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On August 12 2011 17:44 Klogon wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 17:26 W2 wrote: This seems like an argument between team managers and NASL, the players just got caught in between, and suffer because of it.
From the looks of the negotiations, SC2 Conf does NOT support players rights. It represents more of the manager's interest. Which is natural because it consists of only one player, all the rest are coaches/managers.
If it were not for this council laying down the law, I am sure there would still be players willing to make the trip, and accept the $2000 stipend. However, instead of allowing each player to make their own decision, the team managers decided to band together and make the decision for everyone.
Normal person: Learns about a tournament, weighs costs and benefits, decides not to go.
Cunning person: Learns about a tournament, weights costs and benefits, decides not to go, then convinces everyone else not to go in the slight chance that it may come back to benefit him. This is how collective bargaining works. Think of the NFL and NBA disputes between the players union and the owners recently Players get to have input, that's why so many player reps go to meetings during lockouts.
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On August 12 2011 17:50 stalife wrote: ouch, the non-translated parts are pretty harsh then translate it please, if you are able, i d figure everybody would like to know it
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On August 12 2011 17:50 iCanada wrote: The thing that I love about all of this, is Koreans were insulted about Foriegners not willing to go through unforvorable conditions (IE paying to fly to Korea, live in GOM house with no practice partners, spend a month sitting on their thumbs in a tournament with a prize pool not even worth their plane ticket...) using phrases like "Koreans have the pride to make sacrifices to come play at the biggest stage, to gain the most fame, to have the most success."
Yet now there is a tournament with the money and viewership greater than that of GOMs and they aren't willing to go despite being guaranteed to atleast make money on the venture should they qualify for the finals.
I thought the best Koreans would brave through it and take risks to be the best?
Hypocrisy at its best.
GOM and GSL were not involved in this. Was cleared up by NASL and everyone else about fifty times already.
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you did a really good job
thanks for translating
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On August 12 2011 17:52 Govou wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 17:50 iCanada wrote: The thing that I love about all of this, is Koreans were insulted about Foriegners not willing to go through unforvorable conditions (IE paying to fly to Korea, live in GOM house with no practice partners, spend a month sitting on their thumbs in a tournament with a prize pool not even worth their plane ticket...) using phrases like "Koreans have the pride to make sacrifices to come play at the biggest stage, to gain the most fame, to have the most success."
Yet now there is a tournament with the money and viewership greater than that of GOMs and they aren't willing to go despite being guaranteed to atleast make money on the venture should they qualify for the finals.
I thought the best Koreans would brave through it and take risks to be the best?
Hypocrisy at its best. GOM and GSL were not involved in this. Was cleared up by NASL and everyone else about fifty times already. Is Mr Chae (the manager of GSL) not the head of SC2Con?
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On August 12 2011 17:24 vertical101 wrote:Korean is really good taking foreign money(prize+this shit). this unfair for western-programer. top 10 of prizemoney is korean, next thing we know they want to eat us aLive. they should have been happy from what they have. and think for foreigner player too. korean get special treatment in foreign tournaments.
What? Korean players make the most money because they're the best players. GSL has given many spots to foreigners. If they were good enough, they would win two matches in Code A and then get up into Code S. So far out of the countless people who were given spots, only Huk made it into Code S and is very stable in his position at the moment.
The finals of the NASL weren't crowded with Koreans because they got special treatment. They were just plain better. Sen is Taiwanese and he didn't get special treatment by getting 3rd place; he just played very, very well.
GSL wants foreigners to come play. They want them to succeed in Code A and join Huk in Code S. They're basically doing everything they can to try and make it easier for foreigners to have a chance to make it in. The only thing I can think of would be giving the top placing foreigner at MLG a direct Code S spot, but then you have the side where Koreans are mad because they have to fight tooth and nail just to get into Code A.
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On August 12 2011 17:55 iCanada wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 17:52 Govou wrote:On August 12 2011 17:50 iCanada wrote: The thing that I love about all of this, is Koreans were insulted about Foriegners not willing to go through unforvorable conditions (IE paying to fly to Korea, live in GOM house with no practice partners, spend a month sitting on their thumbs in a tournament with a prize pool not even worth their plane ticket...) using phrases like "Koreans have the pride to make sacrifices to come play at the biggest stage, to gain the most fame, to have the most success."
Yet now there is a tournament with the money and viewership greater than that of GOMs and they aren't willing to go despite being guaranteed to atleast make money on the venture should they qualify for the finals.
I thought the best Koreans would brave through it and take risks to be the best?
Hypocrisy at its best. GOM and GSL were not involved in this. Was cleared up by NASL and everyone else about fifty times already. Is Mr Chae (the manager of GSL) not the head of SC2Con? No he's not. It used to be the coach of StarTale before he stepped down, not sure who sits at the top right now.
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On August 12 2011 17:51 Serpico wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 17:44 Klogon wrote:On August 12 2011 17:26 W2 wrote: This seems like an argument between team managers and NASL, the players just got caught in between, and suffer because of it.
From the looks of the negotiations, SC2 Conf does NOT support players rights. It represents more of the manager's interest. Which is natural because it consists of only one player, all the rest are coaches/managers.
If it were not for this council laying down the law, I am sure there would still be players willing to make the trip, and accept the $2000 stipend. However, instead of allowing each player to make their own decision, the team managers decided to band together and make the decision for everyone.
Normal person: Learns about a tournament, weighs costs and benefits, decides not to go.
Cunning person: Learns about a tournament, weights costs and benefits, decides not to go, then convinces everyone else not to go in the slight chance that it may come back to benefit him. This is how collective bargaining works. Think of the NFL and NBA disputes between the players union and the owners recently Players get to have input, that's why so many player reps go to meetings during lockouts. At the same time it makes sense the managers are taking the lead since it seems that they're the ones who have to worry about the team's expenses, and in the end they're the ones who have to find the budget for the NASL travel expenses.
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If this is from a legit source then meh, doesnt change anything from NASL's statement. Koreans dont wanna come, fine. Expecting tournament organizers to pay for everything practically making it a free trip and all from a tournament that is just starting it's second season is silly. If anything I feel for NASL having to go through everything that comes with having to reschedule, new artwork and what not to get in the players that will be replacing the ones who have dropped out.
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If they don't want to play it's their problem.. many of them wouldn't even make it to playoffs and demanding more then 2000$ when they are always taken care by the foreign events way more then foreign teams.. Do they know that no foreigner get more then 500$ for nasl and don't get any special treatment for MLG, dreamhack etc.. ?
They might be the best but then don't have to be rude and lowclass..
This all situation is bad for the Koreans.. and for me if the league only gets like 10 koreans that are from foreign teams or FXO it will be a much better tournament then GSL2!
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On August 12 2011 18:00 DystopiaX wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 17:51 Serpico wrote:On August 12 2011 17:44 Klogon wrote:On August 12 2011 17:26 W2 wrote: This seems like an argument between team managers and NASL, the players just got caught in between, and suffer because of it.
From the looks of the negotiations, SC2 Conf does NOT support players rights. It represents more of the manager's interest. Which is natural because it consists of only one player, all the rest are coaches/managers.
If it were not for this council laying down the law, I am sure there would still be players willing to make the trip, and accept the $2000 stipend. However, instead of allowing each player to make their own decision, the team managers decided to band together and make the decision for everyone.
Normal person: Learns about a tournament, weighs costs and benefits, decides not to go.
Cunning person: Learns about a tournament, weights costs and benefits, decides not to go, then convinces everyone else not to go in the slight chance that it may come back to benefit him. This is how collective bargaining works. Think of the NFL and NBA disputes between the players union and the owners recently Players get to have input, that's why so many player reps go to meetings during lockouts. At the same time it makes sense the managers are taking the lead since it seems that they're the ones who have to worry about the team's expenses, and in the end they're the ones who have to find the budget for the NASL travel expenses. Nope, not necessarily, they could chose to allow the players to decide whether they want to invest in this or not from their own pocket. This way it s forbidden to everybody, even who are content to deal with the problems in the light of those couple 10k dollars
I d put my neck on it, that some Korean players are really unhappy whit this decisiong
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On August 12 2011 17:27 bearhug wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 17:21 havox_ wrote: At least the press releases bascially say the same, so noone made up a story...
a) It's just a different view on things what a league should do for their stars (yes, the league is worthless without the players) etc. This is what happens when these different cultures and esport scenes start working together, nothing too dramatic imho.
b) The Koreans dont like the playing conditions, which is understandable - yet they knew about that before the start of the league.
I'm sure we will see less and less of such stupid problems in the future - especially when the Korean teams will finally manage to get some sponsors (or are bought by Western teams^^). You misunderstand it. The biggest problem is that 3 months too long, not to mention that they have to get up early in the morning for each match. Thats what I (and they) mean with playing conditions... (btw: its 3 months, but just 9 matches... so that should actually not be huge problem).
I still dont think that this is their biggest problem, they talk about the money much more than about this problem... but who knows, all these translations etc...
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Makes sense... you'd think they'd give the players a little more allowance, but whatever -.-
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On August 12 2011 18:02 zeru wrote: Anyone willing to sum up or translate the 2nd part of OP please?
ill paraphrase it
there are alot of tournaments and opportunities around world but players need to approach them w/ bit of care.
NASL had a great idea but what they have shown so far was nothing but 'promise' from players perspective.
NASL should pay up first and sc2con decided against korean teams participating in NASL
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On August 12 2011 17:55 Fionn wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 17:24 vertical101 wrote:Korean is really good taking foreign money(prize+this shit). this unfair for western-programer. top 10 of prizemoney is korean, next thing we know they want to eat us aLive. they should have been happy from what they have. and think for foreigner player too. korean get special treatment in foreign tournaments. What? Korean players make the most money because they're the best players. GSL has given many spots to foreigners. If they were good enough, they would win two matches in Code A and then get up into Code S. So far out of the countless people who were given spots, only Huk made it into Code S and is very stable in his position at the moment. The finals of the NASL weren't crowded with Koreans because they got special treatment. They were just plain better. Sen is Taiwanese and he didn't get special treatment by getting 3rd place; he just played very, very well. GSL wants foreigners to come play. They want them to succeed in Code A and join Huk in Code S. They're basically doing everything they can to try and make it easier for foreigners to have a chance to make it in. The only thing I can think of would be giving the top placing foreigner at MLG a direct Code S spot, but then you have the side where Koreans are mad because they have to fight tooth and nail just to get into Code A. im talking about foreigner players playing in foreigner tournaments and not getting equal treatment same as with korean e.g MLG,etc..
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Wy the fck should NASL pay their lodging fees and meals etc...wtf. The leagues outside Korea are giving the koreans to much fcking service. The people from europe also only get like 500 dollar travel stipend -_-. Leagues should STOP sugarcoating the koreans unless you have something like MLG where it goes both ways. Its getting retarded nowadays.
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On August 12 2011 17:46 dtz wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 17:18 Azzur wrote:On August 12 2011 17:03 snafoo wrote:On August 12 2011 16:42 Azzur wrote:I bring you a statement by Mr Chae, head of GOM, who is also part of the SC2Con: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=225324Chae Jung Won, the head of GomTV manage team "Can't understand foreigner's rejection"
GSL Super Tournament begins in coming May 23rd with top 64 GSL point rankers. Super tournament has made issues by making competition of both code A and code S players, but unfortunately many foreigners, except Chris 'Huk' Loranger and Jonathan 'Jinro' Walsh, has rejected invitations.
Lots of foreign fans complain and criticize about such news, and says 'this happens because it is so hard to beat Koreans.' Also the manager of team Fnatic complained that "the invitaion of Super Tournament from GomTV came out in rush."
PlayXP was able to hear opinion of Chae Jung Won, the head of Manage team in GomTV (also main caster of GSL), during presentation of new format change of GSL in May 19th. Mr. Chae said, "We gave the same amount of warning time as we did with World Championship. I do not understand the reason of rejection since they were able to participate in World Championship."
The prize of participating World Championship was about 3,000,000 Won. (about 2700 USD) But in Super Tournament, if you qualify RO32 you will be guaranteed to have 1,000,000 Won. (about 900 USD) Of course you can't be sure until you hear from players, the prize pool , the chance of winning the tournament, and the travel cost are the most probable reason to reject invitation.
In fact, Dmytro 'Dimaga' Filipchuk spoke during the interview after World Championship that "It is very difficult to stay in Korea for long term since I have a girl friend and family. There are many online tournaments in Europe. That is why playing in Europe is much better choice for me."
Mr. Chae also spoke about his opinion on providing code S spot for foreign players. "I don't think GSL is same level as MLG. I believe foreign fans also think same as me. There is notable difference between the seed for Koreans to MLG Championship and the seed for foreigners to GSL code S."
About question of making barrier for players in code A to promote in code S through Up and Down match, he said "The ability of player is what they can make win in Up and Down match. If you lose your Up and Down match, then you can't advance to code S. But we made change so winner of code A can advance without Up and Down match."
Written by: Lee Si Woo (siwoo@playxp.com)
(C) PlayXP
The money that a player earns for even making to the ro32 of the ST is LESS than what the teams would get from qualifying for the NASL finals and Mr Chae "Can't understand foreigner's rejection". There are certainly valid reasons for non-NASL participation but to blame it on travel fees smacks of double standards. On the flip-side, I didn't appreciate NASL's hostile stance on the matter and their slow handling of money. Still, I believe NASL is going to struggle to survive without the koreans. SC2Con is a player/team related thing, I don't know why you're quoting something from a GOM employee who isn't actually part of SC2Con -_- Mr Chae is part of SC2Con. In NASL's official statement: In preparation for Season 2, it was made known to us by Mr.Chae of the GSL that the Korean teams threatened to withdraw from the NASL unless several demands were made: 1) pay for 100% of travel and accommodation cost for the Grand Finals and 2) remove the security deposit. The concerns of the Korean teams, as expressed to us by Mr.Chae were that it is difficult for Koreans to travel to the USA given their generally lower level of sponsorship, and secondly that they don’t think Koreans should have to pay to enter the event [despite the fact that we refund all security deposits, making the league free to play barring any penalties]. According to NASL , Mr Chae and GSL is only the middleman and has nothing to do with this decision . He is just there probably because of the language barrier or due to his good relationship with both sides ( foreigners and koreans). If this is the case - if Mr Chae has no part in SC2Con, I stand corrected then and I apologise for the misleading quote.
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I honestly dont think its reasonable from the Korean side. Yes, it sucks they dont have the sponsors to send them to this event but the rules are the same for everyone...
Agreeing to play and then pulling out is shitty, if it had been a disagreement from the first step it wouldnt have been an issue at all....
I *do* think NASL should pay full flight costs for everyone who qualifies for the final, but thats unrelated to this.
On August 12 2011 18:12 HaRxTears wrote: Wy the fck should NASL pay their lodging fees and meals etc...wtf. The leagues outside Korea are giving the koreans to much fcking service. The people from europe also only get like 500 dollar travel stipend -_-. Leagues should STOP sugarcoating the koreans unless you have something like MLG where it goes both ways. Its getting retarded nowadays. Its a bit of a difference in culture I would guess - Korean and Chinese events usually pay for the travel & accomodation I think.
Like, CPL paid for tickets and hotel and some meals etc (but they only paid for flights within asia).
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Wow. A game, barely a year old, already with all the drama of a game 13 years old.
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