NaNiwa Fan Club! - Page 125

Dear ladies and gentlemen,
concerning the latest uproar in the GSL I wanted to express my feelings towards the decisions GOM made, dealing with Naniwa and his Proberush versus Nestea in the BlizzardCup.
To take it away first: yes I am biased and I am a fan of Naniwa but I want to be as objective as possible because I feel this is a general concern which can be reflected onto every other player/match that could happen.

I know that the actions of Naniwa could possibly undermine the credibility of your tournament and thus forms a matter of disrepect to your tournament.
Considering the intentions of Naniwa why he proberushed I don't feel that he wanted to disrespect GOM in the first place.
It was a very emotional and wrong reaction of Naniwa due to his previous results in the BlizzardCup.

Because I can understand that this happening can't be unpunished I don't want to discuss the fact that Naniwa did something.
Furthermore I want to elaborate a little on the basis of the punishment and the scale of it.

The only rule which regards such incidents is the rule "- During a match, a player shall not offend the opponent or audience with abusive behaviours".
This rules is very vague and thus can be interpreted in different directions.
For a player this could vary from droping a manner-mule to physically/mentally threatening players before the actual match.

My question now is: Could Naniwa even expect that he would recieve a punishment and futhermore could he expect to recieve such a harsh punishment?

Considering Naniwa is one of the most dedicated Starcraft 2 players from the western-community I can't even imagine that Naniwa would risk his Code S spot just for the mere fact of skipping a match he doesn't want to play.

On a side note I would be interested if you as an organization try to change your rule-set and/or tournament format to prevent such things to happen again.

Thank you for your time and with best regards,

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Dear Mr. Chae,

I am an old time GomTV viewer, have been there for all of the competition in Sc2 and was following Tasteless commentary in BW too. I am in general very happy about what Gom did for the foreigners community. But the decision against Naniwa is a serious miss step. I will probably boycott GomTV for now and I will explain why.

You saw the decision of Naniwa like very disrespectful for the viewers and GOM. I disagree with that. We are not there to watch a farce. We are here to watch sport, competition. Naniwa was upset about his games. And he had to play a game with absolutely no impact. If the game could qualify Nestea or what so ever, he had to play it by professionalism, but that was not the case. He could have play a fake game, like a 4 gate. But no, he put his emotions on the board. I was on my part very glad, he did that. He didn't waste my time playing a fake game. And I am always very happy when players show their emotions, they are humans not robot.

Your decision was wrong. It affects a very dedicated player to the game. He is one of the only foreigners who stays in Korea, not for the fun, the experience or the prize, but to step up his game. You can't state on TV that he is an amateur prize money hunter, that's not true at all.

Because you didn't respect nor the audience or the player with this decision, I will not watch the GSL anymore.

Good Bye.

Dear GOM,


- Your suspension of Naniwa shows a clear lack of respect for outside foreign cultures.

A factor necessary if you wish to be called, and considered, the Global Starcraft II League.



- The fact that you rushed this decision in one day suggests that you failed to consult Naniwa, Quantic or any entity who would understand the cultural difference. Further proof to me that your organisation is in fact not professional.

These were rash, ill-considered actions that show what little foresight and wisdom your organisation holds.


- Finally, the actions of Mr. Chae who publicly defamed Naniwa stating he was a "money hunting amateur" show that your company has very little respect, values or self-control. Ironically characteristics which you chose to suspend Naniwa for purportedly not having.


I am not currently a paying subscriber because I cannot currently afford it. However, before this event I had the utmost respect and enthusiasm for your company and tournament and intended to purchase a subscription as soon as I was capable of doing so (re: soon).

I have watched over 90% of the material you have provided in 2010-2011, adding to your stream numbers. Furthermore, I have openly supported your sponsors. I purchased a Sony Ericsson mobile phone and have change my consumption from Coca-Cola to Pepsi and back to Coca-Cola. I have sent an email to Sony Ericsson telling them of my motivation to purchase. I will never do anything like this again, your company's sponsorship means nothing to me now.

I was a dedicated, zealous supporter of your organisation but your actions mean that I will never return to my previous level of dedication.

I feel offended by your actions.



Thomas