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United States13896 Posts
If they're going to lock half the pool of players into place they might as well go all the way, eliminate the group selection ceremonies, and do the groups entirely by previous MSL appearances/success. This ceremony is pointless if there's no drama of the big names exchanging smack talk when they move each other into & out of their groups.
Right now who is the most controversial character that isn't locked in a group? Hyuk? He's done a bit of smack talk. But seriously I don't see how anything interesting will come of the steal draft unless someone comes out of nowhere like maGma did.
Anyways, I'm sure this will probably make for more interesting tournaments as a whole, instead of having the one or two all T, all Z or mostly P groups, there should be a fairly even mix and late round play will be more interesting in general.
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Only a quarter of the pool is "locked" - seeds 1-8. 9-16 are placed in groups, but not locked into them. For instance, Bisu is stuck in Group F (can't move himself out of it, but he can trade two people out of it), but sAviOr is NOT stuck in Group F in that he can trade himself out of it.
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United States32524 Posts
On November 19 2009 06:49 oBlade wrote: Only a quarter of the pool is "locked" - seeds 1-8. 9-16 are placed in groups, but not locked into them. For instance, Bisu is stuck in Group F (can't move himself out of it, but he can trade two people out of it), but sAviOr is NOT stuck in Group F in that he can trade himself out of it.
no, 16 players are locked.
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So we are guaranteed a sAviOr v. Bisu and EffOrt v. JangBi? I kind of like the new format, though there is less meaningful Freedom. As a July fan, yes he has to play Jaedong, but of the remaining 16 players there aren't many I fear him playing.
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On November 19 2009 09:58 Deletrious wrote:So we are guaranteed a sAviOr v. Bisu and EffOrt v. JangBi? I kind of like the new format, though there is less meaningful Freedom. As a July fan, yes he has to play Jaedong, but of the remaining 16 players there aren't many I fear him playing.
Bisu <map> player xx player yy <map> Savior Winners set losers set final set
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On November 19 2009 10:02 Too_MuchZerg wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2009 09:58 Deletrious wrote:So we are guaranteed a sAviOr v. Bisu and EffOrt v. JangBi? I kind of like the new format, though there is less meaningful Freedom. As a July fan, yes he has to play Jaedong, but of the remaining 16 players there aren't many I fear him playing. Bisu <map> player xx player yy <map> Savior Winners set losers set final set
You are right, damn. Sorry for noob confusion.
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Flash and Iris in one group =
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On November 19 2009 10:18 EvoChamber wrote:Flash and Iris in one group = Fixed
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On November 19 2009 10:06 Deletrious wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2009 10:02 Too_MuchZerg wrote:On November 19 2009 09:58 Deletrious wrote:So we are guaranteed a sAviOr v. Bisu and EffOrt v. JangBi? I kind of like the new format, though there is less meaningful Freedom. As a July fan, yes he has to play Jaedong, but of the remaining 16 players there aren't many I fear him playing. Bisu <map> player xx player yy <map> Savior Winners set losers set final set You are right, damn. Sorry for noob confusion. Well, we are still practically guaranteed savior vs bisu, considering both are in decent enough form that they can be expected to win.
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On November 19 2009 10:20 Scaramanga wrote:Fixed
Flash ez mode
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On November 18 2009 23:08 29 fps wrote: so MBC just ignored the whole 1-8, then 9-16 in reverse group order (1 + 16, 2 + 15, 3 + 14, etc)?
This is what I'm wondering too, how were the 9-16 players' groups determined?
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On November 19 2009 05:43 DreaM)XeRO wrote: so erm. Jaedong and Bisu finals?
If that happens, I will thank the MBC execs for making this change.
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jd/bisu finals are destined to never occur
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doubleupgradeobbies!
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On November 19 2009 13:57 Kyuukyuu wrote: jd/bisu finals are destined to never occur
And it'd be pretty one sided atm anyway.
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I'm looking forward to the matchups in the MSL moreso than the OSL right now. Then again there are only 16 people in the OSL at the moment, so.........
Movie v Hyuk finals?
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we are getting robbed of a flash vs jaedong finals
although they might meet in Ro16 or Ro8
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On November 19 2009 14:06 doubleupgradeobbies! wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2009 13:57 Kyuukyuu wrote: jd/bisu finals are destined to never occur And it'd be pretty one sided atm anyway.
Damn, I know man.
Bisu would so rape Jaedong
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wtf is this locking shit...
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It should be that you can move someone from 9-16 rank, but only with another player in that range. would at least make the selection a little more interesting.
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On November 19 2009 14:06 doubleupgradeobbies! wrote:Show nested quote +On November 19 2009 13:57 Kyuukyuu wrote: jd/bisu finals are destined to never occur And it'd be pretty one sided atm anyway.
Nah, Bisu would unleash the Bisu Build #2.
...where the "2" stands for 2-gate, and then pray.
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