EPTOn March 09 2012 09:04 Za7oX wrote:
Like what?
He doesn't deserve to be fired for raging on ladder.
Like what?
He doesn't deserve to be fired for raging on ladder.
To be honest, I think he does. I think she should be fired.
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Yosho
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To be honest, I think he does. I think she should be fired. | ||
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shinyA
United States473 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:00 Vysage wrote: Holy shit why do people care so much about a few words some dude says on the internet? Christ, this is so insignificant. Please please please explain to me how this would affect anyone in real life. People get angry and then they say things to express it. That's it. Nothing more. If you're letting something as stupid as this keep you from enjoying the game and its community, you live a sad life and I hope you get your priorities in order. Yeah because my feelings on whether or not it's appropriate for the people who are representing esports to the masses to hatefully use the words 'nigger' and 'faggot' is a direct representation of my lifes priorities. It's so funny because the same people who say "it's just the internet, who cares!" are the same ones saying "support esports, make esports grow, we love esports!". You're on a site dedicated to StarCraft 2, Orb ( as sad as it is ) represents a huge orginzation that is vital to the growth of StarCraft and eSports in general. When he acts like the immature, raging, ignorant child that he is ( seriously why did they hire him ) it reflects horribly on both SC and eSports. If you can't understand that then I don't know what to say. Do you think any of EG's sponsors would be happy about this? No. Do you think this is something that EG is happy about? No. Do you think that in the future when sponsors look at EG's past employees that this is something that is going to make them want to invest in them? No. | ||
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Billd
Canada210 Posts
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turdburgler
England6749 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:03 Whatson wrote: LOL oh noooo!! somebody said "nigger" and "faggot" in a game! Who cares, racial and homophobic slurs are a part of everyday life. Seriously this community is dramatizes so many things. Destiny uses "nigger" on stream all the time, yet I don't see people constantly new threads to disparage him. EG and their disciplinary action is another story altogether. Please don't give me that bullshit about "killing Esports" also, most people hate/don't listen to Orb anyways. the sentiment from most people seems to be when you represent yourself you can do what you like and people can take it or leave it, but when you represent an organisation you have to be a lot more careful in how you act. On March 09 2012 09:06 Billd wrote: If you go to live tweet results for Orb's twitter there is a significant amount of people claiming they are contacting EG's sponsors about this. This will be hard to ignore for Alex and EG i dont see the need to attempt to hurt EG for this. even if you feel they should let him go (if they dont) or you feel they shouldnt (if they do) atleast wait for them to say something before hurr try and lose them money. | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
I fully expect orb to lose his job at EG over this, not because he should but because this is turning into a huge deal and if they don't do anything people will remember that. EG does not want to lose community support. | ||
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Razuik
United States409 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:04 OzkanTheFlip wrote: who cares, there words, this has been made into such a big deal even if he did lie it doesnt matter I think you're confusing your opinion with the opinion of everyone else. People care, they are not just words, and lying does matter. Now, that's MY opinion. | ||
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Whatson
United States5357 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:04 bonifaceviii wrote: I don't think you've been around here long then It's more like I don't watch second-rate pro players that often... Somebody link me to a Destiny-hate thread about "niggers" then | ||
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Bayyne
United States1967 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:06 Orracle wrote: I don't watch his stream, nor do I like him, but I don't give a shit what some one says. Every other game on battle.net, regardless of win or lose, a person generally PMs me with something such as "ez u faget". This is no different. If you don't like his language, don't watch his stream, but making drama threads like this is uncalled for. No different than Jessica calling out Dragon publicly. Brother, you and I are in the small minority. I agree with you, but I think this is too late. | ||
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AntiGrav1ty
Germany2310 Posts
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
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Jiddra
Sweden2685 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:04 Za7oX wrote: Like what? He doesn't deserve to be fired for raging on ladder. but perhaps for lying to the boss? | ||
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Vysage
United States117 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:02 Garth wrote: Because you can't let people say whatever they want when they represent sponsors and are viewed by thousands of eyes, there are plenty of black people that get upset at a negative use of the word nigger and PLENTY of gay people who will get upset when people use the word faggot, this stuff isn't accepted on main stream television and if esports is to grow it can't be accepted when said by growing pillars of the community. Guess what, when he's playing a ladder game, he's not representing shit. He's not casting games, he's not doing his job, he's playing around like you and me. You can't tell me that he doesn't have the right to express himself freely when he's on his free time. If you're getting offended, it's because you're hunting orb down on his free time. Otherwise you'd never see it. | ||
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Propanelol
United States81 Posts
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MajorityofOne
Canada2506 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:04 MaGariShun wrote: there's people on these forums who think sc2 will somehow blow up and be mainstream and that it needs to be as "professional" as possible for that to happen. Once the scene has been cleansed from all unprofessionalism, it will instantly become the new soccer/football/basketball. It is their duty to carry out that cleansing, no matter the cost People care that he's using words offensive to entire communities of people who have nothing to do with him losing at a video game. It has nothing to do with growing e-sports and everything to do with mannering up. | ||
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LoraX
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Huggerz
Great Britain919 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:04 theBizness wrote: Don't really care. We should probably be more interested in why certain casters get paid more than tournament winners. Casters get paid more because they draw viewers in more than a lot of players few people care about, in short. This should be kind of obvious to anyone who even briefly analyses the situation | ||
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Glockateer
United States254 Posts
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MaestrO_
United States591 Posts
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McFeser
United States2458 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:00 babylon wrote: I hope you realize that "faggot" is just as unacceptable as "nigger," as are phrases telling the person on the other end they're worthless shits and deserve to die. Not to mention his BM of Cruncher and statements about his weight, which many people here (probably pitchforking orb even in this thread) laughed at. And IdrA did all this while on EG's roster, and they haven't kicked him. Randomly, I really hope it wasn't this drama that crashed TL for a couple minutes there ... :/ Yeah, but the differance is that Idra's BM makes EG money. He brings attention to EG and whatever negative publicity comes with these statements is just written off as Idra being Idra. It is a horrible double standard for I can almost guarantee you that Orb will be punished in some pay. However, if you think that these doublestandards are unfair then you need to voice your displeasure. Otherwise, Orb's remarks will eventually just be construed as Orb being Orb. Really, it's just up to community to establish what is acceptable language/behavior/ | ||
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valaki
Hungary2476 Posts
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