EPT(I see the point of the thread though)
Boycott WCG USA - Page 8
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
(I see the point of the thread though) | ||
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DrTJEckleburg
United States1080 Posts
Another thing I want to add is this is exactly the type of thing that happened in CS 1.6, the CPL's from 1999-2003 were absolutely amazing events to attend and they crashed and burned because they did not listen to the community. Their head organizer Angel Rios(this may not be his actual last name, I can't remember) constantly poured bullshit down gotfrag and the 1.6 community's throats until his organization shut down and a great number of cs 1.6 players that participated in the later tournaments were never paid prize money... Why not swallow what little pride you have left and listen to people like incontrol? | ||
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
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RaGe
Belgium9944 Posts
On April 18 2009 23:21 Kaolla wrote: it was and actually pixel, noenoe (not 100% sure on this one) and blub went... because there was only 4 players left and 3 would qualify... they probably normally owuldnt have even survived round 1 -_-; It was a benelux qualifier right? BluB deserved a spot for belgium. Didn't he even beat nazgul in the WCG Finals? I know NoeNoe abused his way to a WCG Finals once. | ||
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
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Butigroove
Seychelles2061 Posts
That would be immature, however, and ignoring the fact that one email is hardly likely to change anything, and that WCG losing its sponsorship is entirely bad for the community. (Unless someone else got the sponsorship *cough*TSL*cough*) Hell, the fact that a group of volunteers from a niche community site can run a better tournament than a PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION is just fucking sad. Luarent, and anyone else responsible for this bullshit should be fired. | ||
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KwarK
United States41963 Posts
On April 18 2009 13:34 Kerotan wrote: As a Brit and a pretty terrible player, my name doesn't carry any weight in the US scene, but I guess the majority can do more damage by just not watching/reading, WCG as a whole is becoming worse every year, whole countries not competing, not sending players, its no way to run the E-Olympics as it bills itself. Last year I emailed the guy running WCGUK and told him about iccup launcher, modern maps, lan latency, known hackers and smurfs and that the finals really ought to be bo5. He was like "yeah, that makes sense, we'll do that" and accepted all of my recommendations without arguing. It's not a problem with WCG, it's a problem with arrogant admins and excessive bureaucracy. | ||
Twisted
Netherlands13554 Posts
On April 19 2009 04:58 RaGe wrote: It was a benelux qualifier right? BluB deserved a spot for belgium. Didn't he even beat nazgul in the WCG Finals? I know NoeNoe abused his way to a WCG Finals once. It was pixel, garak and blub. Blub wasn't all that bad (he won as well and went 2-3 in his group). He didn't win against nazgul lol. NoeNoe qualified in 2002 for Belgium. | ||
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Mista_Masta
Netherlands557 Posts
On April 19 2009 06:10 Kwark wrote: Last year I emailed the guy running WCGUK and told him about iccup launcher, modern maps, lan latency, known hackers and smurfs and that the finals really ought to be bo5. He was like "yeah, that makes sense, we'll do that" and accepted all of my recommendations without arguing. LOL! An attitude like that from the start would've made this thread completely unnecessary from the beginning. Too bad... | ||
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
 WCG, there are ALREADY METHODS in place that people use EVERY DAY that are far superior than the shit you require to be used for your tourniment. Does that make any sense? No. Why not allow people, who clearly have the knowledge and skills to bring your tourniment to the level it needs to be, do so? There is absolutely no reason not to. | ||
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Skew
United States1019 Posts
On April 17 2009 16:55 Day[9] wrote: Lashing out at ANY community member, ESPECIALLY one going to great lengths to help organize your tournament, is absolutely 100% unacceptable. That said, I'd like to point out to the ENTIRE community why Laurent's above post encapsulates the problem. In his FIRST response to this thread, Laurent says nothing about the tournament, nothing about what he's doing to fix WCG, nothing about helping the community. Instead, Laurent defends himself. Moreover, he defends himself in a situation where he is undeniably in the wrong. Laurent, allow me to restate myself. I do not care if you are the root of WCGs problems. I do not care of your co-workers are the root of the problems. I do not care if your bosses are the root of the problems. There are enormous, unacceptable problems with WCG Fix it (and stop referring to me by my first name. I have no idea who you are) Hahahahahahaha... that last sentence is going to give me joy for at least a week. It's OK Laurent, they're only mean because they care so much! | ||
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Hans-Titan
Denmark1711 Posts
Still, I doubt a boycot is the right answer, and we risk losing SC as a WCG game which would really suck. It's also quite clear that Laurent doesn't know what he's doing, but I doubt he can be held responsible for all the bad things. Ideally WCG would just host the entire thing on iCCup and let that be the end of it. iCCup rules, end of fucking story. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11540 Posts
Of course that doesn't mean I'm fucking pissed with the way WCG is handling themselves. | ||
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zizou21
United States3683 Posts
that reminds me, wat the fuck happened to rS.kilLa or watever it was lOL | ||
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Nightmarjoo
United States3359 Posts
On April 19 2009 09:43 FragKrag wrote: I think the hopes for this WCG have been inflated too high with iNc getting into that ultimate gamer show. I don't think any of us should have expected any better from WCG, I mean they have been disappointing BW fans for many years now... At this point, with SC2 on the verge, I don't think WCG has any real reason to give a shit about SC. Of course that doesn't mean I'm fucking pissed with the way WCG is handling themselves. Well yes, but I mean it's not just that they aren't doing better, it's that they're managing to do worse somehow. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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Clow
Brazil880 Posts
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RaNgeD
United States730 Posts
It makes me sad because I believe this year I actually had a chance of getting somewhere in WCG. (Not taking 1st obviously) And I have a feeling by this time next year SC2 will be out.. | ||
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DanceCommander
United States1808 Posts
On April 17 2009 17:00 GTR wrote: riots will be running around america when lastshadow becomes wcg usa champion Haha oh god... The end of competitive American starcraft. | ||
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hooktits
United States972 Posts
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