Okay.. so Freedom thinks we are BM arseholes that wanted an advantage to win at any cost...
This doesn't sit with me so I thought I would put my thoughts to a brief blog.
The past two or three WCS qualifiers or ESL monthly cups fray guys have complained after the tournament privately to me how disappointed they felt after losing on SEA server partially due to ping issues. This disappointment continued during the Ro16 yesterday as seither lost to ender while dealing with 250+ ping plus spikes. Verse a player such as enderr who is known for scrappy games and technical micro demanding play, this is especially a disadvantage.
Now, I have a heap of respect for PsiStorm and Enderr, such a solid player at the top of the scene for a very long time. None of my motive to tell seither to play on AUS had anything to do with getting an advantage for seither or anything against ender. As a manager, my task is to support my team and ensure they have the best opportunity to succeed. The admins had stated previously;
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Originally Posted by Baldie
Games are to be played on Australia server.
So following those instructions to ensure Seither had the best opportunity to succeed I told Seither he should play on AUS.
For those of you that follow other eSports titles in Australia you'd be aware of frequent CS:GO qualifiers in which players are forced to play on various Asian servers to attend the SEA qualifier. No one ever complains about this, they just have to deal with it if they want good ping. Now this is an ANZ qualifier, played on Australian server.. If SEA players want good ping, fly over to Sydney or convince the admins to implement a fair rule.
Seither even offered to play 2 games from the Bo3 on the SEA server and 1 on AUS. Ender declined.
No one wants the disadvantage, I'm sorry it all turned out this way.
Re: Why I asked Seither to play on Aus and not SEA.
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Originally Posted by mGGNemesis
I'm glad that everyone has had a chance to say their pov. I'm just adding my 2 cents from my observations.
What I have noted is Enderr himself is trying to avoid it being turned into drama and seem surprised it was turned to be the way it did.
The tweet and reddit from freeedom is actually strongly worded as an accusation which resulted in several equally worded responses from various people in defence. When I read the tweet I was actually very uncomfortable and hence I dont really blame the reaction from the people who responded to it... even if they arent seemingly helpful for the situation sometimes.
Now that things have somewhat calmed down I think both fray and seither deserves an apology tbh (or it is already done and I missed). The tweet did seem to suggest an evil plot worthy of books which wasnt the intention. Seither is really a nice guy and it was sad to read that said about him.
Yes, I apologize for thinking there was a plan to F with EnDerr by Chadmann. Seither wasn't really blamed.
I feel I now understand Chadmann's position.
However, it would be nice if he understands why it is misleading and bad timing to just all of a sudden to just ask to change server and say it's coz it's the rule... given the circumstances.
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