Am I the only one who doesn't want either team to win the Finals? *spoilers*

Stüdmuffin·10/13/2014, 4:25:12 AM·1 votes·1,259 views

Seriously, it seems to me that this year's Finals teams are a great representation of people who behave deplorably when playing this game. On the one hand, we have SHR, led by Uzi and inSec, who fight with each other like little children (and Uzi sometimes acts like a crybaby when he doesn't win --- see the EDG/SHR Quarterfinals Game 2 ending.) On the other hand, we have SSW, the majority of whom come off as arrogant turds, with imp blazing the trail in that regard (see the interview with imp before the SHR/OMG Semifinals Game 2, where he said he "wanted to win so bad that he made Deft cry." In the interview, he admitted to it, and didn't even apologize for it.)

The only thing we're missing in the Finals lineup is SK Gaming's Svenskeren and his atrocious, inexcusable racism, and I think we'd have the Three-Kinds-Of-Player-Behavior-You-'d-Most-Want-To-See-Banned-In-The-Tribunal.

Contrast this behavior to, like, say, Cloud9, who are humble in victory, reserved in defeat, and generally feel (at least to me) like they'd probably be pretty cool guys to hang out with. Cloud9's not the only example, for sure, but I think that they're at least one great example of how this game can have a team that behaves respectfully across the board. I was pulling so hard for OMG to beat SHR yesterday, not only because I think they're a more exciting team to watch than SHR (and I've taught students like Gogoing before, his background really resonates with me and I wish him the best,) but also because then I'd feel as though I had a team to root for in the Finals.

Am I alone here, in not wanting either SHR or SSW to win? Am I the only one who'd be happiest if the Finals went 2 and 2, so both teams lost two games each, and then the teams surrendered simultaneously in Game 5, leaving no winners?

This will be the first year that I don't buy World Champion-themed skins on principle. :(

9 Comments

12tales10/13/2014, 4:46:37 AM3 votes

Because minute long video clips are plenty to judge and condemn a person's character?

Personally, I don't consider calling people you've never met 'arrogant turds' to be particularly commendable behavior, either.

Cabo10/13/2014, 4:28:27 AM2 votes

mad or naw?

redniwediS10/13/2014, 4:41:16 AM1 votes

Take a look at professional athletic sports. Some of those people (not even close to all) are deplorable human beings. They cheat, they break the law, and they constantly expect to get away with it simply because they are famous.

You don't have to want either team to win, but the fact that the best players are getting together to compete should at least be celebrated. We're not here to watch the best people play, we're here to watch the best players, so I'll settle for a few disagreements and over confident people if that's the worst of the worst at Worlds.

GameofThrawns10/13/2014, 4:43:28 AM1 votes

Zero and Mata are so chill they basically cancel out all the bad, though.

Are some of the players on both teams very cocky? Yes...okay, maybe all of SSW is pretty cocky. But they still did work extraordinarily hard for it. Samsung White is, what, 14-1 so far; if there's any team that has the right to be cocky it's them.

I really wanted OMG to win (chin of steel GoGoing Ryze skin plz), but eh, they'll probably write "S5 Worlds" on the sand of some Korean beach and somehow reach Finals next year. One step at a time folks.