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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.
-y0shi-
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany994 Posts
December 14 2011 10:36 GMT
#681
On December 14 2011 19:34 Femari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 19:32 Malaz wrote:
Lost a lot of respect for GOM right there.

You lost respect for GOM for being professional and doing what any other league would do?

Do you respect any sports organizations?


I respect people who act like reasnable human beings and treat others like human beings as well..
Bayyne
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1967 Posts
December 14 2011 10:36 GMT
#682
On December 14 2011 19:34 MasterBlasterCaster wrote:
I love th idiots who keep saying that professional football players play every match all the way through.

News flash for you kiddies, THEY DON'T! They will kneel the ball almost every single time if they are way ahead or way behind. Furthermore, if they've already qualified for playoffs, they sit every single starter and basically throw the rest of their games away.

You are all uninformed and spiteful. That is all.


What are you on dude? The team that is losing/in a losing situation wont kneel the ball. The 2nd string players that come in for the 1st string players still give it 100%. Teams that are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs still show up and play.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
purpose
Profile Joined May 2008
Sweden1017 Posts
December 14 2011 10:36 GMT
#683
On December 14 2011 19:32 Shortizz wrote:
I think ppl need to understand the REAL situation here.

There might be honest ppl BETTING on Naniwa's game against Nestea with their hard earned money. How can esports be mainstream and who would support Esports betting(Which sponsors alot of KR teams btw) if ppl kept throwing games for nothing?

You`d be pretty pissed too if u bet on Naniwa and he threw the game just because he didnt wanna play it yeah? It was a stupid move by Naniwa, completely retarded especially with the Savi0r incident fresh in ppl's mind.


But this is exactly how it is in real sport aswell. Take the FA cup or any smaller cup that goes alongside the main leuage in fotball for example. People bet WAY more money on that then esport. And often big teams send out their B squad for those games and lose it. There have even been cases were teams wanted to lose just so they wont get extra games and could focus on the leuage and Champions Leuage.

Sure people lose money but you have to take that into consideration when you place your bet. The last game can be important, but it can also be fucking pointless and that will affect the players. you dont have to probe rush to lose a game, you can go nexus first, a half arsed 4 gate etc etc, people will lose money on that to but is that a crime?

When you bet you always face the risk that one side will be unmotivated and not perform on par with their skill.
Furlisht
Profile Joined May 2010
Belgium177 Posts
December 14 2011 10:36 GMT
#684
Totally ok with the gom decision since it's in their list of rules. Anyway, Naniwa's behavior is wrong as he is not showing fair play on his opponent, even if the match didn't mean anything at all. People pay for watching games, they deserve to see real games!
bana
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany22 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 10:38:35
December 14 2011 10:36 GMT
#685
Remebering TSLRain / FnaticRain ? He was disqualified from code S (or whole GSL) for 2 seasons just because of not showing up in the group drawings

Choya was disqualified for doing "Scissor-Paper-Rock" in the LADDER.
Drizzt3
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States189 Posts
December 14 2011 10:36 GMT
#686
On December 14 2011 19:22 Femari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 19:19 KiNGxXx wrote:
On December 14 2011 19:18 Femari wrote:
On December 14 2011 19:16 Drizzt3 wrote:
On December 14 2011 19:12 Femari wrote:
On December 14 2011 19:12 Drizzt3 wrote:
The question isn't if Naniwa did something inappropriate, the question is if Naniwa committed a punishable act, to which I think the clear answer is no.

According to the rules, yes he did.


What rule did he break?

GOM has a rule in which you are deemed to be unfit of the title of progamer they can ban you.

I translate it:

"If we don't like you we can kick you!"

More like "If you don't have integrity then gtfo."


Who is fit to judge the integrity of a person, especially one you know so little about? Are you? Is Mr. Chae? Is anyone?
"Before my time is done I will look down at your corpse and smile."-Brad Pitt (Achilles)
jjhchsc2
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (South)2393 Posts
December 14 2011 10:36 GMT
#687
zzzz bl nani..
sigh.
Lee Ssang/ Lee Shin/ Kim Jung Woo/ Kim Min Chul/Jun Tae Yang/Park Soo Ho/Lee Jung Hoon/Choi Sung Hoon/ Moon Sung Won/Park Ji Soo/ Lee Ho Joon/ Jang Min Chul/ Kim Seung Chul/SaSe/IdrA/Ret Fighting! BW4Life
CuSToM
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1478 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#688
Haha why are people saying they want to refund their ticket etc? Naniwa wasn't going to go anywhere in Code S anyways so what is the big deal?

Don't disrespect Nestea and maybe this won't happen...
Team SCV Life #1
Candide
Profile Joined November 2010
456 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#689
On December 14 2011 19:35 Roxy wrote:
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On December 14 2011 19:30 Vari wrote:
On December 14 2011 19:28 Roxy wrote:
wtf, this is bullcrap

he won MLG, u cant just revoke seeds
that goes against whatever agreement they have

MLG paid for GSL players to come play in MLG. Now GSL doesnt live up to their end of the deal?

this is bullcrap. players should be free to do whatever strategy they see fit

if those strategies lose for them, they will be out of future tournaments. noone hands seeds to losers. naniwa earned the seed.

everyone knows he threw the game. he said he threw the game...


i never said he didnt
it was pretty obvious

im just saying, he didnt violate any rules

how about they ban people for sending 4 marines with 12 scvs?

where do you draw the line?

should we just ban everyone who loses a game because htey probably werent trying?


what? 5 probes will beat 9 drones? what?


.... please stop
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#690
On December 14 2011 19:35 Vansetsu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 19:20 jalstar wrote:
On December 14 2011 19:18 MrCash wrote:
On December 14 2011 19:15 jalstar wrote:
If Naniwa only cares about prize money then why does he regularly forfeit prize money matches at MLG, eg 7th vs 8th place matches?

Naniwa cares about getting 1st, there's a huge difference between that and caring only about prize money.


I've heard so many say this about Naniwa, but never once from him.
Honestly this feels like some self-justification for being unprofessional he tells his friends and I don't really see anything that makes this theory more legitimate then him simply being oblivious and selfish.


You didn't answer. If Naniwa only cares about getting prize money (Chae called him an "amateur prize-money hunter") then why does he forfeit consolation matches for prize money?


Whether it's prize money or not, Naniwa is being selfish. He's there to preform and play games. Think of it like this: Have you ever had a job that involved a commission? It's kind of like Nani's job as a gamer playing in GSL. Sometimes there's money with a game (consumer), sometimes there's not and it's a waste of time. But it's never an excuse not to do your job or deal with a consumer because there is no money it it this time, and it's always grounds to get your ass fired.


Naniwa sees his job as winning tournaments, not playing games for the sake of playing games. You might agree with that and you might not.
MrCash
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1504 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#691
On December 14 2011 19:35 thoradycus wrote:
MC is back :D


Wrong topic to post in, however I'm with you.
The Protoss hope survives to fight another day.
Nonnar
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden50 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#692
This is the biggest joke in sc2 history. I used to have respect for gom, this is plainly jsut FUCKING retarded. Thanks for ruening e-sports gom!
Vari
Profile Joined September 2010
United States532 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#693
On December 14 2011 19:35 Marvid wrote:
Whatever your take is on this drama you can't possibly be accepting a retroactive punishment. This is just silly and shows that the GOM cooperation are not afraid to bend rules due to populism. When you run such a big tournament you HAVE to be transparent and have DEFINED rules. You can't start kicking people out because of principles if there was no rule that could support this, atleast not if the player obviously didn't know this was against the principle. Yes you can argue that this is Korean culture, but that should accept them treating an foreigner who most likely have no idea how Korean culture works. But the worst part of this is that they choose to replace him with Idra (nothing against him personaly) who have prooven on several occation to actually NOT follow this certain principle!
Really... i just shake my head at this sillyness.

there is a rule, it's been posted

basically unsportsmanlike conduct. these things aren't really easy to spell out but a professional organization (and its fans) can tell when it occurs. like referees on a football field.

if you can't handle any subjectivity in your rulings you should probably avoid any competitive environment.
Stroke Me Lady Fame
Coca Cola Classic
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
266 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#694
On December 14 2011 19:34 MasterBlasterCaster wrote:
I love th idiots who keep saying that professional football players play every match all the way through.

News flash for you kiddies, THEY DON'T! They will kneel the ball almost every single time if they are way ahead or way behind. Furthermore, if they've already qualified for playoffs, they sit every single starter and basically throw the rest of their games away.

You are all uninformed and spiteful. That is all.


the match is not handed to the opposing team. sitting starters is similar to using a build order that is untested. he keeps his solid builds for later stages of tournaments/future. managers keep solid players for later stages of tournament/future.
안녕하세요~~
bigjenk
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1543 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#695
On December 14 2011 19:34 krews wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 19:33 bigjenk wrote:
On December 14 2011 19:24 Derrida wrote:
Well, I think it depends on culture difference on most part. Koreans don't go well with disrespect. Best example would be MC's really harsh and serious statement who is a relaxed, laid back guy. While I sympathize with Naniwa and see the reasoning behind what he did, he needs more foresight.

Imagine what would happen if teams who couldnt qualify for playoff stopped doing stupid shit on national television during games in NBA?



Are you serious teams every year throw games for better chances at the top draft pick?


any team caught throwing a game would lose their draft pick.


Happens every year and never a team punished. They just put another name on it like "developing talent" when they know for a fact they are cutting all those players in the offseason.
Ignore my opinions I am bad
baoluvboa
Profile Joined December 2010
743 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#696
On December 14 2011 19:36 azr wrote:
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On December 14 2011 19:29 Stropheum wrote:
On December 14 2011 19:19 Vardant wrote:
On December 14 2011 19:17 hugman wrote:
Tbh he probably needed a real wake up call

What kind would that be exactly?

If you wanna be the best SC2 player, you have to lie to your fans and audience and pretend you care about games, that don't mean anything?

During his first week in korea, he got paired up against, who was it? One of the best zergs in the world, and performed (arguably) 2 actions and took his hands off the keyboard because he was too tired to play out a 4 minute proxy 2 gate and get it over with.

It's not a matter of lying to fans. Complexity sent him to korea to play the game seriously (and complexity is VERY big on image). Gom gave him the GSL seed for the purpose of generating content, not because it's some supreme honor to invite a foreigner who throws temper tantrums because he's tired.

Not to mention huk and idra have reputations for being extremely bad mannered and temperamental, yet they don't do things like this, which are clearly ignorant and selfish, because they know they have teams to represent, people that pay their checks for not only playing the game in a serious manner, but probably with more success than naniwa will ever be able to.

I'm glad idrA got his spot. He deserves it more, and he'll go farther with it


Idra did almost the exact same thing against Jinro ages ago in the GSL.


And Idra almost won. It was a legitimate strategy on a bad map for zerg.
Sanchonator
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia490 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#697
On December 14 2011 19:18 Shellshock1122 wrote:
This thread title is a little misleading. He's banned for 1 season, not permanently


?

the title is exactly what happened, his seed for the season was revoked, he is no longer able to play in season 1 because he isnt qualified
CEPEHDREI
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany1521 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#698
On December 14 2011 19:34 MasterBlasterCaster wrote:
I love th idiots who keep saying that professional football players play every match all the way through.

News flash for you kiddies, THEY DON'T! They will kneel the ball almost every single time if they are way ahead or way behind. Furthermore, if they've already qualified for playoffs, they sit every single starter and basically throw the rest of their games away.

You are all uninformed and spiteful. That is all.


not using your best starters TRANSLATES into starcraft2 with not using your best strategies. WHAT NANIWA DID was coming out of the locker room, throws the ball into the crowd and then he goes back into the fucking locker.

he got rightfully punished. makes me sad that people even try to defend him.
hYrasD
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany164 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#699
GJ by Gom, @ nani fanboys 6probe rush isnt a cheese it is a ****ing joke, deal with it
IMMVP || coLMVPDRG || SlayerSMMA || EG DeMusliM || Hwaiting!
MasterBlasterCaster
Profile Joined October 2011
United States568 Posts
December 14 2011 10:37 GMT
#700
On December 14 2011 19:34 Sub40APM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 19:34 MasterBlasterCaster wrote:
I love th idiots who keep saying that professional football players play every match all the way through.

News flash for you kiddies, THEY DON'T! They will kneel the ball almost every single time if they are way ahead or way behind. Furthermore, if they've already qualified for playoffs, they sit every single starter and basically throw the rest of their games away.

You are all uninformed and spiteful. That is all.

when they are behind? When was the last football game when this happened...

When they are behind like thirty points? Oh hell yes they do.

Oh I'm sorry, you want me to be literal? OK, they don't kneel, they have their fourth string running back run it right up the middle every time.

Which is comparable to probe-rushing. It has zero chance of success and is literally the quickest way you can end a game while still "playing".

So yeah... you're wrong.
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