So I guess we can thank Boxer for ruining it for the rest of the progamers, haha (thanks for helping us find it GTR).
1) I think this is just a temporary band-aid just hiding the real problem 2) KeSPA is struggling to find a way to balance being professional and keeping it entertaining. It's hard because if you completely allow ceremonies you're basically promoting showboating - not necessarily something you want your players known as. If you allow games with text you're adding humor but you're also promoting a possible lack of sportsman ship.
On May 09 2009 13:26 nataziel wrote: In regards to the official kespa rules, why was bisu and SKT allowed to do that ceremony with the dancing and stuff? I thought that was banned now?
Only OFFENSIVE ceremonies (in the eyes of KeSPA) are banned. Such as crotch-thrusting.
netizens agree: - i feel so fucking bad for leta... - wow WTF are you fucking kidding me you bastards? hahahhahhahahaa.. wow, leta just became the victim here you fucking crazy bastards... you should have made the rules properly from the start what the fuck do you guys do right anyway????????????? - ge-spa just shoves a shitload of money up their ass while they do nothing. - what are you going to do about leta ge-spa!!!!!!! fuck, i'm starting to curse... - what are you going to do about leta.. what are you going to do about leta who is shocked and heavily affected because of this... - kespa work is easier than being a reporter - this announcement will just make leta cry twice.
So I guess we can thank Boxer for ruining it for the rest of the progamers, haha (thanks for helping us find it GTR).
1) I think this is just a temporary band-aid just hiding the real problem 2) KeSPA is struggling to find a way to balance being professional and keeping it entertaining. It's hard because if you completely allow ceremonies you're basically promoting showboating - not necessarily something you want your players known as. If you allow games with text you're adding humor but you're also promoting a possible lack of sportsman ship.
Who cares about a "possible" lack of sportsmanship or showboating. Let the fans judge. If they dont like bad sportsmanship or showboating they will let their voice be heard and the players themselves will respond without the need of kespa. No players or teams want to be hated...the world has its own control systems, no need to make artificial ones. Personally I think a little Bm or showboating would do e sports some good. Every sport needs a villain.
On May 09 2009 13:26 nataziel wrote: In regards to the official kespa rules, why was bisu and SKT allowed to do that ceremony with the dancing and stuff? I thought that was banned now?
Only OFFENSIVE ceremonies (in the eyes of KeSPA) are banned. Such as crotch-thrusting.
they banned crotch thrusting? what's the fucking point the cons of banning it outweigh the pros by far
Good news, although it's still late. This is the problem with all rules or laws: the fact that people feel a need to follow the letter, rather than the spirit of the law.
So I guess we can thank Boxer for ruining it for the rest of the progamers, haha (thanks for helping us find it GTR).
1) I think this is just a temporary band-aid just hiding the real problem 2) KeSPA is struggling to find a way to balance being professional and keeping it entertaining. It's hard because if you completely allow ceremonies you're basically promoting showboating - not necessarily something you want your players known as. If you allow games with text you're adding humor but you're also promoting a possible lack of sportsman ship.
Who cares about a "possible" lack of sportsmanship or showboating. Let the fans judge. If they dont like bad sportsmanship or showboating they will let their voice be heard and the players themselves will respond without the need of kespa. No players or teams want to be hated...the world has its own control systems, no need to make artificial ones. Personally I think a little Bm or showboating would do e sports some good. Every sport needs a villain.
I feel that's a very American thing to say. KeSPA wants to keep a professional image and in Korea it's probably less acceptable to showboat than it is in America (you saw how awkward Midas was when he preformed his ceremonies). Of course no player or team wants to be hated but it just takes one or two bad decisions to reflect poorly on KeSPA. It would take a gigantic leap of faith for KeSPA to say that we will let our players speak for us about professionalism and not try to regulate what players do.
On May 09 2009 00:15 Nevuk wrote: From the changed wording, can players chat in game if they feel like? (There's no limits on anything besides conceding defeat)
I think there are other rules not mentioned in this article that forbids that. I think it was made after that game involving Boxer on Forte about how he said his base was small, and his opponent starting checking madly for a proxy.