Medina4life
Media Master
I know I posted about this earlier, and feel it deserves a seperate forum. What are your guys's opinion on the "continuation rule?" Also, I would like to hear what you guys have to say about what the format of MLG should be like. We still have yet to hear the final decision on things, but at least we can talk about how it should be here. With a 128 man bracket, the most logical system to me would be 4 pools of 32 players each. Have someone knowledgeable of our scene to see the pools accordingly. Standard Evo qualifier rules. Best 2/3 for all matches in pools, and 3/5 for Finals in Top 8. Character lock when you win a match. Now here is my original post about the continuation rule.
"Will there only be one pool? If so, will the "continuation" rule apply to Mortal Kombat 9? If not, here is Get Your Tournaments explanation of what it is.. This is important for anyone competing to know. I sense backlash if the players don't know about this rule and end up meeting each other again in the losers bracket some time..
http://www.gytnews.com/articles/commentary/understanding-the-continuation-rule.html
For the lazy...
Every match you play in the tournament has more value than they way standard rules in a double elimination bracket are. Basically, say PL and REO meet each other in the winners bracket. REO sends PL to losers bracket 3 - 2. PL fights has way up the bracket and they end up facing each other in Grand Finals or even say losers top 8 or something. Because Reo beat PL earlier in the tourney, the continuation rule makes the previous set they played earlier in the tournament count. What this means is the match is no longer best of 5 but extend the series to become a best of 11 with a 3-2 advantage for Reo
From what I understand, for Reo to win he only need to win 3 matches to advance
while PL would need to win 4. It makes the process all the more complicated and harder to follow along if you haven't watched every single match. My biggest concern is the commentators not fully understanding the continuation rule, or them having difficulty explaining to the viewers. I myself am having a tough time understanding this. Let us just pray that they don't use this "rule" for the fighting games. I fear there might be an uproar or backlash for the unorthodox rules which in my opinion, is just overly complicated and not necessary.
What if the top players aren't seeded properly and face each other first round. Are they going to be penalized with this messed up rule?"
"Will there only be one pool? If so, will the "continuation" rule apply to Mortal Kombat 9? If not, here is Get Your Tournaments explanation of what it is.. This is important for anyone competing to know. I sense backlash if the players don't know about this rule and end up meeting each other again in the losers bracket some time..
http://www.gytnews.com/articles/commentary/understanding-the-continuation-rule.html
For the lazy...
Every match you play in the tournament has more value than they way standard rules in a double elimination bracket are. Basically, say PL and REO meet each other in the winners bracket. REO sends PL to losers bracket 3 - 2. PL fights has way up the bracket and they end up facing each other in Grand Finals or even say losers top 8 or something. Because Reo beat PL earlier in the tourney, the continuation rule makes the previous set they played earlier in the tournament count. What this means is the match is no longer best of 5 but extend the series to become a best of 11 with a 3-2 advantage for Reo
From what I understand, for Reo to win he only need to win 3 matches to advance
while PL would need to win 4. It makes the process all the more complicated and harder to follow along if you haven't watched every single match. My biggest concern is the commentators not fully understanding the continuation rule, or them having difficulty explaining to the viewers. I myself am having a tough time understanding this. Let us just pray that they don't use this "rule" for the fighting games. I fear there might be an uproar or backlash for the unorthodox rules which in my opinion, is just overly complicated and not necessary.
What if the top players aren't seeded properly and face each other first round. Are they going to be penalized with this messed up rule?"
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