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dronefarm
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States260 Posts
May 01 2012 20:08 GMT
#1781
Destiny is very popular (particularly on Reddit, as he embodies that community's general sense of humor), therefore he brings value to his team; while he should be punished for doing inappropriate things on a stream while wearing that clan's tag, that's what he brings to his team (not saying he isn't a good player, but that's not his primary function on a team, obviously); viewers. I think it's horrible that people can get away with doing some of these things scott-free because they're funny or popular, or whatever, but that's how the world works.

Write to Destiny and tell him you think his conduct isn't becoming of a professional player. If he doesn't listen, then voice your concerns to quantic and tell them that you don't appreciate the way their player conducts himself in public; that's really all you can do.
If you can chill, chill
Denzil
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom4193 Posts
May 01 2012 20:08 GMT
#1782
On May 02 2012 05:04 Audemed wrote:
He's more popular than Orb (IDK why), so no, he wont get fired.

Should contact quantic's sponsors though.


No.

Read the fucking thread instead of hoping in and posting shit.
Anna: So Sen how will you prepare for your revenge v MC? Sen: With a smile.
TheSubtleArt
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada2527 Posts
May 01 2012 20:08 GMT
#1783
On May 02 2012 04:50 Fueled wrote:
Show nested quote +
Okay, so you clicked on it and you didn't like it. Turn it off and don't watch it again.

If you turn on your TV guide, you tune into a show you've never heard of before. Family Guy, that sounds wholesome and family oriented. 30 seconds in, you are offended, what do you do?

Contact the station/companies involved and tell them you are no longer buying any products featured in the commercials because you are offended?

OR

Just don't watch it

Again with this. You can't compare the two.

Compare this to someone who is a big face in some other sport. Say a Derek Jeter for baseball or a Kobe Bryant for basketball. Do you think they wouldn't see any action against them if they said these choice words to someone they were playing against while thousands of people watched? No, they WOULD see some sort of action against them for its been done in the past and present.

Wishing as little offense to Destiny as possible, hes nowhere near the same level or a Derek Jeter or Kobe Bryant in the Sc2 community.
Dodge arrows
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25037 Posts
May 01 2012 20:08 GMT
#1784
On May 02 2012 05:05 mememolly wrote:
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On May 01 2012 22:16 WardenSC wrote:
I was playing vs QuanticDestiny a few hours ago where he was calling me a "gook" and a bunch of offensive words. Now I understand that one may get frustrated if he/she loses in a game (I've been there myself). I also understand that it is his stream and he may say that he can do whatever the hell he wants in his stream. However, he stands now as a "community figure" who has the reach to influence thousands of viewers daily and can skew the public's view of sc2 community in an extremely negative direction.

Isn't it reasonable to expect a level of professionalism from a player that plays on a professional team? I just don't think spurting out racial slurs left and right in front of a large audience is why Quantic sponsors Destiny to market their team.

As a note, I don't think QuanticDestiny is a true racist. However, I do believe that ignorance towards his excessive use of racial slurs would eventually lead to tolerance within the community and that would be a very dangerous outcome.








define professionalism, professionalism doesn't = whatever makes you happy

the thing that made destiny a community figure is this exact image, that is why quantic hired him, why should he stop what made him popular in the first place just because it upsets some people while others know it is just entertainment?

If you don't like then don't watch, if you're playing him and he says something then block him and report him to blizz but don't try and nerf the world just because you're upset, some people know destiny is just angry and not a real racist, again, don't try and protect me or insult me by setting your standards on me

Sapping individuality and freedom out of the game and forcing a certain behavior on players is, I'd argue, more dangerous than a few racial slurs from a troll streamer like Destiny

Exactly, indeed one of the main reasons mainstream 'sport' is devoid of actual discernible personality is due to this kind of political correctness. Now I don't WANT people to go around firing off racial slurs in football press conferences, but if you continue to censure you'll be left listening to incredibly boring monosyllabic interviews from players fearful of offending sponsors.

Starcraft to me is greatly enhanced by the access to player's personalities, it adds a rich dimension to the game and it'd be a shame we lost that. Some may like Destiny's, some may dislike, but either way it adds an additional reason to support players and root for them, part of the fun of following any competitive endeavor
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
HorsemasterK
Profile Joined August 2010
United States606 Posts
May 01 2012 20:08 GMT
#1785
On May 02 2012 05:07 dmasterding wrote:
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On May 02 2012 05:05 HorsemasterK wrote:
On May 02 2012 05:02 Wombat_NI wrote:
On May 02 2012 04:58 Zoesan wrote:
Do you really think razer will care? Seriously?

My opinion on this is: if you get offended by words, you deserve to be offended. Destiny is famous because he cusses and sweards and uses slurs. Don't like it don't watch. I don't watch his stream, I don't like him particularly. But I'm not crying and bitching about the use of words. If he started killing asians (or what have you), that would be something else.

It's just like gay and faggot, words I use all the time. Hell, one of my best friends is gay and he doesn't give a flying fuck about the language I use, because he knows how I stand.
I use faggot in a similar way as you do (probably) and it's not my gay friends that are offended, but people acting 'on their behalf' to appear fucking progressive and tolerant. To divine the meaning of what is said and whether there is racist/homophobic etc intent requires an ability to contexualise which half of the respondents here seem to lack. Racist epithets don't always denote racist viewpoints.


So you honestly expect people to have some divine knowledge of your innner thoughts to KNOW that you are not racist, or to somehow assume that when you use racist/homophobic language you are, in fact, NOT racist?

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...


You don't have to have divine knowledge of someone's inner thoughts to realize that they aren't racist. This can easily be figured out just by actually paying attention to how that person acts for even a short period of time, instead of going completely apeshit whenever he says the word.


I cannot know his inner thoughts, neither can you. All we can say is that he uses racist language. Beyond that is speculation.
JDub
Profile Joined December 2010
United States976 Posts
May 01 2012 20:08 GMT
#1786
On May 02 2012 04:58 Zoesan wrote:
Do you really think razer will care? Seriously?

My opinion on this is: if you get offended by words, you deserve to be offended. Destiny is famous because he cusses and sweards and uses slurs. Don't like it don't watch. I don't watch his stream, I don't like him particularly. But I'm not crying and bitching about the use of words. If he started killing asians (or what have you), that would be something else.

It's just like gay and faggot, words I use all the time. Hell, one of my best friends is gay and he doesn't give a flying fuck about the language I use, because he knows how I stand.

That's great for you and your friend. It doesn't mean language can't be really, really harmful (see below).

On May 02 2012 04:38 esperanto wrote:
Don't know if this has been posted already, please everyone read this gaymers story:

http://kotaku.com/5854012/this-gaymers-story

I never understood why ppl have fun in using faggot as a "bad" word.
Comparing to the usuall gaming community I might be "grown up and old" but I think about the words that I write and I expect the same from the ppl that earn money through esports.

It really shouldn't take stories like this for people to understand the powerful impact that language has on our culture and society, and on those individuals who need to "grow up" and "stop being offended by words". I really hope your comment does not get drowned in this thread.

I used to really enjoy watching Destiny's stream, but I have stopped enjoying it, as every time he loses he throws out some really offensive, childish insults (his favorites involve using "autism" and "special olympics"). I for one will not watch his stream anymore.
dsousa
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1363 Posts
May 01 2012 20:08 GMT
#1787
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Orracle
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States314 Posts
May 01 2012 20:08 GMT
#1788
On May 02 2012 04:52 MetalSlug wrote:

so crying in your booth out of happiness you won a championship is the same thing as calling someone a fucking nigger ?
Awesome logic bro.
Ppl who need to use racial slurs and BM their enemys in hurtfull manner should be outcasts in this community but some (mainly americans) seem to enjoy BM way to much.
I also noticed this in other games, and even sports....


Wow, you took my post so far out of context, I couldn't even logically justify what you're saying. Go back to like page 83 and view my latest post there. Hopefully that will answer your post.
Kaitlin
Profile Joined December 2010
United States2958 Posts
May 01 2012 20:09 GMT
#1789
On May 02 2012 05:07 LarJarsE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 05:05 denzelz wrote:
On May 02 2012 05:02 Kaitlin wrote:
On May 02 2012 04:50 Fueled wrote:
Okay, so you clicked on it and you didn't like it. Turn it off and don't watch it again.

If you turn on your TV guide, you tune into a show you've never heard of before. Family Guy, that sounds wholesome and family oriented. 30 seconds in, you are offended, what do you do?

Contact the station/companies involved and tell them you are no longer buying any products featured in the commercials because you are offended?

OR

Just don't watch it

Again with this. You can't compare the two.

Compare this to someone who is a big face in some other sport. Say a Derek Jeter for baseball or a Kobe Bryant for basketball. Do you think they wouldn't see any action against them if they said these choice words to someone they were playing against while thousands of people watched? No, they WOULD see some sort of action against them for its been done in the past and present.


Actually, you can't compare the two. You can't compare people playing a video game over the internet to organized professional sports leagues. Derek Jeter is a member of Major League Baseball. The commissioner can punish him for making racial slurs as it hurts Major League Baseball. Destiny is not part of any such "League". Now, he has entered into contracts with Quantic, and sponsors, so they can make their own business decisions of whether they want to be associated with him, but they can't "punish" him. They can't stop him from doing what he does. They can simply cut their ties.


Here's a solution. To those who are offended by Destiny, go write an email to Razer or whoever sponsors Quantic. I've already sent my email. That's probably the most effective way to get him to stop. Arguing in here is not productive at all.


I'll stick with emailing quantic for now. if things dont change with destiny I will be emailing the sponsors of quantic, because they will have ignored many emails explaining how lame it is for destiny to use prejudice and racial slurs when streaming


Totally awesome idea. Now, where is that thread about MLGs PPV model? Let's see what we can do to encourage sponsors to pull out so all SC2 tournaments are fully funded by viewers.
Leafren
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium66 Posts
May 01 2012 20:10 GMT
#1790
On May 02 2012 03:03 FairForever wrote:
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On May 02 2012 03:01 Leafren wrote:
sigh @ the white knights circle jerk

If you think Destiny swears/offends/whatever too much, don't watch his stream. It is that simple. If Destiny thinks it's OK to use words like nigger, gook, etc, on his stream that's his damn right. However distasteful you or I find it. Freedom of speech.

Personally I don't see why you would routinely use words like nigger or faggot, I'm one of those types that does go out of his way a bit to avoid offending people.

However, I'm not entirely convinced Destiny's behaviour is bad for esports, I think it has little to no effect on it at all. If we want esports to grow (soon to be the most cliché sentence), by definition it will include a wider variety of characters and viewpoints. Does any of the world's sports stop growing because players misbehave (in your view that is)?


Freedom of speech also encompasses the right to complain directly to his sponsors, does it not?

There's a reason the NBA, NFL, etc. take strong stances against violence, controversial comments, etc. - these can all lead to suspensions and fines, even though these leagues are the premier ones and continually grow regardless.


Of course it does, doesn't mean I have to agree with it. See that's the beauty of it. I never said people don't have the right to complain to sponsors.

I think we agree to a large extent. Up to now there is no gouverming body in esports, so the only logical people to adress if you have a huge issue with Destiny's behaviour is Quantic imo. Who in their right mind would write a complaint letter to Sony because football player x said 'nigger'?
FairForever
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada2392 Posts
May 01 2012 20:10 GMT
#1791
On May 02 2012 05:08 Denzil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 05:04 Audemed wrote:
He's more popular than Orb (IDK why), so no, he wont get fired.

Should contact quantic's sponsors though.


No.

Read the fucking thread instead of hoping in and posting shit.


?

Many of us have read it, I know what InControl is saying but he's saying that as a beneficiary of the pro scene. I still choose to contact Razer.
Gheed
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States972 Posts
May 01 2012 20:10 GMT
#1792
Buying a Quantic shirt if they ignore the retarded drama and don't do anything. This community is beyond silly.
Hoodlum
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States350 Posts
May 01 2012 20:10 GMT
#1793
I truly don't care if Destiny acts like a fool just like I didn't care what happened with Orb but with that said...

Destiny says something racist to a guy on ladder in front of a few thousand viewers, "Lets get this guy on a team!!"
Orb says something racist to a guy on ladder in front of a few hundred viewers, "ORB MUST PAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!"

If, as a community, we decide to shun this behavior or choose to accept it that's great but can we get a little bit of consistency??!!

xO gaming owner
TBone-
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2309 Posts
May 01 2012 20:10 GMT
#1794
On May 02 2012 05:07 LarJarsE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 05:05 denzelz wrote:
On May 02 2012 05:02 Kaitlin wrote:
On May 02 2012 04:50 Fueled wrote:
Okay, so you clicked on it and you didn't like it. Turn it off and don't watch it again.

If you turn on your TV guide, you tune into a show you've never heard of before. Family Guy, that sounds wholesome and family oriented. 30 seconds in, you are offended, what do you do?

Contact the station/companies involved and tell them you are no longer buying any products featured in the commercials because you are offended?

OR

Just don't watch it

Again with this. You can't compare the two.

Compare this to someone who is a big face in some other sport. Say a Derek Jeter for baseball or a Kobe Bryant for basketball. Do you think they wouldn't see any action against them if they said these choice words to someone they were playing against while thousands of people watched? No, they WOULD see some sort of action against them for its been done in the past and present.


Actually, you can't compare the two. You can't compare people playing a video game over the internet to organized professional sports leagues. Derek Jeter is a member of Major League Baseball. The commissioner can punish him for making racial slurs as it hurts Major League Baseball. Destiny is not part of any such "League". Now, he has entered into contracts with Quantic, and sponsors, so they can make their own business decisions of whether they want to be associated with him, but they can't "punish" him. They can't stop him from doing what he does. They can simply cut their ties.


Here's a solution. To those who are offended by Destiny, go write an email to Razer or whoever sponsors Quantic. I've already sent my email. That's probably the most effective way to get him to stop. Arguing in here is not productive at all.


I'll stick with emailing quantic for now. if things dont change with destiny I will be emailing the sponsors of quantic, because they will have ignored many emails explaining how lame it is for destiny to use prejudice and racial slurs when streaming

In all seriousness, why do you care?
Eve online FC, lover of all competition
FairForever
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada2392 Posts
May 01 2012 20:10 GMT
#1795
On May 02 2012 05:10 Leafren wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 03:03 FairForever wrote:
On May 02 2012 03:01 Leafren wrote:
sigh @ the white knights circle jerk

If you think Destiny swears/offends/whatever too much, don't watch his stream. It is that simple. If Destiny thinks it's OK to use words like nigger, gook, etc, on his stream that's his damn right. However distasteful you or I find it. Freedom of speech.

Personally I don't see why you would routinely use words like nigger or faggot, I'm one of those types that does go out of his way a bit to avoid offending people.

However, I'm not entirely convinced Destiny's behaviour is bad for esports, I think it has little to no effect on it at all. If we want esports to grow (soon to be the most cliché sentence), by definition it will include a wider variety of characters and viewpoints. Does any of the world's sports stop growing because players misbehave (in your view that is)?


Freedom of speech also encompasses the right to complain directly to his sponsors, does it not?

There's a reason the NBA, NFL, etc. take strong stances against violence, controversial comments, etc. - these can all lead to suspensions and fines, even though these leagues are the premier ones and continually grow regardless.


Of course it does, doesn't mean I have to agree with it. See that's the beauty of it. I never said people don't have the right to complain to sponsors.

I think we agree to a large extent. Up to now there is no gouverming body in esports, so the only logical people to adress if you have a huge issue with Destiny's behaviour is Quantic imo. Who in their right mind would write a complaint letter to Sony because football player x said 'nigger'?


A lot of companies stopped sponsoring Rush Limbaugh after what he called a girl a few months ago (I'm not going to repeat it here), a large part of it was through directly contacting his sponsors.
zerglingrodeo
Profile Joined September 2010
United States910 Posts
May 01 2012 20:11 GMT
#1796
On May 02 2012 05:01 babylon wrote:
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On May 02 2012 04:33 zerglingrodeo wrote:
On May 02 2012 04:24 babylon wrote:
On May 02 2012 03:57 zerglingrodeo wrote:
On May 02 2012 03:52 babylon wrote:
I have no issue with bringing social justice issues to the table; what I'm annoyed about is people trying to pretend they actually care about social justice when all they want to do is create more drama and subject yet another community figure to a witchhunt. I highly doubt more than 10% of the people complaining in this thread about Destiny's language actually do anything outside of lambasting people on the internet to promote social justice when confronted with problems in the real world.

If you're gonna try to get Destiny fired, sure, go right ahead, but don't delude yourself into thinking you're making a "big change," especially considering the usual gaming population. Until your concern for these issues steps outside of "I'm going to make a post on the internet about it and then email the sponsors, let me feel good about myself for stamping out the use of racist slurs on a stream watched by a miniscule portion of the population, many of whom use it themselves and/or have encountered it before and have no issues with hearing it or using it in every day life and who couldn't care less if Destiny loses his team so long as he continues to stream," then ... well, I hope you see where I'm going here. What will emailing the sponsors do? Well, in one scenario, a major SC2 team loses its sponsorship and ... people still continue to use whatever words they want. In another, Destiny gets kicked and people still continue to use whatever words they want. Yet in another, nothing happens and people still continue to use whatever words they want.


I see a lot of people complaining that the people raising an outcry don't 'really' have the right motivations. They are merely swept up by outrage or love drama, and do not really care enough about what is wrong with racist language.

While this might be true (but really...what evidence do we have for claims about the motivations of these posters?) it does not change the fact that they are at least taking the right ACTION. That is, they may be doing the right thing, with the wrong motivation. This is a step in the direction of being a good person. As Aristotle argues, first we imitate good people and take good actions (maybe because we are forced!), and this will eventually lead to a good character.

Sure, maybe people are just emailing Quantic and/or sponsors out of momentary passion. But I am alright with this. It is a step in the right direction.

My problem is that it doesn't even send a message about what is "right" or what is "wrong," just that the community has the power to jerk around progamers whenever it decides it's tired of them. I won't lie; I hate falsity, but that's not even the root of my problem with the responses in this thread. Getting swept up in the passion and hanging a community member not because you care for the issues you're even talking about but because you just want to see drama unfold is, yes, part of the issue, because it gives people the feeling that they're doing something, and then they use that as an excuse to not act when they see it happening right in front of their very eyes in the real world. "I object to the use of racist slurs on the internet! Surely that's enough?" is basically the internal reasoning that goes on, because most people are much too polite/afraid to tell people straight to their face that they're offended (if they are); or they'll just shy away and be massive hypocrites because they don't really care, but just like to pretend they do, and it's way easier to pretend online than in person, and hey, brownie points, I'm a good person if I act like I'm super-offended enough to get someone fired over this!

How do we address social justice? By first instilling actual consideration and care for the problems at hand, instead of encouraging people to fake consideration and care. Otherwise, the "right action" (as you consider it) and the "change" that action inspires is short-lived and impermanent, because it is not sincere, and there is no actual change taking place beneath the surface. All we have is a facade that will be lost anyways by the time the next generation rolls around.

There are appropriate ways to go about addressing social justice; trying to dismantle someone's career and livelihood on the internet is not it and does not do anything but fuel the flame.


I take your point and agree with much of what you say. However, I think - as I said earlier by means of referencing Aristotle's ethical system - that one way to instill "actual consideration and care for the problems at hand" is for people to 'go through the motions' multiple times. If people without mature moral judgment take lots of right actions, this helps them develop good moral character.

Let me summarize a position I hold: False sincerity in an issue hinders actual progress, because it gives us the illusion that change is happening when the underlying attitude towards that issue is not morphing, just the facade on top of it. Because of that illusion, real progress actually slows down, because we are not aware of the degree to which the problem needs to be addressed.

Going through the motions is good for those things that don't require sincerity; unfortunately, lasting change does require it. The ones who care about and understand the issue, truly, will teach the younger generation that it is wrong and why it is wrong. The ones who don't, won't; it's not to say they don't object to it, but it just won't occur to them that it needs to be said, because they just "accept it" without dwelling too much on the issue itself, or maybe they understand it subconsciously, but don't spend enough time consciously thinking about it and why it is wrong. It's easy enough to "remember" when it's brought up right before your eyes like in this thread, but at the same time it's so easy to "forget" when it's no longer staring you in the face. To be honest, there are actually not many parents who sit down, and without provocation and prompting, tell their children, "Do not say X, Y, Z, do not act like A, B, C towards others." It is always, "If someone acts like A, B, C or says X, Y, Z to you, come tell me or tell the teacher." Subtle difference? Maybe. But I think it matters, especially at such a young age.


It is definitely true that "lasting change" requires understanding of the issues at hand. We could all use a little more understanding (just take a look at the sad state of most American political discourse!). All that I want to say is that these reactive actions are better than nothing, they are a step on the way towards understanding.

I used to take a rather cynical view towards college-age protesters in the U.S. Most of them had poor understanding of the issues at hand, and were probably subconsciously protesting to get laid. However, after further consideration, I realized that I was at least happy that they were doing something. Political engagement is much better than apathy. And I doubt that many of them consciously have vicious motivations (e.g. 'omg I am going to go to that labor protest and the ladies there will LOVE my dreds!').

The real question is whether your view that taking insincere action like what may be going on here leads to people feeling self-satisfied and not affecting positive change at other times. This is possible...but I think that, for many young people swept up by activism, while their motivations may not be in the right place yet, the fact that they at least engage moves them in the right direction. Tl;dr, it is better than nothing.
"This is how philosophers should salute one another: 'Take your time!'' - Wittgenstein
Nibbler89
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
884 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-01 20:16:41
May 01 2012 20:11 GMT
#1797
I don't really think the way to get people to stop using offensive slurs is just to demand that they stop using them.
The only real way to have change happen is for people to think about whether they really want to act like that or not.

my 2 cents: Majority of TL will be straight white male, and it seems a large portion believe in the whole "who cares, why do people get offended by this?, no one should care if i use the words nigger, faggot, gook, beaner etc they are just words".

Well, what do all those words which are meant to be as offensive as possible have in common? none of them have anything to do with straight white males. Sure you can call the person a racist but then they just say "well i'm not really a racist I'm just saying those words they are just words".

Basically, it's easy to say people are overly sensitive over words when there are no real offensive words that you can be called or take offense to. I mean "cracker" and "honkey" don't really cut in the same way. If they did people including whites would use those words to insult people too but they don't.

Do whatever or say whatever you want, but at least think about it from a different perspective before you do.
Denzil
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom4193 Posts
May 01 2012 20:11 GMT
#1798
On May 02 2012 05:10 FairForever wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 02 2012 05:08 Denzil wrote:
On May 02 2012 05:04 Audemed wrote:
He's more popular than Orb (IDK why), so no, he wont get fired.

Should contact quantic's sponsors though.


No.

Read the fucking thread instead of hoping in and posting shit.


?

Many of us have read it, I know what InControl is saying but he's saying that as a beneficiary of the pro scene. I still choose to contact Razer.


Good for you, destroy the scene you invested so much time in so 'the man' doesn't get his paycheck
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Arghnews
Profile Joined June 2011
United Kingdom169 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-01 20:14:12
May 01 2012 20:11 GMT
#1799
Oh COME ON.

This is not dissimilar to all the people who comment on PsyStarcraft's videos, that all contain obscenities... People watch because it's entertaining. I do not think it is doing such a massive amount of harm in the community that people are entertained. I do not believe too that this is greatly at anyone's expense. As you said, Destiny is only saying this because he's annoyed, and this he knows is the most vulgar insult he can come up with. He just wants to provoke a reaction, like this thread.

Look, if you dislike this, don't watch. I know the OP cannot help but play Destiny, however his concern was for others not himself, the influence, and I don't think that it's hurting too many too much. People are smart enough not to copy this and say it in the wrong place. As the OP said, Destiny isn't a racist, he's a smart guy.

This is the old and out-of-touch man's arguement about how we shouldn't let people hear anything bad etc... Gotta ♥ Destiny, although he has become far moodier of late...

And for all these IDIOTS saying "DESTINY'S SO POPULAR BUT WE WRITE TO QUANTIC AND TELL THEM TO REGULATE HIS MOUTH", yeh, why'd you think he's so popular? It's because he's entertaining, because of the way he is. Change him and people won't watch, they'll go to someone else, and then it repeats. If there is no one particularly entertaining at all, then perhaps people will watch other stuff, doubtful though. The most popular streams are players who interact, eg. Idra, Whitera, Destiny, etc. Most Koreans are not as popular because they can't interact, and the exception is probably Stephano who's just a beast.
Amlitzer
Profile Joined August 2010
United States471 Posts
May 01 2012 20:11 GMT
#1800
Looks like Destiny is trying to go over to LoL with a bang.
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