EPTSo Athene just announced he's joining ROOT GAMING. - Page 4
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Papulatus
United States669 Posts
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canikizu
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MoonfireSpam
United Kingdom1153 Posts
 I also can't stand his act though. Nice for ROOT, he seems to be a decent pull for popularity if nothing else and as many people as there are that don't give a turd about him, there are plenty that for whatever reason do. | ||
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ShAdZ_ZX
Australia635 Posts
On July 17 2012 07:28 Tao367 wrote: It's not about him as a person, it's just he thinks he's better than everyone else when literally anyone could do what he's doing if they had the sponsors and following that he has. If it was me that started making videos and got approached by companies or w/e, I could do it. I respect him for doing his fundraising, but there is no need for him to shove it in everyone elses face and act like he's the best in the world. The reason he's done all those things in Diablo 3 is because his fanbase have given him items and gold and stuff. If I got given that stuff, I could do all he's done. Anyone who knows more about Athene would laugh at this. Have you seen some of his more serious work? He's actually a really nice and relaxed guy. | ||
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grobo
Japan6199 Posts
On July 17 2012 07:35 Andypk wrote: The amount of people who seem to be unable to understand this kind of humour and see past the persona that is Athene, is baffling. The trolling and acting like a dick is all part of an act, a character, that a lot of people find funny and entertaining. But even raising $1M for charity still won't convince some people... It's not about "getting it". Some people just don't find that kind of humor funny, just because you don't agree with what other people consider funny doesn't mean that you don't "get it". | ||
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yNx
Israel34 Posts
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ikh
United Kingdom251 Posts
On July 17 2012 07:30 Crovea wrote: I totally agree that he achieved nothing remarkable in Diablo III. But in WoW, Poker and plenty of other stuff, he proved to be a superior gamer in many aspects, especially theorycrafting. There's plenty of real evidence out there, along side with all the trolls. unless i'm mistaken, he was just barely a breakeven poker player (quick google claims 0,12bb/100, about 13k$ over 3mil+ hands, which is _nothing_) but put in such insane amounts of hands he made supernova elite on pokerstars, which is worth a lot. which is to say he hasn't so much put in results to show he's a good poker player, but he's good at playing a shitton of tables and not losing. which i guess does take mental fortitude plus crazy multitasking ability, and deserves respect in a way, but def. not in terms of showing high level skill in the game. wow i don't know that much about, i quit way before he got famous past the point of "annoying random guy with a jesus complex". | ||
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Ruscour
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Andypk
Scotland512 Posts
On July 17 2012 07:38 grobo wrote: It's not about "getting it". Some people just don't find that kind of humor funny, just because you don't agree with what other people consider funny doesn't mean that you don't "get it". I'm not saying anything about not finding it funny, by "getting it" I mean people instantly calling him a douchebag/troll and failing to see past the fact that it's all just an act. Hell, people were calling his $1M fundraiser a scam for a long time, a lot of people still do. It's also entirely possible to "get" humour without finding it funny, for example, understanding that the Athene character is trying to be funny, even if you don't actually find it funny. | ||
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tehemperorer
United States2183 Posts
On July 17 2012 07:02 McKTenor13 wrote: Yeah not a big fan of the OP. He has done a lot for a lot of the smaller streamers and raised a lot of money for charity. Just because he puts on a cocky persona doesn't mean he's a douche. He's there to entertain. I'd be happy if this were true. Ergo, you like Justin Beiber. | ||
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Eee
Sweden2712 Posts
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Monochromatic
United States997 Posts
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ShAdZ_ZX
Australia635 Posts
Right, because all entertainers are generalised. | ||
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Inverse1
United Kingdom61 Posts
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SilSol
Sweden2744 Posts
On July 17 2012 07:22 SiCkO_ wrote: He raised $1 million for charity? Not very likely in my opinion, sounds like just another regular troll. yes he did raise 1 million for charity. How can you just not know that? He broke some records doing that. And they streamed everything for so long now. It's been all over the internet when he made the 1million mark. And he even announced it on Dreamhack. Like? Yes Athene knows Kiwikaki and Catz from ROOT so i don't know about this >_< | ||
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SilSol
Sweden2744 Posts
On July 17 2012 07:45 Monochromatic wrote: This doesn't make sense. Is this guy good at starcraft? And ROOT is a very random team to join, considering all the new people they hired. No hes not good at Starcraft not that i know of or cant even imagine. AtheneWins account was KiWiKaki playing on it everyone knows that already. Perhaps ROOT-gaming is doing some kind of Diablo3 roster? Cause all Athene does atm is playing Diablo3 so | ||
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Tao367
United Kingdom324 Posts
On July 17 2012 07:43 Andypk wrote: I'm not saying anything about not finding it funny, by "getting it" I mean people instantly calling him a douchebag/troll and failing to see past the fact that it's all just an act. Hell, people were calling his $1M fundraiser a scam for a long time, a lot of people still do. I'm not saying its A scam, I don't like this "character", because its all I've seen of him and I don't find it entertaining in the slightest. In fact I find it somewhat patronising. And seeing his videos with this character, I just can't take him seriously now. | ||
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G4rrett
England124 Posts
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
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