[mGGNemesis]

Winner : CasualPlayer
Runner up : [ETL]Ravenflames

Comment #1 :
This GPD Opens have seen many tough decisions to be made. The hardest one I had to make was when we were waiting for the finals to be played between Coolbeans vs CasualPlayer. As some of you might had read, he had requested for 20 mins to be away. He did mention that if there was a need for a walkover, to award it. Unfortunately he was away for at least 30 minutes instead. When the games between CasualPlayer vs Prozer ended, I had to make the decision on what to do if he was away for much longer. So I gave the call that Coolbeans had a last 10 minutes grace period before the walkover was done to allow Ravenflames to reenter the brackets. We pm'd Ravenflames to return to the game. I also pm'd coolbeans at about the 10th minute mark and waited for another minute before telling Ravenflames that he could have the spot. They had already created the lobby but just at that moment, CasualPlayer went afk for a minute the game was not started when Coolbeans returned.

The situation turned awkward and I had to think about and consider everything. Hence, I decided that Ravenflames will take the spot as decided before Coolbeans returned and so the finals was between Ravenflames and Casualplayer.

Coolbeans was a true gentleman and understood the decision. For that I am thankful and wish more players as like him. The reason for him being away longer than normal is actually a pleasant one which I will not elaborate since it's personal and for him to share.

Even then it bugged me because it was a really difficult decision to make and I wanted to be fair to both Ravenflames and Coolbeans.

So I have decided that all three players will qualify for the GPD Cup #1 2015 on the 1st March 2015 (Sunday).


Comment #2 :
I would like to receive feedback on the introduction of round 16 BO3. This was based on the feedback that some players had previously given that they wish round 16 is a BO3 also because if we had just over 16 players and there are non reporting players that they be forced to play bo1 instead of BO3s (previous format). If the response remains favourable, round 16 will remain as BO3s.