[NASL] S3 Week 2 Division 1 - Page 3

On April 19 2012 07:10 Lasbike wrote:

Too bad the match couldn't be re-scheduled : (

(Stephano is on a 1 week ski vacation with his family.)

On April 19 2012 08:33 revel8 wrote:
Yes he (or a representative of his) should have contacted NASL. Everyone who follows his tweets knew he was on vacation since last Friday. At the time, I wondered what would happen with his scheduled NASL game this week.

What is the NASL policy on players being unavailable, but providing notice of this? Do NASL reschedule games during this phase of the tournament? Also do players who get a walkover win receive the full prize money for the win?

On April 19 2012 08:45 Xeris wrote:


Hiya,

Our policy is that we need at least 1 week of advance notice to arrange a reschedule. NASL games are always played either LIVE, or before the scheduled broadcast date - we never postpone games. If we allow exceptions to postpone games, we will end up having to grant everyone the same exceptions and we'll end up with a big backlog of postponed games, which is impossible with our format.

Stephano only notified us of being unable to play 3 days ago - and he said he was absolutely unable to play his match early. Players who receive walk over wins don't get prize money, and players who forfeit games are penalized (this is why we have a security deposit ... to discourage this type of behavior).

While it is unfortunate to see forfeits in the league, we do understand that it is impossible to avoid it when we have weekly matches in this kind of a format. I hope this answers your question

On April 19 2012 08:45 Xeris wrote:


Hiya,

Our policy is that we need at least 1 week of advance notice to arrange a reschedule. NASL games are always played either LIVE, or before the scheduled broadcast date - we never postpone games. If we allow exceptions to postpone games, we will end up having to grant everyone the same exceptions and we'll end up with a big backlog of postponed games, which is impossible with our format.

Stephano only notified us of being unable to play 3 days ago - and he said he was absolutely unable to play his match early. Players who receive walk over wins don't get prize money, and players who forfeit games are penalized (this is why we have a security deposit ... to discourage this type of behavior).

While it is unfortunate to see forfeits in the league, we do understand that it is impossible to avoid it when we have weekly matches in this kind of a format. I hope this answers your question

On April 18 2012 09:38 StarVe wrote:
Could you tell us in advance if Stephano played or not because he's on holiday and I expect a walkover, to be honest. Wouldn't be cool if people stayed up to watch it and the most anticipated match turns out to be a WO.

On April 19 2012 09:27 whiterabbit wrote:


I am not Stephano's fan or something, but you people... Guy went to vacation with his FAMILY and bunch of you folks acting like he didn't play this match because he doesn't care or something.

(doesn't matter he didn't notice NASL earlier at least not for the point I am trying to make, his match wouldn't be played anyway.)

On April 19 2012 09:30 xrapture wrote:


I don't care about that. But do you realize how many times he has not shown up to online tournaments.

Hell he even forfeited the finals of one tournament because he was "tired".


Almost any other pro would show more passion and gratitude for being allowed in a tournament than Stephano...

On April 19 2012 08:57 Azarkon wrote:


As a viewer, I think postponing a game is better than playing it early, because the former allows for a live experience while the latter denies it. I also think that you are able to make an exception for players who have unaddressable scheduling issues without setting a bad precedent. For example, come MLG weekend, what are you going to do about all the players who're flying out and competing in MLG? You're going to get a lot of FFs with this policy.

That said, for this FF, Stephano knew the rules, and not informing the organizers until three days before doesn't give time to maneuver.

On April 19 2012 08:45 Xeris wrote:


Hiya,

Our policy is that we need at least 1 week of advance notice to arrange a reschedule. NASL games are always played either LIVE, or before the scheduled broadcast date - we never postpone games. If we allow exceptions to postpone games, we will end up having to grant everyone the same exceptions and we'll end up with a big backlog of postponed games, which is impossible with our format.

Stephano only notified us of being unable to play 3 days ago - and he said he was absolutely unable to play his match early. Players who receive walk over wins don't get prize money, and players who forfeit games are penalized (this is why we have a security deposit ... to discourage this type of behavior).

While it is unfortunate to see forfeits in the league, we do understand that it is impossible to avoid it when we have weekly matches in this kind of a format. I hope this answers your question

On April 19 2012 10:09 Daray wrote:
Wow, decided 1 hour ago i'd stay up to watch Stephanos game and just now checked this thread. T_T