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| The League of Legends European region has been in a mournful mood following the performances of its representatives at the 2016 World Championship group stage. Odds are, there will be more grieving by the end of this week when the tournament resumes on Thursday.The grief is particularly sharp because of the triumphs from only a year ago. The European region had two Worlds semifinalists in 2015, and some of its most vocal fans openly mocked North Americas 0W-10L showing in Week 2 of that years group stage. Fast forward to Oct. 3, and Europes record is 1W-8L with things looking grimmer by the day.While there once was EUphoria, EUlogy came in nearly unprompted. As the news of Europes demise spread, some fans lashed out at their representatives while others attempted to embrace Wildcard team Albus NoX Luna from Russia as theirs to alleviate the pain.In truth, these fans are undergoing a trial by grief, exhibiting its five classic stages.Denial, anger and depression: G2 EsportsFans are particularly outraged by G2 Esports because the teams failings hurt their pride. G2 took first place in the EU League Championship Series regular season and the playoffs, entering Worlds as EUs top seed. The tables have now turned in a big way. As a redditor framed it, the strongest EU team heavily outclassed a Wildcard team -- only the wildcard team wasnt Albus NoX Luna.Has G2 Esports truly sunk lower than anyone could have expected? Not quite, but I am left wondering how a squad that lost a game to South Koreas ROX Tigers due to a poor Baron Nashor call proceeded to play and draft carelessly against Albus NoX Luna, then follow it up with poor map vision.Despite having a chat with G2s Alfonso mithy Aguirre Rodriguez before the World Championship where he was not fully confident about his teams chances, I hadnt expected G2 to be in a 0W-3L position in such a group. There is a slim chance that G2 could pull off a reverse-Cloud9 circa 2015 and proceed to the bracket stage following a three-game (or four-game) winning streak, but one has to wonder if such a phenomenon is even possible considering the nature of its Week 1 losses.This Worlds is going to be an experience for [G2s] rookies to get all their ego issues, small mistakes, things that they dont think of, [and] stage experience, stated mithy, almost prophetically, a few days before the European LCS summer split finals. This Worlds is going to give them a lot of experience. Its going make G2 grow into a strong team next year, but Ill be surprised if we get a good run in this World Championship.As such, European fans ought to hope that Luka PerkZ Perkovics jitters in the first week are a result of inexperience and lack of in-game polish, rather than the beginning of a mental block.Measured hope and bargaining: H2kThere is still hope for H2k, and I would go as far as to say that its?Week 1 showing was par for the course. In some ways, it has gone slightly better than initially predicted, and also slightly worse.H2k is one game away from the leading squads in its group -- ahq eSports Club and EDward Gaming -- and the team may thank INTZ eSports for closing the gap between it and EDG. However, H2k has also showcased lackluster play at times, and a lack of awareness during others. Some might single out Oskar VandeR Bogdan for his initial mistake against EDG, but Konstantinos FORG1VEN Tzortziou, Andrei Odoamne Pascu and Marcin Jankos Jankowski also had their moments.But H2k also showed that it was a contender for second place in the group, provided the players kept their nerves under control. Heres to hoping that they can save themselves (and Europe) from an embarrassing Worlds campaign (and from a full-blown EUlogy movement).Acceptance: SplyceDespite Splyces qualification for the 2016 World Championship, it was not the favorite to advance from groups unless it had a favorable draw. When it fell into Group D alongside high caliber teams like Team SoloMid, Samsung Galaxy and Royal Never Give Up, its fate was sealed on paper.The main reason for these low expectations is Splyces dearth of experience at the top of the League of Legends ecosystem; it had taken eighth place in the spring split regular season before its meteoric rise in the summer. Like many rookie squads in 2013, Splyce is undergoing a challenging rite of initiation at Worlds, notable other examples of which include the Flash Wolves (then named Gamania Bears), Lemondogs and Cloud9 in their first outings. The squads dominated their region for the most part but lacked exposure to international play, and only two of them have established themselves as fixtures year after year.To Splyces credit, it has performed as best as they could considering its opposition in the region. The organizations agenda going into 2017 is clear: stick together, dominate Europe and propel it upward much as the Flash Wolves did in 2014, and not like the Lemondogs who disbanded following their Worlds appearance. Dzanan Musa Jersey . Terms of the deal were not immediately available. The 26-year-old finished last season with Clevelands Triple-A affiliate in Columbus after signing with the Indians in August. Wholesale Nets Jerseys . 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The 18 teams who will travel to Seattle are set. At this time of the year, the building anticipation has the power to stall all other discussions in the Dota 2 world. Unfortunately, that includes the discussion of how we got here: How Valve determined who was invited to its tournament and who would have to compete in qualifiers.All this has happened before and all this will happen again. Every time Valve announces invites to one of its majors, complaints arise about how its team determined who to invite. And, every time, the dust settles after a few weeks and we move on to other topics. Until the next major. Its time for a proper investigation into Valves operating procedures with respect to its Dota 2 events to determine whether there is room for improvement.Scrutinizing Valves process immediately presents itself as tricky because the process is opaque to us. How do we judge if Valve is making the best decisions possible if we dont have access to its decision-making process? It seems that Valve feels it is unnecessary for other stakeholders to be able to inspect its processes, provided it offers satisfactory outcomes. As a private company, this sort of thinking is not unusual. But as a regulatory body dictating the workings of a competitive industry, questions need to be asked and answered.The role of direct invitesThe place to start would be to ask what exactly direct invites are. Does Valve hand out direct invites to particular teams because of some measure of objective merit, or is the decision completely at Valves discretion? The latter option allows for arbitrary judgement, which is obviously unwanted in a competitive field. Thankfully, all evidence suggests that the truth is the former, that Valve does have reasons for who it invites to its events.Indeed, in the past year, some patterns in Valves invites have even become so consistent that weve come to treat them as norms, despite never being confirmed by the company itself. For example, the top four teams of the previous major have always been invited to the next one. Furthermore, there has always been at least one team invited primarily due to its achievements in non-Valve events.So, it is clear that Valve does have an internal qualification process for direct invites. If you are directly invited to a major, it isnt like getting a lucky invite to a cool party. Its recognition that youve done something that qualified you to be at the event. What have you done? We dont know. But Valve does. The question then becomes why the developer feels uncomfortable sharing its reasoning with us.This question was actually answered within the Manila Major invites announcement from Valve:Deciding on how to handle the direct invites to our four tournaments is a difficult process, and we dont take a specific formulaic approach to which teams are invited or how many we invite.In other words, even though the process of deciding who to invite is a thoroughly reasoned one, the reasoning used from event to event might actually change. This is because the problem being solved is a complex one and, thus, might requires a fresh and dynamic approach to solving it each time.A players perspective from LodaThis really gets to the bottom of the discussion at hand. Valve could create a set of criteria known to the public for how to qualify for its events. But then itd have to stick to them. And right now the Dota 2 team appears to be concerned that the esports scene presents too many exceptional considerations to justify risking a commitment to one way of doing things.While this is a clever strategy for sustaining decision-making power, thus potentially improving individual decisions, there are questions about how this affects the overall ecosystem. Jonathan Loda Berg, captain of Alliance, shared his thoughts on the matter.I kind of understand why they have a hidden system, but at this point I feel its a bit flawed. The majors were, and are, a great thing for Dota, but at the moment we dont even know in what way they matter until the next round of invites are sent out. I think it has to be more open for sure.I think it adds an immense kind of pressure on players and teams to not knnow.dddddddddddd You can win a tournament right before a major and still not actually know if you will get invited or not. I believe LAN wins should matter a lot, but Im obviously biased. Perhaps placing top-four continuously is more impressive than actually getting first once. I think like I said before that something has to change. I can feel a different kind of stress from teams and players nowadays, and I believe its because they do not even know what they are aiming for. To be tier-one, -two? To win a major or actually practice to play a qualifier? I mean in some cases its better to take one month off to practice for an important qualifier such as the majors rather than partake in other tournaments, just due to the value of reaching majors and placing top 8 there. The teams and the fans need to know what we are playing for to give it any worth.Lodas comments make two very important points. First, Valves lack of transparency puts enormous strain on players. This strain seems comparable to a person constantly having to worry if theyll get the job or get the promotion. The traditional sporting world lacks examples of this. You know well in advance how you might qualify for the World Cup or the Champions League. Even if esports are different from traditional sports, other competitive games also only utilize transparent qualification processes. Magic: The Gathering, a competitive game, which functions much like an esport but also predates the field, follows the same route as sports: premier events offer various routes for qualification but all are known openly and in advance. Indeed, even Counter-Strike, an esport also administered by Valve, uses an entirely transparent qualification process.That other competitions do things that way perhaps suggests that Dota 2 could too, but it is not an argument for why it should. Lodas second key point, however, does present such an argument. Knowledge of qualification criteria can play a role in the decisions teams make during the year, so Valves choice to protect its own authority actually deprives teams of the ability to make informed decisions.Transparency is necessary for a legitimate competitive environmentTeams should be able to navigate the major system by making decisions about how to prioritize their time, which events to go to, and which is the best route to try to qualify. With an unknown rule set, this isnt possible; the only winning strategy is attend everything, win everything. But this is not a reasonable principle. There are real trade-offs, in terms of time and other resources, when it comes to deciding when and how to train and which events to attend during the year.Valve has done a reasonably good job producing desirable outcomes with its invites. But the process also matters, and not just as a means to an end. In order to be a fair and competitive system, those participating in it need to know how it works.Imagine if a patch were launched without any patch notes. Imagine if a tournament were hosted without any information about its format. Both examples are clearly not conducive to a fair and competitive environment. Thankfully, these things dont happen. Valve supplies full information to teams about how its game works, how their tournaments work, and updates when changes are made. Yet somehow the process that underpins the esports ecosystem -- tournament qualification for Valve events -- has thus far escaped the same standard. This is the case despite the fact that Dota 2 is still a game, and the rules for games need to be clear if participants are expected to reasonably compete in it.It might be that the competitive scene in Dota 2 is sufficiently complex such that it is not comparable to other games and sports that use transparent qualification systems. However, Valves comments imply a false dichotomy. It is not the case that the system needs to be either entirely formulaic or entirely hidden. It is possible to provide some key information about the process through guidelines that express roughly which achievements are relevant, leaving room for Valves discretion. Stitched NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys Outlet Disocunt Football Jerseys China Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys White NFL Jerseys Cheap China NFL Jerseys White ' ' ' |
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