On January 26 2010 14:23 iNfeRnaL wrote:
I mean, didn't the MSL - in grand total - definitely give more to us than they took by screwing up this one final?

Hell, I think there've been worse MSLs. The games were all great, except perhaps game 4, but considering the BOs I don't think it could have been.

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

January 26 2010 05:47 GMT

#102

The better player (on that day) won. So no harm-no-foul when we look at the ultimate result.

Apology accepted!

Garnet

Vietnam9031 Posts

January 26 2010 06:17 GMT

#103

Let's see if they can keep their promises.

Boundz(DarKo)

5311 Posts

January 26 2010 06:21 GMT

#104

There is a reason OSL will always be the bigger brother.

SuperKiller

United States97 Posts

January 26 2010 06:35 GMT

#105

you don't do the trial run of a new system on the biggest event in company history.

you make the trial run of a new system an event of its own, during a dull game or something.

all they can do right now is apologize, so it's good they did. It's a step in the right direction.

Warrior Madness

Canada3791 Posts

January 26 2010 06:38 GMT

#106

Well.... It took the Catholic Church 800 years to apologize for the Crusades. So I'm satisfied.

exp

New Zealand91 Posts

January 26 2010 06:45 GMT

#107

On January 26 2010 14:16 NeverGG wrote:

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Hahahaha - my thoughts exactly. You wait until you see my virtual tour of LOOX. It's a truly horrendous place to have to work with only 2 redeeming features.

Yeah, they better not hold another final with 2 incredible players in such a crappy studio.

United States6173 Posts

January 26 2010 06:51 GMT

#108

On January 26 2010 07:52 OpticalShot wrote:
This is definitely better than the "do nothing" approach, I'm feeling a tad bit better about the whole MSL situation now.

I still think that:
1) They should have also mentioned e-sports fans OUTSIDE Korea (I mean, what about us here!) who were disappointed in many ways about the MSL finals. They should be well aware of the presence of the foreign fan communities by now.
2) MBC did not apologize on behalf of KeSPA about the decision to give JD game 3. MBC only apologized for the delay it caused, not the decision itself. Unless those guys don't read internet comments and reviews and whatever, they should have heard enough rants about the decision. I wonder if KeSPA would release an official statement about it. It was a controversial decision (in my opinion) at best.

Still, kudos to MBC for broadcasting a sincere apology.

1) Why? You're getting greedy and selfish.

2) Of course...why would MBC apologize for a decision made completely outside their control? That's not something they're responsible for, except for the power outage itself, but that's going too far.

eXNewB

Canada291 Posts

January 26 2010 06:59 GMT

#109

I'm still mad

Flash fighting!!!

Zelniq

United States7166 Posts

January 26 2010 07:06 GMT

#110

On January 26 2010 08:23 Chill wrote:
No big deal imo

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

January 26 2010 07:13 GMT

#111

MSL is irrelevant and is going to die soon anyways
any company that can screw up a flash vs jaedong finals doesnt deserve to exist
now if they can just manage to take kespa with them

deus_073

Romania187 Posts

January 26 2010 07:22 GMT

#112

Once in a life time opportunity for Flash to become both OSL and MSL champion. But hey, they apologized! Ok. We'll forgive. (Mad about the conditions Flash lost in, not just on the fact that Flash lost)

Kazius

Israel1456 Posts

January 26 2010 07:53 GMT

#113

It took me a short bit to understand what got me annoyed in the apology - it wasn't what was said, but the thing that they didn't say: "we have taken measures so a mistake like this will not happen in the future".

Without that line, this apology is lacking in any substance. "Sorry" doesn't fix what they did wrong. Neither does saying that they'll punish the guy responsible. It was a fiasco, and what could possibly have been the greatest final series in e-sports history was ruined. I don't expect them to go in details (eg, "we installed a new set of guidelines for testing stages, creating redundancies, bla bla bla"), but just an assurance that they are working on something to make things like this less likely. I'm sure they are, and I'm sure that they don't want a repeat of this, but what they're saying just comes off as a child apologizing for breaking a vase, not a big company trying to re-instill the trust of their valued clients.

Maybe it's a cultural thing, but that just strikes me as amateurish. Something that this mess has already caused me to feel towards MBC (a full hour of filler before the games started, a small crowd in a tiny stadium THAT DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE PLAYERS, a crappy virtual studio apparently without proper heating, the infamous power outage, and the icing on the cake: endless commercials during an hour of wasted time for which they had no back up plan).

Katsuge

Singapore7730 Posts

January 26 2010 07:58 GMT

#114

new sponser please.

Ota Solgryn

Denmark2011 Posts

January 26 2010 08:25 GMT

#115

An ok apology. Also, the accident actually happened because someone tried to take extra care of the players (heating the room). This is actually really good as we've often heard that they tend to not care about the players. That this caring then ended up screwing over the two best players in the history of BW is just so unfortunate.

CursOr

United States6335 Posts

January 26 2010 08:32 GMT

#116

Good apology.

I wish they would have said more. Like... about the players personally.

"We know this is a very large part of their life, they trained for countless hours to get here, and we were extremely discourteous with perhaps half an hour of poor planning and lack of foresight."

I felt like they were really apologizing to keep their viewership high... because that is what they sell. The real apology should have gone to the players... because really nothing seems to be resolved, in the slightest, with these results.

That is what people are really after... and answer about the players about whos best... and allowing a good forumn for that to be determined. Not really to put on a "good show"... like some kind of circus where they are the freaks.

Jayson X

Switzerland2431 Posts

January 26 2010 08:40 GMT

#117

Interesting move by MBC. Although i do feel that they could have handled the whole event, even with a smaller budget in a much much more classier way.

danbel1005

United States1319 Posts

January 26 2010 08:44 GMT

#118

I Do Smell Conspiracy.
Starcraft + Drama = By far my new favorite Soup Opera.

BloodDrunK

Bangladesh2767 Posts

January 26 2010 09:31 GMT

#119

at least they apologized and saved a little dignity.
but i wanna see a different sponsor next time.plus no virtual studios again plz.oh and if you do go virtual then be sure to spend some bucks on buying a ups.