Stephano suspended by Evil Geniuses - Page 32

On October 13 2012 10:18 Larkin wrote:


Read the post above yours.

On October 13 2012 10:22 Doodsmack wrote:
Ironically this has really demonstrated the professional way in which EG is run. This is a very well handled PR statement and honestly resembles the professionally written PR you might see in other, more established. EG is unequivocally setting the bar for pro esports teams and that's one of the reasons they can count me as a fan.

On October 13 2012 10:22 Clarity_nl wrote:


Wiki quote:
"As a medical diagnosis, pedophilia, or paedophilia, is defined as a psychiatric disorder in persons who are 16 years of age or older typically characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual interest in prepubescent children (generally age 13 years or younger, though onset of puberty varies)."

So I'll ask again: Doesn't having sex with a 14 year old imply interest in a 14 year old, and therefore make you a pedophile?

I don't mean to be condescending I just don't understand.

On October 13 2012 10:22 Clarity_nl wrote:


Wiki quote:
"As a medical diagnosis, pedophilia, or paedophilia, is defined as a psychiatric disorder in persons who are 16 years of age or older typically characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual interest in prepubescent children (generally age 13 years or younger, though onset of puberty varies)."

So I'll ask again: Doesn't having sex with a 14 year old imply interest in a 14 year old, and therefore make you a pedophile?

I don't mean to be condescending I just don't understand.

On October 13 2012 10:16 emythrel wrote:


Yes you can. You can call anyone a bitch because bitch is just a word. It means female dog, how offensive! Manners are just social niceties, they mean nothing. Just like when you get up from the table while other people are still eating, I get told off by my gf for that all the time and I always reply the same "Then eat faster". Its not up to her what I as an ADULT choose to do.

If I call you a bitch, you can be offended by all means. It was directed at you. Everyone else on the planet has no right to be offended by it however because it wasn't directed at them. When you speak in anger or passion and you are an adult you have a plethora of fantastic swear words available to you and you should feel free to use them, to tell me that I can't use those words because they offend your sense of manners is far more rude.

On October 13 2012 10:21 Fyodor wrote:

he ADMITTED TO A CRIME which carries up to 15 YEARS of prison sentence in your country. Wake up dude.

the internet pitchforks is the least he has to worry about right now.

On October 13 2012 10:16 emythrel wrote:


Yes you can. You can call anyone a bitch because bitch is just a word. It means female dog, how offensive! Manners are just social niceties, they mean nothing. Just like when you get up from the table while other people are still eating, I get told off by my gf for that all the time and I always reply the same "Then eat faster". Its not up to her what I as an ADULT choose to do.

If I call you a bitch, you can be offended by all means. It was directed at you. Everyone else on the planet has no right to be offended by it however because it wasn't directed at them. When you speak in anger or passion and you are an adult you have a plethora of fantastic swear words available to you and you should feel free to use them, to tell me that I can't use those words because they offend your sense of manners is far more rude.

On October 13 2012 10:22 Clarity_nl wrote:


Wiki quote:
"As a medical diagnosis, pedophilia, or paedophilia, is defined as a psychiatric disorder in persons who are 16 years of age or older typically characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual interest in prepubescent children (generally age 13 years or younger, though onset of puberty varies)."

So I'll ask again: Doesn't having sex with a 14 year old imply interest in a 14 year old, and therefore make you a pedophile?

I don't mean to be condescending I just don't understand.

On October 13 2012 10:23 Cygoris wrote:
Let's try to be factual about this nonsense, we can only assume he didn't really fuck a kid, otherwise he would be in jail right now, that's pretty obvious to anyone with half a brain (he was in the US at the time).

So it was a joke and his team decided to suspend him because... well they thought it wasn't... "appropriate".

If my employer doesn't pay me for one month because he thinks my jokes are not funny I would sue his ass and I would win.
Of course he would not, because he has a triple digit IQ and I'm actually very funny.

Bad taste still isn't a crime even in the USA, and for all I know what Stephano did was a private bad joke, that's it.
I think Stephano will leave this team very soon.

On October 13 2012 10:12 Staboteur wrote:


75% of people on TL will understand that given Stephano's personality it's quite possible that this is a troll. Considering that, two thoughts.

One - It's STILL unacceptable. Like making a joke about cancer or rape, making a joke about sex with minors is a taboo subject and not appropriate for public humor. Private humor when you only represent yourself and it won't get leaked? It still isn't okay, imo, but as long as it's private and stays that way, I suppose you could argue that no-one is hurt (I think that's untrue, but that's another subject!)

Two - Gaming as a whole has a poor reputation. Esports is growing, It is more likely (imo) at this point that a news story about esports would cater to the general idea that we're all slobs who live in their parents' basements and are otherwise disreputable characters. Having a story like this be public AND not get severely punished would be tarnishing the entire face of gaming altogether.

I'd argue that you're missing the key point of A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE HE IS SERIOUS, AND THAT'S REALLY BAD FOR ALL OF US.