yeah I spent a solid minute looking at the screen trying to figure out wtf I was doing wrong before I realized there was a little scroll bar at the bottom I was missing
this tourney is fucking huge and I've already accepted that all of my picks are gonna get knocked out in the first round
I couldn't even see the scroll bar until I scrolled down enough to see there was a losers bracket. I kinda wondered why it looked like they were doing different formats for east and west.
UltraPrime Academy (Guangzhou Charge's academy team) recently announced their roster and it's kinda nasty. Might actually be better than their main roster. It's basically Chengdu's bench and Team Chaser.
They've got Apr1ta, Jimmy, and Kaneki at DPS, Off and Xray at tank, Kyo and Xerneas at support.
Xerneas is Yveltal, which is a, *ahem*, legendary name change.
I'm not sure what the rules on on promoting players is but I think they only have to pay out a month of players salaries that are dropped so they could conceivably restructure their roster midseason.
And for the triple post, private Pick 'Ems leaderboards are back. It looks like the one from last year (PA Scrimbux Exchange) is still working and I'm currently in the lead.
For now, anyway. My dumb brackets will probably drop me a few spots this weekend.
Is there anyone here that was not in the group last year that wants to be added when we're able? I could also make a new one if we can't have new people join.
Now it works, independent of the refreshing though.
If anyone that wasn't in it before wants to join here's the ID and password:
ID: pa-scrimbux-exchange
Password: wang
edit: Regarding brackets.
I'm now seeing that I selected Philly and Seoul to knock out Hangzhou immediately and I already regret that decision. My rationale was that Hangzhou played Philly close and had to clutch out (and get a little lucky) to win and Playoff Profit will arrive. I just took my foolproof formula of never trusting both Philly and Seoul and threw it out the window.
edit 2: Just saw that Halo is reporting that Dpei will be hired by Vancouver. I've never been a huge Dpei fan, in that he seemed like a solid coach but not one that will take you to the elite tiers long term, but this should still be a major boon for the Titans. They've got several really good players, they just need some guidance.
And for the triple post, private Pick 'Ems leaderboards are back. It looks like the one from last year (PA Scrimbux Exchange) is still working and I'm currently in the lead.
For now, anyway. My dumb brackets will probably drop me a few spots this weekend.
I defy anyone to have a dumber bracket than me. I have Houston losing to Dallas then coming back through the loser bracket to the finals.
Though I'm not crazy enough to have them winning the whole the thing.
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Surely, the Gladiators will make a lower bracket run this tournament.
I have Gladiators losing to Dallas in the final after delivering Shock their first loss.
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ready and waiting for my preds to get shredded
i have fuel losing to and then winning against shock in the finals, then in apac i'm all in on Playoff P taking seoul through the losers bracket to win against spark
oh it did? well then, guess I fucked myself by picking so early!
unless everyone else's picks end up being extremely bad, I'll probably be missing out on enough points that it kinda makes me not wanna play out the rest of the season. nuts.
(and yeah I'm logged in, it has all my previous scores and all that)
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If Grand Finals aren't on LAN I'll be very sad. Great day of games. Even the blowouts were entertaining with the crowd and some great casting. 3/4 on the day. Had the correct score but the wrong winner, just like their last matchup.
The end card bug rears it's head again. Kinda funny that it didn't come up until yesterday with ATL/FLA and immediately happens again. Push also just does not seem as imbalanced against first fight winners as everyone initially reacted to. I don't have a problem with giving a slight advantage to first fight winner cause, I mean, yeah you win the first fight then you get to push first, build more ult charge, and set up for your next fight so of course that's going to give you some snowball potential. We've had tons of Push maps go down to the wire in the past couple weeks so I think teams are just getting better at pacing themselves and understanding when you actually have the advantage, independent of bot progress.
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shd/seo
also had a crazy close push game where they went back and forth so much the bot barely made any progress on either side most of the time
What a match. I'm feeling a lot better about Hangzhou going out against Seoul cause they looked sick. Shanghai just looked inevitable. The end of Lijiang Market was outrageous. Seoul clutches to deny the round win and Shanghai clutches right back to steal it. Then they dominate with the Rein comp on Control Center to close it out. WOW.
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shd/seo
i would've walked away a lot more satisfied with the outcome had night (day?) market been the final round and everything else about lijiang played out the exact same way but yeah, heckuva series
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I'm glad to see Gladiators performing up to their ability, but I refuse to put too much of my hope into them until elimination is on the line. That being said, I'll be perfectly happy to see them keep this up.
Man I'm actually feeling pretty good about my APAC bracket now. Unfortunately I don't think I can score a single point in NA unless I get the finals right (They would be coming from opposite sides of the bracket but I would think it will still count?)
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can't wait for people to wake up and see the APAC results heheh
Philly once again unstoppable on their march to #2
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this tourney is fucking huge and I've already accepted that all of my picks are gonna get knocked out in the first round
They've got Apr1ta, Jimmy, and Kaneki at DPS, Off and Xray at tank, Kyo and Xerneas at support.
Xerneas is Yveltal, which is a, *ahem*, legendary name change.
I'm not sure what the rules on on promoting players is but I think they only have to pay out a month of players salaries that are dropped so they could conceivably restructure their roster midseason.
Steam: MightyPotatoKing
Steam: MightyPotatoKing
For now, anyway. My dumb brackets will probably drop me a few spots this weekend.
Steam: MightyPotatoKing
Is there anyone here that was not in the group last year that wants to be added when we're able? I could also make a new one if we can't have new people join.
Steam: MightyPotatoKing
Now it works, independent of the refreshing though.
If anyone that wasn't in it before wants to join here's the ID and password:
ID: pa-scrimbux-exchange
Password: wang
edit: Regarding brackets.
I'm now seeing that I selected Philly and Seoul to knock out Hangzhou immediately and I already regret that decision. My rationale was that Hangzhou played Philly close and had to clutch out (and get a little lucky) to win and Playoff Profit will arrive. I just took my foolproof formula of never trusting both Philly and Seoul and threw it out the window.
edit 2: Just saw that Halo is reporting that Dpei will be hired by Vancouver. I've never been a huge Dpei fan, in that he seemed like a solid coach but not one that will take you to the elite tiers long term, but this should still be a major boon for the Titans. They've got several really good players, they just need some guidance.
I defy anyone to have a dumber bracket than me. I have Houston losing to Dallas then coming back through the loser bracket to the finals.
Though I'm not crazy enough to have them winning the whole the thing.
i have fuel losing to and then winning against shock in the finals, then in apac i'm all in on Playoff P taking seoul through the losers bracket to win against spark
so now that the tourney has started, are anyone's predictions showing up as not selected?
I definitely filled mine out, locked it in, and double-checked that it had submitted. But now all the matches are listed as 'not predicted'
so if I did fuck up somehow and it didn't save my picks, I guess I'm not getting anything from the tourney. damn...
I would also check to see that you are logged in.
unless everyone else's picks end up being extremely bad, I'll probably be missing out on enough points that it kinda makes me not wanna play out the rest of the season. nuts.
(and yeah I'm logged in, it has all my previous scores and all that)
What a match. I'm feeling a lot better about Hangzhou going out against Seoul cause they looked sick. Shanghai just looked inevitable. The end of Lijiang Market was outrageous. Seoul clutches to deny the round win and Shanghai clutches right back to steal it. Then they dominate with the Rein comp on Control Center to close it out. WOW.
my own preds would also be in absolute shambles at this point anyway, so I don't feel so bad about missing the cutoff
at least i probably split the difference enough in my crystal ball picks
Edit: Though, both my crystal ball picks are still in it.
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My west bracket is pretty busted though. I only got one right.