It was nothing major, he just said that the system was flawed and needed revamped.
I've said from the start that I don't like the champs/challengers system. From a spectator point of view, without stat-taking or webcasting all the challengers games, it detracts from their "pro-level" title. It's like it's just another divisional bracket, which is a shame. The parity between pro teams these days is so close that every event we're seeing top level teams get knocked down and newer pro teams prove that they can hang with the best.
One bad event can completely take a team out of the race for the overall title. I mean, coming into WCO, Damage was ranked in 3rd overall. I'm a big Damage fan but they've done awful this year, barely avoiding relegation at previous events. I just think that we're at the point now where the champs/challengers has served it's purpose and the PSP is ready to go back to a big Pro division. It's just rubbish that you can support a pro team who get knocked down and you know you probably won't get a chance to watch, follow or support them at the next event unless you're physically there. Infamous is a great example. 1st place at Dallas, knocked down then end up in the situation where only Infamous or Art Chaos would go back up. I'm not saying that it was wrong, it's just a rubbish system.
And now at the WCO we have Infamous steamrollering everybody (did anybody watch their game against Topgun? It was ridiculous) in challengers instead of redeeming themselves against the teams they should be playing. And yet again, we have the same situation where either X-Factor or Aftershock won't be competing in the Champs division at World Cup because they are set to play in the Challengers semis. I just would prefer to see the PSP pro teams that I support, have the ability to do rubbish at an event and redeem themselves at the next, rather than be stuck fighting their way back up.
I'd love to hear a survey of what the PSP pro players actually think of the system. I personally think there'd be a lot of them voting against the current system...
I've said from the start that I don't like the champs/challengers system. From a spectator point of view, without stat-taking or webcasting all the challengers games, it detracts from their "pro-level" title. It's like it's just another divisional bracket, which is a shame. The parity between pro teams these days is so close that every event we're seeing top level teams get knocked down and newer pro teams prove that they can hang with the best.
One bad event can completely take a team out of the race for the overall title. I mean, coming into WCO, Damage was ranked in 3rd overall. I'm a big Damage fan but they've done awful this year, barely avoiding relegation at previous events. I just think that we're at the point now where the champs/challengers has served it's purpose and the PSP is ready to go back to a big Pro division. It's just rubbish that you can support a pro team who get knocked down and you know you probably won't get a chance to watch, follow or support them at the next event unless you're physically there. Infamous is a great example. 1st place at Dallas, knocked down then end up in the situation where only Infamous or Art Chaos would go back up. I'm not saying that it was wrong, it's just a rubbish system.
And now at the WCO we have Infamous steamrollering everybody (did anybody watch their game against Topgun? It was ridiculous) in challengers instead of redeeming themselves against the teams they should be playing. And yet again, we have the same situation where either X-Factor or Aftershock won't be competing in the Champs division at World Cup because they are set to play in the Challengers semis. I just would prefer to see the PSP pro teams that I support, have the ability to do rubbish at an event and redeem themselves at the next, rather than be stuck fighting their way back up.
I'd love to hear a survey of what the PSP pro players actually think of the system. I personally think there'd be a lot of them voting against the current system...
