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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.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51100 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 16:03:56
December 14 2011 16:03 GMT
#4081
On December 15 2011 01:01 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
I just realized that this case will enforce kespa/gomtv to set up rules even harsher than the ones for broodwar.

fuck


no it would mean that they set up kespa level rules not harsher ones.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
BioGenie
Profile Joined December 2010
Singapore10 Posts
December 14 2011 16:03 GMT
#4082
I cant believe there are so many ignorant people... If you watch the GSL you are paying to watch the cultural and the games thats based off a Korean model. If a foreigner wants to participate, fine. BUT play the rules and the cultural norms! There is nothing wrong with what Naniwa did by some of your standards, yes. BUT THIS IS GSL we are talking about. And this is the exact same reason why "foreigners" are frowned upon or simply "aren't good" enough. Because there is a simple lack of professionalism or etiquettes! You don go around doing your jolly business visiting other people's work place. You play by the rules and live by them if you wanna a piece of it.

schI2ler
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
129 Posts
December 14 2011 16:03 GMT
#4083
On December 15 2011 01:01 Shinta) wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 00:51 Naeroon wrote:
Can somebody answer a quick Q I got about this situation?

I know it says that NaNiWa is only kicked out of a single season. But it also says his Code S seed is revoked - does this mean that his Code S seed is revoked only for a single season, or is it COMPLETELY revoked and he has to completely earn it back?

Thanks in advance

He is no longer Code S, period.


He earned that spot in MLG.... SO what is the MLG GOM deal worth? Nothing? I can just say: look you deserve this rank, our fans dont like you, you dont get that spot?

MLG loses its reputation. They can never again say their winners get a gsl spot... well maybe they will... mlg doesnt know
"oh i'm so smatr"
Vardant
Profile Joined November 2010
Czech Republic620 Posts
December 14 2011 16:03 GMT
#4084
On December 15 2011 01:02 kazie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 01:01 Hambone636 wrote:
This is weird
Where do they draw the line
Naniwa tried 0% so he got banned
Others in that position may have tried 70%

Is 10% enough? 20?

nobody knows. 0% is enough for sure tho, and that's all it matters for this case

Wouldn't 0% be just gg and leave the game?
Boundz(DarKo)
Profile Joined March 2009
5311 Posts
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4085
On December 15 2011 01:03 papaz wrote:
God, I'd love to make a list of all the people going "not gonna watch GSL again" and then say hi to you guys in the LR of next GSL.

Try finding me in those LRs.
Biane
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia645 Posts
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4086
On December 15 2011 01:02 Phaint wrote:
How many free opportunities at GSL does Naniwa really deserve though? Hasn't he been in 2 Code A's, World Tournament, GSTL and Blizzard Cup now? He has NO results from any of these tournaments. I'm not sure he even deserves Code S in the first place. Stop handing out opportunities to the SAME person to flop. I like Naniwa but I also like this decision regardless of this week's drama.

http://www.gomtv.net/records/playerInfo.gom?option=view&playerid=23956

1W12L.....
iky43210
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States2099 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 16:05:06
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4087
On December 15 2011 00:59 Pholon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 00:55 Jurassic wrote:
On December 15 2011 00:51 Pholon wrote:
On December 15 2011 00:38 NHY wrote:
On December 15 2011 00:29 Pholon wrote:
On December 15 2011 00:25 Echo_ wrote:
This wouldn't have happened if he did what 99.9% of people would have done in his situation, which is to 4gate.


People need to stop saying this. Requiring a certain strategy of a player is the complete opposite of what SC is all about..


It requires a strategy.


he made units and attacked his opponent. that's sc in a nutshell as far as I know.


But it also involves a will to win.


You're suggesting we punish thoughtcrime?


intent is not thought, a typical red herring argument
papaz
Profile Joined December 2009
Sweden4149 Posts
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4088
On December 15 2011 01:01 Hambone636 wrote:
This is weird
Where do they draw the line
Naniwa tried 0% so he got banned
Others in that position may have tried 70%

Is 10% enough? 20?


Anything above 0% is enough.
Paperplane
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands1823 Posts
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4089
On December 15 2011 01:02 Femari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 00:59 Paperplane wrote:
On December 15 2011 00:57 boxturtle wrote:
On December 15 2011 00:56 Chronald wrote:
GOM refusing to admit they format was bad, and taking their mistake out on the person who showed them their error.

Classic KeSPA really, can't wait for GOM to rename!


Format wasn't bad. We asked them for it.


Format was pretty unprofessional. In a BO5 you don't play out the rest of the games if one of the players goes 3-0. You're not gonna see any good games then because the loser just wants to get it over with, not show good games for the fans.

No the format was professional. When a team is out of the playoff hunt they still have to play the rest of their games.

Naniwa was the only unprofessional thing about this. You don't just agree to the format (more than likely in a legal way as if GOM doesn't have legal documents saying they agree to the terms of the tournament they're royally screwed) and say you're going to play all 4 games and then go back on that. You agreed to it. Finish the job.


The format is flawed, that makes it unprofessional to me.
GodZo
Profile Joined November 2011
Italy224 Posts
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4090
Naniwa so BM!

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프로토스, Yellow, GdZ
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8269 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 16:04:46
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4091
I hadn't actually followed the incident until now, but I kind of feel Gomtv did something retarded just now. You're showing yourself as the bad guy when you're punishing someone for NOT breaking the rules..

I don't think I would have played if I was Naniwa either. After losing important matches, the last thing you want to do is go play another game in front of people.
NHY
Profile Joined October 2010
1013 Posts
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4092
On December 15 2011 01:00 Vardant wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 00:59 Derez wrote:
Can the thread title be renamed?

Seeing how Slasher (MLG representative and all) has stated that Nani wasn't actually awarded a code S slot for his providence performance, a more accurate title would be 'GomTV decides not to invite Naniwa to Code S January'.

Isn't it kinda weird, that he waited all this time to tell us?


Not really. GOM was planning on giving one to Naniwa anyway.
MrCon
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
France29748 Posts
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4093
Will then ban Hero from GSL, canon rushing after pool is done and building canons at the watchtower ?
If the difference between 2 thrown games is the amount of buildings built, they should state it more clearly.
Borge
Profile Joined September 2011
Sweden1 Post
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4094
This is wrong on so many levels. I did not think that GSL themselves would take the bullshit of the community on this one.
GL in the future Naniwa, even though you just lost your well-earned spot.
JiPrime
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada688 Posts
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4095
On December 15 2011 01:03 Diks wrote:
So, now pro players are supposed to fake their plays when motivation doesn't follow because the match has aboslutely no value.


Because that's exactly what the PROFESSIONALS do. They give their all, or at least try to appear giving their all, when they play, so they don't piss off the audience.

GomTV is just reevaluating Naniwa as a professional and just revoking his Code S seed for not meeting the qualifications.

Simple as that.
Sableyeah
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands2119 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 16:06:15
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4096
This is stupid. Plain stupid.

Every game he lost was so close, I would be so damned frustrated... THOR RUSH seriously?
BoA | Sunny | HyunA | ChoA | Hyemi // Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree and you will miss the entire f0rest - Takuan Soho
dawnstone
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden5 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 16:10:21
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4097
- During a match, a player shall not offend the opponent or audience with abusive behaviours

This is my first post on TL but that dosent mean i have not followed the SC2 scene since the beginning. I have been a lurker on TL since the SC2 beta and have followed every GSL tournament, MLG, DH and so on. The problem i have with Naniwa losing his Code S spot(from my understanding at least he had a code S spot from the MLG and GSL exchange program) is the rule it self that he lost it on. What was it about with the worker rush that was abusive? What I mean is with other strategies he would have a bigger chance of winning but is the reason for choosing a bad strategy a reason for a ban?

But lets say he did not plan on winning the game that he just throw it away is that so serious in this case? Idra have fore fitted games that did not have any meaning. Did not Stephano more or less throw away games in a tournament that actually did change the outcome of the group and he did not get any shit for that. I believe that why this is so big is because Naniwa had so many haters already and because he is a controversial player.

In a much general point if Esport wanna consider it self as a "real" sport we have to use parallels to other sports as well. Not wanting to win or not caring if you win or loses have always been a factor in sports. In the 70s don't remeber what year it was did not Austria and another country just stand in the middle of the field for 30 mins during the last game of the world cup since both teams knew that if the match would draw both teams would advance to the play offs. Football teams don't always use their best players for every single game and so on. In the Olympics 2006 Sweden lost on purpose in the last game of the group stage just to get an easier opponent for the next round.

The people to blame for this whole scenario with Naniwa and Nestea is GOMTV acording to not make sure that every game has a meaning. Just to have a SC2 game broadcasted without a meaning of it is just begging for problems and then punish the player for not taking it serious is even worse when they easily could have foreseen this scenario or even worse scenarios when they were planing this tournament. It would have been worse to have one player with no reason to win against another who has everything to win on the game(I am glad we dident have to see that at least). And for the quote i dont think Naniwa did anything abusive, what he might have done is offend GOM but they deserved it this one time. If they are going to have a rule like this they have to precise it better so its clear what is offensive and abusive.
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
December 14 2011 16:04 GMT
#4098
On December 15 2011 01:00 MorroW wrote:
why cant just gsl apologize and be the bigger man here and admit their faults for even having the game played rather than punishing naniwa to play a game that didnt matter

if a game doesnt matter, ask the players if they want or dont want to play the game, if not, then give w.o

its retarded and naniwa is the one taking the blow here for something that wasnt his fault

so it would have gone in your mind to play like naniwa? in one of the most prestigious tournaments? just look like how extremely bored he looks. so disrespectful, while he could have gained so much respect.
i suppose you have seen the video or even the live game, but go here if you haven't
www.fomos.kr/gnuboard4/bbs/board.php?bo_table=talk_gossip&wr_id=394130
Deleted User 108965
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1096 Posts
December 14 2011 16:05 GMT
#4099
On December 15 2011 01:04 Biane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 01:02 Phaint wrote:
How many free opportunities at GSL does Naniwa really deserve though? Hasn't he been in 2 Code A's, World Tournament, GSTL and Blizzard Cup now? He has NO results from any of these tournaments. I'm not sure he even deserves Code S in the first place. Stop handing out opportunities to the SAME person to flop. I like Naniwa but I also like this decision regardless of this week's drama.

http://www.gomtv.net/records/playerInfo.gom?option=view&playerid=23956

1W12L.....


why do people use this as an argument? the ban had nothing to do with his previous performances in gsl. this wasn't about his play at all so why bring it up?
Disciple....Top 3 control in Clarion County
TaKemE
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark1045 Posts
December 14 2011 16:05 GMT
#4100
On December 15 2011 01:02 Clicker wrote:
Cultures are different. Understand that.

The Koreans view this in an entirely different manner. To see some foreigner be invited to the tournament, then in a game vs Nestea, just a-moved his probes and take his hand off the keyboard is ridiculous. Whether the game was important or not is irrelevant.


He wasent invited to the tournament but qualified.
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