Esports World Cup 2024! - Page 15 (2024)

Good excuses:
Wrist/shoulder injuries
Military service
"Wasn't in peak form yet"

Bad excuses:
Jet Lag
"Online doesn't count"
Saving builds
Sickness
"Zerg imba"

Maybe I shouldn't say today given the challenge he gave Clem too.

Big comeback needed from Solar

On August 16 2024 19:48 HeroSandro wrote:
Will we get another classic Serral vs Reynor ZvZ banger?

On August 16 2024 20:00 Acrofales wrote:
Who is Team Falcon? Sure, the rest of the top 10 looks competitive, but seems they have 1st place entirely sewn up. Good to see TL going strong as the best of the rest!

It is a Saudi Esports Organization having teams in multiple games (Apex Legends, Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, FIFA / EA Sports FC, Overwatch, PUBG, Rocket League, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, and Valorant.). It is possible that they amassed their points simply through quantity, even if they "only" get 3-5th place in many games, they have an inherent advantage over organizations that only focus on one game. I didn't confirm this theory though.

If you don't focus on the few (was it 1 or 2?) posters who looked for explanations why the Immortal Demon Lord got his ass kicked 0:3 after having another ridiculous winning streak and having only dropped 3 (?) maps in the last 2 tournaments, your forum experience will skyrocket, I promise!

On August 16 2024 18:31 kajtarp wrote:
There was a thread few months ago about the double elimination format where i expressed my opinion heavily, why i dislike double elim. My opinion haven't changed. While for certain, double elim format results in more matches, which many of us certainly enjoys, it eliminates the suprise, the upset from tournaments. In a non double elim tournament Maru and Serral would be knocked out by now by Clem and Dark. They absolutely played well, they played their hearts out, they came up with good strategies and executions. They deserved their win. But with this format Serral and Maru can just look back the replays, and adjust their gameplay while they still have 2 lives left. I honestly does not see any of them not reaching the final four. Where they will have pretty good chances to play the finals despite their losses from yesterday and based on their replays they can just brainstorm and plug their holes. In a non double elim format they could still do it,yes. In the next tournament ...

Everyone but Dark and Clem would be eliminated already…

Showtime and SHIN wouldn’t even have played a game.

What a terrible tournament that would be. You can’t even draw any conclusions from current results as players play differently if they know they have three lives (like they do here). They are more likely to save builds and take greater risks. The matches very likely play out differently.

While the group stage is in a bracket format, it is still the group stage. The matches so far are equivalent to the group stage of the World Cup or the regular season of the NFL. Everyone battles for placement and once you get to the knockout bracket (the next stage), it is one and done. Quick example - Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia in 2022 and went on to win the World Cup. Essentially this group stage looks different, but it’s meant to accomplish the same thing. Seed players for the knockouts.

On August 16 2024 20:34 outscar wrote:
Am I not understanding or where's Ragnarok aka Shin in main event, didn't see him on bracket despite liquipedia telling he's qualified?

He and Showtime start in the knockout bracket, so you won’t see them until tomorrow.

Oh, that's very interesting approach to bracket, don't remember this kind of format before. Thanks for clearing out.

On August 16 2024 20:55 EquilasH wrote:
I actually like this format a lot, it gives everyone (except maybe Shin and Showtime) a few fair shots to qualify to top 4, and at the same time we're (almost) guaranteed a top 4 who have all beaten top players in their path.

I'm actually a huge fan too.

EDIT:

And just as I type that, he gets caught out of position lmao...