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[Spoilers] The 'Flash' Pop-up

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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51614 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-16 10:09:48
January 16 2010 10:09 GMT
#1
Spoilers ahead.....





























So if anyone watched today's MSL, a weird popup with a message from Flash appeared, saying 'I will meet you in the finals'. This was at the end of the third set where Jaedong was on the verge of victory.

This is at the moment a hot topic in the Korean forums. Mostly from what I've seen, it is netizens harshly criticizing the PD's of the MSL for turning e-Sports into what is pretty much a 'joke sport', like professional wrestling.

Just wondering what opinions people have on it.
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jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
January 16 2010 10:10 GMT
#2
It was lame but it sounds like the Korean netizens are making way too big a deal about it.
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
January 16 2010 10:10 GMT
#3
it was pretty weird but uh FLASH JAEDONG so I don't really care
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Niton
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2395 Posts
January 16 2010 10:10 GMT
#4
Dude, It's Just A Game.™
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Pyrrhuloxia
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States6700 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-16 10:12:51
January 16 2010 10:11 GMT
#5
It was weird but I liked it once I could figure out what it was. It's just like those things at the bottom of the screen during sporting events about shows on the same network. Even the superbowl has those so it doesn't make e-Sports a joke at all. Except during the super bowl its worse because it might be about some totally unrelated sitcom while this was about the next game in the tournament. I didn't think it was that bad but whatevs. I don't watch wrestling so I don't know what the wrestling precedent would be.
iLoveKT
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Philippines3615 Posts
January 16 2010 10:11 GMT
#6
yeah I think they went over there heads with that one. That was a classic WWE move. lol.
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Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
January 16 2010 10:11 GMT
#7
Well, it was highly unprofessional, I think at least that should be obvious.
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Kyuukyuu
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada6263 Posts
January 16 2010 10:14 GMT
#8
On January 16 2010 19:10 Crunchums wrote:
it was pretty weird but uh FLASH JAEDONG so I don't really care

OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
January 16 2010 10:14 GMT
#9
I thought it was part of the buffering-lag-whatever from the stream, but I suppose it wasn't. Why does this make e-sports into a "joke sport"? Just because they tried to add a little drama to the tournament? I'm not against this thing they did, as long as they don't overuse it in the future, I think it's ok.

I'm sure they'd have aired that pop-up anyway sometime during the decisive game of the series (game 3, 4, or 5 - it turned out to be game 3).
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KizZBG
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
u gotta skate8152 Posts
January 16 2010 10:15 GMT
#10
woah I thought it was some joke by the streamer or something lol. That was very lame of them. :\
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Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
January 16 2010 10:15 GMT
#11
On January 16 2010 19:14 OpticalShot wrote:
I thought it was part of the buffering-lag-whatever from the stream, but I suppose it wasn't. Why does this make e-sports into a "joke sport"? Just because they tried to add a little drama to the tournament? I'm not against this thing they did, as long as they don't overuse it in the future, I think it's ok.

I'm sure they'd have aired that pop-up anyway sometime during the decisive game of the series (game 3, 4, or 5 - it turned out to be game 3).

imo the thing is, the game wasn't over and Kal was still playing, it's extremely rude. Like offensive GGing.
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Vivi57
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States6599 Posts
January 16 2010 10:16 GMT
#12
advertising the biggest match of the season like this is perfectly acceptable imo
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Captain Mayhem
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Sweden774 Posts
January 16 2010 10:16 GMT
#13
Thought it was kinda clear to people that the progamers aren't hateful mortal enemies, like the fans are... So what's the big deal with throwing in a few jokes?

Unprofessional, yes. But nothing to get that riled up about, imo :/
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JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
January 16 2010 10:18 GMT
#14
i thought it was pretty funny
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meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
January 16 2010 10:21 GMT
#15
It's just hype. Not a big deal really.

Too bad they didn't do this last season ha ha ha. Calm: "Kwanro, I will meet you in the finals." O_O
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raga4ka
Profile Joined February 2008
Bulgaria5679 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-16 10:35:38
January 16 2010 10:21 GMT
#16
It was rude for Kal , but the hype was pretty good :D . They thought that Jaedong was for sure going to win the third game and the rivalry beetween the undisputed 2 best players in the world deserves hype .

Unless it said " i will meet one of you in the finals " it's fair for kal even thought i think it was still a good hype . I feel bad for Kal , but not because of the pop - up , but the way the series turn out for him (raped )
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-16 10:25:13
January 16 2010 10:24 GMT
#17
Lol I was sure that roffles did that and thought it was pretty cool and funny...

Would have never thought that was actually from MBC

Honestly though, I still think it was pretty cool

JD vs Flash fuck yeah
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Flicky
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
England2671 Posts
January 16 2010 10:25 GMT
#18
On January 16 2010 19:15 Shikyo wrote:

imo the thing is, the game wasn't over and Kal was still playing, it's extremely rude. Like offensive GGing.


I sorta felt that way, but it didn't say "Jaedong" on it or anything, so I guess it wasn't completely counting Kal out.

At least they waited for a break in the action before they did it. The amount of times they cut to a player when stuff is happening makes me cry.
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Marine50
Profile Joined September 2007
Australia1764 Posts
January 16 2010 10:25 GMT
#19
I didn't like it. The bo5 wasn't even over, rude for Kal and pretty unnecessary
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JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
January 16 2010 10:26 GMT
#20
it was over, kal just didnt gg yet
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