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Neeb, SpeCial, Scarlett, JonSnow DQ'd from IEM PC - Page 2

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feardragon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States973 Posts
December 12 2017 03:53 GMT
#21
FilthyRake is running a tournament for all the players that got dq'd. $1000 starting prize with a matcherino that's already up to $1500.

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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
December 12 2017 04:00 GMT
#22
lmao
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ilikeredheads
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada1995 Posts
December 12 2017 04:01 GMT
#23
- announces new event at the last minute
- dates have major conflicts with another tournament (which was announced months earlier)
- disqualifies players due to its own fuckup and lack of communication internally

what a joke.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-12 04:56:55
December 12 2017 04:43 GMT
#24
What a joke from ESL. Can't believe we're going to have PandaBearMe representing NA in such a big deal of an event. And there's a 99% chance they are too stubborn to fix it now.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
FrkFrJss
Profile Joined April 2015
Canada1205 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-12 05:11:01
December 12 2017 05:01 GMT
#25
On December 12 2017 13:43 Fango wrote:
What a joke from ESL. Can't believe we're going to have PandaBearMe representing NA in such a big deal of an event. 99% chance they are too stubborn to fix it now.


At this point...it would be a little unfair to the players who made it through already. I mean, once you've held a qualifier, you've held the qualifier, and changing that now would screw over those who legitimately (ish) made it through. I think the IEM organizers made a massive mistake, but I wonder if we would be making this much of a fuss if the people being DQed were starkiller or PBM.

EDIT:I mean...don't get me wrong, it does suck from a viewer perspective to put someone through a qualifier into a major tournament who's probably gonna get wrecked...

EDIT2: Actually, this sucks even more because Special and Neeb (and especially Neeb) would do very well in the tournament, and with only two Koreans, they could even get ro4 or higher if Protoss Koreans made it through. That's a good like 10K+ lost because IEM forgot to look at dates.
"Keep Moving Forward" - Walt Disney
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-12 05:11:49
December 12 2017 05:08 GMT
#26
On December 12 2017 14:01 FrkFrJss wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2017 13:43 Fango wrote:
What a joke from ESL. Can't believe we're going to have PandaBearMe representing NA in such a big deal of an event. 99% chance they are too stubborn to fix it now.


At this point...it would be a little unfair to the players who made it through already. I mean, once you've held a qualifier, you've held the qualifier, and changing that now would screw over those who legitimately (ish) made it through. I think the IEM organizers made a massive mistake, but I wonder if we would be making this much of a fuss if the people being DQed were starkiller or PBM.


PBM and Starkiller don't actually deserve to qualify though. I'm sure they know that as well as anyone. Unfairly DQ'ing the better players is worse than forcing lesser players to requalify.

I'm not saying they should just swap Cham and PBM for Neeb and SpeCial, but they should at least reorganize the day 2 of the qualifier to include all the them. That's the fairest way to handle it imo.

On December 12 2017 14:01 FrkFrJss wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2017 13:43 Fango wrote:
What a joke from ESL. Can't believe we're going to have PandaBearMe representing NA in such a big deal of an event. 99% chance they are too stubborn to fix it now.

I mean...don't get me wrong, it does suck from a viewer perspective to put someone through a qualifier into a major tournament who's probably gonna get wrecked...


Unfairly DQing players is bad for the tournament from a viewer and an image persective. And in this case actual tournament quality will suffer. But it's less about the skill of the players here and more about their own rights to qualify fairly. Any error by ESL admins should fall on those that were responsible
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
React42
Profile Joined August 2017
United States12 Posts
December 12 2017 05:14 GMT
#27
Man this sucks! As if NA talent didn't have it hard enough.
FrkFrJss
Profile Joined April 2015
Canada1205 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-12 05:32:44
December 12 2017 05:20 GMT
#28
On December 12 2017 14:08 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 12 2017 14:01 FrkFrJss wrote:
On December 12 2017 13:43 Fango wrote:
What a joke from ESL. Can't believe we're going to have PandaBearMe representing NA in such a big deal of an event. 99% chance they are too stubborn to fix it now.


At this point...it would be a little unfair to the players who made it through already. I mean, once you've held a qualifier, you've held the qualifier, and changing that now would screw over those who legitimately (ish) made it through. I think the IEM organizers made a massive mistake, but I wonder if we would be making this much of a fuss if the people being DQed were starkiller or PBM.


PBM and Starkiller don't actually deserve to qualify though. I'm sure they know that as well as anyone. Unfairly DQ'ing the better players is worse than forcing lesser players to requalify.

I'm not saying they should just swap Cham and PBM for Neeb and SpeCial, but they should at least reorganize the day 2 of the qualifier to include all the them. That's the fairest way to handle it imo.

Show nested quote +
On December 12 2017 14:01 FrkFrJss wrote:
On December 12 2017 13:43 Fango wrote:
What a joke from ESL. Can't believe we're going to have PandaBearMe representing NA in such a big deal of an event. 99% chance they are too stubborn to fix it now.

I mean...don't get me wrong, it does suck from a viewer perspective to put someone through a qualifier into a major tournament who's probably gonna get wrecked...


Unfairly DQing players is bad for the tournament from a viewer and an image persective. And in this case actual tournament quality will suffer. But it's less about the skill of the players here and more about their own rights to qualify fairly. Any error by ESL admins should fall on those that were responsible


The thing is, my question is if it were PBM and Cham who got screwed over, and instead Neeb and Special qualified, would we be making this fuss? If it is "better to force lesser players to requalify," then that's favouritism, and we're basically saying, "because you're better, you get better treatment."

Did they really get unfairly DQed if the WESG tournament is from Feb 1-4, and IEM is from the 5-7? I think that the tournament organizers messed up by holding the IEM so close to the qualifiers.

EDIT: Ok, they probably were unfairly DQed, but it still would have been really tight for whoever qualified in the NA qualifier to play in WESG in the US on Feb 4 and then fly like 13 hours to get in on time to play Day 2 in the IEM.
"Keep Moving Forward" - Walt Disney
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18575 Posts
December 12 2017 05:22 GMT
#29
great job IEM, thats how you lose viewers!
Togekiss
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada154 Posts
December 12 2017 05:28 GMT
#30
This whole ordeal just puts a very bad taste in my mouth... I doubt I'll be tuning in after such a debacle!
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
December 12 2017 05:42 GMT
#31
They must do it again.

Unjustly disqualified players dont have to deal with the incompetence and ignorance of the admin in question.
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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
December 12 2017 06:31 GMT
#32
What the fuck.
lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
392 Posts
December 12 2017 06:46 GMT
#33
IEM/ESL should at least admit they fucked up and apologize.
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4960 Posts
December 12 2017 07:15 GMT
#34
Well this is embarrasing
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hfsrj
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany166 Posts
December 12 2017 07:15 GMT
#35
Seriously, IEM ? Fix that now !
Zephyp
Profile Joined April 2013
238 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-12 07:42:26
December 12 2017 07:41 GMT
#36
They are hosting a premiere event, supported by frickin IOC and even had a panel with Morhaime, Incontrol, Artosis and whatnot to talk about how amazing this tournament is. And they can't even schedule the qualifiers to avoid a crash with the only (?) other tournament happening in months, where the dates has been known since August? And the players were made aware an hour before the qualifiers took place???

Who is running this thing and what the hell are they doing? This is so fucking stupid and unprofessional.
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
December 12 2017 09:07 GMT
#37
Looks like NA blows not only at video games, but also at admining video games.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
zealotstim
Profile Joined February 2015
United States455 Posts
December 12 2017 09:42 GMT
#38
Wow this is such shit. Why can't they be more adaptable?
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
December 12 2017 09:43 GMT
#39
Still no statement, excuse to players etc ...
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-Kyo-
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan1926 Posts
December 12 2017 09:44 GMT
#40
Pathetic. The players deserve an apology from the admin, and tournament organizers.

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