Event - MLG Anaheim 2014 Rule Complaint: Short set in Finals?

[[FBC] ESAM]

Nick Riddle and Ally played in winner's semifinals, a 2/3 set. They then played in Loser's Finals. Normally, a Loser's Finals set will be best 3/5. Shouldn't the rule then be that if you have met your opponent outside of finals, then you meet them inside finals, that the match should be extended to a BO9?

 

[Dekar173]

In Ally's defense, he 4-0d NickRiddle.

In the ruleset's defense, it's MLG so we have literally no control over it =/

In Nick's defense ... god **** third with ZSS what a god.

 

[[FBC] ESAM]

I'm not saying that he could've won if it was BO9, but the rule itself is stupid. It limits the final match and can potentially only be a 2 match set when LF should at least be 3 matches to begin with.

 

[Blacknight99923]

I completely agree with this

 

[dj asakura]

Agreed, that's how it works for Halo 3 and Tekken is already best 3 of 5.

More matches isn't a bad thing, especially if the players have already met before.

 

[AlphaZealot]

Halo 3 uses a different bracket structure, all of their championship bracket matches are best of 5, so they don't run into the problem of a team winning a best of 3 only to face the same team in a best of 5 later in the tournament (in their case both matches would be best of 5).

I asked about this rule and more or less it isn't changing. I understand exactly the logic you are saying, but it is one of those things that "is the way it is".

 

[Arturito_Burrito]

i don't get why a GF rematch is a BO11 but a LF rematch isn't a BO9 either, unless i'm wrong and GF was a BO9 rematch at orlando.

It is really weird that LF is treated like any other rematch in the bracket.

 

[[FBC] ESAM]

GF, if the people from WF don't meet (Like in Columbus where it was Riddle vs M2K in WF and Ally vs M2K in GF) then it is like a normal tournament, 2 sets BO5. However, if it is extended from WF (Like in orlando) then it becomes a BO11 continued. LF is weird...idk...I don't like it. The person who won the set in Winners only has to win a normal amount of matches in a normal set (2)

 

[MK26]

yeahhh...i first read the rules way back when and thought it was just a typo

But BO3 + BO5 = BO9, not BO7

Its common sense

At least it wasnt necessarily a close set (no offence to NR), or else we'd have several very pissed individuals clamouring about this

 

[Arturito_Burrito]

so if the guy coming from losers wins the 1st set the series doesn't become a best of 11 even though they've played a bo5 already? sort of sounds like it would be the same as if they had met in winners finals