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**rezyn8** · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 6:43 AM

You should still be considered for the all-stars Zero regardless of your current league - as you are a legal player in Season 2 and the all-stars is based off the same season.

sRFullstop · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 8:27 AM

No, but the season started in Season 3, and the rules state that if you get promoted to Platinum you are ineligible for the all-stars even if you were Gold.

TAEdarus · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Fullstop

No, but the season started in Season 3, and the rules state that if you get promoted to Platinum you are ineligible for the all-stars even if you were Gold.

Basically this.

With the first All-Stars event, players who were promoted outside of the BSG leagues during the season / at the time of the All-Stars event were no longer eligible.

In essence, you'd find most of the All-Stars would be platinum and up if this rule were not implemented, which kinda ruins the point of "BSG" All-Stars.

If you guys want a Season 2 Steamrollers event or something (open to anyone regardless of promotions received) then i'm sure we can do something like that as well?

DeNile · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 9:32 AM

Gl Gg to all for this last week and looking forward to the next season a I will still be silver

**Maynarde** · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 11:06 AM

Hello my beautiful BSG-ers.

One more week of regular play, and the play offs next week

Season is coming to a close and here is the current finals format:

Format 1

There will be playoffs held over 3 weeks for the top 4 teams. Playoff games will be Best of 9. Format as follows;

Game A : Rank 1 vs. Rank 2
Game B : Rank 3 vs. Rank 4
Game C (week 2) : Loser of A vs. Winner of B
Game D (week 3) : Winner of A vs. Winner of C

I think that this is kind of uneccessarily long and we can shorten it to 2 weeks by doing the following:

Format 2

Finals Week 1
Game A - Rank 1 v Rank 4
Game B - Rank 2 v Rank 3

Finals Week 2
Winner of A v Winner of B

What say you BSG community? This is your league, your input is always valid. Much love

**rezyn8** · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 11:19 AM

My mistake - mis-interpreted what the all stars was about! Thought it was based on the current season players instead of the future season...

Maynarde - perfect finals setup - gives priority to top two and still keeps all four in the mix.

TAEdarus · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by rezyn8

My mistake - mis-interpreted what the all stars was about! Thought it was based on the current season players instead of the future season...

Maynarde - perfect finals setup - gives priority to top two and still keeps all four in the mix.

Hey Rezyn, you didn't misinterpret at all mate.
The BSGCL All-Stars is a celebration and competition between the best performers of the current season.
However in the first All-Stars event it was decided that players who had been promoted outside the realm of B/S/G would not be eligible for the event.

So I guess you could potentially call it a showcase for "players to look out for" in the next season (assuming they don't get promoted out of B/S/G in the interim).

I think the main reason behind removing plat / diamond players from the event is to keep it B/S/G, while I realise they were eligible to continue playing in the BSGCL season (if not diamond lol), they're no longer really BSG players so it wouldn't make sense to have a BSG event filled with Platinum players (assuming Platinum players get the better results out of everyone in the league).

**Maynarde** · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by rezyn8

Maynarde - perfect finals setup - gives priority to top two and still keeps all four in the mix.

Was that a nod to Format 1 or 2? Note - I edited my post to differentiate them a bit more.

**rezyn8** · Wed, 30th-Nov-2011, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Maynarde

Was that a nod to Format 1 or 2? Note - I edited my post to differentiate them a bit more.

I was actually referring to Format 1 - 3 weeks of finals where the top teams get a double chance rather than sudden knockout in Format 2.

TAEdarus · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 11:33 AM

I'm pretty sure it was re: the refined method

deL · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 11:34 AM

Maynarde seeing we have 10 teams why not extend it to top6. You could do a variant on Format 1 by having #3 play #6 and #4 play #5. The higher seed winner plays #2 and the lower seed winner plays #1 in the semis.

I usually prefer format 1 for a smaller number of teams (say 6) and format 2 for a nice standard number of teams (like 8) so this top6 format might be fun for 10 teams!

**Frogmite** · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 11:36 AM

I vote for Format 2.

1st vs 4th
2nd vs 3rd

Making play-offs with 6 teams is too much in my opinion.

TAEdarus · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 11:41 AM

Interesting idea, although i'm not sure how we'd pull it off / explain having over half the competition in the finals...

deL · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 11:45 AM

The thing is usually you have half the teams in the final (4 of 8, etc) but because there are 10 teams you're going to have to go with just under or just over half.

Might as well go over half so teams have more to play for towards the end of the season (and avoid potential walkovers where teams who can't make top4 don't show up).

**Frogmite** · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 11:57 AM

In my opinion, play-offs are made for elite teams in the league.
In the NBA only the top teams go to playoffs, not 50% of them.
If we allow 6 out of 10 teams to go for play-offs, it negates the importance of the league games.

Last season we had 12 teams and only 4 of them going to play-offs and that was fine for me.

x5_Potter · Wed, 30th-Nov-2011, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Frogmite

Last season we had 12 teams and only 4 of them going to play-offs and that was fine for me.

If I remember correct, it was 6 teams in the playoffs, with the top 2 getting a bye in the first week. Not completely sure though.

**Maynarde** · Wed, 30th-Nov-2011, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by VB_Potthead

If I remember correct, it was 6 teams in the playoffs, with the top 2 getting a bye in the first week. Not completely sure though.

You are correct sir.

KAshadowz · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 11:58 AM

del's suggestion is interesting, it does encourage all the teams to keep pushing until the end though instead of giving up half way

**Maynarde** · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 12:32 PM

Cheers for the input so far guys. I like the discussion so far, so we'll talk about it some more. If we went for 6 teams in the finals, it would be a lot more like the Season 1 playoffs (which we had a no-show at T_T) but I can see it working. 4 teams makes sure that this will be the most elite of contests (as far as BSG goes anyway) and can work just as well. I see good points to both formats now.

Would be awesome to add an in-thread poll here it would make the more popular choice a lot more clearer. Anyway, keep up the discussions

krycek · Tue, 29th-Nov-2011, 12:38 PM

LOL stick to the 4 teams format KISS no point making it harder than it is. Also i think someone stated that teams give up halfway through. Dnt know bout you guys but tcp has been 5th and under and had many bad things happen, but we aint giving up quietly- perhaps its a lack of passion?.

Anyway Tadel i saw what u did by suggesting top six teams O.O :P

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