EPT[DH] "Top 10 Stories" - Dreamhack Summer Recap - Page 5
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Frallan
Sweden56 Posts
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Frallan
Sweden56 Posts
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Genovi
Sweden388 Posts
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
The issue is that Koreans are used to a certain level of treatment, one that in foreign events is just not given. I believe MLG went above and beyond and provceided everything (flights, hotels, practice environment), and mostly they expect that. At NASL, it was stipulated in the contract what players would receive who advance to the Grand Finals. There was a bit of misunderstanding when the Koreans said "but why aren't you playing for our flights" ... but we worked it out. In a perfect world, every tournament will be able to pay for accommodations of all its players =D | ||
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Foooky
Australia205 Posts
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Steamroller
Finland756 Posts
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DyEnasTy
United States3714 Posts
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Alou
United States3748 Posts
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Termit
Sweden3466 Posts
I hope they make Starcraft 2 the official main game to DH Winter and DreamArena or something similair will be the "main place" for SC2 during the event. I would like it to be how DH Stockholm Invitational was because the interest is there and I would guess a caster like Day9 would much rather hang out in DreamArena with a crowd and be able to give us some interviews with players and stuff instead of sitting outside in a freaking tent far from players and everything that has to do with Starcraft. | ||
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Gurgl
Sweden308 Posts
Sharing rooms with 5 others is obviously not ideal but I don't see how any of that blame can go to Dreamhack, everyone has to take care of their own hotel bookings etc for DH. If I go to Korea I don't assume that everything will magically work out with housing etc when I get there, I look up things beforehand. | ||
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JBanKs
United Kingdom617 Posts
Nice read, was a shame about the hotel situation and the bad communication, I was the "#4. A sponsor arranges for them to travel via bus to a local LAN café, where they get some last minute practice in." Not so much a sponsor but someone who works closely with their sponsor, I contacted the head of BenQ Sweden who quickly worked out a LAN cafe the guys could train at that helped a lot. Big thanks to BenQ Sweden for helping them out at such short notice.Hopefully both parties will learn from this event and want to send more Korean players to Dreamhack with fewer problems on the communication front. Was a pleasure to meet Bomber, July and Moon who I spent a great deal of time with, hope to see them again soon. The translator gives us his thoughts on the hotel room here | ||
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Arterial
Australia1039 Posts
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kommunalka
United States550 Posts
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fire_brand
Canada1123 Posts
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IIIOmegaIII
Sweden319 Posts
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Vandroy
Sweden155 Posts
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Rinnegan5
Netherlands319 Posts
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StyLeD
United States2965 Posts
On June 29 2011 09:30 Gurgl wrote: I find it a bit strange that the Koreans had problems sleeping in rooms with 5 others, isn't that what they all do in their practice houses in Korea? Whenever I watch videos from progaming houses I think about their living conditions, I would have a hard time sharing rooms like they do because I'm used to having alot of privacy. Sharing rooms with 5 others is obviously not ideal but I don't see how any of that blame can go to Dreamhack, everyone has to take care of their own hotel bookings etc for DH. If I go to Korea I don't assume that everything will magically work out with housing etc when I get there, I look up things beforehand. You treat guests from foreign countries like that? If someone from a different country came to visit, you'd think, "Oh, he's used to living in a shack of a house, I'll just let him sleep in my bathroom!" They're guests and should be provided as such, IMHO. Because the Korean managers are the ones who signed the Dreamhack agreement without reading it too in-depth, they could've emphasized it in bold, because it is such an important part of the event. The difference between you going to Korea and them coming to Dreamhack is that a) you're not a progamer or anything that demands accommodation, 2) you don't have a manager or equivalent who's entire job is to make sure you don't have to do anything but play Starcraft 2. | ||
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Zeburial
Sweden1126 Posts
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RumTalk
Jamaica135 Posts
On June 29 2011 09:30 Gurgl wrote: I find it a bit strange that the Koreans had problems sleeping in rooms with 5 others, isn't that what they all do in their practice houses in Korea? Whenever I watch videos from progaming houses I think about their living conditions, I would have a hard time sharing rooms like they do because I'm used to having alot of privacy. Sharing rooms with 5 others is obviously not ideal but I don't see how any of that blame can go to Dreamhack, everyone has to take care of their own hotel bookings etc for DH. If I go to Korea I don't assume that everything will magically work out with housing etc when I get there, I look up things beforehand. Korean practice houses firstly are bigger than a hostel room, not sure how u constructed your argument knowing that but regardless even though in the practice house yes they sleep generally 3-5 persons per room, they have bunk beds and they dont spend any real time in those sleeping area's unless they are sleeping. Also the problem was caused basically because the koreans who signed the agreement with dreamhack either assumed that the hotels etc would be taken care of for them, or there was a language isse and they didnt think to ask about the part they didnt get again because arrangements were always taken care of for them. | ||
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