EIZO Holiday Brawl will host top players from Korea and Europe as they take on each other on 28th and 29th of December. Groups will be played out in WCS system and top 2 from each group will move onto the playoffs. Korean group will be played from Sunday, Dec 28 3:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) on Sunday, followed by European group. Playoffs are kicking in on Monday at Monday, Dec 29 3:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00).
On December 25 2014 07:38 TotalBiscuit wrote: Heh, this tournament is the anti-seeding isnt it?
It really bugs me that 2 of the top four players get punished, but hey if you need to guarantee foreigners in the bracket you gotta cheat at least some good Koreans through the format
On December 25 2014 07:38 TotalBiscuit wrote: Heh, this tournament is the anti-seeding isnt it?
It really bugs me that 2 of the top four players get punished, but hey if you need to guarantee foreigners in the bracket you gotta cheat at least some good Koreans through the format
Annoying format, RO4 is at risk of becoming pointless formality due to skill mismatch arbitrarily enforced by its groups. Could one of those players beat the Koreans? Sure, on a good day, why not? Are they likely to? No. Are they on average better than the Group A participants? No.
On December 26 2014 01:42 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: Group A is the main event, Group B is the undercard. Usually you do the undercard first OP
I don't think the organizers feel the need to prioritize forcing Koreans to play at unbearable hours of the night. Thanks for the advice.
He's making fun of you for having such an awful group format. I really don't think that he literally meant that group b (technically equal in terms of the format) was actually an undercard for group a....
Come on guys, it really does not matter at which point during the tournament non koreans lose to koreans.
Perhaps nobody from Group B would have participated, since the four of them would have earned zero dollars combined 99% of the time, if they would have been put into groups with the koreans.
Personally i like to see euroPEONS play the koreans because there is a chance they might win. However now it seems they are not even trying anymore and are accepting defeat.
On December 25 2014 20:18 NeThZOR wrote: I played a PvT against Dayshi a week ago so from my experience (lol) I say he beats Harstem and then Lilbow to advance 1st.
i dunno kev, legend has it that Lilbow has some EPS wins under his belt
On December 25 2014 07:38 TotalBiscuit wrote: Heh, this tournament is the anti-seeding isnt it?
It really bugs me that 2 of the top four players get punished, but hey if you need to guarantee foreigners in the bracket you gotta cheat at least some good Koreans through the format
Then just look at it like that. Group A plays for 500/300 of the prize pool, while Group B plays for 100/100.
On December 25 2014 07:38 TotalBiscuit wrote: Heh, this tournament is the anti-seeding isnt it?
It really bugs me that 2 of the top four players get punished, but hey if you need to guarantee foreigners in the bracket you gotta cheat at least some good Koreans through the format
Annoying format, RO4 is at risk of becoming pointless formality due to skill mismatch arbitrarily enforced by its groups. Could one of those players beat the Koreans? Sure, on a good day, why not? Are they likely to? No. Are they on average better than the Group A participants? No.
It's the Blizzcon format. KR qualifer and EU qualifier leading to a RO4.