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Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Singapore15360 Posts
December 13 2011 16:59 GMT
#521
On December 13 2011 23:11 Zalithian wrote:
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On December 13 2011 23:11 Sated wrote:
On December 13 2011 23:06 Itsmedudeman wrote:
On December 13 2011 23:06 Sated wrote:
On December 13 2011 22:45 Reaper9 wrote:
As I mentioned in the other thread, Europeans and Americans to this very day still under-estimate countries whose culture does not revolve around theirs. This is going to get VERY bad flack from the Korean community. And they can say whatever they want about Naniwa, because at this point, he collectively insulted them. I hate repeating myself, but that's how it is.

Then perhaps the Koreans should understand that NaNiWa isn't Korean and thus has different standards to them. They should then hold him to his own standards instead of holding him to their own. Holding people outside your own culture to your culture's standards and then crucifying them for it is incredibly arrogant.

Naniwa is a guest in their home. Not the other way around.

He's not a guest - he earned the right to be in that tournament. Besides, it's quite rude to force your own etiquette upon your guests.


Expecting people to be respectful is indeed VERY rude.


I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but that's true.
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Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
December 13 2011 16:59 GMT
#522
On December 14 2011 01:58 Flowjo wrote:
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On December 14 2011 01:47 Itsmedudeman wrote:
On December 14 2011 01:46 s4life wrote:
On December 14 2011 01:46 Licit wrote:
thisisgame is obviously just a bunch of racist cunts.

agreed..

This has nothing to do with race and you're a moron if you think so. It's actually so ironic.


seriously? Look at what they did to Coca for an online game....... god some posts are so retarded I just....

Are you talking about my post? If so how is Coca getting punished relevant to thisisgame being racist? He got a severe punishment and he's korean.
b0rt_
Profile Joined October 2011
Norway931 Posts
December 13 2011 16:59 GMT
#523
"Greg Fields is an angel compared to Naniwa"

Classic comment this. Not sure if Idra will be insulted or pleased.
SKYFISH_
Profile Joined April 2011
Bulgaria990 Posts
December 13 2011 17:00 GMT
#524
On December 14 2011 01:47 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 01:46 s4life wrote:
On December 14 2011 01:46 Licit wrote:
thisisgame is obviously just a bunch of racist cunts.

agreed..

This has nothing to do with race and you're a moron if you think so. It's actually so ironic.

explain this INSANE backlash over a POINTLESS game and then compare it to how koreans reacted to CoCa's recent actions.



In Soviet Terranistan you rush the Zerg
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45216 Posts
December 13 2011 17:00 GMT
#525
I didn't get to watch the series, but Naniwa just suicided from the beginning instead of playing out the match?

He knew he couldn't move on even if he had won, and he doesn't care about second-to-last place... so I'm not surprised he didn't want to play out the match. He was probably just frustrated and didn't care at that point.

Total overreaction in my opinion from the press. I would have liked to see an epic game too, but Naniwa isn't destroying the game. It's not like he suicided games that mattered for moving forward. It's an honor thing, and maybe some people care, but he didn't... and he's the one in the booth.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
December 13 2011 17:00 GMT
#526
On December 14 2011 01:56 ForevaADrone wrote:
Not an overreaction at all. Imagine it's the end of a football (soccer to Americans) season and some of the teams in the middle of the table know they cannot win and they know that they cannot be relegated to a lower league either. Their final game is "pointless" as it will have no effect whatsoever on the end result. We could even set up the example so that neither team would even change position in the league table no matter their result. These situations do happen.

Now imagine that both teams just stood there and did nothing. For the whole 90 minutes. Maybe sit down and have a sandwich and make a few passes with the ball. Anyone who enjoys football and takes it seriously will see this not only as a waste of their time (which they paid for) but also unsportsmanlike and an insult to fans. This is exactly what Nani has done.

To all citing a cultural divide, think what the reaction would be in your culture if a team, or individual, didn't bother making an effort in their respective because they knew it wouldn't change the end result. If you don't think the reaction would be the same, then you are very misinformed.

No cultural divide at all, just poor behaviour by Nani. Maybe QxG can help him out with his behaviour, but he should gracefully accept the criticism and his penalisation from GSL, just as any other sportsman should do the same if they behaved as so.

It's really not all that unusual to see matches being thrown in football in order to get an advantage further down the line. The question is how much you're supposed to lie about what you're doing. You like it when people lie more about what they're doing, naniwa doesn't like the lying. Probably now he'll learn to lie, but that's all it is.
Russano
Profile Joined November 2010
United States434 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-13 17:02:14
December 13 2011 17:01 GMT
#527
On December 14 2011 01:56 ForevaADrone wrote:
Not an overreaction at all. Imagine it's the end of a football (soccer to Americans) season and some of the teams in the middle of the table know they cannot win and they know that they cannot be relegated to a lower league either. Their final game is "pointless" as it will have no effect whatsoever on the end result. We could even set up the example so that neither team would even change position in the league table no matter their result. These situations do happen.

Now imagine that both teams just stood there and did nothing. For the whole 90 minutes. Maybe sit down and have a sandwich and make a few passes with the ball. Anyone who enjoys football and takes it seriously will see this not only as a waste of their time (which they paid for) but also unsportsmanlike and an insult to fans. This is exactly what Nani has done.

To all citing a cultural divide, think what the reaction would be in your culture if a team, or individual, didn't bother making an effort in their respective because they knew it wouldn't change the end result. If you don't think the reaction would be the same, then you are very misinformed.

No cultural divide at all, just poor behaviour by Nani. Maybe QxG can help him out with his behaviour, but he should gracefully accept the criticism and his penalisation from GSL, just as any other sportsman should do the same if they behaved as so.



Yes, but that would be within the confines of the rules. If two football teams decide to stand still or not, they have the choice., they fucking can. You're allowed to say you feel cheated and demand your money back, or not. The game organizers/team can then decide whether they want to refund your seat or not. The league can then decide, whether they want to implement rules to prevent you from just standing there, OR decide not to. However, if there was no rule in place, you can't just go and fine the players for standing still, unless it is a breach of the parameters of whatever system. If it wasn't against the rules they can't be punished for it this time. You're allowed to fucking hate Naniwa for this, but objectively he shouldn't be penalized. If after this, they say you can't forfeit ANY matches, and he does so, THEN you can penalize him.
Tofugrinder
Profile Joined September 2010
Austria899 Posts
December 13 2011 17:01 GMT
#528
great article, we can only hope that naniwa will get disqualified from the gsl and all gsl partner tournaments (mlg, don't know if there are others). Quantic obvisiously should release him or at least handle the situation
Mecker
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden219 Posts
December 13 2011 17:01 GMT
#529
On December 14 2011 01:47 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 01:46 s4life wrote:
On December 14 2011 01:46 Licit wrote:
thisisgame is obviously just a bunch of racist cunts.

agreed..

This has nothing to do with race and you're a moron if you think so. It's actually so ironic.

It is blatantly obvious that the korean reaction is based on pure racism towards foreigners. Compare their reaction to similar things (worse things) done by koreans.
Mecker
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden219 Posts
December 13 2011 17:02 GMT
#530
On December 14 2011 02:01 Tofugrinder wrote:
great article, we can only hope that naniwa will get disqualified from the gsl and all gsl partner tournaments (mlg, don't know if there are others). Quantic obvisiously should release him or at least handle the situation

They aren't legally allowed to disqualify someone if they didn't break the rules. I hope they do disqualify him and he sues the shit out of them.
zachMEISTER
Profile Joined December 2010
United States625 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-13 17:04:33
December 13 2011 17:02 GMT
#531
On December 14 2011 01:56 ForevaADrone wrote:
Not an overreaction at all. Imagine it's the end of a football (soccer to Americans) season and some of the teams in the middle of the table know they cannot win and they know that they cannot be relegated to a lower league either. Their final game is "pointless" as it will have no effect whatsoever on the end result. We could even set up the example so that neither team would even change position in the league table no matter their result. These situations do happen.

Now imagine that both teams just stood there and did nothing. For the whole 90 minutes. Maybe sit down and have a sandwich and make a few passes with the ball. Anyone who enjoys football and takes it seriously will see this not only as a waste of their time (which they paid for) but also unsportsmanlike and an insult to fans. This is exactly what Nani has done.

To all citing a cultural divide, think what the reaction would be in your culture if a team, or individual, didn't bother making an effort in their respective because they knew it wouldn't change the end result. If you don't think the reaction would be the same, then you are very misinformed.

No cultural divide at all, just poor behaviour by Nani. Maybe QxG can help him out with his behaviour, but he should gracefully accept the criticism and his penalisation from GSL, just as any other sportsman should do the same if they behaved as so.


Except Nani had already played his "game" You can't compare 90 minutes of live-action sports to a 15-minute video game. He lost 3 close sets, and decided it wasn't worth playing one last, meaningless game.
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Shalarn
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada15 Posts
December 13 2011 17:03 GMT
#532
After reading http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/nb038/liquidtyler_states_his_opinion_on_the_naniwa_vs/LiquidTyler's comments on the game, I thought of another reason I'm glad I didn't watch a halfassed game today.

I'm not very good at Starcraft 2. I know that. I'm trying to improve my play, but I'm improving slowly. I am only aware of a tiny fraction of the reasons for why a player makes any individual decision.

With that in mind, if I watch a pro player do something I don't understand I generally assume he's making a thoughtful or smart choice. If the player doesn't care, there's a good chance that player might do some things that aren't as great. I might see something and say 'hey, that's a good idea.' I'll learn the wrong things.

tl;dr: I don't know half-assed play from good play. I'd rather only watch games where the players care.
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
December 13 2011 17:03 GMT
#533
On December 14 2011 02:01 Mecker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 01:47 Itsmedudeman wrote:
On December 14 2011 01:46 s4life wrote:
On December 14 2011 01:46 Licit wrote:
thisisgame is obviously just a bunch of racist cunts.

agreed..

This has nothing to do with race and you're a moron if you think so. It's actually so ironic.

It is blatantly obvious that the korean reaction is based on pure racism towards foreigners. Compare their reaction to similar things (worse things) done by koreans.

Obviously there is something more behind it. Prolly has to do with how bad nani flunked NesTea during MLG.
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bonifaceviii
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2890 Posts
December 13 2011 17:03 GMT
#534
On December 14 2011 01:59 pms wrote:
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What makes us even angrier is that it was Nestea's birthday but he refused to stop practising for today. That is not a way of an opponent player.


This doesn't make any sense. In other circumstances this would be prised... What the heck?

Your reading comprehension needs work. Let me help:

If it weren't Nestea's birthday, Koreans would still be angry. Since it was Nestea's birthday and he wasted time practicing for a game that Naniwa threw, Koreans are angrier.

Koreans might have a different view about respectful behaviour in a video game, but everybody likes to go out and get hammered on their birthday. That transcends cultural boundaries.
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crms
Profile Joined February 2010
United States11933 Posts
December 13 2011 17:03 GMT
#535
well this is certainly blown out of proportion.. not a pro gamer? Interesting.
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Vardant
Profile Joined November 2010
Czech Republic620 Posts
December 13 2011 17:03 GMT
#536
On December 14 2011 01:47 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 01:46 s4life wrote:
On December 14 2011 01:46 Licit wrote:
thisisgame is obviously just a bunch of racist cunts.

agreed..

This has nothing to do with race and you're a moron if you think so. It's actually so ironic.

Of course it does, SCV rushing is fine, drone rushing is fine, but probe rushing isn't. That's clearly racist.
Oktyabr
Profile Joined July 2011
Singapore2234 Posts
December 13 2011 17:05 GMT
#537
On December 14 2011 02:00 SKYFISH_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 01:47 Itsmedudeman wrote:
On December 14 2011 01:46 s4life wrote:
On December 14 2011 01:46 Licit wrote:
thisisgame is obviously just a bunch of racist cunts.

agreed..

This has nothing to do with race and you're a moron if you think so. It's actually so ironic.

explain this INSANE backlash over a POINTLESS game and then compare it to how koreans reacted to CoCa's recent actions.





What made you think that they didn't shit all over Coca?
TheRPGAddict
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1403 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-13 17:06:55
December 13 2011 17:05 GMT
#538
On December 14 2011 01:58 ToasteR_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2011 01:53 TheRPGAddict wrote:
On December 14 2011 01:49 ToasteR_ wrote:
On December 14 2011 01:44 TheRPGAddict wrote:
On December 13 2011 22:46 Odal wrote:
Wow. Really? The entire post is just insulting Naniwa. Even idra didn't get this much shit when he threw games when he was pissed.
In Idra's mind the games he prematurely gg'd he convinced himself it was a lost cause despite his best efforts at the time, from the start. This is definitely not the same as what Naniwa did who just chucked the game from the beginning because he was having a temper tantrum.

temper tantrum? have you ever been in any type of event with a semi competitive enviroment and lost a huge game (MMA vs Nani) and been forced to play a meaningless game after. Its probably one of the most painful things to do in sports, many times these games are forfited before even being played because one team or player is, for lack of a better word, heartbroken and no longers cares about a meaningless game. It was the furthest thing from a temper tantrum
Yup, I played competitive golf all throughout high school and every summer and I know the feeling after having a bad front 9 or first day of 18 but you gotta play it out. I learned it the hard way after acting like Naniwa a few times. Don't talk to me like I have no experience with sports.

Golf is a little different because everyone could choke. The situation would be like making you play otu day 3 and 4 after missing the cut on day 2. After a bad 9 of 18 the entire field could have a terrible back 9 and you could end up in contention. You arent mathematically eliminated yet.
Intuitively your chances of accomplishing anything are done and golf is alot mentally tougher than starcraft in this respect simply because of how much more tedious it is. You have approximately 10 more hours to be out on the course (tournament rounds take forever) and a whole other day to be at the tournament site for no good reason. I would rather be talking to my pro or practicing rather than playing the next "pointless" 18 or 27 holes of golf.
ForevaADrone
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom32 Posts
December 13 2011 17:06 GMT
#539
On December 14 2011 01:56 ForevaADrone wrote:
Not an overreaction at all. Imagine it's the end of a football (soccer to Americans) season and some of the teams in the middle of the table know they cannot win and they know that they cannot be relegated to a lower league either. Their final game is "pointless" as it will have no effect whatsoever on the end result. We could even set up the example so that neither team would even change position in the league table no matter their result. These situations do happen.

Now imagine that both teams just stood there and did nothing. For the whole 90 minutes. Maybe sit down and have a sandwich and make a few passes with the ball. Anyone who enjoys football and takes it seriously will see this not only as a waste of their time (which they paid for) but also unsportsmanlike and an insult to fans. This is exactly what Nani has done.

To all citing a cultural divide, think what the reaction would be in your culture if a team, or individual, didn't bother making an effort in their respective because they knew it wouldn't change the end result. If you don't think the reaction would be the same, then you are very misinformed.

No cultural divide at all, just poor behaviour by Nani. Maybe QxG can help him out with his behaviour, but he should gracefully accept the criticism and his penalisation from GSL, just as any other sportsman should do the same if they behaved as so.

It's really not all that unusual to see matches being thrown in football in order to get an advantage further down the line. The question is how much you're supposed to lie about what you're doing. You like it when people lie more about what they're doing, naniwa doesn't like the lying. Probably now he'll learn to lie, but that's all it is.



Ah I see, so e-Sports should quickly take up some of the bad habits of other sports? This is a poor reply. Whether people do it or not is irrelevant. What matters is whether they should do it or not. The point of the example was to motivate the thought as to why this behaviour was not to be considered acceptable. Shame that you didn't understand that.
Russano
Profile Joined November 2010
United States434 Posts
December 13 2011 17:06 GMT
#540
The absurd thing with these arguments, is that people are upset with HOW naniwa did something, not with WHAT he did. They are just pissy he didn't lie well enough to fool them, or that he put no effort into it. Which is fucking ridiculous.
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