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Eddie makes some really good points regarding the points distribution. The SEA Championship Series needs to be inclusive of all SEA countries, not just Oceania. As it is, we already have our own internal circuit with ACL and their points system.

I find I have very little criticism of the SCS format or how it was run... which is a nice change. (Bigger points distribution for all tournaments might be the only thing that could give more incentive to players, maybe??)

Props to Eddie! Do you have any plans for 2014 that may be different or do you aim to run things pretty much like they are now?

Also, I just posted PiG's vlog on his SCS win for anyone interested http://www.sc2sea.com/blogs/showentry.php?e=1423

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by dot89

(Bigger points distribution for all tournaments might be the only thing that could give more incentive to players, maybe??)

I think more points towards the smaller tournaments could be done easier, eg extending wT to top 8, however doing similar for bigger ones, eg top 32+, is giving out a lot of points, to a lot of players. Could also be done though. Will look into some options.

An idea I've been thinking about coming from thoughts in this thread, is perhaps giving out bonus points to players outside of the top 16 or 32 season rankings who defeat players in the top 16/32 in a bo3+ in any tournament. Something small like 5 points, so even if they are knocked out before which ever round points are given out, eg R.16, R.8, they'd get some reward for a good 'scalp'. Bit like a mini ELO rankings type thing. There would be no penalty to the top 16/32 player, other than of course potential elimination from that tournament.

Originally Posted by dot89

Props to Eddie! Do you have any plans for 2014 that may be different or do you aim to run things pretty much like they are now?

Thanks. 2014 is going to be a very big and busy year in real life for me , so i don't know how much time i'll personally be able to dedicate to doing things differently. Will still try and pump out as many masters cups as i can, and I expect we'll follow a very similar structure for SCS, hopefully with a few improvements, bigger finals, etc.

Originally Posted by DM.MCZ.ProAnnn

However, for the 'bounty' showmatches, i feel that there are lack of people playing in those. Maybe we could reassess those showmatches?

Like they could earn 'bonus' points from playing.
Example: Both player bets 100 points each. Winner gets 200 while loser gets 10% of that? 20 points? Just an idea to encourage more people to play

Yes, SCS Challange/showmatches were quite under used. I think they are a great idea, and worth trying to improve.