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SiegeFlank
United States410 Posts
That said, I understand if you want to be more professional about things. I would say that if you want to make your humor more "professional," don't necessarily reduce the amount of jokes/goofing around, but maybe make them less personal. It's fine to poke fun at people, but it was when you sustained it for so long that a lot of the people in the community reacted negatively. I'll be at PAX east so I hope to meet you in person, otherwise best of luck with NASL and keep up the awesome work! | ||
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Gingerninja
United Kingdom1339 Posts
He's apologised, so everything's cool, everyone should just move past it. | ||
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Saiwa
Germany789 Posts
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Shanlan
United States41 Posts
It is great that you can admit mistakes and apologize for them. It is important as a spokesperson to recognize the image you create as it represents more than just yourself. In my observation, I find that you have a lot of self confidence and pride in your abilities and actions. This confidence and pride borders on arrogance and hubris, which leads to a perception of your actions as demeaning and belittling of others. This is amplified when you are commenting on others. A lot of the material you have expressed about others feel like an attack on the person not their action or decision. When you address topics concerning yourself there is an impression of self-righteousness disproportionate to your position and influence. Improvement on your articulation of your opinions would also dismiss the air of self-importance. In general you come off as crude, brutish, and pompous which I feel does not present a good image of the community, or your achievements. I would like to see you change the way you present yourself and opinions, not necessarily the person you are. I believe you are generally compassionate and emphatic to the community. But if you want to be a spokesperson you need to put more thought into your actions and comments. With refinement I believe you can project a strong image of the Starcraft community to the world. | ||
Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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Issor
United States870 Posts
Not everyone will like you, and that's a fact. These are the same people who will continue to not like you regardless of how you act. These recent events (well, really only one event) were a setback, but should not be cause for you to limit your exposure or change your personality. You messed up with one thing - the Huko banning (but that guy's a douche anyway, so that's hardly even a big deal, in my eyes). That was rectified and you have apologized, and that is as far as it needs to go. Keep doing what you do - it's important for your success, in my opinion, that you don't try to limit your exposure outside of NASL or put on a boring face. You are good at what you do and should not view your personality as a limitation. | ||
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eLiE
Canada1039 Posts
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Helix
United States35 Posts
Don't sweat it. Everyone knows your heart is in this. You'll get it done right. | ||
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Cofo
United States1388 Posts
You do a lot for this community; keep up the good work iNcontroL | ||
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patrick321
United States185 Posts
With that said, the GSL restream conflict was a tremendously unprofessional move. A person in your position, who is attempting to make the US'es largest streamed sc2 league, should not ever be seen stealing his competitions similar plan. It's unethical and gives you no arguing room when your future nasl viewers begin to do the same thing. You really should have known this without being told otherwise and your 'i stopped when told' excuse is asanine and beside the point. What Hugo was doing was illegal, there are no arguments there. However, I really don't think the posters who directed you to him did it with the knowledge that you were going to get him banned from jtv and TL. You returned their helpfulness by turning them into snitches. You should have never been asking for a restream in the first place and your viewers paid the price for it. I can be a very judgemental person so i'm sorry if this came out overly harsh, but that's just how i feel after reading about the situation. Despite this, i'll still be a big fan of your stream and i look forward to the amazing nasl that i know you'll create. | ||
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HesitatioN
United States148 Posts
keep up the good work, don't let this slip up bring you down too much; i'll always be a fan of you and your humor  | ||
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Demagus
48 Posts
When it comes to you joking around ... don't stop with that  It's sad to see people getting outraged over your sense of humour. You might need to clarify (possibly over and over again – this is the internet, after all) that your jokes on SotG and your stream are not to be taken too seriously. I've always seen what you do as similar to a comedy roast or the stuff Ricky Gervais does at the Golden Globes etc. There is a possibility that the jokes might be misconstrued as mean-spirited or even hurtful, but I don't see that as a valid reason to abandon them. You can't please everyone ... if you go for a more serious approach, there will be whining about how things used to be better when you were "still funny", just as there is whining when you go for the joke.In the end you will be the one who has to make the decision here, but let me suggest that you continue to use SotG and your stream as outlets for your personality and that you dial it back as needed when it comes to the NASL. Count on the maturity and open-mindedness of the of your audience and don't even try to please everyone, that's never going to happen. Try not to get too frustrated over this, and don't let a vocal minority run things. Keep up the good work! | ||
HawaiianPig
Canada5155 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
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havox_
Germany442 Posts
But seriously, "I am the face of a movement" sounds so arrogant... think what Shanlan wrote hits the nail on the head... | ||
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SigmaoctanusIV
United States3313 Posts
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RogueStatus
266 Posts
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DeltruS
Canada2214 Posts
This is good. I have a feeling that the reason everyone was so overly critical of you was because the jokes that you said were mean and untrue. All you said was that it "just a joke" or "deal with it"; people couldn't actually show you how it felt to be on the recieving end of all these "jokes". However, when NASL.tv came out, you started getting self concious. Believe it or not, the internet feels for internets victims. People found a chink in your armor and tried to tear through it. You didn't care about other people, after all, so why should they. I 100% support you know. Without the slightly "douchy" side of you, you are a really cool guy, totally worthy of being a friend to the internet in general, like Day[9], or Artosis. | ||
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billyX333
United States1360 Posts
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ImHuko
United States996 Posts
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