I don't watch eSports but judging from the posts, I assume people were rude at the event. No matter who you're rooting for, booing and being rude to the other teams is unacceptable! Imagine being up on that stage in front of all those people and suddenly having tons of people booing at you! I don't know what the pressure on the teams are, but I assume it's large.
Manwalrus3 votesThis is basically what went down: People cheered for C9 as the last remaining NA team at worlds (IE The Home team) vs Samsung and booed Samsung (IE the away team).
What you're seeing are people getting really triggered by this for no reason. It's just part of not just American, but global sports culture. People say "we want Esports to be recognized as a sport" and then as soon as an aspect from traditional sports comes into play "this is horrible"
Miror B2 votesThis is basically what went down: People cheered for C9 as the last remaining NA team at worlds vs Samsung and booed Samsung.
What you're seeing are people getting really triggered by this for no reason. It's just part of not just American, but global sports culture. People say "we want Esports to be recognized as a sport" and then as soon as an aspect from traditional sports comes into play "this is horrible"
Today's game is going to be really telling, as with what happened concerning TSM and SKT technically "bringing C9 into the 2nd round with them" the crowd might turn full hypocrite and cheer a korean team.
I'd may as well reiterate my stance on this whole issue. The fact an NA crowd is booing a korean team is not just in terrible taste but also incredibly hypocritical, considering C9's top laner isn't exactly "from these parts".
SuperLuigiLXIV1 votesActually, I'd argue that proves we're NOT hypocritical.
We don't care where you're from. We care that you're representing us and we love you for it =D
AgeOfTheMage2 votesthanks for the info! i've never been a sports person myself and I'm not very competitive, but even then, people shouldn't boo! I hope this doesn't give a bad name for all na players, I'd respect all teams! I hope the booing didn't affect them too much, I just hate negativity.
SuperLuigiLXIV1 votesThat's how sports work though. You cheer for your team and you boo the other team.
The issue here is that the crowd was overwhelmingly on C9's side, since they're NA. At most sporting events, you have a more relatively even mix of fans for each team, which means both teams get plenty of cheers and boos.
It LOOKED ruder than the crowd meant it to, just keep that in mind.
AgeOfTheMage1 voteswell that's a shame, people shouldn't boo the other team, just cheer for their own
Guyy Fieri1 votesif professional league players can't handle some boos, then they need to grow up. and for whats its worth, most of Samsung said it actualyl fueled them to play better. Was it right? Maybe not, but why is it everyone on the boards right to say how rude it was to the players. You don't know what they are thinking, maybe they loved and wanted more (realistically probably not) but the point is yall dont know what they were thinking so how can you make the claims like you know