After losing to herO and Zest in Code A, Stork was interviewed (strangely) and he expressed frustration over GOM's booth's soundproofing. TRUE (JinAir), after his winning, was interviewed and he also call out the soundproof issue.
Interview (shortened) with Stork
Q: So you said it was the audience's voice that your hidden probe was exposed.
Stork: I can hear the casters and audience' voice today. PvP relies on the opening. If these voices can be heard, then the strategy is probably exposed. In most games today, I was the one who moved first. Hearing these voices made my unable to concentrate. I can hear "Ah!" when I play and it makes me very uneasy. If the audience's voice is smaller than the game's sound then it's ok but now it is the opposite, which you will take notice of. For example, in the game with Zest, I can hear 'Ah!!!', and then my proxy stargate was scouted.
Q: Why did you pause?
Stork: I heard "Ah" but if my opponent says he didn't hear "Ah", then people will probably say that I am the one who acts like an ass. In the last match, when I heard "Ah" from the audience, my probe was scouted. It's so frustrating. But if my opponent truly didn't hear, then I can't do anything about it. Even if I type "PP", the things (probe and proxy) have already happened, so it won't help. I hope this won't happen next time.
Interview (shortened) with TRUE (JinAIR)
Q: Recently, Stork said he can hear the caster's voice in game. What do you think?
TRUE: If the caster's voice is too loud, it is possible to hear. If the music stops (translator: he probably mean the background music in the casting), then you can hear it very clearly. I think something should be done here.
ouch, well, that needs fixing if it's a case. They should run a test trial and simulate what happened then she if it is infact the case that there is problems with soundproofing.
On January 28 2014 18:03 opterown wrote: i've always heard the GOM booths are the best, hrm.
Just propaganda during the gomtv-kespa tussle. And since blizzard was on gom's side, the english troopers spread this nonsense. Any reasonable man would know an organization organizing tournaments for more than 10+ years and also delegated responsibility for rules and referees would be best equipped for it.
On January 28 2014 18:03 opterown wrote: i've always heard the GOM booths are the best, hrm.
Just propaganda during the gomtv-kespa tussle. And since blizzard was on gom's side, the english troopers spread this nonsense. Any reasonable man would know an organization organizing tournaments for more than 10+ years and also delegated responsibility for rules and referees would be best equipped for it.
no, it was said clearly by the players, including kespa dudes
On January 28 2014 21:46 geokilla wrote: How do tournaments that don't use booths pull it off then? Like IEM? Or Dreamhack? All they have sometimes are just headphones.
Dreamhack have booths but IEM/ESL usually do not (don't think I've ever seen them have one). Worst I've seen was in WCS EU when Grubby didn't even have the proper headset, it was just an ordinary one for audio.
So we are hearing no complaint about this until he played in group G? I am not saying that they are liars, but it is really weird that all of those other players played a week before Stork and TRUE and we didn't hear a single word.
On January 28 2014 22:42 shockaslim wrote: So we are hearing no complaint about this until he played in group G? I am not saying that they are liars, but it is really weird that all of those other players played a week before Stork and TRUE and we didn't hear a single word.
I'm inclined to believe stork because he's always been a no-bullsh-shit straigh talking veteran who's not afraid to admit his mistakes and weakness and speak honestly about the scene.
Hmm interesting issues. Reminds me of that famous issue....one Jinro vs IdrA series on Jungle Basin (WHAT A FUCKING MAP <3). Ahhh how we thought those days were over >.<
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