I'm not a Scarlett fan and am not happy that she's inevitably going to make it to GSL vs. The World over WCS Circuit players with greater results in WCS tournaments, but man did she get boned.
[WCS 2018] Valencia - Group Stage Slug Fest! - Page 24
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Boggyb
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I'm not a Scarlett fan and am not happy that she's inevitably going to make it to GSL vs. The World over WCS Circuit players with greater results in WCS tournaments, but man did she get boned. | ||
Nakajin
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Penev
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
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HolydaKing
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On July 13 2018 06:38 Scarlett` wrote: kek Appropriate comment! | ||
Boggyb
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On July 13 2018 06:51 Penev wrote: How are these determined anyway? Does the WCS standings have anything to do with it? If so you'd expect #1 (Serral) and #4 (Showtime) on one side of the bracket and #2 (Special) and #3 (Neeb) on the other. Neeb and Showtime were even in the same round 3 group. As far as I understood it: Players who finished 1st in their round 3 group are seeded 1-8 based on WCS Circuit points. Players who finished 2nd in their round 3 group are seeded 9-16 based on WCS Circuit points. They are then matched up: 1v16 8v9 4v13 5v12 2v15 7v10 3v14 6v11 That should have given us: (1) Serral vs (16) Harstem (8) Reynor vs (9) SpeCial (4) Heromarine vs (13) Scarlett (5) uThermal vs (12) Kelazhur (2) Neeb vs (15) DnS (7) Clem vs (10) Showtime (3) Nerchio vs (14) Bly (6) Has vs (11) Snute We got: (1) Serral vs (13) Scarlett (8) Reynor vs (9) SpeCial (4) Heromarine vs (15) DnS (5) uThermal vs (11) Snute (2) Neeb vs (14) Bly (7) Clem vs (10) Showtime (3) Nerchio vs (16) Harstem (6) Has vs (12) Kelazhur | ||
TheDougler
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pvsnp
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Proko
United States1022 Posts
it's a weird way to cook the books. What can explain the setup? | ||
BakedButters
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HsDLTitich
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Penev
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On July 13 2018 06:54 Boggyb wrote: As far as I understood it: Players who finished 1st in their round 3 group are seeded 1-8 based on WCS Circuit points. Players who finished 2nd in their round 3 group are seeded 9-16 based on WCS Circuit points. They are then matched up: 1v16 8v9 4v13 5v12 2v15 7v10 3v14 6v11 That should have given us: (1) Serral vs (16) Harstem (8) Reynor vs (9) SpeCial (4) Heromarine vs (13) Scarlett (5) uThermal vs (12) Kelazhur (2) Neeb vs (15) DnS (7) Clem vs (10) Showtime (3) Nerchio vs (14) Bly (6) Has vs (11) Snute We got: (1) Serral vs (13) Scarlett (8) Reynor vs (9) SpeCial (4) Heromarine vs (15) DnS (5) uThermal vs (11) Snute (2) Neeb vs (14) Bly (7) Clem vs (10) Showtime (3) Nerchio vs (16) Harstem (6) Has vs (12) Kelazhur Hmm, and they didn't need to correct anything to not have group stage #3 match ups in RO16 so I wonder what's going on here. | ||
Penev
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On July 13 2018 07:04 HsDLTitich wrote: I think they just seeded the winners from the third groupstage from 1 to 8 according to WCS points, and then 9 to 16 were drawn randomly between the second placed players in the third groupstage That explains it. Random.. bah.. | ||
Shellshock
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Boggyb
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On July 13 2018 07:04 HsDLTitich wrote: I think they just seeded the winners from the third groupstage from 1 to 8 according to WCS points, and then 9 to 16 were drawn randomly between the second placed players in the third groupstage I suppose that is possible, but why on earth would you do that? It makes sense to either fully seed or go full random (possibly with no non-finals group stage rematches), not half seed and half random. I suppose you could also let the seeded players select their first round opponent. It also doesn't make sense to use a format different than what it is used to determine playoff seeding for the WCS Global Finals. | ||
HsDLTitich
Italy824 Posts
On July 13 2018 07:14 Boggyb wrote: I suppose that is possible, but why on earth would you do that? It makes sense to either fully seed or go full random (possibly with no non-finals group stage rematches), not half seed and half random. I suppose you could also let the seeded players select their first round opponent. Maybe to avoid 1st and 2nd place finishers from the same group facing each other in the RO16 (tho that wouldn't have happened this time, but you never know I guess?) | ||
vult
United States9386 Posts
Either way, my predictions: + Show Spoiler + | ||
FueledUpAndReadyToGo
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On July 13 2018 10:54 ZigguratOfUr wrote: Since when do we get racially balanced ro16s in WCS? Its the ultimate proof that zerg needs a buff | ||
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