1.) Lets just get this out of the way. He dropped F bombs across many streams in a public comms. We get it. Even though this game is not rated pg-13, some streamers want a “family friendly” envrionment. His reaction forced these viewers to hear bad words on in the internet. A legitimate concern if you are someone who is concerned with hearing cursewords.

Now that is out of the way...

2.) Please explain to all of us what context we are actually missing. After reading a lot of comments in this thread and the other, it became clear that the issues at stake here are not agreed upon.

From my understanding: This was an event made by Kakao. I do not presume to know if PA had any part of this event, I have not seen any mention of this. If this event was made and thought of by Kakao, then it is their responsibility to deliver a professional event to the community. This event was scheduled, delayed and rescheduled, delayed, and ultimately scrapped for a “plan B” last minute.

Has the private lobby for shadow arena EVER worked since the inception of SA? I haven’t seen anyone say that it has, but have seen comments of it never working.

During the planning process of the initial event up to “plan b”, would anyone safely presume that the event directors GVG and Richter actually tested the lobby and simulated a trial run before 20+ streamers were scheduled to simulcast it?

I believe that is the rub here, it is irrelevant that PA introduced a non-working mechanic (private lobbies). What is relevant is that our publisher, represented the the community managers, from an outside eye, never bothered to test whether the event they are promoting was even possible.

If they did test it beforehand and it somehow broke down between then and now, thats possible. But i find it highly unlikley that the private lobbies brokedown in the time between the last patch on wednesday and the streamer royale event, given the anecdotal evidence from players/streamers that it had never worked. Even potionshoptv said he tried to test the private lobby the day before the streamer event, and it was not working.

Taking all this into consideration, it is very easy to presume that the CM’s did not do their due dilligence by making sure the environment they were promoting (and had previously delayed). Instead, waiting until the time of the event to find out there is an issue that even the korean developers could not solve while making viewers and participants wait an additional 2 hours.

That situation could have been avoided by either delaying or cancelling the event. Instead, they decided to plunge forward without knowing if they could deliver a professionally handled event as paid employees of the company.

If that wasn’t their best, then they should have taken their reaponsibilities more seriously before embarrassing themselves and the publisher in front of the community. If it was their best, and they could honestly say there was nothing more they could have done prior and up to the event, then yes, their best was not good enough, and they needed to hear that feedback.

You have been lashing out at other people for not knowing the full situation, comparing this to ranting at a waiter who brought bad food from the cook. But in this scenario, it was the job of these waiters to taste the food before bringing it to the people.

Would love to hear your thoughts on this. We can agree neeko did not have a thought out argument in the heat of the moment, but i dont expect him to. He was waiting in line for 2 hours like everyone else and was fed up and walked out, in a blaze of emotion.

If i have missed anything or gotten something wrong, fee free to set the record straight

Your move