2011-05-27, 03:01 PM
Dark Link Wrote:The move / change Riot did is very unprofessional and it actually makes matters worse. If they didn't touch the brackets, the "RUMORED" game-throwing would be minimal compared to how the brackets are set up now. Basically if EG and TSM win all their games to the finals, EG can still "throw" the game to TSM. The only problem this time around is all the rest of the teams have already been defeated, where as if the change didn't happen, there'd still be 3 other teams that would have a shot at the finals.
Err, I believe it's a double elimination thing, so EG could still make it to the finals even if they threw the first match. The difference being, that they'd then be going up against "weaker" teams, while giving TSM an early lead. The idea was that if they left them in the same bracket, it would give an unfair advantage to both teams, whereas if they switch brackets, EG will have harder matches against "stronger" teams and TSM will still have to fight almost the same rotation as they would have in the first place, just without the risk of running into EG until the finals, assuming they both make it there. In that scenario, it doesn't really matter who gets first or second, they'll have both proven they deserve to be there, and thus there wouldn't be any need to throw anything since it's just qualifiers. Now if the problem is still an issue in the actual finals, perhaps something will need to be done, but for now it's all speculation that's been going on.
As for my own perspective on things, I dislike changing up tourney match ups, but it happens, in this case, I think Riot did the only thing they could do based on the information provided them. Had one of their employees overheard them or otherwise noticed a planned wrongdoing, they could have taken more serious measures, but as it is, there's just some uncertainty, and they wanted to mitigate the possible outcomes of that uncertainty. Which imo, is what professionals do Dark Link. It's not a popular decision, but I think it's the right one given the current circumstances. If some new info comes out, something else changes, then perhaps it wasn't the right one, but for now, I think it's the only reasonable, and professional, way to deal without doing some far more drastic, and even more unpopular things.