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Stupidity from all involved. From the initial comment, to the reddit reaction and to EGs response. To me, this is not an issue of professionalism, but one of privacy and the harsh negative reality of trying to make a living out of turning chucks of your everyday life in to entertainment. Do we, do the players and do the "professional" teams (who have no problem employing teenagers full-time at laughable wages without any view to their future prospects) know the consequences of giving up privacy to this degree? It would seem not.
Besides, it's hard not to become disillusioned with the SC2-scene when drama-bullshit like this is topping the front-pages every week. Why must we make these non-events the center of attention?
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On October 13 2012 09:16 jdseemoreglass wrote:
We can't have fun in this video game community and can't have people being themselves and making off-color jokes. This is serious ESPORTS business, all jokes must be in good taste or the punishment will come, we will make sure of it. Now get back to work grinding the ladder. To improve only, no pleasure allowed! Written on a stone tablet by jdseemoreglass.
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On October 13 2012 09:21 SilSol wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 09:19 Glurkenspurk wrote:On October 13 2012 09:19 SilSol wrote:On October 13 2012 09:16 McDutch wrote:On October 13 2012 09:13 SilSol wrote:On October 13 2012 09:12 McDutch wrote:On October 13 2012 09:10 Insoleet wrote:On October 13 2012 09:06 McDutch wrote:On October 13 2012 09:03 hagrin wrote:
I can't decide as one of the older people here what's funnier -
1) Those trying to rationalize having sex with a minor
2) Those saying that child rape jokes are funny
3) Those who can't read a calendar and can't even figure out the length of the ban correctly
4) Seeing where the poster is from and then not being surprised by the content of the post
5) Those who still haven't figured out that there's more public scrutiny now than ever and you are responsible for everything you say no matter the context since the Internet won't care about context long-term.
Also, question - if sex with a 14 year old is funny, what about 12? How about 9? I want to know where the line is so I know how to craft my "jokes" for maximum effect.
Violentacrez approves of Stephano's joke (as he cries that his life is now ruined now that he's been outed). When fooling around with your good friends, there is no line really...because everyone knows all the jokes are pure bullshit.. and because it's such alot of bullshit, it funny.. EVERYONE knows ur not serious.. Its funny how the mentality between EU and US is so much different... We like to laugh and joke around with friends ^^ they should try it out aswell.. their lives would be so much more fun.. instead of being butthurt about every little thing.. So you think it's just ok for him being a public figure and sponsored player to say that he had sex with a 14 year old girl and just laughing about it? You joke about that between you're friends? Well, thats for EG to decide.. but that doesnt have anything to do with how butthurt people are.. How can people seriously be offended by this. It isnt the best taste of a joke, come c'mon people, dont act so hypocritical Ok.. I'm not a fanboy but people are not "offended by this" or "butthurt" they just think it was a stupid joke from a public figure even tho it was meant to be private it's still very stupid to say that. These people that is mad at stephano for doing this are his fanboys and they don't want to see their fav player talk like this and think it's funny. Why is it stupid to say? What's wrong with a joke between 2 friends? Are you the comedy police? So you're actually saying that it's not a stupid thing to say that you had sex with a minor to another friend as a JOKE? I hope you're kidding right now and NO i'm not the "comedy police" I don't think you see comedians joke about having sex with minors on stage just to have something to refer too.
...Have you ever watched a comedian in your life? Comedians joke about the holocaust for fucks sake.
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It's hilarious reading some of these tools post about how EG is in the wrong for this all because they don't get to see their hero play at Dreamhack. Don't let Starcraft get in the way of having a conscience.
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On October 13 2012 09:21 zidaneshead wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 09:19 SilSol wrote:On October 13 2012 09:18 Fission wrote:
I support EG's move completely. Personally, I am deeply saddened by those in the starcraft community who are defending stephano stating/joking that he raped a child. It's inexcusable. Still.. he didn't say that he "raped" a child. You should read a bit more before you post like that. Are you dense? He essentially admitted to having sex with a 14 year old girl. That is by definition statutory rape. Are you telling me if I shoot someone but don't explicitly state that I murdered him that means I didn't commit murder?
isn't rape, having sexual intercourse of whatever, against their will?.. There is quite a difference.. a VERY big difference... even more when he's 19, and not 56...
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On October 13 2012 09:16 Glurkenspurk wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 08:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On October 13 2012 08:37 rd wrote:On October 13 2012 08:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On October 13 2012 08:34 shid0x wrote:
That's kind of bullshit to me.
When you hire a player like stephano you know he WILL do stuff like that,stephano is a real buzzmaker and he enjoys it.
Millenium had to face those kind of situations and even worse a lot and they didn't go apeshit for it.
Seriously EG i'm dissapointed. You're disappointed in EG that they hired a self-proclaimed rapist? I don't think EG was aware of that when they hired him. And I reeeeeally hope that Stephano was just trolling. Until we get further information that clarifies he actually sexually assaulted anyone, the assumption is that he was trolling. And the punishment is over-the-top bullshit. I agree we can assume (hope) that, but this is the worst attempt at a "joke" ever on his part. What an immensely immature thing to say. But you do realize this is Stephano- someone who's known for not only saying ridiculous things, but doing them too? It's not exactly the most absurd assumption in the world to think he was running his mouth off in a private conversation that he thought wasn't going to be streamed to the public, and then he backtracked and said it was only a joke (although I sincerely hope he was just trying to be funny, rather than him actually raping a little girl). You're blowing this way out of proportion. Having sex with a 14 year old is not "raping a little girl."And humor is not some solid thing that everyone agrees on.
ur joking about the bolded statement right? or you must be stupider than I thought. what he said isn't something people should joke around especially since it's on stream. EG was right to do what they did, they are an official team with real sponsors, they would lose more money by losing a sponsor than stephano would by winning a tournament or 2 in 1 month. if you think what he said is ok, go to ur workplace in front of your boss and talk to your friend about abusing a 14 year old and let me know how that turns out for u. stephano is hired and gets paid, he has an image to maintain.
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On October 13 2012 09:20 Dismay wrote:
You realize EG had to do something or else the community would threaten to email sponsors, right?
Because that's what you guys do.
Oh you assume the community would just threaten? oh no guarantee it people were writing sponsors second they saw that on stream/reddit.
On October 13 2012 09:23 Eusebiu23 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 09:16 Glurkenspurk wrote:On October 13 2012 08:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On October 13 2012 08:37 rd wrote:On October 13 2012 08:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On October 13 2012 08:34 shid0x wrote:
That's kind of bullshit to me.
When you hire a player like stephano you know he WILL do stuff like that,stephano is a real buzzmaker and he enjoys it.
Millenium had to face those kind of situations and even worse a lot and they didn't go apeshit for it.
Seriously EG i'm dissapointed. You're disappointed in EG that they hired a self-proclaimed rapist? I don't think EG was aware of that when they hired him. And I reeeeeally hope that Stephano was just trolling. Until we get further information that clarifies he actually sexually assaulted anyone, the assumption is that he was trolling. And the punishment is over-the-top bullshit. I agree we can assume (hope) that, but this is the worst attempt at a "joke" ever on his part. What an immensely immature thing to say. But you do realize this is Stephano- someone who's known for not only saying ridiculous things, but doing them too? It's not exactly the most absurd assumption in the world to think he was running his mouth off in a private conversation that he thought wasn't going to be streamed to the public, and then he backtracked and said it was only a joke (although I sincerely hope he was just trying to be funny, rather than him actually raping a little girl). You're blowing this way out of proportion. Having sex with a 14 year old is not "raping a little girl."And humor is not some solid thing that everyone agrees on. ur joking about the bolded statement right? or you must be stupider than I thought. what he said isn't something people should joke around especially since it's on stream. EG was right to do what they did, they are an official team with real sponsors, they would lose more money by losing a sponsor than stephano would by winning a tournament or 2 in 1 month. if you think what he said is ok, go to ur workplace in front of your boss and talk to your friend about abusing a 14 year old and let me know how that turns out for u. stephano is hired and gets paid, he has an image to maintain.
He never said it was ok. He said it's not raping which is true. If she consented (assuming he wasn't joking) then it wouldn't be rape. I dunno if it's illegal in france as I don't know the age of consent in france or w/e country but yeah...
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On October 13 2012 09:22 PviLLe3 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 09:21 zidaneshead wrote:On October 13 2012 09:19 SilSol wrote:On October 13 2012 09:18 Fission wrote:
I support EG's move completely. Personally, I am deeply saddened by those in the starcraft community who are defending stephano stating/joking that he raped a child. It's inexcusable. Still.. he didn't say that he "raped" a child. You should read a bit more before you post like that. Are you dense? He essentially admitted to having sex with a 14 year old girl. That is by definition statutory rape. Are you telling me if I shoot someone but don't explicitly state that I murdered him that means I didn't commit murder? he used the word abused, maybe he meant his niece made a mess in his kitchen and he slapped her, thats abuse
He then went on to say he might only be into milfs and kids now. We know what he was implying.
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So is it 100% he was joking?
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So the EG curse takes another victim
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EG was forced to do this. They're probably under a lot of pressure to remove him from the team entirely. You guys know what happened, people out there decide that it's their responsibility to contact sponsors. I'll never understand what goes through someone's head when they do it, but a lot of people do it. It wasn't just SC2 fans doing it this time, there were other subreddits that were offended and getting people to mail sponsors.
I really, really, REALLY hate when people say "killing esports", but people who contact sponsors are killing esports. The scene needs to grow, but people get so offended by one comment that they have to go and scare money away. That means less of everything. Idiots! If you have a problem with someone's behavior contact the team and let them deal with it so that competitive gaming can grow and sponsors don't have to constantly second guess themselves.
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On October 13 2012 09:19 SilSol wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 09:18 Fission wrote:
I support EG's move completely. Personally, I am deeply saddened by those in the starcraft community who are defending stephano stating/joking that he raped a child. It's inexcusable. Still.. he didn't say that he "raped" a child. You should read a bit more before you post like that.
''Abused'' gives a lot of room to interpretation.
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On October 13 2012 09:20 Dismay wrote:
You realize EG had to do something or else the community would threaten to email sponsors, right?
Because that's what you guys do.
I thought they did? Wasn't there some thread on reddit/r/SRS about that?
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On October 13 2012 09:19 Philozovic wrote:
Dear EG,
You are a disgrace both for E-sport and for succes in general. Your entire business is not base on skill but on player image.
Well that's kind of the point, EG being the most powerful NA team because they have tons of sponsors and followers. As a corporate meeting video told me at the last staff meeting, "Perception is all there is," which is OBVIOUSLY wrong, but in the States, it's serious fucking business.
It's kind of funny. For major athletes and celebs, the punishment/suspension/fines are not uncommonly bigger than the stories themselves (stupid shit like Spygate, or when someone tweets something stupid). They kind of draw more bad publicity by overreacting to it so terribly. On the other hand, if sponsors contact EG and say, "WTF is this shit, man," what choice do they have? Especially in an industry (ESPORTS!!!) that is not financially stable.
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Appropriate response. This situation deserves to be handled internally within the EG organization as well as a public apology from EG and from Stephano himself.
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On October 13 2012 09:22 PviLLe3 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 09:21 zidaneshead wrote:On October 13 2012 09:19 SilSol wrote:On October 13 2012 09:18 Fission wrote:
I support EG's move completely. Personally, I am deeply saddened by those in the starcraft community who are defending stephano stating/joking that he raped a child. It's inexcusable. Still.. he didn't say that he "raped" a child. You should read a bit more before you post like that. Are you dense? He essentially admitted to having sex with a 14 year old girl. That is by definition statutory rape. Are you telling me if I shoot someone but don't explicitly state that I murdered him that means I didn't commit murder? he used the word abused, maybe he meant his niece made a mess in his kitchen and he slapped her, thats abuse
Or maybe he abused kids in Starcraft? Like how people say that they rape noobs in games?
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On October 13 2012 09:16 Glurkenspurk wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 08:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On October 13 2012 08:37 rd wrote:On October 13 2012 08:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On October 13 2012 08:34 shid0x wrote:
That's kind of bullshit to me.
When you hire a player like stephano you know he WILL do stuff like that,stephano is a real buzzmaker and he enjoys it.
Millenium had to face those kind of situations and even worse a lot and they didn't go apeshit for it.
Seriously EG i'm dissapointed. You're disappointed in EG that they hired a self-proclaimed rapist? I don't think EG was aware of that when they hired him. And I reeeeeally hope that Stephano was just trolling. Until we get further information that clarifies he actually sexually assaulted anyone, the assumption is that he was trolling. And the punishment is over-the-top bullshit. I agree we can assume (hope) that, but this is the worst attempt at a "joke" ever on his part. What an immensely immature thing to say. But you do realize this is Stephano- someone who's known for not only saying ridiculous things, but doing them too? It's not exactly the most absurd assumption in the world to think he was running his mouth off in a private conversation that he thought wasn't going to be streamed to the public, and then he backtracked and said it was only a joke (although I sincerely hope he was just trying to be funny, rather than him actually raping a little girl). You're blowing this way out of proportion. Having sex with a 14 year old is not "raping a little girl."And humor is not some solid thing that everyone agrees on.
By definition, it is.
And I agree that not everyone finds the same things humorous. Some people probably found this funny. But when you're a professional who has to consider sponsors and the image of other people and your team and other organizations besides just yourself, making these kinds of comments don't do a good job of representing everyone. Because most people don't find arbitrary rape jokes (that don't appear to be jokes) funny... because getting raped isn't actually funny. It's a maturity thing >.>
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On October 13 2012 09:23 McDutch wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 09:21 zidaneshead wrote:On October 13 2012 09:19 SilSol wrote:On October 13 2012 09:18 Fission wrote:
I support EG's move completely. Personally, I am deeply saddened by those in the starcraft community who are defending stephano stating/joking that he raped a child. It's inexcusable. Still.. he didn't say that he "raped" a child. You should read a bit more before you post like that. Are you dense? He essentially admitted to having sex with a 14 year old girl. That is by definition statutory rape. Are you telling me if I shoot someone but don't explicitly state that I murdered him that means I didn't commit murder? isn't rape, having sexual intercourse of whatever, against their will?.. There is quite a difference.. a VERY big difference... even more when he's 19, and not 56...
When you have sex with an underage girl, that is considered "statutory rape", consensual or not (I'm going by North American law and I'm assuming it's the same definition in France, so if anyone wants to correct me be my guest).
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On October 13 2012 09:21 SilSol wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 09:19 Glurkenspurk wrote:On October 13 2012 09:19 SilSol wrote:On October 13 2012 09:16 McDutch wrote:On October 13 2012 09:13 SilSol wrote:On October 13 2012 09:12 McDutch wrote:On October 13 2012 09:10 Insoleet wrote:On October 13 2012 09:06 McDutch wrote:On October 13 2012 09:03 hagrin wrote:
I can't decide as one of the older people here what's funnier -
1) Those trying to rationalize having sex with a minor
2) Those saying that child rape jokes are funny
3) Those who can't read a calendar and can't even figure out the length of the ban correctly
4) Seeing where the poster is from and then not being surprised by the content of the post
5) Those who still haven't figured out that there's more public scrutiny now than ever and you are responsible for everything you say no matter the context since the Internet won't care about context long-term.
Also, question - if sex with a 14 year old is funny, what about 12? How about 9? I want to know where the line is so I know how to craft my "jokes" for maximum effect.
Violentacrez approves of Stephano's joke (as he cries that his life is now ruined now that he's been outed). When fooling around with your good friends, there is no line really...because everyone knows all the jokes are pure bullshit.. and because it's such alot of bullshit, it funny.. EVERYONE knows ur not serious.. Its funny how the mentality between EU and US is so much different... We like to laugh and joke around with friends ^^ they should try it out aswell.. their lives would be so much more fun.. instead of being butthurt about every little thing.. So you think it's just ok for him being a public figure and sponsored player to say that he had sex with a 14 year old girl and just laughing about it? You joke about that between you're friends? Well, thats for EG to decide.. but that doesnt have anything to do with how butthurt people are.. How can people seriously be offended by this. It isnt the best taste of a joke, come c'mon people, dont act so hypocritical Ok.. I'm not a fanboy but people are not "offended by this" or "butthurt" they just think it was a stupid joke from a public figure even tho it was meant to be private it's still very stupid to say that. These people that is mad at stephano for doing this are his fanboys and they don't want to see their fav player talk like this and think it's funny. Why is it stupid to say? What's wrong with a joke between 2 friends? Are you the comedy police? So you're actually saying that it's not a stupid thing to say that you had sex with a minor to another friend as a JOKE? I hope you're kidding right now and NO i'm not the "comedy police" I don't think you see comedians joke about having sex with minors on stage just to have something to refer too.
Lol. Yea I'll say it's not a stupid thing. Also, comedians joke about this and worse. Ever seen a comedian?
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On October 13 2012 09:23 zidaneshead wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 09:22 PviLLe3 wrote:On October 13 2012 09:21 zidaneshead wrote:On October 13 2012 09:19 SilSol wrote:On October 13 2012 09:18 Fission wrote:
I support EG's move completely. Personally, I am deeply saddened by those in the starcraft community who are defending stephano stating/joking that he raped a child. It's inexcusable. Still.. he didn't say that he "raped" a child. You should read a bit more before you post like that. Are you dense? He essentially admitted to having sex with a 14 year old girl. That is by definition statutory rape. Are you telling me if I shoot someone but don't explicitly state that I murdered him that means I didn't commit murder? he used the word abused, maybe he meant his niece made a mess in his kitchen and he slapped her, thats abuse He then went on to say he might only be into milfs and kids now. We know what he was implying.
oh, im not arguein what he is implying, but people throwing the rape word around a little too easy, rape implies force
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