Dragon joins Millenium - Page 25

On March 08 2012 13:59 TheyCallMePops wrote:

I think you're confusing being a fanboy with liking a player. There are like 40 SC2 players that I really enjoy and hope that their careers flourish because they have great personalities, interesting player, or some other factor that draws me to them. For someone to post in a thread celebrating a player they like's success is not "jumping on a bandwagon." It's just genuine excitement for the opportunities to see that player in a competitive setting more and see their mark on eSports.

People can not like a player, but there's this trend on the internet among internet users in general that draws these imaginary lines about players they dislike and their fanbase. I would argue that no one (or very few people) are as fanatical about Dragon as people are (haters and fans alike) about idra, or iNcontroL, or MarineKing. And yet no one calls people out for "bandwagoning" on these players, and people are called "fanboys" simply for enjoying a player's stream and wishing him success.

You're pidgeonholing a whole group of people into this label just so you can dismiss their interest or somehow consider them beneath you and worthy of your ridicule. It's so incredibly disgusting (and a bit funny) to watch people pick and choose their hatred/likes and then pretend as if they're unique and everyone else is just a conformist bandwagoning with the crowd. If you don't like Dragon because he cheated once in the past, that's completely up to you. But you also have to justify not liking Dimaga, TT1, Haypro (even though it was a mistake), and lots of other pros. If you don't like him for his streaming style, then don't watch him! But don't try and put yourself "above" his fans and mock/minisculize (is that a word? My english kinda sucks) their interest in a player's accomplishments. We're all just here to support the players we enjoy.

On March 10 2012 06:07 vultdylan wrote:
Millenium is going to be stacked either way, professionalism in mind or not.

On March 11 2012 07:09 ArcticRaven wrote:


What do you mean by "stacked" ?

On March 14 2012 00:48 SkyTheUnknown wrote:
Dissapointing. Instead of signing up a mediocre Korean with a questionable reputation, Millenium could have given some EU Terran talent a chance to break into the pro scene.

On March 16 2012 00:00 Vira wrote:


Llewellys said he sign this guyz cause :
1- Dragon ask Millenium directly and can join Millenium house for at least 4 monhts.
2- Dragon can help Millenium to get contact with Korean player , Millenium still looking for a world class player and probably Korean.
3- Lewellys was searching EU Terran for a long time and didnt find so.

On March 14 2012 00:43 StarStrider wrote:
Millenium is really taking a huge risk signing this guy. If you want to overlook everything he has done and continue to idolize him just because he is funny and is a very entertaining streamer, I understand. I have watched his play, it is fantastic, and I love him as a player, he is hilarious and very fan loved.
But as someone who wants eSports to be taken seriously (and that means just rewards for cheaters and unprofessional players) I can't support him playing professionally again. HF Dragon but I can't say GL. And I think Playhem bowing down to his fanatical fanbase's flaming of their organization (and now sponsoring him? wtf?) because of the Katu incident is more embarrassing to Playhem than the comments made by Katu himself.