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[UnseenWombat]

I personally think he was a real dick. Why not just reach over and hit NFK's buttons, flick his ears, pull his hand off of the stick? I'm not saying that Alex is a bad player by any means, but if your skills IN THE GAME are so lacking that you have to resort to distracting your opponent physically sitting next to you, you don't deserve to win.

I'm no TO, but there really should be a rule that you have to remain quiet and respectful during your match. If he would have grabbed NFK's controller and flung it into the crowd then rung him out while he went to go get it, he'd have been disqualified. I think verbally assaulting your opponent should be in the same category.

And the best hype came not from Alex strutting around the stage like a retarded rooster, but from NFK WTFPWNing his ass in the final sets. I almost cried when he wouldn't let Alex ring himself out after utterly thrashing him.

 

[Uber1337]

Getting in your opponents head is legit. You gotta remember, you're playing the player, not just their character. You don't think this happens in every other sport (or eSport, lol)? NFK has likely improved as a player as a result of this. He knows how to handle this type of thing now. I'm gonna laugh if the other players at the 8 man tourney in Vegas try to take a page out of Alex's book when fighting NFK. Although, not that many people really have the ability to trash talk like Alex.

 

[soakrates]

I'm not saying that Alex is a bad player by any means, but if your skills IN THE GAME are so lacking that you have to resort to distracting your opponent physically sitting next to you, you don't deserve to win.

Shit talk is everywhere. Pro sports, politics, fighting games, you name it. If your nerves aren't strong enough to keep from letting it get to you, you probably couldn't perform at the highest level anyway. What about all the people in the crowd yelling at Alex? Should they be required to shut up as well? Should we start blaming Alex's losses on them instead? Of course not, because that would be silly.

People seem to forget that NFK also switched characters for the finals, and Alex clearly wasn't as familiar with the NM matchup as he should have been. That, combined with NFK's overall solid play, cost Alex far more than the removal of any shit-talk advantage.

 

[UnseenWombat]

Shit talk is everywhere. Pro sports, politics, fighting games, you name it. If your nerves aren't strong enough to keep from letting it get to you, you probably couldn't perform at the highest level anyway. What about all the people in the crowd yelling at Alex? Should they be required to shut up as well? Should we start blaming Alex's losses on them instead? Of course not, because that would be silly.

I have to disagree. I'm not saying that shit talk doesn't happen here or in other kinds of competitions. But there used to be a thing called sportsmanship. See how NFK shook Alex's hand after winning even though he acted like a total prick the whole match? That's good sportsmanship. Yelling in the face of your opponent so that he can't concentrate on what he's doing, that's bad sportsmanship.

And people in any crowd are going to act like assholes. The fact that it's a crowd increases the chances you'll have someone like AlexJ in there somewhere to the point it's almost inevitable. But for the actual competitors to be total assholes, IMO is just unacceptable.

It's just like Aris's sexual harrassment. No one says it doesn't happen, in gaming and everywhere else, but that doesn't mean it's right.

 

[Sora]

I have to disagree. I'm not saying that shit talk doesn't happen here or in other kinds of competitions. But there used to be a thing called sportsmanship. See how NFK shook Alex's hand after winning even though he acted like a total prick the whole match? That's good sportsmanship. Yelling in the face of your opponent so that he can't concentrate on what he's doing, that's bad sportsmanship.

And people in any crowd are going to act like assholes. The fact that it's a crowd increases the chances you'll have someone like AlexJ in there somewhere to the point it's almost inevitable. But for the actual competitors to be total assholes, IMO is just unacceptable.

It's just like Aris's sexual harrassment. No one says it doesn't happen, in gaming and everywhere else, but that doesn't mean it's right.

Coming from someone who was right there, I have to say that this is an overexaggeration. Alex may have been popping off, but from our seats, he was mostly just flamboyantly flailing his arms around whenever he landed Xiba CE. That's tantamount to slamming on your stick when you make an epic comeback -- it's not frowned upon at all.

The 'line' that was almost crossed I would say was when Alex was staring NFK down and almost got in the way of his eyesight. That would've been borderline DQ if Alex had pushed it any further. But honestly, Alex wasn't really saying much except 'you're going down' and 'I'm taking this'. Hardly something to be alarmed about, IMO.