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Regarding the Defwin against stephano at HSC VI

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XlorD
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany16 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-22 02:26:03
December 21 2012 21:31 GMT
#1
Mod Edit: Take's official account added


Xlord:

Hey Guys,

I understand that you are confused and a bit disappointed in the decision somehow, but however to explain it:

In the first fight between my 2nd and 3rd base I took a similar fight against him (Infestor Roach on my side - and Hydra Roach on his side) and I fungaled <- the left side to fight on the right for a few seconds uncontested by the left side which couldnt move (obviously) and took the fight pretty convincingly.

I was going to do the exact same thing in the fight in front of his natural when the game dropped. I would've fight the left side (just a few hydras and roaches) and fungaled the right side (the main army). I also had 5 roaches at his 4th base (it was gone basically) while my base was up already. So the game was mine and I knew that.

However I understand that there are some discussions about the situatiuation and games were also lost while having this kind of lead - but I played really solid in both games in my opinion.

I am really disappointed that the game had to end like this (connection somehow broke) and I am sad aswell, since now I seem like a bad mannered player.

I am happy to see stephano making it out of the group and I would like to face him again while HSC VI and I appreciate his courage, to agree to the Win as it stands.

I hope you guys enjoy the remaining games and playoffs tomorrow - I will try my best and I hope I wont be "mindfucked" tomorrow.

I also feel sorry for DIMAGA and Snute, to be put in such a situation

thx for reading.

Take:

On December 22 2012 07:23 TaKeSeN wrote:
Hey this is what i wrote on reddit.

Hello everyone i would like to give some of my own thoughts:

First of all we do have 2 Admins for this tournament and they run the tournament all day long. Before we were discussing the disconnect live on stream we have been talking to xlord and Stephano offcamera and i was talking to one of the admins what he thinks and at some point i saw that this situation is however you call it not fair for one of the players and from my memories i had a tournament in mind which was big too where we had 3 Players who could decide if its a regame or not. We would let them vote secretly and get the best possible decision (from my point of view cause these guys have the biggest knowledge about the game)

I asked Stephano/Xlord if this is okay for them and they actually liked the idea. So why should i not do it? In the rules it usually say that the admin has the last word and he can even change the rules spontaneously.

I think i could and should have decided it faster but this was a very bad situation for me cause this is homestorycup and usually all players are nice to each other and i didn t wanna have anyone with bad feelings and put up the best solution. So for this i want to appologize it made it bigger than it should have been.

I know that this was probably abit of a emotional answer by alex but i think and hope that i can talk to you in private and fix this situation.

I also want to mention one thing in alot of leagues when it s not over 100% you decide a regame but if the players agree on a result its over. Stephano said twice to xlord once live in the camera and once off camera that if he wants the win he can take it.

All together is just a shit situation and i m happy for Stephano that he still advanced. I talked to him after the MMA series and at least he told me that i shouldnt be sad or have bad feelings cause now thats what i actually have.

Sorry to all of you if this somehow fucked you up. I will not let this happen again.

Thanks for your time and i hope you can somehow understand my situation.

//Dennis


It was not perfect and i can understand that some people are angry and upset. This won t happen again.

MisterFred
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2033 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-21 21:38:19
December 21 2012 21:34 GMT
#2
I thought you completely deserved the win. It seemed obvious you had a nearly insurmountable lead. Of course we're all disappointed that we didn't get a couple of minutes more action.

Frankly I'd have been upset if the admins had forced a regame. They made the right decision to hand you the win.
"The victor? Not the highest scoring, nor the best strategist, nor the best tactitian. The victor was he that was closest to the Tao of FFA." -.Praetor
Hardigan
Profile Joined June 2011
Switzerland1297 Posts
December 21 2012 21:34 GMT
#3
the games had to be discussed for more than 10 sec.
Hence: regame
PixelNite
Profile Joined August 2011
France1008 Posts
December 21 2012 21:34 GMT
#4
Fair enough
bertu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Brazil871 Posts
December 21 2012 21:34 GMT
#5
Thank you for posting this. As a competitor, you should never feel ashamed to ask the rules to be enforced. This doesn't make you bad mannered at all. GL tomorrow!
SEKO SEKO SEKO
Connor987
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom103 Posts
December 21 2012 21:34 GMT
#6
Hi XlorD and respect for posting so soon after this to try and explain, I agree with some points you make and you played well and would of most likely taken it, however I think HSC is a community event, people want to see good games and games they know were over, when Snute said about the bo5 I was sure you'd be fine with it but you just basically lost it, fair enough there is money involved and I know its not easy for upcoming progamers but I think for the fans and the general atmosphere of the tournament you should of accepted a bo5
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-21 21:36:38
December 21 2012 21:35 GMT
#7
Problem, was the way it was handled, you can't blame any of the players in this situation. The admins are suppose to lead and make a decisions regarding this. They are the ones that fucked up. Instead we get fucked up drama with players and casters arguing on air and players posting stuff defending themselves afterwards.
"Dark Pleasure" | | I survived the Locust war of May 3, 2014
Kenny_oro
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany368 Posts
December 21 2012 21:35 GMT
#8
You're not seen as bad mannered for playing a good game. The disconnect wasn't your fault.

But what's the pont of arguing with the casters which already were forced in the uncomfortable situation to make a decission.

You should've just leaned back to wait for the decission instead of arguing with TLO on stream like a madman.

If you're that confident in your skill - why not just take the 20 and extend it to the BO5?

Nobody argued about your lead in that game - But a lead doesn't mean freewin. You should know that.
HerO | TaeJa | Sea | Polt | CranK Fighting!
boombox7
Profile Joined September 2012
Germany18 Posts
December 21 2012 21:35 GMT
#9
It´s all good, XLord advanced Stephano advanced.
Damm RUBBER
dcemuser
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3248 Posts
December 21 2012 21:37 GMT
#10
The admins were the ones who handled this badly.

They should have taken opinions from a few players off-stream in private if they were not confident making the call themselves.
Kenny_oro
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany368 Posts
December 21 2012 21:37 GMT
#11
On December 22 2012 06:35 boombox7 wrote:
It´s all good, XLord advanced Stephano advanced.


MMA could've advanced too if the game whould've been a regame or 2-0 lead to BO5 ..
HerO | TaeJa | Sea | Polt | CranK Fighting!
Borsti
Profile Joined May 2012
Germany79 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-21 21:38:41
December 21 2012 21:38 GMT
#12
Everyone could see that stephano did not agree with your win cause he thought you won, he just gave you the win cause he was annoyed by all the discussion going on.
zul
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany5427 Posts
December 21 2012 21:38 GMT
#13
nice move of you to explain yourself, but tbh I dont even see the need for that. A regame was offered, stephano declined it as he knew he lost and so you won. End of story. Disconnects still suck though.
keep it deep! @zulison
glzElectromaster
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Japan2474 Posts
December 21 2012 21:38 GMT
#14
I won't give you heat for arguing intensely. It's quite common in competitive sports. Conceding easily isn't necessarily the best attitude.

Although I do think the lack of administrative decision making made the atmosphere worse, as it's supposed to be a friendly event.
RIP Kt. Violet | In solitude, where we are least alone
Chroome
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany6 Posts
December 21 2012 21:38 GMT
#15
I think almost everyone in your position would have want the win instead of bo5 or regame.
I personaly can understand both points of view and to be honest i would had decide the same like you did.

Hope to see more games like against Stephano ( just without disconnect)

Solarsail
Profile Joined July 2012
United Kingdom538 Posts
December 21 2012 21:38 GMT
#16
Either decision wouldn't have reflected badly on you.

Standing there arguing (and looking like you persuaded the admins to change their decision based on nothing but emotional appeal) was the problem.
Everyone left over is a member of the OP race and you have to figure out which one of them is the least OP. - CosmicSpiral
derElbe
Profile Joined February 2009
Germany571 Posts
December 21 2012 21:39 GMT
#17
i think regame would be just a thing of fairplay.
anyway you were far ahead.
Hoejja - Bisu - Leenock - TLO
cythaze
Profile Joined June 2011
830 Posts
December 21 2012 21:39 GMT
#18
Should have made it a bo9 so Xlord could have 5-0ed Stephano
nath
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1788 Posts
December 21 2012 21:40 GMT
#19
imo its not really a big deal. people getting mad at xlord for being vocal about it clearly have never competed in anything that takes a lot of effort. you become a different person and cannot be blamed for feeling the possibility of an unfair outcome after you competed, gave your all, SHOWED YOUR STRATEGIES (fuck the stupid fucking people who say he should have taken a bo5, that is ridiculous, stephano would have won and not necessarily because hes better but because of the mental advantage, anyone would know that, its like parting vs mkp in team league), and know that even though leads like the one he had were sometimes lost, in the moment you know, how focused you are, how you are playing, he knew he was going to win and anyone who knows about the game would also know this, hes not going to right click his infestors into stephano's natural and lose them all...so he was going to win.
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synd
Profile Joined July 2011
Bulgaria586 Posts
December 21 2012 21:40 GMT
#20
On December 22 2012 06:35 Kenny_oro wrote:
You're not seen as bad mannered for playing a good game. The disconnect wasn't your fault.

But what's the pont of arguing with the casters which already were forced in the uncomfortable situation to make a decission.

You should've just leaned back to wait for the decission instead of arguing with TLO on stream like a madman.

If you're that confident in your skill - why not just take the 20 and extend it to the BO5?

Nobody argued about your lead in that game - But a lead doesn't mean freewin. You should know that.

TL;DR version - "I say that you aren't bad mannered but arguing like a gypsy at a market for a free win, means that you are indeed a bad mannered player relying on free wins"
Yep, I totally support that thinking too, Kenny_oro
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