I think i need to step in just to clarify that point.
In the SEACC thread the format was indicated as Bo7. xG proposed it to be Bo9 because it's better for the show (thing that i agree). However, inFi being in final also has their right to give their opinion. The fact that they don't want the final to be Bo9 is 100% legit. It was not written in the thread that final would be Bo9 so why would we change the format after competition started.
I believe the majority wanted Bo9, however, if it's not stated in the thread it's not fair to change rules half-way. The exact same thing happened when i wanted to put play-offs after week 4 and xG was the only team to refuse claiming it was not fair for them as the thread was stating no play-offs for all league (fair point once again).
We can change rules/format half-way only if all parties agree, which was clearly not the case for the format final and the play-offs.
So in terms of fairness, the final of SEACC had to be Bo7. I don't want further polemics on that particular point.
The finals format was not decided/stated anywhere until 2 days before finals. AFAIK admins wanted bo9 viewers wanted bo9, the only person who wanted bo7 was Roz.
This is what nirvAnA said a week before the finals.
[14/03/2012 11:20:53 PM] bryan choo -: the default as it is, is a Bo9
[14/03/2012 11:21:12 PM] Freddy Chi: think about it this way
[14/03/2012 11:21:19 PM] bryan choo -: what im thinking of is either
A) Switch it to a BO7
B) Switch it to a BO9 with 1 revival
Note: BOTH teams must agree
and also Frogmite you weren't even around during the SEACC finals
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