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Update: ESL's Alex007 has given an official response: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/612805-oliveira-unable-to-attend-esl-summer?page=5#93
cosmo17
Profile Joined June 2023
1 Post
Last Edited: 2023-06-15 08:33:02
June 15 2023 08:32 GMT
#121
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Evilmj
Profile Joined December 2021
China103 Posts
June 15 2023 08:40 GMT
#122
On June 14 2023 00:19 Evilmj wrote:
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On June 14 2023 00:07 tigera6 wrote:
ESL need to issue a PUBLIC apology for this, how can you F up something this basic but so important? And now what they gonna do about the bracket? replace Oliveira and Coffee with the next EU players?


No, no, no. ESL didn't lose the Europeans. Asians don't matter. They will not reflect on their own work, they will find any excuse to cover up their mistakes.

Guess what would have happened if it had been Clem or Reynor?


It doesn't surprise me that ESL is shifting the blame to Chinese customs. As far as I know, China Customs requires efficient work, and will conduct self-inspection if there is no reason to stay for more than two days. Next time, I suggest ESL shift the blame for the accident to the Swedish Embassy.
Udongein071
Profile Joined June 2023
2 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-06-15 08:57:44
June 15 2023 08:50 GMT
#123
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Udongein071
Profile Joined June 2023
2 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-06-15 08:56:23
June 15 2023 08:50 GMT
#124
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Schelim
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Austria11528 Posts
June 15 2023 09:18 GMT
#125
so i'm wondering, can you not send the invitations via e-mail? wouldn't that save a LOT of time?
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Gina
Profile Joined July 2019
241 Posts
June 15 2023 09:20 GMT
#126
The embassies often require actual hard copy documents. Depends also on the country, very much: the Swedish embassy in China is probably quite a bit stricter than the one in the US, for example.
Omit needles swords.
vessll1
Profile Joined June 2023
1 Post
Last Edited: 2023-06-15 09:20:23
June 15 2023 09:20 GMT
#127
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fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4073 Posts
June 15 2023 09:29 GMT
#128
On June 15 2023 07:47 desuduesdeus wrote:
They held back Oliveira's invite to wait for Coffee to qualify, to send both invites in one package? Only to have that package get stuck in customs? Lmaowtff? Were they trying to save money for stamps??


I don't know if its reading or math that is failing you, but ok, here it is again:

"1. Oliveira had locked in his slot on May 21st, Coffee has technically locked in his slot on May 25th but it was still obvious on May 21st that he's gonna get the slot.
2. Our invitational letters have been prepared within two days, then printed and signed within the next day and then sent on May 25th."

To break it down:
May 21st - Oliveira qualifies
May 21st - May 23rd - invitation letters for BOTH players are being prepared and sent for signature
May 24th - letters are printed and signed
May 25th - letters are sent to the Embassy

I know from experience how long these things take, especially with letters that need to be printed on official company's blanks with a wet signature (not everyone in the company is allowed to sign letters). I also know they can be sped up by doing in-advance planning, just like what Alex007 promised to do in the future.
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Elantris
Profile Joined June 2018
66 Posts
June 15 2023 09:59 GMT
#129
On June 15 2023 06:52 Alex007 wrote:
I would still like to clarify that we need to respect the tournament integrity and we absolutely cannot allow any players to participate in the Summer finals remotely as this decision will harm every other player attending the event and create an unfair competitive envinronment


Pathetic. Serral/Reynor would be allowed to play online 100%
workovertime
Profile Joined June 2023
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Last Edited: 2023-06-15 10:09:23
June 15 2023 10:09 GMT
#130
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Evilmj
Profile Joined December 2021
China103 Posts
June 15 2023 10:16 GMT
#131
On June 15 2023 18:59 Elantris wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 15 2023 06:52 Alex007 wrote:
I would still like to clarify that we need to respect the tournament integrity and we absolutely cannot allow any players to participate in the Summer finals remotely as this decision will harm every other player attending the event and create an unfair competitive envinronment


Pathetic. Serral/Reynor would be allowed to play online 100%


To be fair, ESL didn't allow Maxpax to do this.
Elantris
Profile Joined June 2018
66 Posts
June 15 2023 10:29 GMT
#132
On June 15 2023 19:16 Evilmj wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 15 2023 18:59 Elantris wrote:
On June 15 2023 06:52 Alex007 wrote:
I would still like to clarify that we need to respect the tournament integrity and we absolutely cannot allow any players to participate in the Summer finals remotely as this decision will harm every other player attending the event and create an unfair competitive envinronment


Pathetic. Serral/Reynor would be allowed to play online 100%


To be fair, ESL didn't allow Maxpax to do this.


Completely different cases because it's not ESL fault that Maxpax can't go to LAN
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16121 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-06-15 10:45:08
June 15 2023 10:42 GMT
#133
On June 15 2023 18:59 Elantris wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 15 2023 06:52 Alex007 wrote:
I would still like to clarify that we need to respect the tournament integrity and we absolutely cannot allow any players to participate in the Summer finals remotely as this decision will harm every other player attending the event and create an unfair competitive envinronment


Pathetic. Serral/Reynor would be allowed to play online 100%


It's a moot point because neither of them would have required a visa to attend the event so this problem never would have happened in the first place.

This problem happened because ESL just didn't consider it a priority to make sure they accomodated the Chinese players appropriately which is a problem they've had many times in the past, but is extra glaring now that their World Champion is Chinese. Which is something they obviously never expected nor prepared for.

You would have thought they would have seen this problem coming ahead of time and made sure they were on top of it ahead of time but nah, it wasn't a priority for them. It took them getting massively embarassed about it to actually make sure it doesn't happen again. We'll just have to conveniently forget about the fact that this is going to impact the points standing for the entire year and now the reigning World Champ has an extra obstacle to climb in his title defense because ESL was caught slacking.
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19332 Posts
June 15 2023 10:42 GMT
#134
It’s really surprising that it took this long to realize invitations should be sent out as soon as possible instead of waiting for qualifiers to finish. Hopefully, with this issue acknowledged, this won’t happen again.

It’d be really nice if ESL put on an online show match somewhere during the ESL broadcast, for the two players who couldn’t make it. I’d even put it between the semifinals and finals just to highlight the love we have for them.
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tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3483 Posts
June 15 2023 10:45 GMT
#135
On June 15 2023 16:57 MJG wrote:
I posted this in the tournament thread, but I should probably ask here as well...

Show nested quote +
Has and Nice both finished in the same position in the Asia regional (5th - 8th) and both have the same number of points in the combined standings (170). Shouldn't there have been a playoff between the two? Did Nice decline for some reason?

Anyone know?

The only reason I can think off is that Has end up in higher place than Nice in the Group Stage.
Chemistry101
Profile Joined June 2023
2 Posts
June 15 2023 10:46 GMT
#136
On June 15 2023 18:59 Elantris wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 15 2023 06:52 Alex007 wrote:
I would still like to clarify that we need to respect the tournament integrity and we absolutely cannot allow any players to participate in the Summer finals remotely as this decision will harm every other player attending the event and create an unfair competitive envinronment


Pathetic. Serral/Reynor would be allowed to play online 100%


Can you cite an example of something like this EVER having happened, of was your weird theory motivated by nothing but irrational hatred of Europeans?
Elantris
Profile Joined June 2018
66 Posts
June 15 2023 10:58 GMT
#137
On June 15 2023 19:46 Chemistry101 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 15 2023 18:59 Elantris wrote:
On June 15 2023 06:52 Alex007 wrote:
I would still like to clarify that we need to respect the tournament integrity and we absolutely cannot allow any players to participate in the Summer finals remotely as this decision will harm every other player attending the event and create an unfair competitive envinronment


Pathetic. Serral/Reynor would be allowed to play online 100%


Can you cite an example of something like this EVER having happened, of was your weird theory motivated by nothing but irrational hatred of Europeans?


It seems that it is ESL who irrationally hates Chinese.
Gina
Profile Joined July 2019
241 Posts
June 15 2023 11:01 GMT
#138
The EU/US folks just don't have that much experience with visa hassles probably. It's a bit more difficult to move around the world for citizens of some other countries.
Omit needles swords.
Chemistry101
Profile Joined June 2023
2 Posts
June 15 2023 11:09 GMT
#139
On June 15 2023 19:58 Elantris wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 15 2023 19:46 Chemistry101 wrote:
On June 15 2023 18:59 Elantris wrote:
On June 15 2023 06:52 Alex007 wrote:
I would still like to clarify that we need to respect the tournament integrity and we absolutely cannot allow any players to participate in the Summer finals remotely as this decision will harm every other player attending the event and create an unfair competitive envinronment


Pathetic. Serral/Reynor would be allowed to play online 100%


Can you cite an example of something like this EVER having happened, of was your weird theory motivated by nothing but irrational hatred of Europeans?


It seems that it is ESL who irrationally hates Chinese.


You have already read what happened from both ESL and the Chinese, so as you know, it was a dumb mistake, primarily the mistake being leaving too little time for a process which can take time.

You, on the other hand, are trying to shift anger and blame on completely unrelated parties who don't deserve it. And as I suspected, there are no justifiable reasons behind it, so we are back to the irrational hatred.
Elantris
Profile Joined June 2018
66 Posts
June 15 2023 11:30 GMT
#140
On June 15 2023 20:09 Chemistry101 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 15 2023 19:58 Elantris wrote:
On June 15 2023 19:46 Chemistry101 wrote:
On June 15 2023 18:59 Elantris wrote:
On June 15 2023 06:52 Alex007 wrote:
I would still like to clarify that we need to respect the tournament integrity and we absolutely cannot allow any players to participate in the Summer finals remotely as this decision will harm every other player attending the event and create an unfair competitive envinronment


Pathetic. Serral/Reynor would be allowed to play online 100%


Can you cite an example of something like this EVER having happened, of was your weird theory motivated by nothing but irrational hatred of Europeans?


It seems that it is ESL who irrationally hates Chinese.


You have already read what happened from both ESL and the Chinese, so as you know, it was a dumb mistake, primarily the mistake being leaving too little time for a process which can take time.

You, on the other hand, are trying to shift anger and blame on completely unrelated parties who don't deserve it. And as I suspected, there are no justifiable reasons behind it, so we are back to the irrational hatred.


ESL fucked up and as a result should allow Oliveira and Coffee to compete online. But they don't want to so ESL deserves all the blame.
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