Stephano forfeits ONOG Finals - Page 49
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FortyOzs
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JiYan
United States3668 Posts
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Ktk
Korea (South)753 Posts
I feel that given Kas stayed up so late to play, that Stephano would be obligated to stay up as well. It's not like kas didn't play all the games to get to the finals too, right? All these awkward unprofessionalisms (from both players and tournaments alike) are just asking for an e-sports regulation organization. Maybe not as anti-foreigner as Kespa, but "freelance" esports events like this always lead to omgdrama and that's not good for sc2's image. Personal opinion: Don't like the behavior, given that he has mentioned he's only in the business for profit. Seems bad for the e-sports image. | ||
Mysteric, Hysteric
Canada9 Posts
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mYiKane
Canada1772 Posts
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Sein
United States1811 Posts
According to Sheth, Stephano used "Cave to my demand X or I'm forfeiting" also about server switching during the group stages, which forced a clearly stated rule to be changed during the middle of the event. His request for rescheduling on the final day because of a schedule conflict created by himself (by agreeing to play in both tournaments) was also accepted by the tournament organizers. They really went out of their way to accommodate Stephano. In fact, they were so accommodating that I think Stephano probably thought that they would bend over and reschedule the finals if he just went to sleep and told them he would forfeit if he can't play the next day instead. ONOG needed to draw a line somewhere. They can't keep changing tournament rules and schedules last minute because of a single player keep telling them "Do as I say or I'm forfeiting". | ||
Shingebiss
United States17 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
Damned if you don't Sigh. | ||
Vash_SC2
United States122 Posts
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ailouros
United States193 Posts
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drevil69
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Hipsv
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To draw a parallel to MMA which is another sport that is more focused on the spectator experience, lets say after all this time Nick Diaz wins the interim belt over Condit and we go through half a year of crazy hype videos and we are all pumped for this event, then once they enter the cage Diaz forfeits to GSP because he is tired. People would go apeshit and Diaz would probably be ejected from the UFC. | ||
Thingdo
United States186 Posts
They agreed to delay so that he could play. Saying "I'm too tired" is a really poor excuse, and I think their solution was a good one. The point of these tournaments is to give people good games to watch (and to make money doing so), and its a huge letdown if the final doesn't happen. Imagine if someone did that for GSL. Everyone here would be furious with the player for killing all the hype surrounding the finals. ONOG made a good call by coming up with a way to still give all their viewers a final to watch. | ||
Amui
Canada10558 Posts
On January 31 2012 14:58 drevil69 wrote: is totally legit to make it to the finals and give up. if this was tennis or any other sport, he would just have forfeited his match so what. you might think you deserve him to play the final, but that is not true. you can organize just a showmatch instead, if a player is not feeling well, there is no justification to keep him from his deserved winnings. in any courtroom you would lose big time. I don't understand this reasoning. Let's use tennis analogies to explain why this is wrong because everybody seems to be doing it. Famous tennis player wants to play in a tournament, but it's on clay. Complaint about unfair advantage etc. and then gets rules changed halfway through so you alternate matches onto grass. Then, after winning semi-finals, he decides that he's too tired to play the other finalist tomorrow for the trophy, and lays down an ultimatum to delay it a day, or else he forfeits. The tickets have already been sold, venue rented, production prepared. How's that sound? People have forfeited finals before in real events, but how many have done so without trying? Also how many have threatened organizers with forfeiture for an advantage? I have nothing against the punishment, it's completely fair and justified considering the time and effort put in by people to make it happen. People can fanboy a player all they want, but acting like a princess in a freaking INVITATIONAL tournament is just childish, and extremely disrespectful. | ||
KingAce
United States471 Posts
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TAMinator
Australia2706 Posts
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Jisall
United States2054 Posts
On January 31 2012 14:45 Plexa wrote: Damned if you do Damned if you don't Sigh. Couldn't Agree more. I give him prop's for standing up for himself. Takes alot of balls to do that. | ||
Igaryu85
Germany195 Posts
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archonOOid
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taldarimAltar
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