[Benji]

Hey guys, finally able to sit down at my computer and follow up on all the IeSF stuff ^_^

Firstly, I wrote a quick review of the qualifiers, if you want to check it out, visit this link

Anyway, the 16 qualifying players are (In league and qualifying order):
iMMafia
xGKingPoker
EveTechtron
xGKingSatu
iMLight
NvRossi
cRNinja
TtPiG

Toast
XtreMe
DronesInJail
NvDox

HoHKoketsu
BEASTMODE
fAiRyDuSt
FSZomgrofl

The final bracket will take place on the 15th of September. It will start in the afternoon (we will lock in an exact time a little closer to the date as we have some stuff planned for the event we need to nail down first). Being double elimination, it should go for a good amount of time.

The winner will be sent to the World Championships. The player will be required to be in Korea from October 2nd to October 6th for the event.

Brackets will be generated about a week out from the event, and I will guarantee no team kills in the first round. If your team is not displayed correctly or at all in the above list, please post here or contact me in some way (PM, email).

If you have any questions, please let me know.

[NvRossi]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

Hey guys, finally able to sit down at my computer and follow up on all the IeSF stuff ^_^

Firstly, I wrote a quick review of the qualifiers, if you want to check it out, visit this link

Anyway, the 16 qualifying players are (In league and qualifying order):
iMMafia
xGKingPoker
EveTechtron
xGKingSatu
iMLight
NvRossi
cRNinja
TtPiG

Toast
XtreMe
DronesInJail
NvDox

HoHKoketsu
BEASTMODE
fAiRyDuSt
FSZomgrofl

The final bracket will take place on the 15th of September. It will start in the afternoon (we will lock in an exact time a little closer to the date as we have some stuff planned for the event we need to nail down first). Being double elimination, it should go for a good amount of time.

The winner will be sent to the World Championships. The player will be required to be in Korea from October 2nd to October 6th for the event.

Brackets will be generated about a week out from the event, and I will guarantee no team kills in the first round. If your team is not displayed correctly or at all in the above list, please post here or contact me in some way (PM, email).

If you have any questions, please let me know.

i have an exam from 9-11 on the 15th please confirm its in the arvo !

[Benji]

Originally Posted by NvRossi

i have an exam from 9-11 on the 15th please confirm its in the arvo !

Yep, you should be fine to make the event, it will start no earlier than the previous qualifiers which began at 1pm.

[Fenner]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

I will guarantee no team kills in the first round.

I honestly dislike this even though it seems to be commonly accepted on SEA. Whilst team kills suck for the players involved, it is also unfair for the team you are on to have an influence on the bracket in a solo tournament in my opinion.

This is an extreme example but it will get my point across:

Lets say that iM Mafia beats iM Light 100% of the time but Light beats everyone else in the tournament 100% of the time. With team kills allowed in the first round, this means that Light has the possibility of losing in round 1 but with out team kills allowed it means he will always get past round 1. Thats an example of a player getting an advantage from this system.

The other thing that could happen is that the team being represented could gain an advantage, see this extreme example:

8 man bracket, 4 people on the same team, 4 randoms. With team kills allowed in the first round, there is a possibility the 4 team members could get lumped into the top half of the bracket, only allowing a max of 2 players into the top 4. With team kills not allowed in the first round, its possible for the team the players are representing to get 4 players in the top 4.

These examples are extreme but show that not allowing team kills in the first round influence the way the brackets play out - some people may prefer it this way, it's just my opinion really.

Also not allowing team kills in the first round means that there needs to be human interaction with the bracket generation which is obviously not preferred unless there is some way of randomizing logically whilst forcing no team kills.

[Dox]

Originally Posted by cRfenner

I honestly dislike this even though it seems to be commonly accepted on SEA.

As far as I'm aware, it's only really happened twice before - one of them being WCG Australia 2011 and the other one I can't even remember, maybe the IPL4 Australian Qualifiers or something. Nv have been team killing eachother in pretty much every tournament since the team launched. :P

I agree that it's an accepted part of competitive solo play, but it's a nice gesture every now and then, too!