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Stephano suspended by Evil Geniuses

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Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
October 12 2012 23:25 GMT
#1
Evil Geniuses’ Ilyes “Stephano” Satouri has been suspended without pay for the remainder of October following his recent inappropriate comments. Please read the full press release for more information.

To EG Fans, eSports Enthusiasts, and Concerned Members of the Gaming Community,

Today, Evil Geniuses announces that French Zerg player Ilyes “Stephano” Satouri has been suspended without pay for the remainder of October, following his recent inappropriate comments. He will be ineligible to participate in all online and offline competitions during the month of October, including the upcoming GD Invitational and DreamHack Bucharest tournaments for which he was previously signed up. We sincerely apologize to the respective organizers of these tournaments for any inconvenience the last-minute cancellations may cause.

That apology, however, obviously comes as secondary to a much more significant and direly-needed apology for Stephano’s inexcusable comments themselves. An apology in his own words can be found at the bottom of this post, but additionally, everyone at Evil Geniuses – including management, players, and staff – would like to sincerely apologize for these comments. They do not reflect our company’s sense of morality, behavior and propriety, and they will not be tolerated.

The full extent of the ramifications for Stephano’s comments is yet to be determined. The decision to suspend him, without pay, for the rest of October is final, but the situation is still being reviewed internally at EG, and we do not consider the matter closed as of yet.

We’d like to thank everyone in the gaming community for your patience, and we once again apologize for this incident. For those interested in reading it, Ilyes’ personal apology follows immediately below this note.

Sincerely,

Evil Geniuses


Ilyes “Stephano” Satouri’s Apology: “I want to very sincerely apologize to all of my fans, my teammates and management at EG, all of EG’s sponsors, and the rest of the community for my comments last week. They were insensitive, inappropriate, way over the line, and are deserving of the serious ramifications I have received from my team. I accept responsibility for my mistake, and I will be more careful in the future.”


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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-12 23:28:13
October 12 2012 23:26 GMT
#2
Good, it's been awhile since the Koreans have won any foreign events.


On a more serious note, it's good to see both a public apology and consequences for these actions. ROOT did something similar with the Destiny situation and that was commending also. Regardless if we agree or not, it's good to see EG make their own decisions on their own morals (whether pressured by sponsors or not doesn't change much for me personally).

good on them.
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Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
October 12 2012 23:27 GMT
#3
The EG site is dead.
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Clarity_nl
Profile Joined November 2011
Netherlands6826 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-12 23:29:19
October 12 2012 23:27 GMT
#4
On October 13 2012 08:26 Torte de Lini wrote:
Good, it's been awhile since the Koreans have won any foreign events.


I see what you did there

Good response from EG, I think not much more is needed though.
Obviously I don't know all the facts about discussions after his comments, but a month suspension is quite a bit of money lost for Stephano I'd imagine.
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VPreboot
Profile Joined April 2011
United States132 Posts
October 12 2012 23:28 GMT
#5
On October 13 2012 08:26 Torte de Lini wrote:
Good, it's been awhile since the Koreans have won any foreign events.

That's hilarious. But can I have some context to this. What did Stephano say?
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Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
October 12 2012 23:28 GMT
#6
Right move when it comes to running a business. Sad to see no Stephano in tournaments though.
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Mavvie
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Canada923 Posts
October 12 2012 23:28 GMT
#7
On October 13 2012 08:26 Torte de Lini wrote:
Good, it's been awhile since the Koreans have won any foreign events.


On a more serious note, it's good to see both a public apology and consequences for these actions. ROOT did something similar with the Destiny situation and that was commending also. Regardless if we agree or not, it's good to see EG make their own decisions on their own morals (whether pressured by sponsors or not doesn't change much for me personally).

good on them.

Yeah really, now they stand a chance.

Just wondering, what were the comments? I seem to have missed them D:
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Sumahi
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Guam5609 Posts
October 12 2012 23:29 GMT
#8
I need some context. What did he say?
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vrok
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden2541 Posts
October 12 2012 23:29 GMT
#9
EG CURSE
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HornyHerring
Profile Joined March 2011
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
October 12 2012 23:29 GMT
#10
He was hitting on the flight attendant and got arrested by the sky marshall.
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RoninShogun
Profile Joined November 2010
United States315 Posts
October 12 2012 23:29 GMT
#11
Wait so is he still going to Korea?
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tuoli9
Profile Joined October 2011
Finland211 Posts
October 12 2012 23:29 GMT
#12
So what did Stephano say and where?
Yolpo
Profile Joined January 2012
France9 Posts
October 12 2012 23:30 GMT
#13
Eg and Reddit equals in the same deep stupidity.
AcesAnoka
Profile Joined April 2011
Belgium262 Posts
October 12 2012 23:30 GMT
#14
Haha oh wow.
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Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
October 12 2012 23:30 GMT
#15
On October 13 2012 08:29 RoninShogun wrote:
Wait so is he still going to Korea?


He's just going to practice for the next few weeks in Korea.
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Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
October 12 2012 23:30 GMT
#16
On October 13 2012 08:29 RoninShogun wrote:
Wait so is he still going to Korea?

I guess EG said "You're not playing in tournaments this month, go train".
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CheAse
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada919 Posts
October 12 2012 23:31 GMT
#17
Is it possible to see what Stephano said? Or am i just blind
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Iodem
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1173 Posts
October 12 2012 23:31 GMT
#18
Evil Geniuses wrote:
What curse?



On October 13 2012 08:29 Sumahi wrote:
I need some context. What did he say?

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Dali.
Profile Joined June 2010
New Zealand689 Posts
October 12 2012 23:31 GMT
#19
Good resolution by EG. I mean for goodness sake he was JUST signed to the most lucrative team in this game and he's already created more drama than most players would in a career of playing. No wonder EG is cracking down.
Dr.Sin
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada1126 Posts
October 12 2012 23:31 GMT
#20
Wow. I am shocked to see this since I am a fan of Stephano's, but I'm glad EG is setting forth a standard for the industry.
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