OSL. All 4 players from Semi Finals will be seeded, and the 4 players who lost in Quarters will play a 5th/6th Place Match for last two seeds.
- There will be no more ODT R1 PlayOffs (since there's no more seeds left)
- ODT R1 and ODT R2 will now become one massive ODT.
New OSL Format:
Round Of 24 (omg..)
- 6 Groups of 4 players will play a full league like the previous Round of 16, and the top 2 will advance. (12 advance)
- The 6 players who came in third will play in a "Wild Card Match" and each play a 1v1. The winners advance (3 advance)
- The 3 losers in the "Wild Card Match" will play a full-league (A vs B, B vs C, A vs C) and the winner will get the last seed. (1 advance)
Round of 16 and up:
- Ro16 and up to finals will be tournament style.
- Ro16 and Ro8 will be bo3.
- Semi Finals and Finals will be bo5.
New ODT Format:
- Total of 36 players. 18 from Off-line Qualification Tourney, 18 from Previous OSL who didn't get seeded.
- ODT will be 9 Groups of 4, like previous ODT's.
- The top 2 will advance to next OSL (18 advance, 6 seeds = 24 players)
Like I said, I'm completely surprised. I actually checked my calander to make sure it's not April 1st or something.
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Live2Win
United States6657 Posts
yes, this gives BoxeR another chance to get in the OSL.
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coincidence? i think not!
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is awesome32280 Posts
On March 09 2006 22:33 Live2Win wrote:
yes, this gives BoxeR another chance to get in the OSL.
<3
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Live2Win
United States6657 Posts
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What will happen to all the players qualified so far?
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lol... im really starting to wonder if boxer blackmails OSL
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I can why they need to increase the amount of players, since there are so many good players right now just changing places in the starleague, but why would they choose to do it now one wonders..? 
I think we need a term for it. Let's call it the "Boxer effect" or something. 
Hey, wouldn't it be rich if Boxer didn't qualify even so?
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Corinthos
Canada1842 Posts
Boxer is in the ODT R1 currently right? Is it possible he can still get into the OSL in April, or the next one?
Thanks
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Russian Federation1953 Posts
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haha yeah i wonder if they did that to give boxer another chance to qualify.
are the leagues still going to take the same amount of time? i.e. are there going to be the same number of leagues per year? it seems kinda long, and making the dual play at a different time...
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On March 09 2006 22:33 Live2Win wrote:
yes, this gives BoxeR another chance to get in the OSL.
<3 Live2Win <3 Boxer
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Sounds like they really like want Boxer in that osl . We'll see how this turns out, osl 2 times per week is definitely great, but 24 players might be a little too much...
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i think it's better this way
all the pros have their good days and their bad days, and its sad to see great players sit out of starleagues for long periods of time (think nal_ra)
a bigger player pool will mean more games for us and more opportunities for the gamers to show what they are truly worth
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Rock Midas GF and Boxer lost on the Quarters.
Midas and Rock qualified... -_-;; Boxer vs GF? If Boxer loses this..... OMG -_-; But is that even what happens?
Plus, bigger tourneys mean more fun. Come on, there are now enough SL champions that we can make multiple SL's with their rosters alone in a 16 man format.
And better prize money only means better pro gaming pay.
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I like these changes... does anybody know whos in the qualification round?
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United States5262 Posts
Wow, and I thought it was complicated enough already.
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On March 09 2006 23:15 coulthard[pR] wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2006 22:33 Live2Win wrote:
yes, this gives BoxeR another chance to get in the OSL. <3 Live2Win <3 Boxer
I like you both.
News took me by surprise wow.
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