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On August 12 2011 12:16 Icekommander wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 12:12 redviper wrote:On August 12 2011 11:51 Vei wrote:On August 12 2011 11:49 firalol wrote: That's fine, they can stay in Korea and fight over 300$ or w/e it is for code a. I wouldn't be surprised to see more Koreans jump ship to teams that will actually pay for them to go to events. true this sometimes Korean decisions mystify me. Really? After what EG did with TSL_Puma at the last grand finals I am not even the least bit surprised. It is just not a good financial risk to take for the korean teams. Yeah, but NASL != EG. Blaming NASL for it would be silly.
Not blaming the NASL but they are realistically and smartly asking for financial compensation to insure them against a potential loss.
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Well, Rain, Hero, and possibly sC is still a pretty formidable lineup... Though I'd love to still see MC in there.... D:
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On August 12 2011 12:47 Ravnemesteren wrote: It all seems so idiotic when thinking about mr Chae's post where he critized foreigners for not wanting to live in Korea for GSL. He made a point out of saying that any Korean player would gladly travel abroad to compete in a large tournament. Hypocritcal BS.
Beautiful point, this didn't even occur to me. I was one of the people arguing against Mr. Chae's post in that situation, until we see the Koreans in the same shoes the foreigners are wearing we can't judge. This situation is pretty close to that. The Korean teams have an excellent opportunity to compete abroad in a break-even situation at worst and they choose not to.
I can understand if the reasoning was time, however NASL has set up Korean, European, and North American accounts to allow the matches to be played on the most optimal server for each match, and I believe they've done the same thing with the time, so this is a non-excuse.
The Korean teams made it about money, and it's pretty much a joke of a situation as a result.
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ya know, i always thought it was dumb to have koreans in the NORTH AMERICAN star league...
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On August 12 2011 12:48 dookudooku wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 12:41 jmbthirteen wrote:On August 12 2011 12:37 dookudooku wrote: People, think about it. Why are the teams demanding that NASL cover all the travel expenses?
The issue is almost certainly NOT about the return-on-investment, or the organization of the tournament. These people are gamers at heart. They want to play. But not all teams are on an equal financial footing.
Some teams can afford to send their players overseas. Some can't, and they want to protect teams. Some teams would allow their players to use prize money to cover additional expenses. Some teams will protect their players and don't want them to do that. The lowest common denominator here is to protect both TEAMS and PLAYERS. If NASL covers all the travel costs, then there is no point of contention. Since that didn't work out, withdrawal was necessary. Its ridiculous to ask NASL to cover it. I think NASL's offer is generous, and I do not think s2con is being greedy. You can't blame them for asking NASL to cover it. Teams are not on equal financial footing. They don't have sponsers that will pay the cost of sending a player overseas. When travel costs are not covered, disputes among players and teams over who pays those costs are inevitable.
I think they are being greedy. I think as a team you need to know what you can and can't afford and then allow your players to play in tournaments from there on. You don't allow your players to qualify and then go to the tournament, oh hey we can't really afford this so if you could just pay for everything and then give our players the prize money on top of that, that would just be wonderful.
If teams can't afford it, their players shouldn't play in it. Simple as that.
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On August 12 2011 12:48 tripper688 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 12:44 Disquiet wrote:On August 12 2011 12:36 ke_ivan wrote: Yeah Korea is far away from pretty much everywhere and the cost to fly is expensive. So I'm not surprised they pulled out - they probably don't have the upfront cash. They did do this late though, so bad planning there. Even if they went on a young person's ticket, that would cost US$1250. A weak US Dollar obviously helps, but imagine if you were MC and your team wanted to fly you once a month out the NASL. Even 2k per player wouldn't be enough, and that doesn't even include expenses like lodging and food. The only reasonable thing to do would be to pull out. I'm not saying that they should've, but NASL and the teams should've considered this already. Aren't the managers supposed to the number crunching first? That's why FXO has a wonderful model - think of it as a business subsidiary: FXOKorea and FXO. Look all the financial excuses are BS. Plane tickets are 1500 return at the most. With this prizing they will be making a profit even if they lose in the first round. The concern might be upfront cash. Well I think Koreans need to learn what a loan is, when you have guaranteed income to repay the loan in the future theres no risk of excessive ongoing interest payments from a loan. Its collective bargaining from sc2con to try and get more than they deserve. You see this kind of thing all the time with unions and in the end everyone loses. How is it getting more than they deserve when their biggest league is shipping foreigners to play in their tournaments for free, as well as housing them, giving them equal opportunity in the tournaments, and rescheduling their groups just so the foreigners can participate in an extra couple of tournies? As for money being BS...$1500 for plane ticket alone, not counting room, board, further traveling costs once on the ground, that adds up for poorer teams. It's not the same. We're talking about a 3 day Final vs a 1 month Tournament. Every pro gamer 'll tell you that the deal is not as convenient as it seems.
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I bet what happened between Puma and EG
SC2Con decided to "pay back" what they did and wanted more demands because of this.
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On August 12 2011 12:39 VPGeneralHans wrote: tbh this is ridiculous, the koreans want to reap the benefits of a NASL and NA scene but yet wont pony up to their obligations. Idra is expected to pay his way to Dreamhack, god forbid Dreamhack pay his way for him.
lets just practice hard and show the koreans we can be better then them eh
this +1. I am sure they have some very good reasons behind but NASL have really done their best they could. I mean, ffs, 2k for each player travel+living stipend is ALOT. Koreans need to understand that they need to risk something too in order to participate our western tourney. Is like they dont have this kinda experience since everything about bw is in korea.
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On August 12 2011 12:51 Ryuhou)aS( wrote: ya know, i always thought it was dumb to have koreans in the NORTH AMERICAN star league... Rofl I suppose you think it's stupid to have europeans in there as well? All it refers to is the location, stop with the fucking "LOL IT HAS NORTH AMERICAN IN THE TITLES LOALOALSDFL"
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On August 12 2011 12:50 redviper wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 12:16 Icekommander wrote:On August 12 2011 12:12 redviper wrote:On August 12 2011 11:51 Vei wrote:On August 12 2011 11:49 firalol wrote: That's fine, they can stay in Korea and fight over 300$ or w/e it is for code a. I wouldn't be surprised to see more Koreans jump ship to teams that will actually pay for them to go to events. true this sometimes Korean decisions mystify me. Really? After what EG did with TSL_Puma at the last grand finals I am not even the least bit surprised. It is just not a good financial risk to take for the korean teams. Yeah, but NASL != EG. Blaming NASL for it would be silly. Not blaming the NASL but they are realistically and smartly asking for financial compensation to insure them against a potential loss. Which is ridiculous because look at every foreign team that went to MLG. They all experienced a financial loss.
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Anyone is open to going to Korea and trying out for GSL no? How is that not being global? Is it GOM's fault if players burn out and just can't keep up and decide to go home? Not to mention with MLG/GSL...aren't those players getting a free ride at this point? And how do you describe scheduling Koreans to play at 6 in the morning with heavier lag while NA/EU players play in afternoon and evening to be any fairer than what GOM has done? They even tried to reorganize the schedule of Code A for foreigners no?
^This. So sick of people bashing on GOM for "making it difficult for foreigners to compete" nonsense. NASL should use GOM's and MLG's format of exchanging players so that it won't become such a hassle. A set amount of Korean players get seeded with all expenses paid announced and agreed upon well before the season. This will eliminate any misunderstandings and monetary issues. Four koreans in NASL is better than nothing.
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Tournaments that don't have exchange programs (dreamhack immediately comes to mind) doesn't pay for participants to come. Every European and/or Korean coming to MLG not part of the exchange program pays their own way. Why is that when NASL doesn't pay for participants, hate is thrown around?
Providing a stipend in the event you come out to the event is bigger than any other event, barring some kind of pre-arrangement (like MLG with 4 Koreans). Dreamhack doesn't pay people that want to come try their hand at the tournament to come do so; why should NASL? Because you don't like them or you want your favorite Koreans to play? How is that fair to NASL?
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On August 12 2011 12:46 Slider954 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 12:38 Brian333 wrote:On August 12 2011 12:13 Saraf wrote:On August 12 2011 12:10 Brian333 wrote: I don't know how there are people that still don't get it.
NASL offers $1000 travel stipend and a $1000 minimum prize for top 16. The plane ticket and hotel costs alone are $2000+ meaning that they have to pay for some travel expenses themselves.
Koreans don't see it as a viable deal because they don't view months of pool play consisting of awkwardly scheduled games as a worthy investment of their time when you can actually lose your own money after fighting to a top 16 out of a sizable player pool and using another week of your time to travel abroad.
NASL refuses to / can't offer a larger travel stipend.
Compromise is not reached and Koreans withdraw. That is factually inaccurate. Plane ticket and hotel+local transportation for S1 were $1650 per player (posted by the NASL.tv account), and I feel like the OP ought to be edited to note that $2000 in guaranteed money covers all costs associated with going. Apparently, you missed my earlier post. You know why the OP should not do that? Because it's deceptively disingenuous and biased to try and tack that price onto the trip. The cost of plane tickets swings wildly depending on when you book it and how long in advance you book it. If I were to try and jump on a plane on Monday from Incheon International Airport to LAX, it would cost me nearly $3500 before taxes for a non-refundable multiple stop round-trip economy class ticket. Go check for yourself on the United Airlines website. Realistically speaking, booking about a month in advance during off-season will drop that price to $1200 before taxes. Still more than their travel stipend. And, that's assuming that the player can even book his flight a month in advance as if there is some guarantee that he will still be going a month later (there is none). Refundable tickets are significantly more expensive and I do not know the policies on canceling reservations beyond the 24-hour cut off but I have a suspicion it's not cheap. Booking a week in advance brings it up to $1600 before taxes. Brian, don't know if you saw this post earlier from the NASL poster , going to assume you missed it: I can answer this question. We paid for Korean players to come to NASL Season 1. We bought tickets for MC, PuMa, Zenio, and Squirtle. We paid $1,192 for each ticket. The hotel cost was $353 for the entire event. Travel cost was about $80 per person (shuttle service to and from). This averages out about $1650, factoring in meals ($50 per day even) ... giving each player $2,000 should cover that.The 2k they offered was more than enough then and I don't see why it would be any different for season 2.
So wouldn't it be cheaper for you to just pay for the Koreans now? Sorry if this has already been answered.
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HERE'S A QUESTION TO NASL:
If you say that 2000 dollars should "more than cover" the expenses... then why not just agree to cover all the expenses? It would cost you less than 2000 dollars shouldn't it?
Really, if you claim that the offer is reasonable and that it should cover the player's expenses, why NOT just cover the player's expenses?
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On August 12 2011 12:54 dabom88 wrote: HERE'S A QUESTION TO NASL::
If you say that 2000 dollars should "more than cover" the expenses... then why not just agree to cover all the expenses? It would cost you less than 2000 dollars shouldn't it?
Because the Koreans want more than expenses.
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On August 12 2011 12:48 tripper688 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 12:44 Disquiet wrote:On August 12 2011 12:36 ke_ivan wrote: Yeah Korea is far away from pretty much everywhere and the cost to fly is expensive. So I'm not surprised they pulled out - they probably don't have the upfront cash. They did do this late though, so bad planning there. Even if they went on a young person's ticket, that would cost US$1250. A weak US Dollar obviously helps, but imagine if you were MC and your team wanted to fly you once a month out the NASL. Even 2k per player wouldn't be enough, and that doesn't even include expenses like lodging and food. The only reasonable thing to do would be to pull out. I'm not saying that they should've, but NASL and the teams should've considered this already. Aren't the managers supposed to the number crunching first? That's why FXO has a wonderful model - think of it as a business subsidiary: FXOKorea and FXO. Look all the financial excuses are BS. Plane tickets are 1500 return at the most. With this prizing they will be making a profit even if they lose in the first round. The concern might be upfront cash. Well I think Koreans need to learn what a loan is, when you have guaranteed income to repay the loan in the future theres no risk of excessive ongoing interest payments from a loan. Its collective bargaining from sc2con to try and get more than they deserve. You see this kind of thing all the time with unions and in the end everyone loses. How is it getting more than they deserve when their biggest league is shipping foreigners to play in their tournaments for free, as well as housing them, giving them equal opportunity in the tournaments, and rescheduling their groups just so the foreigners can participate in an extra couple of tournies? As for money being BS...$1500 for plane ticket alone, not counting room, board, further traveling costs once on the ground, that adds up for poorer teams. I think you need to read the thread, it has been stated multiple times that 1650 is realistically how much the trip costs. They are making the a guaranteed profit of 350 just for attending. Asking for more is more than they deserve, and NASL rightfully refused them. I don't think this is the players decision, it is sc2cons decision. I'm sure the players would love to be paid 350 to go on a trip to america to play starcraft.
And your comparison with the GSL is foolish.
1.) the GSL is month long, a much bigger investment than the 3day NASL. 2.) The koreans have a far greater chance of earning a significant amount of prizemoney than foreigners in the GSL.
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On August 12 2011 12:51 jmbthirteen wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 12:48 dookudooku wrote:On August 12 2011 12:41 jmbthirteen wrote:On August 12 2011 12:37 dookudooku wrote: People, think about it. Why are the teams demanding that NASL cover all the travel expenses?
The issue is almost certainly NOT about the return-on-investment, or the organization of the tournament. These people are gamers at heart. They want to play. But not all teams are on an equal financial footing.
Some teams can afford to send their players overseas. Some can't, and they want to protect teams. Some teams would allow their players to use prize money to cover additional expenses. Some teams will protect their players and don't want them to do that. The lowest common denominator here is to protect both TEAMS and PLAYERS. If NASL covers all the travel costs, then there is no point of contention. Since that didn't work out, withdrawal was necessary. Its ridiculous to ask NASL to cover it. I think NASL's offer is generous, and I do not think s2con is being greedy. You can't blame them for asking NASL to cover it. Teams are not on equal financial footing. They don't have sponsers that will pay the cost of sending a player overseas. When travel costs are not covered, disputes among players and teams over who pays those costs are inevitable. I think they are being greedy. I think as a team you need to know what you can and can't afford and then allow your players to play in tournaments from there on. You don't allow your players to qualify and then go to the tournament, oh hey we can't really afford this so if you could just pay for everything and then give our players the prize money on top of that, that would just be wonderful. If teams can't afford it, their players shouldn't play in it. Simple as that.
Then the teams made the right choice. Again I think NASL's offer is generous, but it unfortunately it addresses the needs of Korean teams in the wrong way.
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On August 12 2011 12:45 dabom88 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 12:40 magnaflow wrote: Can you imagine if this happened to MLG next? Think about it, sc2con does have the upper hand here. MLG DOES cover all their travel expenses, or so I understand. They don't have to pull any of this Stipend crap and just pays for their flight and hotel. What freaking financial incentive is there if you stand to win less money than the other participants just because you're from Korea? The deposit thing IS very unreasonable on the Korean's part, though. They probably don't have quite a good understanding of how it works or something.
There's a big difference. MLG pays for 4 Koreans to come over, not possibly over a dozen. And every foreigner who goes to GSL stands to lose money because the qualifiers are impossible and the code A prize pool is dog shit. The Koreans are being completely unreasonable here.
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On August 12 2011 12:54 Redlol wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 12:54 dabom88 wrote: HERE'S A QUESTION TO NASL::
If you say that 2000 dollars should "more than cover" the expenses... then why not just agree to cover all the expenses? It would cost you less than 2000 dollars shouldn't it? Because the Koreans want more than expenses.
Such as?
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Wow why would they not come with an offer of a 2000 dollar stipend....thats just stupid, their winnings would more than cover their expenses.....
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