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Orb, racist remarks on ladder and personal stream - Page 41
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SovSov
United States755 Posts
that kind of attitude from someone in EG is beyond pathetic. | ||
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AntiGrav1ty
Germany2310 Posts
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Daozzt
United States1263 Posts
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Whatson
United States5356 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:10 Vysage wrote: Uh, when orb is at home playing ladder games, that's his personal life. Nothing of that should be connected to his work. If you don't want to see him enjoying his free time, don't hunt him down, don't watch his stream. Vysage, you get it. Thank you so freaking much. People aren't forced to watch his stream or hear his casts. | ||
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VirgilSC2
United States6151 Posts
Search Content: faggot Search: Content Only Username: IdrA got something like 23 results from 22 threads. If Orb DOES get fired, they better justify it via the "lying to management" part, and not the content part. I'll even go as far as to quote IdrA here. On February 10 2007 02:18 IdrA wrote: common useage has basically made fag interchangeable with any other standard insult, 99% of the time a person using it that way has no homosexual-related intentions, its no different than any other insult except it pisses overly sensitive people off a bit more once in a while. Nobody cares if you say "faggot" anymore. This shouldn't have even been drama in the first place, and I personally don't think Orb should have even had the chance to lie about this to someone. Keep doing a great job of ruining great casters' opportunities Reddit. I vote you go for DJWheat next, he seems like a nice guy. | ||
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TUski
United States1258 Posts
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sereniity
Sweden1159 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:12 Daozzt wrote: Honestly, who cares. He doesn't want to keep a "professional" image in his job, he gets fired. That happens to everyone in the real world. I don't think anyone's actually offended by seeing the words online though. He never did this during his job and has never done that. He's done it on his personal stream, that though is bad aswell. However I think it's pathetic how people actually look around in his VODs just to find things like this, just to ruin it for him. I don't think he'd ever do this again if EG put a leash on him. | ||
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Mordoc
United States162 Posts
However, I cannot condemn Orb. Personally, I have been in that situation (both sides) many times (but many times more on Orbs' side), and it is really damn frustrating have no direct way to vent your anger. I have called many people many bad names and bad things, and no game makes me more angry (sometimes, not all the time) than StarCraft II. Orb is guilty of nothing more than being angry and incidentally being unprofessional several times on a public stream. Oh, and by the way, the word "Nigger" isn't necessarily racist; it doesn't even imply that Orb might be or could be a racist. The only way to gleam a race-hateful connotation from this incident use of the word would be through a persons own interpretation. | ||
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TCVeritas
United States15 Posts
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dCc
Canada86 Posts
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TUski
United States1258 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:12 VirgilSC2 wrote: Just for the fun of it, I went to the search function on TeamLiquid and used these parameters: Search Content: faggot Search: Content Only Username: IdrA got something like 23 results from 22 threads. If Orb DOES get fired, they better justify it via the "lying to management" part, and not the content part. I'll even go as far as to quote IdrA here. Nobody cares if you say "faggot" anymore. This shouldn't have even been drama in the first place, and I personally don't think Orb should have even had the chance to lie about this to someone. Keep doing a great job of ruining great casters' opportunities Reddit. I vote you go for DJWheat next, he seems like a nice guy. Best post in the thread. This thread really doesn't need to exist, and I have no idea why it's been allowed to be open for 40+ pages. If anything, it's a matter between Orb and EG. | ||
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suspiciousbear
Canada112 Posts
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pepsimaxibon
61 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:11 SovSov wrote: i think the fact that he tried so hard to deny everything and make lame excuses is worse than his actual actions. that kind of attitude from someone in EG is beyond pathetic. if he hadn't so transparently used indignant accusations of "slander" to play everyone like a pack of gullible morons, this thread would never have existed. | ||
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eXeRicH
Germany89 Posts
wait a sec.... errrrbody talk about Orb and EG.... see what u did there.... | ||
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Papulatus
United States669 Posts
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compucomp
United States98 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:12 VirgilSC2 wrote: Just for the fun of it, I went to the search function on TeamLiquid and used these parameters: Search Content: faggot Search: Content Only Username: IdrA got something like 23 results from 22 threads. If Orb DOES get fired, they better justify it via the "lying to management" part, and not the content part. I'll even go as far as to quote IdrA here. Nobody cares if you say "faggot" anymore. This shouldn't have even been drama in the first place, and I personally don't think Orb should have even had the chance to lie about this to someone. Keep doing a great job of ruining great casters' opportunities Reddit. I vote you go for DJWheat next, he seems like a nice guy. I don't think IdrA has called anyone a nigger, ever. That's judged by society (fairly or not) to be much worse. He knows not to cross that line, but orb did. | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:09 McFeser wrote: 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/ Thanks. I imagine it's more likely he'll be fired for lying, which fanned the flames. He should've just sat down, apologized for getting mad sometimes, and said that he'll try harder in the future not to let it get to him. If they fire him, I'll be pissed if they say they did it 'cause he called someone a "nigger" on ladder, not for lying. -.- Ugh, this community sometimes. Ruins another great caster. | ||
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Mindflow
Korea (South)320 Posts
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SovSov
United States755 Posts
On March 09 2012 09:10 Rorschach wrote: OMG "lied about his raging past". Sir (pulls down shades) you've been convicted of a rage crime. Come with us.... Also people please quit saying Orb is racist! You're all retarded if you think he is actually racist (just as I would be if thought you were all literally retarded) TL is starting to make me as sick a the reddit community... Take Person A: He doesn't say anything. Person B: Uses the word nigger. Who is it safer to assume is racist? Are people retarded for thinking Person B is racist? I would think him using that word ups his chance for being an actual racist. So I fail to see how people are retarded who assuming he is racist when he uses a word associated with racism. | ||
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Kira__
Sweden2672 Posts
regardless, this is still pretty embarassing for orb | ||
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