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Jump back to quoted post2 Jan 2016, 15:34 PMTittendachs

In 1v1 there are two starting positions obviously... Because of the not-mirrored map design one position is often more exposed to cut off attempts. Thus players agreed on fixed starting positions for allies/axis because in every tournament so far matches were mostly best of 3 and everybody had to play both factions.

People are used to it. I guess players could also make a gentlemens agreement before every match if the rules are still unclear when the tourny starts?!

Jump back to quoted post28 Dec 2015, 20:48 PMExistant

The problem is with the 'Swiss Style' Tournament. This type of tournament is designed so players are evenly matched up against each other, from the beginning to the end. This, for the game of Company of Heroes is not necessarily a good thing because this causes the games to last a long time. We all know how long matches can last when players are evenly matched. I guess this is ESL's way of getting their seed's for future events that they host.

Seeded style tournament's are the way to go, the problem is the ESL staff doesn't know our community enough, and they also didn't probably want to take the time to check all the players steam id's and see where they sat in the auto-match ladder.

Seeded tournament's work the best in my opinion, the first few rounds wont last too long, or shouldn't because the 'higher' seeds are more skilled, and they would be matched against 'lower' seeds, creating the tournament to have short first few rounds. Much like March Madness.

Anyways, all in all it was fun to watch the competition, thanks for all the casters/players for providing us with viewing pleasure.