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While I understand that there's a need to discuss this matter, this thread has way too many trash posts in it. Please think carefully about what you want to say. Ad hominem attacks on Swedish people in general, calling you fellow Starcraft fans idiots etc etc will be dealt with with harsher punishment from here on out. Keep it civil people.

Page 230: Here's some more stuff that'll get you banned!
- Conspiracy theory mongering about MLG and GOM
- Comparing people to Hitler
- Posting useless one liners of arguments that have already been repeated ad nauseum.
LunaSea
Profile Joined October 2011
Luxembourg369 Posts
December 14 2011 12:38 GMT
#2361
GOM should be ashamed of tehir behaviour !

In my perspective GOM is only trying to prevent another foreigner to win korean tournaments !

We should ban some Koreans from MLG / Dreamhack too.
"Your f*cking wrong, but I respect your opinion" --Day[9]
ilimor
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden47 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2362
On December 14 2011 21:34 kickinhead wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 21:22 mTw|NarutO wrote:
On December 14 2011 21:18 careohx wrote:
Not only this but i also question giving free code S spots for popular players without them having to qualify. At least Naniwa did qualify. He didnt cheat or use any exploit. Korea needs to realize that SC2 is not only theirs like SC1 was and is now a global phenomenon. Things like these do not fly.


Fans need to realize its a Korean Product, the GSL. Even if foreigners can play in it, its their league. They run it and talk to sponsors. As mentioned before, a Korean would have suffered a way harsher penalty than that.


But do you really want another Institution like KeSpa running the whole e-Sports-World of one game?

Do you want a player to get an instant-loss in a very high-profile-game cuz he typed in "pp" instead of "ppp" and paused the game?

Do you want the fake-emotions with ridiculous and embarrassing (okay, sometimes also awesome) ceremonies and ban ppl that show true human emotions, like naniwa did?

Do you want a System that prides itself with being politically correct, fair and does everything to look shiny in the outside, but on the inside, they basically exploit teenagers and young adults and have 100% control over who is allowed to play, who gets how much money etc.?

We need to show GSL right now that this is a direction we won't accept!

I've deinstalled GomTV-player and deleted my Bookmarks for GSL until they revoke their decision. I don't care much for GSL atm anyways, cuz it gets upstaged by far by foreign tournaments, which also often have much better quality streams, free VoD's and a more multicultural playing-field. This was just the last straw for me...


this^
mcc
Profile Joined October 2010
Czech Republic4646 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2363
On December 14 2011 21:30 Pwnographics wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 21:29 hXc Chris wrote:
This makes me want to buy a season pass just so I can ask for my money back. GOM

I'm fairly confident other players have forfeited matched in other tournaments without consequence.

The only one I recall that was remotely recent was when Idra was extremely fatigued from jet lag and forfeited the rest of his matches for the night and went to sleep.

Of course these circumstances are different but regardless a forfeit is a forfeit.


This is Gom's tournament they can do as they please.

You can't say I smoked weed in x country because it's legal there, therefore I should be able to smoke weed here.

You are mixing something that is illegal with some arbitrary and inconsistently enforced rule. If GOM punished all disrespectful behavior then OK, it would be stupid , but at least they would not be hypocrites. But of course their tournament and they can do what they want, and I will do what I want and never watch or pay for any GOM product, it is easy as that.
baoluvboa
Profile Joined December 2010
743 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2364
On December 14 2011 21:38 Eineez wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 21:25 StUfF wrote:
On December 14 2011 21:20 MasterBlasterCaster wrote:
On December 14 2011 21:18 Lysanias wrote:
A rule is a rule, if it says so in there rulebook then it's simple. I see no reason for 5000 posts.

It doesn't say so in the rule book. They basically made some shit up and used that because they knew half of the people would blindly accept it because their favorite little whiny pros did.


GomTV is a private company, without knowing if there was a contract between Naniwa and GomTV and the details of that contract, GomTV can do whatever the fuck they want. Ignoring rules and technicalities, I think what GomTV did was ethically right and I support their decision.

If you look at it from a business perspective, you have to understand Korea is still their biggest audience and easiest way to monetise. Without Korean support GomTV would die very quickly. Again I don't have the facts and numbers but I trust GomTV to know their bottom line.

I support their decision 100%.

The lack of integrity from GOMTV is astounding, if they are doing this because of pressure from the Korean fan and player base. Like it or not, Starcraft 2 is an international esport. If anything this shows how racist Koreans are.


You're an idiot if you think this is a race issue. A korean would have been punished just as much, if not more.
Shieldz
Profile Joined October 2011
Hong Kong18 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2365
This is great hes not getting seed because what he does is fucking bullshit if shows his attitude.
farnham
Profile Joined January 2011
1378 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2366
On December 14 2011 21:38 grobo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 21:29 jyisvip wrote:
Wait a minute... I just found this on twitter from Ethan_Ahn

NaNiwa는 애초에 코드S 시드가 아니었습니다. '만약 어제 그런 행동이 없었다면 시드를 줄 수 있었을지도 모른다'가 맞습니다. 많은 분들이 MLG프로비던스에서 코드S 시드가 나온 것으로 알고 계시지만 없었습니다. #GSL #SC2
54 minutes ago

Basically saying:
Naniwa wasn't seeded to Code S to begin with; people think he got the seed from MLG Providence but that is not the case. It was more like if he hadn't done what he did, it was likely that he could of received the Code S seed. All they have done is restricting naniwa from receiving the Code S seed (not revoking the code s seed)


They are questioning Naniwa's behavior, while at the same time lying to us.

honestly, what the fuck?

ethan ahn is a journalist not a gom employee
-y0shi-
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany994 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2367
On December 14 2011 21:37 jyisvip wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 21:34 NGrNecris wrote:
On December 14 2011 21:29 jyisvip wrote:
Wait a minute... I just found this on twitter from Ethan_Ahn

NaNiwa는 애초에 코드S 시드가 아니었습니다. '만약 어제 그런 행동이 없었다면 시드를 줄 수 있었을지도 모른다'가 맞습니다. 많은 분들이 MLG프로비던스에서 코드S 시드가 나온 것으로 알고 계시지만 없었습니다. #GSL #SC2
54 minutes ago

Basically saying:
Naniwa wasn't seeded to Code S to begin with; people think he got the seed from MLG Providence but that is not the case. It was more like if he hadn't done what he did, it was likely that he could of received the Code S seed. All they have done is restricting naniwa from receiving the Code S seed (not revoking the code s seed)

This sounds really fishy. If Naniwa didn't get the code s seed then who did?


@SaintSnorlax 그게 프로비던스에선 없었다는군요. 아마 그런 이유 때문에 많은 해외 팬들이 오해를 하고 있는 것 같네요. 정확하게 말하면 '박탈'이 아니라 '기회를 놓쳤다'가 맞는거죠.

There was no seeding to GSL at Providence. That is probably why a lot of foreign fans are confused. To say it correctly, its not "revoking" but a "missed opportunity".

He also states that he naniwa can still compete through Code A qualifiers


If that would be true, then there is no punishment to begin with, right?

Im calling bs here..
serojja
Profile Joined March 2011
Ukraine90 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 12:40:34
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2368
Right decision on the GOM side. Naniwa didnt make probe rush - he simply gave up the game. There was not a single chance he could win - he wanted to type gg as quick as possible. If a player is unwilling to play on TV, why shoud he take the spot of the player who will probably show a good game as a truly professional player should. This is TV, guys. This is not a joke, this is serious thing - you can`t behave like a teenager in front of the cameras and thousands of people watching you. Naniwa will leard a lesson. God, hope he will become at least a bit smarter.
shadymmj
Profile Joined June 2010
1906 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2369
On December 14 2011 21:35 Hier wrote:
Prize-hunter is a fitting image for Naniwa at this point; as soon as he wasn't eligible for higher prize money he gave up and threw the game, without considering the fact that there are up to a hundred thousand people that really wanted to see that game.


Agreed. And Naniwa is, to be frank, infamous for bullshit. If he had a clean track record prior to this, he would have probably been let off with a stern warning. This guy just doesn't learn. You could do anything, literally, anything except throw the game in such an obvious manner, and yet he chose to do so.

You could claim illness. You could cite exhaustion, very sorry to all fans who wanted to see the game, it didn't matter much anyway. You could 4 gate. But no, he had to have a brain fart.
There is no such thing is "e-sports". There is Brood War, and then there is crap for nerds.
Banj0
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden53 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 12:40:29
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2370
sorry if this has already been answered further back in the thread..

Is there an official statement from GOM anywhere to read? if so, the OP needs to be updated.
Akta
Profile Joined February 2011
447 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2371
On December 14 2011 21:19 Snowbear wrote:
Its really crazy how people respond to this. Naniwa spitted in the fact of the fans and nestea, and he actually deserves a lifetime GSL ban. His behaviour OVERALL is just not acceptable. Why is this so hard to understand? If you want sponsors to take esports SERIOUSLY, then this kind of behaviour has to be punnished.
I don't think any "serious" player would have played that game seriously, Nestea included. As in using the build they planned for the game if it would have mattered.

Most progamers probably wouldn't have probe rushed in that situation but not many would have played it seriously either. I probably would have tried to go carriers or something in that game and I doubt people would have hated on me for "not playing it seriously".

Perhaps I misunderstand you but nothing "serious" will happen in games like that since they take the game too...drum roll........ seriously to show their ... serious builds in games that don't matter.


Alpino
Profile Joined June 2011
Brazil4390 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2372
On December 14 2011 21:38 Vari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 21:37 Alpino wrote:
On December 14 2011 21:34 Losthorn wrote:
This would have gotten a similar reaction in any professional sport so I cant see where all the crying is coming from....


Soccer teams don't field their A team in non important matches. Don't pretend you know something about all the sports in the world son.

(Actually other teams pay them to "give their best" in non important matches when the "other" team thinks that the team without motivation to win will be good for them.)

this wasn't him not fielding his a team, this was him handing the ball over and laying down.


Soccer teams that aren't being paid oftenly just sit in the ground instead of playing.
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MasterBlasterCaster
Profile Joined October 2011
United States568 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2373
On December 14 2011 21:37 Squeegy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 21:33 MasterBlasterCaster wrote:
On December 14 2011 21:32 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On December 14 2011 21:29 mTw|NarutO wrote:
On December 14 2011 21:28 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On December 14 2011 21:27 XRaDiiX wrote:
Yeah the Rule is really vague and ambiguous its a stupid rule...

GomTV Rule:GomTV can deny your participation if you are found unfit to be a gamer.


LOL and people believe kespa is worse.


If KeSPa would run the tournamnet, NaNiWa would have been banned for the tournamnet after he left his game with 'g'.


HAHA!

didn't watch the game but from reading the reactions I'm saying that he did deserve it.

People who think he deserved it are all basically this guy right here.


You're in GREAT company guys!

Keep supporting eachother!


Nope. I think it's harsh and a simple warning would've sufficed but what Naninwa did was an assholish thing. I've yet to see anyone refuting my argument about that from yesterday. And moreover it caused an uproar, so GOM had to act. Such is life. Naniwa got what was coming. Hopefully he will learn from this but my guess is that he will go the opposite road.

It wasn't assholish. There I just refuted your argument. But you are the guy I quoted so it doesn't matter. The truth doesn't matter to you. Only your spite matters.
zanga
Profile Joined September 2011
659 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2374
Nani said yesterday

"I am really sorry", also writing "sry" (literally, and more) on his twitter.

Mr. Chae responds by calling naniwa offensive things - very mature yeah?

gg Gomtv, hope we never meet again -_-
(:
Brett
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Australia3820 Posts
December 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#2375
On December 14 2011 21:34 mTw|NarutO wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 21:30 RedEyeJedi wrote:
Seems to me everyone who justifies Gomtv's actions are just Naniwa haters.


Nope. I'm not friends with him and I had my troubles with him, but I respect him a lot as a player and I see he does practice really hard and puts a lot into the game, yet I do support eSports and I want it to be a profession like any other sports and can understand the punishment.

If you want to be respected, you have to set standards.

You certainly do.... BEFORE you enforce them. GOM have some standards to set for themselves. This is insane.
Pwnographics
Profile Joined January 2011
New Zealand1097 Posts
December 14 2011 12:40 GMT
#2376
On December 14 2011 21:38 ScareCrow` wrote:
The only weird thing I find is the arbitrary line drawn for punishment. I've seen Idra win a game doing a double extractor trick drone pull, I've seen games won and lost thrown away from 6 pools, proxy gates, raxes, all with questionably low win rates with no problem.

It seems like the problem is how low of a win-rate strategy are you allowed to execute before you're in trouble. The chance of his probe pull working is probably less than 1%, given the insane off chance that Nestea let drones die before reacting, but it still requires a reaction. 6 pool is something below 3% from games TvZ with no problems coming out of it, another ridiculously low chance to win, but still done and allowed.

Without a side towards Naniwa or GOM, why is this the line drawn?


They decided it when he took his hands off they keyboard, probe rushed and played only using a mouse having an APM of around 40.
Shieldz
Profile Joined October 2011
Hong Kong18 Posts
December 14 2011 12:40 GMT
#2377
not really hes doing the stupidest shit ever i bet even mlg doesnt want him nor dreamhack.
FaRess
Profile Joined September 2010
Tunisia937 Posts
December 14 2011 12:40 GMT
#2378
How hard is it for people to understand "don't bite the hand that feeds you", seriously guys, it's not even about culture, he didn't want to play those games, they asked him to do it and he throw the game. How can people not see the disrespect in here, I'm not from korea and I can easily see it.

If you believe that the punishment is too strong, that's something else and I will tend to agree with you, but saying he did nothing wrong really blows my mind.
YoloStar <3
MandoRelease
Profile Joined October 2010
France374 Posts
December 14 2011 12:40 GMT
#2379
So much uncessary whinning here, calm down people.

On December 14 2011 21:30 RedEyeJedi wrote:
Seems to me everyone who justifies Gomtv's actions are just Naniwa haters.


Or people who understand GomTV's point of view ?
Come on, it's not just a game to this progamers. It's a real job, and like any job, it comes with a few standards and responsabilities. Naniwa disregards most of them and gets punished for it, as it is expected. There's nothing wrong here.
Some people here need to learn how the world works.
When you play the game of drones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground. Huge IMLosirA fan.
Alpino
Profile Joined June 2011
Brazil4390 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 12:41:26
December 14 2011 12:40 GMT
#2380
On December 14 2011 21:38 Vari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 21:37 Alpino wrote:
On December 14 2011 21:34 Losthorn wrote:
This would have gotten a similar reaction in any professional sport so I cant see where all the crying is coming from....


Soccer teams don't field their A team in non important matches. Don't pretend you know something about all the sports in the world son.

(Actually other teams pay them to "give their best" in non important matches when the "other" team thinks that the team without motivation to win will be good for them.)

this wasn't him not fielding his a team, this was him handing the ball over and laying down.


Soccer teams that aren't being paid oftenly just sit in the ground instead of playing.

Wanna call it a PROgame? Pay for every fucking win you get. That's how it works.


On December 14 2011 21:40 MandoRelease wrote:
So much uncessary whinning here, calm down people.

Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 21:30 RedEyeJedi wrote:
Seems to me everyone who justifies Gomtv's actions are just Naniwa haters.


Or people who understand GomTV's point of view ?
Come on, it's not just a game to this progamers. It's a real job, and like any job, it comes with a few standards and responsabilities. Naniwa disregards most of them and gets punished for it, as it is expected. There's nothing wrong here.
Some people here need to learn how the world works.


Do you sincerely think this punishment is unbiased/proportional?
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