On July 03 2024 23:10 tigera6 wrote: The difference is that, these players missing the events due to circumstances out of their control. And it would be the first time, or 2nd time if that happened. Meanwhile MaxPax has showed repeatedly that he wont play in the offline tournaments, I believe repeated "offenders" normally got treated differently in general public?
It might be out of control for MaxPax aswell. We just say "he doesn't want to go", but maybe he really just can't go. I refer for that to the case of Space in WC3 I mentioned earlier, someone who was really not able to travel because of illness/handicap. So what, ESL should write in their contracts "you can't compete in this tournament that literally is the backbone of this game if you are too crippled to travel to the finals, fuckoff"?
At this point, I think it is fairly save to say that MaxPax doesn't just "don't want to show up". No one passes up this much money (at this point we are talking probably like around a million of potential Prizepools he has missed out on?) because they are a little shy. So if it is a medical condition in any shape or form, you can hardly exclude him playing from a tournament that functions perfecly fine on its own.
On July 03 2024 23:10 tigera6 wrote: The difference is that, these players missing the events due to circumstances out of their control. And it would be the first time, or 2nd time if that happened. Meanwhile MaxPax has showed repeatedly that he wont play in the offline tournaments, I believe repeated "offenders" normally got treated differently in general public?
The most probable reason for me is that MaxPax is autistic and no, that is not something he can control... At least that would explain a lot
In this interview, MaxPax says that he's never been to a restaurant. So, there is interesting evidence that whatever reason he's not attending offline events, could be the same reason he doesn't go eat out.
There are people with immune disorders, so leaving the house can result in them getting deathly sick. Something like that would easily explain things and justify him not being able to attend.
Playing offline will always impact people differently. Some people don't travel well, get jet lagged, even differences in food or altitude can have an impact. Some aren't as comfortable playing on a stage with white noise blasting through headphones, some just find it distracting to play in an environment they haven't practiced in.
Home court advantage is a thing in every sport. People play better when they're well rested, and are playing in same environment they practice in. It's a shame in some sense that offline competitions are considered "real tournaments" in esports, because being resistant to all those factors is something outside of actual skill in the game
On July 12 2024 01:35 Fango wrote: Playing offline will always impact people differently. Some people don't travel well, get jet lagged, even differences in food or altitude can have an impact. Some aren't as comfortable playing on a stage with white noise blasting through headphones, some just find it distracting to play in an environment they haven't practiced in.
Home court advantage is a thing in every sport. People play better when they're well rested, and are playing in same environment they practice in. It's a shame in some sense that offline competitions are considered "real tournaments" in esports, because being resistant to all those factors is something outside of actual skill in the game
This. When people talk about wanting to see the ‘best StarCraft’, frequently they’re really talking about the latter. Which is totally fine, but as you say is a test of a lot of other factors too.
On July 11 2024 15:41 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: In this interview, MaxPax says that he's never been to a restaurant. So, there is interesting evidence that whatever reason he's not attending offline events, could be the same reason he doesn't go eat out.
There are people with immune disorders, so leaving the house can result in them getting deathly sick. Something like that would easily explain things and justify him not being able to attend.
On July 11 2024 15:41 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: In this interview, MaxPax says that he's never been to a restaurant. So, there is interesting evidence that whatever reason he's not attending offline events, could be the same reason he doesn't go eat out.
There are people with immune disorders, so leaving the house can result in them getting deathly sick. Something like that would easily explain things and justify him not being able to attend.
For this one it's a culture thing. I'm 33 and live in denmark have probably only eaten at the restaurant ~15 times. I have eaten more at restaurants in other countries than I have in denmark. We like to cook our own food, family dinner style. These days we even order the restaurant food, instead of going there. It's not that people don't go to restaurants, but you'd do it for birthdays, celebrating something, or with the work place.
Not long ago he said on a stream, I think that he was contemplating which tournament to go to, or if he should go to one. So I don't think that it's that he literally cannot go. But he does seem to live a very sheltered life and probably have very protective parents, they might also be religious, I don't know.