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Skillig
Profile Joined November 2010
Belgium141 Posts
March 09 2012 07:22 GMT
#501
great decision , he got what he deserved
cari-kira
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany655 Posts
March 09 2012 07:22 GMT
#502
funny, you say "I have never once held any bit of racism in my heart", but we are ddiscussing about you saying "dumb n-----" to random people in the internet.

-> you never thought about racism actually and are just making this statement to save your reputation.
there IS racism in your heart, and you denying and not accepting it and working to get rid of it is just arrogant.
Live and let live
Trealador
Profile Joined August 2011
United States207 Posts
March 09 2012 07:22 GMT
#503
Not sure if ACTA went through or not...

It's the internet, people say a lot of shit that isn't them, and you have to remember that a lot of shit happens when you are playing a COMPETITIVE game and trash talk is just kind of part of the scene. This is the downside to money being involved with things, sponsors are paranoid about image, and this kind of stuff makes them shit their pants every five minutes. It is a shame this actually happened, especially since I have played against Orb and watched his stream a ton, he rages, we all do. As for the idea of racism, it is a weird thing to begin with, and while the idea of going through an entire social debate sounds fun, it is ultimately pointless because people just are entrenched in their views and refuse to see basic logic. While calling people a faggot, or using the "N" word are obviously bad to say, they are taken out of context. The "N" word for example is used between african americans and is accepted, but is not interracially accepted. The word has grown out of its literal meaning that it had decades ago, and is now a generic term just like faggot is to display annoyance or anger towards a person, it is in no way literally persecuting those people. Some will say that it is, but honestly they are just crying and looking to create trouble. Racism is only there because people get upset about it; if we all just stop over reacting over something that is quite literally A WORD, and focus on actions, we can finally evolve as a human race.

Honestly, this is the internet, it may be a little vulgar and rough at times, but we all need to grow some thicker skin and learn that just because someone calls you a faggot, doesn't mean anything against you personally, he is just annoyed and venting.
Like a man.
TreeStem
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada15 Posts
March 09 2012 07:23 GMT
#504
You're better than EG orb, you know that
Defacer
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada5052 Posts
March 09 2012 07:23 GMT
#505
On March 09 2012 16:11 Ace1123 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2012 16:10 Ballistixz wrote:
i dont get it. orb gets so much backlash for what he said but idra and destiny just get ignored? destiny and idra both says shit 100x worst then anything orb has ever said yet idra is still a top member of EG and destiny gets invited to SOTG usually. wtf is this?



True! I wonder why, and they are so famous


SOTG has nothing to do with EG, and Destiny isn't a EG employee.

IdrA has, believe or not, mellowed out. And IdrA is more valuable. But I've never hear IdrA drop n-bombs anywhere.
ixi.genocide
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States981 Posts
March 09 2012 07:25 GMT
#506
On March 09 2012 16:01 ExO_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2012 15:41 sandman1454 wrote:
ok so, there seem to be a lot of people thinking that EG was too hard on him, and i disagree. Orb called everyone who was trying to bring the truth to light terrible names and tried to cover up the truth however possible, he removed vods, tried to tell people it was someone else on his account. ONLY when it was 100% proven that it was Orb doing the name calling on stream, ONLY THEN did he confess and then apologize when all hopes of decieving people and his management were gone. And for those reasons, that is why i believe he got what was coming to him.

Notice i didnt even take into account WHAT he did, more so just his response


But the statement by EG seems to indicate it wasn't his lying but his actual use of language. While I agree with you that the lying is grounds for being dismissed, was the language while he was unaffiliated also grounds enough for being dismissed, because that's the reason EG cites


They fired him because of the reaction from the community against EG. People contacting the sponsors of EG is what caused him to lose his job. it doesn't matter that alex did not talk about it, he did mention the sponsor shenanigans.

As far as saying N***** as a rage, I think it is obvious that it is not appropriate to use a word SPECIFICALLY hurtful to a race and part of a major controversy in American history. I think that Alex's opinion on words like the N word is not fully correct. I agree that the way Orb used it was completely inappropriate but when you apply gross meaning to racial slurs in general you give them more value than they should have. I wasn't there to see the counterstrike example but there are situations where I would find the cs team having funny black names to not be racist, just funny.

I doubt that Orb will be making a comeback as a paid caster for a while (if ever) but I would like to see him continue his casting and commentating.
Starscreamz
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada30 Posts
March 09 2012 07:25 GMT
#507
At least when you have a huge following, taking a few minutes to write up a sappy apology works quite well.
Zerg aren't meant to beat Protoss.
RajaF
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada530 Posts
March 09 2012 07:26 GMT
#508
On March 09 2012 15:58 Quasimoto3000 wrote:
Il miss your casting man, hopefully we'l see you around.

Still as an African American SCII player, Nigger is NOT a funny word, and I cant say that your apology really covers everything that word implies to everyone it affects. You claim you are not a racist, yet does selectively insulting and injuring a select group of people based on their race not make you a racist? I think not. If you say the word Nigger, you are a racist, regardless of if you intended to hurt African Americans or not.


So all african american rap / hip-hop stars are also racist? Just sain'
algorithm0r
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada486 Posts
March 09 2012 07:28 GMT
#509
Orb: I'm saddened that EG has reacted this way to the outcry of interweb witch-hunters. I feel this reaction is so wrong and that you should not be dismissed. I wish you the best in the future and I hope you can find something even better than the EG opportunity.
BliptiX
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada324 Posts
March 09 2012 07:29 GMT
#510
The starcraft community really needs to thicken their skin. These kinds of incidents keep popping up and I just can't believe young adult, internet users can get so offended over nothing. Yes, nothing. You see people saying things of this sort everywhere on the internet and I'm just completely taken aback at the uproar it could cause in an internet community.

I'd say almost 100% of the time the "offenders" would never use these terms in real life situations. Stop getting offended for other people and stirring drama.
Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
March 09 2012 07:29 GMT
#511
Keep on truckin orb. You are thug at heart so you should be allowed to use the N word anyways.
why so 진지해?
Lunares
Profile Joined May 2010
United States909 Posts
March 09 2012 07:30 GMT
#512
On March 09 2012 16:17 dekarp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2012 16:07 MonkSEA wrote:
On March 09 2012 16:05 CitrusFo wrote:
Sucks how people are accepting his appology and yet everyone shat on Katu.


He was nerd raging in his own personal stream, actually I don't really think he needs to apologize for anything.

He sticks by his word that it was indeed his friend, and lieing was the ONLY thing I could think of that could warrant an apology.


And what proof is there that it was actually his friend? To be honest, if my friend did something like this, 2 things would happen:

1) My friend would immediately own up in several different public forums claiming it was him, friends have your back when you're in trouble... And if a friend, someone you let on your $60 account, doesn't know that you're a community member of SC2, it doesn't sound like he's a friend and more like just some random guy, and if that's the case... probably shouldn't let him use your account.

2) This simply would not happen. I would not be friends with someone who has 0 respect for the things he borrows (sc2 account in this case).

Sorry, there is just no way I can see him telling the truth. Too many coincidences, you can spin it whatever way you want (taught him hotkeys, taught him build orders similar to mine, we both have a fond use of the word nigger whenever we're upset on the SC2 ladder...), but at the end of the day until this friend comes forward and admits he did it, and provides some proof that he's actually not just some random dude Orb knows IRL, this shouldn't be forgiven any time soon.

Lying to employers is a very serious thing. People are so fucking caught up on the "racism" it's so stupid. Be caught up on the fact that he lied to his employer.


There is no way you can see him telling the truth? Why not? What possible motivation could he have for lying at this point about it? That he said it previously is a fact. If anything if he admitted to it before this all blew up that would have been good.

Instead he has stuck to that story. Personally I believe it. At this point he is already fired and disgraced, there is absolutely NO reason to lie anymore.

And how do you know this guy is a good enough friend to come forward and admit it at this point? Or as Orb said he shares it with a "few" friends. Like any of them would admit which one did this and destroyed his career. It's certainly possible he doesn't know.

Instead Reddit seized on this, completely blew up the topic, and ruined this chance because of something he did in the past + a bad decision on letting a friend borrow his account. Knowing reddit and r/sc I would find this much more likely than orb continuing to lie under this kind of pressure.
catatoni
Profile Joined December 2011
Finland23 Posts
March 09 2012 07:31 GMT
#513
I don't get why orb gets so much hate for something he did so long ago on ladder. BMing on ladder and getting fired because of it is kinda stupid imo.
And every people state that they think orb should apologize for lying even after he states how he never did lie and immediately after the actual screenshots of him got out he apologized.
Koshi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium38799 Posts
March 09 2012 07:31 GMT
#514
What you said was dumb mate, I really liked your casting and it is sad to see you go.

But there aren't many respected and public jobs in the world where you wouldn't get fired when there was proof you were drunk and calling people dumb niggers...

Anyway, hopefully in 3 months, you can come back to the scene. I am pretty sure you worked really hard for that position as caster for EG. I feel sorry that it slipped away from you this soon.
I had a good night of sleep.
ArrozConLeche
Profile Joined December 2010
Peru41 Posts
March 09 2012 07:32 GMT
#515
Funny how jealousy makes people ruin someone's life, I'd literally call, all those people that went out their way just to ruin orbs casting career, bastards.
DeadCell
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada256 Posts
March 09 2012 07:32 GMT
#516
Although I'm sure he's truthfully sorry. I find it very odd that he even said the n word to began with.

Like it's enough so a part of his vocabulary as a common curse word..?
If it comes down to you or them, send flowers.
Dox
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Australia1199 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-09 07:33:57
March 09 2012 07:33 GMT
#517
Sorry to see you burned like this, mob mentality at it's worst.

It's not like you pulled a Gus Ledesma.
@NvDox | Plantronics Nv: Rossi . mOOnGLaDe . deth . JazBas | @NvSC2 | @NvCoD | @NvLeague | @NvHearthstone | @NvDotA2 | @PLT_MF
IMoperator
Profile Joined October 2011
4476 Posts
March 09 2012 07:33 GMT
#518
Gonna miss your casts orb.
leova
Profile Joined April 2011
266 Posts
March 09 2012 07:34 GMT
#519
On March 09 2012 16:21 venom0us wrote:
This is my god honest opinion on the matter so mods, please don't ban me or whatever, im being honest and real about the situation.

Lets compare this to something in the real world. Let's say that you get a new job, and everything is good for a few weeks, when your boss goes onto your facebook without you knowing and sees a video of you and your friends screaming the N word. Any competent person would fire that guy immediately. EG did the right thing to get rid of your bigoted ass. Grow the fuck up.

pretty much this

there are TONS of high-quality SC2 casters, streamers, players, and personalities out there, and even the ones that occasionally BM know how to toe the line between BM and outright douchebaggery/racism

there is no need to keep a guy like orb around in the limelight, farewell and good riddacne!
Shrewmy
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia199 Posts
March 09 2012 07:34 GMT
#520
We can thank /r/Starcraft for starting another pathetically vindictive and pointless witch hunt over a word. Their double standard absolutely disgusts me.
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