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Originally Posted by Baldie

In regards to how seeding was done I seriously don't understand how anybody can argue seeding an ACL event using ACL points is not fair or not unbiased. In my opinion no admin should ever alter a bracket 'because it looks stacked' or 'because some really good guy gets a bad run', especially if the premise of seeding is based off previous qualifiers. What's the point of doing the qualifiers then? "Oh see this semi decent guy played in all the qualifiers and he's in the easier bracket but this guy here who is like top 2 protoss SEA is in the harder bracket hmm despite only playing in 1 qualifier let's swap them because it wont be as stacked then and it will make it more likely for this guy to advance because he really should." Makes me sick thinking about it. I definitely can see the merit in using 2013's model of seasons instead of yearly but that's all I can take from this entire discussion on it. There will always be people who get an easier bracket than others - welcome to a tournament.

Why would blysk have played in the qualifiers? Some of them were held long before it was known that this ACL was giving out a WCS seed or blizzard helped him with the cost of getting out here to compete for it.

The process is not entirely unfair as long as it's all known before the season starts. Changing it halfway through and then punishing players who didn't compete from the start of the year in events that at the time were completely pointless to them is indeed unfair.

Plenty of good things about this ACL though! For the first time it was actually a good experience as a spectator with the theatre and a really well run stage and interviews etc.

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OMG erasmus had something positive to say!! Thanks man :). Noted of course with the non ANZ players.