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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.
Asunanas
Profile Joined April 2011
53 Posts
December 14 2011 11:15 GMT
#1301
I feel no sympathy at all for Naniwa, what he did was extremely unprofessional. SotG had a great talk about this entire business. Naniwa isn't be paid to win everything, no, everyone here is missing the point, Naniwa is supposed to be an entertainer, a professional entertainer, what he did was unacceptable by the culture in Korea.
InoyouS2
Profile Joined December 2011
1005 Posts
December 14 2011 11:15 GMT
#1302
I agree with the decision, tournaments have to be strict to keep things like this happening in the future, no matter what the reason for it was, even if it was their own fault (which it probably was), NaNiwa had to see this coming.

Anyway, Sen finally gets a shot after so long.
IMMvp|fOrGG|IMNesTea|oGsMC|Liquid`Hero|DongRaeGu|Slayers_MMA|Liquid`TLO|MarineKingPrime|IMSeed
Jakkerr
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands2549 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1303
On December 14 2011 20:12 Talic_Zealot wrote:
It seems to come down to every person's idea of respect and how important it is. The punishment may be harsh, but I am disgusted by how many people don't seem to have 'respect' as a part of their ideology.


Like this has anything to do with respect.
This has everything to do with the retarded tournament format forcing player to play unneeded games.
Most people would have done the same thing or some terrible allin playing with 1 hand.
I don't see the difference.
Boundz(DarKo)
Profile Joined March 2009
5311 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1304
So we are going to let koreans rule the rest of the world now?
Packawana
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1081 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1305
On December 14 2011 20:13 Klogbert wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 20:12 Eviscerador wrote:
On December 14 2011 20:04 NovaTheFeared wrote:
Forfeiting the match would be terrible sportsmanship. Probe rushing is even below that. It's a straight FU to the fans, opponent, and GOM. I'm glad GOM took the issue of professionalism seriously. Someone has to, and it's definitely not Naniwa.

Droping mules or building CC on your defeated enemy base is not? For me that is the middle finger equivalent in videogames.

Double standards everywhere...


Holy crap didn't even think about this...wow does this makes GOM look like hypocrites. I'm officially done with GSL...still.


But were those games actually played out?

This is the main thing, this wasn't a form of BM that was meant to insult the opponent in the way dropping mules is. This is BM in the way that insults the tournament and insults the viewers.

If you play for any team or any sport, you are expected to give your all no matter what your standing is, no matter how far down or far up you are. When it becomes blatantly obvious that you're not playing to win (and reaffirm that post-match), then you are not living to the professionalism that is supposed to be integral in any competition.
"May all your dreaming fill the empty sky."
ChoboKal
Profile Joined September 2011
United States74 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1306
this thread has averaged 100 posts per min
IMmvp fanboy
MildSeven
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada311 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1307
On December 14 2011 20:05 nugget-92 wrote:
If GOM is going to host the Global Starcraft League and actually work at inviting foreign players to travel to their country to participate it is abhorrent for GOM to completely ignore the fact that these players will come from different cultures.

Any reasonable organisation that plans to host a Global event has to accept that people from countries outside their own will have different ideals and will not act in a manner that will conform to you strict cultural sensibilities.

Complexity and Quantic have now suffered significant financial damages because of this decision. Furthermore, Naniwa has invested significant time and effort into participating in this league and is now suspended.


GOM has even stated that Naniwa is a money-hungry player. This suggests that GOM probably did not consult Naniwa before they made their decision. Why? Because Naniwa has maintained and shown that, whilst he is introverted and has trouble keeping his emotions in check, his aspirations lie with being the best.


The accusation is not true on Naniwa, but it doesn't matter, it's to teach him a lesson on life really. When a country hosts the Olympic, even if it is a global event, the host country expects the tourists and participants from other countries to foremost respect their culture, you don't go to Athens Olympics to piss on the greek statue (extreme example). No one asked Naniwa to honour kill or disrespect women like Islamic fundamentalists, all is asked from Naniwa and all other Esports player is some reverence for the prestige of the game that Korean culture highly values.

This is the right punishment, it is a mild punishment for mild offense. Next time Naniwa will smarten up, enough with his introverted rebel " i can do whatever i want" attitude, that's just not how society works.
ander
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada403 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1308
On December 14 2011 20:08 Deadeight wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 20:05 nugget-92 wrote:
If GOM is going to host the Global Starcraft League and actually work at inviting foreign players to travel to their country to participate it is abhorrent for GOM to completely ignore the fact that these players will come from different cultures.

Any reasonable organisation that plans to host a Global event has to accept that people from countries outside their own will have different ideals and will not act in a manner that will conform to you strict cultural sensibilities.

Complexity and Quantic have now suffered significant financial damages because of this decision. Furthermore, Naniwa has invested significant time and effort into participating in this league and is now suspended.


GOM has even stated that Naniwa is a money-hungry player. This suggests that GOM probably did not consult Naniwa before they made their decision. Why? Because Naniwa has maintained and shown that, whilst he is introverted and has trouble keeping his emotions in check, his aspirations lie with being the best.



Except throughout the thread people from all cultures (including yours) have supported GOM's decision. It's not a korean vs the world thing.


Well yeah, which is fine. Most people are supporting GOM's decision with respect to the odd position they were placed in, and not the decision itself.

He's right; if it wasn't in Korea, there would be no problem whatsoever. I know when i watched it, i thought it was hilarious, and that it felt pretty light hearted, especially after nani and nesteas cheeky interaction at the press conference interviews. The reason it's a problem is PURELY because of a clash of cultures; obviously Naniwa would not have done it if he'd know that he was punishable by some vague and obscure rule buried deep within the regulations.

This is the same stupid thing, where in that AllStar game, HuK beat nestea, and then the korean community complained that huk was actually trying too hard. All of the GSL rules are tailored to be as vague as possible so there is room for them to interpret them as they will. There was no rule about in-game play; it's not like naniwa came out and said "fuck you" to his face.

If you ban naniwa, you might as well ban manner mules, people pulling scv's with their 1/1/1, and MC's throat slash. To let those stand while you ban Nani is pure hypocrisy.
Mefano
Profile Joined December 2011
Sweden190 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1309
On December 14 2011 20:14 kota wrote:
For starcraft 2 to grow as an eSport, a certain amount of professionalism is needed, and we can't have people like Naniwa, no matter how good of a player he is, fooling around and throwing away games that people paid for. It absolutely does not matter that the match couldn't change the outcome of his standings in the cup. It doesn't only make him look bad and immature, but it also makes the GSL and Blizzard look bad since they've got their name on it



No, no, no Revoking a seed will hurt the scene a lot more.
Yo
trucane
Profile Joined January 2009
United States553 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1310
I guess this is what happens when you host something as the GSL in a country who hates other cultures. I am from Sweden and I have learned from young age to respect other cultures even if I don't always agree with them. I guess thats what is being raised in a civilized western country. Maybe we are wrong and should be more like Korea, force every immigrant to behave just like us swedes or punish them in every single way we know of. Would that be fair?
TheExile19
Profile Joined June 2011
513 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1311
On December 14 2011 20:14 Mefano wrote:
I'll never again buy a GSL-ticket untill they make a formal apolpgy about this.


yeah don't hold your breath on that one, they purposefully strung him up so no one fucks with them on this grand and obvious a scale again.
ReaperX
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong1758 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1312
On December 14 2011 20:12 sickra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 20:09 ReaperX wrote:
On December 14 2011 20:08 Cejotas wrote:
LOL I only see swedish defending him, cmon it's not the first time he gets banned

Shut up, I'm spanish and I'm defending him.


Because deep down inside, you wish you were Swedish?


The fuck? Stop beng such a tool, and just admit that there are a lot of non Swedish people that are defending him, and a lot of Swedish people that aren't.
Artosis : Clide. idrA : Shut up.
theBALLS
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Singapore2935 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1313
I think this thread is more entertaining than polt vs mvp
If you lose the stick, you'll always have theBALLS.
Mojar
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia185 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1314
Justified. Kid deserved it, he brought it on himself by being completely disrespectful. You don't just give up, man up show what your capable of and play it out.
rontol
Profile Joined June 2011
71 Posts
December 14 2011 11:16 GMT
#1315
hahah

sry not surprising for me

xd
Life is a (fateful) choice
4of8
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany256 Posts
December 14 2011 11:17 GMT
#1316
On December 14 2011 18:42 Niyanyo wrote:
Wow... I was about to purchase a year pass with the new model, but this is just wrong. It was as much or more fault of the tournament as it was for Naniwa. If this goes thru I am not purchasing de pass as protest.

Me 2
parkin
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
1081 Posts
December 14 2011 11:17 GMT
#1317
Messed up decision.

HuK mothership rushes and looses on purpose but is treated like a superhero.

Naniwa makes a probe rush and looses on purpose but gets revoked by biased judges.

Its pathetic and i hope more people boycott GSL.
mostly harmless
ptrpb
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada753 Posts
December 14 2011 11:17 GMT
#1318
On December 14 2011 20:15 klaxen wrote:
Everyone is done with GSL. I guess you don't like watching the best players.

I don't like watching when a player earns himself a spot as one of the best players, then has it removed because he decided not to try in a meaningless match that shouldn't have been broadcasted in the first place given GOM's broadcast history with the UpNDown matches.
MBAACC | SG | shit at fighting games
Tobberoth
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden6375 Posts
December 14 2011 11:17 GMT
#1319
On December 14 2011 20:16 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
So we are going to let koreans rule the rest of the world now?

What about "korean tournament" do you connect to "the world"? Make sense.
zuperketla
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway212 Posts
December 14 2011 11:17 GMT
#1320
just stupid by GOM
heyho
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