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[Afrofrog]

My take on it is that sports is a physical and a mental thing. So you can test people's physical and mental states. It may well be just different in the states, but off the top of my head some basketball greats were known for trash-talking. Reggie Miller, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and Kobe Bryant. Not that trash-talking is something to be embraced, but it's a part of the game and the only person who can let it get to you, is you. I think Alex J's behavior was within the limits, the limit being touching or being in the way of his eyesight on the screen. Or just spouting plain vulgar speech towards the player, which Alex J never did.

 

[soakrates]

Sportsmanship? Spare me. Tournaments aren't contests to see who the better "sportsman" is. They're contests of skill and mental endurance, and good shit talk is a great way to gain the mental advantage. It's not necessarily easy, either. You have to know which buttons to push, and like a lot of other strategies, it's a calculated risk that can backfire spectacularly.

 

[Srayer]

It's disappointing that so many people are okay with bad sportsmanship and showing a total lack of respect for fellow players. Within the rules or not, if you are shit talking your opponent during the match, then you are acting like a jerk, plain and simple. Go ahead with your mental gymnastics and recast it as some kind of meta-mindgame; you're still a jerk.

I have nothing against Alex J. I like him just fine, and in general I think he's a pretty funny guy. But to act like that during a match is totally classless and disrespectful. Major props to NFK for still treating his opponent with respect even though he was not shown any. He prevailed by letting his game do the talking, like a true champion should.

 

[Afrofrog]

Within the rules or not, if you are shit talking your opponent during the match, then you are acting like a jerk, plain and simple.

Ah, but that's the thing isn't it. His behavior was within the rules. I can agree that people can view him as a jerk or simply just a competitor. But that's just our opinions, and it doesn't really matter.

 

[Xeph]

This is the competitive scene; anyone who gets booty tickled over a little shit talkin', should stay online where they can rage in solitude at the comfort of their couch.

Back to the point;
Great games, glad Malice posted this. Hope everyone enjoyed the stream (from what I'm hearing, they did.)

I know I'm not a tournament calibur player or anything, but it looks like Alex J played the finals like trash if you ask me.

All the throws he ate?

Random CE?

Continually using 3BKK and getting punished?

Just seems like any half-decent player wouldn't do those things. Maybe it was all the hype going to his head.

There's a lot of factors when you're competing for money/playing in tournaments. What you may not understand may seem like "trash play" which is understandable. The only answer to your statement is go compete offline, and indulge in high level play.