Iaguz vs Has is better.
[WCS] Spring Championship DH Tours Bracket
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seemsgood
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Iaguz vs Has is better. | ||
Sogetsu
514 Posts
On May 05 2016 01:49 CynicalDeath wrote: ...he's training for SC3 so it should not be so hard for Neeb... Hahaha man that made my day, it was soo good, and I agree. | ||
Charoisaur
Germany15567 Posts
On May 05 2016 08:18 Sogetsu wrote: Hahaha man that made my day, it was soo good, and I agree. never heard that joke before :D made my day too | ||
CxWiLL
China830 Posts
On May 05 2016 06:13 Charoisaur wrote: Not sure I'll get used to "Team Envyus" Polt. From OptimusPrime to EnvyusPolt, Things are surely changing over the years. | ||
patelj
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Vetch
China3 Posts
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christophequirion
France82 Posts
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Azhrak
Finland1182 Posts
Single elimination is meant to find a single winner, and all placements below it are unclear. The winner might have knocked the 2nd best out in Ro32 but we never know. The same can also happen in any of the match-ups (2nd place defeats true 3rd in ro16, etc). So the prize money and WCS points below the winner are distributed rather randomly dictated by bracket-luck and seeding based largely on these very same random results. With enough events the randomness would even out but there are only three Championships in a year. The single elimination has its pros too: it's fast, every match counts, the luck factor creates surprising results (or stories as the production calls them). But these benefits don't overweight the cons when it's the format of the most important event in the foreign scene. Of course the most fair way would be a full round-robin (all vs all) but there is no time for that and it's very anti-hype and thus unfit for a show-type event. So let us use the GSL format (two double elim. groups followed by a single elim. bracket) which is superior in terms of defining the true placements of the competitors even though it also can suffer from bad seeding. Please? | ||
Penev
28337 Posts
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Nerchio
Poland2633 Posts
On May 05 2016 19:28 Azhrak wrote: I'm glad that there is only one more of there WCS Championship type of events planned (Summer Champ) because this plain single elimination tournament is not a good way to award the biggest prizes in the foreign SC2 scene. Single elimination is meant to find a single winner, and all placements below it are unclear. The winner might have knocked the 2nd best out in Ro32 but we never know. The same can also happen in any of the match-ups (2nd place defeats true 3rd in ro16, etc). So the prize money and WCS points below the winner are distributed rather randomly dictated by bracket-luck and seeding based largely on these very same random results. With enough events the randomness would even out but there are only three Championships in a year. The single elimination has its pros too: it's fast, every match counts, the luck factor creates surprising results (or stories as the production calls them). But these benefits don't overweight the cons when it's the format of the most important event in the foreign scene. Of course the most fair way would be a full round-robin (all vs all) but there is no time for that and it's very anti-hype and thus unfit for a show-type event. So let us use the GSL format (two double elim. groups followed by a single elim. bracket) which is superior in terms of defining the true placements of the competitors even though it also can suffer from bad seeding. Please? Please | ||
rotta
5560 Posts
On May 05 2016 19:28 Azhrak wrote: Single elimination is meant to find a single winner, and all placements below it are unclear. The winner might have knocked the 2nd best out in Ro32 but we never know Yeah, Zest vs. Maru in Code A is no fun at all. | ||
IArako
Germany193 Posts
poor showtime in 2nd round vs snute i was hoping to see him go far he had quite a lot of bracket misfortune the last tourneys but if he beats snute he has a really good shot at the finals so we will see overall i'd say top half >> lower half | ||
Musicus
Germany23567 Posts
On May 05 2016 07:00 vult wrote: PREDICTIONS + Show Spoiler [Round of 32] + + Show Spoiler [Round of 16] + + Show Spoiler [Round of 8] + + Show Spoiler [Round of 4 and Finals] + I like your predictions. I can see it happen! | ||
Orr
United States168 Posts
On May 05 2016 05:58 Charoisaur wrote: KR ladder isn't as competitive anymore because most KR pros don't ladder anymore because proleague uses other maps. Not saying scarlett is bad though. Yup. KR ladder is utterly meaningless to the top players. Whereas everyone here routinely cites it as proof that certain foreigners can compete at the highest levels. The following is being directed to Mier19891 and others who repeatedly employ the usual fallacies. The only ladder rank that matters to the top tier are the Proleague Winners Rankings. Where Maru (11-0) and herO (11-4) are tied for first. Followed by Zest (10-3), Dear (9-4), Dark (9-5), soO (8-2), Stats (7-3), TY 7-6), Reality (6-3), and Rogue (6-4). Followed in importance by the PL internal team practice-house ones. Where you have to prove each week that you deserve to be fielded in one of only four available slots in the regular season BO5 team-league format. This is also ignoring the basic fact that PL and GSL use different map pools than the ladder ones. I'm all for foreigners continuing to improve and would like to see them one day able to hold their own against the best in the world (although this would require free and open competition which currently is impossible). But citing KR ladder ranks as so many here do as evidence, is almost as absurd as referencing Aligulac as proof that foreigners are competitive. Aligulac is a useful tool for trends and historical context, but it's always been tragically flawed when ranking foreigners and in comparing cross-region hypothetical matchups. Nerchio is ranked #8 overall, above the likes of Classic, Maru, Dear, Solar, TY, Rogue, Stats, and Polt. The latter whom we last saw moping the floor of Nerchio on his home turf in the semis at WCC. Showtime is next at #19. One spot above Dream. Then Neeb at #21. Above Byul and GuMiho. And so on. My biggest takeaway from watching the games thus far from the new WCS system compared to Proleague and both Starleagues, is that the skill gap between foreigners and Koreans has never been further apart and continues to grow exponentially. Which is the exact opposite (I hope) of what everyone wants. | ||
ZAiNs
United Kingdom6525 Posts
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DarkGamer
Germany294 Posts
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SeriousLus
169 Posts
It says 5hours from now since this morning.. but since its in france i cant imagine that it starts at 22.00 local time edit: ok, its in Austin.. nvm the question | ||
egrimm
Poland1196 Posts
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TheDougler
Canada8286 Posts
On May 05 2016 02:08 Nakajin wrote: Nerchio vs Vortix is an unfortunate draw for both of them. And Scarlett and Firecake in there too. Zerg hopefuls destroying eachother for a chance at glory. Rooting for Scarlett but I think Nerchio makes it out of those four. | ||
rotta
5560 Posts
B stream for the Koreans, smooth. | ||
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