Recent content by Giuseppe551

So if I understand the settings correctly one of ACCM, Mbl, Tatoh, Nicov, and Dogao will be automatically relegated to the lower league for season 2?

Hold multiple qualifiers. RMS cup is doing just that. Or make them double elim like Starcraft mostly does. @paradox303 @_Donatello_ Am I to understand that you think Major League Baseball, founded in 1876, is not a league just because it doesn't have a dumb relegation system?

Since when does a league need to have a relegation/promotion component? That's nonsense.

Yes it does. I want the fairest, simplest, and most time tested method to determine who's allowed to play in the league, which is a qualifier.

Why are we trying to reinvent the wheel here when you could do the most sensible thing and just run a qualifier? GSL, the greatest RTS tournament of all time, invites the semifinalists from the previous season and then forces everyone else to qualify whether they're one of the best of all time...

This ATP ranking could be great to seed people into an end of year world championship type tournament but aoe2 does not have that. For this league it'd make way more sense to just run a qualifier.

https://clips.twitch.tv/FairHilariousPorpoiseBigBrother-KzCENHtaWRqWP5il

Crazy that the beta is in 2023, was expecting 2024 at the earliest. The first tournament will be insane since it's pretty much a guarantee that everyone will at least temporarily jump over. Viper vs Serral oh boy oh boy

Agreed, there's really nothing left to say about aoe4 at the moment. Until they fix combat in that game it will continue be a side note in the aoe franchise. You were probably watching NA, a much less interesting/popular region. Today's EU finals have ~17k main/24k total viewers. In general I'd...

Valas' interview skills only rivaled by Marshawn Lynch in his prime

Only the very last day of Golden League was even remotely comparable to SC2 tournaments of similar size. Also GSL (the best tournament) doesn't get good live viewership because it's played on Korean time which is dreadful for both NA and EU and played on weekdays. But the average group stage...

I could see that only if you're looking at it through a very short term lens (i.e. when he started working a 9-5 and had less time/motivation for aoe). But from 2018-2021 he was 5th, 4th, 6th, and 9th in terms of prize money. On open maps I'd take him over anyone not named Viper/Liereyy/Hera...

@NesteaZen don't take my word for it, go watch the last minute of mbl's stream yesterday where he says he's already grinding to qualify for Red Bull. And that's a top 5-6 player in the world, imagine how motivated the players in the 12-24 range will be to qualify. Also maxis is not a word...

https://www.econlib.org/library/Topics/College/incentives.html :smile: It's ok, the President of the United States struggles with basic economic concepts as well

Maps from last time seem awfully watery based on this showmatch...might be a good idea to limit it to 1-2 maps with a water component this time around. Constant hybrid maps are a major turnoff for a lot of people.