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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.
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On December 15 2011 03:08 diophan wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 03:07 Master_Blaster wrote: Not all warriors are Samurais so why make them harakiri even though they don't have the some principles of life? GOM is forcing the korean principles on StarCraft over the foreign scene and i don't actually like that.
You really think it's a Korean principle to, if you're paid to have people watch you play a game, actually make some attempt at playing the game?
Actually they are not payed to play for us, but we pay to see them play. Quite a difference. And he played 100% when it mattered.
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On December 15 2011 03:10 Canucklehead wrote:Gom isn't worried about losing subscriptions by kicking naniwa, cause they'll gain twice as many by inviting idra and sen. 
Well, i will be resubscribing after like 6 months of not being subscribed...<3 my boy IdrA...I'm ok with naniwa being punished, hopefully he will learn his lesson and so will everyone else. It's a bit harsh, but sometimes that's what has to be done.
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On December 15 2011 03:11 JoeSchmoe wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 03:07 Polox wrote:On December 15 2011 03:01 JoeSchmoe wrote:On December 15 2011 02:58 Polox wrote:On December 15 2011 02:57 JoeSchmoe wrote:On December 15 2011 02:55 The KY wrote:On December 15 2011 02:44 Arceus wrote:On December 15 2011 02:39 Korelle wrote:On December 15 2011 02:31 kochanfe wrote:
Actually, as NaNiwa's the best foreigner, there aren't "heaps of people" that could take his place
This. Removing Naniwa from Code S, quite possibly the best foreigner in the world right now, to somehow preserve the integrity of their tournament is absolutely laughable when on the same day they invite Idra purely because of his popularity, even though his results lately have been abysmal and not even worthy of a Code A player. It's either a serious tournament or a popularity contest, can't have it both ways. This "best foreigner" goes 0-10 in GSL. Im actually questioning the quality of Code S if GOM includes a player who got whitewashed every single time in ro32 Code frickin' A. Is Naniwa that worthy ? I can imagine GSL becomes more of a "serious tournament" skill-wise by removing that kind of player. So you're denying that he's improved massively recently? Naniwa has proven that he can beat any player in the world, don't see how you could argue otherwise. 80% of the pro gamers can take games off anyone. that doesn't say anything about his relative skill. But 80% of them can't take a Bo3 against MVP and Nestea, nor HuK, DRG and... Should I continue? go ahead, you have nothing else to say. of course they can. the chances are just smaller. what do you think their win rates on on ladder and televised matches 99%? obviously not. If you are going to argument that way, then 100% of the pro gamers can take games off anyone but the chances are so minimal it doesn't happen. If you fail to see that Naniwa is a top foreigner then as I already said, you have already made up your mind about it and won't realize the truth, thus you have nothing to contribute with to this discussion. lol "wont' realize the truth". you're the one who can't accept the truth that Naniwa is not a top because of your bias. why are you even trying to argue with my opinions? no one cares if you think he's a top foreigner. his record in the GSL indicates he can't perform at the highest levels. enough said.
Call me bias all you want, but look at the foreigners achievments and compare them. That shoulden't be so hard even for you.
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On December 15 2011 03:05 dp wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 02:57 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On December 15 2011 02:50 dp wrote:On December 15 2011 02:47 ToasteR_ wrote:On December 15 2011 02:45 dp wrote: His personal view on the situation is irrelevant. For example, lets imagine he was invited to a show match where the winner takes $5,000 and the loser takes $2,500. What if his mindset that day is that he only needs $2,500, so the match is meaningless. He probe rushes 3 games outta 5, losing outright. The contract doesn't necessarily state that he has to TRY to win the matches to get paid. You think this is OK? Of a professional? Grow up. Your personal views on the situation don't matter. You are being paid to provide entertainment to fans. If you don't feel the need to do your job, there is a good chance you won't have one.
No one would be satisfied with $2500 when $5000 can be won, your example is terrible. Maybe you are confused. It doesn't matter what you think. Remember? Only what he thinks. Because the world revolves around his mindset. If you can't understand the point of my post, don't respond with mindless dribble. K, thanks, bye. Your analogy is still faulty. Naniwa always plays to win tournaments, and he doesn't care about entertaining audiences. That's the way he is. If he loses, he wants to move on. He doesn't care about pleasing the crowd. He doesn't have the greatest personality (which clearly hurts him in situations like this, as Huk wouldn't have been punished in an identical situation), but he cares about success. The point is that what Naniwa finds to be meaningless at the time is not relevant. He is there to do a job, whether he wants to or not doesn't matter. Whether the outcome matters is irrelavant. If I go to work today and no customers come in, my boss still has to pay he. He can't decide not to. Likewise if I go in tomorrow and don't work while there are customers there, he has the right to fire me. This is how the world works. His personal view on the situation at the time doesn't matter.
He did his job. Even if he was contracted to play a game vs. Nestea regardless of their 0-3 records, he sat in the booth and started the game. It's not like he didn't show up. You don't like his strategy? You don't like the lack of entertainment? Tough luck. Plenty of people don't like cheese and all-in strategies any more than a worker rush; they consider not standard play "not even trying". You can't make a person try to win a game that has no meaning for them. He did what he needed to do.
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On December 15 2011 03:12 FiWiFaKi wrote: Nani won this money for doing good in other tournaments, they weren't paying him.
Did you bother to look at the prize structure for the Blizzard Cup? I guess not...
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On December 15 2011 03:10 BlazingGlory wrote: So who actually knew beforehand MLG Providence doesnt give you code S seed ?
Nobody, except perhaps MLG and GOM... I think MLG should come out and explain the possibly false advertisement.or missinformation they have been communicated.
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On December 15 2011 03:11 Locustrockz wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 03:08 MandoRelease wrote:On December 15 2011 02:51 Locustrockz wrote:On December 15 2011 02:49 MandoRelease wrote:On December 15 2011 02:41 ninjamyst wrote:On December 15 2011 02:36 Aerakin wrote: Gom had all the rights to punish Naniwa.
However, the punishment is way too big. You don't punish a player that hard on their first "offense".
First strike = you're out is bad bad bad. So the first time you cheat is ok? First time you steal is ok? The punishment isn't even that big. He didn't get banned from GSL. He can still qualify again. What Gom did wasn't that big of a deal. Exactly. It's just one season of the GSL, get over it people. No need to be outraged because naniwa got what he deserved (yeah, he did). If i were in charge, it would be a 3 seasons ban. One season? That's if he can make it through the hell that is code b. There are so many good players that are unable to get through code b. Don't treat it like is cake. He's 0-10 in GSL right now, and if he can't get through code B, then I think it means he's just not good enough. I personnally won't miss him if he can't get to code S again and get stuck in code B. So DRG isn't good enough? How about Puma?
DRG has a much better record in GSL, GSTL and the special tournaments like AOL, he didn't lose all his games. He also qualified for Code A, and this season, by making it back to Code S after losing in the first round, proved that he deserves to be there. He also finished first in his group in this very tournament that Naniwa went 0-4...
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Not buying a ticket because of this.
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I can't believe people are actually faulting GOMTV for this. So what, it's okay for Naniwa to make the rational but selfish decision to throw the game against Nestea, but it's not okay for GOMTV to make the rational and not entirely selfish decision to revoke their invitation for a player with whom sponsors will no longer want to be associated? Naniwa now represents a risk to them, and his inclusion would also generate a lot of backlash from the Korean base.
Either Naniwa made a rational, self-interested and legal decision and GOMTV did too, or Naniwa did something unacceptable and GOMTV is punishing him for it. You can't say that Naniwa is allowed to act purely out of self-interest but that GOMTV is not. In both cases, there is no written or legal contract being violated, only social expectations.
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On December 15 2011 03:11 aviator116 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 03:09 zguL wrote: My two cents about the incident, in bullet form :-)
- Naniwa should have just played the game, but it's much easier to make this decision in retrospect when we have all witnessed the reaction of Korea and others. - Despite this, however, I still stand behind Naniwa even though he probe rushed. He had just suffered a bitter 0 - 3 defeat, and it was impossible for him to advance in the tournament. He was about to play a (tournament-wise) meaningless match. People who have followed Naniwa knows that the only thing that matters to Naniwa is winning, second place is nothing to him. Yes, he still should have played the game but I understand why, in the heat of the moment, he made that decision. - Team MVPs official twitter message is in my opinion much more unprofessional than this whole incident. To officially hate on Naniwa this way, even though he has been training in their team house, is just really, really low. - Calling Naniwa an amateur prize money hunter on Blizzard tournament's live stream is just as unprofessional as what Team MVP twittered. - Not letting him have his code S spot (that he himself earned) because he chose not to play an irrelevant match is a stupid decision. GSL really overreacted here.
- Final point: Naniwa made a bad decision, and GSL/Korea/Other overreacted. Naniwa deserves better. He did not try to intentionally disrespect anyone. watch the recent State of the Game. the guys on it essentially disprove all of your points better than i can.
Bullshit, half of his points are talking about things that happened after SotG had aired for fuck sake. The MVP thing wasn't discussed at all. The first two points are pretty much exactly what Tyler was saying.
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if you guys want to sue GOM...i wish you luck. you'll only have all of south korea to fight against.
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On December 15 2011 03:13 Master_Blaster wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 03:08 diophan wrote:On December 15 2011 03:07 Master_Blaster wrote: Not all warriors are Samurais so why make them harakiri even though they don't have the some principles of life? GOM is forcing the korean principles on StarCraft over the foreign scene and i don't actually like that.
You really think it's a Korean principle to, if you're paid to have people watch you play a game, actually make some attempt at playing the game? Actually they are not payed to play for us, but we pay to see them play. Quite a difference. And he played 100% when it mattered. They were invited to a tournament where all people in the tournament get prize money. This means they were paid to play, plain and simple.
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Naniwa absolutely needed some punishment here. If we actually care about the integrity of Starcraft 2 and the tournaments that include it we can't allow this type of thing to happen without some sort of reprimand.
Was taking away his Code S spot harsh? Maybe. But it might make players think twice before they do this sort of thing in a tournament. (It might not make Naniwa think twice but he's not the only player intended to receive this message.)
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On December 15 2011 03:10 Wallstreet11 wrote: I find it mindbloggling that the US citizens are the ones who are hating on Naniwa the most out of all Western countires it seems. How does that correlate to the fact that your hero is an even bigger BMer? I like them both but how the hell can you stand by idrA completely and toss Naniwa under the bus or are you under cover koreans with fake accounts? Unlike naniwa who amoves probes and shits on all the viewers, idra tries his best, get crushed, and then start bming/ranting about protoss op.
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On December 15 2011 03:13 Master_Blaster wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 03:08 diophan wrote:On December 15 2011 03:07 Master_Blaster wrote: Not all warriors are Samurais so why make them harakiri even though they don't have the some principles of life? GOM is forcing the korean principles on StarCraft over the foreign scene and i don't actually like that.
You really think it's a Korean principle to, if you're paid to have people watch you play a game, actually make some attempt at playing the game? Actually they are not payed to play for us, but we pay to see them play. Quite a difference. And he played 100% when it mattered.
They are indirectly paid to play for us. If no one watched anyone play Starcraft do you really think teams would pay people to play? Obviously not.
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On December 15 2011 03:10 Exarl25 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 03:06 LeopoldStotch wrote:On December 15 2011 03:05 TaKemE wrote: ""Mr.Chae has announced that they made Code S seeds for a professional minded pro-gamer not for an amateur prize money hunter.""
Mr.Chae calling Naniwa "amateur prize money hunter" for sure made me lose respect for GOM, even if Naniwa did something wrong starting to call him words like that is just plain wrong... I thought it was funny and deserving, he got a laugh out of me. It's completely untrue, if you believe it then you don't know a fucking thing about Naniwa. The head of the GSL publicly slandering a player while simultaneously complaining about lack of professionalism seems incredibly hypocritical to me. I wonder how Mr Chae feels about Stephano, someone who is completely open about the fact that he is only in it for the money. Regardless of whether or not Naniwa deserved to lose his Code S spot over this, such statements are completely out of line.
Yeah, not the first time to see head of teams or coaches etc slandering players either...
Different dynamic in the country.
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This is the problem with honesty in today's climate; you can't be honest because people expect a player to have a silent handbook of code and ethics because after all, "OMG I"M A FAN!!!" or "IT'S HIS JOB, GUYS LOOK IT'S A JOB, A JOB I TELL YOU!!!" Naniwa's actions don't justify anything, and the game was merely inconsequential. I'd rather watch him act honest about the situation than throw it away subversively like Nestea did at Blizzcon.
He's not very articulate about what to do in a business sense (and I like that quality of him going against the grain), but he does realize the politics and apologizes when he felt fans were/are upset. Yet, as a community all we do is piss on him for being the person he is, but treat Day9 as a "fuckable puppet" as per last night's SoTG. So the justification is that it's fine for Day9 to "act the way he does" as long as it agrees with the hive mentality. Even Idra can't take the shit most of the time... I can't believe how many people hate him one day, and love him another just for him not putting on a show or acting out of character. It's all hopping on the bandwagon and little thinking--Nani is caught in the middle.
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A lot of people don't understand that it's not about what Nani intended to do or not to do, it was about the reactions that were caused among the fans. He needs to learn how to adapt the social environments he is put into.
Every time something like this happens, he's always tweeting "I didn't mean to do it", but really he needs to start considering the potential consequences of his actions. He's in Korea and the GSL is a TV show. We're not just talking about being able to play good SC2 here, we're also talking about having good showmanship.
Just look at HuK and MC, they're just as "cocky" as Nani is, but they adapt to what the fans want and they follow the rules instead of just doing whatever feels right. Honestly, if Nani had sat up straight and probe rushed while looking concentrated, this might not have happened.
I honestly hope that Naniwa will change after this. He's a great player, but he won't last very long playing like that.
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On December 15 2011 03:14 Exarl25 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 03:11 aviator116 wrote:On December 15 2011 03:09 zguL wrote: My two cents about the incident, in bullet form :-)
- Naniwa should have just played the game, but it's much easier to make this decision in retrospect when we have all witnessed the reaction of Korea and others. - Despite this, however, I still stand behind Naniwa even though he probe rushed. He had just suffered a bitter 0 - 3 defeat, and it was impossible for him to advance in the tournament. He was about to play a (tournament-wise) meaningless match. People who have followed Naniwa knows that the only thing that matters to Naniwa is winning, second place is nothing to him. Yes, he still should have played the game but I understand why, in the heat of the moment, he made that decision. - Team MVPs official twitter message is in my opinion much more unprofessional than this whole incident. To officially hate on Naniwa this way, even though he has been training in their team house, is just really, really low. - Calling Naniwa an amateur prize money hunter on Blizzard tournament's live stream is just as unprofessional as what Team MVP twittered. - Not letting him have his code S spot (that he himself earned) because he chose not to play an irrelevant match is a stupid decision. GSL really overreacted here.
- Final point: Naniwa made a bad decision, and GSL/Korea/Other overreacted. Naniwa deserves better. He did not try to intentionally disrespect anyone. watch the recent State of the Game. the guys on it essentially disprove all of your points better than i can. Bullshit, half of his points are talking about things that happened after SotG had aired for fuck sake. The MVP thing wasn't discussed at all. The first two points are pretty much exactly what Tyler was saying. EDIT: the korean reaction points.
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On December 15 2011 03:12 MorroW wrote:im just happy i won this game else i might have been working at mcdonalds + Show Spoiler +just an inappropriate joke to lighten up the mood people will take it serious, though. completely different scenario, probably a ladder match (?) and a viable strat as you pumped drones and it was the smallest map ever (or? ^^). gj though
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