Maybe it's just, y'know, Noob actually has solid tools going for him? Way too many players are over-conscious of the metagame and end up losing sight of the simplest assets in this game. That said, considering how hard you have to work with those tools, and you ultimately realize how your fundamentals would fare towards the likes of a top-tier, he's not worth it if you haven't been playing Noob from the get go.
As far as the debacle with Madzin being in the tournament goes, well, yeah, for people to be falling for D1~Upknee, D1~Upknee in the corner, the lag must've been pretty intense. But he's not really in a position to complain about losing to online Reptile, it's bad enough trying to adequately react to Reptile online with someone from your own country, one should be fully aware of the repercussions of playing against one several thousand miles away, in a version of a game that was region locked to begin with.