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Biolunar
Profile Joined February 2012
Germany224 Posts
August 07 2013 20:31 GMT
#441
YES to split teams.
INDECISIVE on tonight.
What is best? To crush the Zerg, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the Protoss.
EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
August 07 2013 21:11 GMT
#442
NO to split teams.
+ Show Spoiler +
Reasoning:

The support for team splitting appears to stem from one assumption: it is any given player's prerogative to choose whether and in what capacity he wants to play, thus he has the right to join and leave teams. The right is basic and I do not contest it.

I do not believe team splitting is a natural manifestation of this right. It in fact limits and dictates a player's options. Consider a situation with teams ABCDEF. If a player on Team A wants to join another team for whatever reason, he would normally have 6 options: join one of the 5 existing teams, or create a new team, whereupon he seeks fellow players in a draft or some other fair format. If Team A undergoes a team split scenario, this preempts that freedom and prescribes his future team and teammates. Of course, the player still retains his right and can exercise it post facto, but since both choices were already made for him he may longer have cause to.

In the SB situation, if every player on the roster was involved via democratic input on the split decision, and they each chose the split as the optimal solution to exercise their rights, then the SB situation is acceptable to me on that front.

I still oppose the practice on principle since I believe choices involving team leaving/joining should begin with the players, not the captains.


YES to tonight.
+ Show Spoiler +
tonight is C- max. The league environment involves C- max players being allowed to play. I believe anything less of equal treatment to C- max players is hypocritical and unfair.

Currently we approach the C- membership issue with a grandfather clause: players who played in previous seasons are allowed to continue playing even after reaching C-.

Grandfather clauses tend to be introduced in law in cases where a new provision begins for which there were no such old provisions in the past. They can be justified case by case. However, the practice is also historically rooted in discriminatory laws aimed at disenfranchising African Americans in the US South.

I believe this is also a discriminatory situation, especially since it has protected such a status quo for upwards for 4 seasons. Normally when a grandfather clause eases in the introduction of a new regulation, it is to allow comfortable operation of anything affected until the new regulation can properly take hold in all intended circumstances. I believe the league is past such a point, and it must decide unequivocally whether or not C- is within its scope.
面白くない世の中, 面白くすればいいさ
Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
August 07 2013 21:21 GMT
#443
@Echone It doesnt prescribe anything to him unless he voluntarily submits to it, nor does it preclude him creating a new team, though if his current team is simultaneously undergoing an organized split it will dampen his potential player pool. But thats just a contingent scenario, its just as possible the player will be leaving the team prior to any organized team split and will have the ability to entice individual members away from his old team, and other teams.
Never say Die! ||| Fight you? No, I want to kill you.
Birdie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
New Zealand4438 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 23:47:51
August 07 2013 21:22 GMT
#444
Vote Tally: Copy and paste this with your name added and the number +1'd, then post in thread along with your vote decision. IMO.

Team split vote tally.
Votes Yes (8):
Birdie
dazed_spy
DarkNetHunter
art_of_turtle
greenelve
Biolunar
Babo (NOT PLAYING AFAIK)
RulZBoooM (ggrrg)

Votes No (8):
Cpt.Beefy (AtomicArchon)
ImAtTheBeach
EchOne
Sentenal
Squishy
Gao Xi (Shuruken) NOT PLAYING AFAIK
Nagisama
aeghrur (ghrur)
Red classic | A butterfly dreamed he was Zhuangzi | 4.5k, heading to 5k as support!
Sentenal
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States12398 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 22:12:51
August 07 2013 21:28 GMT
#445
No on team split, Yes on Tonight
"Apparently, Sentenal is a paragon of friendship and tolerance. " - Ech0ne
Mutaller
Profile Blog Joined July 2013
United States1051 Posts
August 07 2013 21:30 GMT
#446
no
"To practice isn't for you to get better now in the present. Practice will never betray you and will always come back for you in the future." -Jaedong
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
August 07 2013 21:37 GMT
#447
On August 07 2013 07:07 anklebreak wrote:
tossboy is themarine? this is sad. you were c- rank when i left and then 1.5 year later you're worst then you were before. i guess practice everyday back then in ued didn't help at all.


You know what's really sad? That you got to C rank somehow.
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
August 07 2013 21:38 GMT
#448
On August 08 2013 06:21 Dazed_Spy wrote:
@Echone It doesnt prescribe anything to him unless he voluntarily submits to it, nor does it preclude him creating a new team, though if his current team is simultaneously undergoing an organized split it will dampen his potential player pool. But thats just a contingent scenario, its just as possible the player will be leaving the team prior to any organized team split and will have the ability to entice individual members away from his old team, and other teams.

Yes I mentioned specifically that the player still retains his right. Technically, he can choose to do whatever he wants to do whenever he wants to do it. In reality, people tend not to act without impetus.

The nature of leadership and decision making is such that a man will "voluntarily submit" to any number of things should he be convinced they benefit him. Such persuasion is the core of marketing anything from products to presidents. In almost all cases, and likely in this case too, this is sufficient. But it will always differ slightly from a man creating a solution on his own.
面白くない世の中, 面白くすればいいさ
Gao Xi
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Hong Kong5178 Posts
August 07 2013 21:43 GMT
#449
no team, yes tonight
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Dazed.
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3301 Posts
August 07 2013 21:45 GMT
#450
On August 08 2013 06:38 EchOne wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2013 06:21 Dazed_Spy wrote:
@Echone It doesnt prescribe anything to him unless he voluntarily submits to it, nor does it preclude him creating a new team, though if his current team is simultaneously undergoing an organized split it will dampen his potential player pool. But thats just a contingent scenario, its just as possible the player will be leaving the team prior to any organized team split and will have the ability to entice individual members away from his old team, and other teams.

Yes I mentioned specifically that the player still retains his right. Technically, he can choose to do whatever he wants to do whenever he wants to do it. In reality, people tend not to act without impetus.

The nature of leadership and decision making is such that a man will "voluntarily submit" to any number of things should he be convinced they benefit him. Such persuasion is the core of marketing anything from products to presidents. In almost all cases, and likely in this case too, this is sufficient. But it will always differ slightly from a man creating a solution on his own.
So we shouldnt allow team splits because people may be persuaded? Yet somehow if theres a vote, then its legit? As if there wont be persuasion prior to the advent of any democratic team split? Your objection is...pointless.
Never say Die! ||| Fight you? No, I want to kill you.
Birdie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
New Zealand4438 Posts
August 07 2013 21:45 GMT
#451
What's the opinion on votes from people who aren't in a team that's in the league or planning on being in the league?
Red classic | A butterfly dreamed he was Zhuangzi | 4.5k, heading to 5k as support!
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
August 07 2013 21:49 GMT
#452
On August 08 2013 06:28 Sentenal wrote:
No on team spit, Yes on Tonight



Yeah, fuck Team Spit. Terrible team.
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
Sentenal
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States12398 Posts
August 07 2013 22:13 GMT
#453
On August 08 2013 06:49 tonight wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2013 06:28 Sentenal wrote:
No on team spit, Yes on Tonight



Yeah, fuck Team Spit. Terrible team.

No on team split, NO ON TONIGHT CUZ HES MEAN
"Apparently, Sentenal is a paragon of friendship and tolerance. " - Ech0ne
EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
August 07 2013 22:22 GMT
#454
On August 08 2013 06:45 Dazed_Spy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2013 06:38 EchOne wrote:
On August 08 2013 06:21 Dazed_Spy wrote:
@Echone It doesnt prescribe anything to him unless he voluntarily submits to it, nor does it preclude him creating a new team, though if his current team is simultaneously undergoing an organized split it will dampen his potential player pool. But thats just a contingent scenario, its just as possible the player will be leaving the team prior to any organized team split and will have the ability to entice individual members away from his old team, and other teams.

Yes I mentioned specifically that the player still retains his right. Technically, he can choose to do whatever he wants to do whenever he wants to do it. In reality, people tend not to act without impetus.

The nature of leadership and decision making is such that a man will "voluntarily submit" to any number of things should he be convinced they benefit him. Such persuasion is the core of marketing anything from products to presidents. In almost all cases, and likely in this case too, this is sufficient. But it will always differ slightly from a man creating a solution on his own.
So we shouldnt allow team splits because people may be persuaded? Yet somehow if theres a vote, then its legit? As if there wont be persuasion prior to the advent of any democratic team split? Your objection is...pointless.

A captain telling his players to do a thing carries its own persuasive power. For instance, as a captain I could...

tell KazeHydra to play even though he is D- and thinks he will lose.
tell Nagisama to get me replays even though that has nothing to do with him.
tell Sentenal to express good manners even though he's in a heated argument.

and they will be inclined to do these things (even though other inclinations may prevail.) They still have every right to act however they want, but because I told them to do something, my proposed action now occupies part of their thoughts. The course of events (Birdie proposing the split as 2 SBs, Birdie reframing the issue as a double roster and finally as a team split after confrontation, Birdie detailing that he specifically "asked nicely" of each of his players to do this) suggests to me that we have a captain masterminding the decisions of his players.

If TheMarine, Arca, and their players were arguing with me about their grievances with SB and how they just need to leave, that would suggest something more along the lines of players exercising their will vs a captain exercising his will over his players.
面白くない世の中, 面白くすればいいさ
SlowBullets
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States839 Posts
August 07 2013 22:32 GMT
#455
BaBo votes:

"YES" to Birdie split. Reason is it essentially becomes two unaffiliated teams.

"NO" to tonight. Anyone who is good enough for sMi was probably more than C- when they hit it. [prophecy_ is D]
1:1 go sc2 LAN? Oh wait...
Nagisama
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada4481 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 22:40:59
August 07 2013 22:36 GMT
#456
No for birdie split.

No for tonight.
+ Show Spoiler +
This goes back to the argument last season regarding letting puppykiller into the league. If it ends up yes, then puppykiller should also be allowed into the league.
Calendar"Everyone who has accomplished more than you has no life; Everyone who has accomplished less than you is a noob." | Elem: "nagi is actually really smart"
EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
August 07 2013 22:50 GMT
#457
Puppykiller is C max.

http://www.iccup.com/starcraft/gamingprofile/puppykiller.html

C is different from C-.
面白くない世の中, 面白くすればいいさ
ggrrg
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Bulgaria2717 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 22:57:03
August 07 2013 22:56 GMT
#458
Yes on team split.
Yes on tonight.

@Echo


The support for team splitting appears to stem from one assumption: it is any given player's prerogative to choose whether and in what capacity he wants to play, thus he has the right to join and leave teams. The right is basic and I do not contest it.

I do not believe team splitting is a natural manifestation of this right. It in fact limits and dictates a player's options. Consider a situation with teams ABCDEF. If a player on Team A wants to join another team for whatever reason, he would normally have 6 options: join one of the 5 existing teams, or create a new team, whereupon he seeks fellow players in a draft or some other fair format. If Team A undergoes a team split scenario, this preempts that freedom and prescribes his future team and teammates. Of course, the player still retains his right and can exercise it post facto, but since both choices were already made for him he may longer have cause to.

In the SB situation, if every player on the roster was involved via democratic input on the split decision, and they each chose the split as the optimal solution to exercise their rights, then the SB situation is acceptable to me on that front.

I still oppose the practice on principle since I believe choices involving team leaving/joining should begin with the players, not the captains.


If any player is not satisfied with such a decision, they can object it. If they are so opposed to it, players can decide to leave.
Your example about a player's options for joining a team is not appropriate either. In the current situation, it's not about players wanting to leave the team for good.
You also neglect to acknowledge the social dynamics within the team: e.g. players that are good friends prefering to split together rather than joining other teams.

Ultimately, Birdie is neither a king nor a wizard. He certainly doesn't have any power over his players other than making suggestions.
EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
August 07 2013 23:05 GMT
#459
On August 08 2013 07:56 ggrrg wrote:
In the current situation, it's not about players wanting to leave the team for good.

They don't want to leave their team, yet they want to make another team?
面白くない世の中, 面白くすればいいさ
ggrrg
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Bulgaria2717 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-07 23:14:50
August 07 2013 23:13 GMT
#460
On August 08 2013 08:05 EchOne wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2013 07:56 ggrrg wrote:
In the current situation, it's not about players wanting to leave the team for good.

They don't want to leave their team, yet they want to make another team?


Yes, because players ABC want to play together.

In your example, you assume that one player leaves his team. Here, a bunch of players who want to play together are involved.
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