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Maru wins gold at Asian Games esports demonstration - Page 2

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Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17737 Posts
September 01 2018 00:05 GMT
#21
On September 01 2018 04:04 MadJack wrote:
Wait... kespa still exists? I tought it was dead... nvm offtopic

I dont think this will actually allow maru to skip military service i think it would have to be the real olympics for that

KeSPA still exists, they just don't do SC2 anymore
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jjmmtt
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia995 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-01 00:32:59
September 01 2018 00:29 GMT
#22
He's just building Battlecruisers off of 2 bases, doing nuke drops and going mass Command Centres Pretty funny Maru.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
September 01 2018 02:31 GMT
#23
The interview Maru gave afterwards while no doubt strictly speaking completely true was the most insincere sounding thing I've read all week.
bObA
Profile Joined May 2012
France300 Posts
September 01 2018 03:12 GMT
#24
Maru is awesome, this player is really awesome
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
September 01 2018 03:27 GMT
#25
In other news, the sun came up today
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
negativedge
Profile Joined December 2011
4279 Posts
September 01 2018 03:57 GMT
#26
do you think he could've won this tournament with one hand?
A_Scarecrow
Profile Joined March 2013
Australia721 Posts
September 01 2018 04:32 GMT
#27
yeah the top 3 of asia games were a no brainer imo.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
September 01 2018 06:45 GMT
#28
This might be the easiest win of a big tournament anyone has ever gotten. I can't remember any other event where one guy was that much better than the others.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China564 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-01 06:54:57
September 01 2018 06:54 GMT
#29
Maru's children land.
If Has instead of Nice,hcan he win a set?
Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned.
Veldril
Profile Joined August 2010
Thailand1817 Posts
September 01 2018 07:07 GMT
#30
Does this means Maru could possibly get an exemption from Military Service since he won the Asian Game gold medal like the other winners in other sports?
Without love, we can't see anything. Without love, the truth can't be seen. - Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
September 01 2018 07:21 GMT
#31
On September 01 2018 16:07 Veldril wrote:
Does this means Maru could possibly get an exemption from Military Service since he won the Asian Game gold medal like the other winners in other sports?


No.
NExt
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia1651 Posts
September 01 2018 09:31 GMT
#32
On September 01 2018 16:21 Phredxor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2018 16:07 Veldril wrote:
Does this means Maru could possibly get an exemption from Military Service since he won the Asian Game gold medal like the other winners in other sports?


No.


What is this rule? Gold medalists can skip military service?
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Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-01 10:00:45
September 01 2018 09:59 GMT
#33
On September 01 2018 18:31 NExt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2018 16:21 Phredxor wrote:
On September 01 2018 16:07 Veldril wrote:
Does this means Maru could possibly get an exemption from Military Service since he won the Asian Game gold medal like the other winners in other sports?


No.


What is this rule? Gold medalists can skip military service?

Yes for Football players. South Korea with Heung Min Son from Tottenham Hotspur is in Grandfinal (vs Japan) now. South Korea won 4 years ago and all players were exempted from Military. Son didn't attend (Leverkusen said no to him).
This rule exists since WC 2002.
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Veldril
Profile Joined August 2010
Thailand1817 Posts
September 01 2018 09:59 GMT
#34
On September 01 2018 18:31 NExt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2018 16:21 Phredxor wrote:
On September 01 2018 16:07 Veldril wrote:
Does this means Maru could possibly get an exemption from Military Service since he won the Asian Game gold medal like the other winners in other sports?


No.


What is this rule? Gold medalists can skip military service?


It is a very hot topic right now in Soccer world because Son Heung Min of S. Korea team career relied on winning the Asian Game gold medal for male soccer.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/31/more-than-a-game-not-just-gold-on-line-for-son-heung-min-in-asian-games-final

This is because there is a law for military exemption if athletes can win medals in a competition where all type of sports can compete in (so no World Cup or specific sport championship). I think it's written in the law/rule that it has to be bronze medal up for Olympic or gold medals for Asian Games.

Since this Asian Games has Starcraft 2 as one of the sport competed, I was wondering whether Maru would be eligible to apply for exemption or not. But it's in the experimental sport category so it might not count.
Without love, we can't see anything. Without love, the truth can't be seen. - Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
September 01 2018 11:06 GMT
#35
On September 01 2018 18:59 Veldril wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2018 18:31 NExt wrote:
On September 01 2018 16:21 Phredxor wrote:
On September 01 2018 16:07 Veldril wrote:
Does this means Maru could possibly get an exemption from Military Service since he won the Asian Game gold medal like the other winners in other sports?


No.


What is this rule? Gold medalists can skip military service?


It is a very hot topic right now in Soccer world because Son Heung Min of S. Korea team career relied on winning the Asian Game gold medal for male soccer.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/31/more-than-a-game-not-just-gold-on-line-for-son-heung-min-in-asian-games-final

This is because there is a law for military exemption if athletes can win medals in a competition where all type of sports can compete in (so no World Cup or specific sport championship). I think it's written in the law/rule that it has to be bronze medal up for Olympic or gold medals for Asian Games.

Since this Asian Games has Starcraft 2 as one of the sport competed, I was wondering whether Maru would be eligible to apply for exemption or not. But it's in the experimental sport category so it might not count.


Yeah since it's only a demonstration sport it doesn't count towards that.
Ve5pa
Profile Joined December 2014
United Kingdom252 Posts
September 01 2018 20:05 GMT
#36
When page 2 reads exactly the same as page 1, literally about 4 posts into it a well respected community member explained it was a demonstration event so no exemptions from military. Kinda crappy that eSports not given same treatment as other sports though,
CoyFish_
Profile Joined April 2018
Australia13 Posts
September 02 2018 06:21 GMT
#37
Very surprised by the result.
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
September 02 2018 06:27 GMT
#38
On September 02 2018 05:05 Ve5pa wrote:
When page 2 reads exactly the same as page 1, literally about 4 posts into it a well respected community member explained it was a demonstration event so no exemptions from military. Kinda crappy that eSports not given same treatment as other sports though,

makes no sense in esports. games are too short-lived, most games lives about 2-3 years, few games like sc2 live a little longer.
football etc do exists for 100 years and are going to exist next 100 years.
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
Kurao
Profile Joined April 2018
215 Posts
September 02 2018 18:22 GMT
#39
Even though Maru's victory was always pretty obvious, looking at the lineup, it's still great to have a Gold medal go to SK (especially after the disappointing LoL finals...)
coverpunch
Profile Joined December 2011
United States2093 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-03 01:17:32
September 03 2018 01:15 GMT
#40
On September 01 2018 18:31 NExt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2018 16:21 Phredxor wrote:
On September 01 2018 16:07 Veldril wrote:
Does this means Maru could possibly get an exemption from Military Service since he won the Asian Game gold medal like the other winners in other sports?


No.


What is this rule? Gold medalists can skip military service?

Yes, people who win Olympic medals are exempted from military service except some token basic training for a few weekends. This was expanded to those who win gold medals at the Asian Games.

Maru doesn't get exemption because it was a demonstration sport, not a medal sport. Maru could lawyer up and press the issue, although the general principle is bringing pride to Korea or raising Korea's international profile, and maybe StarCraft 2 doesn't do it that much. The hard part is not pressing so hard that he looks like he's trying to dodge service but argue that he's legitimately better for Korea as a pro-gamer than a soldier (and this is more like convincing your mom, not a bunch of people on a forum dedicated to the game).
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