Kevin King Official Statement on the Postseason:
“I want to say so many things right now. Talk about how some very high up people in this league are willing to die on the mountain that what's gone on this postseason is completely fair. That it really feels like the league went ahead and said fuck that other 1/4 of series who weren't affected by the first sims before the reset. I know it doesn't matter. I know for those 3/4 of series there needed to be one and for the way that STHS works and the way sim results come back they couldn't do anything differently. I want to say I understand and that yeah, it’s completely justified because it is. There’s also a part of me that feels like I should be this angry about it. That the response from the league has kinda warranted my response to it in the first place.
My camp has been through this before. I’ve been pretty vocal about my thoughts on the resim and how it’s been handled. I’m angry. I’m hurt. After the way the EFL went for my group I wanted to believe that if the same had ever occurred in the VHL that it’d be okay because it was a better league ran by better people, and they would find a way to make it work. Unfortunately, it just didn’t happen. And I’m left so disappointed. My faith in this league has been broken, my trust for those running it has been shattered. And for the most part it’s because of the response the higher ups have come back with for it. To take the route that it’s just a fair distribution of events feels like a spit in the face to those who were just eliminated by it. I expected more and I suppose that’s on me. I believed this league was better, they would do better. They didn’t.
I'm mad, I'm frustrated, I’m so extremely disappointed. I realize it means nothing to the people running this league. I know now to expect a hostile response from those in charge, but much like they’ve shown in response to this glaring crack in the foundation of how sims run, ‘it is what it is, can’t change it’. I realize I’m not gonna reinvent the wheel. I realize this league only listens to the ideas and commentary from those within that inner circle.
So, this will just be my outlet. Where I can get even 5% of my frustration out and collect all the wonderful comments, I expect to from those who either benefitted from this postseason or just skimmed through it so they can comment about complaining with no context or awareness of anything I’ve said. That’s what I’ll expect now. From this league. From Management, from Commissioners, from people who I thought were gonna figure it out. From a league I trusted to figure it out. So that we can keep the game thread clear for the series head of us in DC/Chicago & Malmo/Moscow.
Congratulations to Chicago, Malmo, DC, & Moscow for moving on. I hope the Conference & Finals series go on without controversy. May the best of you win. And congrats to those players who are getting a chance to potentially win a Continental Cup this season. It’s a great feeling. That’s all for now.”