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Gao Xi
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Hong Kong5178 Posts
January 23 2010 12:38 GMT
#3901
On January 23 2010 21:35 d_so wrote:
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On January 23 2010 21:34 redtooth wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:31 Ikonn wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:29 Xxio wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:26 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:25 Xxio wrote:
If Flash forfeit, walked out or something, would he still have been awarded the money for 2nd place?


I kind of hoped he would. I mean, the kid is rich as it is. Eventually, some progamer/coach/manager is going to have to take a stand against KESPA's bullshit and show them that there are actually consequences for raping E-Sports.


I'm wondering if that was the reason (money) KT decided not to forfeit...makes sense imo seeing as at that point the series was totally fucked anyways


I don't think the sponsors would have been happy
speaking of sponsors... i'm sure Nate regrets being associated with the worst starleague in history. seriously even before the shitstorm that happened after the end of game 3, i was developing spite towards the company due to the 500000 consecutive commercials advertising the search engine.


Nate is associated with the TWO worst starleagues in history lol... Nate should never sponsor a starleague again

Not if they're sponsoring an OSL
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LF9
Profile Joined November 2009
United States537 Posts
January 23 2010 12:38 GMT
#3902
200 pages?!?!?! I checked like a half hour ago and it was at like 50!!!
StRyKeR
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
United States1739 Posts
January 23 2010 12:39 GMT
#3903
On January 23 2010 21:37 FireGuyX wrote:
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On January 23 2010 21:35 StRyKeR wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:35 FireGuyX wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:33 StRyKeR wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:31 FireGuyX wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:29 Ace wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:27 FireGuyX wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:25 StRyKeR wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:24 FireGuyX wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:19 machinus wrote:
Jaedong won two games, and was awarded the MSL title. There is no way to pretend that makes sense.


Exactly. It's unfortunate that there was a black-out on game 3, but giving an automatic win to Jaedong was totally unfair to Flash, that game should of replayed. If Flash typed GG legitimately, I doubt the KT coach and his dad would be causing an uproar.


A regame, as someone already mentioned, isn't the magical "fairest solution" in all circumstances. It sucks for the player who was ahead.



It wasn't fair to Flash either though. I think G3 being replayed would of been the fairest solution.


what? no it wouldn't lol. Jaedong had a special build prepared for that map and it was working.

The only fair "solution" was not having this happen in the first place.


But it did happen, that doesn't mean Jaedong should of been automatically given a win.


I mean this will go on forever. Give game to Jaedong, it's unfair for Flash. Replay game, it's unfair for Jaedong. How do you make it fair for both players? There really isn't a solution.


I thought G3 was pretty much even, only Jaedong slightly ahead economically. I thought Flash could of won G3, especially because Flash was winning so many battles.



Assuming both players mine out main + nat, Flash only had 1 mineral-only base. Jaedong had 3 o'clock and was defending 7, so that gives him 2 mineral bases and 3 gas. That's a pretty big advantage.


His CC was pretty much done, Jaedong was still having problems taking out a group of M&M army. M&M are cheap, he could of easily replenished his army and get a 3rd expansion.


His CC that was done was for the mineral only, which I mentioned.

In any case, at that moment, not looking into the future, Jaedong was slightly ahead.
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DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
January 23 2010 12:39 GMT
#3904
Anyone who seriously thinks Flash should be expected to play 100% after losing a game that didn't even finish and having his own father ejected emotionally from the studio by security and having his team threaten to forfeit and argue for an hour with KESPA refs must be insane.

If the same thing happened to Jaedong, I wouldn't expect Jaedong to play very well afterward either. It doesn't matter if Flash is a "kid", it matters that he is a human being and not even the superhuman Jaedong would have the mental fortitude to play 100% after having his dad kicked out of the studio and arguing with kespa refs for an hour.
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Jyvblamo
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada13788 Posts
January 23 2010 12:39 GMT
#3905
What a disappointing (man, I've used that word a lot in this thread) beginning to what was looking to be a promising weekend.

Sigh.

G'nite folks, enjoy the horrible debates and controversy that is sure to come in the next few days.
BG1
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Canada1550 Posts
January 23 2010 12:39 GMT
#3906
Jon747 should be posting footage of the 3rd game in a few minutes with the extra 30secs or so that was missed by the MBC recording.
There was once a dream that was Esports. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish... Now is the time to make that dream a reality!
King K. Rool
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada4408 Posts
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3907
On January 23 2010 21:38 LF9 wrote:
200 pages?!?!?! I checked like a half hour ago and it was at like 50!!!

You must've fallen asleep before game 1.

Go back to sleep, you'll regret knowing the truth.
machinus
Profile Joined January 2010
United States291 Posts
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3908
Soo...when is the MSL finals? I hear it's going to be epic.

gravity
Profile Joined March 2004
Australia1988 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-23 12:41:00
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3909
On January 23 2010 21:34 EvilTeletubby wrote:
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On January 23 2010 21:30 gravity wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:20 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:18 gravity wrote:
The most fair way to decide an outage game, if a regame is impossible, would be to calculate the probability of each player winning (somehow - maybe base it on statistics from past matches, or better yet, live gambling odds if available) and pick randomly according to those odds (so if Flash had a 20% chance of winning, you would choose a random number from 1 to 100 and give Flash the win if you got 20 or less, otherwise give the win to Jaedong).


I can guarantee THAT solution would result in riots.

Only because people don't understand probability, expected value, etc :/.


No, because that's an awful idea. There is a difference is they suggested a regame (where players would decide their own fate) vs a randomly shot in the dark that involves no effort/training/input, etc. I thought you were just joking at first.

I'm 100% serious and my idea is the only fair way to decide the issue (far more fair than a regame which screws the player who was in the lead), apart from maybe some impractical scenario where you regame but give some sort of advantage to the player who was winning (maybe let them pick the map?). People just have a poor understanding of probability and therefore a skewed idea of fairness. Just look at all the people who play the lottery.
dibban
Profile Joined July 2008
Sweden1279 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-23 12:49:53
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3910
deleted, soz!
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verteqz
Profile Joined September 2009
Canada89 Posts
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3911
On January 23 2010 21:38 LF9 wrote:
200 pages?!?!?! I checked like a half hour ago and it was at like 50!!!


Uh that was like 4 hours ago lol
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SuperArc
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Austria7781 Posts
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3912
On January 23 2010 21:39 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
Anyone who seriously thinks Flash should be expected to play 100% after losing a game that didn't even finish and having his own father ejected emotionally from the studio by security and having his team threaten to forfeit and argue for an hour with KESPA refs must be insane.

If the same thing happened to Jaedong, I wouldn't expect Jaedong to play very well afterward either. It doesn't matter if Flash is a "kid", it matters that he is a human being and not even the superhuman Jaedong would have the mental fortitude to play 100% after having his dad kicked out of the studio and arguing with kespa refs for an hour.


Yeah, just remember how horrible Jaedong was playing at the time of the FA incident.
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yarders
Profile Joined August 2009
United Kingdom194 Posts
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3913
QUOTE]
This.

Out of the three finished games, Jaedong won two, and had a significant advantage in the third set when it was aborted. Clearly he deserves to win. Yes, it was controversial, but what are you going to do? Replaying the Odd-Eye game wouldn't be fair to Jaedong, his likely winning preparation blown.
[/QUOTE]

Game 4 didnt mean anything, Flash was mentally gone at that point and was never going to win it. It certainly cant be used as a basis to judge the two players skill level.

Game 3 should have been replayed. In every sport in the world you always replay a game unless their is a decisive advantage. Otherwise you defeat the common element of sport. That a player/team can come back from a losing position. Jaedong was slightly ahead but theres no way he had a decisive advantage. By not replying the game Jaedong is denied a proper victory. No one impartial can look upon this series and determine Jaedong to be the greatest player in the world because we simply don't know what would have happened. Thats completely unfair on him. The whole point of playing and winning a tournament is to unarguably assert your superiority and its why the game had to be replayed.

What would have happened if the power had gone 5 minutes earlier when Flash took out 1 or when he was attacking 3. Should Flash have been awarded a win in this situation. Absolutly not.

Kespas philosphy and therefore rules are fundamentally flawed. Today is a sad day indeed.
moopie
Profile Joined July 2009
12605 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-23 13:14:53
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3914
On January 23 2010 21:00 DoX.) wrote:
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On January 23 2010 20:54 dude_2 wrote:
can't understand whys ome people defend the decision to give jd the win in game 3. if the game stopped earlier when flash just have destroyed the base at the 1 o'clock, i guess, and had this huge mnm force, kespa would've propably decided to give flash the win. and then look what happens after that.


+1



The only 'semi-fair' thing to do (and I'm sure this would be argued like every other solution) would have been to schedule a rematch (not tonight, but in a few days/week or so). Either keep it as a 1-1, or start with a 0-0. This gives both players time to come up with whatever strategy they want (can even make it a different map, like a proleague map or something).


edited to give post more content.
I'm going to sleep, let me get some of that carpet.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3915
On January 23 2010 21:38 Gao Xi wrote:
Not if they're sponsoring an OSL

The last NATE-sponsored league WAS an OSL. And it's second only tho this in trashiness.
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Qwertify
Profile Joined September 2008
United States2531 Posts
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3916
On January 23 2010 21:39 BG1 wrote:
Jon747 should be posting footage of the 3rd game in a few minutes with the extra 30secs or so that was missed by the MBC recording.


Sweet. Not that this should settle anything. I won't be happy until Flash admits that he was unlikely to win.
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J1.au
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Australia3596 Posts
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3917
On January 23 2010 21:32 Fionn wrote:
Let's all just blame Kwanro/Calm.

If they never made the MSL Finals last year, then MBC would have rented out a bigger stadium for this season's final and never had this virtual studio. With no virtual studio, the power outage would have never went out.

If the power never went out, then we would have gotten an amazing finals.

So in the end, everyone got Kwanrolled.

Post of the thread!
boxxyownz
Profile Joined February 2009
United States103 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-23 12:42:48
January 23 2010 12:40 GMT
#3918
Replaying the game wouldn't be fair for Jaedong in anyway. He praticed that build order probably 100x's over on that map, and zerg strategy exposed hurts way more then a terrans, he would've had to make a new strat that he hadnt practiced with ever in a MSL Final.

So giving the regame would've been unfair to Jaedong, but giving the free win was unfair to Flash.

Either way this was a lose/lose situation, I think what I've learned today is that someone can still keep up with Flash in todays starcraft era. (excluding game 4 because flash was mentally broken down). Jaedong played better in my opinion and deserved the MSL Final victory.

I am kinda biased towards Jaedong, but I do think if they replayed the game, it would've been as unfair as giving Jaedong the free win.All of the pre-game preparation would've gone down the drain. He would've been crushed after that game and having to repeat it again, pulling off all the saves he made that game couldn't have been an option if they replayed it.

GG tho, hyped up final was living up to its name UNTIL the blackout.

CYA IN WINNERSLEAGUE KT
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boredcouch
Profile Joined May 2008
United States110 Posts
January 23 2010 12:41 GMT
#3919
On January 23 2010 21:40 gravity wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 23 2010 21:34 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:30 gravity wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:20 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On January 23 2010 21:18 gravity wrote:
The most fair way to decide an outage game, if a regame is impossible, would be to calculate the probability of each player winning (somehow - maybe base it on statistics from past matches, or better yet, live gambling odds if available) and pick randomly according to those odds (so if Flash had a 20% chance of winning, you would choose a random number from 1 to 100 and give Flash the win if you got 20 or less, otherwise give the win to Jaedong).


I can guarantee THAT solution would result in riots.

Only because people don't understand probability, expected value, etc :/.


No, because that's an awful idea. There is a difference is they suggested a regame (where players would decide their own fate) vs a randomly shot in the dark that involves no effort/training/input, etc. I thought you were just joking at first.

I'm 100% serious and my idea is the only fair way to decide the issue (far more fair than a regame which screws the player who was in the lead). People just have a poor understanding of probability and therefore a skewed idea of fairness. Just look at all the people who play the lottery.


No, the main problem with your idea is there is no correct way of determining the exact probabilities.
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Gao Xi
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Hong Kong5178 Posts
January 23 2010 12:41 GMT
#3920
On January 23 2010 21:40 machinus wrote:
Soo...when is the MSL finals? I hear it's going to be epic.


It was "epic", but not of the right kind
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