TanGeng Profile Joined January 2009 Sanya 5606 Posts #1



The LAN final will take upwards of 9 days from January 1st through 10th.







source:

http://dota2.uuu9.com/201412/484453.shtml

I-League announced that additional news concerning attendees of their LAN tournament. "Due to severe sickness of a player and unwillingness of VP to play with a standin, Virtus Pro has decided to withdraw from the tournament." Since there is too little time to apply for Visas for second place finishers in EU bracket, VP will be replaced by HGT for the I-League LAN final.The LAN final will take upwards of 9 days from January 1st through 10th.source: Moderator 我们是个踏实的赞助商模式俱乐部

eieio Profile Joined November 2009 United States 12100 Posts #2 So they're what, the third western team to pull out of I-League this season? C9, Hellraisers, and now VP?



Fortunately Lajons is going, but it's too bad so many teams are pulling out D: Staff RapGenius.com is white devil sophistry / Urban Dictionary is for demons with college degrees

giftdgecko Profile Joined February 2011 United States 1829 Posts #3 So just to clarify this doesn't have anything to do with I-League's prize pool or payment method? VP has a legit sick player?

shizaep Profile Joined January 2011 Canada 1421 Posts #4 My guess is that they already had their reserves as to whether or not to attend the tourney and the player sickness was just the straw that broke the camel's back. You mean I just write stuff here and other people can see it?

eieio Profile Joined November 2009 United States 12100 Posts #5 On December 30 2014 11:00 giftdgecko wrote:

So just to clarify this doesn't have anything to do with I-League's prize pool or payment method? VP has a legit sick player?



Sneg1's statement does say

Sneg1's statement does say

i-League do not refuse to pay us their money, but we have to either travel to China or open Chinese bank accounts to get them, if we were told of that before hand we simply would not have participated at all.





So it does seem that they had reservations about attending, but the statement also mentioned that they wouldn't be pulling out of tournaments that they had already committed to. Maybe that influenced VP's unwillingness to just play with a standin, but it seems like sickness was what caused their withdrawal. So it does seem that they had reservations about attending, but the statement also mentioned that they wouldn't be pulling out of tournaments that they had already committed to. Maybe that influenced VP's unwillingness to just play with a standin, but it seems like sickness was what caused their withdrawal. Staff RapGenius.com is white devil sophistry / Urban Dictionary is for demons with college degrees

FuzzyJAM Profile Joined July 2010 Scotland 4640 Posts #6 Visa issues and player sickness to justify pulling out of tournaments are the new connection issues to justify pausing the game. Did you ever say Yes to a single joy?

Kabras Profile Joined June 2011 Romania 2460 Posts #7 alrite this is getting silly "So playing SF in pubs, everyone remember that a very important point is that when using a carry hero like this you must be very selfish. Because working with team mates is a very dangerous thing" - 2009

Sa6peto Profile Joined December 2012 Bulgaria 158 Posts #8 It will be funny if the chinise teams start to drop out of it aswell .

or some of the teams go there , and is like fuck it we aint playing , and just leave lol ;D

Zaphid Profile Joined April 2010 Czech Republic 364 Posts #9 i-league is like the last Starladder, only the continents were switched I will never ever play Mech against Protoss. - MVP

noire Profile Joined July 2012 Turkey 212 Posts #10 İt's good or bad think? İstanbul

Corgi Profile Joined December 2014 United States 385 Posts #11 On December 30 2014 18:02 Kabras wrote:

alrite this is getting silly



Nah. See esports has been without money for so long these teams already figured out their operating costs. They know how many tournaments they need and now they finally get to choose. Its begun. The great tournament revolution where there will be smaller, more interesting tournaments in the face of larger ones. There is no need to have super long tournament formats. Nah. See esports has been without money for so long these teams already figured out their operating costs. They know how many tournaments they need and now they finally get to choose. Its begun. The great tournament revolution where there will be smaller, more interesting tournaments in the face of larger ones. There is no need to have super long tournament formats.

NInoff Profile Joined August 2011 Bulgaria 925 Posts #12 It is becoming clearer and clearer that there are way too many tournaments, and most of them are very bad organized.

There were at least 2 big teams withdrawing from 4 out of the last 5 tournaments, and of course everyone gives us different "plausible"reason, but like EE said in one of his blogs - the real reason is way different from that. Having to fly on a 5th class plane in the middle of the night with 8 hours waiting in the airports and arriving several hours before the tournament, then instead of taking some rest you have to take turns for the shower in your room because your whole team is in it... and so on...

I really hope that organizers will do something about that in 2015, i am pretty sure that if teams and players like the conditions in the tournament they will do whatever they can to attend,and will not be looking for a excuse to withdraw.

lolnoty Profile Joined December 2005 United States 6374 Posts #13 On December 30 2014 11:08 eieio wrote:

Show nested quote +

On December 30 2014 11:00 giftdgecko wrote:

So just to clarify this doesn't have anything to do with I-League's prize pool or payment method? VP has a legit sick player?



Sneg1's statement does say

Show nested quote +



i-League do not refuse to pay us their money, but we have to either travel to China or open Chinese bank accounts to get them, if we were told of that before hand we simply would not have participated at all.





So it does seem that they had reservations about attending, but the statement also mentioned that they wouldn't be pulling out of tournaments that they had already committed to. Maybe that influenced VP's unwillingness to just play with a standin, but it seems like sickness was what caused their withdrawal. Sneg1's statement does saySo it does seem that they had reservations about attending, but the statement also mentioned that they wouldn't be pulling out of tournaments that they had already committed to. Maybe that influenced VP's unwillingness to just play with a standin, but it seems like sickness was what caused their withdrawal.



wowza requiring western teams to open up chinese bank accounts. "look, you deal with getting the money out of the country."



maybe time to go back to a big briefcase. wowza requiring western teams to open up chinese bank accounts. "look, you deal with getting the money out of the country."maybe time to go back to a big briefcase. "PPD is a very angry guy. He controls us." - Arteezy

zev318 Profile Joined October 2010 Canada 1764 Posts Last Edited: 2014-12-30 14:49:29 #14 On December 30 2014 22:13 lolnoty wrote:

Show nested quote +

On December 30 2014 11:08 eieio wrote:

On December 30 2014 11:00 giftdgecko wrote:

So just to clarify this doesn't have anything to do with I-League's prize pool or payment method? VP has a legit sick player?



Sneg1's statement does say



i-League do not refuse to pay us their money, but we have to either travel to China or open Chinese bank accounts to get them, if we were told of that before hand we simply would not have participated at all.





So it does seem that they had reservations about attending, but the statement also mentioned that they wouldn't be pulling out of tournaments that they had already committed to. Maybe that influenced VP's unwillingness to just play with a standin, but it seems like sickness was what caused their withdrawal. Sneg1's statement does saySo it does seem that they had reservations about attending, but the statement also mentioned that they wouldn't be pulling out of tournaments that they had already committed to. Maybe that influenced VP's unwillingness to just play with a standin, but it seems like sickness was what caused their withdrawal.



wowza requiring western teams to open up chinese bank accounts. "look, you deal with getting the money out of the country."



maybe time to go back to a big briefcase. wowza requiring western teams to open up chinese bank accounts. "look, you deal with getting the money out of the country."maybe time to go back to a big briefcase.



brief case isnt any better, you'll definitely get stopped at the airport carrying large sums of money. and i wonder how they expect a foreign team to open up a chinese bank account. dont you need some sort of chinese IDs for that? brief case isnt any better, you'll definitely get stopped at the airport carrying large sums of money. and i wonder how they expect a foreign team to open up a chinese bank account. dont you need some sort of chinese IDs for that?

Plansix Profile Joined April 2011 United States 44957 Posts Last Edited: 2014-12-30 16:53:30 #15 Generally trying to walk out of a country with large sums of money is a terrible idea, regardless of where you are. Even if you can explain where it came from, its generally a bad idea. I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6