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Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28512 Posts
March 21 2014 17:35 GMT
#401
On March 22 2014 02:32 Fran_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 00:59 TotalBiscuit wrote:
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing worse than forfeiting a $100,000 exclusive high-profile event in front of a pissed off crowd and then lying about your reasons why.


Yeah, the lying was also very childish (and sad).

It's not completely certain that he lied. But it is certain that it was not just the soundproofing that prompted him to forfeit the match.
I Protoss winner, could it be?
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-21 17:37:04
March 21 2014 17:36 GMT
#402
I am worried about scarlett. She is now #1 foreigner without any foreigner rivalry and I can understand that she is not motivated anymore.

Be #1 feels great for few days/weeks but then you hate it, especially if you dont have competition for many weeks/months/years (you can think #1 is meaningless).
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Enel
Profile Joined April 2012
Sudan430 Posts
March 21 2014 17:36 GMT
#403
On March 22 2014 02:10 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Show nested quote +
forfits are not that big of a deal.


Entire crowd booed him. Clearly they disagree with you. I as a team owner disagree with you. Had any of my players done that on that stage I would have fired them immediately. It was bad enough when CranK overslept and missed an open bracket game at an MLG, management took full responsibility for that. Then there was the issue of his lackluster play against his team-mate in WCS, there were consequences for that too. The bad publicity we received from both, well there are people who still bring up the WCS thing and that was a year ago and RO16 of a WCS America, not the biggest stage in Starcraft with $100k winner takes all. How your player acts reflects directly on the team. They are contracted to do a job and they are expected to perform their duties to a certain standard. In doing so they represent the team and their sponsors. Anything that player does which generates bad publicity reflects poorly on all of the above. This was the most severe thing I've ever seen an SC2 player do in his capacity as a player and in the context of a tournament environment. Nothing in the last 4 years comes close.

So yeah, to say forfeits are not that big a deal shows an awful lot of ignorance about how the pro-scene works and how teams operate.


Guess what? We are all alive. It wasn't the apocalypse.
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figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
March 21 2014 17:36 GMT
#404
On March 22 2014 02:32 darkness wrote:
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On March 22 2014 02:30 figq wrote:
I'm just surprised all this was not handled more gracefully by all parties. Make an official announcement that Naniwa doesn't want to play anymore so he's released from his team and let him not play IEM, so someone takes his place.

I guess the issue was that Naniwa wanted to stay on the team, while not even playing the game and bragging about it. Well, that's tough.


He was probably expecting some kind of unpaid 'holiday' till he eventually finds inspiration to play SC2 again. However, it really depends how flexible a company is.
The way he was presenting his motivation was not making it any easier. It seems he was enjoying himself so much for not playing and getting paid. It's completely different from other cases of temporary absence from the scene for personal reasons, where people manage to stay humble, respectful and hopeful that they will make effort to return as soon as they can.
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
March 21 2014 17:36 GMT
#405
On March 22 2014 02:34 Qwerty85 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 21 2014 19:35 JacobShock wrote:
Today I called in at work and told my boss they should find a replacement for me today, because I don't really feel like working right now, I just don't find it fun. But he said there would be consequences if I didn't show up to do my job, so it almost forced me to show up. It's extremely funny and they should have known, because when I got at work, I did a half assed job and went home after an hour. After that I got fired, I know what you are thinking, weird right?


This guy said it. Even though SC2 is a computer game it is also a business and contracts are something that binds you and you can't just do whatever you feel like doing and still expect the team to fulfill their part of the bargain.

Just showing up isn't enough. Every profession has certain standards that need to be achieved.His actions also reflect to the team and sponsors.

SC2 or anything else, Naniwa will always have problems with anything he does until he grows up and starts acting like an adult instead of thinking he is the center of the universe and everything revolves around him.


Yeah, as I said in some earlier post, naniwa is not just a player, but an employee too. Players really need to realise that. Fans too. Being a professional gamer should not be viewed as plain gaming.
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
March 21 2014 17:37 GMT
#406
Well, not really surprising lol. He didn't fulfill his duties as part of Alliance and got fired for it. Hope he works on his personality, more specifically his BM and such. Best of luck to him!

On March 22 2014 02:35 ThePlagueJG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 02:32 Fran_ wrote:
On March 22 2014 00:59 TotalBiscuit wrote:
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing worse than forfeiting a $100,000 exclusive high-profile event in front of a pissed off crowd and then lying about your reasons why.


Yeah, the lying was also very childish (and sad).


DO we have any proof on this? Don't just say ''because he didn't want to go there''.

other players, LoL players and such said that there were no soundproofing issues. Keep in mind that soundproofing is not 100% possible without expensive equipment so you can make the same claim he did for every tourney if that's the case.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
March 21 2014 17:37 GMT
#407
On March 22 2014 02:32 renaissanceMAN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 02:32 Fran_ wrote:
On March 22 2014 00:59 TotalBiscuit wrote:
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing worse than forfeiting a $100,000 exclusive high-profile event in front of a pissed off crowd and then lying about your reasons why.


Yeah, the lying was also very childish (and sad).


What exactly did he lie about? the Soundproofing?

He claimed the sound proofing was the reason this cheese was detected and then went full drama queen. But if you read between the lines, it was pretty much an excuse to forfit. Came we prove it? No. But it seen more than likely Naniwa was always going to forfit.
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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50607 Posts
March 21 2014 17:38 GMT
#408
On March 22 2014 01:46 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 01:42 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On March 22 2014 01:17 Darkhorse wrote:
...

Naniwa was still under contract with Alliance correct? That would mean that they pay, he plays. I don't see why he wouldn't have to play and his "My team made me go! How dumb is that?" attitude is bullshit.

Also how many times does he have to say "I don't care anymore"? He says it so much that one might take presume that he actually does care.


no point in sending a guy out who won't do his best.

I agree and I think they should've tried to find a replacement for him if he asked them to, but I also don't think it's unreasonable for them to want to have the guy they pay go and work for them.

didn't he already say he was gonna call quits.
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ffadicted
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3545 Posts
March 21 2014 17:38 GMT
#409
On March 22 2014 00:59 TotalBiscuit wrote:
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing worse than forfeiting a $100,000 exclusive high-profile event in front of a pissed off crowd and then lying about your reasons why.


Forcing someone to go to a tournament he doesn't want to comes close. Should've just "fired" him before the tourney. It's both their faults for how it turned out.

Good for nani to take a break tbh, no point in doign something for a living that you don't enjoy.
SooYoung-Noona!
Sub40APM
Profile Joined August 2010
6336 Posts
March 21 2014 17:38 GMT
#410
On March 22 2014 02:36 Enel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 02:10 TotalBiscuit wrote:
forfits are not that big of a deal.


Entire crowd booed him. Clearly they disagree with you. I as a team owner disagree with you. Had any of my players done that on that stage I would have fired them immediately. It was bad enough when CranK overslept and missed an open bracket game at an MLG, management took full responsibility for that. Then there was the issue of his lackluster play against his team-mate in WCS, there were consequences for that too. The bad publicity we received from both, well there are people who still bring up the WCS thing and that was a year ago and RO16 of a WCS America, not the biggest stage in Starcraft with $100k winner takes all. How your player acts reflects directly on the team. They are contracted to do a job and they are expected to perform their duties to a certain standard. In doing so they represent the team and their sponsors. Anything that player does which generates bad publicity reflects poorly on all of the above. This was the most severe thing I've ever seen an SC2 player do in his capacity as a player and in the context of a tournament environment. Nothing in the last 4 years comes close.

So yeah, to say forfeits are not that big a deal shows an awful lot of ignorance about how the pro-scene works and how teams operate.


Guess what? We are all alive. It wasn't the apocalypse.

I love the flow of this conversation:
Random internet person who likes Naniwa: this was no big deal
An actual team owner and investor in the SC2 scene: actually let me post this long explanation why it is a big deal
Random internet person: What? No one physically died! How dont you understand, team owner and investor in SC2 scene that when someone says 'no big deal' they specifically mean the end of the world or a death of a human being. god you are such an idiot!
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17231 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-21 17:39:13
March 21 2014 17:38 GMT
#411
On March 22 2014 02:32 Fran_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 00:59 TotalBiscuit wrote:
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing worse than forfeiting a $100,000 exclusive high-profile event in front of a pissed off crowd and then lying about your reasons why.


Yeah, the lying was also very childish (and sad).


i think some of it is Naniwa just playing "bad guy wrestler". and he feeds off of the negative reaction because he is bored.
Naniwa is a modern day Andy Kaufman.

people getting all riled up about this stuff ...is exactly what he is looking for.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
ThePlagueJG
Profile Joined May 2013
Sweden1010 Posts
March 21 2014 17:38 GMT
#412
On March 22 2014 02:37 BigFan wrote:
Well, not really surprising lol. He didn't fulfill his duties as part of Alliance and got fired for it. Hope he works on his personality, more specifically his BM and such. Best of luck to him!

Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 02:35 ThePlagueJG wrote:
On March 22 2014 02:32 Fran_ wrote:
On March 22 2014 00:59 TotalBiscuit wrote:
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing worse than forfeiting a $100,000 exclusive high-profile event in front of a pissed off crowd and then lying about your reasons why.


Yeah, the lying was also very childish (and sad).


DO we have any proof on this? Don't just say ''because he didn't want to go there''.

other players, LoL players and such said that there were no soundproofing issues. Keep in mind that soundproofing is not 100% possible without expensive equipment so you can make the same claim he did for every tourney if that's the case.


LoL player doesn't use booths, but it is truth that it is impossible to fully seal the sound, that's no lie.

I don't like that people speculate and assume things as if they are truths.
ThorZaIN | NaNiwa | SaSe | PartinG | sOs | Jaedong | sOs restored passion!
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
March 21 2014 17:38 GMT
#413
On March 22 2014 02:37 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 02:32 renaissanceMAN wrote:
On March 22 2014 02:32 Fran_ wrote:
On March 22 2014 00:59 TotalBiscuit wrote:
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing worse than forfeiting a $100,000 exclusive high-profile event in front of a pissed off crowd and then lying about your reasons why.


Yeah, the lying was also very childish (and sad).


What exactly did he lie about? the Soundproofing?

He claimed the sound proofing was the reason this cheese was detected and then went full drama queen. But if you read between the lines, it was pretty much an excuse to forfit. Came we prove it? No. But it seen more than likely Naniwa was always going to forfit.

ya, that's what I think as well. It seems like a convenient excuse since he said he wanted to leave the scene
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
March 21 2014 17:39 GMT
#414
On March 22 2014 02:38 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 01:46 Darkhorse wrote:
On March 22 2014 01:42 BLinD-RawR wrote:
On March 22 2014 01:17 Darkhorse wrote:
...

Naniwa was still under contract with Alliance correct? That would mean that they pay, he plays. I don't see why he wouldn't have to play and his "My team made me go! How dumb is that?" attitude is bullshit.

Also how many times does he have to say "I don't care anymore"? He says it so much that one might take presume that he actually does care.


no point in sending a guy out who won't do his best.

I agree and I think they should've tried to find a replacement for him if he asked them to, but I also don't think it's unreasonable for them to want to have the guy they pay go and work for them.

didn't he already say he was gonna call quits.

Yes he did apparently. I don't know what this has to do with my post though :/
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Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-21 17:41:49
March 21 2014 17:40 GMT
#415
On March 22 2014 02:38 BigFan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 02:37 Plansix wrote:
On March 22 2014 02:32 renaissanceMAN wrote:
On March 22 2014 02:32 Fran_ wrote:
On March 22 2014 00:59 TotalBiscuit wrote:
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing worse than forfeiting a $100,000 exclusive high-profile event in front of a pissed off crowd and then lying about your reasons why.


Yeah, the lying was also very childish (and sad).


What exactly did he lie about? the Soundproofing?

He claimed the sound proofing was the reason this cheese was detected and then went full drama queen. But if you read between the lines, it was pretty much an excuse to forfit. Came we prove it? No. But it seen more than likely Naniwa was always going to forfit.

ya, that's what I think as well. It seems like a convenient excuse since he said he wanted to leave the scene


If that's the case, then I'd speculate even further that he didn't want to get embarrassed be it due to lack of practice or whatever. Going proxy in game 1 in his specific case just implies lack of confidence.
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
March 21 2014 17:40 GMT
#416
On March 22 2014 02:36 Enel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 02:10 TotalBiscuit wrote:
forfits are not that big of a deal.


Entire crowd booed him. Clearly they disagree with you. I as a team owner disagree with you. Had any of my players done that on that stage I would have fired them immediately. It was bad enough when CranK overslept and missed an open bracket game at an MLG, management took full responsibility for that. Then there was the issue of his lackluster play against his team-mate in WCS, there were consequences for that too. The bad publicity we received from both, well there are people who still bring up the WCS thing and that was a year ago and RO16 of a WCS America, not the biggest stage in Starcraft with $100k winner takes all. How your player acts reflects directly on the team. They are contracted to do a job and they are expected to perform their duties to a certain standard. In doing so they represent the team and their sponsors. Anything that player does which generates bad publicity reflects poorly on all of the above. This was the most severe thing I've ever seen an SC2 player do in his capacity as a player and in the context of a tournament environment. Nothing in the last 4 years comes close.

So yeah, to say forfeits are not that big a deal shows an awful lot of ignorance about how the pro-scene works and how teams operate.


Guess what? We are all alive. It wasn't the apocalypse.

Good counter argument...

"No one died, so I guess it doesn't matter at all."
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
March 21 2014 17:41 GMT
#417
On March 22 2014 02:38 ThePlagueJG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 02:37 BigFan wrote:
Well, not really surprising lol. He didn't fulfill his duties as part of Alliance and got fired for it. Hope he works on his personality, more specifically his BM and such. Best of luck to him!

On March 22 2014 02:35 ThePlagueJG wrote:
On March 22 2014 02:32 Fran_ wrote:
On March 22 2014 00:59 TotalBiscuit wrote:
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing worse than forfeiting a $100,000 exclusive high-profile event in front of a pissed off crowd and then lying about your reasons why.


Yeah, the lying was also very childish (and sad).


DO we have any proof on this? Don't just say ''because he didn't want to go there''.

other players, LoL players and such said that there were no soundproofing issues. Keep in mind that soundproofing is not 100% possible without expensive equipment so you can make the same claim he did for every tourney if that's the case.


LoL player doesn't use booths, but it is truth that it is impossible to fully seal the sound, that's no lie.

I don't like that people speculate and assume things as if they are truths.

Honestly, if he really wanted to not play anymore, he should've resigned from the team way back when he first decided on it(2 months ago he stopped playing the game) then that's enough time to find replacement. He would've had to burn bridges with alliance and IEM but then he wouldn't have landed in this position. If he couldn't just resign like that, he should've just proxy 1 gated 3 games in a row or something to lose faster if he's that against playing.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
March 21 2014 17:42 GMT
#418
On March 22 2014 02:40 darkness wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 02:38 BigFan wrote:
On March 22 2014 02:37 Plansix wrote:
On March 22 2014 02:32 renaissanceMAN wrote:
On March 22 2014 02:32 Fran_ wrote:
On March 22 2014 00:59 TotalBiscuit wrote:
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing worse than forfeiting a $100,000 exclusive high-profile event in front of a pissed off crowd and then lying about your reasons why.


Yeah, the lying was also very childish (and sad).


What exactly did he lie about? the Soundproofing?

He claimed the sound proofing was the reason this cheese was detected and then went full drama queen. But if you read between the lines, it was pretty much an excuse to forfit. Came we prove it? No. But it seen more than likely Naniwa was always going to forfit.

ya, that's what I think as well. It seems like a convenient excuse since he said he wanted to leave the scene


If that's the case, then I'd speculate even further that he didn't want to get embarrassed be it due to lack of practice or whatever.

Everyone expected him to lose 0-3 anyways so there was no embarrassment to speak of lol. All he had to do was play 3 games. cmon, you can't really tell me that's hard to do >.> Heck, he could easily cheese each game like 1 gate proxy, proxy stargate and 4 gate some game. There's a chance that Polt would defend and such so within 20-30mins, he's lost but fulfilled his obligations.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
ThePlagueJG
Profile Joined May 2013
Sweden1010 Posts
March 21 2014 17:43 GMT
#419
On March 22 2014 02:41 BigFan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 02:38 ThePlagueJG wrote:
On March 22 2014 02:37 BigFan wrote:
Well, not really surprising lol. He didn't fulfill his duties as part of Alliance and got fired for it. Hope he works on his personality, more specifically his BM and such. Best of luck to him!

On March 22 2014 02:35 ThePlagueJG wrote:
On March 22 2014 02:32 Fran_ wrote:
On March 22 2014 00:59 TotalBiscuit wrote:
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing worse than forfeiting a $100,000 exclusive high-profile event in front of a pissed off crowd and then lying about your reasons why.


Yeah, the lying was also very childish (and sad).


DO we have any proof on this? Don't just say ''because he didn't want to go there''.

other players, LoL players and such said that there were no soundproofing issues. Keep in mind that soundproofing is not 100% possible without expensive equipment so you can make the same claim he did for every tourney if that's the case.


LoL player doesn't use booths, but it is truth that it is impossible to fully seal the sound, that's no lie.

I don't like that people speculate and assume things as if they are truths.

Honestly, if he really wanted to not play anymore, he should've resigned from the team way back when he first decided on it(2 months ago he stopped playing the game) then that's enough time to find replacement. He would've had to burn bridges with alliance and IEM but then he wouldn't have landed in this position. If he couldn't just resign like that, he should've just proxy 1 gated 3 games in a row or something to lose faster if he's that against playing.


Now that is something I can agree with, but done is done That was my only feeling about everything. Just get destroyed and leave and everything will be good, but he chose his own way which sucked for us all.
ThorZaIN | NaNiwa | SaSe | PartinG | sOs | Jaedong | sOs restored passion!
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
March 21 2014 17:44 GMT
#420
On March 22 2014 02:40 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 02:36 Enel wrote:
On March 22 2014 02:10 TotalBiscuit wrote:
forfits are not that big of a deal.


Entire crowd booed him. Clearly they disagree with you. I as a team owner disagree with you. Had any of my players done that on that stage I would have fired them immediately. It was bad enough when CranK overslept and missed an open bracket game at an MLG, management took full responsibility for that. Then there was the issue of his lackluster play against his team-mate in WCS, there were consequences for that too. The bad publicity we received from both, well there are people who still bring up the WCS thing and that was a year ago and RO16 of a WCS America, not the biggest stage in Starcraft with $100k winner takes all. How your player acts reflects directly on the team. They are contracted to do a job and they are expected to perform their duties to a certain standard. In doing so they represent the team and their sponsors. Anything that player does which generates bad publicity reflects poorly on all of the above. This was the most severe thing I've ever seen an SC2 player do in his capacity as a player and in the context of a tournament environment. Nothing in the last 4 years comes close.

So yeah, to say forfeits are not that big a deal shows an awful lot of ignorance about how the pro-scene works and how teams operate.


Guess what? We are all alive. It wasn't the apocalypse.

Good counter argument...

"No one died, so I guess it doesn't matter at all."


See guys, Naniwa didn't murder anyone! It's Peachy Keen!
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