For the season 15 finals tournament, if there is going to be one, I want to propose a Best of X concept to make a set less RNG dependent on race match ups.

The concept:

• Best of X Series starts with a mirror match-up chosen by players.
• Loser of a match picks next race match-up. Each match-up can be played once.(9 Options: PvP, PvZ, ZvP, PvT, TvP, TvZ, ZvT, TvT, ZvZ)
• Example Bo7:
  Match 1 = PvP, Player 2 wins. 0-1   (PvP, PvZ, ZvP, PvT, TvP, TvZ, ZvT, TvT, ZvZ)
  Match 2 = PvZ, Player 1 wins 1-1   (PvP, PvZ, ZvP, PvT, TvP, TvZ, ZvT, TvT, ZvZ)
  Match 3 = ZvP, Player 2 Wins 1-2   (PvP, PvZ, ZvP, PvT, TvP, TvZ, ZvT, TvT, ZvZ)
  Match 4 = PvT, Player 1 wins 2-2   (PvP, PvZ, ZvP, PvT, TvP, TvZ, ZvT, TvT, ZvZ)
  Match 5 = TvP, Player 1 wins 3-2   (PvP, PvZ, ZvP, PvT, TvP, TvZ, ZvT, TvT, ZvZ)
  Match 6 = ZvT, Player 1 wins 4-2   (PvP, PvZ, ZvP, PvT, TvP, TvZ, ZvT, TvT, ZvZ)
  

Pro's

• No RNG deciding the outcome. For example: One players gets PvZ more often than the other resulting in a higher % chance to win the series.
• More diversity and strategy. Players get tested on all possible race match-ups. Players also have make a strategy when to play what Match-up. Do they save a good MU for them until later into the series, or do they play it early into the series?

Cons:

• Players know what race the opponent plays.
• Some people dislike mirrors ZvZ and TvT.

Quote from: DryFly on November 11, 2019, 08:31:43 pm

The whole point of the imbalances is to create more exciting and fast paced games , and to force players to adapt to them and having multiple play styles and strategy’s. If it’s pvt on top of the t, the Terran player has to learn a good tank push and not triple cc to be abused if he wants to push late game. These imbalances create so much more diversify in play rather then the same old play style game after game

Um... no? The entire point of fastest is to create a faster paced version of what sc was originally meant to be.

That version was never meant to be biased towards one race. The game(just like many other games) was meant to be balanced to the best of the creators ability. The map we play is beyond retardation-- to put it nicely--. Can't believe we played this god damn map for as long as we have,  honestly.. it's the shittiest map ever invented, we just adapted to it but because we adapted to it doesn't mean it's a good map. Now we know better. I mean, sit down and think about how horribly bad this thing is. win/lose is based on positioning of the map. It's disgusting.

The league is based on mostly RNG. It's bad enough that people hope they get PT/PP. Positioning makes it even worse...

I would much rather have a bad m/u than a middle spot vs a pp/pt. I don't get how you people are so obsessed with this trashcan of a map, seriously... it's a canister.

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