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What do you think of the Starleague's best of one Ro32 format? :

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Moxz
Profile Joined February 2013
United States3 Posts
June 17 2013 22:29 GMT
#1
How can they play Bo1 when there's 2 players??
Prplppleatr
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1518 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-17 22:39:41
June 17 2013 22:37 GMT
#2
WCS is about finding the best player. BO1 is about the map, not the player. They will all have prepared strategies, as usual, but the map will make a huge difference as to who has the advantage. The more games available (bo3, 5, 7) the greater chance the better player will win.
🥇 Prediction Contest - Mess with the best, die like the rest.
Shinespark
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile843 Posts
June 17 2013 23:00 GMT
#3
Horrible format. Please OGN, leave my GSL alone!
"I, for one, welcome our new Korean overlords."
Gary Oak
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada2381 Posts
June 17 2013 23:09 GMT
#4
It's a really horrible idea. I hope this never happens again.
[14:15] <+Skrammen> I like clicking Gary's links, kinda. Its like playing with lava.
Oiseaux
Profile Joined May 2011
United States676 Posts
June 17 2013 23:57 GMT
#5
Bo1's shouldn't exist in SC2 in anything deeper than a Ro128, potentially a Ro64.
"[S]o be ready to kiss a few donkeys with glued-on paper horns during your unicorn hunt." -Some stupid 4x4 magazine
datcirclejerk
Profile Joined June 2013
89 Posts
June 18 2013 00:42 GMT
#6
On June 18 2013 08:57 Oiseaux wrote:
Bo1's shouldn't exist in SC2 in anything deeper than a Ro128, potentially a Ro64.

Agreed. Because the game is fundamentally flawed and has a significant luck component, unfortunately.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Schopenhauer
Zykor
Profile Joined December 2010
United States58 Posts
June 18 2013 00:42 GMT
#7
OGN ruining esports... BO1 format will give the highest number of upsets though, maybe that's their goal.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19398 Posts
June 18 2013 01:16 GMT
#8
Love it. Love the drama. Deal with it.
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
LimitSEA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia9580 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-18 01:22:22
June 18 2013 01:21 GMT
#9
Not really fussed. There will be upsets which adds to the excitement, but overall the top tier players should still get through.

On June 18 2013 08:00 Shinespark wrote:
Horrible format. Please OGN, leave my GSL alone!

This ain't GSL, mate. This is OSL. And this is the format they've always used.
Long live the King of Wings
Verator
Profile Joined June 2010
United States283 Posts
June 18 2013 02:19 GMT
#10
On June 18 2013 10:21 LimitSEA wrote:
Not really fussed. There will be upsets which adds to the excitement, but overall the top tier players should still get through.

Show nested quote +
On June 18 2013 08:00 Shinespark wrote:
Horrible format. Please OGN, leave my GSL alone!

This ain't GSL, mate. This is OSL. And this is the format they've always used.



It is neither the GSL or OSL. Its WCS. And WCS, kind of sucks.
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. -- Bertrand Russell
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9175 Posts
June 18 2013 03:27 GMT
#11
On June 18 2013 08:00 Shinespark wrote:
Horrible format. Please OGN, leave my GSL alone!

Up & Downs is also Bo1 ... People forget that the last OSL ran fine with minimal upsets at the group stage and that was in a more volatile stage of SC2. If there's enough preparation and time between games Bo1 group play is not that prone to upsets. Just look at Dreamhack, plenty of upsets in a Bo3/Bo5 format, likely due to less preparation and playing a ton in a short period.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
Alacast
Profile Joined December 2011
United States205 Posts
June 18 2013 03:42 GMT
#12
I wondered to myself a few months back about what kind of impact a BO1 format for GSL would look like. Now I get that chance. I don't expect it to be good, but I'm willing to see what happens.
Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them. -Frank Herbert
RaiKageRyu
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada4773 Posts
June 18 2013 03:48 GMT
#13
On June 18 2013 12:27 Scarecrow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2013 08:00 Shinespark wrote:
Horrible format. Please OGN, leave my GSL alone!

Up & Downs is also Bo1 ... People forget that the last OSL ran fine with minimal upsets at the group stage and that was in a more volatile stage of SC2. If there's enough preparation and time between games Bo1 group play is not that prone to upsets. Just look at Dreamhack, plenty of upsets in a Bo3/Bo5 format, likely due to less preparation and playing a ton in a short period.


Round Robins is another matter. Last time they didn't have to contend with proleague as well.
Someone call down the Thunder?
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9175 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-18 04:13:01
June 18 2013 03:52 GMT
#14
nvm
Yhamm is the god of predictions
asdfOu
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2089 Posts
June 18 2013 04:59 GMT
#15
On June 18 2013 11:19 Verator wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2013 10:21 LimitSEA wrote:
Not really fussed. There will be upsets which adds to the excitement, but overall the top tier players should still get through.

On June 18 2013 08:00 Shinespark wrote:
Horrible format. Please OGN, leave my GSL alone!

This ain't GSL, mate. This is OSL. And this is the format they've always used.



It is neither the GSL or OSL. Its WCS. And WCS, kind of sucks.

^ this

and please bring the gsl bak, im tired of all these event leagues people are trying to qualify for with code s. The big league (skill wise) is still code s but people think it's the wcs global.
rip prime
Vault Boy
Profile Joined June 2013
Germany131 Posts
June 18 2013 05:09 GMT
#16
Its this "GomTV does BO3 so we do something different" again...
kochanfe
Profile Joined July 2011
Micronesia1338 Posts
June 18 2013 05:35 GMT
#17
On June 18 2013 07:29 Moxz wrote:
How can they play Bo1 when there's 2 players??

Nice first post! + Show Spoiler +
BAN
"The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long." - Lao Tzu
Gaius Baltar
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States449 Posts
June 18 2013 07:42 GMT
#18
On June 18 2013 10:16 BisuDagger wrote:
Love it. Love the drama. Deal with it.

Bring on the brutal, Starleague.
Sjokola
Profile Joined November 2010
Netherlands800 Posts
June 18 2013 08:06 GMT
#19
Playing bo1 requires a different mind set. I always liked that the up and down were bo1. So if that is tour strength you'd still have a shot at code s
KasPra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Estonia983 Posts
June 18 2013 09:27 GMT
#20
Didn't know what it was at first but now that I look at it it's truly a great format, never had a problem with it in BW so it's cool to see it in SC2 too.
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