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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.
SafeAsCheese
Profile Joined June 2011
United States4924 Posts
December 14 2011 21:00 GMT
#5581
Team Liquid is lucky Jinro didn't get banned from GSL for what he did with Huk's Code S group pick, Chae looked fucking pissed.

And since there is no defined rules or penalties, who knows what could have happened.
ampson
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2355 Posts
December 14 2011 21:00 GMT
#5582
On December 15 2011 05:54 Fission wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 05:53 ampson wrote:
Wow, what an overreaction. The only person he could have possibly offended was nestea.


I'm offended because I paid to see games, and what I got was a no-hands probe-rush.


This was `1 game out of approximately 100 that will be played in this tournament. If you want high-level PvZ, watch the MC vods.
Even ignoring that, you paid for starcraft games, he gave you a starcraft game, albeit a short one. No reason to be offended.
nilssonen
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden41 Posts
December 14 2011 21:01 GMT
#5583

Displaying violent behaviors to threaten the opposing player or the audience.

This is not how GOM translated this rule when fitting it into this situation.

I also strongly disagree with GOM's way of handling it.
Having them play a WORTHLESS game from the beginning.
When this happens in other sports teams throw out B-teams. This is not possible since it's 1v1, and you cant expect a competitive person to "like" it and play at 100%.

When similar situations happened when i was in a individual ski league people that were "out" were NEVER forced to ski down the track to "satisfy" the spectators.

With that being said, i do not approve of Naniwa's behavior but i feel that it's his teams place to do something about it, specially since he did not break any rule. And if you say he did, answer how he "threatened" anyone, is'nt that why they banned him, because he didn't even threaten Nestea in the game?
"On the first day, man created God"
Weemoed
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands741 Posts
December 14 2011 21:02 GMT
#5584
So, in short:

- Naniwa doesn't get his Code S seed
- He can still participate in the current GSL season through the open bracket

?
Bring me to space, and let me wander there forever
dude_2
Profile Joined October 2009
Germany22 Posts
December 14 2011 21:02 GMT
#5585
On December 15 2011 05:17 ZasZ. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 05:14 ExO_ wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:13 ZasZ. wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:10 dude_2 wrote:
On December 15 2011 04:59 ZasZ. wrote:
On December 15 2011 04:52 ExO_ wrote:
On December 15 2011 04:50 Stratos_speAr wrote:
On December 15 2011 04:46 ranshaked wrote:
How is this situation any different than a professional sports team sitting their best players before the playoffs? Or when a game is blown out and the left fielder comes in to pitch...
It was a useless game, and all sports have them.


Read the thread. It's completely different because even if you use 3rd string players in a pointless game, you're still playing the fucking game and trying to win. Naniwa was essentially not playing the game at all, or, if you want to be 100% technical and say that he was physically playing the game, he threw it, which is comparable to match-fixing.


You think playing 3rd string players is trying to win? Trying to win would be playing 1st stringers every game, whether it matters or not. To give the fans a good showing, and to be respectful to the other team. Does this sound familiar?


Not sure why people are trying to draw parallels to other sports. It doesn't work. In your example:

For teams that have already made the playoffs, they play 3rd stringers because they don't want their starters to get hurt, and so they can rest up for the games that "matter." This would be like Naniwa probe rushing because he doesn't want to get carpal tunnel. Obviously not the case.

For teams that have already been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, they play 3rd stringers because they want their backups to get experience. This would be like Naniwa probe rushing because he really wants to get good at probe rushing but doesn't want to use it in a game that "matters."

Neither of those analogies work for this case. Naniwa did a garbage strategy, that won't work, ever, and completely gave up in a game he could have won if he played it to its entirety. That is match-fixing, and is punishable by GOM.


and what about the situation of a team loosing intentionally from the beginning of the season to get the first pick of the draft such as the colts this season?


Anyone who says the Colts are losing intentionally from the beginning of the season obviously hasn't been watching the Colts. Do you even follow American Football? While they obviously have little to play for now, they're still playing. They really are just that bad.


They still have enough talent to win at least 1 game. But they haven't. Are you sure you're watching the games?


No really, they don't. Their entire team was built upon one All American player who is capable of putting them ahead early. He's out for the year, and now they are starting (arguably) the worst QB in the league. Their (aging) defense is built around the pass rush, which doesn't work if your offense is terrible and can't score any points.

Even if they have enough talent to win games, it doesn't mean that they will. Any given Sunday, the Colts could come out and beat the Patriots. But they didn't. They got smoked because their offense is nonexistent and their defense is fragile.

Plus, no matter how convinced you are, you can't prove that they are intentionally losing games. You can 100%, without a doubt, prove that Naniwa intentionally lost that game. They're not analogous.


maybe the colts are not best example, but i hope you don't argue in general against teams loosing games to get a better draft pick (spurs end of 90's to get duncan etc.). it may be not so obvious that they throw games like in naniwas case, but they do. i don't wanna defend naniwas play. it was childish and not very smart, but loosing games intentionally is not a unique thing. if you don't use your best players you are not really willing to win the game.
Caltu
Profile Joined May 2011
60 Posts
December 14 2011 21:02 GMT
#5586
Naniwa's Blizzard Cup view from Kaldors stream "S**t Happens" xD
I dont know if in reference to the games or the situation
theboyrmca
Profile Joined August 2010
27 Posts
December 14 2011 21:02 GMT
#5587
IDK how anyone can support Naniway here, if my precious football team threw the game and just knelt just because they are mathematically out of the playoffs I would be SO LIVID. I would be ashamed to support a team that does not PLAY TO WIN the game no matter the circumstance. (Herm Edwards)
rd
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2586 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 21:04:13
December 14 2011 21:02 GMT
#5588
On December 15 2011 05:58 Scrandom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 05:56 kafkaesque wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:54 Fission wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:53 ampson wrote:
Wow, what an overreaction. The only person he could have possibly offended was nestea.


I'm offended because I paid to see games, and what I got was a no-hands probe-rush.


Jesus Christ...

How petty can you get?


You are just blindly defending Naniwa, you said give him a break he had a bad day, Nestea went 0-4 and he came to play his final game, I think it was even on his birthday. It's not justified at all what Naniwa did, saying he had a bad day or that he was tired makes no sense, he had to play 4 games like everyone else and he wasn't the only one who had a bad day. People come to watch games not to see this stuff


You have no idea if Nestea intended to throw the game with a roach rush, or some similar half-assed strat. Nestea prepared for the match during his birthday and I'm pretty sure he didn't intend to go 0-3 before facing Naniwa. Everyone makes Nestea out to be a saint when he admitted to half-assing his game vs HuK for the sake of entertainment.
pellen
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden18 Posts
December 14 2011 21:03 GMT
#5589
This is a joke! Im definitely gonna stop watching GOMTVs streams! This is a kick in the nuts for the foreign community!
Scrandom
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada2819 Posts
December 14 2011 21:04 GMT
#5590
On December 15 2011 06:02 Tyrant0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 05:58 Scrandom wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:56 kafkaesque wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:54 Fission wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:53 ampson wrote:
Wow, what an overreaction. The only person he could have possibly offended was nestea.


I'm offended because I paid to see games, and what I got was a no-hands probe-rush.


Jesus Christ...

How petty can you get?


You are just blindly defending Naniwa, you said give him a break he had a bad day, Nestea went 0-4 and he came to play his final game, I think it was even on his birthday. It's not justified at all what Naniwa did, saying he had a bad day or that he was tired makes no sense, he had to play 4 games like everyone else and he wasn't the only one who had a bad day. People come to watch games not to see this stuff


You have no idea if Nestea intended to throw the game with a roach rush. Nestea prepared for the match during his birthday and I'm pretty sure he didn't intend to go 0-3 before facing Naniwa. Everyone makes Nestea out to be a saint when he admitted to half-assing his game vs HuK for the sake of entertainment.


And because of what Naniwa chose to do we will never know so it can't be used as a valid argument in this case
baoluvboa
Profile Joined December 2010
743 Posts
December 14 2011 21:04 GMT
#5591
On December 15 2011 06:02 Tyrant0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 05:58 Scrandom wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:56 kafkaesque wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:54 Fission wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:53 ampson wrote:
Wow, what an overreaction. The only person he could have possibly offended was nestea.


I'm offended because I paid to see games, and what I got was a no-hands probe-rush.


Jesus Christ...

How petty can you get?


You are just blindly defending Naniwa, you said give him a break he had a bad day, Nestea went 0-4 and he came to play his final game, I think it was even on his birthday. It's not justified at all what Naniwa did, saying he had a bad day or that he was tired makes no sense, he had to play 4 games like everyone else and he wasn't the only one who had a bad day. People come to watch games not to see this stuff


You have no idea if Nestea intended to throw the game with a roach rush. Nestea prepared for the match during his birthday and I'm pretty sure he didn't intend to go 0-3 before facing Naniwa. Everyone makes Nestea out to be a saint when he admitted to half-assing his game vs HuK for the sake of entertainment.


"for the sake of entertainment"
thats the difference, you basically made my point for me.
rd
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2586 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 21:06:34
December 14 2011 21:04 GMT
#5592
On December 15 2011 06:04 Scrandom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 06:02 Tyrant0 wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:58 Scrandom wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:56 kafkaesque wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:54 Fission wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:53 ampson wrote:
Wow, what an overreaction. The only person he could have possibly offended was nestea.


I'm offended because I paid to see games, and what I got was a no-hands probe-rush.


Jesus Christ...

How petty can you get?


You are just blindly defending Naniwa, you said give him a break he had a bad day, Nestea went 0-4 and he came to play his final game, I think it was even on his birthday. It's not justified at all what Naniwa did, saying he had a bad day or that he was tired makes no sense, he had to play 4 games like everyone else and he wasn't the only one who had a bad day. People come to watch games not to see this stuff


You have no idea if Nestea intended to throw the game with a roach rush. Nestea prepared for the match during his birthday and I'm pretty sure he didn't intend to go 0-3 before facing Naniwa. Everyone makes Nestea out to be a saint when he admitted to half-assing his game vs HuK for the sake of entertainment.


And because of what Naniwa chose to do we will never know so it can't be used as a valid argument in this case

So in turn we should stop using Nestea against him.

On December 15 2011 06:04 baoluvboa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 06:02 Tyrant0 wrote:
On December 15 2011 06:04 Scrandom wrote:
On December 15 2011 06:02 Tyrant0 wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:58 Scrandom wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:56 kafkaesque wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:54 Fission wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:53 ampson wrote:
Wow, what an overreaction. The only person he could have possibly offended was nestea.


I'm offended because I paid to see games, and what I got was a no-hands probe-rush.


Jesus Christ...

How petty can you get?


You are just blindly defending Naniwa, you said give him a break he had a bad day, Nestea went 0-4 and he came to play his final game, I think it was even on his birthday. It's not justified at all what Naniwa did, saying he had a bad day or that he was tired makes no sense, he had to play 4 games like everyone else and he wasn't the only one who had a bad day. People come to watch games not to see this stuff


You have no idea if Nestea intended to throw the game with a roach rush. Nestea prepared for the match during his birthday and I'm pretty sure he didn't intend to go 0-3 before facing Naniwa. Everyone makes Nestea out to be a saint when he admitted to half-assing his game vs HuK for the sake of entertainment.


And because of what Naniwa chose to do we will never know so it can't be used as a valid argument in this case


So in turn let's stop Nestea against him.

On December 15 2011 05:58 Scrandom wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:56 kafkaesque wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:54 Fission wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:53 ampson wrote:
Wow, what an overreaction. The only person he could have possibly offended was nestea.


I'm offended because I paid to see games, and what I got was a no-hands probe-rush.


Jesus Christ...

How petty can you get?


You are just blindly defending Naniwa, you said give him a break he had a bad day, Nestea went 0-4 and he came to play his final game, I think it was even on his birthday. It's not justified at all what Naniwa did, saying he had a bad day or that he was tired makes no sense, he had to play 4 games like everyone else and he wasn't the only one who had a bad day. People come to watch games not to see this stuff


You have no idea if Nestea intended to throw the game with a roach rush. Nestea prepared for the match during his birthday and I'm pretty sure he didn't intend to go 0-3 before facing Naniwa. Everyone makes Nestea out to be a saint when he admitted to half-assing his game vs HuK for the sake of entertainment.


"for the sake of entertainment"
thats the difference, you basically made my point for me.


Then embrace our pro players as wrestlers who don't actually play but stage matches to be as entertaining and fake as possible.
Fjodorov
Profile Joined December 2011
5007 Posts
December 14 2011 21:04 GMT
#5593
Rules are useless if its impossible for people to forsee the consequences. I would certainly expect some kind of punishment, most likely a fine (common practise in the rest of the professional sport world). Never would I have thought that the punishment for breaking a rule in the blizzard cup would be disqualification from code s, a seperate tournament. If you are going to have a professional organisation you cant just come up with whatever punishments you want. There rules should be clear and the consequences for breaking them should be just as clear.
zimz
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States510 Posts
December 14 2011 21:05 GMT
#5594
What it all comes down to is Confucius culture. Korea is one of the hardcore Confucius countries.
[image loading]
This is 200 b.c. and since then it has spread even wider.
zimz
baoluvboa
Profile Joined December 2010
743 Posts
December 14 2011 21:06 GMT
#5595
On December 15 2011 06:04 Tyrant0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 06:04 baoluvboa wrote:
On December 15 2011 06:02 Tyrant0 wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:58 Scrandom wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:56 kafkaesque wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:54 Fission wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:53 ampson wrote:
Wow, what an overreaction. The only person he could have possibly offended was nestea.


I'm offended because I paid to see games, and what I got was a no-hands probe-rush.


Jesus Christ...

How petty can you get?


You are just blindly defending Naniwa, you said give him a break he had a bad day, Nestea went 0-4 and he came to play his final game, I think it was even on his birthday. It's not justified at all what Naniwa did, saying he had a bad day or that he was tired makes no sense, he had to play 4 games like everyone else and he wasn't the only one who had a bad day. People come to watch games not to see this stuff


You have no idea if Nestea intended to throw the game with a roach rush. Nestea prepared for the match during his birthday and I'm pretty sure he didn't intend to go 0-3 before facing Naniwa. Everyone makes Nestea out to be a saint when he admitted to half-assing his game vs HuK for the sake of entertainment.


"for the sake of entertainment"
thats the difference, you basically made my point for me.


Then embrace our pro players as wrestlers who don't actually play but stage matches to be as entertaining and fake as possible.


why would I embrace naniwa when what he did in that particular case was disrespectful? He had a professional obligation to carry out and he failed to deliver due to the momentary weakness of his character. I hope that he will improve in the future but there is no reason to justify his behavior.
Necro)Phagist(
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada6660 Posts
December 14 2011 21:06 GMT
#5596
On December 15 2011 05:44 Payson wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 05:36 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:34 Clbull wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:28 s3rp wrote:
On December 15 2011 05:23 Kresh wrote:
I think the correct analogy is this:

You go to work, do the morning shift, and that afternoon there are no customers - so frankly the afternoon is meaningless. Your boss knows this as well as you do, but wants you to stay at work.

What you do:- Stay at work, but quietly surf the web when your boss isn't standing next to you, and in return he makes sure he doesn't catch you by accident.

What you DON'T do:- Jump up on a desk in front of your co-workers, and shout across the whole office "Hey, I know you told me to work this afternoon but since I don't see any point in being here, screw you I'm going home to watch the game!"

By jumping up, YOU take away his "reasonable" option, and YOU force him to pull out his "rulebook" option, because you basically gave him no way to do the reasonable thing without people losing respect for him and his authority.

This is even more important in a culture that values face and authority - and far-east cultures are exactly that.


THis is 100% correct and quoted for truth.

I disagree, and I think it's a retarded analogy to compare tournament competition with a job that you are CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGED to do.

Uhh GOM payed him 900$ to be in this tournament, and though not a real contract, his is still obligated to play.

And also, to the people crying saying he broke no rules. HE THREW THE FUCKING GAME. A moved his probes and literally took his hands of the keyboard..... He is lucky he doesn't get banned for life.....


Players flip a coin at MLG to get out of playing their consolation matches. That seeding helps determine Nationals each year for MLG, so them flipping a coin is throwing away an entire series. Are they punished? No.......

This is complete bullshit on GOM's part, make a statement regarding the situation and what you'll do to improve on it in the future, but why remove a player from Code S when he rightfully earned it at MLG Providence?

This tournament was a celebration a special tournament, pretty much a show match with incentives. This is why GOM is so pissed at Naniwa,

Yes Naniwa should have gotten the seed from providence but with the format change, they also changed that seeding, its no longer a direct invite from MLG its an invite seed determined by them. So obviously they are not going to invite a player who potentially won't play his games.
"Are you talking to me? Because your authority is not recognized in fort kick ass!"" ||Park Jung Suk|| |MC|HerO|HyuN|
dacimvrl
Profile Joined December 2011
Vatican City State582 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 21:10:14
December 14 2011 21:06 GMT
#5597
What about the time on IGN Team Arena Challenge when Dignitas forfeited after going 0-4 against SlayerS. Did anyone bitch at Dignitas? Should IGN/IPL ban Dignitas? LoL.

Dignitas actually had more of a chance than Naniwa did..

Such haters/hypocrites....

Let's all trash Dignitas!! No, but Naniwa did it, we have to hate him, Dignitas is okay.

Ppl should just man up and stop resorting to this you hurt my feelings; therefore, i will bend the rules to hurt you bs. It's elementary at best. A warning would have sufficed.

So much LuLz..
schmitty9800
Profile Joined August 2010
United States390 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 21:07:59
December 14 2011 21:07 GMT
#5598
On December 15 2011 05:57 sereniity wrote:
THE MATCH WAS USELESS AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

That's beside the point. Even if it's useless for the competitor, it's not useless for the people that paid him to be there.

On December 15 2011 05:57 sereniity wrote:
Everybody tries to get involved with the koreans feelings so much, that it's like Naniwa is giving them the finger...


Nobody's projecting feelings onto them...there are a lot of quotes from Korean players who are outright saying that NaNi was being disrespectful.

On December 15 2011 05:57 sereniity wrote:How about IdrA? I love IdrA, a big fan of him. But his behaviour just fills the criteria of that rule SO MUCH yet GOM embraces him with open arms?

He's never done anything like this in a GSL match. By all indications IdrA is very professional when dealing with tournament organizers, NaNi is not. Couple that with the fact that he's a popular name and I'm not surprised that GOM gave him a new invite.

On December 15 2011 05:57 sereniity wrote:
How about Stephano? He openly admits that he ONLY CARES ABOUT THE MONEY, NOTHING ELSE. He six pooled ClouD, a freaking TERRAN, TWICE IN A ROW AT DH IN A MATCH THAT MATTERED - NOBODY GAVE A SHIT!

Different country and different tournament, if DH had seen fit to punish him I wouldn't have disagreed.

I fully agree that GOM should have made a difference for 7th-10th place in the tourney...but revoking an invite that was given seems like an appropriate punishment. He's not banned, he doesn't lose points...he simply loses something extra that he was given to him.
00Visor
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
4337 Posts
December 14 2011 21:07 GMT
#5599
The international players for the up&downs haven't been announced yet.
I hope Naniwa gets to play there and (almost) everybody will be happy.
PlasticMilk
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada48 Posts
December 14 2011 21:08 GMT
#5600
I kind of feel sorry for GOM. They get so much backlash from both international and Korean communities and they have to try to appease both, but in the end they seem to agree with the Korean community as it is the community they deal with the most. I think Naniwa losing his Code S spot was a bit unfair but in the end, he could have been a lot more subtle with it and just 4gated or even 2 gate proxied or cannoned rush without making it a big deal by implying with what he did "hey this is stupid im not even going to try to win and im going to make you guys look a bit dumb"
It's just one of those things that made GOM lose face with Korean fans, then their decision made them lose respect from the foreigner fans... trying to appease everyone is such a chore and it's always very difficult considering the different mind sets of the two groups of fans.
In the end, I think we should all just accept the decision GOM made and hope that they are more rational in the future. Naniwa had his reasons to do what he did and GOM had their reasons.
This just reminds me of Coca and Byun, the punishment was a bit harsh for a set that wasn't even worth money, but they had to appease to the Korean fans as well as the face that they lost from their actions.
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