[This is a time-sensitive material that people might wanna get over with quickly. So I'm just posting a text translation instead of taking much more time to download the video, upload it, and put a subtitle.]
1/25/2010
Before we start the game, we’re issuing an apology about the Nate MSL final.
At the final (last Saturday, January 23, at 5:00 p.m.) between KT’s Flash and Hwaseung’s Jaedong, a power outage that should never take place in live e-sports broadcasting occurred during the 3rd set.
It was an accident resulting from an attempt to improve the player’s condition by running a mini heater, but since it was due to not carefully checking the electricity system, MBCGame deeply apologizes to the 20 million e-sports fans in the country and to the audience who believe in and support us.
It was found that outside personnel who was involved in MSL didn’t understand that the studio at issue had been designed so that if the power is overused, it’s automatically turned off – as opposed to a regular studio which uses UPS (uninterruptible power supply).
The producer and the outside personnel, the team director and the department director will be held responsible and appropriate measures will be taken.
We also apologize that even after the power was back, we didn’t proceed with the game quickly due to the dealing with KeSPA’s holding on Jaedong’s win.
Whatever caused the accident, we acknowledge that we caused an indelible scar to e-sports fans.
It will take us a lot of effort and time to heal that wound, but we will do our best in coming together to expedite the process.
We apologize again, and we will take this accident as a striking reason for us to strive for a high-quality and dynamic broadcasting that will restore us to e-sports’ famed house.
This is definitely better than the "do nothing" approach, I'm feeling a tad bit better about the whole MSL situation now.
I still think that: 1) They should have also mentioned e-sports fans OUTSIDE Korea (I mean, what about us here!) who were disappointed in many ways about the MSL finals. They should be well aware of the presence of the foreign fan communities by now. 2) MBC did not apologize on behalf of KeSPA about the decision to give JD game 3. MBC only apologized for the delay it caused, not the decision itself. Unless those guys don't read internet comments and reviews and whatever, they should have heard enough rants about the decision. I wonder if KeSPA would release an official statement about it. It was a controversial decision (in my opinion) at best.
Still, kudos to MBC for broadcasting a sincere apology.
On January 26 2010 07:52 OpticalShot wrote: This is definitely better than the "do nothing" approach, I'm feeling a tad bit better about the whole MSL situation now.
I still think that: 1) They should have also mentioned e-sports fans OUTSIDE Korea (I mean, what about us here!) who were disappointed in many ways about the MSL finals. They should be well aware of the presence of the foreign fan communities by now. 2) MBC did not apologize on behalf of KeSPA about the decision to give JD game 3. MBC only apologized for the delay it caused, not the decision itself. Unless those guys don't read internet comments and reviews and whatever, they should have heard enough rants about the decision. I wonder if KeSPA would release an official statement about it. It was a controversial decision (in my opinion) at best.
Still, kudos to MBC for broadcasting a sincere apology.
1) because foreign fans definitely contribute to their income and financial success
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