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Alex is verbose, and you owe it to yourself (and the rest of us) to read the statement in its entirety. Remember, when making comments/claims to provide proper evidence, facts etc. Arguments based on incorrect assumptions, facts and straw men, will be dealt with swiftly. If in doubt, PM a mod or ask IRC. Do NOT spread misinformation, when in doubt, check your sources. In short, be smart. Alex comments on Idra: Orbs Statement: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=319038 Personal attacks against other posters in this thread will be met with a ban -- 14:20 KST | ||
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Corrosive
Canada3741 Posts
On March 09 2012 13:13 Oerbaa wrote: Huk also calls people "nigga" on twitter, but i believe Orb was mainly fired was because he lied to EG's management, if not then the logic is idiotic  Huk has never called anyone "nigger" as an insult and i believe EG managment has made huk delete tweets like that. | ||
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CajunMan
United States823 Posts
On March 09 2012 13:12 Gamegene wrote: what savior did and what orb did are two ENTIRELY different things -_- And they are basically being treated the same. What's up with that? | ||
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Lupita
United States290 Posts
Don't you do research on people before hiring them anyway? It's well known in the community that Orb is a bad mannered/foul mouthed player. If you seriously think Orb meant anything against Black people, well, I think you're crazy. This really is a shame, Orb is a great, well-spoken, knowledgeable caster with a lot to bring to the table, I feel bad for him. Also, if you think that other players/employees of EG have never used words like this (the word faggot comes to mind, just as bad as the N word and used far more often), well, then you're just fooling yourself. | ||
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Dissonance23
United States259 Posts
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SerafeimSC
98 Posts
On March 09 2012 13:11 zelah wrote: This portion of the post alone is causing me to buy an EG jersey. I will be e-mailing the sponsors listed on EG's site to let them know actions like this have earned a fan for life. We should also Email the sponsors to show how hippocritical they are :D | ||
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sickoota
Canada918 Posts
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bucckevin
858 Posts
Is it that big of a deal, really? Does this guy not deserve a second chance? | ||
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CravenRaven
Australia114 Posts
User was warned for this post | ||
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naggerNZ
New Zealand708 Posts
And now, right as he becomes a part of EG and is able to really be a full-time commentator, someone posts a screenshot of a replay in which he gets angry and BMs. I don't believe for a second that his opponent was offended, and he could have just taken it for what it was and forgot about it. Instead he posts it on reddit and the whole community starts acting like Orb took a shit on their chest. Well done, SC community, you bunch of whiny pussies. | ||
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Razuik
United States409 Posts
On March 09 2012 13:09 Tektos wrote: If you don't empower such a word with responses like this then the word loses value and stops causing so much offense. I learned a lot about this through the differences in Australian and American culture over the past 15 years. The words cunt and bastard are probably the two biggest examples. Here in Australia such terms are treated with such lax that they are even sometimes used as terms of endearment (much like how black people sometimes use the word nigga amongst themselves) and as a result are view by their context and not the word itself. EG here has completely overreacted solely on the word used and as a result severely damaged the career of an individual who is better at his job than almost anyone out there. I am extremely disappointed in EG for this response and will no longer be supporting them or their sponsors. Political correctness gone wrong. A word can also cause much less offense when it's not used or used in the least possible frequency. | ||
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Oreo7
United States1647 Posts
Wait really? If you want to get rid of your hoodie + mousepad, I'll PM you my address. Not joking. This post made me a fan of EG. | ||
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momonami5
United States109 Posts
On March 09 2012 13:06 Muffel wrote: The sad thing about this is that a young man lost his dream, he lost the chance to do the Job that he loves because some people on a certain website (which i like) were bored. He wasnt witch-hunted because people were shocked about the N-word. No just because some people needed some drama for whatever reason. Still i dislike racism. I dont think Orb is a racist. I think Orb reacted wrong to the case. Still im sad for him. Fully understand EGs reaction. ps: btw.. i hope these people who contacted the sponsors of EG will also contact them for positive response. welcome to the real world, your actions have consequences. | ||
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Corrosive
Canada3741 Posts
On March 09 2012 13:14 CajunMan wrote: And they are basically being treated the same. What's up with that? I don't see orb with any jail time. | ||
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iloveAthene
186 Posts
On March 09 2012 12:58 kilerz wrote: Just curious... why is it ok to refer to Caucasians/Europeans as "white" but not African-Americans as "black" and Asians as either "yellow" or "brown"? Anyone else see the problem with this statement? It's fine to use the word "black" still. And "caucasian" isn't correct anyways. It implies that one's ancestors came from the Caucasus Mountain area of Europe/Asia. What annoys is how the word "asian" seems to only mean people from East Asia nowadays. Asia is a huge continent with people of all types | ||
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Xtkq
Canada14 Posts
Keep up the good work EG. | ||
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DashedHopes
Canada414 Posts
On March 09 2012 13:12 knOxStarcraft wrote: Oh so what about your beloved IdrA saying fag and faggot Alex? Those things happened frequently in the past did they not? He is simply protecting EG's image people, don't let him fool you. I applaude you Alex Garfield for finding a community that is so easily tricked for you to manipulate to make money, or protect it in this case. Well said i agree | ||
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Majromax
Canada14 Posts
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EcksperT
United States35 Posts
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
On March 09 2012 13:14 CajunMan wrote: And they are basically being treated the same. What's up with that? trust me orb will still be around in esports, not streaming on afreeca. | ||
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
On March 09 2012 13:14 bucckevin wrote: Is it that big of a deal, really? Does this guy not deserve a second chance? If he had come clean about it, I'm sure that he might have gotten a second chance. His lies killed him. | ||
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