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andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

April 25 2011 17:07 GMT

#41

On April 26 2011 00:30 gen.Sun wrote:

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America does not have libel laws, though inal. Maybe you can be sued in some other countries like the uk?

The US does have libel laws. If you're a public figure, though, the chance of you winning one is almost nil.

Ideas

United States8171 Posts

April 25 2011 17:07 GMT

#42

- says that the guy who reported him is being two-faced since he also has insulted Bisu (notably PSing Bisu with a picture of a monkey with an enlarged nose)

we're going to need to see this ASAP

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

April 25 2011 17:12 GMT

#43

I'm really glad to hear Flash is against suing him. He's being more mature about it than the coach

. It's not like it doesn't happen everyday to celebrities (if you will) anyway; the coach is overreacting.

jinorazi

Korea (South)4948 Posts

April 25 2011 17:15 GMT

#44

this kid's recent(~10) tweets are very apologetic. just a fanboy who went too far, let him go and move on.

eight.BiT

United States240 Posts

April 25 2011 17:23 GMT

#45

How can a "professional" sports team who threatens to sue someone who can still say "Please don't tell my parents" take themselves seriously? So much legal BS in BW.

Ryo

8787 Posts

April 25 2011 17:27 GMT

#46

On April 26 2011 02:23 eight.BiT wrote:
How can a "professional" sports team who threatens to sue someone who can still say "Please don't tell my parents" take themselves seriously? Personally with all the legal drama I'm pretty content to stop caring about BW.

Because of what one coach said, you're going to stop watching BW? geesh.

The KT Coach is a little impulsive. Given time to reflect, he'll probably realise he was overreacting somewhat.

On a sidenote, Coach Lee tweets a bit too often.
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Too much drama on his twitter.

eight.BiT

United States240 Posts

April 25 2011 17:35 GMT

#47

On April 26 2011 02:27 Ryo wrote:

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Too much drama on his twitter.

Yeah, you caught me before I edited that. It is just one coach, you're right.

Emon_

3925 Posts

April 25 2011 17:45 GMT

#48

"Culture Clash - ground for lawsuit.
Please - accept the mystery"

My guess is progamers spend a lot of time online and it's not easy for them to read through all the hate that some people have against them. Better moderating is the key to keep certain people from the sites. Then again, the SC2 forums prove how hard it can be.

disciple

9071 Posts

April 25 2011 17:50 GMT

#49

wow what a childish move by KT. Even if the talk got out of hand, its the forum mod's duty to take some measures, besides if someone posts it on the internets it has to be true right? omg this is so much bs, KT must better focus on sucking less in PL and not to protect their all so beloved flash from random dudes posting stuff about him.

Iplaythings

Denmark9110 Posts

April 25 2011 17:53 GMT

#50

Why cant we all just be friends

Happy to see coach defending the players though it seems exxagerated.

AppleTart

United States1261 Posts

April 25 2011 18:00 GMT

#51

It must have been very serious threats posted to evoke those emotions. I agree you shouldn't sue people over just some childish fanboyism, but if that guy was seriously threatening Flash and his family, then he needs to be checked. There are some crazy people out there... sometimes these people need a good scare to show others you can't be a fucking idiot (for example stating you are going to rape someone's daughter or sister). Either they get scared as hell and never do it again, or if they really were crazy enough to do what they say, maybe they deserve to get sued.

Anyhow, it must be REALLY bad since there is a lot of high level BM there already.

ondik

Czech Republic2908 Posts

April 25 2011 18:10 GMT

#52

wouldn't it be better if all the teams gathered and forced to close/regulate the entire site? From OP it seems no good can come up from it anyway..

- begs not to tell his parents who will be disappointed by him again

uh..makes me feel bad for him for some reason.

Caos2

United States1728 Posts

April 25 2011 18:22 GMT

#53

On April 26 2011 01:42 thoradycus wrote:

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Lolwat? 4chan seems like childplay compared to this.
im gonna admit for some reason i wasnt surprised it was a bisu fan >.< dont hate bisu tho

The average 4chan poster in inoffensive but there are brutal threads there. Murderers have posted before and after killing.

Turgid

United States1623 Posts

April 25 2011 19:12 GMT

#54

On April 26 2011 03:22 Caos2 wrote:

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On April 26 2011 01:42 thoradycus wrote:

On April 26 2011 01:33 doothegee wrote:
Translation of Comic:

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<Starcraft Cartoon: The Forgiveness of the God>

God sees the insults posted against him by a randon netizen...

Flash: "WTF? This bastard. This is the most agitated I've been since I got 4pooled twice in a row. (Although I'm a little less agitated than back then)"

Reach: "Flash, chill out."
Flash: "Hyung, despite what you may say, I'm going to sue. I can't stand being insulted like this!"

Shadowy figure: "Wait, Flash! Stop!"
Flash: "?"
Reach: "?"

FX: Dun-dun-dun
Yellow: "Do you... even know what it means 'to be insulted'"? (TN: Yellow is the progamer that is made fun of the most in Korea for his 5 second-place finishes, and making fun of Yellow is a meme that is pervasive in the entire Korean internet community, even the non-Starcraft related parts)

Reach & Flash: "I can't help but be convinced!"
Reach: "Jinho hyung..."
Flash: "In front of him, I can't even begin to say the word 'sue'... T_T"

And that's why Flash didn't decide to sue the guy. All praise the benevolent God Young Ho!

END

DC Inside is roughly the equal of Korea's 4chan, even though there are some very mature users on there as well. They often partake in things that no other country or culture would understand, such as waging war against other Korean websites (one called Humoruniv comes to mind) or trying to DDOS Japan's 2chan every March 1st, which is a national day in Korea that commemorates Korea's freedom movement against Japan under Japanese imperialist rule in the early 20th century. There have been countless cases of members on the site doing unimaginable things or being sued. I remember one incident where one user cut up the body of a cat, took a picture and put it online, then gave the rest of the users a puzzle to solve, saying that if they could solve it, he would spare another cat's life. Turns out he killed the cats after all.

I don't understand people any more >_>

Lolwat? 4chan seems like childplay compared to this.
im gonna admit for some reason i wasnt surprised it was a bisu fan >.< dont hate bisu tho

The average 4chan poster in inoffensive but there are brutal threads there. Murderers have posted before and after killing.

How exactly does someone prove something like that?

MangoTango

United States3670 Posts

April 25 2011 19:27 GMT

#55

I believe this is the very definition of frivolous lawsuit.

Craton

United States17282 Posts

April 25 2011 19:31 GMT

#56

Sounds like a giant publicity stunt.

xarthaz

1704 Posts

April 25 2011 19:33 GMT

#57

Wow flash is such a baller, always wanting the best for the good of esports.

But yeah, KT coach is such a jerk sometimes... with the suing.. and disgusting comments on Savior.

doothegee

Korea (South)3011 Posts

April 25 2011 19:46 GMT

#58

On April 26 2011 02:15 jinorazi wrote:
this kid's recent(~10) tweets are very apologetic. just a fanboy who went too far, let him go and move on.

The truth is, Korea's internet scene (especially among younger people, which would encompass most of Starcraft fans) has really degenerated to a disgusting, almost sub-human level and certain measures do need to be taken to address it, at least in my opinion. It is LITERALLY a very common sight to see someone curse, say, every ten words. Imagine someone checking into a LR thread saying something like, + Show Spoiler +

"Hey what's up f**kers, how's that f**got Flash doing in this game? WTF? He's losing against that piece of trash Best? Fuuuuuuck. LOLOL retire nao"

It just doesn't happen at TL, thank god. It's really a sad sight to see. I'm fully backing KT on this one.

Chef

10810 Posts

April 25 2011 21:01 GMT

#59

I don't know how to feel about this. It's so common that it's seems strange to take people at random and try to punish them, but at the same time I'd really like it to be less common

People on the internet can be very cruel. In this case in involves money... It would hurt the team if bad rumours were spread about their star player. It's basically cyber-bullying someone you've never met.

United States6173 Posts

April 25 2011 21:35 GMT

#60

On the plus side, it's pretty awesome how passionate people are about this game to this day. This is the silver lining that Flash is seeing, I imagine.

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