Before I even discuss this I would like to post the article from GameSpy
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/league-of-legends-clash-of-fates/1211193p1.html
So I would like to first point out the E-Sports is become something serious especially with Starcraft II paving the way for gaming internationally. League of Legends is now one of the games that are going to be played in WCG which is the World Cyber Games tournament. This essentially is an international tournament for games and countries send teams to play. For League of Legends the US teams held a tournament to decide who would be going to Korea to play and represent US, pun intended. The problem is that Diginitas, specifically VoyBoy and Jatt, messed up and create an absolute joke out of Riot, the company that made LoL, WCG, and E-Sports as a whole. What do you guys think? I think that if people want gaming to be taken seriously, shit like this should be taken seriously and not handled so horribly.
EDIT: Here is a link from WCG about the controversy
http://us.wcg.com/?page=news&id=7026
Here is also an "apology" letter from VoyBoy. Ignore the bold sentences, they are commentary.
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1434209
EDIT2: Here's Kotaku's article. I know some of you, or most of you, hate kotaku but, meh...
http://kotaku.com/5855114/man-switches-countries-during-pro-tournament-causes-mass-****storm
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/league-of-legends-clash-of-fates/1211193p1.html
So I would like to first point out the E-Sports is become something serious especially with Starcraft II paving the way for gaming internationally. League of Legends is now one of the games that are going to be played in WCG which is the World Cyber Games tournament. This essentially is an international tournament for games and countries send teams to play. For League of Legends the US teams held a tournament to decide who would be going to Korea to play and represent US, pun intended. The problem is that Diginitas, specifically VoyBoy and Jatt, messed up and create an absolute joke out of Riot, the company that made LoL, WCG, and E-Sports as a whole. What do you guys think? I think that if people want gaming to be taken seriously, shit like this should be taken seriously and not handled so horribly.
EDIT: Here is a link from WCG about the controversy
http://us.wcg.com/?page=news&id=7026
Here is also an "apology" letter from VoyBoy. Ignore the bold sentences, they are commentary.
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1434209
EDIT2: Here's Kotaku's article. I know some of you, or most of you, hate kotaku but, meh...
http://kotaku.com/5855114/man-switches-countries-during-pro-tournament-causes-mass-****storm