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Veldril
Profile Joined August 2010
Thailand1817 Posts
March 18 2014 08:20 GMT
#921
On March 18 2014 16:51 TRaFFiC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 16:06 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 15:46 baubo wrote:
So what's the reason for all the soundproof issues at tournaments again? Is it really that costly to build a booth that can withstand the sound of a large audience?


No one else complained about the soundproof issue and the staffs even tested the booth afterward and the soundproof worked fine. sOs is not even fazed to use the same kind of proxy in his finals too. I am not sure whether we can really take Naniwa's word about this issue.


Humans have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. This is totally wrong. Startale Life tweeted "angry iem" and "very big sound ; i want open brackets stage." I heard rumours of other players talking out as well. Do you REALLY think Nani would write to his 40k followers a blatant lie, that Polt COULD hear the crowd. Polt could easily respond saying it's not true.

To be clear, I'm fine with it. I'd rather have big crowds showing up and the players deal with it.


People did and do tell a blatant lie to more than 40k people before so I don't really think that this is really an argument. There are no conclusive evidences to support that there is a soundproof issue at the event.

You said you heard a rumor about other player talking out about this issue, but noting came out to public so I hold my doubt about that rumor for now, unless people start to come out and complain openly, like what many players did when GSL has soundproofing problem. Until then, the majority of "circumstantial" evidence seems to point out that there is no soundproofing issue.
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TRaFFiC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada1448 Posts
March 18 2014 08:26 GMT
#922
On March 18 2014 17:20 Veldril wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 16:51 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 18 2014 16:06 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 15:46 baubo wrote:
So what's the reason for all the soundproof issues at tournaments again? Is it really that costly to build a booth that can withstand the sound of a large audience?


No one else complained about the soundproof issue and the staffs even tested the booth afterward and the soundproof worked fine. sOs is not even fazed to use the same kind of proxy in his finals too. I am not sure whether we can really take Naniwa's word about this issue.


Humans have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. This is totally wrong. Startale Life tweeted "angry iem" and "very big sound ; i want open brackets stage." I heard rumours of other players talking out as well. Do you REALLY think Nani would write to his 40k followers a blatant lie, that Polt COULD hear the crowd. Polt could easily respond saying it's not true.

To be clear, I'm fine with it. I'd rather have big crowds showing up and the players deal with it.


People did and do tell a blatant lie to more than 40k people before so I don't really think that this is really an argument. There are no conclusive evidences to support that there is a soundproof issue at the event.

You said you heard a rumor about other player talking out about this issue, but noting came out to public so I hold my doubt about that rumor for now, unless people start to come out and complain openly, like what many players did when GSL has soundproofing problem. Until then, the majority of "circumstantial" evidence seems to point out that there is no soundproofing issue.

I don't understand your post. You say "nothing came out in public," but I just told you Life tweeted. You realize Twitter is public? https://twitter.com/Startale_Life I shouldn't have to do your homework for you. Do some research before making ridiculous claims. If you're calling the players liars, there's not much I can do to help you. Other than to tell you, Life and others have no reason to lie.
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rebdomine
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
6040 Posts
March 18 2014 09:00 GMT
#923
On March 18 2014 04:09 rd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 00:02 Phaenoman wrote:
On March 17 2014 23:57 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 17 2014 23:55 Phaenoman wrote:
Abusing the sound and not mentioning a word, but having a disadvantage in another game where ur opponent uses it and then complaining about it... this is just stupid and proves the lack of sportsmanship. I have to agree with Nachtwind here. What u say makes no sense to me, TRaFFIC.

So, according to you, every single time there are "bad" playing conditions the player needs to complain and/or forfeit. Otherwise, they will never be able to complain again?

Nani was playing LOL the night before. He wanted to cheese his way through the tournament. Hard to do without soundproofing.

No, according to me Naniwa has been abusing this situation. And now that it worked against him in the recent match he started complaining about it. Why didn't he mention this vs Flash? Why now, when he is at a disadvantage?


I could be wrong, but I don't ever recall a player going out of his way after a match to fess up that he gained knowledge due to bad sound proofing -- or if a player did, it's an extremely rare occurrence. A player might acknowledge it if theyre asked in an interview, but no one or very few are going to go out of their way unprovoked. And no one is going to blame them.

At any rate you're making it sound like Nani is maliciously abusing the lack of sound proofing. It's not his prerogative to report it every time it happens. Theres nothing wrong with him reporting it for his own gain. If there really was an issue with sound proofing, it's the fault of the tournament organizers for putting the players in that position. If you're going to hold Nani to that level of credibility and transparency you're going to be sorely disappointed with the rest of the sc2 scene.


Way way back in the GSL Open, Jinro admitted in a post-game interview that he figured Idra was up to something based on the fact that he heard something from the crowd.
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Zorkmid
Profile Joined November 2008
4410 Posts
March 18 2014 09:21 GMT
#924
On March 18 2014 18:00 rebdomine wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 04:09 rd wrote:
On March 18 2014 00:02 Phaenoman wrote:
On March 17 2014 23:57 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 17 2014 23:55 Phaenoman wrote:
Abusing the sound and not mentioning a word, but having a disadvantage in another game where ur opponent uses it and then complaining about it... this is just stupid and proves the lack of sportsmanship. I have to agree with Nachtwind here. What u say makes no sense to me, TRaFFIC.

So, according to you, every single time there are "bad" playing conditions the player needs to complain and/or forfeit. Otherwise, they will never be able to complain again?

Nani was playing LOL the night before. He wanted to cheese his way through the tournament. Hard to do without soundproofing.

No, according to me Naniwa has been abusing this situation. And now that it worked against him in the recent match he started complaining about it. Why didn't he mention this vs Flash? Why now, when he is at a disadvantage?


I could be wrong, but I don't ever recall a player going out of his way after a match to fess up that he gained knowledge due to bad sound proofing -- or if a player did, it's an extremely rare occurrence. A player might acknowledge it if theyre asked in an interview, but no one or very few are going to go out of their way unprovoked. And no one is going to blame them.

At any rate you're making it sound like Nani is maliciously abusing the lack of sound proofing. It's not his prerogative to report it every time it happens. Theres nothing wrong with him reporting it for his own gain. If there really was an issue with sound proofing, it's the fault of the tournament organizers for putting the players in that position. If you're going to hold Nani to that level of credibility and transparency you're going to be sorely disappointed with the rest of the sc2 scene.


Way way back in the GSL Open, Jinro admitted in a post-game interview that he figured Idra was up to something based on the fact that he heard something from the crowd.


You just made me remember this.

Veldril
Profile Joined August 2010
Thailand1817 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-18 09:30:09
March 18 2014 09:27 GMT
#925
On March 18 2014 17:26 TRaFFiC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 17:20 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 16:51 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 18 2014 16:06 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 15:46 baubo wrote:
So what's the reason for all the soundproof issues at tournaments again? Is it really that costly to build a booth that can withstand the sound of a large audience?


No one else complained about the soundproof issue and the staffs even tested the booth afterward and the soundproof worked fine. sOs is not even fazed to use the same kind of proxy in his finals too. I am not sure whether we can really take Naniwa's word about this issue.


Humans have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. This is totally wrong. Startale Life tweeted "angry iem" and "very big sound ; i want open brackets stage." I heard rumours of other players talking out as well. Do you REALLY think Nani would write to his 40k followers a blatant lie, that Polt COULD hear the crowd. Polt could easily respond saying it's not true.

To be clear, I'm fine with it. I'd rather have big crowds showing up and the players deal with it.


People did and do tell a blatant lie to more than 40k people before so I don't really think that this is really an argument. There are no conclusive evidences to support that there is a soundproof issue at the event.

You said you heard a rumor about other player talking out about this issue, but noting came out to public so I hold my doubt about that rumor for now, unless people start to come out and complain openly, like what many players did when GSL has soundproofing problem. Until then, the majority of "circumstantial" evidence seems to point out that there is no soundproofing issue.

I don't understand your post. You say "nothing came out in public," but I just told you Life tweeted. You realize Twitter is public? https://twitter.com/Startale_Life I shouldn't have to do your homework for you. Do some research before making ridiculous claims. If you're calling the players liars, there's not much I can do to help you. Other than to tell you, Life and others have no reason to lie.


When I said "nothing came out in public" I also mean "officially" as in addressing the problem directly to ESL when they asked the players whether they have problems or not. Or came out later to officially say about problem.

I read Life's tweet but I am not sure whether it is related or not due to it is being posted on 14th March, which he did not play on that date (his match was on 15/03). The date on twitter might be incorrectly for me due to different time zone though.
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z0rz
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States350 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-19 01:32:01
March 19 2014 01:31 GMT
#926
IIRC, Life was supposed to play on the 14th, but for some reason they decided to roll over the final RO16 match (Life vs Rogue) for the next day. I remember Twitch chat going crazy for a little bit when the stream overlay dropped the news on everyone.

It seems likely that the decision had something to do with Life's response to the noise, but maybe the venue was running short on time and decided to pack it up early? Can't really say for sure.
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leova
Profile Joined April 2011
266 Posts
March 19 2014 03:23 GMT
#927
On March 18 2014 01:40 loft wrote:
Kaelaris put it best,"it's naniwas choice whether to forfeit or not."

He obviously knew that he had no chance and was emotional about getting proxy scouted.

its a fairly simple, yet stupid, situation
first off, everybody knows Naniwa is a whiny kid, he acts like he's 12 years old.
second off, Starcraft tournaments have had soundproofing issues FOR YEARS NOW....its not that freakin' hard!
and finally, players that consistently cheese aren't deserving of respect, to f*ck around with cheese-rushes in high-end tournaments is disrespectful not only to themselves, opponents, and organizers, but most importantly to the fans
GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
March 19 2014 03:25 GMT
#928
On March 19 2014 12:23 leova wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 01:40 loft wrote:
Kaelaris put it best,"it's naniwas choice whether to forfeit or not."

He obviously knew that he had no chance and was emotional about getting proxy scouted.

its a fairly simple, yet stupid, situation
first off, everybody knows Naniwa is a whiny kid, he acts like he's 12 years old.
second off, Starcraft tournaments have had soundproofing issues FOR YEARS NOW....its not that freakin' hard!
and finally, players that consistently cheese aren't deserving of respect, to f*ck around with cheese-rushes in high-end tournaments is disrespectful not only to themselves, opponents, and organizers, but most importantly to the fans


Cheesing is disrespectful...? Are you serious?
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JacobShock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Denmark2485 Posts
March 19 2014 03:32 GMT
#929
On March 19 2014 12:23 leova wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 01:40 loft wrote:
Kaelaris put it best,"it's naniwas choice whether to forfeit or not."

He obviously knew that he had no chance and was emotional about getting proxy scouted.

its a fairly simple, yet stupid, situation
first off, everybody knows Naniwa is a whiny kid, he acts like he's 12 years old.
second off, Starcraft tournaments have had soundproofing issues FOR YEARS NOW....its not that freakin' hard!
and finally, players that consistently cheese aren't deserving of respect, to f*ck around with cheese-rushes in high-end tournaments is disrespectful not only to themselves, opponents, and organizers, but most importantly to the fans


I was with him until he said cheesing is disrespectful to the fans lol. fans in general love a risky allin build in a series.
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sitromit
Profile Joined June 2011
7051 Posts
March 19 2014 03:36 GMT
#930
On March 18 2014 18:27 Veldril wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 17:26 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 18 2014 17:20 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 16:51 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 18 2014 16:06 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 15:46 baubo wrote:
So what's the reason for all the soundproof issues at tournaments again? Is it really that costly to build a booth that can withstand the sound of a large audience?


No one else complained about the soundproof issue and the staffs even tested the booth afterward and the soundproof worked fine. sOs is not even fazed to use the same kind of proxy in his finals too. I am not sure whether we can really take Naniwa's word about this issue.


Humans have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. This is totally wrong. Startale Life tweeted "angry iem" and "very big sound ; i want open brackets stage." I heard rumours of other players talking out as well. Do you REALLY think Nani would write to his 40k followers a blatant lie, that Polt COULD hear the crowd. Polt could easily respond saying it's not true.

To be clear, I'm fine with it. I'd rather have big crowds showing up and the players deal with it.


People did and do tell a blatant lie to more than 40k people before so I don't really think that this is really an argument. There are no conclusive evidences to support that there is a soundproof issue at the event.

You said you heard a rumor about other player talking out about this issue, but noting came out to public so I hold my doubt about that rumor for now, unless people start to come out and complain openly, like what many players did when GSL has soundproofing problem. Until then, the majority of "circumstantial" evidence seems to point out that there is no soundproofing issue.

I don't understand your post. You say "nothing came out in public," but I just told you Life tweeted. You realize Twitter is public? https://twitter.com/Startale_Life I shouldn't have to do your homework for you. Do some research before making ridiculous claims. If you're calling the players liars, there's not much I can do to help you. Other than to tell you, Life and others have no reason to lie.


When I said "nothing came out in public" I also mean "officially" as in addressing the problem directly to ESL when they asked the players whether they have problems or not. Or came out later to officially say about problem.

I read Life's tweet but I am not sure whether it is related or not due to it is being posted on 14th March, which he did not play on that date (his match was on 15/03). The date on twitter might be incorrectly for me due to different time zone though.

Life's tweet had nothing to do with this. Life vs Rogue was initially not going to be on the main stage, so it wasn't going to be played in the booth. The area where they wanted them to play was apparently very noisy, so he complained about it. In the end they postponed the match to the next day and played it on stage in the booths, and no one complained about the soundproofing.
Veldril
Profile Joined August 2010
Thailand1817 Posts
March 19 2014 03:50 GMT
#931
On March 19 2014 12:36 sitromit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 18:27 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 17:26 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 18 2014 17:20 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 16:51 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 18 2014 16:06 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 15:46 baubo wrote:
So what's the reason for all the soundproof issues at tournaments again? Is it really that costly to build a booth that can withstand the sound of a large audience?


No one else complained about the soundproof issue and the staffs even tested the booth afterward and the soundproof worked fine. sOs is not even fazed to use the same kind of proxy in his finals too. I am not sure whether we can really take Naniwa's word about this issue.


Humans have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. This is totally wrong. Startale Life tweeted "angry iem" and "very big sound ; i want open brackets stage." I heard rumours of other players talking out as well. Do you REALLY think Nani would write to his 40k followers a blatant lie, that Polt COULD hear the crowd. Polt could easily respond saying it's not true.

To be clear, I'm fine with it. I'd rather have big crowds showing up and the players deal with it.


People did and do tell a blatant lie to more than 40k people before so I don't really think that this is really an argument. There are no conclusive evidences to support that there is a soundproof issue at the event.

You said you heard a rumor about other player talking out about this issue, but noting came out to public so I hold my doubt about that rumor for now, unless people start to come out and complain openly, like what many players did when GSL has soundproofing problem. Until then, the majority of "circumstantial" evidence seems to point out that there is no soundproofing issue.

I don't understand your post. You say "nothing came out in public," but I just told you Life tweeted. You realize Twitter is public? https://twitter.com/Startale_Life I shouldn't have to do your homework for you. Do some research before making ridiculous claims. If you're calling the players liars, there's not much I can do to help you. Other than to tell you, Life and others have no reason to lie.


When I said "nothing came out in public" I also mean "officially" as in addressing the problem directly to ESL when they asked the players whether they have problems or not. Or came out later to officially say about problem.

I read Life's tweet but I am not sure whether it is related or not due to it is being posted on 14th March, which he did not play on that date (his match was on 15/03). The date on twitter might be incorrectly for me due to different time zone though.

Life's tweet had nothing to do with this. Life vs Rogue was initially not going to be on the main stage, so it wasn't going to be played in the booth. The area where they wanted them to play was apparently very noisy, so he complained about it. In the end they postponed the match to the next day and played it on stage in the booths, and no one complained about the soundproofing.


Yeah, that's what I think too. So pretty much no one complained about the soundproofing except Naniwa.

BTW, new Esport Express article: http://esportsexpress.com/2014/03/alternate-dimension-iem-crowns-different-champion/
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
March 19 2014 05:37 GMT
#932
On March 19 2014 12:36 sitromit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 18:27 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 17:26 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 18 2014 17:20 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 16:51 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 18 2014 16:06 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 15:46 baubo wrote:
So what's the reason for all the soundproof issues at tournaments again? Is it really that costly to build a booth that can withstand the sound of a large audience?


No one else complained about the soundproof issue and the staffs even tested the booth afterward and the soundproof worked fine. sOs is not even fazed to use the same kind of proxy in his finals too. I am not sure whether we can really take Naniwa's word about this issue.


Humans have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. This is totally wrong. Startale Life tweeted "angry iem" and "very big sound ; i want open brackets stage." I heard rumours of other players talking out as well. Do you REALLY think Nani would write to his 40k followers a blatant lie, that Polt COULD hear the crowd. Polt could easily respond saying it's not true.

To be clear, I'm fine with it. I'd rather have big crowds showing up and the players deal with it.


People did and do tell a blatant lie to more than 40k people before so I don't really think that this is really an argument. There are no conclusive evidences to support that there is a soundproof issue at the event.

You said you heard a rumor about other player talking out about this issue, but noting came out to public so I hold my doubt about that rumor for now, unless people start to come out and complain openly, like what many players did when GSL has soundproofing problem. Until then, the majority of "circumstantial" evidence seems to point out that there is no soundproofing issue.

I don't understand your post. You say "nothing came out in public," but I just told you Life tweeted. You realize Twitter is public? https://twitter.com/Startale_Life I shouldn't have to do your homework for you. Do some research before making ridiculous claims. If you're calling the players liars, there's not much I can do to help you. Other than to tell you, Life and others have no reason to lie.


When I said "nothing came out in public" I also mean "officially" as in addressing the problem directly to ESL when they asked the players whether they have problems or not. Or came out later to officially say about problem.

I read Life's tweet but I am not sure whether it is related or not due to it is being posted on 14th March, which he did not play on that date (his match was on 15/03). The date on twitter might be incorrectly for me due to different time zone though.

Life's tweet had nothing to do with this. Life vs Rogue was initially not going to be on the main stage, so it wasn't going to be played in the booth. The area where they wanted them to play was apparently very noisy, so he complained about it. In the end they postponed the match to the next day and played it on stage in the booths, and no one complained about the soundproofing.

yep, this is correct. Life tweeted that he wanted the main stage as well(that same tweet). It had nothing to do with soundproofing and such. Also, as mentioned, other players haven't mentioned much on this sound issue.

This leads me to believe that he used it as an excuse to forfeit his matches. It's too bad though. I opened the stream to see what's up and such and knew he was retiring(I think lol) and just happened to open it as Polt was building the bunker so I saw what transpired. He should've just played his games, lost 0-3 in decent fashion then walked out and bowed or did something to thank the fans considering he's retiring. I think most people would've greatly increased their opinion of him, he would've gotten a lot of cheers instead of the booing and wouldn't have had to face the backlash meaning if he returns, most would want him back and such. Instead, he ended up imo being disrespectful to his opponent and everyone else. Either way, best of luck to him!
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
March 19 2014 06:05 GMT
#933
On March 18 2014 18:21 Zorkmid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 18:00 rebdomine wrote:
On March 18 2014 04:09 rd wrote:
On March 18 2014 00:02 Phaenoman wrote:
On March 17 2014 23:57 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 17 2014 23:55 Phaenoman wrote:
Abusing the sound and not mentioning a word, but having a disadvantage in another game where ur opponent uses it and then complaining about it... this is just stupid and proves the lack of sportsmanship. I have to agree with Nachtwind here. What u say makes no sense to me, TRaFFIC.

So, according to you, every single time there are "bad" playing conditions the player needs to complain and/or forfeit. Otherwise, they will never be able to complain again?

Nani was playing LOL the night before. He wanted to cheese his way through the tournament. Hard to do without soundproofing.

No, according to me Naniwa has been abusing this situation. And now that it worked against him in the recent match he started complaining about it. Why didn't he mention this vs Flash? Why now, when he is at a disadvantage?


I could be wrong, but I don't ever recall a player going out of his way after a match to fess up that he gained knowledge due to bad sound proofing -- or if a player did, it's an extremely rare occurrence. A player might acknowledge it if theyre asked in an interview, but no one or very few are going to go out of their way unprovoked. And no one is going to blame them.

At any rate you're making it sound like Nani is maliciously abusing the lack of sound proofing. It's not his prerogative to report it every time it happens. Theres nothing wrong with him reporting it for his own gain. If there really was an issue with sound proofing, it's the fault of the tournament organizers for putting the players in that position. If you're going to hold Nani to that level of credibility and transparency you're going to be sorely disappointed with the rest of the sc2 scene.


Way way back in the GSL Open, Jinro admitted in a post-game interview that he figured Idra was up to something based on the fact that he heard something from the crowd.


You just made me remember this.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lTNx8yzdM8

I thought it was the other game they played on Jungle Basin where IdrA 6 pooled that was the one in question
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Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United Kingdom1546 Posts
March 19 2014 06:30 GMT
#934
It's difficult for players to complain and poo poo over the event especially when its running. Its just bad politics for everyone involved and more often than not there is a sense of peer pressure to play along and accept these issues. I know, I've been to a number of tournaments and sat in the booths with the headsets and you can hear music and the muffled crowd especially if a players sounds aren't high and without music.

Its pretty much impossible to have a full sound proof booth without changing air pressure and minimizing vibrations. Alternative is to play negative noise but hugely expensive to do and I'm not sure it's feasible.

Now I believe Naniwai when he says there were sound issues but

Naniwai's decision to forfeit was a huge gamble and walking out on stage like that made it worse. We know he didn't prepare and we also know he wanted out of this game after IEM so the sound issue is pretty much a saving face excuse which backfired and even though I believe him on that issue what he doesn't realize is that if he had won it are we to believe he would make the same comments? probably not.

This exit probably tops IdrA's from the game by quite a bit. Thanks for the stories Naniwai!


IEM didn't even have booths back in the early days and bo

On March 19 2014 14:37 BigFan wrote:
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On March 19 2014 12:36 sitromit wrote:
On March 18 2014 18:27 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 17:26 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 18 2014 17:20 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 16:51 TRaFFiC wrote:
On March 18 2014 16:06 Veldril wrote:
On March 18 2014 15:46 baubo wrote:
So what's the reason for all the soundproof issues at tournaments again? Is it really that costly to build a booth that can withstand the sound of a large audience?


No one else complained about the soundproof issue and the staffs even tested the booth afterward and the soundproof worked fine. sOs is not even fazed to use the same kind of proxy in his finals too. I am not sure whether we can really take Naniwa's word about this issue.


Humans have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. This is totally wrong. Startale Life tweeted "angry iem" and "very big sound ; i want open brackets stage." I heard rumours of other players talking out as well. Do you REALLY think Nani would write to his 40k followers a blatant lie, that Polt COULD hear the crowd. Polt could easily respond saying it's not true.

To be clear, I'm fine with it. I'd rather have big crowds showing up and the players deal with it.


People did and do tell a blatant lie to more than 40k people before so I don't really think that this is really an argument. There are no conclusive evidences to support that there is a soundproof issue at the event.

You said you heard a rumor about other player talking out about this issue, but noting came out to public so I hold my doubt about that rumor for now, unless people start to come out and complain openly, like what many players did when GSL has soundproofing problem. Until then, the majority of "circumstantial" evidence seems to point out that there is no soundproofing issue.

I don't understand your post. You say "nothing came out in public," but I just told you Life tweeted. You realize Twitter is public? https://twitter.com/Startale_Life I shouldn't have to do your homework for you. Do some research before making ridiculous claims. If you're calling the players liars, there's not much I can do to help you. Other than to tell you, Life and others have no reason to lie.


When I said "nothing came out in public" I also mean "officially" as in addressing the problem directly to ESL when they asked the players whether they have problems or not. Or came out later to officially say about problem.

I read Life's tweet but I am not sure whether it is related or not due to it is being posted on 14th March, which he did not play on that date (his match was on 15/03). The date on twitter might be incorrectly for me due to different time zone though.

Life's tweet had nothing to do with this. Life vs Rogue was initially not going to be on the main stage, so it wasn't going to be played in the booth. The area where they wanted them to play was apparently very noisy, so he complained about it. In the end they postponed the match to the next day and played it on stage in the booths, and no one complained about the soundproofing.

yep, this is correct. Life tweeted that he wanted the main stage as well(that same tweet). It had nothing to do with soundproofing and such. Also, as mentioned, other players haven't mentioned much on this sound issue.

This leads me to believe that he used it as an excuse to forfeit his matches. It's too bad though. I opened the stream to see what's up and such and knew he was retiring(I think lol) and just happened to open it as Polt was building the bunker so I saw what transpired. He should've just played his games, lost 0-3 in decent fashion then walked out and bowed or did something to thank the fans considering he's retiring. I think most people would've greatly increased their opinion of him, he would've gotten a lot of cheers instead of the booing and wouldn't have had to face the backlash meaning if he returns, most would want him back and such. Instead, he ended up imo being disrespectful to his opponent and everyone else. Either way, best of luck to him!

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lookfirewood
Profile Joined May 2011
1212 Posts
March 19 2014 08:07 GMT
#935
On March 19 2014 12:23 leova wrote:
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On March 18 2014 01:40 loft wrote:
Kaelaris put it best,"it's naniwas choice whether to forfeit or not."

He obviously knew that he had no chance and was emotional about getting proxy scouted.

its a fairly simple, yet stupid, situation
first off, everybody knows Naniwa is a whiny kid, he acts like he's 12 years old.
second off, Starcraft tournaments have had soundproofing issues FOR YEARS NOW....its not that freakin' hard!
and finally, players that consistently cheese aren't deserving of respect, to f*ck around with cheese-rushes in high-end tournaments is disrespectful not only to themselves, opponents, and organizers, but most importantly to the fans

Yeah, sOs was incredibly disrespectful to every single person in esports for cheesing two times in a row vs herO in the finals. He's not worthy of the first place. Shame on him.
R.I.P STX 03.08.2013 never forget.
chaos021
Profile Joined March 2012
United States258 Posts
March 19 2014 08:15 GMT
#936
On March 19 2014 17:07 lookfirewood wrote:
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On March 19 2014 12:23 leova wrote:
On March 18 2014 01:40 loft wrote:
Kaelaris put it best,"it's naniwas choice whether to forfeit or not."

He obviously knew that he had no chance and was emotional about getting proxy scouted.

its a fairly simple, yet stupid, situation
first off, everybody knows Naniwa is a whiny kid, he acts like he's 12 years old.
second off, Starcraft tournaments have had soundproofing issues FOR YEARS NOW....its not that freakin' hard!
and finally, players that consistently cheese aren't deserving of respect, to f*ck around with cheese-rushes in high-end tournaments is disrespectful not only to themselves, opponents, and organizers, but most importantly to the fans

Yeah, sOs was incredibly disrespectful to every single person in esports for cheesing two times in a row vs herO in the finals. He's not worthy of the first place. Shame on him.


Yep. 100,000 dollar bills ya'll.

Shame doesn't even enter the equation if I'm in his shoes.
McRatyn
Profile Joined January 2013
Poland901 Posts
March 19 2014 21:01 GMT
#937
On March 19 2014 12:23 leova wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2014 01:40 loft wrote:
Kaelaris put it best,"it's naniwas choice whether to forfeit or not."

He obviously knew that he had no chance and was emotional about getting proxy scouted.

its a fairly simple, yet stupid, situation
first off, everybody knows Naniwa is a whiny kid, he acts like he's 12 years old.
second off, Starcraft tournaments have had soundproofing issues FOR YEARS NOW....its not that freakin' hard!
and finally, players that consistently cheese aren't deserving of respect, to f*ck around with cheese-rushes in high-end tournaments is disrespectful not only to themselves, opponents, and organizers, but most importantly to the fans


Cheese itself is not the issue in the slightest, and is not a measure of respect. It's just a tool.
What isn't deserving of respect is stupid childish demeanor, disgusting and for which he should be publicly "crucified" for the longest time. I never liked him, mostly because that idea of "personality" repulses me instead of being interesting.
Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12179 Posts
March 19 2014 23:16 GMT
#938
It's quite astonishing to me that there are still people on this earth who think he forfeited because of sound issues...
No will to live, no wish to die
HighdraL1sk
Profile Joined April 2012
United States140 Posts
March 20 2014 00:16 GMT
#939
I am still waiting for a response from Alliance. Bottom line: This is unacceptable. The defense he gets blows my mind!!! I don't have to be an "anti-fan" to think what Naniwa did was wrong on SO many levels. Grow up Naniwa. You won't be missed
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