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On December 15 2011 04:39 jyisvip wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 04:36 PanN wrote:On December 15 2011 04:33 dib wrote: as long as he isnt in code s its all good. he doesnt deserve it. Ah, so skill doesn't matter to you, just their moral compass and reputation. So going 0-10 in GSL code A shows you that naniwa has the skill that deserves code s? Second place at Providence and winner of MLG Global over Nestea and MVP doesn't deserve it?
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On December 15 2011 04:41 migosore wrote: Why devise a format that makes for meaningless games? If they can't admit their mistake they are the ones acting unprofessionally.
Presumably because people wanted to see Nani vs. Nestea. I, and I'm sure I'm not alone, knew that they were going to play and that was what pushed me over the edge to buy a ticket. If I don't think players are going to make the slightest attempt to play a match, I will be less likely to buy a ticket to special tournaments such as these.
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On December 15 2011 04:42 gwixter wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 04:38 baoluvboa wrote:On December 15 2011 04:37 gwixter wrote:On December 15 2011 04:34 bananafone wrote: GOM is running an entertainment company that gets money from people seeing interesting and entertaining games (coincidentally played by the worlds best players). NaNiwa is sitting in a house practicing for 12 hours daily. He does this because organizations like GOM arrange tournaments with real prize money and lots of viewers so the sport as a whole can get exposure. This exposure is in various ways translated into cash witch is what this is really all about. GOM has certain standards for the quality of entertainment they present to the viewers. Obviously they are going to protect their own product furiously, if they didn't they would not be where they are today. Dronerushing is obviously not part of the GOM-experience and as such GOM has to do something to guarantee that it won't be part of their prime product(code s).
Whether NaNiwa or anyone else likes it or not he is not just a pro-gamer he is also an entertainer. Having a bad day and giving it your bare minimum is alright. Not trying at all is a completely different matter. NaNiwa is where he is thanks to people like the ones running GOM. Ignoring that work by not bothering to spend less than 10 minutes to create a reasonably interesting game for people to watch is unprofessional. Not as an SC2pro(because his work was done for that day), but as an entertainer. if they crave so much for broadcasted games, why they skip meaningless matches in Up&Down groups? shouldn't they have skipped this one also then? Difference between the most prestigious tourney of the year and a highly anticipated grudge match than UP and DOWN groups. People were extremely disappointed at the possibility that GOM skipped the match in the LR threads. I'm sure this sentiment rang true for most viewers. yeah, right ... so if naniwa had 4gated, everyone would have been happy .... really cool ....
Ya because 4 gate actually has a possibility in winning and shows that he at least gives a shit to play a real match.
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On December 15 2011 04:43 labbe wrote:I think everyone should read this post
very, very well put by tyler, thank you for that link
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On December 15 2011 04:41 SKYFISH_ wrote:Right, obviously everything is OK now since Chae didnt call NaNiwa a money-hungry non-pro player directly, he simply implied all that. A world of difference indeed. GOMTV get extra respect for having IdrA invited after Chae telling us how true Pros should play Starcraft for the enjoyment of their fans and not for the money Idra, of all people, mannered and respectful and not doing it for the money. Great with his fans as well 
apolgize for playing that race! they sure did pick a more mannered player for GSL that has never quit a won game.
(idra is still my favorite foreign player)
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i still feel that people grasping for this "earned his spot" from MLG is crazy. Where did Providence get included in the LXG with Gom? No korean players were exchanged there, all of the koreans who came out came on their own dime, even seeded players. Why do you think MLG_Lee even posted that he'd investigate it further, because it WASN'T a clearcut standard LXG between MLG and Gom, so continue spouting off that Naniwa "EARNED" his spot, when in actuality, we're not even sure if there was such a deal in place for the tournament in which he took 2nd place behind an already code S korean.
God, seeing all of these threads has angered me to no end, the amount of misinformation, the random bias, the constant spout offs of the peanut gallery with NO basis or even all of the facts, is mind boggling. I didn't want to post in any of them, but seeing this one, with the clarification from Mr. Chae, just further reinforces that WE DONT HAVE ALL THE FACTS, and the post that Naniwa is not BANNED, is another clarification. ALL OF THIS IS ALL JUST MISTRANSLATIONS AND MISCOMMUNICATION AT THIS POINT. Everyone needs to STFU about what is "earned" or "fact" until we are given them BY sources.
Goddamn.
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I am waiting for an official statement since... i dont know quite some time... I think it is about time that gom, mlg, or whoever knows what is happening gives an official statement. We can type as much as we want, we dont know what is going on.
Please for the sake of our keyboards give us some informations... please
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On December 15 2011 04:40 o[twist] wrote: i don't think anybody's mentioned this, but the rule that was used to disqualify naniwa (of course, this is subject to translation issues) was "shall not offend the opponent or audience with abusive behaviors." do we have any reason to think that this would refer to in-game actions rather than, say, chat or ceremonies? has this rule ever been applied before and would naniwa have had any reason to think that it would have applied to this action? these are all things you need to take into consideration when you ask whether this is fair to naniwa and to mlg.
in my eyes this is clearly an arbitrary and capricious use of the rule and it's frankly unconscionable to treat players like this. fuck naniwa for throwing a game, sure, but i have serious doubts about it being against that rule, at least as stated in english.
Did you read the OP at all?
"There was NO mention of the conduct rule, it being a "punishment", or that he is "an amateur prize money hunter.""
No mention of any rule being involved, just that they don't consider him professional enough to be handed a spot for Code S.
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On December 15 2011 04:44 Symbioth wrote:Show nested quote +"We don't believe that winning games and getting prizes make you a pro-gamer. We think that pro-gaming as a vocation should be about gamers competing for the victory, for the audience so they would get excited, and in all that, players job is to compete for the victory through that. We gave the seed to Quantic Gaming's protoss pro-gamer NaNiwa, not to Johan Lucchesi from Sweden, who plays the game well." I don't want to see any Quantic Gaming's protoss pro-gamer NaNiwa that isn't Johan Lucchesi from Sweden. It's a meaningless, shallow facade of an automaton playing a game for money passed off as "professionalism". An automaton delivering games like a coffee automat delivers us a coffee.That's a highly uninspiring and dull statement from GOM. I want to see Johan Lucchesi from Sweden doing his absolute best for passion, for the game, for the win, for being the very best because that's what he wants - and it is what he wants. That's why he is a progamer. It's NOT A FUCKING JOB. It's passion first. It's the game first and foremost. It's the community, the competition, the fame, the appreciation, the respect, the excitement, the inspiration, the awe, the meaning. THEN, after this, it's money and job. NOT the other way around. I cannot emphesize how brainwashed some people out there seem to be. You just completely forget what e-sports is, or at least should be, all about and why it is what it is now. Do you really want progamers to be like, let's say waiters in a restaurant, bringing you cheeseburgers and fries ?
E-sport, at least in term of starcraft, actually originated in Korea. Their standards of professionalism is different from your view. Just respect their view and agree to disagree.
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On December 15 2011 04:44 Symbioth wrote:Show nested quote +"We don't believe that winning games and getting prizes make you a pro-gamer. We think that pro-gaming as a vocation should be about gamers competing for the victory, for the audience so they would get excited, and in all that, players job is to compete for the victory through that. We gave the seed to Quantic Gaming's protoss pro-gamer NaNiwa, not to Johan Lucchesi from Sweden, who plays the game well." I don't want to see any Quantic Gaming's protoss pro-gamer NaNiwa that isn't Johan Lucchesi from Sweden. It's a meaningless, shallow facade of an automaton playing a game for money passed off as "professionalism". An automaton delivering games like a coffee automat delivers us a coffee.That's a highly uninspiring and dull statement from GOM. I want to see Johan Lucchesi from Sweden doing his absolute best for passion, for the game, for the win, for being the very best because that's what he wants - and it is what he wants. That's why he is a progamer. It's NOT A FUCKING JOB. It's passion first. It's the game first and foremost. It's the community, the competition, the fame, the appreciation, the respect, the excitement, the inspiration, the awe, the meaning. THEN, after this, it's money and job. NOT the other way around. I cannot emphesize how brainwashed some people out there seem to be. You just completely forget what e-sports is, or at least should be, all about and why it is what it is now. Do you really want progamers to be like, let's say waiters in a restaurant, bringing you cheeseburgers and fries ?
i want progamers to be well fucking compensated. yes. is that so strange?
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I've yet to hear a clear and coherent argument stating why Gom is wrong removing a player that disrespected them from their tourny. I think some here need to tone down the fanboy rage/national pride and just accept that he broke cultural norms for a serious sport and got reprimanded for it. It's really that simple. If he's code S worthy he'll do well in up/downs and it wont matter anyway.
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I just think gom should stop with the random invites and adopt a clear system . If you wantcto be the best leauge justckoreans arent enough people must know you deserved to be there and exactly what it takes to maintain it. Sure dq nani but then give the spot to haypro.
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Hello,
I posted a comment in the SOTG thread concerning this but I wanted to expand on it. Has anybody thought about this in terms of the Sponsors ? I am not sure how a tourney pitches their event to sponsors, but in the case of Blizzard Cup: -speculation- maybe they had it setup to play all possible matches because all of the people attending were some of the best in the world, maybe that is how they pitched it to the sponsors ?
If I was a sponsor who bought into the tourney under the impression it was a set amount of games all between well known players, and one of the players just dumped a match I would feel shorted...
this was not some open bracket, these were the top players in the world... there should be a level of respect from everyone involved, for everyone involved.
If there were no repercussions for said player, then the next time the Tourney asked me to sponsor,. I would be more hesitant... those games would not be so guaranteed.
it is hard to be a progamer if there is no money available. I think performing and entertaining professionally are necessary (evils?) in order to attract and maintain real sponsors..
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I think it is actually pretty easy to understand, they practically told that he is now a professional, he is not only playing the game under his name and under his "selfish" reasons. They reminded him, that he is playing for the organisation and thus is not responsible only for himself. and btw: progaming is a job in korea and when in korea we are bound by their rules eventhough we might not like it.
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Oh and the rule "you need to act as a gamer". What defines a gamer? Based on this rule they can remove anyone for whatever reason. We cant have things like this and talk about PROFESSIONALISM.
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On December 15 2011 04:44 tuho12345 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 04:39 jyisvip wrote:On December 15 2011 04:36 PanN wrote:On December 15 2011 04:33 dib wrote: as long as he isnt in code s its all good. he doesnt deserve it. Ah, so skill doesn't matter to you, just their moral compass and reputation. So going 0-10 in GSL code A shows you that naniwa has the skill that deserves code s? Second place at Providence and winner of MLG Global over Nestea and MVP doesn't deserve it?
Vastly different tournament process. He does well in tournies that take place over a few days and you can't forsee your opponent. He has proven he doesn't do well in situations where you know your opponent well in advance and those opponents can study you to death.
Since Code S doesn't follow MLGs format, any success he had there shouldn't be proof of him doing well in GSL.
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Edit: I'm a dumbass.
Regardless, I agree that Nani fucked up.
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On December 15 2011 04:45 droxe wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 04:40 o[twist] wrote: i don't think anybody's mentioned this, but the rule that was used to disqualify naniwa (of course, this is subject to translation issues) was "shall not offend the opponent or audience with abusive behaviors." do we have any reason to think that this would refer to in-game actions rather than, say, chat or ceremonies? has this rule ever been applied before and would naniwa have had any reason to think that it would have applied to this action? these are all things you need to take into consideration when you ask whether this is fair to naniwa and to mlg.
in my eyes this is clearly an arbitrary and capricious use of the rule and it's frankly unconscionable to treat players like this. fuck naniwa for throwing a game, sure, but i have serious doubts about it being against that rule, at least as stated in english. Did you read the OP at all? "There was NO mention of the conduct rule, it being a "punishment", or that he is "an amateur prize money hunter."" No mention of any rule being involved, just that they don't consider him professional enough to be handed a spot for Code S.
but according to most of what i've read, he already had the spot.
i guess i might be talking out of my ass to a certain extent. is there any documentation on how the spots were assigned? any press releases or anything suggesting he already had the spot? anything public about the link between mlg and gsl? if he has the spot, he has the spot, and they NEED to have SOME rule in order to take it away.
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On December 15 2011 04:47 careohx wrote: Oh and the rule "you need to act as a gamer". What defines a gamer? Based on this rule they can remove anyone for whatever reason. We cant have things like this and talk about PROFESSIONALISM.
Uhh you don't even need that. Mutual respect and the lowest level of profesionalism (aka not what Naniwa did) would never have a problem with GOM.
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On December 15 2011 04:43 DYEAlabaster wrote: As far as I know, what Gom is doing here is saying "We don't accept BM and throwing matches, no matter what." And yet it smacks of hypocrasy, taking it from one outspoken BM machine, and giving it to another (Idra), because as much as I love them both, they are quite similar in emotional reaction to certain things. I think that if this is the case, Mr. Chae is shooting himself in the face. Idra has straight up refused to play games before because he didn't want to. What will happen when he's forced to play a game that doesn't matter?
Idra really isn't much of an outspoken BM machine recently, he gets emotional for sure, but at this point his "bm" is more of a gimmicky stage persona that has stuck with him as his growth as a player rather than legitimate BM. The inability for this community to move on from stereotypes is frightening..
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