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Slardar
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada7593 Posts
December 14 2011 23:47 GMT
#821
This is counter-productive with GOM's entire plan for bringing in more foreigners via GSL/MLG Exchange Program. I agree Naniwa should be punished, but Code S punishment doesn't fit the crime. Cultures are different from Korean standards, and morale compasses of people differ, if they want foreigners competing in Korea for SC2 so it doesn't turn out like Broodwar, they are going to have to be more lenient.

For example, compare Sweden vs Korea social culture. Koreans are most nice, polite, timid, and have strict rules in how their social paradigm is structured. Sweden on the other hand, it is socially acceptable to swear in the media, to say the "F Word" is acceptable. (I.E. Jinro has said it a few times in GSL) This is normal to them, and they should be judged accordingly. If foreigners are to be in Korea (which is what I want, I DO NOT want what happened to BW to happen again) they have to be more accepting and understanding, and not just govern based on their rules and society standards.
Crisco
Profile Joined March 2011
1170 Posts
December 14 2011 23:47 GMT
#822
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.


Well, isnt it obvious that in cultural standards a Korean-hosted tournament in Korea will follow Korean standards? Besides, korean sense of professionalism has been for the most part, a good thing. If you watch them for the skill, then you should be mad at Naniwa for not displaying it. He just kinda lost his spot more than never being given it, I guess.
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25980 Posts
December 14 2011 23:47 GMT
#823
On December 15 2011 08:43 MiXyass wrote:
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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


What contract? You think everyone who enters MLG signs a legally binding contract? Come on.
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m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 23:49:09
December 14 2011 23:47 GMT
#824
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.

Haha, yeah that makes sense! When GOM wrote on their homepage that every MLG event in 2011 after orlando would award a code-s spot, obviously what they meant was that the last tournament would award a spot for the blizzard cup. Makes perfect sense! (Yes, this is sarcasm). Again, this is the kind of leap of faith you have to make in order for GOMs story make sense. Yeah sure, they said one thing, and everyone believed naniwa to have a birth for Code S, including him, his team, mlg and the community, but what they really meant was something different than what they wrote. Are we to believe that GOM is really that incompetent, and that they forgot to inform anyone of what the real story was, until a day after the naniwa vs nestea match?
dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
December 14 2011 23:47 GMT
#825
On December 15 2011 08:45 NipponBanzai wrote:
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On December 15 2011 08:41 dAPhREAk wrote:
On December 15 2011 08:38 Bumblebee wrote:
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..

Yep, I will. Check this: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295033&currentpage=37#739

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?

hell if i know. thats why i say wait for a response from mlg.
Sandermatt
Profile Joined December 2010
Switzerland1365 Posts
December 14 2011 23:48 GMT
#826
On December 15 2011 08:19 Paladia wrote:
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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.


Are there screenshots of the previous versions mentioned in points 1 and 2, especially point 1?
Shalaiyn
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands2735 Posts
December 14 2011 23:48 GMT
#827
Sadly an apology does not clean you of lies.
JiPrime
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada688 Posts
December 14 2011 23:48 GMT
#828
On December 15 2011 08:46 LorDo wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


Blizzard Cup = Code S

It's just a different Title for GSL Dec. with different formats.
Vorenius
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Denmark1979 Posts
December 14 2011 23:48 GMT
#829
On December 15 2011 08:46 Kieofire wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 08:43 Vorenius wrote:
On December 15 2011 08:40 JiPrime wrote:
On December 15 2011 08:38 Bumblebee wrote:
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..

Yep, I will. Check this: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295033&currentpage=37#739


But that's MLG's, not GOMTV's.

It could be that MLG misunderstood what GOMTV said.

I say we wait for MLG's statement.

Here is GOM saying the same: http://www.gomtv.net/2011gslsponsors3/news/65291


But GOM says the 2011 season. The next Code S is in 2012, so yeah.

They are saying a Code S spot will be the reward of every MLG in 2011. Providence was in 2011 so according to that post, a Code S spot should be rewarded to Naniwa.
FieryBalrog
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1381 Posts
December 14 2011 23:48 GMT
#830
Frankly, he got off lightly.
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tribulator
Profile Joined February 2011
774 Posts
December 14 2011 23:48 GMT
#831
Out of curiosity, did GOM ever punish Idra for his insulting actions (as SuperDanielMan coined them) in Game 2 of Idra v Tarson from the GomTV Valor 2009?

zeru
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
8156 Posts
December 14 2011 23:48 GMT
#832
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getSome[703]
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States753 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 23:49:11
December 14 2011 23:48 GMT
#833
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.


It's just not technically called Code S.


It's not technically called Code S.


It's not technically Code S.


It's not Code S.


Fixed, you're welcome. Pretty sure everyone (except you) agrees with this
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Draksunen
Profile Joined August 2011
Finland11 Posts
December 14 2011 23:48 GMT
#834
I dont think I will pay GSL ticket for few seasons because of this. They should not enforce rules that they havent told to anybody.
Witten
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2094 Posts
December 14 2011 23:49 GMT
#835
Good. Maybe next time they have a big tournament like this all the players will actually try to win.

For some reason I feel like that should have never been an issue anyways...

Not sad Naniwa is gone. He's always been BM and shows no effort to change his ways. Good riddance.
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grobo
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Japan6199 Posts
December 14 2011 23:49 GMT
#836
On December 15 2011 08:45 Ghanburighan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 08:27 diophan wrote:
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!


Then why would MLG themselves announce that Naniwa has recieved a Code S spot?
We make signature, then defense it.
JiPrime
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada688 Posts
December 14 2011 23:49 GMT
#837
On December 15 2011 08:48 zeru wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 08:48 JiPrime wrote:
On December 15 2011 08:46 LorDo wrote:
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.


Blizzard Cup = Code S

It's just a different Title for GSL Dec. with different formats.

No, its not the same at all. It's a separate event with no relation to GSL.


Who is the damn host for the tournament? GOMTV

If anything it's GSL Dec.

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SayTT
Profile Joined August 2004
Sweden2158 Posts
December 14 2011 23:50 GMT
#838
It doesn't add up, how many in the community knew about this "system" behind giving a code S spot? Did naniwa know before this that his code S spot was a "maybe" and that it was based on overall results from whatnot? We the community didn't know about the premesis for the Code S spot, I wonder if naniwa did. We and naniwa most defenetly did not know about any in game rule agains the situation that occurred.

Therefor a statement like this damages the legitimacy of GOM, I for once feel robbed. This is not professional at all, this is editing of information to fit thier agenda. Above all it's so damn unjust, I feel sad.
-,-
iCemiLo
Profile Joined August 2011
Singapore94 Posts
December 14 2011 23:50 GMT
#839
wow there are people even trying to play the racist card here?

c'mon, it would have been even worse if a korean was the one involved.
zeru
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
8156 Posts
December 14 2011 23:50 GMT
#840
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