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Orcasgt24
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada3238 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-01-30 22:26:11
January 30 2017 22:25 GMT
#161
I believe Life's match fixing scandal is the big domino in SC2 that fell over to mark its steady downward climb as a major esport. He cost alot of people careers and money. Any return would subject every game he plays to intense scrutiny, something that is unfair to his opponent because it adds pressure to them. If they are falsely accused of match fixing their career could be over for no other reason than they played vs Life.

I loved watching Life play. I don't ever want to see him play again.
In Hearthstone we pray to RNGesus. When Yogg-Saron hits the field, RNGod gets to work
ClanWars
Profile Blog Joined February 2014
United States330 Posts
January 30 2017 22:25 GMT
#162
Make no mistake about it, the Life match-fixing issue is one of the primary reasons that KeSPa dropped support for Starcraft 2. It had a massive impact that foreign fans might not truly understand because they have no real knowledge of the business realities in South Korea.

Life should never, ever be allowed back into this scene and the damage he and others involved did to Starcraft 2 will be felt forever.
SHOUTcraft Kings - Official account.
fluidrone
Profile Blog Joined January 2015
France1478 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-01-30 22:33:10
January 30 2017 22:28 GMT
#163
Who said anything about "just one day" someone up high somewhere deciding "he can come back"?

He should have to earn that right, not just get it. But he should have the right to try and redeem himself.
"not enough rights"
tedster
Profile Joined May 2009
984 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-01-30 22:31:08
January 30 2017 22:29 GMT
#164
On January 31 2017 07:25 ClanWars wrote:
Make no mistake about it, the Life match-fixing issue is one of the primary reasons that KeSPa dropped support for Starcraft 2. It had a massive impact that foreign fans might not truly understand because they have no real knowledge of the business realities in South Korea.

Life should never, ever be allowed back into this scene and the damage he and others involved did to Starcraft 2 will be felt forever.

But you see welcoming a known match-fixer back into your tournament is a great way to improve confidence in your product

On January 31 2017 07:28 fluidrone wrote:
Who said anything about "just one day" deciding he can come back"?

He should have to earn that right, not just get it.


If by that you mean "bring back all the sponsors and organizations that left due to the scandal and also rebuild viewer confidence in your sport from the ground up" then yeah ok you got me there

Except those things aren't possible and his presence would make them worse.
the last wcs commissioner
ClanWars
Profile Blog Joined February 2014
United States330 Posts
January 30 2017 22:33 GMT
#165
But you see welcoming a known match-fixer back into your tournament is a great way to improve confidence in your product


I'm sure. In fact it's probably all we need to receive lucrative sponsorship agreements from Coca Cola, Goldman Sachs, the entire South Korean electronics industry and at least one major airline.
SHOUTcraft Kings - Official account.
fluidrone
Profile Blog Joined January 2015
France1478 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-01-30 22:45:14
January 30 2017 22:35 GMT
#166
On January 31 2017 07:29 tedster wrote:+ Show Spoiler +

On January 31 2017 07:25 ClanWars wrote:
Make no mistake about it, the Life match-fixing issue is one of the primary reasons that KeSPa dropped support for Starcraft 2. It had a massive impact that foreign fans might not truly understand because they have no real knowledge of the business realities in South Korea.

Life should never, ever be allowed back into this scene and the damage he and others involved did to Starcraft 2 will be felt forever.

But you see welcoming a known match-fixer back into your tournament is a great way to improve confidence in your product

On January 31 2017 07:28 fluidrone wrote:
Who said anything about "just one day" deciding he can come back"?

He should have to earn that right, not just get it.


If by that you mean "bring back all the sponsors and organizations that left due to the scandal and also rebuild viewer confidence in your sport from the ground up" then yeah ok you got me there
Except those things aren't possible and his presence would make them worse.

And how exactly do you know that? + Show Spoiler +
(and when i say "you" i mean you and all the people who agree with you and felt they had to post in this thread saying it, nothing personal )

You like hypotheticals? i hate those but i'll try one:

What if he was allowed back and gave all the money to charity and won everything?

+ Show Spoiler +
No i don't think he will do that.. but your "it would be worse if he came back" stance is just as fictional based
"not enough rights"
ReachTheSky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3294 Posts
January 30 2017 22:46 GMT
#167
I'm all for second chances but he literally contributed to the downfall of professional sc2. I don't care if he apologizes or not, he should continue to be banned from all events. The impact he had on the scene can never be fixed and the scene has suffered because of him. Keep him out for good. On another subject, do we really need rehash old news? Are we running out of things to cover?
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RealityIsKing
Profile Joined August 2016
613 Posts
January 30 2017 22:54 GMT
#168
Come you are going to let a guy who single handily destroyed SC2 eSport to come back?

I thought we are better than this.
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
January 30 2017 23:29 GMT
#169
On January 31 2017 07:54 RealityIsKing wrote:
Come you are going to let a guy who single handily destroyed SC2 eSport to come back?

I thought we are better than this.

My favorite part about the Life scandal is how it allows people to ignore the fact that SC2 had been in decline for two/three years prior and blame the downfall of the game on this singular event

No doubt it was extremely important but let's not pretend the scene was thriving before hand
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
KelsierSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
United Kingdom10443 Posts
January 30 2017 23:38 GMT
#170
I don't agree that life matchfixing was responsible for ruining SC2 esports , scene was already doing poorly and players retiring going back to BW. it didn't exactly help but shit was going bad already IIRC.

I'd want him back because most zerg players are kind of bad or uninspiring right now and life made things interesting.
Zerg for Life
ClanWars
Profile Blog Joined February 2014
United States330 Posts
January 31 2017 00:01 GMT
#171
Life is not to blame for everything wrong with competitive SC2.

That does not mean he should ever be allowed back into it or in any competitive game ever again. The damage he and the others involved did was real, permanent and thoroughly not understood properly by foreign fans.
SHOUTcraft Kings - Official account.
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
January 31 2017 00:45 GMT
#172
Oh I was a huge Life fan and I absolutely don't think he should be allowed back. Ever.

Just correcting that statement that he "single handedly" ruined competitive SC2.
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
Shana
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Indonesia1814 Posts
January 31 2017 01:36 GMT
#173
Funny how people arguing for Life but not Yoda or BboongBboong, and no, no match fixers under any circumstances be allowed to return.
Believing in what lies ahead. | That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.
tedster
Profile Joined May 2009
984 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-01-31 01:41:29
January 31 2017 01:38 GMT
#174
On January 31 2017 07:35 fluidrone wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2017 07:29 tedster wrote:+ Show Spoiler +

On January 31 2017 07:25 ClanWars wrote:
Make no mistake about it, the Life match-fixing issue is one of the primary reasons that KeSPa dropped support for Starcraft 2. It had a massive impact that foreign fans might not truly understand because they have no real knowledge of the business realities in South Korea.

Life should never, ever be allowed back into this scene and the damage he and others involved did to Starcraft 2 will be felt forever.

But you see welcoming a known match-fixer back into your tournament is a great way to improve confidence in your product

On January 31 2017 07:28 fluidrone wrote:
Who said anything about "just one day" deciding he can come back"?

He should have to earn that right, not just get it.


If by that you mean "bring back all the sponsors and organizations that left due to the scandal and also rebuild viewer confidence in your sport from the ground up" then yeah ok you got me there
Except those things aren't possible and his presence would make them worse.

And how exactly do you know that? + Show Spoiler +
(and when i say "you" i mean you and all the people who agree with you and felt they had to post in this thread saying it, nothing personal )

You like hypotheticals? i hate those but i'll try one:

What if he was allowed back and gave all the money to charity and won everything?

+ Show Spoiler +
No i don't think he will do that.. but your "it would be worse if he came back" stance is just as fictional based


Ah yes the sponsors that left the game when he was found to be match fixing and banned are going to be even more likely to come back when the known match fixer is re-enlisted.

Do you really need proof to suss this one out? Sponsors are risk-averse and aren't going to throw money into the thresher that is tainted goods.

Not to mention SC2 was already in decline and the scandal represented a perfect exit strategy. Come on dude
the last wcs commissioner
Vansetsu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1454 Posts
January 31 2017 04:12 GMT
#175
Everyone deserves forgiveness. Everyone.

That guy who got warned however many pages back is completely right-
The TL community is indeed full of arrogant people. Chock full of teenage bandwagoning, clickyness, and hive mind thinking. With the older and more experienced among them not doing the younger ones any favors.

Every time I see Life or Savior brought up, people talk as if one them were the dark stranger who murdered their family and of course, ever-so-wounded, "they will NEVER" forgive them. What makes you all so entitled to think you should have any opinion at all as to what they should or should not do with their lives now? Entitled to how much (or really any) hate that should be given to them?

The only thing you are entitled to is to feel hurt, if you were actually a fan. Disappointed. Let down. But to think your disappointment ever grants you a free pass to hate someone, or that your speculation or your baseless analogies grant you some sort of special understanding, is the very definition of arrogance. And dare I say ignorance.

I honestly don't think about Life all that much. I browsed the thread out of curiosity as to what popular opinion currently was, and I am leaving disgusted. I hope that a good portion of you revisit your replies and your feelings here.
Because if so many of you can so easily condemn these 2 (whom most of you have have only met through your internet browsers) like some fallen angels to prison and hell, as if you understood their circumstances and as if you were their arbiters, or as if anyone in this life deserves condemnation, then, I am saddened to think how you will treat others in the politics of your small lives.

Seriously fellas you're better than this. All of you.
Only by overcoming many obstacles does a river become - デイヴィ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ド
ReachTheSky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3294 Posts
January 31 2017 04:20 GMT
#176
On January 31 2017 13:12 Vansetsu wrote:
Everyone deserves forgiveness. Everyone.

That guy who got warned however many pages back is completely right-
The TL community is indeed full of arrogant people. Chock full of teenage bandwagoning, clickyness, and hive mind thinking. With the older and more experienced among them not doing the younger ones any favors.

Every time I see Life or Savior brought up, people talk as if one them were the dark stranger who murdered their family and of course, ever-so-wounded, "they will NEVER" forgive them. What makes you all so entitled to think you should have any opinion at all as to what they should or should not do with their lives now? Entitled to how much (or really any) hate that should be given to them?

The only thing you are entitled to is to feel hurt, if you were actually a fan. Disappointed. Let down. But to think your disappointment ever grants you a free pass to hate someone, or that your speculation or your baseless analogies grant you some sort of special understanding, is the very definition of arrogance. And dare I say ignorance.

I honestly don't think about Life all that much. I browsed the thread out of curiosity as to what popular opinion currently was, and I am leaving disgusted. I hope that a good portion of you revisit your replies and your feelings here.
Because if so many of you can so easily condemn these 2 (whom most of you have have only met through your internet browsers) like some fallen angels to prison and hell, as if you understood their circumstances and as if you were their arbiters, or as if anyone in this life deserves condemnation, then, I am saddened to think how you will treat others in the politics of your small lives.

Seriously fellas you're better than this. All of you.



Stop painting the picture as if Life/Savior are victims here. They ruined the integrity of competitive starcraft. Everyone has the right to hate both of them for what they've done. You do not get to decide when, how or any reasons why someone can or can't hate someone. You are not the one who decides that. Life /Savior are a disgrace to starcraft and are not welcome to compete.
TL+ Member
ParkB0m
Profile Joined January 2017
12 Posts
January 31 2017 05:01 GMT
#177
Let the kid stream on Twitch. His very first stream would probably break 15k, and get SC2 back up to the top 10 games watched.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50586 Posts
January 31 2017 05:34 GMT
#178
On January 31 2017 14:01 ParkB0m wrote:
Let the kid stream on Twitch. His very first stream would probably break 15k, and get SC2 back up to the top 10 games watched.


yeah lets bring back the days of Mafreeca, because there was no added toxicity back then.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
January 31 2017 05:44 GMT
#179
On January 31 2017 13:12 Vansetsu wrote:
Everyone deserves forgiveness. Everyone.

That guy who got warned however many pages back is completely right-
The TL community is indeed full of arrogant people. Chock full of teenage bandwagoning, clickyness, and hive mind thinking. With the older and more experienced among them not doing the younger ones any favors.

Every time I see Life or Savior brought up, people talk as if one them were the dark stranger who murdered their family and of course, ever-so-wounded, "they will NEVER" forgive them. What makes you all so entitled to think you should have any opinion at all as to what they should or should not do with their lives now? Entitled to how much (or really any) hate that should be given to them?

The only thing you are entitled to is to feel hurt, if you were actually a fan. Disappointed. Let down. But to think your disappointment ever grants you a free pass to hate someone, or that your speculation or your baseless analogies grant you some sort of special understanding, is the very definition of arrogance. And dare I say ignorance.

I honestly don't think about Life all that much. I browsed the thread out of curiosity as to what popular opinion currently was, and I am leaving disgusted. I hope that a good portion of you revisit your replies and your feelings here.
Because if so many of you can so easily condemn these 2 (whom most of you have have only met through your internet browsers) like some fallen angels to prison and hell, as if you understood their circumstances and as if you were their arbiters, or as if anyone in this life deserves condemnation, then, I am saddened to think how you will treat others in the politics of your small lives.

Seriously fellas you're better than this. All of you.


Everyone? Dunno about that. And who are you to tell people how they should feel? Seems awfully arrogant to me.
Cluster__
Profile Joined September 2013
United States328 Posts
January 31 2017 05:50 GMT
#180
i miss life
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