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  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    Variable wrote: »
    so now

    in the finals it's bo7 even though First hasn't actually lost yet? that seems silly.

    Weren't the finals always best of 7?

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  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    Variable wrote: »
    so now

    in the finals it's bo7 even though First hasn't actually lost yet? that seems silly.

    It's Bo7 between TheStC and Leenock because TheStC came from the loser's bracket and Leenock from the winner's bracket. Leenock vs First will be a regular non-extended series.

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  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
    I think it's a Bo7 but First starts 2-0 or something.

  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    No, as of this MLG they have removed extended series from everything but the semifinals.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Yilias wrote: »
    No, as of this MLG they have removed extended series from everything but the semifinals.

    Yeah but Winner's Bracket advantage is a thing. Typically they start 2 up in the bo7.

  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    That would have the same effect as an extended series though.

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  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    Yeah, Yillias is right. It's not a winner/loser's champ bracket, they're upper/lower, and there's no extended series in the finals.

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  • SaarutoSaaruto Registered User regular
    Watching MLG on EU time is really weird guys...

    If you can chill, chill.
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  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    The extended series rule will now go into effect only if the players have met before in the same phase of the tournament. This means that a match result in the Open Bracket or Group Play will not trigger an extended series in the Championship Bracket.

    Like the Summer Arena, the Championship Bracket is now split into two double-elimination brackets, with the winners of each bracket meeting in a best-of-seven Final series. This ensures that the Finalists will not have met earlier in the Championship Bracket.

    As a consequence of the above two changes, extended series are not possible in the Championship Bracket except for the Semifinal matches.

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  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    This is a pretty early MLG though, usually the match before finals finishes at 1-2 am, this one seems to be done earlier. Probably due to the lack of TvT at the end.

  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    I don't mind that they're doing it, they're trying to work out the winners/losers part in the semifinals (upper and lower finals)

    but first hasn't lost and he won't get an advantage for it which I just find surprising. I'm fine with it, I think finals should always be 7 games.

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  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    Variable wrote: »
    I don't mind that they're doing it, they're trying to work out the winners/losers part in the semifinals (upper and lower finals)

    but first hasn't lost and he won't get an advantage for it which I just find surprising. I'm fine with it, I think finals should always be 7 games.

    Well, he did get to avoid playing a ton of games today, which means he's better rested than anyone who dropped a game.

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  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    If Leenock wins this Bo7 he'll also be undefeated.

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Huh. I thought TheSTC reacted really well there. Not entirely sure what he should have done differently...

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    Yilias wrote: »
    If Leenock wins this Bo7 he'll also be undefeated.

    it's only a bo7 because STC won 2-1 over leenock making it an extended

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  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    If he'd scouted it before it was literally at his base he could have built 2-3 more bunkers and held.

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Yilias wrote: »
    If he'd scouted it before it was literally at his base he could have built 2-3 more bunkers and held.

    He saw the Lair and Spire. He saw the banelings building. I mean, you can't always have perfect information. More bunkers would have helped, though.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Haha, STC got waaayy too cocky trying to end the series quickly with that cheese.

    Worth noting, that cheese doesn't even work that well anymore because Queens outrange Marines now.

  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    I thought marines were 5range

  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    Both queens and marines have 5 range. Marines only had 4 base range in BW.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Oh right, for some reason I thought they had 4.5 like hellions.

    Leenock!

  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    Wow, just an unstoppable wave after wave of units by Leenock.

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  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
    There is absolutely no excuse for MLG having Shakuras and Tal'darim in the map pool. It is embarrassing at this point.

  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    Hellions also have 5 range. The only unit with 4.5 range is the reaper.

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  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    I don't get why MLG still has shakuras and tal'darim in the map pool. It really makes no sense, apart from just being bad.

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Yilias wrote: »
    Hellions also have 5 range. The only unit with 4.5 range is the reaper.

    Haha, I even thought it was Reapers and then went "no, they're 5, I must be thinking of Hellions."

    I haven't played this game in a long time, in case you couldn't tell :D

  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    And well, looking at the crowds on stream, they are generally smaller. Maybe something else going on, or a smaller city?

    The LoL crowd is way smaller than the SC2 one as well, and they are just coming up on the final game of the tournament. So not looking that bleak for sc2 to me!

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    I mean, it's in the same exact venue it was last year. No idea why it'd be smaller.

  • mEEksamEEksa Registered User regular
    This MLG has had the worst player line-up since like, 2010, and they did absolutely no hyping before the event. I expect attendance to gradually increase as the season goes on.

  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    And well, at least the SC2 finals won't involve making them a joke by playing one game nexus wars, so it has that going for it over LoL.

  • YiliasYilias Registered User regular
    edited August 2012
    Did they play Dominion in the LoL tourney or something?

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Yilias wrote: »
    Did they play Domination in the LoL tourney or something?

    Worse. ARAM.

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  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    Nah, that would have been acceptable. They did one map of all random, all mid. Which is about as competitive as nexus wars.

  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    Does Chronoboosting cannons increase their rate of fire?

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  • FrozenzenFrozenzen Registered User regular
    Nope, just buildrate on units and upgrades.

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    This is way better to watch than Broodlords vs. Mothership.

  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    Jesus Christ, Leenock so sick!

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  • fatalspoonsfatalspoons Registered User regular
    Wow, the audience is so small.

  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    Leenock? More like, pwn- no... Leerock? No.

    Hold on I've got something for this...

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Leetnock?

    fatalspoons
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