http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playoff
"A playoff in sports (North American professional sports in particular) is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with
the goal of determining a league champion. The championship of a league may be determined by as few as a single playoff between two teams, or by an elimination tournament involving several teams."
So playoffs determine champion, not who plays finals. In other words the finals are a part of the playoffs.
The difference with "Playoffs" and "Post Season Play" then is that "Post Season Play" includes the playoffs as well as any matches/tournaments played to determine who gets knocked down to a lower level of competition (a system for instance used in football (or for Americans: soccer))
Originally posted by: Rhitty
the idea that you can develop a new strat on any of the maps is pretty much idiotic. they have all been tried before.