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Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-14 10:54:02
January 14 2011 10:52 GMT
#321
Nothing too harsh but definitely a signal not to abuse the ladder. His team will be fine without him for a single season and he isn't missing any GSL matches. Since GOM has a bunch of policies that are closely affiliated with laddering it's not an option to allow this with an eye on the future.
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Xeph
Profile Joined September 2004
Korea (South)191 Posts
January 14 2011 10:58 GMT
#322
UPDATED 2 on 19:46 KST
Jung-Won Chae, the director of Gretech E-Sports Operations and GSL commentator, personally comment to progamers: "Think before you act"

[image loading]

Updated on OP also.
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imbecile
Profile Joined October 2009
563 Posts
January 14 2011 11:52 GMT
#323
Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
So in a ladder qualifier to a big tournament you can just ask your opponent to leave every game and qualify with 100-0 and 100 freewins and you would say it is completely within the confines of regular play?


That's how Aleksandr Karelin won his olympic gold medal in 1992. Every opponent but one forfeited.

If it's ok for the olympics ...
Fushin
Profile Joined June 2010
France193 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-14 12:02:08
January 14 2011 12:00 GMT
#324
I remember hearing the OGS coach saying that working with Kespa is like working for soviet russia, and working with gom is working with usa.
Well, I think GOM as nothing to learn from Kespa anymore. This story is invading of Choya's personnal life. GOM has no right to condemn him for his activities on blizzard ladder, it's like two completely different things. If anyone has to penalize him, it's Blizzard, and I'm not even sure what he did is against the terms of use for Starcraft 2.

Obviously, i find this abuse really stupid and i'm against it. And since GOM needs ladder for code B, i understand they have to do something. But this too harsh, especially because Choya doesn't even need code B. They should have announce that ppl would be disqualified from code B ranking if they did that, and officially warn Choya without taking action.

And props to Blizzard for their retarded ladder system.
Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-14 12:35:05
January 14 2011 12:34 GMT
#325
On January 14 2011 20:52 imbecile wrote:
Show nested quote +
Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
So in a ladder qualifier to a big tournament you can just ask your opponent to leave every game and qualify with 100-0 and 100 freewins and you would say it is completely within the confines of regular play?


That's how Aleksandr Karelin won his olympic gold medal in 1992. Every opponent but one forfeited.

If it's ok for the olympics ...

Karelin (EUN) fall (1:33), Johansson (SWE)
Karelin (EUN) fall (0:14), Grigoraş (ROU)
Karelin (EUN)
Karelin (EUN) decision (8-1), Ahokas (FIN)
Karelin (EUN) fall (2:15), Mesa (CUB)
Karelin (EUN) fall (1:30), Borodow (CAN)

Am I missing something here? It's not even comparable at all for that matter but still, your facts seem off but I don't really know wrestling.
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sleepingdog
Profile Joined August 2008
Austria6145 Posts
January 14 2011 12:43 GMT
#326
Perfect response from GSL...not disqualifying him "immediately" but giving him a definite warning therefore stating they definitely disapprove of such behavior. Glad this thing got handled this way.
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L3g3nd_
Profile Joined July 2010
New Zealand10461 Posts
January 14 2011 13:04 GMT
#327
what did he achieve from this though? a number on some site being higher? so what!

if there was qualifiers for blizzcon or something where top 30 go through or something, then yes punish him. but honestly he hasnt affected anyone. i assume if the player refused he would just say okay and play, but if the player decides to play, then who loses?

points dont mean anything, and its lowering his status on the top200 (which is what matters more) as he is only having a 50% win rate
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danielsan
Profile Joined December 2010
Romania399 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-14 13:18:53
January 14 2011 13:15 GMT
#328
On January 14 2011 21:00 Fushin wrote:
I remember hearing the OGS coach saying that working with Kespa is like working for soviet russia, and working with gom is working with usa.
Well, I think GOM as nothing to learn from Kespa anymore. This story is invading of Choya's personnal life. GOM has no right to condemn him for his activities on blizzard ladder, it's like two completely different things. If anyone has to penalize him, it's Blizzard, and I'm not even sure what he did is against the terms of use for Starcraft 2.

Obviously, i find this abuse really stupid and i'm against it. And since GOM needs ladder for code B, i understand they have to do something. But this too harsh, especially because Choya doesn't even need code B. They should have announce that ppl would be disqualified from code B ranking if they did that, and officially warn Choya without taking action.

And props to Blizzard for their retarded ladder system.


They penalize him on their own court, like issuing a ban on a stadium for missbehaviour. The offender can go on any other stadium except that one. His rights of watching football are not removed.

Their tournament, their rules. It's not like they fined him, beat him or kick him out of his own house

It is harsh but it was also necessary to avoid any further abuses. An example. I salute that.



Official warning with no action. That makes no sense.
Tsabo
Profile Joined September 2010
Russian Federation266 Posts
January 14 2011 13:39 GMT
#329
On January 14 2011 21:00 Fushin wrote:
I remember hearing the OGS coach saying that working with Kespa is like working for soviet russia, and working with gom is working with usa.
Well, I think GOM as nothing to learn from Kespa anymore. This story is invading of Choya's personnal life. GOM has no right to condemn him for his activities on blizzard ladder, it's like two completely different things. If anyone has to penalize him, it's Blizzard, and I'm not even sure what he did is against the terms of use for Starcraft 2.

Obviously, i find this abuse really stupid and i'm against it. And since GOM needs ladder for code B, i understand they have to do something. But this too harsh, especially because Choya doesn't even need code B. They should have announce that ppl would be disqualified from code B ranking if they did that, and officially warn Choya without taking action.

And props to Blizzard for their retarded ladder system.



Gom has every right to ban him from THEIR tournament for WHATEVER reason they see fit.
imbecile
Profile Joined October 2009
563 Posts
January 14 2011 13:42 GMT
#330
On January 14 2011 21:34 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2011 20:52 imbecile wrote:
Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
So in a ladder qualifier to a big tournament you can just ask your opponent to leave every game and qualify with 100-0 and 100 freewins and you would say it is completely within the confines of regular play?


That's how Aleksandr Karelin won his olympic gold medal in 1992. Every opponent but one forfeited.

If it's ok for the olympics ...

Karelin (EUN) fall (1:33), Johansson (SWE)
Karelin (EUN) fall (0:14), Grigoraş (ROU)
Karelin (EUN)
Karelin (EUN) decision (8-1), Ahokas (FIN)
Karelin (EUN) fall (2:15), Mesa (CUB)
Karelin (EUN) fall (1:30), Borodow (CAN)

Am I missing something here? It's not even comparable at all for that matter but still, your facts seem off but I don't really know wrestling.


Well, then it was 1996, where the opponent forfeited in semis and quarters ... fuzzy memories and hyperbole

But agree, not quite the same. Just that giving up is a proper way for matches to be decided. And that strictly speaking most sc matches are decided that way. And intimidation is probably one of the ways to bring your opponent to give up ...
peachsncream
Profile Joined April 2010
United States289 Posts
January 14 2011 14:55 GMT
#331
Wow just lost complete interest in gomtv after seeing this....
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TM-Magic
Profile Joined February 2009
United States61 Posts
January 14 2011 14:58 GMT
#332
That is hilarious, but what I find interesting is his wins give him 20 points and his loses give him -2. So faster played games give players less for a loss and more for a win?!?!?!?

Looks like this is anti zerg craft at work! BLACK MAGIC!
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FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4559 Posts
January 14 2011 15:15 GMT
#333
On January 14 2011 23:55 peachsncream wrote:
Wow just lost complete interest in gomtv after seeing this....

hahaha, how you came to that decision is beyond me hahaha
hi. big fan.
FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4559 Posts
January 14 2011 15:15 GMT
#334
On January 14 2011 23:58 TM-Magic wrote:
That is hilarious, but what I find interesting is his wins give him 20 points and his loses give him -2. So faster played games give players less for a loss and more for a win?!?!?!?

Looks like this is anti zerg craft at work! BLACK MAGIC!

No I think it's to do with the way Master League is working right now if I'm not mistaken...
hi. big fan.
HeroHenry
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1723 Posts
January 14 2011 16:55 GMT
#335
Hes only banned from one team league no big deal.
Krazzymisa
Profile Joined December 2010
United States2 Posts
January 14 2011 17:23 GMT
#336
Wow sucks to be Disqualified from entering GSTL...
Zerg Swarm!
gravethrasher
Profile Joined October 2010
Norway89 Posts
January 14 2011 18:00 GMT
#337
I love how people state how little the ladder mather, yet, I see streams of progamers where they obsessively check the ladder and how much time they spend talking about it, especially after losing points. Hell click on any of the streams and ull see them describing what rating they are at. If i spent as much time playing starcraft as progamers watched the ladder, Id be in code s by now.


Whiladan
Profile Joined September 2010
United States463 Posts
January 14 2011 18:14 GMT
#338
It's a fair punishment. Small consequence, but it sends a clear warning that no abuse will be tolerated.
hmsrenown
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1263 Posts
January 14 2011 18:19 GMT
#339
Well played by GSL. This is quite appropriate.
1Eris1
Profile Joined September 2010
United States5797 Posts
January 14 2011 18:34 GMT
#340
good by the GSL.

why would he even do that? im suprised people actually accepted his rock paper scissors offer. if i lost i'd probably just unpause anyways and say lol.

Gomtv can do whatever they want, he is a member of their S class and by doing things like this he reflects poorly on and ultimately hurts Gomtv.
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