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This is basically the blog of a 13 year old kid watching the events of this disaster unfold. I did not see the first day of the qualifier, so I dont really have any knowledge of what exactly made the first day so bad. But what I did see the second day was terrible quality, and yet a very happy crowd. And I had a very interesting conversation with Seltzer_Please, and I was able to see exactly how incredibly fantastic she and tastosis (and many others in the background, such as gunrun) did. They completely salvaged this event.
I look on TL and I see only a swirl of basically rage against Gus and his crimes against E-Sports. This is rightly so, because as Incontrol said, if a tournament or a person fucks up, the community has a duty to E-Sports to beat them into submission, and only then can a consistency of a great sport can arise. Public backlash NEEDS to be severe, because it needs to be feared by those who do dare to run tournaments, Quality NEEDS consistency to be a sport.
But I have yet to see a complete thread about how well those aforementioned people did. They worked incredibly hard to make an impossible situation a watchable tournament. I think at the same time we whip Gus Ledezma for the wrongs he has committed against E-Sports and the Philippines, we need to reward those who do positive things for E-Sports. Just as the community needs to make those involved in E-Sports fear the public backlash should they fail, they need to have something to look forward to. And while I think the community has performed this to a very admirable extent, we need to keep our consistency up 100% of the way so that people always know what they are getting into in E-Sports.
So here is one person taking a step back from the Gus hatred, ignoring his crimes, and merely thanking Rachel, Tastosis, Gunrun, BeeDuck (despite their lackluster casting, they still kept that event going, and helped it have a winner who will contribute to what will be, I'm sure, another great IPL tournament) and anybody else who has helped this event. I suppose it is a failure to practice what I preach by not mentioning the individual names of everybody who made that tournament watchable, but either way, here is a thank you from one 13 year old kid, if that means anything.
THANK YOU!!
 
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Dude, it's about the people up on top who committed the clusterfuck of bad decisions, not the on-ground people who hauled ass when they got proper direction to actually attempt to deliver a half-way decent tourney.
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Great post! I think the people who work hard to make the eports scene as it is now deserve all the recognition they can get!
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On November 09 2011 15:37 Ciryandor wrote:
Dude, it's about the people up on top who committed the clusterfuck of bad decisions, not the on-ground people who hauled ass when they got proper direction to actually attempt to deliver a half-way decent tourney.
To a large extent, I agree with you, but I like this blog because it gives credit where credit is due. Gus is a douche. Tastosis et all are awesome
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I completely agree with what you said, good to see young kids getting involved in these things.
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On November 09 2011 15:37 Ciryandor wrote:
Dude, it's about the people up on top who committed the clusterfuck of bad decisions, not the on-ground people who hauled ass when they got proper direction to actually attempt to deliver a half-way decent tourney.
Did you even read this? lol :/
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Very adult manners from such a young age. You have a good head on your shoulders.
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