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It is great to see the community come together like this.
I think it would be good if IGN came out and let the community know what steps are being put in place so this kind of thing doesn't happen again.
I am not sure how travel agencies work, but I usually have to pay up front for tickets before I actually get them. So what exactly went wrong and how can this be avoided in the future ?
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TBH whats wrong with putting a face on who were helping?
i didnt watch much of the event, and i have no idea who amanda is. a real picture and a little blurb from her couldnt hurt
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Great initiative, will support through ad revenue + donations.
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I don't normally advocate witch hunts... but Gus needs to be brought to justice for crimes against ESPORTS.
I also donated 10 bucks. ESPORTS donations ftw!
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On November 15 2011 09:51 dAPhREAk wrote: generalizing here, but spend $25-50,000 in attorney fees for the potential to recover less than $15,000. unlikely that even if you win that gus will be able to pay any judgment.
in what world is this an intelligent decision? shouldn't ign have somekind of legal insurance so they don't have to foot the bill? my company does.... and we're gonna sue someone for 7k euros, just because we don't like the b****.
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looks to me like gus doesnt like esports
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IPL is such a class act. Everything they do they do is to not just to better e-sports but to also better everyone involved. I am really hoping that this soon becomes an industry standard because everyone fighting for themselves is good to a degree but I believe that IPL is here to help the entire community, not just IGN.
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damn that Gus. How is it we can't make him liable and pay Amanda back? has a police report been made to arrest his sorry ass?
Too bad i'm at work or I'll tune it for sure.
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why cant the excess money be paid to a PI to find Gus so we can kick the crap out of him?
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donated $5, i usually don't really like donating money but this sounds like a terrible situation for amanda and we as a starcraft community should show that we care enough to pick up the broken pieces of a failed attempt at a tournament when they fail, as to encourage more to spring up!
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On November 15 2011 09:53 Xalorian wrote: Gus just won, now. No legal actions mean that he can just keep the money...
One can consider that he won, but only for now. Sooner or later, he'll be screwed over too. At least, I imagine a person can't get very far in life manipulating others & treating them without any respect.
On November 15 2011 09:56 lim1017 wrote: TBH whats wrong with putting a face on who were helping?
i didnt watch much of the event, and i have no idea who amanda is. a real picture and a little blurb from her couldnt hurt I'm guessing the way the first person posted it gave off a negative connotation.
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bet a stream of gus being stoned gonna bring more streamers lol
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This is a great idea! Hope you earn enough money D:
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On November 15 2011 09:48 kaarotto wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2011 09:42 Alex.IGN wrote: Hey all! Couple updates:
1) We are up to $1063! You guys are absolutely amazing! Unfortunately we did not have time to setup a donation tracker, but I'll give updates as I can.
2) We are not pursuing legal action because of the legal costs involved as well as the legal complexities involved. Youre acticng kindly but isnt a bad precedent to be cheated and dont take legal actions or reprisal? It doesn't seem IPL has any legal footing to stand on. The legal burden seemingly lies with Amanda at this point, but we really don't know a lot of the details. Did she get Gus to sign a contract? Also, it depends on the laws of the Philippines. Even a verbal contract can be enforced in the U.S. if enough circumstantial evidence exists (i.e. a SC2 tourney being held, bills/receipts for flying people in for the tourney, etc.) In the end, IPL weren't the ones screwed out of money, although it may have tarnished their brand. They agreed to pay a certain amount ($14k) to sponsor the event and [from what I've read] had no dealings with the travel agency, flying people to the event, or booking hotel rooms.
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come on TL admins. Put this on "Community News and Headlines" for more exposure. Support E-Sports and Amanda!
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On November 15 2011 09:59 Nizaris wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2011 09:51 dAPhREAk wrote: generalizing here, but spend $25-50,000 in attorney fees for the potential to recover less than $15,000. unlikely that even if you win that gus will be able to pay any judgment.
in what world is this an intelligent decision? should ipl have somekind of legal insurance so they don't have to foot the bill? my company does.... and we're gonna sue someone for 7k euros, just because we don't like the b****. i have heard of legal insurance in the states, but it is rare and usually its a shitty scam to fleece small businesses. large companies usually have lawyers inhouse and don't bother with claims this small unless they have a mass market where it makes sense to go after even smaller consumers (e.g., a cellphone company going after monthly bills, but even in those cases its usually a collections action).
also, why waste the time and resources going after someone so small-time? how are you going to collect if you win a judgment? take his bike away from him?
usually these kinds of collection issues are vetted before companies enter into a contract with unknown people. this was likely not done as the amount of money at stake is small, PI is a small esports community that is growing so not as many well known names, etc.
anyways, legal action is neither prudent or cost-effective. IPL is showing its support by the PR moves they made and this community event to make money for amanda. as much as a cluster fuck that PPSL was, in my mind IPL is actually coming out of this as a hero. brilliant PR tacticians; truly amazing.
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On November 15 2011 08:05 Roxy wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2011 08:03 pPingu wrote: I will let my computer on the whole night to get the highest amount of ads possible
Hope enough money will be collected Your remedy for fraud is more fraud? if you are not watching for a decent % of the time, that is stealing from companies that pay for ads on the stream
I don't know if you're trolling or not.
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On November 15 2011 09:33 kaarotto wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2011 09:18 kaarotto wrote: pics of the girl?
User was warned for this post Why I was warned? Can anybody say me what rule I broke? Is it necessary to see a picture? Thought this was about helping out the cause not groping.
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lol the chain link fence so classy. I love it could you take the mic out of the shot? Or at least put it in the middle so my add doesn't kill me
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