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GOMTV Announcement regarding NaNiWa - Page 61

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Exoth3rmic
Profile Joined November 2011
United Kingdom3 Posts
December 15 2011 01:53 GMT
#1201
Big hearts to Naniwa but you do need this and I support GOMTVs stance.
Eineez
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden37 Posts
December 15 2011 01:54 GMT
#1202
On December 15 2011 09:26 Govou wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 09:24 Eineez wrote:
why wasn't this statement presented like 15 hours ago, as a first and last statement? instead of shitting on naniwa in korean on stream live?


when did that happen? I heard that was misunderstanding and the guy who translated orignialy apologized for his mistake

if so even more important that GOMTV would come out with a statement in english ATLEAST at the same time it was mentioned live.
tnud
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden2233 Posts
December 15 2011 01:54 GMT
#1203
On December 15 2011 10:52 synaptik wrote:
all you people threatening to not buy GSL tickets are hilarious. you're all going to be watching the rest of blizz cup, and you'll all be back for GSL jan. don't lie to yourself.

if anything GOMtv just got more respect from the rest of us for putting their foot down and making an example out of this kid. at least we won't be seeing dumb probe rushes anymore.

Just because you can't make a statement doesn't mean the rest of us can't. What kind of stupid attitude is that? I'm not watching GSL until Naniwa is back in Code S. That's it. I'm not budging. I haven't seen the rest of the Blizzard cup and I don't intend to.
- ಠ_ಠ - | disinfect wrote: AHAHHAHAHA 2DG FUCK ME ALREADY.
Learion
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden28 Posts
December 15 2011 01:54 GMT
#1204
On December 15 2011 10:51 illsick wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 10:41 ScareCrow` wrote:
On December 15 2011 10:39 Learion wrote:
I dont understand why was Idra informed 1 week ago about his Code S spot and not Naniwa if he was on top of the list before this happened.


They're unrelated.


but they are

if he was at the top of the list, then naniwa would have been informed about his (or possible) code S spot. Instead, it feels like it was a given that naniwa is in code S (through MLG exchange) so no need to be informed that he was in this so-called running spot for it.

(don't know if idra was informed a week ago, just going by what Learion said)


Scoots said it on LO3.
zachMEISTER
Profile Joined December 2010
United States625 Posts
December 15 2011 01:54 GMT
#1205
GOMTV looks worse than Naniwa right now IMHO.. Cultural issues shouldn't bleed into political issues, and their flippy-floppying of the rules to make it seem as though Naniwa didn't have a Code-S spot is worse than just out-right saying he lost his spot because of his conduct. At least then we'd all know why he was no longer in Code-S. To say that he didn't earn it through his second place spot at Providence is stupid.

Basically, they're saying "Naniwa isn't a professional gamer because he probe-rushed. So, instead of punishing him, we're going to out-right make up bullshit that way we don't have to punish him. Either way, they haven't done anything to justify the "meaningless game". All they've managed to do was piss more people off.
psillypsybic!
Trsjnica
Profile Joined April 2011
United States477 Posts
December 15 2011 01:54 GMT
#1206
On December 15 2011 10:52 synaptik wrote:
all you people threatening to not buy GSL tickets are hilarious. you're all going to be watching the rest of blizz cup, and you'll all be back for GSL jan. don't lie to yourself.

if anything GOMtv just got more respect from the rest of us for putting their foot down and making an example out of this kid. at least we won't be seeing dumb probe rushes anymore.


Yeah, what this means to me is that if I see some matchup late in a round-robin round, I can stay up all night to watch that match and have confidence that the players will play out the match.

Actually, I already had this faith before, but I guess it was misplaced.
YourOldBuddy
Profile Joined December 2011
Iceland94 Posts
December 15 2011 01:55 GMT
#1207
Thx for the clarification. I'm going to buy a GSL subscription when either SASE or Naniwa are in it.
oBlade
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States6280 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-15 01:59:44
December 15 2011 01:56 GMT
#1208
On December 15 2011 10:50 OhYess wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 06:43 Gin-san wrote:
That's actually a pretty lame response, just like i expected it. They think they're 100% correct and only blame NaNiwa. Hopefully Blizzard won't give the next SC2 contract to you but to KeSPA.


If it was KeSPA who Naniwa did this too, his punishment would be MUCH more severe. KeSPA takes e-sports extremely seriously, and punish ruthlessly. Which I do like in a way.

It's speculation either way, but in general KeSPA doesn't care about anything you do in game with your units. They just run the sandbox. But the structure of teams and sponsors (and good formats) makes every game incentivized (which is not to say they weren't susceptible to being outbid by other incentives, like throwing games) so you always have something to play for. Not only wouldn't they do anything to Naniwa, they wouldn't even need to because he would never have been in this position to begin with.
On December 15 2011 10:52 synaptik wrote:
all you people threatening to not buy GSL tickets are hilarious. you're all going to be watching the rest of blizz cup, and you'll all be back for GSL jan. don't lie to yourself.

if anything GOMtv just got more respect from the rest of us for putting their foot down and making an example out of this kid. at least we won't be seeing dumb probe rushes anymore.

GOMTV now has the respect of someone who calls an adult professional gamer "kid," doesn't capitalize any sentences in his posts, and disrespects everyone from the opposite view by accusing them of lying to themselves?
"I read it. You know how to read, you ignorant fuck?" - Andy Dufresne
Tula
Profile Joined December 2010
Austria1544 Posts
December 15 2011 01:57 GMT
#1209
On December 15 2011 10:54 Eineez wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 09:26 Govou wrote:
On December 15 2011 09:24 Eineez wrote:
why wasn't this statement presented like 15 hours ago, as a first and last statement? instead of shitting on naniwa in korean on stream live?


when did that happen? I heard that was misunderstanding and the guy who translated orignialy apologized for his mistake

if so even more important that GOMTV would come out with a statement in english ATLEAST at the same time it was mentioned live.

sorry but that doesn't fly. You can't blame Gom for a shitty translation made by a completly unrelated 3rd party. Yes maybe they should have released it in English at the same time, but considering that English isn't their native language some time to write a proper press release is only to be expected.
Often you have statements on live TV and the press release comes a few hours (sometimes days) later.
rhs408
Profile Joined January 2011
United States904 Posts
December 15 2011 01:58 GMT
#1210
On December 15 2011 10:52 Arkless wrote:

I think InControl put it best last night during his rant on SOTG, and him and I couldn't be more on the same page

link please?
iamthedave
Profile Joined February 2011
England2814 Posts
December 15 2011 01:58 GMT
#1211
On December 15 2011 10:50 OhYess wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 06:43 Gin-san wrote:
That's actually a pretty lame response, just like i expected it. They think they're 100% correct and only blame NaNiwa. Hopefully Blizzard won't give the next SC2 contract to you but to KeSPA.


If it was KeSPA who Naniwa did this too, his punishment would be MUCH more severe. KeSPA takes e-sports extremely seriously, and punish ruthlessly. Which I do like in a way.


Yeah, I find it hilarious that anybody would want to hand the contract to KeSPA over Gom. KeSPA would already have banned Idra for not GGing at the end of a game (I seem to recall that players had to do that in their conduct rules).
I'm not bad at Starcraft; I just think winning's rude.
Freeheals
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States488 Posts
December 15 2011 02:01 GMT
#1212
Because of GOMTV's actions regarding Naniwa I will be buying a year pass, maybe even a more expensive one.
Couldn't be more happy with their decision
http://www.last.fm/user/Rahdek
Arkless
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada1547 Posts
December 15 2011 02:01 GMT
#1213
On December 15 2011 10:58 rhs408 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 10:52 Arkless wrote:

I think InControl put it best last night during his rant on SOTG, and him and I couldn't be more on the same page

link please?

Ummmm, go find the SOTG vod from last night, and watch it?
http://www.mixcloud.com/Arkless/ http://www.soundcloud.com/Arkless
0800
Profile Joined December 2011
United States11 Posts
December 15 2011 02:01 GMT
#1214
On December 15 2011 10:52 synaptik wrote:
all you people threatening to not buy GSL tickets are hilarious. you're all going to be watching the rest of blizz cup, and you'll all be back for GSL jan. don't lie to yourself.

if anything GOMtv just got more respect from the rest of us for putting their foot down and making an example out of this kid. at least we won't be seeing dumb probe rushes anymore.


You are wrong.

Not purchasing the premium service is the only way you can show your disappointment to GOMTV.

I have been a premium user since Season 1 and got every single season.
Today I sent them a letter and posted on the forums to express my deep disappointment in their behavior and I will therefore stop buying premium services from now on.
Am I the only one? Nope.
Are we the majority ? Probably not.
But that is the power the consumer has, boycotting products from a company you do not like anymore.

I will check GSL results on TL and will instead fully support MLG with their premium service (they have been doing really well lately I think it's time I support them). There's a fuckload of Starcraft II to watch.
synaptik
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada644 Posts
December 15 2011 02:02 GMT
#1215
On December 15 2011 10:54 tnud wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 10:52 synaptik wrote:
all you people threatening to not buy GSL tickets are hilarious. you're all going to be watching the rest of blizz cup, and you'll all be back for GSL jan. don't lie to yourself.

if anything GOMtv just got more respect from the rest of us for putting their foot down and making an example out of this kid. at least we won't be seeing dumb probe rushes anymore.

Just because you can't make a statement doesn't mean the rest of us can't. What kind of stupid attitude is that? I'm not watching GSL until Naniwa is back in Code S. That's it. I'm not budging. I haven't seen the rest of the Blizzard cup and I don't intend to.


alright, go ahead and miss out on the world's best gamers playing hundreds of matches just because you're more a naniwa fan than a starcraft fan.

it'll be funny when i see you posting in any GSL LR threads next year.
nickycakes
Profile Joined May 2010
United States103 Posts
December 15 2011 02:02 GMT
#1216
On December 15 2011 10:52 synaptik wrote:
all you people threatening to not buy GSL tickets are hilarious. you're all going to be watching the rest of blizz cup, and you'll all be back for GSL jan. don't lie to yourself.

if anything GOMtv just got more respect from the rest of us for putting their foot down and making an example out of this kid. at least we won't be seeing dumb probe rushes anymore.


I already charged back my purchase. Does that still qualify as "lying to myself"?
Tula
Profile Joined December 2010
Austria1544 Posts
December 15 2011 02:03 GMT
#1217
On December 15 2011 10:41 tnud wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 10:39 Learion wrote:
I dont understand why was Idra informed 1 week ago about his Code S spot and not Naniwa if he was on top of the list before this happened.

That's also a really good point. Scoots said on Lo3 that they knew that Idra would get his spot a week ago since someone dropped out, yet Naniwa and his management didn't get informed of this let alone informed about him not actually having the spot yet? :/

what you both seem to missunderstand (or have forgotten) is when Idra earned the seed in Question which was at the MLG before Providence. Remember his run through Boxer, Bomber, Hungon? That tournament is when Idra got his spot. As has happened with some of these other invites he delayed his participation by one "season" of code S because he had other commitments to finish first.

Considering that it is pretty logical why EG was already communicating with Gom before this entire mess happened. At the start Idra said he would accept Code A for the season after his flight to Korea (which was last week? maybe two weeks ago) then Gom changed their format to different seeds, and probably informed EG at some point after that.
I am not 100% sure, but i believe the format change announcement was before Providence had even been played.
ScareCrow`
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada88 Posts
December 15 2011 02:05 GMT
#1218
On December 15 2011 10:51 illsick wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 10:41 ScareCrow` wrote:
On December 15 2011 10:39 Learion wrote:
I dont understand why was Idra informed 1 week ago about his Code S spot and not Naniwa if he was on top of the list before this happened.


They're unrelated.


but they are

if he was at the top of the list, then naniwa would have been informed about his (or possible) code S spot. Instead, it feels like it was a given that naniwa is in code S (through MLG exchange) so no need to be informed that he was in this so-called running spot for it.

(don't know if idra was informed a week ago, just going by what Learion said)


EG knew about idra being in code S over a week ago. SirScoots confirmed this on live on 3. His spot has nothing to do with Naniwa.
synaptik
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada644 Posts
December 15 2011 02:05 GMT
#1219
On December 15 2011 10:56 oBlade wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 10:50 OhYess wrote:
On December 15 2011 06:43 Gin-san wrote:
That's actually a pretty lame response, just like i expected it. They think they're 100% correct and only blame NaNiwa. Hopefully Blizzard won't give the next SC2 contract to you but to KeSPA.


If it was KeSPA who Naniwa did this too, his punishment would be MUCH more severe. KeSPA takes e-sports extremely seriously, and punish ruthlessly. Which I do like in a way.

It's speculation either way, but in general KeSPA doesn't care about anything you do in game with your units. They just run the sandbox. But the structure of teams and sponsors (and good formats) makes every game incentivized (which is not to say they weren't susceptible to being outbid by other incentives, like throwing games) so you always have something to play for. Not only wouldn't they do anything to Naniwa, they wouldn't even need to because he would never have been in this position to begin with.
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 10:52 synaptik wrote:
all you people threatening to not buy GSL tickets are hilarious. you're all going to be watching the rest of blizz cup, and you'll all be back for GSL jan. don't lie to yourself.

if anything GOMtv just got more respect from the rest of us for putting their foot down and making an example out of this kid. at least we won't be seeing dumb probe rushes anymore.

GOMTV now has the respect of someone who calls an adult professional gamer "kid," doesn't capitalize any sentences in his posts, and disrespects everyone from the opposite view by accusing them of lying to themselves?


because capitalizing sentences on a internet discussion board is indicative of my intelligence and worth. amirite?

he behaved like a kid, he deserves to be called a kid.



xza
Profile Joined November 2010
Singapore1600 Posts
December 15 2011 02:06 GMT
#1220
On December 15 2011 09:25 Clbull wrote:
In that case, GOMTV, please explain this, from here.

http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/mlg-and-the-gsl-create-groundbreaking-player-exchange-program

Show 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, within the Top 3, regardless of country of origin, who does not already have Code S status.
- Code S status will not be awarded if all of the players placing 1st-3rd 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.
- All travel and accomodation expenses for these players will be provided by the GSL.


Providence 2011 was a Pro Circuit event, and your "explanation" basically crapped all over MLG's League Exchange Program.


screw you GOM, this guy is right. how come nobody corrected MLG or anyone else when people were making news and announcements that Naniwa is in code S
"What a terrible final. This is why BO3s are horrible. Seriously MKP vs Moon in a final and having it BO3 is like having Mila Kunis naked in your bed and all she'll give you is a HJ with her PJs on. Pffffffffffffffftt." -greatZERG
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