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Papulatus
Profile Joined July 2010
United States669 Posts
July 16 2012 22:36 GMT
#61
Damn. So odd. Interesting to see what role he will play.
4 Corners in a day.
canikizu
Profile Joined September 2010
4860 Posts
July 16 2012 22:36 GMT
#62
I thought 1 million dollar was raised by a lot of people, and Athene was one of the people that promote the campaign. Is this the new 1 million dollars that Athene raise alone by himself?
MoonfireSpam
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1153 Posts
July 16 2012 22:37 GMT
#63
It's one of those "what the fuck" kinda things where people are entertained by this dude, especially knowing it's an act. But good for them 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.
ShAdZ_ZX
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia635 Posts
July 16 2012 22:38 GMT
#64
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.
grobo
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Japan6199 Posts
July 16 2012 22:38 GMT
#65
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".
We make signature, then defense it.
yNx
Profile Joined November 2011
Israel34 Posts
July 16 2012 22:39 GMT
#66
I personally can´t stand Atheans whole act but it does seem like he¨s actually using the fame he posesses to do good.
ikh
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom251 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-16 22:42:59
July 16 2012 22:41 GMT
#67
On July 17 2012 07:30 Crovea wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


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".
Ruscour
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
5233 Posts
July 16 2012 22:43 GMT
#68
ROOT to announce team for new title: the GAIMS
Andypk
Profile Joined November 2010
Scotland512 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-16 22:47:50
July 16 2012 22:43 GMT
#69
On July 17 2012 07:38 grobo wrote:
Show nested quote +
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".

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.
tehemperorer
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2183 Posts
July 16 2012 22:44 GMT
#70
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.
Knowing is half the battle... the other half is lasers.
Eee
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden2712 Posts
July 16 2012 22:44 GMT
#71
this has nothing to do with sc2 though?
Monochromatic
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States997 Posts
July 16 2012 22:45 GMT
#72
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.
MC: "Guys I need your support! iam poor make me nerd baller" __________________________________________RIP Violet
ShAdZ_ZX
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia635 Posts
July 16 2012 22:45 GMT
#73
On July 17 2012 07:44 tehemperorer wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


Right, because all entertainers are generalised.
Inverse1
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom61 Posts
July 16 2012 22:47 GMT
#74
bahaha thats well funny, its just a joke he's helping raise money and stuff, great guy!
i'm about to open some fuckin' windows
SilSol
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden2744 Posts
July 16 2012 22:47 GMT
#75
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
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden2744 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-16 22:50:39
July 16 2012 22:48 GMT
#76
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
Profile Joined June 2012
United Kingdom324 Posts
July 16 2012 22:49 GMT
#77
On July 17 2012 07:43 Andypk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2012 07:38 grobo wrote:
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".

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.
G4rrett
Profile Joined June 2011
England124 Posts
July 16 2012 22:50 GMT
#78
People need to stop living in 2007, a lot has changed in Athene since then, he's the most considerate and passionate person i've ever seen about games, he will do fantastic things for e-sports if he gets into it. and no i'm not just talking about the 1mill charity thing he done.
Artosis: 'How's the balance?' Nestea: 'Terran: if you play alot you can become great player, Protoss: if you play hard and become good it's unbeatable, Zerg: Sad'
Zurles
Profile Joined February 2009
United Kingdom1659 Posts
July 16 2012 22:51 GMT
#79
he's one of the sickest grinders in the world
Hatorade
Profile Joined July 2010
299 Posts
July 16 2012 22:51 GMT
#80
The Athene you see most of the time is just an act, do you guys call actors or actresses douchebags after they play a roll of a character you don't like? You might not find his videos funny that's fine neither do I, but I find it hard to believe that acting out an immature persona on youtube videos outweighs charitable acts when judging his actual character for some people.
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