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This is what I got out of this Blog:
"WAH WAH I hate that SC2 has a mature community that actually gets outraged at the fact that someone used a racial slur. Why can't TL be more like 4Chan. why I'd be King among Men with my platinum skills that I use to beat down on people who aren't as good as me and make fun of them for it."
I have been playing video games longer then a lot of people here have been alive (which makes me no more or less special than anyone else) and I've never joined any gaming community precisely because the vocal majority of all of them has been populated by people like Destiny who's only purpose in playing a game is to call someone else a f*g as loud as they can. Imagine my surprise when I found TL. A community that's about more then just 13 year olds getting off by saying dirty things on the internet. I honestly couldn't care less about Esports, it's just not my thing but if it means that the community is forced to mature a little bit then I don't see how that can be a bad thing. You'll always have 4chan.
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Russian Federation3632 Posts
Sometimes I wonder whether "for ESPORTS" talk is a way to convey the deep-seated fear that SC2 is far from economically viable over the long-term. If it was truly secure, then why would people fear the ruination of it? The thought would be ridiculous.
Let the product stand on its merits, not what it could be, not what it was promised to be, not what it was named after.
Re: the destiny drama:
If the entire edifice of ESPORTS could be brought crashing down with some ill-advised emails over some ill-advised slurs, was it ever reasonable to build it in the first place?
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On May 02 2012 23:30 FryBender wrote:
This is what I got out of this Blog:
"WAH WAH I hate that SC2 has a mature community that actually gets outraged at the fact that someone used a racial slur. Why can't TL be more like 4Chan. why I'd be King among Men with my platinum skills that I use to beat down on people who aren't as good as me and make fun of them for it."
I have been playing video games longer then a lot of people here have been alive (which makes me no more or less special than anyone else) and I've never joined any gaming community precisely because the vocal majority of all of them has been populated by people like Destiny who's only purpose in playing a game is to call someone else a f*g as loud as they can. Imagine my surprise when I found TL. A community that's about more then just 13 year olds getting off by saying dirty things on the internet. I honestly couldn't care less about Esports, it's just not my thing but if it means that the community is forced to mature a little bit then I don't see how that can be a bad thing. You'll always have 4chan.
SC2.. mature community? That's an oxymoron if I ever did see one. There are still a lot of guys who think they are the shit and you know what? You come off as one of them.
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The term "Esports" means very little to me, since almost every single tour is heavily invite-only to make money and sponsors, no sportmanship involved whatsoever.
When we have a regulation body, then we can talk about Esports. Because as it is, it's just capitalist market gone wild with no rules whatsoever.
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On May 03 2012 00:10 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2012 23:30 FryBender wrote:
This is what I got out of this Blog:
"WAH WAH I hate that SC2 has a mature community that actually gets outraged at the fact that someone used a racial slur. Why can't TL be more like 4Chan. why I'd be King among Men with my platinum skills that I use to beat down on people who aren't as good as me and make fun of them for it."
I have been playing video games longer then a lot of people here have been alive (which makes me no more or less special than anyone else) and I've never joined any gaming community precisely because the vocal majority of all of them has been populated by people like Destiny who's only purpose in playing a game is to call someone else a f*g as loud as they can. Imagine my surprise when I found TL. A community that's about more then just 13 year olds getting off by saying dirty things on the internet. I honestly couldn't care less about Esports, it's just not my thing but if it means that the community is forced to mature a little bit then I don't see how that can be a bad thing. You'll always have 4chan. SC2.. mature community? That's an oxymoron if I ever did see one. There are still a lot of guys who think they are the shit and you know what? You come off as one of them.
I never said that SC2 community is mature but that TL is. But if I had to rank gaming communities by maturity then SC2 would be up there near the top.
I have no idea what being "the shit" means but if it means that I think I'm more mature then 14 year olds saying things just because they know it's inappropriate to say them then yes I am "THE SHIT."
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I just hate the SC2 community. I think it's a truly horrible group of people, and they seem to get worse and worse as time passes. You'd think they would settle down after a time but they've done nothing but become more obnoxious and even less aware of their own rampant stupidity
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Because reading forums can be so draining!
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Blazinghand
United States25562 Posts
On May 03 2012 00:18 FryBender wrote:Show nested quote +On May 03 2012 00:10 StarStruck wrote:On May 02 2012 23:30 FryBender wrote:
This is what I got out of this Blog:
"WAH WAH I hate that SC2 has a mature community that actually gets outraged at the fact that someone used a racial slur. Why can't TL be more like 4Chan. why I'd be King among Men with my platinum skills that I use to beat down on people who aren't as good as me and make fun of them for it."
I have been playing video games longer then a lot of people here have been alive (which makes me no more or less special than anyone else) and I've never joined any gaming community precisely because the vocal majority of all of them has been populated by people like Destiny who's only purpose in playing a game is to call someone else a f*g as loud as they can. Imagine my surprise when I found TL. A community that's about more then just 13 year olds getting off by saying dirty things on the internet. I honestly couldn't care less about Esports, it's just not my thing but if it means that the community is forced to mature a little bit then I don't see how that can be a bad thing. You'll always have 4chan. SC2.. mature community? That's an oxymoron if I ever did see one. There are still a lot of guys who think they are the shit and you know what? You come off as one of them. I never said that SC2 community is mature but that TL is. But if I had to rank gaming communities by maturity then SC2 would be up there near the top. I have no idea what being "the shit" means but if it means that I think I'm more mature then 14 year olds saying things just because they know it's inappropriate to say them then yes I am "THE SHIT."
I daresay Sc2 is one of the most mature video gaming communities, but I don't think that's enough. I think Sc2 should be one of the most mature hobby communities in general. We're good people and are certainly capable of it-- but simply being more mature than the MOBA or WoW community isn't good enough for me. We can do better. We will.
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5/5 well put :D I wasn't familiar with esports before sc2 but i gotta say the worst part about this is the community
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Hey, there is a thread where some people think it is unacceptable to call others 'gooks.'
I hope everything that they care about burns to the ground.
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Parts of this made me chuckle. In a depressing, understanding way. :\
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On May 02 2012 15:06 doubleupgradeobbies! wrote:
Agreed completely, fuck Esports.
Remember when we were all amused when SKT made an English website with the word 'Esportainment' because noone took Esports seriously. If only we knew then how the term would get hijacked.
Funny how the word existed before BW. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_sports
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On May 02 2012 15:23 Whatson wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2012 14:23 Jinsho wrote:
Again you're posting some nonsense in order to be popular and edgy, much like your so called bronze adventures you value so highly, which was just you trolling around bronze players with some edgy as fuck "humourous writing".
This reminds me of the FGC desperately trying to weasel their way out of the sexual harassment and racism debacles by claiming that they're not esports. They're so grassroots man, you wouldn't understand. It's always been part of the scene man. You wouldn't understand. That's how we do things here man. You wouldn't understand. It's tough living in the hood man and that's how things are and id you don't like it then you're not part of our community.
I wish you weren't part of the SC2 community. Do go play single player. Come back once you've learned that the world does not revolve around you and your funny and edgy antics. Esports will do fine without you. Lol i wish you weren't part of the SC2 community either, your blatant hate for individuals is detrimental to any kind of argument you have. Come back once you've learned that the world doesn't revolve around you and your opinions...The world in general will do fine without you. See what i did there? I personally miss the days when not everything in the video-gaming world revolved around the pro-gamers. Does anybody remember how fun BW was when it was a game played almost entirely for casual entertainment? It was only later that people decided to make money off of it...
Then PLAY it like casual entertainment.... no-one is stopping you from casually playing with your friends, im sorry, but are you just so stupid you don't see that?
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I fully endorse this blog and/or service. 5/5
Screw ESPORTS! Where did ESPORTS come from anyway? Is is a dark fiber of Hot_Bid's imagination?
+ Show Spoiler +Watching Silent Hill series' walkthrough. EPORTS the Otherworld to our grey mist-fulled BW reality?
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Well said, esports is overrated. 5/5
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Hear, hear. SC2 has gotten way too serious for me and all the rabid drama gets boring rather quickly as well - I hope you find what you're looking for in Diablo Gheed  I'll be holding out for GW2 in the same spirit.
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I want a little bit of both worlds though. I like esports, I just don't like how we are constantly adapting to what we think the mainstream would like, because it feels like we are forgetting our roots. I'm not talking about racial slurs here, but things like having hot girls host events instead of knowledgeable people from the community etc.
I like the cozy feeling of having a group of people who do something because of passion and not because of money and fame. I think this is why Dreamhack just gets esports, and they have the best responses after events. They host events created by gamers for gamers.
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Yeah, I agree. I don't see it ever being truly financially viable, and people really just say the dumbest things about how x or y is 'hurting our image to be legitimate'. Seems like a bunch of people trying so hard to seem 'mature'.
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For some guys that value not giving a fuck so much there are a lot of fucks given in this blog.
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All I hear from this thread is whining - in fact, I find it hypocritical for Gheed certainly benefited (e.g. lots of views) on his blogs based on the popularity of SC2. If it were more of a niche game, his blogs would certainly not be as popular.
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