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Turn Bo3 into Bo5 after short games?

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rename
Profile Joined February 2012
Estonia329 Posts
November 20 2012 10:10 GMT
#1
I am one of those spectators who prefer cheese over 10 minutes of turtling - and enjoy the hell out of the games where after that early "all-in" neither side has still clearly won and things get wonky.

Sometimes the game will end very fast, and sometimes there will be 2:0 with two instantly successful cheeses - and that kind of shortens the whole match bit too much.

So i wondered what if like in football where referees give "extra time" after the original 90 minutes, some tourney would experiment with changing bo3 to bo5 if after the conclusion of bo3 the total game played was under say 15:00 minutes ?

+ Would reward straight up games
+ Would give a chance to comeback after getting cheesed 2 times in a row
+ Would guarantee certain amount of gameplay for spectators for every boX

? Would make GG timings matter
? Choosing all-in's you have to think about time left too

- Might be anticlimatic
- There would be arguements
- Is kind of a silly


Hypemeup
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden2783 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-20 10:16:05
November 20 2012 10:13 GMT
#2
No, what the fuck? That would just punish people who win with all-ins for no real reason.
phodacbiet
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1740 Posts
November 20 2012 10:16 GMT
#3
Have you seen sc2 straight up games? Cheesing is even more interesting than watching two balls smack together.
Shebuha
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada1335 Posts
November 20 2012 10:20 GMT
#4
Straight up players should be rewarded and cheesers punished so that people can see more gameplay?

You're serious...?
minimalistic
Profile Joined August 2010
Hungary157 Posts
November 20 2012 10:25 GMT
#5
blog it.
"A baby Gracken dies every time you use Ghost + Mech" -unknown chat user
Skiblet
Profile Joined August 2011
South Africa206 Posts
November 20 2012 10:27 GMT
#6
Nope never, this would be a terrible idea, and it just doesn't make sense at all.
"Just fucking kill 'em" Day[9]
Tobberoth
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden6375 Posts
November 20 2012 10:28 GMT
#7
Dumb idea, would mess up the whole strategy of how players play their games. You're not supposed to punish cheesers, you're supposed to punish players for failing to defend cheese.
NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
November 20 2012 10:31 GMT
#8
no just no.
Moderatorlickypiddy
thezanursic
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
5500 Posts
November 20 2012 10:31 GMT
#9
Dumb idea.
http://i45.tinypic.com/9j2cdc.jpg Let it be so!
Rannasha
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Netherlands2398 Posts
November 20 2012 10:31 GMT
#10
So you're up 1-0 after a quick first game. The second game, you can't cheese or all-in, because that would mean you'd have to play another game, which means that you have to play for the long game. Your opponent will know this and try to all-in / cheese you. If it succeeds? Good, 1-1. If it fails, no problem, another short game forces the series to a Bo5 allowing additional comeback opportunities.

Bad idea IMO.
Such flammable little insects!
IceFire
Profile Joined January 2011
United States183 Posts
November 20 2012 10:33 GMT
#11
This is a horrible idea. I don't particularly like cheese, but punishing players who use it is a dumb idea.
Corsica
Profile Joined February 2011
Ukraine1854 Posts
November 20 2012 10:41 GMT
#12
Mvp: Yes I won Squirtle 3-0 !!!!! Im GSL Champion
Referee: No wait the guy rename says it must be bo7 now
Mvp:
JazVM
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany1196 Posts
November 20 2012 10:42 GMT
#13
You cannot be serious...
mind mind mind mind mind mind
PresenceSc2
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia4032 Posts
November 20 2012 10:44 GMT
#14
And i thought i was high
Stephano//HerO//TaeJa//Squirtle//Bomber
Caryc
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany330 Posts
November 20 2012 10:45 GMT
#15
hahahaha,worst idea 2012 =D
Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
November 20 2012 10:45 GMT
#16
That's pretty bad tbh.
Refer to my post.
KadaverBB
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany25658 Posts
November 20 2012 10:46 GMT
#17
Better GG real fast when you are getting cheesed, then you get another game and try again :D

This suggestion is not well thought out...

AdministratorLaws change depending on who's making them, but justice is justice
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
November 20 2012 10:49 GMT
#18
This would reduce the number of all-ins players would use. If they win with them, they'd risk having to win even more games to advance. On the other hand, it'd give the person on the receiving end incentive to throw so they can get those extra games.
Hello
wozzot
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1227 Posts
November 20 2012 10:49 GMT
#19
On November 20 2012 19:10 rename wrote:
So i wondered what if like in football where referees give "extra time" after the original 90 minutes, some tourney would experiment with changing bo3 to bo5 if after the conclusion of bo3 the total game played was under say 15:00 minutes ?

On November 20 2012 19:10 rename wrote:
- Is kind of a silly

Yes it would be kind of a silly
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Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8270 Posts
November 20 2012 10:51 GMT
#20
You're missunderstanding the reason for extra time in soccer. Its not because the match "needs to be longer". With all the time wasted with free kicks, out of the field throws, goal cheering etc, the match isn't actually 90 minutes long, its way shorter. Thats why they add extra time to make it as close to 90 minutes as possible.

Now what you're talking about, doesn't have anything to do with time. A match is a match, and there is no time limit. What happens when you add extra matches? You punish the player who originally won for no apparent reason. If any tournament did this, the shitstorm would be never ending.
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