EPTOn October 13 2012 09:19 magnaflow wrote:
Hope he used protection, wouldn't want that poor little girl to catch the curse
Hope he used protection, wouldn't want that poor little girl to catch the curse
That's the best post on this thread.
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Boucot
France15997 Posts
That's the best post on this thread. | ||
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
On October 13 2012 09:19 McDutch wrote: so why are still so many people butthurt, while u state here that u guys are the same... sounds kinda hypocritical doesn't it? Because the ones that are butthurt tend to be the ones that are also very vocal. At this point this sort of action with regards to any sort of offensive statement is just... eh. After Orb and Destiny and shit I almost expect the same vocal people to flip their shit and get a player punished. In this case I can certainly see how this is worthy of punishing Stephano, thats a joke that really isn't supposed to go past friends, and unfortunately it wound up on stream, which is past friends. I make worse jokes than that on a regular basis with my friends, but I'm not under public scrutiny. Luckily for me. Anyways, not all of the US is so RAGGLEFRAGGLE, a lot of us make offensive jokes with our friends, but a fair amount of the US is also pretty RAGGLEFRAGGLE, and the RAGGLEFRAGGLE is in caps for a reason. ;-P | ||
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SilSol
Sweden2744 Posts
On October 13 2012 09:28 Fyodor wrote: Did he really rape a girl? If he did, his contract needs to be terminated ASAP and be thrown in jail. If he was kidding around and being a tard on the internet then EG is acting outside of their bounds suspending him for a series of comments that were supposed to be private. Please he never said he "raped" a girl he said he had sex with a 14 year old girl and he said it as a joke which means its not true. But still a bad joke. | ||
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10344 Posts
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Glurkenspurk
United States1915 Posts
On October 13 2012 09:29 SilSol wrote: Please he never said he "raped" a girl he said he had sex with a 14 year old girl and he said it as a joke which means its not true. But still a bad joke. There is no such thing as a bad joke. | ||
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Luepert
United States1933 Posts
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Defenestrator
400 Posts
However, it's a good idea to hold professionals to a higher standard. This is done across all professional sports - basketball, football, etc. If esports wants to be taken seriously, then their professionals should conduct themselves appropriately when they are in the public eye. Stephano made a stupid mistake in that he didn't know that Bling was streaming... I guess he has to be more careful. It's not necessarily fair, but at the same time the punishment isn't THAT huge. | ||
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zidaneshead
245 Posts
On October 13 2012 09:29 SilSol wrote: Please he never said he "raped" a girl he said he had sex with a 14 year old girl and he said it as a joke which means its not true. But still a bad joke. Says who? | ||
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Insoleet
France1806 Posts
Ahahah :D | ||
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phiinix
United States1169 Posts
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Philozovic
France1677 Posts
On October 13 2012 09:24 MountainDewJunkie wrote: 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. Did you read everything ? they are a disgrace not because their players sucks but because their decisions seem randoms, read again my dear.  If it's not clear i'm sorry, I'm not verry good in English :'( | ||
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Fyodor
Canada971 Posts
On October 13 2012 09:29 SilSol wrote: Please he never said he "raped" a girl he said he had sex with a 14 year old girl and he said it as a joke which means its not true. But still a bad joke. how do you figure he "said it as a joke"? | ||
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Serinox
Germany5224 Posts
On October 13 2012 09:25 Zer atai wrote: "More careful in the future" I'd like to know that means Don't make these jokes when the close friend you're telling them to is streaming I guess. | ||
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emythrel
United Kingdom2599 Posts
On October 13 2012 09:18 Femari wrote: That is so wrong it's just hilarious. Each state has an age of consent. If you are 16 in say Maryland, you can have sex with anyone older than you. It's when you're below that that issues pop up. Like here if you're 14, the oldest person you can have sex with is 17 because they're within 3 years of you. But you don't have to be 18, each state has their own age of consent. I apologise for my inaccuracy but the fact that in one country moving a few miles in one direction can suddenly make having sex with the same person legal is far more hilarious than my mistake (which btw is based off the fact that in every american TV show, they always refer to the age of consent as 18). Anywho my point wasn't about the age of consent it was about terminology. In the US its called "statutory rape" in the UK its called "intercourse with a minor", which sounds worse? Rape is a word used to illicit visceral feelings and is a very loaded term, if you are convicted of rape, even if it's because the girl consented but was a month too young... you are a bad guy. The only things being blown of out proportion here is what Stephano said and did. He made a joke, he got fined as he should. Then the morality train derails everything and expects everyone else in the world to live to their standards. | ||
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rkshox
Taiwan536 Posts
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Okiesmokie
Canada379 Posts
On October 13 2012 09:29 SilSol wrote: Please he never said he "raped" a girl he said he had sex with a 14 year old girl and he said it as a joke which means its not true. But still a bad joke. There is no reason to be ignorant in the information age. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statutory_rape | ||
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mikedebo
Canada4341 Posts
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10344 Posts
On October 13 2012 09:30 Philozovic wrote: Did you read everything ? they are a disgrace not because their players sucks but because their decisions seem randoms, read again my dear. If it's not clear i'm sorry, I'm not verry good in English :'( Yeah, you gave your opinion and I gave mine. Kind of how these forums work, "dear." | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45362 Posts
On October 13 2012 09:24 Soma Cruz wrote: Or maybe he abused kids in Starcraft? Like how people say that they rape noobs in games? He didn't say "rape", but he clearly implied it. There's no argument over this whatsoever o.o He said he's attracted to kids and that he abused a 14 year old girl. Even Bling picked up on the fact that that means sexual abuse, rather than any other abuse. What, he's gonna hit her instead? He said he raped a girl, clear as day. Now, the argument can surely be made that he was joking/ trolling, but the argument cannot be made that he wasn't talking about statutory rape. Come on now. | ||
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SilSol
Sweden2744 Posts
Someone posted his twitter response. "EGStephano @EGStephanoRC I would like to apologize for my conversation with @dignitasBlinG during his stream. It was just a private joke, nothing serious, sorry !" Where do i not see the word "joke" in there? | ||
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