I hate 2 things really:
1) This tourney forced players to play non stop, without any normal breaks. This is pure BS. VonIvan is already said that. I forget nickname of the guy, who was stomped by DevM USF in first 5 mins, but rifle rush and cut off, but it is best example really.
Don't think the refs had it any better.
We felt the pinch as well, and we (the referees and tournament organizers) pretty much unanimously agreed that if such a large crowd came again, the tournament would be made over two days. The only thing that kept us from making that decision (which we all would have loved to do) was the uncertainty of the patch release date. We had no idea when the patch would hit (since they advertised it at the 21st or 22nd, and the next day of the qualifiers would have been the 21st), and having the qualifiers over two different game versions is not a good idea, especially for people who played and got knocked out before the patch hit ("Oh, if I'd played as Brits, I so would have won! No fair!" and all that jazz).
Sure DevM is better then him, but really this dude showed great 1 hour game, he play really nicely and watching how he gets stomped like a scrub in first 15 mins is BS to be honest. Sure DevM could be better, but watching how top (who rested btw) player raping tired unknown guy who managed to get almost to the grand finale, is crap. And during all of this we hear crying Ami who screams "WOW LOOK AT THIS BEST USF PLAYER LOOK AT HIM". To be honest, I was really pissed off.
I will repeat my self. DevM could be better player, but hell, give his opponent f*cking time to rest, he already played few hours of hard games, and now you throw him vs top player. This is basically free win.
DevM was actually eager to get the games on. As the Grand Finals match organizer, DevM kept on bugging me to see if they could play the next game. He was hardly tired - the only break he wanted was in between the Loser's Bracket Finals and the Grand Finals (which was given, and he came back by his own choice about 10 minutes later). Ask DevM and he'll say the same thing. No assumptions, please.
2) Last grand finale game was pure example of RNG of shitty balance. Aimstong lost simply because his sniper was counter-sniped by DevM sniper. So super game was basically lost in first 5 mins. You got counter sniped? Well GG for you, you wont be able to make a comeback if your opponent would play safely.
Uh, really? I don't usually comment on balance, but how is a Sniper RNG? It's probably the unit with the least RNG in the entire game. The rules are simple - one shot, one kill. Predicable rate of fire. End of story.