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id like to see a poll because it seems pretty divided
edit: i'll do it. hopefully wax will add it to the front page
Poll: Do you approve of MLG's decision?Yes (they should play on NA server) (43) 57% No (they should play on KR server) (32) 43% 75 total votes Your vote: Do you approve of MLG's decision? (Vote): Yes (they should play on NA server) (Vote): No (they should play on KR server)
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On May 02 2013 02:17 Pik wrote: page 22 had one
oh, i see it now.
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I don't even see why anyone of you would vote for they should be playing on NA server. Ultimately, it's you guys who are suffering. The players would be on equal latency, but the overall game quality is lower than what it would be on the Korean server. It just gives you a worse experience, how are you voting for that as a fan lol
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On May 02 2013 02:18 Bumblebee wrote: I don't even see why anyone of you would vote for they should be playing on NA server. Ultimately, it's you guys who are suffering. The players would be on equal latency, but the overall game quality is lower than what it would be on the Korean server. It just gives you a worse experience, how are you voting for that as a fan lol
I've been saying this exact thing for hours now.
People are more focused on bashing players who chose NA than seeing good games.
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On May 02 2013 02:18 Bumblebee wrote: I don't even see why anyone of you would vote for they should be playing on NA server. Ultimately, it's you guys who are suffering. The players would be on equal latency, but the overall game quality is lower than what it would be on the Korean server. It just gives you a worse experience, how are you voting for that as a fan lol
People are mad that koreans are in the WCS America and they want them to be somehow penalized. Stupid I know, but yeah
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i think it's the principle...
either way, everyone's gonna keep arguing about this until the match eventually happens and then we'll all forget about it/complain for another 5 days and then forget about it.
i stand by my previous post:
On May 01 2013 22:17 29 fps wrote: unless there is a terrible difference in ping or major lag because of the distance, i highly doubt this will affect the game overall.
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On May 02 2013 02:19 Sated wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2013 02:09 nunez wrote:On May 02 2013 02:05 Sated wrote:On May 02 2013 02:00 nunez wrote:On May 02 2013 01:55 Sated wrote:On May 02 2013 01:53 fleeze wrote:On May 02 2013 01:52 Sated wrote:On May 02 2013 01:51 grs wrote:On May 02 2013 01:49 Sated wrote: I like how this argument is still going on as if the quality of the games won't be affected at all by the fact that the casters, observers and admins are going to be in the game from NYC -> KR... It won't. It is not a peer-to-peer client. Unless the casters lag that much, they stall the game, the quality will not be influenced. Why do you assume that casters won't lag NYC -> KR but the players will lag KR -> NA? because you don't know what you are talking about. they will have a higher ping, they won't "lag". High ping leads to lag... are you trolling? EDIT: If the casters start lagging it will effect both the broadcast and the players. I don't see how this is any different to the players having latency. All cross-server play leads to inefficiencies. observers / admins are only moving their camera around, this happens instantly in your client. however there is a time delay between issuing a command to a unit, and the unit actually executing the command. edit: the ping is usually constant to a server, and i'm fairly certain that the lag from na to kr is not big enough to prompt the 'waiting screen'. Maybe not, but then what do you do if two KR players get into WCS EU and (based on the count right now) 6 streams worth of casters have to switch to KR (EU -> KR lag is obviously awful). Does everyone then go to NA? Do the players get to play on KR? Do the players have to go to EU? Having a set rule prevents shit like this happening and keeps things simple, which is a good thing for a big tournament. That players didn't know about it beforehand (like Nazgul suggested) probably isn't great, however. you are changing the subject. It's actually the same subject since MVP just played in WCS EU with quite a bit of lag. Should the whole game have been moved to NA (Siw was in EU, MVP was in KR) to give the players the best conditions even though 6 streams worth of casters would have to bounce around (and some of those casters have been lagging games held on EU, so I don't want to know how bad they would be on NA). Rules need to be simple and enforceable. You can't define a point where it is easier for the casters to move or the players to move, because you can't define how much they're going to lag each other (if at all). The firm stance MLG have set out makes a lot more sense than trying to decide things on a case-by-case basis...
This is different in that Siw actually lives in EU and Mvp doesn't. It's completely fair to give Mvp the disadvantage of playing on EU in this case. In Major vs HerO, there's actually no disadvantages given to anybody. Both would play with the same latency. The only ones who suffer are YOU AND ME AND US because the game quality will be lower.
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On May 02 2013 02:18 Bumblebee wrote: I don't even see why anyone of you would vote for they should be playing on NA server. Ultimately, it's you guys who are suffering. The players would be on equal latency, but the overall game quality is lower than what it would be on the Korean server. It just gives you a worse experience, how are you voting for that as a fan lol a few matches would suffer, yes. But overall a smoother tournament is more important to me?
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On May 02 2013 02:18 Bumblebee wrote: I don't even see why anyone of you would vote for they should be playing on NA server. Ultimately, it's you guys who are suffering. The players would be on equal latency, but the overall game quality is lower than what it would be on the Korean server. It just gives you a worse experience, how are you voting for that as a fan lol
As I posted earlier:
IMO, it's not exactly the same for them to play on the KR server than to play on the NA server - one of them might be better in high latency situations than the other, hence would have a relative advantage if they both played on NA vs. on KR. For example, lets say on KR, Player 1 > Player 2, but Player 2 is better at playing in high-latency situations than Player 1 such that on NA Player 1 = Player 2. I don't think it's unreasonable to ask the players to play on the NA server since that is what they were prepared to do in the first place anyway (ie. play in high-latency conditions).
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On May 02 2013 02:21 Pik wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2013 02:18 Bumblebee wrote: I don't even see why anyone of you would vote for they should be playing on NA server. Ultimately, it's you guys who are suffering. The players would be on equal latency, but the overall game quality is lower than what it would be on the Korean server. It just gives you a worse experience, how are you voting for that as a fan lol a few matches would suffer, yes. But overall a smoother tournament is more important to me?
Logistically, switching servers takes about 10 seconds. I think a single commercial covers that.
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On May 02 2013 02:21 29 fps wrote:i think it's the principle... either way, everyone's gonna keep arguing about this until the match eventually happens and then we'll all forget about it/complain for another 5 days and then forget about it. i stand by my previous post: Show nested quote +On May 01 2013 22:17 29 fps wrote: unless there is a terrible difference in ping or major lag because of the distance, i highly doubt this will affect the game overall. yeah why would we expect there to be lag in a game where both players have to connect to servers from literally across the globe? lmfao this thread is so funny.
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On May 02 2013 02:21 Pik wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2013 02:18 Bumblebee wrote: I don't even see why anyone of you would vote for they should be playing on NA server. Ultimately, it's you guys who are suffering. The players would be on equal latency, but the overall game quality is lower than what it would be on the Korean server. It just gives you a worse experience, how are you voting for that as a fan lol a few matches would suffer, yes. But overall a smoother tournament is more important to me? You as a fan would not notice the difference. The people who will notice a difference is the casters getting a 30 second shorter break to login to another server. Nothing should be changed for you.
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On May 02 2013 02:18 Bumblebee wrote: I don't even see why anyone of you would vote for they should be playing on NA server. Ultimately, it's you guys who are suffering. The players would be on equal latency, but the overall game quality is lower than what it would be on the Korean server. It just gives you a worse experience, how are you voting for that as a fan lol
Because of basic fairness? Because you don't make mid-season rule changes like that just for certain players?
I'm sure Apocalypse would have loved to play his TvZ yesterday on Korea instead of NA but he went along with the tournament rules. Now if we change this is he allowed to ask to re-do his series?
Raise this issue between the seasons to get the rules changed for future ones but when the rule has already forced Koreans to play Koreans on NA you can't get special exemptions.
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By allowing them to play on KR, you open up a slippery slope to just becoming WCS KR v2. Then next season, when its 75% Koreans, they all play on KR server too, then next season its 95% Koreans etc. Its a regional deterrent, and I fully agree with it. Quality of games is not the issue here, regional protection is. I personally am glad that Blizzard had the foresight to understand this and are sticking to their rules.
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On May 02 2013 02:19 Sated wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2013 02:09 nunez wrote:On May 02 2013 02:05 Sated wrote:On May 02 2013 02:00 nunez wrote:On May 02 2013 01:55 Sated wrote:On May 02 2013 01:53 fleeze wrote:On May 02 2013 01:52 Sated wrote:On May 02 2013 01:51 grs wrote:On May 02 2013 01:49 Sated wrote: I like how this argument is still going on as if the quality of the games won't be affected at all by the fact that the casters, observers and admins are going to be in the game from NYC -> KR... It won't. It is not a peer-to-peer client. Unless the casters lag that much, they stall the game, the quality will not be influenced. Why do you assume that casters won't lag NYC -> KR but the players will lag KR -> NA? because you don't know what you are talking about. they will have a higher ping, they won't "lag". High ping leads to lag... are you trolling? EDIT: If the casters start lagging it will effect both the broadcast and the players. I don't see how this is any different to the players having latency. All cross-server play leads to inefficiencies. observers / admins are only moving their camera around, this happens instantly in your client. however there is a time delay between issuing a command to a unit, and the unit actually executing the command. edit: the ping is usually constant to a server, and i'm fairly certain that the lag from na to kr is not big enough to prompt the 'waiting screen'. Maybe not, but then what do you do if two KR players get into WCS EU and (based on the count right now) 6 streams worth of casters have to switch to KR (EU -> KR lag is obviously awful). Does everyone then go to NA? Do the players get to play on KR? Do the players have to go to EU? Having a set rule prevents shit like this happening and keeps things simple, which is a good thing for a big tournament. That players didn't know about it beforehand (like Nazgul suggested) probably isn't great, however. you are changing the subject. It's actually the same subject since MVP just played in WCS EU with quite a bit of lag. Should the whole game have been moved to NA (Siw was in EU, MVP was in KR) to give the players the best conditions even though 6 streams worth of casters would have to bounce around (and some of those casters have been lagging games held on EU, so I don't want to know how bad they would be on NA)? Rules need to be simple and enforceable. You can't define a point where it is easier for the casters to move or the players to move, because you can't define how much they're going to lag each other (if at all). The firm stance MLG have set out makes a lot more sense than trying to decide things on a case-by-case basis...
i responded to your posts because you had a terrible perception of how lag affects games. the quality of the games will not be negatively affected (compared to the opposite situation) if major and hero play on the korean server due to observers / admins being located (reasonably) far from the server.
edit: too your other point, it wouldn't be hard to come up with a more sensible set of rules on this than what seems to be the current set if your goal is to maximize quality for the viewers (this should be your goal, mlg's goal is to make as much money as they can).
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On May 02 2013 01:35 Bumblebee wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2013 01:28 Plansix wrote:On May 02 2013 01:23 MasterOfPuppets wrote:On May 02 2013 01:23 Plansix wrote:On May 02 2013 01:16 MasterOfPuppets wrote:On May 02 2013 01:11 Plansix wrote:On May 02 2013 01:07 MasterOfPuppets wrote:On May 02 2013 01:05 Plansix wrote:On May 02 2013 01:00 Tppz! wrote:On May 02 2013 00:48 MLG_Adam wrote: [quote]
TL team managers could have emailed us direct instead of creating a forum thread. I don't get what something like this is expected to do outside of creating a mountain out of a mole hill.
As to the issue at hand, this is the first we're hearing of complaints. If players choose to play on NA, they are expected to deal with the region's server and schedule.
We're working very hard to improve upon the rocky qualifier start. Any players, teams, etc. should contact us directly through the appropriate communication channels to discuss concerns around the competition. Waxangel aint part of the team: http://www.teamliquidpro.com/playerscheck your stats. and obviously the players talked to you and tried to make you change the region they play on for their kr-kr matches. its this way you work that makes you problems. "there is a rule about that but everyone would agree that it makes more sense to do it the supposed way? well lets allow it in this case since its just for better games on which everyone would gain something. but no there is a rule. we cant change." thats why ppl like esls administration and organisation a lot more. they think about the stuff and change if it makes more sense. Waxangel is a member of the Team Liquid staff, which sponsors the Team Liquid SC2 and Dota2 teams. http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/TeamLiquid.net_Staff That's the Site staff buddy. Waxangel does write-ups and translations, but he's not part of the Team's actual management or decision-making staff. I guess we can split hairs like that if we really want to. I think MLG can still be grumpy and request that Team Liquid and its staff for both the site and team not make threads like this without sending a single email. That is the level of professional courtesy I would expect. It's not splitting hairs. TeamLiquid.net and Team Liquid the pro team are two separate entities, although they have very evident tie-ins. While someone like Nazgul or Bumblebee represents both, the TL.net staff do not represent the official stance of the actual pro team through their posts. Keep in mind this community was built on volunteers. Again, just because they're an integral part of keeping the community running doesn't necessarily mean they're involved with the team itself. I get that and respect the work they did. But I don't think it is unreasonable to the Team Liquid team to ask the website staff: "Hey, before you create a thread complaining about the rules for a particular event, please let us try to handle it internally first. We have to work with these people and we should let them respond first before bringing it to the community." This thread was created last night and the issue is not super urgent. An email could have been sent or a phone call could have been made this morning to MLG and checked on the rule, rather than go right to a public forum to complain about the issue. On May 02 2013 01:21 Bumblebee wrote: Adam, you need to understand that first of all editors in chief of a website is not affiliated to our team and have nothing to do with how we operate. I did write to Jason Nye and I just got the response that there was nothing we could do about it. What more do you want? That is pretty much a case of having your cake and eating it too. "The people who work for our website that also has the same name as our team are not affiliated with the team. Also, we advertise for the team on that website and broadcast all MLGs events through that site as well. But they aren't affiliated with the team directly." I wouldn't accept an argument like that from Blizzard, MLG or any other business out there. I don't know why that is not acceptable. The team and the website is two different things, two different companies owned by the same person. We happen to share a brand and yes, you are right, we are here together but as stated in my post just above this one it was brought to our attention, but WaxAngel is completely free to do what he thinks is suitable as the editor in chief and for the community site side. If he wants to report and call people out, then that's his thing. I am not or don't want to be responsible for that. I mean, I can understand some of the inherent confusion on this, but perhaps a staff html page on .net and pro would help solve the confusion (like plainly showing who is affiliated with what)? I actually always wondered why TL didn't have a staff page to know who did what (I know there's one on LP but it seems an odd iteration there).
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On May 02 2013 02:24 Terrestrialrage wrote: By allowing them to play on KR, you open up a slippery slope to just becoming WCS KR v2. Then next season, when its 75% Koreans, they all play on KR server too, then next season its 95% Koreans etc. Its a regional deterrent, and I fully agree with it. Quality of games is not the issue here, regional protection is. I personally am glad that Blizzard had the foresight to understand this and are sticking to their rules. Regional protection should not be done by enforcing worse game quality by having two Koreans play on a foreign server. They should be done by region locking or force people to be residents of the actual continent they're competing in.
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On May 02 2013 02:24 Terrestrialrage wrote: By allowing them to play on KR, you open up a slippery slope to just becoming WCS KR v2. Then next season, when its 75% Koreans, they all play on KR server too, then next season its 95% Koreans etc. Its a regional deterrent, and I fully agree with it. Quality of games is not the issue here, regional protection is. I personally am glad that Blizzard had the foresight to understand this and are sticking to their rules.
Playing on a different server has about absolutely nothing to do with regional production. It's not like everything would be affected. Ro16 and beyond are offline anyway. What you're talking about is a different question.
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