IPL's Message to the Community - Page 17

On November 08 2011 14:08 Dox wrote:

If a proper series of SEA qualifiers were actually held, I can guarantee you there would be substantially less AZK members flooding the brackets.

On November 08 2011 13:22 Solis_au wrote:
Normally I don't post in these kinds of threads but I'd like to make a comment on an issue that hasn't been raised.

AZKziek should not have been included in the tournament. He was not apart of the Australian IPL 4 qualifiers and he did not participate in the tournament bracket that would have earned him the right to compete in the Phillipines. More so, 'Ziek' (or as we in the SEA scene know him 'Zanooku') is SEA's version of Combat-EX. He is bad mannered and makes derogatory and racist statements. If you'd like a source, then I'd ask you to take the time to look up the incident at WCG Brisbane.

To me, it is offensive to me as a member of the SEA community that he was chosen to represent TEAM AZK as a host, and Australia as a participant in this league. He did not earn his position in that tournament, and the absence of YoonYJ suggests that AZK perhaps used the money to send over this poor-mannered representative.


To Team AZK's management, make sure you send over the people who earned their spots in the tournament before you send over your own replacement.

IPL/IGN: You were not at fault at all, I'm pretty sure the community could tell by the quality of the event who was to blame. Thank-you for stepping up and taking some responsibility, but the fact is that you can't be everywhere at once and we as a community understand and support you. IPL is my favorite tournament to watch in the west, and I hope you continue to provide quality entertainment for the community.

On November 08 2011 14:09 Za7oX wrote:


I thought he played Protoss?

On November 08 2011 14:16 Manex wrote:

Dox, out of curiosity, if IPL had wanted you to organise the SEA qualifier instead of AZK, would you have been willing to try your hand at an event of that size? because from what i saw you put on a much better event to decide the two aus reps, even if yoon did get dicked over.

On November 08 2011 08:25 Xpace wrote:


Yeah, like Mineski. I've seen their DotA events on stream, not too shabby. They would have done a better job with IGN's money and support, and would have been a better choice to prove that SEA has the potential for epic events.

On November 08 2011 09:01 PiGStarcraft wrote:
As a player from SEA who's heavily invested in the community I can say that team AZK and the PPSL looked dodgy from the start. These guys have a pretty poor reputation due to certain members being trolls etc. They even put all these average players into the tournament whom aren't even of a competitive level for some of the smaller weekly tourneys in SEA. The only time I've seen them make a noteworthy performance was in a clan-match with Xeria Gaming where they won 4-1 with a lineup of players who didn't speak english, on guest accounts on supposedly their own server, and no1 had ever heard of any of them. It turned out they were ''Koreans living in the Phillipines and active members of AZK" but I never saw any of them again so my doubts about this team kept growing...

I also wondered how the hell any organiser in SEA would get enough money to produce the event properly, fly so many players there and schedule it accurately. There isn't that much sponsorship in SEA as its eSPORTS is just starting to pick up down here so I was always shocked to hear such grand plans. Now I find out IPL/IGN were providing monetary support and the event was still so badly organised really makes the organisers look quite silly.


Hats off to IPL/IGN for accepting responsibility for having trusted these guys to put on a good event. As the scene here is quite small I can completely understand AZK mixed reputation being completely unknown.

On November 08 2011 09:56 hmunkey wrote:
I know this sounds classist, but I personally think major broadcasted tournaments shouldn't be held in developing countries (with a few exceptions like China of course).

It just seems like the infrastructure isn't stable or in place for these kind of things -- perfect example being their computers.

I see no reason why this couldn't have been held in say Australia or Singapore instead.

On November 08 2011 11:03 Pobbes wrote:
not that i'm defending gus, but i'm sure he's been really busy with the event, which could be one reason why he hasn't issued a statement about anything. I'm still praying the the thing with yonnyj, HON, and everything is just a big misunderstanding, but it's getting harder and harder to believe in it :/

oh and i just want to say that the crowd was pretty noisy. i was there and the crowd did scream during games and when tastosis were asking for cheers. it probably just wasn't picked up by the mic since i don't think there was one in the crowd.

On November 08 2011 14:48 Superfool wrote:
And last but certainly not the least, I would like to thank IPL for giving Philippine Esports a chance to show itself, but I guess we are not ready yet. Sorry.