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Don't Get Fined - WCS 2014 Handbook - Page 10

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Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
December 20 2013 17:52 GMT
#181
On December 21 2013 02:49 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
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On December 21 2013 02:46 packrat386 wrote:
Wait, casters cant comment negatively on players skill? That's silly. Insulting their character seems out of line, but criricizing their play is half of the job.


Oh wow I missed that rule. That is so lame.


It won't prevent casters from criticising decisions, but it'll stop casters from going "This is why player X is such a bad player" or "Here we can clearly see why player Y is the worse player of the two", none of which is really something we need to hear from tournament casters in the first place unless it's a funmatch.
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packrat386
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States5077 Posts
December 20 2013 17:53 GMT
#182
On December 21 2013 02:52 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2013 02:49 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:46 packrat386 wrote:
Wait, casters cant comment negatively on players skill? That's silly. Insulting their character seems out of line, but criricizing their play is half of the job.


Oh wow I missed that rule. That is so lame.


It won't prevent casters from criticising decisions, but it'll stop casters from going "This is why player X is such a bad player" or "Here we can clearly see why player Y is the worse player of the two", none of which is really something we need to hear from tournament casters in the first place unless it's a funmatch.

Eh, this sort of honesty is the kind of thing that really draws me to a few casters in particular.
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
December 20 2013 17:54 GMT
#183
On December 21 2013 02:52 packrat386 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2013 02:49 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:46 packrat386 wrote:
Wait, casters cant comment negatively on players skill? That's silly. Insulting their character seems out of line, but criricizing their play is half of the job.


Oh wow I missed that rule. That is so lame.

I mean as long as they only enforce really excessive cases (just bashing one player for the whole game) it doesn't seem too bad. I just worry that it will make casters too bubbly. When players make a bad decision the casters should point that out.

Nothing will stop artosis from being artosis. We are safe from overly bubbly casters I think.
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zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
December 20 2013 17:54 GMT
#184
On December 21 2013 02:52 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2013 02:49 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:46 packrat386 wrote:
Wait, casters cant comment negatively on players skill? That's silly. Insulting their character seems out of line, but criricizing their play is half of the job.


Oh wow I missed that rule. That is so lame.


It won't prevent casters from criticising decisions, but it'll stop casters from going "This is why player X is such a bad player" or "Here we can clearly see why player Y is the worse player of the two", none of which is really something we need to hear from tournament casters in the first place unless it's a funmatch.


we hear this all the time at homestory, and people love that shit, even if its meant to be a joking way.
Tobblish
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden6404 Posts
December 20 2013 17:54 GMT
#185
Replay packs may be made public after
the conclusion of the season in which the original game was played.


Come on just make it so they HAVE to release it to the public after a season.
People with connections like Day9 can without problems get access to a WCS replay while others cant.
It could make more people invest more time into creating youtube content surrounding it.
The curse is real
JP Dayne
Profile Joined June 2013
538 Posts
December 20 2013 17:55 GMT
#186
The shoutcaster must treat all players with respect and cannot comment negatively on the
player’s overall skill or character


borderline censorship, or I'm misinterpreting?
"negatively" can have a broad definition

I love it when casters call out on the bullshit some kids do, but oh well, guess blizz doesn't want any depreciation of their product, which from a corporative point of view, is reasonable, but still smells bad for some of us viewers IMO.
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
December 20 2013 17:56 GMT
#187
On December 21 2013 02:53 packrat386 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2013 02:52 Zealously wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:49 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:46 packrat386 wrote:
Wait, casters cant comment negatively on players skill? That's silly. Insulting their character seems out of line, but criricizing their play is half of the job.


Oh wow I missed that rule. That is so lame.


It won't prevent casters from criticising decisions, but it'll stop casters from going "This is why player X is such a bad player" or "Here we can clearly see why player Y is the worse player of the two", none of which is really something we need to hear from tournament casters in the first place unless it's a funmatch.

Eh, this sort of honesty is the kind of thing that really draws me to a few casters in particular.


And that's fine, they'll still be casting like that at Homestory Cups or (maybe) non-WCS tournaments, but if Blizzard aims to make WCS a professionally run tournament I think casters not going "Tassadar sucks" is a pretty reasonable standard, and I know such casting (in GSL/GSTL) has upset a few people in the past.
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choe
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany86 Posts
December 20 2013 17:56 GMT
#188
no ingamechat sounds terrible to me. same as no replay watching inbetween games.


its good to have a fixed ruleset, but this one is just taking it way to far.
AlternativeEgo
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden17309 Posts
December 20 2013 17:57 GMT
#189
On December 21 2013 02:42 Zealously wrote:
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On December 21 2013 02:40 Squat wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:33 dBdHellRider wrote:
if Idra was on a tournament he whuldnt get any money at all :D

Well he likely wouldn't win in the first place, so no. I wonder if a player can be fined into negative numbers and end up owing Blizzard money. This could lead to world's first Esports collection agency, two interns show up at your house, and if you won't pay they pour coke over your keyboard and fill your USB ports with gum.


I was actually wondering the same thing (well not about the collection part but the negative numbers anyway) - it'd be really cool (except for the players) if it could happen


But how would you be able to get a negative number if it is based on % of earnings? And would you actually get money if you broke a rule when in the negative? Someone call gedatsu
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reikai
Profile Joined January 2011
United States359 Posts
December 20 2013 17:57 GMT
#190
"No chatting
J. During the game, players may not use chat except for a greeting, closing, and request for pause."

Now the players are KeSPa robots? :/
Et Ducit Mundum Per Luce. :T:
packrat386
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States5077 Posts
December 20 2013 17:58 GMT
#191
On December 21 2013 02:56 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2013 02:53 packrat386 wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:52 Zealously wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:49 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:46 packrat386 wrote:
Wait, casters cant comment negatively on players skill? That's silly. Insulting their character seems out of line, but criricizing their play is half of the job.


Oh wow I missed that rule. That is so lame.


It won't prevent casters from criticising decisions, but it'll stop casters from going "This is why player X is such a bad player" or "Here we can clearly see why player Y is the worse player of the two", none of which is really something we need to hear from tournament casters in the first place unless it's a funmatch.

Eh, this sort of honesty is the kind of thing that really draws me to a few casters in particular.


And that's fine, they'll still be casting like that at Homestory Cups or (maybe) non-WCS tournaments, but if Blizzard aims to make WCS a professionally run tournament I think casters not going "Tassadar sucks" is a pretty reasonable standard, and I know such casting (in GSL/GSTL) has upset a few people in the past.

Fair enough. I don't think the rule is that problematic. I just hope they don't interpret it too strictly. Casting without criticism can get bland unless the game really is that good.
dreaming of a sunny day
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
December 20 2013 17:58 GMT
#192
On December 21 2013 02:57 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2013 02:42 Zealously wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:40 Squat wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:33 dBdHellRider wrote:
if Idra was on a tournament he whuldnt get any money at all :D

Well he likely wouldn't win in the first place, so no. I wonder if a player can be fined into negative numbers and end up owing Blizzard money. This could lead to world's first Esports collection agency, two interns show up at your house, and if you won't pay they pour coke over your keyboard and fill your USB ports with gum.


I was actually wondering the same thing (well not about the collection part but the negative numbers anyway) - it'd be really cool (except for the players) if it could happen


But how would you be able to get a negative number if it is based on % of earnings? And would you actually get money if you broke a rule when in the negative? Someone call gedatsu


I thought it was a flat -5% of the (original) #x prize money. So if the prize for first place is $1000, each penalty would remove $50. Otherwise, obviously, it wouldn't work :/
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waflz
Profile Joined December 2013
Canada51 Posts
December 20 2013 18:00 GMT
#193
I like these rules!
ssxsilver
Profile Joined June 2007
United States4409 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-20 18:05:03
December 20 2013 18:04 GMT
#194
On December 21 2013 02:52 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2013 02:49 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:46 packrat386 wrote:
Wait, casters cant comment negatively on players skill? That's silly. Insulting their character seems out of line, but criricizing their play is half of the job.


Oh wow I missed that rule. That is so lame.


It won't prevent casters from criticising decisions, but it'll stop casters from going "This is why player X is such a bad player" or "Here we can clearly see why player Y is the worse player of the two", none of which is really something we need to hear from tournament casters in the first place unless it's a funmatch.

Or it might just censor casters altogether. I mean with a rule in place, why would someone risk a comment that's open for interpretation (as player bashing)? It's not like overly critical casters get a free pass from the fanbase anyhow.

I'd much rather have a genuine cast (if it's too negative then I can just tune out/watch a different stream), rather than a uniform PC casting style.
RaZorwire
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden718 Posts
December 20 2013 18:06 GMT
#195
On December 21 2013 02:37 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2013 02:26 RaZorwire wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:18 Plansix wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:11 RaZorwire wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:04 Plansix wrote:
On December 21 2013 01:41 Big-t wrote:
On December 21 2013 01:36 Plansix wrote:
The people citing "freedom of speech" are the best part of this thread.


Please tell me what´s so funny about that.

Freedom of Speech applies to governments repressing their people, not Sc2 players being told not to curse or be total assholes while in game.


That would be a better argument if all chatting besides "glhf" and "gg" were players being assholes - but it isn't. Some of the most memorable games ever have come from players joking and exchanging friendly banter without really being BM.

Preventing players from being total assholes makes sense, banning chat completely doesn't, freedom of speech or not.

It's really not that big of a deal


It is to some people (myself included), evidently. And even if it's not a big deal, it's still something that's going to hurt entertainment value (no matter how marginally) for a lot of viewers. If you want to provide a justification for this, you have to explain why it helps and why it's needed; just stating that it's not a big deal isn't enough.


and by making this rule, it keeps blizzard from having to be the manner police and judge which comments are offensive and which are not.


That explains why it's easier, not better. Bluntly manner policing everything is ok, but doing it on a case-by-case basis is not?

Besides, they made it through 2013 without having to police anything at all. Why would 2014 be any different?

Players can talk in private if they want or make their opinion known in an interview.


True. Still doesn't explain how this is an improvement, though.

It's like a rule requested by sponsors or the event runners to keep the process more civil and avoid people going full Idra. Sponsors do not like the drama associated with the bad behavior of players and this is likely a way for them to make clear rules on what is and is not allowed.


there are plently of things I don't really understand with this line of thought.

As a pointed out in another post, EG had no problems becoming the most well-sponsored team in the scene with Idra on the roster. It wasn't until he started asking people to die of cancer, trash-talk the community and forfeit WCS-games that he ended up fired. If anything, his attitude helped him get more fans AND make him more marketable, and the same goes for many other "controversial" players (Naniwa, Stephano, etc).

I mean, of course there are sponsors who are not comfortable with certain player behavior (which is why Idra was ultimately fired), but if this is coming from the sponsors, it's something they should have taken to their respective teams and not tried to force on WCS. Are there even any sponsors who could have any say on WCS rules besides Blizzard?

And if this is a request coming from event runners, why have they not had similar rules on their own, respective, non-WCS events in the past? ESL have had no non-chat rule on any of their tournaments, AFAIK. Neither have NASL, or even Gom. If this is coming from them, why now and not before?

And even if there was someone responsible for paying for WCS in any capacity who were concerned about a player going "full Idra", why would we find it justified to censor (stong word, but that's ultimately what it is) ALL players from expressing, well, ANYTHING in the in-game chat because of something one or two players MIGHT do? And looking at the bigger picture, why would we want the Starcraft-scene to develop in that direction? Why would we want a game where players constantly have to watch what they say or do - not because of what the audience might think, but because of the opinions of a a sponsor?

I mean, sure, you have to draw a line somewhere. I don't want players to get away with dropping racial slurs or actual serious threats in a tournament game, but when has that ever been an issue in the past? And even if it had been an issue, is it a big enough problem to justify blocking players from chatting AT ALL?

Well, no. Of course not.
Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-20 18:08:00
December 20 2013 18:06 GMT
#196
On December 21 2013 02:57 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2013 02:42 Zealously wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:40 Squat wrote:
On December 21 2013 02:33 dBdHellRider wrote:
if Idra was on a tournament he whuldnt get any money at all :D

Well he likely wouldn't win in the first place, so no. I wonder if a player can be fined into negative numbers and end up owing Blizzard money. This could lead to world's first Esports collection agency, two interns show up at your house, and if you won't pay they pour coke over your keyboard and fill your USB ports with gum.


I was actually wondering the same thing (well not about the collection part but the negative numbers anyway) - it'd be really cool (except for the players) if it could happen


But how would you be able to get a negative number if it is based on % of earnings? And would you actually get money if you broke a rule when in the negative? Someone call gedatsu

I was thinking if you are penalized 110% of total prize money, you end up winning a total of 5k during the season, meaning you end up with a 500 dollar deficit.

This could lead to some funny situations where players would have to lose to avoid going bankrupt. But not on purpose because then they get fined even more.

If you would actually get money when in the negative...someone get Hovz on the phone.
"Digital. They have digital. What is digital?" - Donald J Trump
-stOpSKY-
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada498 Posts
December 20 2013 18:07 GMT
#197
On December 21 2013 00:07 Squat wrote:
D. Communication & Storage Devices – Players must consult with the organizer before bringing electronic storage devices to any event and are not allowed to use any mobile or external communication equipment during a match. All personal equipment must be in an enclosed bag or be given to an administrator while a match is played.

Scarlett is fucked.


I've been out of the scene for almost a year. What did I miss about Scarlett and this clause?
Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
December 20 2013 18:08 GMT
#198
On December 21 2013 03:07 -stOpSKY- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2013 00:07 Squat wrote:
D. Communication & Storage Devices – Players must consult with the organizer before bringing electronic storage devices to any event and are not allowed to use any mobile or external communication equipment during a match. All personal equipment must be in an enclosed bag or be given to an administrator while a match is played.

Scarlett is fucked.


I've been out of the scene for almost a year. What did I miss about Scarlett and this clause?

She tweets. A lot.
"Digital. They have digital. What is digital?" - Donald J Trump
Qwerty85
Profile Joined June 2012
Croatia5536 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-20 18:09:27
December 20 2013 18:08 GMT
#199
On December 21 2013 00:20 Squat wrote:
I don't think we need to restrict the chat so severely, some banter or witty trash talk can be quite entertaining. As long the rules for offensive and insulting language are enforced, I don't really see a need to kill off all in-game chat.

Naniwa's "lol fuck" vs Jaedong still makes me smile, I'd hate to lose things like that completely.


In that case you would have endless debates if Naniwa really said something for serious or if he was only joking. Or is something a cultural thing in Sweden/Scandinavia or just rude behavior.

Naniwa haters, Faniwa haters and Faniwas would get into never ending debate over stuff like that.

Personally I like this no chat rule.
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
December 20 2013 18:09 GMT
#200
Meh, I think replay should be allowed, but perhaps after 3 games in a bo7, or something, and have it be a "designated" break in the middle of a match.
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