EPTHello community,
This thread will consist of three things:
1) Why I am retiring from Starcraft:BroodWar.
2) iCCup's contribution; specifically quoted text from their administration.
3) What I hope to have left the community, how I will still be minorly contributing, and an expression of my appreciation.
Some may know me as LRM)Game, some as MgZ)inG, some as Odin[fOu], but few as Dave. Despite that, if you have been active in the foreign BW community as of 2005, you have ran into me or heard of my works at one time or another. But of my recent IPBan from iCCup, and some other very major projects that are unbeknownst to those who don't work with me regularly within Los Reyes del Mambo or the tournaments I organize, I have been pushed over the edge as Game and need more time for Dave. After the glory in LRM) and other lack need of mention tournaments, real life has caught up with me. With three summer courses right now, five insanely hard fall courses coming up shortly after, and a real life to maintain, I will be around and helping friends, but not doing anything special. As of the end of ISL2 I will be retiring. Also, at the end of this iCCupCL/BWCL season I will be handing the reigns of LRM) over to LRM)jinu, an old prominent and capable leader, and LRM)nOoNe who will be managing the team.
+ Show Spoiler [Part Two; iCCups contributions] +
As I promised to Nvoyne, there would be no biased hatred or personal grudge here, just fact.
Disclaimer: Everything here is copy/pasted except for the missing copy/pastes of iCCup.GeckoXP who made all of the messages ever sent between the two of us disappear from my various inboxes.
+ Show Spoiler [iCCup.cheloman] +
+ Show Spoiler [iCCups contribution] +
Disclaimer: Everything here is copy/pasted except for the missing copy/pastes of iCCup.GeckoXP who made all of the messages ever sent between the two of us disappear from my various inboxes.
+ Show Spoiler [iCCup.cheloman] +
from: AR iccup.cheloman
08 Apr @ 11:12 CET
[RE]: Hey
Hi Game,
So, you have used our server, our admins, our community, our anti-hack, our webpage, and you will sell your replay pack and we dont get anything?.You are free to post it, of course, is not broken any rule with this, but, this ends here.
There is no more ISL at iccup, no more privte forum, no more banners, no more admins involved with private tournaments without benefit for us. We will not solve any more complaints of tagged players from now.
You are a smart person and you will understand this quickly.
If you want to organize a tournament when you will sell something, you will have to pay for it a iccup.
Regards,
My response:
from: AR iccup.cheloman
08 Apr @ 11:21 CET
[RE]: Hey
#1 there was never an agreement to pay iCCup any royalties for anything. #2 iCCup staff was counter-productive in ISL. The banners were cool, the headaches were not.
08 Apr @ 11:12 CET
[RE]: Hey
Hi Game,
So, you have used our server, our admins, our community, our anti-hack, our webpage, and you will sell your replay pack and we dont get anything?.You are free to post it, of course, is not broken any rule with this, but, this ends here.
There is no more ISL at iccup, no more privte forum, no more banners, no more admins involved with private tournaments without benefit for us. We will not solve any more complaints of tagged players from now.
You are a smart person and you will understand this quickly.
If you want to organize a tournament when you will sell something, you will have to pay for it a iccup.
Regards,
My response:
from: AR iccup.cheloman
08 Apr @ 11:21 CET
[RE]: Hey
#1 there was never an agreement to pay iCCup any royalties for anything. #2 iCCup staff was counter-productive in ISL. The banners were cool, the headaches were not.
+ Show Spoiler [iCCups contribution] +
+ Show Spoiler [First SS Explanation] +
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today @ 02:37 CET iCCup.Paladin /ipban a 6x.xx.xx.xxx 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:37 CET iCCup.Paladin /kill lrm)game 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:36 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)game 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:36 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)game. 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:36 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)game.. 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:35 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)game... 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:35 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)gayme 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:35 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)gayme2 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
I've been made aware that the first screenshot is too small. In the middle of a conversation I received a message "Your account has been locked by an Admin." The last message on the screenshot is "To iCCup.Paladin: Why was my account just locked?"
today @ 02:37 CET iCCup.Paladin /ipban a 6x.xx.xx.xxx 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:37 CET iCCup.Paladin /kill lrm)game 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:36 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)game 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:36 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)game. 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:36 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)game.. 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:35 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)game... 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:35 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)gayme 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
today @ 02:35 CET iCCup.Paladin /lockacct lrm)gayme2 178.xxx.xx.xx iCCup.Paladin
With this said, I hope I have left the BW community better than when I found it, from a managerial and organizational standpoint. I no longer have the time to give the countless hours of BW work or the want to deal with it. However, given that I have had certain parties working with me through thick and thin on several things, I'm sure people like nOoNe, Sayle, and JoeKim will be fully capable of continuing the foundation that I have laid. I left several other important names out there, which I apologize for, but I don't want to drag this text out for the tl;dr. Also, as my one last offer of availability to the community, if there are tournaments to be hosted and people are unsure who to contact, or need me to hold the prizepool for mediation sake, I'm willing to help.
Lastly, I want to thank the Starcraft:Broodwar community as a hole for providing me with a very realistic home, albeit online. For the support I received, the flaming that kept me motivated, the uncontrolled bias that made me feel like I was in a war prison and needed to prove my innocence, all of the people that have helped sponsor tournaments to enhance our fading scene, and last but not least - my loyal friends and what I would even consider real friends, thank you all very much.
+ Show Spoiler [Special Thanks] +
Special thanks goes to:
SpaniarD
nOoNe
Sayle
JoeKim
EleGant
supernovamaniac
Pholon
HawaiianPig
Semih
Belladona
FleSs
Kolll
Pike
OyA
Bakuryu
jinu
Hejek
lokiM
Soko
OctZerg
cDsuede
Shade
sYz-Adrenaline
kpcrew
Tenshi
Megashira
KoS-Templar
LML
KaalVeiten
Glory
a1k1a4k1
Trap
SpaniarD
nOoNe
Sayle
JoeKim
EleGant
supernovamaniac
Pholon
HawaiianPig
Semih
Belladona
FleSs
Kolll
Pike
OyA
Bakuryu
jinu
Hejek
lokiM
Soko
OctZerg
cDsuede
Shade
sYz-Adrenaline
kpcrew
Tenshi
Megashira
KoS-Templar
LML
KaalVeiten
Glory
a1k1a4k1
Trap
lulz
