On April 28 2009 21:20 blapsd wrote: I dont know the rule thats applied if your monitor is dead but im sure its different to the ppp rule.
Almost certain that the right thing to do when you cannot see anything is to request a pause, not leave the booth and give your opponent several free seconds of play while some ref comes over and asks why you decided to stop playing, etc. That would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.
On April 28 2009 21:20 blapsd wrote: I dont know the rule thats applied if your monitor is dead but im sure its different to the ppp rule.
Almost certain that the right thing to do when you cannot see anything is to request a pause, not leave the booth and give your opponent several free seconds of play while some ref comes over and asks why you decided to stop playing, etc. That would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.
I'm not saying he definitely should have left the booth, he should have just done whatever it says in the rules, then he could not get punished. If the rules say to pause then i agree its a little fucked up but by doing things he cant see hes opening up the possibily of getting disqualified. Giving them a few seconds might seem incredibly stupid to you, but its a lot better than losing the game straight away (like what happened)
Oh wow, after reading the last page, I was going to say leta deserved it and was at the same level as go.go then I read the second to last page and realized what the reason was.
Another week withought JulyZerg playing and i think i'll go crazy . Props to STX thought i have alot of STX players in my FPL team and anti-team also :D
Wow, worst day in my own personal entertainment history. 1st I see Fightning and it is literally the worst movie I've ever seen in my fucking life. Like I walked out of the theater half thru cause EVERY part of the movie bored, digusted and angered me and now I find out theres no Leta Kal game to cool down to, bummer. I hope a better reason surfaces and this pp thing is a joke
I could give some merit to this if he had written "pp" and then paused the game himself not waiting for a response (though it would still be idiotic to forfeit him because THEIR monitor dies), but if the Ref understands him and DOES pause the game, then what the fuck is the problem?
Dumbest decision i've ever heard about in E-sports history. Next time hire a referee able to show some sympathy, flexibility and understanding.
It is almost as if, since there as so few rules in StarCraft, the refs will call anything that they can with a certain strictness to reinforce the importance of their post.
On the whole, consider the problem abstractly to see how absurd that call was.
'pp' does not mean anything else in the rules book, or anything similar to it, like po, or ppo, that is for a different request. This and it shouldn't be for obvious reasons, because there are only so many requests and they should all be fairly distinct for clarity's sake. So, (now I'm going to compare this to ordering food) it is not like Leta ordered a Hamburger, and got one, but wanted a 'cheese' burger, but accidentally said the wrong type of burger. In this case, it would be the persons fault for being mistaken. But ppp and pp cannot be mistaken, because pp is meaningless, and ppp means something. So if I said I would like a widget with slenks, versus a burger with fries, one can understand that saying something meaningless is probably a violation, in general. Of course, it is not completely unrecognizable like the previous example from its counter part. If someone asked, "if I say cheeseDURger, what word do you think I am trying to say?" you can safely infer cheeseburger. In fact, it is common and universal courtesy to just assume the word, written or spoken, unless you are a complete ####. Additionally, some people feel that Leta should have known how many times her pressed 'p'. His mistake here is innocuous for 2 reasons. The first that, with his screen being off, he cannot reasonably be expected to known how many times he pressed it if, by human error, in the heat of the moment and not wishing to lose a fraction of a second, he forgot, but otherwise was sure it was ppp. Secondly, you can argue that he should, as a progamer know at least how many times he did that since he is one a keyboard all day long. His keyboard use however is a facet of a good gamer, not at all a prerequisite of one. So if he screwed up, you cannot possibly blame him, or any other player, for it because it was his responsibility to know.
So, because he is not responsible for such absurd keyboard feats or tests, and because his 'pp' could have easily been inferred to mean 'ppp,' the ruling is our of order. Which bring me back to my original point. Since there are so few rules, and since they are observed so infrequently, the refs must be exercising their power to dignify the rules. They are making an example of Leta to show that any disobedience to the rules will be met with strong retribution. Furthermore, this goes to suggest just how serious StarCraft is. If it was all fun and games, that kind of stuff would fly. Hey, were just here to play some StarCraft right, we don't need rules, regulations, etc. Overall, I would disagree with the ruling. It is absurdly harsh and arrogant. For the namesake of the sport however, I have to agree with the higher-ups and their decision on this one.
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. Props to STX thought i have alot of STX players in my FPL team and anti-team also :D
