On July 17 2017 05:23 Liquid`Snute wrote:
I didn't have a long break between semi and the final, wish it was longer personally. Elazer got more rest and also some more thinking time. but that's just luck of side and schedule - top bracket players get a nice warmup like that. Main reason for fatigue overall is probably loud audio levels at venue taking its toll and personally I woke up many times to partying in the streets and hotel rooms. Even if you take a lot of precautions it's still hard to reach home tier level. Just gotta accept that level will drop sometimes
I didn't have a long break between semi and the final, wish it was longer personally. Elazer got more rest and also some more thinking time. but that's just luck of side and schedule - top bracket players get a nice warmup like that. Main reason for fatigue overall is probably loud audio levels at venue taking its toll and personally I woke up many times to partying in the streets and hotel rooms. Even if you take a lot of precautions it's still hard to reach home tier level. Just gotta accept that level will drop sometimes
This is why I've always preferred long-form tournaments like the GSL, especially after the group stages. In addition to solving the fatigue issue, we also get to see players actually prepare for their opponents each round. I long for the day when this will make sense for foreign tournaments. There just isn't any way to battle the fatigue issue in these weekend-warrior tournaments.