EPTMy statement and apologies - Page 26
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Skillig
Belgium141 Posts
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cari-kira
Germany655 Posts
-> 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. | ||
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Trealador
United States207 Posts
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. | ||
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TreeStem
Canada15 Posts
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
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. | ||
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ixi.genocide
United States981 Posts
On March 09 2012 16:01 ExO_ wrote: 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. | ||
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Starscreamz
Canada30 Posts
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RajaF
Canada530 Posts
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' | ||
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algorithm0r
Canada486 Posts
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BliptiX
Canada324 Posts
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
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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Lunares
United States909 Posts
On March 09 2012 16:17 dekarp wrote: 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. | ||
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catatoni
Finland23 Posts
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. | ||
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Koshi
Belgium38797 Posts
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. | ||
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ArrozConLeche
Peru41 Posts
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DeadCell
Canada255 Posts
Like it's enough so a part of his vocabulary as a common curse word..? | ||
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Dox
Australia1199 Posts
It's not like you pulled a Gus Ledesma. | ||
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IMoperator
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leova
266 Posts
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! | ||
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Shrewmy
Australia199 Posts
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