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strongwind
Profile Joined July 2007
United States862 Posts
October 22 2007 22:39 GMT
#21
I'm guessing the IEST sponsors renewed Bisu's hwasinsurance for some ultimate payback.

But seriously, at least Stork owned up to dropping games at WCG. They should too.
Taek Bang Fighting!
sushiman
Profile Joined September 2003
Sweden2691 Posts
October 22 2007 22:51 GMT
#22
On October 23 2007 07:34 FoBBish wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2007 07:12 il0seonpurpose wrote:
If it was mind trick, why did their strategies for real happen? And what is 2 sunken no ring


A: im going to kick your leg. so block your leg.

B: ok, ill block my leg.

B blocks face, A kicks leg.

B: thought you were tricking me and kicking my head.


Exactly my thought as well. Tell the same thing a second time and your opponent will be even more suspicious. That's exactly what mind games are, not just plain lying as some people here seem to think...
I wouldn't even care if they rigged it, it was an unimportant tournament anyway and both got to the final easily. Offer better competition and the players might actually care.
1000 at least.
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
October 22 2007 22:52 GMT
#23
On October 23 2007 07:35 ambit!ous1 wrote:
If the games were fixed it was probably done before the match. What idiot would chat like that when thousands of people are watching. Its just plain and simple.

except for the fact that they chatted like that in front of thousands of people is the one thing that isnt questionable, theres proof of that.
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iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
October 22 2007 22:56 GMT
#24
can people who actually dont even read the OP / topic area please stop posting? Shit like the quoted segment above gets under my skin. It is VERY clear where the fucking chat logs are from.. and if you dont know details like that its best you hold off on the post until you do know shit like that.
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
October 22 2007 22:56 GMT
#25
On October 23 2007 07:51 sushiman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2007 07:34 FoBBish wrote:
On October 23 2007 07:12 il0seonpurpose wrote:
If it was mind trick, why did their strategies for real happen? And what is 2 sunken no ring


A: im going to kick your leg. so block your leg.

B: ok, ill block my leg.

B blocks face, A kicks leg.

B: thought you were tricking me and kicking my head.


Exactly my thought as well. Tell the same thing a second time and your opponent will be even more suspicious. That's exactly what mind games are, not just plain lying as some people here seem to think...
I wouldn't even care if they rigged it, it was an unimportant tournament anyway and both got to the final easily. Offer better competition and the players might actually care.
That's completely illogical. If the competition was terrible and the two players had an easy run to the finals, then that final bo5 should be the only time they find themselves with worthy competition, thus should be the only time they actually need to try hard.

Instead as we saw, #1 they treated it like an exhibition and didn't try hard (the players admitted this) and #2 the likely rigging.
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ambit!ous1
Profile Joined September 2007
United States3662 Posts
October 22 2007 22:58 GMT
#26
On October 23 2007 07:52 IdrA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2007 07:35 ambit!ous1 wrote:
If the games were fixed it was probably done before the match. What idiot would chat like that when thousands of people are watching. Its just plain and simple.

except for the fact that they chatted like that in front of thousands of people is the one thing that isnt questionable, theres proof of that.


Yea I saw the video

What I meant was it was just an mind trick. Most progamers do this often right before the game.

So many noobs just dont understand the mind games of progamers.

Bisu[Shield] / ♔ SoYeon
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
October 22 2007 22:59 GMT
#27
Well, I suppose karma bit Hwasin in the arse... :0

Seriously not cool.
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
October 22 2007 23:02 GMT
#28
On October 23 2007 07:58 ambit!ous1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2007 07:52 IdrA wrote:
On October 23 2007 07:35 ambit!ous1 wrote:
If the games were fixed it was probably done before the match. What idiot would chat like that when thousands of people are watching. Its just plain and simple.

except for the fact that they chatted like that in front of thousands of people is the one thing that isnt questionable, theres proof of that.


Yea I saw the video

What I meant was it was just an mind trick. Most progamers do this often right before the game.

So many noobs just dont understand the mind games of progamers.


...
yes before every game one opponent lays out his build order, the other says "ok" and proceeds to do a counter build
twice in a row.

those clever progamers.
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hixhix
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
1158 Posts
October 22 2007 23:06 GMT
#29
On October 23 2007 07:58 ambit!ous1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2007 07:52 IdrA wrote:
On October 23 2007 07:35 ambit!ous1 wrote:
If the games were fixed it was probably done before the match. What idiot would chat like that when thousands of people are watching. Its just plain and simple.

except for the fact that they chatted like that in front of thousands of people is the one thing that isnt questionable, theres proof of that.


Yea I saw the video

What I meant was it was just an mind trick. Most progamers do this often right before the game.

So many noobs just dont understand the mind games of progamers.



Can you idiotic noob stop posting ?
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
October 22 2007 23:10 GMT
#30
On October 23 2007 07:58 ambit!ous1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2007 07:52 IdrA wrote:
On October 23 2007 07:35 ambit!ous1 wrote:
If the games were fixed it was probably done before the match. What idiot would chat like that when thousands of people are watching. Its just plain and simple.

except for the fact that they chatted like that in front of thousands of people is the one thing that isnt questionable, theres proof of that.


Yea I saw the video

What I meant was it was just an mind trick. Most progamers do this often right before the game.

So many noobs just dont understand the mind games of progamers.




Are you being serious?
Tadzio
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
3340 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-10-22 23:13:53
October 22 2007 23:12 GMT
#31
Can we argue with each other without calling people that disagree noobs or idiots or whatever? If it can be helped, I'd rather not see this thread in the closed forum before the issue is resolved by korean officials.

Edit: on that front, do our korean members have any developing news from Korean websites?
wakpark
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States173 Posts
October 22 2007 23:40 GMT
#32
http://www.fighterforum.com/news/news_read.asp?cat=ISS&idx=21401
the fighter forum article

it looks like they're saying it was just lighthearted mind games.
The Black Keys / The White Stripes
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
October 22 2007 23:42 GMT
#33
anything new to be added? Thats what they have been saying..
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13536 Posts
October 22 2007 23:46 GMT
#34
It's pretty obvious what they did, but at the end of the day there's no way to prove their true intentions and motives.

What we call rigging, they call mind games. You can't prove otherwise so I think everyone should JLIG and move on.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
Sadist
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States7328 Posts
October 22 2007 23:46 GMT
#35
splitting the prize is fine or whatever, IMO it should free them up so they play better.

Calm is a pussy if he really rigged the matches, he has no heart for not wanting to win that when hes in the finals.

Dont invite them anymore, if they really rigged it they wont be good players for long anyway, their desire will fade away and theyll start to suck when they face some adversity.
How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal and you have to be willing to work for it. Jim Valvano
Day[9]
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
United States7366 Posts
October 22 2007 23:47 GMT
#36
i absolutely 100% believe that they didn't fix the matches

i've done this kind of talk to friends before

i understand the freakout of the community, but everyone should just let 'em go imo. i highly doubt they rigged IEST when they are BOTH in the finals?

i mean it just doens't make any sense
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RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13536 Posts
October 22 2007 23:49 GMT
#37
I mean it's like Stork tanking his games vs Ra, or Midas tanking vs A2.

Yes it happened and it shows a lack of respect to the tournament, but as everything in life there's a difference between knowing the truth and proving the truth.

Just unofficially exclude Hwasin and Calm from future foreigner tournies like these and hope to avoid a similar situation.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
October 22 2007 23:51 GMT
#38
You can find the truth actually. You compile evidence / lean on them with community support and eventually the truth is squeezed out.

Even if they deny it forever that is fine, the disrespect they have shown is enough to AT LEAST do as RowdierBob suggested, ban them from future events and plan for a better tomorrow.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
October 22 2007 23:52 GMT
#39
mind trick LOL, at least have the decency to apologize after you took all that money from the organizers. Everyone involved in this are complete trash. Hwasin should've gotten disqualified for using the scv bug. He didn't, advanced to the finals and took it as a joke. The prize money for IEST is close to that of OSL, this money doesn't just appear, the people who pay it expect the event to be taken seriously. Now the STX coach not only does not reprimand his players but tries to cover it up with them in the most idiotic way possible giving a reason only complete starcraft idiots would buy. IEST treated the progamers well and they turn around and shit in everyone's faces, and now a bunch of retarded fanboys are ruining TL by agreeing with the official statement. Shut the fuck up. Hwasin and Calm did not take the final seriously. The Chinese players went through months of qualification before the final tourney. Many had to travel across the country for the Chinese lan final. STX came for the money, they got it, at least don't be such completely fucking scumbags. Someone translate this to korean please and post it on Fifo.
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13536 Posts
October 22 2007 23:57 GMT
#40
On October 23 2007 08:51 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
You can find the truth actually. You compile evidence / lean on them with community support and eventually the truth is squeezed out.

Even if they deny it forever that is fine, the disrespect they have shown is enough to AT LEAST do as RowdierBob suggested, ban them from future events and plan for a better tomorrow.


Your version of the truth is different to theirs though. What you call rigging they call mind games and you cannot prove this otherwise.

I'm not saying the games weren't rigged becasue I believe they were, but it something the community cannot prove short of Hwasin and Calm admitting it themselves.

Take Davydenko in the tennis for example. Everyone knows he was tanking games as part of that betting scandal, but they can't prove it.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
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