ForGG forfeits IEM New York, replaced by Revival - Page 4

On October 08 2013 01:50 m0ck wrote:
This is pretty embarrassing.

I can't help but point out how this can be seen as a "fuck you" to Naniwa, who has spent a lot of time trash-talking IEM. It's hard to feel sorry for him, but it also seem obvious that using revival as the replacement is down to relationships, not tournament logic or a comprehensive survey of availability of possible replacements.

On October 08 2013 01:54 JustPassingBy wrote:


Why is this a "fuck you" to Naniwa? He is still playing and his group did not change at all. :o

In answer to the issues raised with replacing ForGG with Revival, we wanted to make sure everyone was clear on how this happened. Firstly, ForGG still has a flight, he chose not to take it, however it was booked for him and remains valid if he wanted to go.
Unfortunately, as the flight was already booked we cannot in the short space of time grant the paid slot to those players next in line (Nerchio and Grubby) thus have to look at those players who have requested un-paid slots if one comes up. Revival was on that list of players and agreed when approached to attend at very short notice. The price of doing so is not insignificant, so obviously not everyone could afford a last minute un-paid slot. Both Nerchio and Grubby were approached some time ago and asked if they wanted an un-paid slot if it came up and both declined.
We do however apologise that our rules on replacements aren’t clear enough and will make sure this is corrected. Apologies for the confusion.

On October 08 2013 01:50 m0ck wrote:
This is pretty embarrassing.

I can't help but point out how this can be seen as a "fuck you" to Naniwa, who has spent a lot of time trash-talking IEM. It's hard to feel sorry for him, but it also seem obvious that using revival as the replacement is down to relationships, not tournament logic or a comprehensive survey of availability of possible replacements.

On October 08 2013 01:34 HereBeDragons wrote:
I've been through the French immigration system before. I obviously don't have the details, but I'm guessing that he is transitioning from a "Long/Short-stay Visa" to a "Residence Card." If this is the case then this magic card would be equivalent to a schengen visa, except it's 1 year long. (Multiple years are harder to apply for). The rules changes every year (figuratively speaking), but generally renewing your residence card is less of a hassle than asking for a new visa.

Depending on which city he lives in, each appointment with the immigration services can be 1hour or sometimes 6hours!