Terran - The Pride of War (16) #5 Seed NaDa - 이윤열 - Lee Yoon Yeol #6 Seed Leta - 신상문 - Shin Sang Moon #8 Seed fOrGG - 박지수 - Park Ji Soo HiyA - 구성훈 - Ku Sung Hoon Hwasin - 진영수 - Jin Yung Soo Shine - 안상원 - Ahn Sang Won PianO - 임진묵 - Lim Jin Mook sKyHigh - 조병세 - Jo Byung Se Sea - 염보성 - Yum Bo Sung Iris - 변형태 - Byun Hyung Tae UpMaGiC - 신희승 - Shin Hee Seung fantasy - 정명훈 - Jung Myung Hoon Canata - 고인규 - Ko In Kyu Flash - 이영호 - Lee Yung Ho go.go - 김창희 - Kim Chang Hee firebathero - 이성은 - Lee Sung Eun
Zerg – Overcome All (7) #1 Seed Luxury - 박찬수 - Park Chan Soo #4 Seed ZerO - 김명운 - Kim Myung Eun #7 Seed sAviOr - 마재윤 - Ma Jae Yoon EffOrt - 김정우 - Kim Jung Woo Kwanro - 한상봉 - Han Sang Bong Calm - 김윤환 - Kim Yoon Hwan Jaedong - 이제동 - Lee Jae Dong
Protoss – Victory After Victory (9) #2 Seed JangBi - 허영무 - Hu Yung Moo #3 Seed Stork - 송병구 - Song Byung Goo Bisu - 김택용 - Kim Taek Yong free - 윤용태 - Yoon Yong Tae Kal - 김구현 - Kim Ku Hyun Horang2 - 이경민 - Lee Kyung Min Movie - 진영화 - Jin Young Hwa Much - 박영민 - Park Yeong Min Pure - 박세정 - Park Sae Jung
Terran - The Pride of War (16) #5 Seed NaDa - 이윤열 - Lee Yoon Yeol #6 Seed Leta - 신상문 - Shin Sang Moon #8 Seed fOrGG - 박지수 - Park Ji Soo HiyA - 구성훈 - Ku Sung Hoon Hwasin - 진영수 - Jin Yung Soo Shine - 안상원 - Ahn Sang Won PianO - 임진묵 - Lim Jin Mook sKyHigh - 조병세 - Jo Byung Se Sea - 염보성 - Yum Bo Sung Iris - 변형태 - Byun Hyung Tae UpMaGiC - 신희승 - Shin Hee Seung fantasy - 정명훈 - Jung Myung Hoon Canata - 고인규 - Ko In Kyu Flash - 이영호 - Lee Yung Ho go.go - 김창희 - Kim Chang Hee firebathero - 이성은 - Lee Sung Eun
Zerg – Overcome All (7) #1 Seed Luxury - 박찬수 - Park Chan Soo #4 Seed ZerO - 김명운 - Kim Myung Eun #7 Seed sAviOr - 마재윤 - Ma Jae Yoon EffOrt - 김정우 - Kim Jung Woo Kwanro - 한상봉 - Han Sang Bong Calm - 김윤환 - Kim Yoon Hwan Jaedong - 이제동 - Lee Jae Dong
Protoss – Victory After Victory (9) #2 Seed JangBi - 허영무 - Hu Yung Moo #3 Seed Stork - 송병구 - Song Byung Goo Bisu - 김택용 - Kim Taek Yong free - 윤용태 - Yoon Yong Tae Kal - 김구현 - Kim Ku Hyun Horang2 - 이경민 - Lee Kyung Min Movie - 진영화 - Jin Young Hwa Much - 박영민 - Park Yeong Min Pure - 박세정 - Park Sae Jung
Two maps, Byzantium 3 and Carthage 3, have been kept from the previous season, although last season, versions 2.3 and 1 were used, respectively. Heartbreak Ridge and Outsider have been adapted from Proleague.
Once again we return to a group stage for the round of thirty-two. Each group consists of four players; the group selection event determines their placement in each group. Each group must go through a double elimination format to determine which players will advance and which players are eliminated. If a player can get two wins before he gets two losses, then he advances to the next round. If he can’t, then he is eliminated. Two players from each group of four will have the chance to continue to fight for this season’s title.
Group A 1. EffOrt 2-0 ► Advances to Round of 16 2. Hwasin 2-1 ► Advances to Round of 16 3. Luxury 1-2 ► eliminated 4. HiyA 0-2 ► eliminated
The number of remaining competitors has been halved as the tournament continues into the Round of 16. Beginning with this round, the tournament becomes single elimination. The players who finished first out of their groups last round will be paired against a player that finished in second. Each pair of players will play a best-of-three match to determine not only who will advance to the next round, but who will earn seeds into the following MSL.
Thumbs Down Since there are four maps, there will be one map in each best-of-three match that will not be played. The players who finished first out of their group are given the opportunity to give a “thumbs down” to one of the maps. What this means is that the player will get to choose one of the four maps that he will not have to play on during this round. This allows the player the advantage of getting to remove a map that does not fit his play style or that he thinks may be imbalanced in a particular match-up.
MBC has implemented a new format for the Ro8 this season. The brackets from the Ro16 have been discontinued, and the matchups are now determined by KeSPA ranking. The matchups are a Bo5 format, with both players able to thumb down maps they do not want to see played twice.
There are only four players left, each with nothing to lose. The race for the finals reaches its peak here. Only two of these progamers will have the chance to taste glory, perhaps for the very first time.
If anyone has any mistakes in the OP to point out, or any suggestions, I'm happy to hear them. For example, I'm cribbing the idea of linking the winner interviews from Grandinquisitor. Does anyone have any other ideas like that?
EDIT: I guess more concretely, should I include VODs in the OP?
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GrandInquisitor New York City. June 16 2009 22:18. Posts 7901
when i was making it, instead of having the four people in each group and the 2-0 2-1 1-2 0-2 records (since that's going to be the same for every group), i was doing it something like how pachi did it here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=76966
i think VOD's are a good idea, but it's some additional effort from TLPD
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motbob United States. June 17 2009 00:11. Posts 11456
On June 16 2009 22:18 GrandInquisitor wrote: when i was making it, instead of having the four people in each group and the 2-0 2-1 1-2 0-2 records (since that's going to be the same for every group), i was doing it something like how pachi did it here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=76966
i think VOD's are a good idea, but it's some additional effort from TLPD
Two advantages of the way it is now: first, it's clearer who will have the advantage in day 2 of the group stages, and second, when the Ro16 rolls around, it'll be more clear how the Ro32 results led to the bracket.
Also, what does the TLPD have to do with linking VODs?
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GrandInquisitor New York City. June 17 2009 02:32. Posts 7901
was anyone able to piece out all the groups from the ridiculous MSL selection process? I tried and gave up... I'm sure it's posted somewhere but I can't seem to find anything in English
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Pooshlmer United States. June 17 2009 11:03. Posts 531
On June 17 2009 10:42 Sleight wrote: was anyone able to piece out all the groups from the ridiculous MSL selection process? I tried and gave up... I'm sure it's posted somewhere but I can't seem to find anything in English
there's a thread somewhere with the group selections. its pretty crazy. pretty much a buncha stuff gets swapped everywhere.
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motbob United States. June 18 2009 23:09. Posts 11456
This Round of 16 is going to look so strange ... the advancing players so far are EffOrt, Kal, PianO, Calm, Iris, and fantasy, none of whom made it to last season's Ro16. It should be interesting to say the least.
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