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Imagine:
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--- Quote from: Captain Smollett on March 24, 2014, 03:14:43 pm ---I wouldn't use the word random, more like unexpected, and it just makes it more exciting.
Whichever team makes the fewest mistakes wins, it's just as much about mental toughness as skill, allows teams to surprise their enemies with unexpected tactics and tests them to see if they can react and adjust.
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It's not just that, it's also maps. Some teams are going to be better on some maps than others, so having a bo3 will give you a lot more accurate count of who's better skilled overall, and not just better at a particular map.
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Well that can lead to the same result as a best of one.
The first map is random-ish, and the team that's better at that map is going to win.
The losing team picks the next map, something they're generally better. They could lose it here or win it.
If the team that won the first match loses the second match, they get to pick a map they're better at and have a high chance of winning.
That first map plays the largest role in determining the overall winner. That's not saying teams can't come back and get two wins, but I would suggest that it's very uncommon. I'd have to go and check the past match videos to verify that however.
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Two things:
1) We've never had teams picking maps afaik.
2) While most games end in 2-0, you're still more likely to have the team that's actually better (if for nothing else, that particular day) win out.
What you're not going to have (for the most part) is some team be really good at only sniping (or the other team being just bad at playing against it), and getting lucky with having their map being on Dunes and winning that way in a one and out.
Captain Smollett:
I just kind of like the suspense where every match is make it or break it. It also leads to shorter casts and shorter wait times for the teams.
Imagine:
--- Quote from: Captain Smollett on March 24, 2014, 05:37:42 pm ---I just kind of like the suspense where every match is make it or break it. It also leads to shorter casts and shorter wait times for the teams.
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Don't disagree. Just saying I like to see double elimination if bo1 is the case, something which at least these group stages provide :)
Thomas:
Ah, I was thinking the Leviathan where the loser picks. But after going back through the CeSports videos, the 20 or so I looked at, the loser of the first match only came back to win twice. So 90%+ of the time winning the first match means you're probably going to win the best of three.
Overall I think having a best of one is more exciting and intense for both participants and viewers, and it would be awesome to adjust the bracket portion of the tournament to reflect this, but re-apply the double elimination condition, allowing the teams who get eliminated in the Group stage a chance to come back.
By announcing the map ahead of time, like in the group stage, you remove that 'luck' factor of getting maps you're good at. You know what map it's going to be, and you can prepare for that, instead of hoping you get something you're good at and something the enemy isn't as good at. Essentially there's no "Well, they're better at these kind of maps" excuses, since both teams knew what they were getting into well in advance.
Frogger:
I for one vastly favor the Best of 1 approach. Having one's Saturday or Sunday eaten up by 3-4 hours of Bo3s is exhausting. It's more fun both to play and to watch.
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