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The pool is a bit short, and the wine, apparently, was not only unexpected but also sparkling. I'm all for m200, of course, but why jk, and not jc, or at least mt_jc? Only drug addicts and Redditors play Diamond; it's better to play Anarchy or Mini Nostu. =) I imagined Cherk and Chot, and I chuckled a little.
Don't include me in this:D
I would gladly swap Diamond for Mini Nostu or Anarchy, or even CM, if we're being honest, but with such a short pool, I'll have to train m200:mad:
P.S. I, for example, am categorically against seeding by rating, since the seeding will most likely be based on the HotA lobby rating rather than HeroesWorld. The prospect of dropping out before the group stage does not inspire me, especially on a random papist M200
Right now, there is only one version of h3dm1. With a ban on Greenie and others.
Just like with Diamond. The road fix has been the default for two years already.
Can you provide a link to the official version of M200-Papich-pack?
They are angry, okay. But some of the main top players refuse to participate as a result of this "difficult" decision by the organizers. It was planned that this would be the strongest in the history of the CIS region. Without FTS, Dave, and Lucky, this is very doubtful. And if Shop also skips it, then... It will just turn out to be a standard "St. Petersburg m200", just with an expanded roster.
Optimal pool: mt-jc, h3dm, jk, 6lm, diamond.
But linking the absence of FTS and Dave at the tournament to the templates is not logical at all. :confused:
(1) A pool of 6 templates. The ban goes according to a scheme.
-1 - 1 - 2 -1, i.e., the first player bans one template more than the other before the decisive moment, leaving two for the other to choose from; the second finishes the banning process.
I don't understand the logic behind 6 templates at all. It doesn't matter what pattern the ban follows. One player bans 3 templates, the other bans 2. This is already a significant imbalance. It depends heavily on luck. Why introduce this additional factor? I don't like it at all.
And they didn't even take a compromise approach with a Mini-Nost.
Diamond could at least have been mirrored.
Discord - Xocenk#2473
P.S. However, if the majority support a mini-tournament instead of the Diamond tournament, that would be a reasonable replacement, because, as I said, they are basically the same.
There will always be a group of people dissatisfied with the templates, so let the majority of participants be angry; at least there is some balance in that. The organizers and judges are doing a great job taking on such a difficult decision; respect to you!
This decision isn't difficult; it's cowardly. They created a pool of templates against Shopy, which is why even JC was replaced. They should do as Xocenk suggests, letting a coin decide the issue, and JK, Diamond, and Papich m200 are just a joke?! Also, Elena's option with voting (proposing 3 templates) seems reasonable because the organizers have already shown their templates...
In my opinion making "quality tourmanent" for everyone is impossible but there is always a chance to make rng less important than players skill. Am i wrong if i say jebus, diamond or m200 are more about rng than 6lm10a or h3dm1? Making 3/5 "more random" templates as map pool isn't healthy for tournament.
I can be wrong, it's only my point of view. Coming SNG first time and i'm fine to spend a nice week in other way than "main event")
