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Shadow_Dog
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada427 Posts
January 30 2012 21:57 GMT
#301
How much will the penalty be?
kudjuk
Profile Joined February 2011
15 Posts
January 30 2012 21:57 GMT
#302
Whats cool is that Polt's forfeit in Zotac Finals has not been talked about...
And btw Forfeiting is part of any game, it is not BM. BM would be to drone rush cause someone forced you to play the games.
And the organizers could've played the other semis right when Stephano asked to go eat, and we could've all seen a great final...
Kevan
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden2303 Posts
January 30 2012 21:58 GMT
#303
Stephano won the semi finals and then forfeited(which he has every right to do imo). So I think he should have gotten 2nd place. Still he could have played it even though he was tired and wasn't able to play well, just so we could avoid drama like this. Couple of early pools and some roach rushes and people would not have cared this much.
SC2, rip in pepperinos
Zairair
Profile Joined August 2011
87 Posts
January 30 2012 21:58 GMT
#304
How is forfeiting a match unprofessional??? Playing a sour game is unprofessional!!! Forfeiting should be synonymous with a loss.
magnaflow
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada1521 Posts
January 30 2012 21:58 GMT
#305
On January 31 2012 06:57 Inori wrote:
That's just rude and unprofessional. He should be penalized (banned from other tournaments for a month) or something..



Who would enforce it? Tournaments want Stephano to play hebrings alot of attetnion, fans want too see Stephano play. Nobody would win by banning him. And they would be stupid to do so.
Apom
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
France656 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-30 21:59:04
January 30 2012 21:58 GMT
#306
On January 31 2012 06:46 fourColo wrote:
Professionalism: (n) a state in which someone should do what ever I want them to do for pretty much no reason.

So much truth in these words.

I regret that Stephano forfeited in the finals of a $3K tournament.
I regret that the tournament organizers enforced a penalty that was not pre-determined, but established on spot.
I regret that Tyler forfeited without without so much as a reason, regardless of the round he played in.

Above all, I regret that "Team Liquid ESPORTS" considers any of this newsworthy.
andis35
Profile Joined May 2011
Latvia346 Posts
January 30 2012 21:59 GMT
#307
I agree that he should be penalized, but only by rules. If there are no rules that penalize forfeiting, then he should not be penalized ( and tournament should not even be able to penalize him if it is not by the rules).
Markwerf
Profile Joined March 2010
Netherlands3728 Posts
January 30 2012 21:59 GMT
#308
I don't really see the problem here. Someone can't play and forfeits, tournament hosts decide to let someone else play the final and demote his spot. I think both parties acted reasonably.
You are in your right to forfeit I think but it can be penalized in some cases, you're not only getting money for winning games but also for showing up so a forfeit is worse then a loss, hence the starting money exists in numerous sports.

Seems like 'e-sport' contracts and agreements are in a terrible state if there is so much hassle about this. Just let someone draw up a standard legal form for tournaments that can be sent to competitors explaining the various penalties etc.
Agathon
Profile Joined February 2011
France1505 Posts
January 30 2012 22:00 GMT
#309
On January 31 2012 06:52 Hot_Bid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 06:49 Agathon wrote:
On January 31 2012 06:45 Hot_Bid wrote:
I don't understand how people can say its hypocrisy that there is no thread about Tyler when if it was anyone else who forfeits first round (literally anyone, doesn't have to be Liquid) we wouldn't make a thread about it.

To summarize:
1. Anyone forfeiting first round, no thread, not newsworthy
2. One of the best foreigners forfeiting invitational right before finals, yes thread

#1 doesn't matter if it's Liquid, there wouldn't be a thread about Destiny or Flo or Incontrol or anyone else forfeiting first round, this should be obvious to anyone. There is no special treatment for Tyler.


What about Idra's homophobic "insults" (for me it's not) during his ALL commented stream, featured on TL?

Where is the Thread Hot_bid? No worth it? Less important for esport's image?

User was warned for this post

I warned you because this is the second time you've tried to derail the thread about something completely unrelated to the issue.

You made a post earlier in this thread about Destiny being featured too, if you think homophobic language on featured streams is an important issue by all means make another thread about it yourself in website feedback.

Just stop derailing, post again about this and it's a ban.

Thanks.


Ok, no problem, i'll try to express my point of view in a better way.
"C'est au pied du mur, qu'on voit le mieux...le mur".
Laurens
Profile Joined September 2010
Belgium4557 Posts
January 30 2012 22:00 GMT
#310
if it's 2:45 AM and he has to wait for a 3rd place game, then play a BO7...
vs a macro player like Kas that'd take until at least 4 AM >.>

I suppose if Kas can stay up for it, so can Stephano, but still..
Swiipii
Profile Joined January 2012
2195 Posts
January 30 2012 22:00 GMT
#311
Polt forfeited the Zotac's final recently to play an other tournament . But hey guess what ? I don't see anyone complaining !
Stephano should have do this better but what is done is done , he was punished for his behavior and he is fine with that . Do people really have enjoyed 3 6 pool in a final like that ? I don't think so .

(i apologize for my really bad english)
zedi
Profile Joined October 2010
165 Posts
January 30 2012 22:00 GMT
#312
On January 31 2012 06:58 Apom wrote:
Above all, I regret that "Team Liquid ESPORTS" considers any of this newsworthy.


How exactly is this not newsworthy?
Tobberoth
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden6375 Posts
January 30 2012 22:00 GMT
#313
I wonder if the people claiming forfeiting is an acceptable part of the game would feel the same way if MVP decided to forfeit in a GSL final vs Nestea. Probably not.
snively
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States1159 Posts
January 30 2012 22:01 GMT
#314
He shouldn't be forced to play a game. If he's tired, he's tired.
My religion is Starcraft
sirkyan
Profile Joined July 2010
211 Posts
January 30 2012 22:01 GMT
#315
If I didn't misread the punishment was him being moved to fourth position, thus losing some prize-money instead of having taken second place without playing.
Melange
Profile Joined April 2011
United States39 Posts
January 30 2012 22:01 GMT
#316
On January 31 2012 06:53 Chill wrote:
I think this needs to be addressed by tournament organizers in the future. Major tournaments should make it clear that forfeit matches will incur predetermined penalties. Then everyone is completely aware of the pros and cons.


Exactly. If people expect the players to act professional, then the tournament organizers must be professional as well. By this I mean clearly delineating rules dealing with situations such as this. Tournaments must address the consequences of a player forfeiting. Many people here are blaming Stephano for only thinking of himself and disrespecting the fans/organizers. The tournament was not a professional one if they did not account for forfeitures, so why should Stephano have to act professional in response. A player's right to forfeit for ANY reason is absolute. They alone can decide whether they are in good enough shape to play.

Stephano did not complain about not getting his 2nd place money. He accepted WHATEVER consequences the tournament would've given to him. What if they completely disqualified him? Would he have complained? Unlikely. He couldve have easily left every game of the finals, taken $1350, and left the viewers with a terrible finals series. Instead, he forfeited his spot and let the tournament organizers decide what happens next. The crux of this situation is that Stephano put too much on his plate, as EVERYONE has done in the past. He's likely never put himself in this situation before and he'll likely not do it again. That's the end of it, there's no need for bickering over one mistake.
Deleted User 61629
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
1664 Posts
January 30 2012 22:02 GMT
#317
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Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36392 Posts
January 30 2012 22:02 GMT
#318
On January 31 2012 06:54 arQ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 05:49 Hot_Bid wrote:
On January 31 2012 05:46 cyclone25 wrote:
What is the purpose of this thread? The incident has been discussed a lot on the ONOG thread.

The purpose of the thread is to provide information that summarizes a bunch of sources. Do you really feel its more appropriate for users to dig through 200+ pages to find information in a live report thread? Besides, this thread includes information and links that you can't find in the ONOG LR thread anyway.

Since when is more information, especially information that is easily accessible, and reporting with actual sources a bad thing?


Are you serious? You cant be this naive.

First of all I dont think I ever have seen TL themselves create a thread about a small little incident like this, and put it at the top of Community News. Why now?

Second, the obvious incredible over-publicity of this tiny incident creates nothing but unnecessary drama, and unjustified hate towards Stephano to the point that members of this site now call out for "punishment", "banning from more tournaments", and even racist slurs against his nation. You still think this is a good way to go?

This is newsworthy because of the reaction and circumstances surrounding it.

It's not a "tiny incident" it's the finals of a 3k community driven barcraft funded event. It's the opposite of a "tiny incident" and if you look at the community reaction you'd see that.

Misinformation, aka people speculating what happened and why is what is bad, and this thread is to clarify that so people didn't have to look around to multiple sites and dig through a 200 page LR thread.
@Hot_Bid on Twitter - ESPORTS life since 2010 - http://i.imgur.com/U2psw.png
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5282 Posts
January 30 2012 22:02 GMT
#319
On January 31 2012 06:53 Chill wrote:
I think this needs to be addressed by tournament organizers in the future. Major tournaments should make it clear that forfeit matches will incur predetermined penalties. Then everyone is completely aware of the pros and cons.

Good post, I agree.

Before commenting on that, I wanted to say that I don't like how people are being punished for being honest.
Stephano could've drone rushed and he would have won 2nd place. He could've gave his Bnet password to someone and have him drone rush, and he'd STILL have won 2nd place.

He could've fallen asleep accidentally and not shown up - still probably 2nd place.

But because he was honest, he loses $600. That's the wrong part of it.
ohmkerg
Profile Joined November 2011
United States102 Posts
January 30 2012 22:02 GMT
#320
On January 31 2012 07:00 Laurens wrote:
if it's 2:45 AM and he has to wait for a 3rd place game, then play a BO7...
vs a macro player like Kas that'd take until at least 4 AM >.>

I suppose if Kas can stay up for it, so can Stephano, but still..


life, it's just too hard.

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