Man I mean no offense to other continents, but here in Europe (or at least the most part) people just are less aggrevated by these kind of things. Every white kid here has black friends, and they don't care if you call them the n-word for fun (unless ofcourse trying to insult them with it..) because they know we are JOKING. Stephano was joking, and perhaps the translation of the word 'abuse' was not exactly the one he meant. But seriously. 107 pages about this? I know this post is part of it but please.. Let's just get back to zerg OPness.
On October 14 2012 08:28 beg wrote: why is everyone thinking he's talking about rape? obviously he's only talking about having sex, as he says "i might only be interested in milfs and kids now". he's obviously talking about ordinary sexual preference, not who he wants to rape on a regular basis now.
blows my mind how you native speakers fail to see this.
i'm like 99% sure he wasnt joking and just didnt know how literal native speakers would take the word "abuse".
Are you trying to defend something like this? Please, I'm BM as hell and I know when to draw the line. I can't imagine joking about something as serious as that.
no i'm not defending this. i'm just baffled why everyone thinks he's joking. he fucked an underage and wanted to brag about it.
The "native speakers" say innocent until proven guilty. -.-
- If I was EG wouldn't it have been better to punish him in quiet so to avoid things like a 100+ page thread in TL? Seems like common sense to me. They don't want negative publicity for sponsors etc, what do you call this? Would of been MUCH better in terms of 'impact' on the brand or whatever to simply not punish him at all, or to do it ninja style.
On October 14 2012 08:37 SgtSlick wrote: @ROOTT1 funny video
- If I was EG wouldn't it have been better to punish him in quiet so to avoid things like a 100+ page thread in TL? Seems like common sense to me. They don't want negative publicity for sponsors etc, what do you call this? Would of been MUCH better in terms of 'impact' on the brand or whatever to simply not punish him at all, or to do it ninja style.
EG didn't say why they aren't letting Stephano go to those tournaments. Bling even deleted the video.
On October 14 2012 08:26 CaneCorso wrote: Way to turn this thread into Europe vs US again guys.
And you don't know if there was pressure from the sponsors anyway. EG would have punished Stephano either way, because if they didn't it would seem as if they are ok with their players "joking" about fucking underaged girls. EG made the right call (maybe they even punished him less than he deserves), Stephano should grow up and work on his sense of humour or sexual preferences, because in both cases it's messed up...
The original post on SRS on Reddit links directly to the emails/contact information for multiple EG sponsors. Of course there was pressure from them. Not to say anyone should have been emailing sponsors, or that SRS should even exist, but that's what happened.
EG would have done something about it even if people didnt email the sponsors. It's just dumb to think otherwise. So you can't say how much of this decision is because of sponsors pressuring EG or just EG being professional.
I'm sorry but I can't be persuaded by an argument from "it's dumb to think otherwise." He said something on battle.net, and it showed up on bling's (Dignitas) stream. I don't see why EG would create a problem if SRS didn't go to the sponsors with one.
On October 14 2012 08:28 beg wrote: why is everyone thinking he's talking about rape? obviously he's only talking about having sex, as he says "i might only be interested in milfs and kids now". he's obviously talking about ordinary sexual preference, not who he wants to rape on a regular basis now.
blows my mind how you native speakers fail to see this.
i'm like 99% sure he wasnt joking and just didnt know how literal native speakers would take the word "abuse".
Are you trying to defend something like this? Please, I'm BM as hell and I know when to draw the line. I can't imagine joking about something as serious as that.
no i'm not defending this. i'm just baffled why everyone thinks he's joking. he fucked an underage and wanted to brag about it.
The "native speakers" say innocent until proven guilty. -.-
but he confessed already . it wasnt some kind of inside joke, cause bling totally thought the same as me. and stephano kept talking about how he really likes having sex with milfs and young girls now.
gosh, so obvious what happened here...
and we're not in court here . just use your brain to figure out what's most likely... him joking or him actually talking about having had sex with an underage. brain time now
french canadians and french are cousins too !! So you're like a member of my family, so we are all in a big family, so we all love each others. I love you america ! (is it incest ?)
On October 14 2012 08:28 beg wrote: why is everyone thinking he's talking about rape? obviously he's only talking about having sex, as he says "i might only be interested in milfs and kids now". he's obviously talking about ordinary sexual preference, not who he wants to rape on a regular basis now.
blows my mind how you native speakers fail to see this.
i'm like 99% sure he wasnt joking and just didnt know how literal native speakers would take the word "abuse".
Are you trying to defend something like this? Please, I'm BM as hell and I know when to draw the line. I can't imagine joking about something as serious as that.
no i'm not defending this. i'm just baffled why everyone thinks he's joking. he fucked an underage and wanted to brag about it.
The "native speakers" say innocent until proven guilty. -.-
but he confessed already . it wasnt some kind of inside joke, cause bling totally thought the same as me. and stephano kept talking about how he really likes having sex with milfs and young girls now.
gosh, so obvious what happened here...
and we're not in court here . just use your brain to figure out what's most likely... him joking or him actually talking about having had sex with an underage. brain time now
I saw that. Some people go too far with jokes. He could've been drunk and thought it was funny. (legal drinking age is lower in France, am I right?)
EDIT: Stop using smiley faces, they don't win arguments.
On October 14 2012 08:28 beg wrote: why is everyone thinking he's talking about rape? obviously he's only talking about having sex, as he says "i might only be interested in milfs and kids now". he's obviously talking about ordinary sexual preference, not who he wants to rape on a regular basis now.
blows my mind how you native speakers fail to see this.
i'm like 99% sure he wasnt joking and just didnt know how literal native speakers would take the word "abuse".
Are you trying to defend something like this? Please, I'm BM as hell and I know when to draw the line. I can't imagine joking about something as serious as that.
no i'm not defending this. i'm just baffled why everyone thinks he's joking. he fucked an underage and wanted to brag about it.
The "native speakers" say innocent until proven guilty. -.-
but he confessed already . it wasnt some kind of inside joke, cause bling totally thought the same as me. and stephano kept talking about how he really likes having sex with milfs and young girls now.
gosh, so obvious what happened here...
I saw that. Some people go too far with jokes. He could've been drunk and thought it was funny. (legal drinking age is lower in France, am I right?)
Guys don't worry, it is the CURSE .. just that. Probably stephano was going to win those tournaments... "no no, you are suspended until you start to fail, lol" He has to join the other fallen stars!
On October 14 2012 08:28 beg wrote: why is everyone thinking he's talking about rape? obviously he's only talking about having sex, as he says "i might only be interested in milfs and kids now". he's obviously talking about ordinary sexual preference, not who he wants to rape on a regular basis now.
blows my mind how you native speakers fail to see this.
i'm like 99% sure he wasnt joking and just didnt know how literal native speakers would take the word "abuse".
Are you trying to defend something like this? Please, I'm BM as hell and I know when to draw the line. I can't imagine joking about something as serious as that.
no i'm not defending this. i'm just baffled why everyone thinks he's joking. he fucked an underage and wanted to brag about it.
The "native speakers" say innocent until proven guilty. -.-
but he confessed already . it wasnt some kind of inside joke, cause bling totally thought the same as me. and stephano kept talking about how he really likes having sex with milfs and young girls now.
gosh, so obvious what happened here...
I saw that. Some people go too far with jokes. He could've been drunk and thought it was funny. (legal drinking age is lower in France, am I right?)
18. But you can't rape kids, this is forbidden.
Rape isn't allowed anywhere civilized -.-
And if you couldn't tell by my words since you're not a native speaker, I don't think he raped anyone.
Punishment is appropriate, too bad EG has to deal with this juvenile behavior by Stephano. He knew better. Every conversation on Battle.net is recorded and monitored and he was even talking to a decently popular streamer.
On October 14 2012 08:28 beg wrote: why is everyone thinking he's talking about rape? obviously he's only talking about having sex, as he says "i might only be interested in milfs and kids now". he's obviously talking about ordinary sexual preference, not who he wants to rape on a regular basis now.
blows my mind how you native speakers fail to see this.
i'm like 99% sure he wasnt joking and just didnt know how literal native speakers would take the word "abuse".
Are you trying to defend something like this? Please, I'm BM as hell and I know when to draw the line. I can't imagine joking about something as serious as that.
no i'm not defending this. i'm just baffled why everyone thinks he's joking. he fucked an underage and wanted to brag about it.
The "native speakers" say innocent until proven guilty. -.-
but he confessed already . it wasnt some kind of inside joke, cause bling totally thought the same as me. and stephano kept talking about how he really likes having sex with milfs and young girls now.
gosh, so obvious what happened here...
and we're not in court here . just use your brain to figure out what's most likely... him joking or him actually talking about having had sex with an underage. brain time now
Making doesn't make your point obvious, if any part was a joke it's when he ssays " I might only be interested in milfs and young girls now " because it is nonsense and based on two typical and different sexual disorder. But I guess what you said is obvious because you said it
Edit : Or have I missed your sarcasm? not obvious either :p
On October 14 2012 08:50 Blackrobe wrote: 108 pages and 200,000 view thread for the suspension.
Almost worth it.
Only because its Stephano, if i was a more obscure player this wouldn't get past page 10 i would think
Nah, even the Veralynn thread went to 60 pages, any kind of controvesy will lead to a pretty big one regardless of the player really.
Ah well, suppose Stephano should know better in future. Hope to see him back in action soon, hopefully tearing it up. Incidentally don't see why this is any worse than his tweet to Hasuobs that was 'burned any Jews lately?' but I suppose EG aren't known for their consistency.