Kail Toronus
Appetite 4 Destruction
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Posted - 2012.06.01 19:12:00 -
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What is the difference between two teams joining a dummy corp on a test server to practice compared to two teams doing a scrimmage against each other for the sake of practice, other than the "tag" associated with the pilots?
I'm not picking sides here and I could care less what the outcome is/was I'm just honestly asking for a logical response, call it a clarification if you must, to what was really done "wrong".
I am an avid fan of the AT's, I've watched them every year and it is one of the things that keeps me coming back to Eve time and time again. I was one of the outraged players last year because of the final match, it pissed me off to no end. However, I see no way to truly prevent a repeat of what was done last year if the players choose to make it happen.
Each team knows who they are about to fight, and its a good bet they know who the "key" people are on that team. Quick tells and agreements can be made at any given moment throughout the tournament. We've seen offers to self-destruct to give points to a team in the middle of the tournament with no declaration that doing so would result in being remove from the tournament.
Allen Iverson was spot on when he said "we're talking about practice, practice."
All professional teams have scrimmages even before Pre-Season teams will get together and do half-day workouts to ready themselves for the real thing.
Varsity teams play against JV teams as a warm up and to provide experience for the JV team.
So, again I ask, what does it matter if on a dummy server two known Alliances were practicing against one another under the same tag? If two of the Alliances who got into the tournament run into one another on Tranquility in null sec do they have to leave each other alone from now until the Tournament is over to avoid the same fate? Did Hydra/Outbreak join to the same "team" on Tranquility???
Hydra and Outbreak are two of the best, if not THE best when it comes to the AT. Anyone who competes in ANYTHING will tell you the only way to get better is to compete against the best to hone your skills. I am not a fan of Hydra or Outbreak and don't care that they were removed, I just think the reasoning behind their removal is not only illogical, but actually takes away from the longevity of the tournament because in a way CCP is saying "don't practice, don't get better"... because as already stated, there is no way for CCP to prevent two random teams from making a last second private deal to throw a match.
I hope the other teams who have made it into the Tournament bring a better peformance than they have in the past because as much as I hated last years final match, the play by Hydra and Outbreak leading up to that match were some of the best matches. |