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You know I was talking about an official announcement on THEIR website, congratulating or referencing the fact.
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Not too sure on this, but could there me a translation issue?
"Code S status will be awarded to the highest placing player, regardless of country of origin, who doesn't already have Code S status. Code A status will be awarded to the next three highest placing non-Korean players. If Code S status is awarded to a Korean player, or not awarded at all, Code A status also will be awarded to the 4th highest placing non-Korean player."
What it reads to mean is that the highest placing player without code S gets it, i.e. Naniwa is awarded code S. But then reading further, there's the line that says or not awarded at all. If the meaning of the bold part is correct, that conditions should never be met. There will always be a highest placed player who doesn't have code S, even if they were placed 7th or 8th or 16th..., assuming all the places above them have code s already. The only way to make sense of code S not being awarded at all is that they actually meant highest placed player gets code S if they don't have one already. If they do, then no code S is awarded and the rest of the conditional applies. Could it be possible that whoever wrote that announcement made a mistake in writing?
The quoted announcement to me is just not clear enough which many people keep citing in this thread.
The above is from: http://www.gomtv.net/2011gslsponsors3/news/65291
From mlg: http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/mlg-and-the-gsl-create-groundbreaking-player-exchange-program There's an MLG one that adds "within the top 3" so under MLG's announcement Naniwa gets code S, and under GomTV's it is unclear and contradictory in meaning.
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On December 15 2011 08:27 diophan wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 08:25 Nexic wrote:On December 15 2011 08:18 ssi.bal-listic wrote: I think people have to realize that the contract between GSL and MLG was for 2011 (afaik). I dont think there was anything about giving highest seed in MLG a code S spot in 2012. But that doesn't make sense logically, with how the exchange program is explained in the announcement thread that Waxangel posted. It explicitly states for every MLG event in 2011 after Columbus, one code S spot would be awarded. MLG Providence occurred in 2011, and thus a Code S spot for Providence should have been awarded. It sounds more like GOM thinks that since they came up with a new format for 2012, that it voids the current arrangement/doesn't carry over into the next GSL. But I think many people here are agreeing that the code S spot for providence still should still be awarded to satisfy the original ruleset of "all MLGs in 2011, post-Columbus". It says CIRCUIT event in what he posted. I don't know what MLG's buzzwords mean, but perhaps the finals aren't considered a circuit tournament, cause the circuit is leading up to the finals? That's at least a possibility... things get translated back and forth multiple times so it's at least possible there's some legitimate confusion and not some grand scheme to dupe everyone.
Yeah, this looks correct. MLG lists Dallas, Columbus, Anaheim, Raleigh and Orlando as the circuit and Providence as the national championship. Good detective work on that wording, sir!
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On December 15 2011 08:44 dp wrote:You know I was talking about an official announcement on THEIR website, congratulating or referencing the fact. They never congratulated or referenced the winners of previous Code S spots from MLGs. Does that make them any less legitimate?
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Still doesn't explain how a player can be removed for not taking a non-serious game seriously. No specific rule stated punishment for 'deciding a game is not worth playing and so putting in little to no effort towards the outcome" they just found the nearest rule and said "yea he broke that, deal with it!" I think the uproar is going to cause problems for GOM if they are only going to take on the values of the Korean's in this matter
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On December 15 2011 07:04 Waxangel wrote:Hihi: Your Official AnnouncementShow nested quote +Pro Circuit Players Competing in the GSL
At MLG Columbus, the Top 3 non-Korean finishers will each be placed into GSL Code A. At every 2011 Pro Circuit Live Competition after MLG Columbus, GSL placement will occur as follows:
Code S status will be awarded to the highest placing player, regardless of country of origin, who doesn't already have Code S status. What's up?
What a joke.So when MLG said multiple times after Providence that Naniwa earned his Code S spot through top 3 finished they were lying or were missinformed or what. Hope that MLG makes a statement about this mess.
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On December 15 2011 08:41 dAPhREAk wrote:i think he meant an announcement that naniwa specifically had received code s. not a general announcement of how the system would work. there is ambiguity whether the general announcement was intended to continue in 2012 and if it was intended to continue if GOM changed its system. this, i am hoping for a statement from MLG on.
ESV TV lost their code A seed when the format changed. So I'm guessing that MLG lost their seeds too?
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On December 15 2011 08:33 Bumblebee wrote:I don't really have anything to say than this particular punishment of NaNiwa, and reasoning for it, is a joke. They realized they cant punish him since he didnt break any rules. So they are trying if this will work.
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On December 15 2011 08:43 MiXyass wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 08:34 dAPhREAk wrote:On December 15 2011 08:33 TedJustice wrote: Some people don't seem to understand something.
Earning a Code S seed is not a "prize" or a "right".
It's a privilege. Whether they're lying about the providence seed or not, it's entirely within their right to remove him from the tournament despite his seed.
It's not revoking a prize. The prize was him having the privilege of a code S seed, and he blew it. The privilege has been revoked.
And of course, that's all assuming they're lying that his code S seed was meant for the Blizzard cup, which I doubt.
They just never properly communicated that the Blizzard cup would count as "code S" for the purpose of providence's MLG seeds. But I don't doubt that was their intention all along. i guess receiving the prize money is a privilege as well, which they can revoke willy-nilly. give me a break. you're wrong prize money is one of the terms in the legally bounding contract between 2 parties naniwa did his part of the contract and if gomtv failed to give him the prize money, then they would be committing a felony a code s seed is also one of the terms but of a contract that has NOT YET been executed and not this contract GOMtv wasn't very satisfied with the results of a previous contract that happened betweem them and naniwa (blizzcup) and thus have voided a contract which was going to happen but never did wtf. seriously, wtf? so, they promise money, and thats a legally enforceable contract subject to a felony (lolololol), but if they promise a code s spot, thats just a privilege??? sigh....
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On December 15 2011 08:33 Bumblebee wrote:I don't really have anything to say than this particular punishment of NaNiwa, and reasoning for it, is a joke. Naniwa was awarded a spot in the blizzard cup, a tournament in which there is less money but a much greater chance of winning, gomtv has stated this from the begining, on top of that they were willing to give him a seed as one of the 2 foreigner for code s until this incident and they have every right to revoke it.
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On December 15 2011 08:42 eYeball wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 08:37 dp wrote: I find it funny so many people say GOMTV is lying. Any of you people care to show a single announcement from GOMTV that nani was being given a code S spot? Anyone at all? Don't worry, I will wait.. Another user posted this: Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 08:19 Paladia wrote:On December 15 2011 06:33 GOMTV wrote:It seems like a lot of people have been under the impression that NaNiWa has received a Code S seed for taking 2nd place at MLG Providence. The truth however is that NaNiWa has received the right to compete in the Blizzard Cup for his 2nd place achievement at MLG Providence. Gom, why are you making this up? 1. Why were the two seeds called "INTERNATIONAL SEED" and the other one "MLG PROVIDENCE CODE S SEED" on your official website (which you in stealth changed today)? 2. Why did your own twitter comment say that you revoked his Code S seed (which you also, deleted today)? 3. Why was it announced on your official partners website that Naniwa has .. earned a seat in Code S? 4. And why does it say on your official website when you announced the partner program still (not had time to change that one yet, had you?) say that: At every 2011 Pro Circuit Live Competition after MLG Columbus, GSL placement will occur as follows:
Code S status will be awarded to the highest placing player, regardless of country of origin, who doesn't already have Code S status.What you are doing right now is much much worse than what Naniwa could ever do or any player has ever done in the history of Starcraft 2. You are falsely removing the prize of a tournament several months after the tournament has happened and trying to delete all evidence of it. This is worse than those tournaments who don't pay the prize money, as at least they acknowledge the fact that there is a prize. I really expected that your so called "honor" would be more than this. Removing one of the major prizes of a tournament, lying, deleting threads, in secret altering your own statements, I think all GomTV has built up was just thrown down the drain and I honestly wish that no player would ever have anything more to do with you. I don't see how you dare talk about "honor" or professionalism.
Stop quoting Paladia, nothing in his post is truth, he has nothing to back this, no sources, and the question you were referring to asked for PROOF THAT NANIWA GOT AWARDED CODE S by official GOM SOURCES. nothing you quoted, answers that.
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On December 15 2011 08:43 MiXyass wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 08:34 dAPhREAk wrote:On December 15 2011 08:33 TedJustice wrote: Some people don't seem to understand something.
Earning a Code S seed is not a "prize" or a "right".
It's a privilege. Whether they're lying about the providence seed or not, it's entirely within their right to remove him from the tournament despite his seed.
It's not revoking a prize. The prize was him having the privilege of a code S seed, and he blew it. The privilege has been revoked.
And of course, that's all assuming they're lying that his code S seed was meant for the Blizzard cup, which I doubt.
They just never properly communicated that the Blizzard cup would count as "code S" for the purpose of providence's MLG seeds. But I don't doubt that was their intention all along. i guess receiving the prize money is a privilege as well, which they can revoke willy-nilly. give me a break. you're wrong prize money is one of the terms in the legally bounding contract between 2 parties naniwa did his part of the contract and if gomtv failed to give him the prize money, then they would be committing a felony a code s seed is also one of the terms but of a contract that has NOT YET been executed and not this contract GOMtv wasn't very satisfied with the results of a previous contract that happened betweem them and naniwa (blizzcup) and thus have voided a contract which was going to happen but never did
Take it easy legal eagle. Breaking a contract is not a felony. Contract Law --> Civil law. Felony -- > Criminal Law.
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On December 15 2011 08:41 strongandbig wrote: Gom really making it clear here that when Korean and western cultural standards and expectations disagree, they will choose the Korean side. I guess we should have expected that. But all of that stuff about honor and codes of conduct are completely alien to me. Professional athletes are some of the most spoiled and dishonorable people in the world. We watch them because of their skill, not because they want to please us.
Oh, also it sounds like what I've been saying for a while is true - gom just unilaterally canceled the mlg exchange program. I hope mlg shows an equal leek of "respect" to the gsl and stops inviting Koreans straight I to group play. Or at least stops letting directly invited Koreans earn rank points without playing through the open racket like everyone else. are you kidding me ?
if you breach contractual obligations in a severe way like naniwa did the other party is entitled to terminate the contract in pretty much every civil law system around this world. and playing the way naniwa did in a tournament where money is awarded for gameplay would be considered faulty performance in pretty much every civil law system aruond this world as well. this has nothing to do with culture.
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Why can't people just accept the statements and move on? Both parties involved in the matter have given their statements and accepted it. Nothing's going to change by bitching about a code s seed that did or didn't exist.
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"Code S status will be awarded to the highest placing player, regardless of country of origin, who doesn't already have Code S status."
Naniwa already got his Code S seed, which is the spot in Blizzard Cup.
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But GOM says the 2011 season. The next Code S is in 2012, so yeah.
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http://www.gomtv.net/2011gslsponsors3/news/65291
There needs to be a public outcry over this.
particularly this part
At MLG Columbus, the Top 3 non-Korean finishers will each be placed into GSL Code A.
At every 2011 Pro Circuit Live Competition after MLG Columbus (Providence was obviously an MLG event in the 2011 season after Columbus), GSL placement will occur as follows:
Code S status will be awarded to the highest placing player, regardless of country of origin, who doesn't already have Code S status.
Code A status will be awarded to the next 3 highest placing non-Korean players.
If Code S status is awarded to a Korean player, Code A status also will be awarded to the 4th highest placing non-Korean player.
This is the GOMtv website, and GOM's own words. There is absolutely NO mention of this ending starting in 2012, and the fact that it says every event after MLG Columbus would imply to me for that MLG regular season.
Whether or not you agree with what Naniwa shouldn't matter here. GOM is not following what they themselves promised. Will we hold them accountable?
edit: quoting system doesn't seem to work the same as on most websites with bb code xD
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On December 15 2011 08:41 TedJustice wrote: Really, people don't seem to get what GOM is saying.
The Blizzard Cup spot Naniwa got IS the Code S spot he won. They are one in the same. He DID get a Code S spot from providence, and it was the Blizzard cup. It's basically Code S.
It's a tournament of the best of the best, hosted by GOMTV in korea, heavily intertwined with Code S (the top 3 code S points got seeded into it). It's just not technically called Code S. But it's all a part of the same GSL league. The winner of the Blizzard Cup still gets GSL points I believe.
For all intents and purposes, Naniwa did get his code S spot.
Are you trolling? Blizzard Cup =/= Code S. He did not get it for all intents and purposes. You're wrong.
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On December 15 2011 08:44 dp wrote:You know I was talking about an official announcement on THEIR website, congratulating or referencing the fact. Such a link has been provided plenty of times in this thread al ready http://www.gomtv.net/2011gslsponsors3/news/65291
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