Before getting into playoffs, we have a 5-way tie at 21 points for only 2 spots in playoffs! In order to determine which players will advance, a tiebreaker series will be held between the 5 of them. Each player has been given a seed according to their win ratio, and deepest run if tied. The fourth and fifth seed will face each other, then the winner of that match will face the first seed, while the second and third seed will face each other. The winner of 1 vs (4 vs 5) and the winner of 2 vs 3 will each advance to the playoffs.
Seeding is as follows:
1. dunoks - 76.92% Win Ratio
2. zuzhouwawa - 76.19% Win Ratio
3. watashi - 73.91% Win Ratio, Third Deepest Run: Top 64 (NU)
4. RichardMillePlain - 73.91% Win Ratio, Third Deepest Run: Top 128 (RU/NU)
5. AJ - 73.91% Win Ratio, Deepest Run: Semifinals (RU)
To determine the tiers played, players will have 24 hours after this post goes up to send me a ranking of all 6 tier preferences from most preferred to least preferred. The higher seed's two most preferred tiers, the lower seed's two most preferred, still unpicked tiers, and the higher seed's preferred pick amongst the last two tiers will determine the tier lineup for the set, which will be announced as soon as possible in this thread so players can prepare. If a player does not submit their tier preferences before the deadline then their list from the previous round will be used, or their opponent's top 5 tiers will be used if there is no previous list.
The purpose of this is to (1) decide all tiers quickly, allowing players to prep 5 teams instead of 6, and (2) try to balance tier selection so that the advantage of either seed is as small as possible, and leans towards the high seed. We believe this selection system achieves that by letting the high seed have the ultimate call over which tier to strike out, but giving lower seeds the ability to lock their preferred tiers before that happens (as opposed to past tier selection systems that simply gave high seed the ability to strike out a tier, resulting in a fairly big advantage).
The reason why we're asking players to provide a full list of their tier preferences rather than a back and forth where the higher seed sends their first two picks, then the lower seed, then the higher seed selects their final choice is so that we can get the list of tiers to both players as soon as possible, rather than having to deal with communication delays caused by each player needing to wait for their opponent to get back to the hosts.
The reason why we're asking players to provide a full list of their tier preferences rather than a back and forth where the higher seed sends their first two picks, then the lower seed, then the higher seed selects their final choice is so that we can get the list of tiers to both players as soon as possible, rather than having to deal with communication delays caused by each player needing to wait for their opponent to get back to the hosts.
All sets will be Bo5 with the higher seed getting to choose the first tier from the agreed 5 to be played in a set, while the loser picks the next one.
Tiebreakers
1. dunoks vs (4. RichardMillePlain vs 5. AJ) - Ubers / UU / RU / PU / LC
2. zuzhouwawa vs 3. watashi - Ubers / UU / RU / NU / PU
Deadline to send me your lists: <t:1751943600>
1. dunoks vs (4. RichardMillePlain vs 5. AJ) - Ubers / UU / RU / PU / LC
2. zuzhouwawa vs 3. watashi - Ubers / UU / RU / NU / PU
Deadline to send me your lists: <t:1751943600>
