Yes, and it must be made clear that Aussies are desperate for an event. Nothing happens here esports wise cause we are so far away from everyone else. IPL, please, there is massive opportunity here.

OMG yes, would be amazing to have a big event here.

DtorR

Australia171 Posts

November 08 2011 03:14 GMT

#282

The worst event I have ever witnessed. It was delayed, showed more commercials to last me a lifetime and the big name players never got the opportunity to be streamed. After reading comments from other people about this event and Dox's account of the fiasco, I have absolutely no respect for the team AZK (not hating on some of the players) and its leader. In my eyes they are dirt and deserve to be dissolved as a team.

Now Sc2 in SEA has a long way to get back some respect from the community no thanks to Gus.

Fangzhou

United States199 Posts

November 08 2011 03:20 GMT

#283

This is how PR should be done, owning up to the problem 100% even though it's not your fault. Mad respect.

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

November 08 2011 03:23 GMT

#284

On November 08 2011 12:14 DtorR wrote:
The worst event I have ever witnessed. It was delayed, showed more commercials to last me a lifetime and the big name players never got the opportunity to be streamed. After reading comments from other people about this event and Dox's account of the fiasco, I have absolutely no respect for the team AZK (not hating on some of the players) and its leader. In my eyes they are dirt and deserve to be dissolved as a team.

Now Sc2 in SEA has a long way to get back some respect from the community no thanks to Gus.

completely agree with the first chunk of your statement.

The second part....Im sure SEA has plenty of people better than Gus, ready to create awesome events. I feel like its just AZK and Gus that jumped themselves into a dumpster.

Kommander

Philippines4950 Posts

November 08 2011 03:29 GMT

#285

As a Filipino I feel really embarrassed for the Philippine SC2 scene as well as the SEA scene in general. Team AZK is a really shady organization and I had doubts from the beginning about this. I feel that Mineski would have put up a better show like they have with their DotA tournaments.

johngalt90

United States357 Posts

November 08 2011 03:31 GMT

#286

Next time put in australia there are better players there anyways. Allyn Hoang though, major esports babe keep her covering events

Teim

Australia373 Posts

November 08 2011 03:33 GMT

#287

Great to see IPL act so quickly and decisively.

thepantysoaker

United States54 Posts

November 08 2011 03:35 GMT

#288

does this mean no more shake your ass plateau RIGHT ABOUT NOW?!

Battousai13

United States638 Posts

November 08 2011 03:39 GMT

#289

Looks like we have our first sAviOr-magnitude incident in Starcraft 2.
Thank you IPL, for handling the situation so well.

Stallion

New Zealand67 Posts

November 08 2011 03:40 GMT

#290

really cool to see you guys stepping up and admitting fault and learning from that <3 that said though i dnt believe this was all your fault at all

storywriter

Australia528 Posts

November 08 2011 03:42 GMT

#291

On November 08 2011 12:39 Battousai13 wrote:
Looks like we have our first sAviOr-magnitude incident in Starcraft 2.
Thank you IPL, for handling the situation so well.

what........ i don't even.....

ELA

Denmark4608 Posts

November 08 2011 03:43 GMT

#292

On November 08 2011 12:39 Battousai13 wrote:
Looks like we have our first sAviOr-magnitude incident in Starcraft 2.
Thank you IPL, for handling the situation so well.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh.. savior-magnitude? What did you eat?

xXFireandIceXx

Canada4296 Posts

November 08 2011 03:44 GMT

#293

IPL by far one of the most well-run, professional tourney out there!

Supdude

244 Posts

November 08 2011 03:50 GMT

#294

Really appreciate your posting this message.

One thing you can do is to suggest a more logical playoff bracket. Te current bracket as posted in the other thread is just ridiculous. You don't put first and second seed from one group in the same side of bracket unless there is some unspoken reason for doing that...

A1 vs. H2 (Sen vs. Rossi)
B1 vs. G2 (MKP vs. InCa)
B2 vs. G1 (MC vs. whale)
A2 vs. H1 (Naniwa vs. SocceR)

C1 vs. F2 (Sickness vs. SaSe)
D1 vs. E2 (js vs. ziek)
D2 vs. E1 (FruitDealer vs. neat)
C2 vs. F1 (Check vs. Moon)

Pesto

United States121 Posts

November 08 2011 03:51 GMT

#295

Funny that IPL feels like it needs to apologize (TY for the manner though). I'll never feel entitled to the free entertainment these tourneys provide, and IPL 3 was so epic that I still have 100% confidence IPL 4 will be just as high quality.

Steel

Japan2283 Posts

November 08 2011 03:57 GMT

#296

I don't think it's really you guys fault. You were just trying to help and had confidence in those guys.

Sucks that they couldn't deliver. In the end, it's their loss though.

DNA61289

United States665 Posts

November 08 2011 04:02 GMT

#297

It doesn't surprise me that something like this happened. I remember a few months back when AZK said Sleep ( or some other fairly good Korean) had joined their team, only to later find out that he didn't even know who the team was. I was surprised the tournament was held at all let alone them getting support from the SC2 community.

So, I'm glad that IPL has removed their support. I wonder if any of the prize money promised will be payed out.

ishmoks

Philippines50 Posts

November 08 2011 04:05 GMT

#298

On November 08 2011 07:36 Slardar wrote:
Thanks IPL, I watched through most of it, it wasn't even that terrible. The event still has some amazing players worth watching, I can't wait for the replays. 모든 것들은 용서(all is forgiven)

I watched the event live and I agree with you. Despite the huge technical issues, I found the event awesome. Its the FIRST major league international event for Starcraft 2 here in the country, so we have no point of comparison for live events.

For me its awesome, I still appreciate AZK for doing this and I thank IPL for bringing this to our country.

With all the flaming and bad mouthing done by some people, it really made the (live) event look bad. From a live audience point of view, the epic match of Sen and Naniwa made the wait worthwhile for us.

I can't say anything for those watching on stream though. I'm just sharing with you that for those in the live event, and all that for us locals, we still thankful and appreciative that the event happened.

I want to thank the pro players that have put on the effort for the entertaining matches. For me thats whats important, whoever organizes the event and makes it happen for us, as huge SC2 fan, I am thankful.

Thank you IPL.

for AZK, thanks for the effort, finish the tourney, and i hope you learn from this experience.

Thank you.

EDIT:

Just to end on a high note, its 12 Noon Philippine time as I write this. I will just eat lunch and I will be rushing to Glorietta mall and watch the event LIVE!!! SEN FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!:-D

Dox

Australia1199 Posts

November 08 2011 04:14 GMT

#299

Huge props to the CyberSportsNetwork team for picking this up and running with it. Really admirable. <3

Oreo7

United States1647 Posts

November 08 2011 04:16 GMT

#300

AZK really needs to be blacklisted by the community. I feel really bad for the Koreans - are they aware of the level of scamminess they've gotten embroiled in?