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Ichabod
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1659 Posts
October 13 2012 01:44 GMT
#681
If this had happened to a Spanish, German or Italian player, I wonder how the reaction would differ...+ Show Spoiler +
Ages of consent are 13, 14, and 14 therein, respectively; in the US this would be analogous to a 19 yo being with a 17 yo in California, which would be legal 100 miles away in another state
MaestroSC
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2073 Posts
October 13 2012 01:44 GMT
#682
HOW DARE he make a joke... OR have a personality. Doesnt he know that Esports is beyond joking at this point? Doesnt he know the future of Esports depends on his inability to be original or crack jokes? We need more players like... Idra. Who never give more than 1 sentence answers in interviews. Or like Puma... "EZPZ".

He made a joke?!?! QUICK GRAB THE ESPORTS TRIDENT!
Angel_
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1617 Posts
October 13 2012 01:44 GMT
#683
On October 13 2012 10:38 jalstar wrote:
In real sports players get fined salary for way more mild stuff like dancing after a touchdown lol. Why are people so outraged?



Because, quite simply, a large part of our community believes that having any professional standard whatsoever is cancer, turning everything black and white, completely to the right, making everything entirely "corporate" and generally sucking the absolute "fun" out of everything, and they can and do fight it as hard as physically possible.
Risen
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States7927 Posts
October 13 2012 01:45 GMT
#684
On October 13 2012 10:44 MaestroSC wrote:
HOW DARE he make a joke... OR have a personality. Doesnt he know that Esports is beyond joking at this point? Doesnt he know the future of Esports depends on his inability to be original or crack jokes? We need more players like... Idra. Who never give more than 1 sentence answers in interviews. Or like Puma... "EZPZ".

He made a joke?!?! QUICK GRAB THE ESPORTS TRIDENT!


Well... it was a joke about sleeping with a child or abusing depending on how you look at it. It's SOMETHING, but I don't find myself particularly upset by it.
Pufftrees Everyday>its like a rifter that just used X-Factor/Liquid'Nony: I hope no one lip read XD/Holyflare>it's like policy lynching but better/Resident Los Angeles bachelor
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
October 13 2012 01:45 GMT
#685
If he was making a joke or not is debatable really.

Whether or not he is an idiot is not, though.
twitch.tv/medrea
Divine-Sneaker
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark1225 Posts
October 13 2012 01:46 GMT
#686
That's pretty fucking funny to me, but in all seriousness it's a deserved punishment. He should know better, and EG are in their full right to do so for him saying that on stream while representing them.
Kasu
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom345 Posts
October 13 2012 01:46 GMT
#687
On October 13 2012 10:44 Angel_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2012 10:38 jalstar wrote:
In real sports players get fined salary for way more mild stuff like dancing after a touchdown lol. Why are people so outraged?



Because, quite simply, a large part of our community believes that having any professional standard whatsoever is cancer, turning everything black and white, completely to the right, making everything entirely "corporate" and generally sucking the absolute "fun" out of everything, and they can and do fight it as hard as physically possible.

Careful you don't overdo the hyperbole there...
Sophia
Profile Joined April 2012
Germany115 Posts
October 13 2012 01:47 GMT
#688
On October 13 2012 08:31 Iodem wrote:
Show nested quote +
Evil Geniuses wrote:
What curse?



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

[image loading]


EG should get stephano a psychologist, there is something wrong with him...
shizaep
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2920 Posts
October 13 2012 01:47 GMT
#689
On October 13 2012 10:34 Clarity_nl wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2012 10:26 shizaep wrote:
What the fuck are you talking about? He vaguely said something about "abusing" a 14yo. He probably meant he just slept with her. We don't know what the details are so we cannot really say. IMO, it's not a big deal. At all. 14yo have sex all the time. I know from living in NA that everything that could possibly considered a sexual action is considered rape and everything that isn't perfectly politically correct is a hate crime. It's not.


Oh, we're just talking about a 19 yo potentially having sex with a 14 yo. No big deal.
What fucking world do you live in?


That's not really a huge fucking deal. Happens all the time. Oh, and I live in the same world as you.
You mean I just write stuff here and other people can see it?
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
October 13 2012 01:49 GMT
#690
On October 13 2012 10:43 Gullis wrote:
This is retarded, Stephano should not even have to apology, everyone who is not fucking brain damaged should understand that he was joking.
EG are doing good things for sc2 (money) but in my eyes they are really lacking professionalism which is displayed here.


[image loading]

So Bling is brain damaged? If it was a joke/prank it looks like Bling took it seriously at least for a second.

Regardless of whether it was a joke or not, EG isn't "unprofessional" for a relatively light punishment for this. Again, players are fined huge chunks of salary in real sports for way more mild stuff.
legaton
Profile Joined December 2010
France1763 Posts
October 13 2012 01:49 GMT
#691
Any man, including 19 years old men, should've know better than fucking a 14 years old starstruck girl. Even if it is consensual, it is disgraceful to take advantage of the stupidity of teenagers.

But something else is mattering me. How does Torta de Lini do to always be one of the first five poster of all TL threads?
No GG, No Skill - Jaedong <3
MaestroSC
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2073 Posts
October 13 2012 01:50 GMT
#692
The future of esports... where every single interview will be "He was really good. Thanks for the games. Thank you to my fans"

and thats it. Because every single player will have their responses given to them ahead of time by their sponsors.

But whatever people think will make SC2 a mainstream/acceptable thing.... Maybe instead of focusing on bullshit like making everyone act/walk/talk like robots they should focus on making the scene enjoyable and interesting.
Kettchup
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1911 Posts
October 13 2012 01:50 GMT
#693
On October 13 2012 10:36 Wortie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2012 10:23 Kettchup wrote:
The hell? Isn't EG US based?

I could understand him getting in trouble in Europe with their weird ass illegal offensive speech laws, but over here we don't have a problem with people joking, no matter what the topic is. Strange.


Dude, like fucking every single curse word is censored in the US. Turns out people all over the world don't get jokes. Get over it, don't turn this in some silly US > EU thread or something. Some values are different in some countries who the fuck cares.


Also too bad, EG reacted so harsh about this. They made it a serious thing now, which wasn't really that serious in my opinion.


I'm doing nothing of the sort. I'm American and I think America sucks horribly in tons of ways (you guys are far superior overall), but European free speech laws (or lack thereof) are one of the few things that blow my mind over there.

I can see EG protecting their image, but over a simple joke? Fine him some money, tell him not to do it again and move on. You suspend people for actually breaking laws, this is way overboard.
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
October 13 2012 01:50 GMT
#694
On October 13 2012 10:49 legaton wrote:
Any man, including 19 years old men, should've know better than fucking a 14 years old starstruck girl. Even if it is consensual, it is disgraceful to take advantage of the stupidity of teenagers.

But something else is mattering me. How does Torta de Lini do to always be one of the first five poster of all TL threads?


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/new.php sorry Torte.

I like http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/hot.php better for browsing though.
Gullis
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden740 Posts
October 13 2012 01:50 GMT
#695
On October 13 2012 10:47 Sophia wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2012 08:31 Iodem wrote:
Evil Geniuses wrote:
What curse?



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

[image loading]


EG should get stephano a psychologist, there is something wrong with him...


Maby you should go to a psyschologst, there is some wrong with you...
No but really this whole thing is stupid and would have been forgotten if EG had not stepped in, infact what EG did only made things worse and created way more bad publicity than what Stephano did.
I dont get how people can be upset by this when there are clearly worse things to joke about (and being joked about).
I would rather eat than see my children starve.
Clarity_nl
Profile Joined November 2011
Netherlands6826 Posts
October 13 2012 01:50 GMT
#696
On October 13 2012 10:47 shizaep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2012 10:34 Clarity_nl wrote:
On October 13 2012 10:26 shizaep wrote:
What the fuck are you talking about? He vaguely said something about "abusing" a 14yo. He probably meant he just slept with her. We don't know what the details are so we cannot really say. IMO, it's not a big deal. At all. 14yo have sex all the time. I know from living in NA that everything that could possibly considered a sexual action is considered rape and everything that isn't perfectly politically correct is a hate crime. It's not.


Oh, we're just talking about a 19 yo potentially having sex with a 14 yo. No big deal.
What fucking world do you live in?


That's not really a huge fucking deal. Happens all the time. Oh, and I live in the same world as you.


Evidently not.
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AGAINST STUPIDITY CLARITY, I BELIEVE IN YOU! - Palmar
MaestroSC
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2073 Posts
October 13 2012 01:50 GMT
#697
On October 13 2012 10:49 legaton wrote:
Any man, including 19 years old men, should've know better than fucking a 14 years old starstruck girl. Even if it is consensual, it is disgraceful to take advantage of the stupidity of teenagers.

But something else is mattering me. How does Torta de Lini do to always be one of the first five poster of all TL threads?


not that difficult... sit at computer and spam refresh on tl.net.... when new threads pop up you hit reply.
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
October 13 2012 01:51 GMT
#698
On October 13 2012 10:49 jalstar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2012 10:43 Gullis wrote:
This is retarded, Stephano should not even have to apology, everyone who is not fucking brain damaged should understand that he was joking.
EG are doing good things for sc2 (money) but in my eyes they are really lacking professionalism which is displayed here.


[image loading]

So Bling is brain damaged? If it was a joke/prank it looks like Bling took it seriously at least for a second.

Regardless of whether it was a joke or not, EG isn't "unprofessional" for a relatively light punishment for this. Again, players are fined huge chunks of salary in real sports for way more mild stuff.

Seriously... Blings face there...
He's just like "Is that supposed to be funny? wtf?"
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
October 13 2012 01:52 GMT
#699
On October 13 2012 10:51 PassiveAce wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2012 10:49 jalstar wrote:
On October 13 2012 10:43 Gullis wrote:
This is retarded, Stephano should not even have to apology, everyone who is not fucking brain damaged should understand that he was joking.
EG are doing good things for sc2 (money) but in my eyes they are really lacking professionalism which is displayed here.


[image loading]

So Bling is brain damaged? If it was a joke/prank it looks like Bling took it seriously at least for a second.

Regardless of whether it was a joke or not, EG isn't "unprofessional" for a relatively light punishment for this. Again, players are fined huge chunks of salary in real sports for way more mild stuff.

Seriously... Blings face there...
He's just like "Is that supposed to be funny? wtf?"


Yeah, I'm not saying it's not a joke btw, just that it's not so obviously a joke you'd have to be retarded to think otherwise.
Kasu
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom345 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-13 01:53:12
October 13 2012 01:53 GMT
#700
On October 13 2012 10:51 PassiveAce wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2012 10:49 jalstar wrote:
On October 13 2012 10:43 Gullis wrote:
This is retarded, Stephano should not even have to apology, everyone who is not fucking brain damaged should understand that he was joking.
EG are doing good things for sc2 (money) but in my eyes they are really lacking professionalism which is displayed here.


[image loading]

So Bling is brain damaged? If it was a joke/prank it looks like Bling took it seriously at least for a second.

Regardless of whether it was a joke or not, EG isn't "unprofessional" for a relatively light punishment for this. Again, players are fined huge chunks of salary in real sports for way more mild stuff.

Seriously... Blings face there...
He's just like "Is that supposed to be funny? wtf?"

If you looked at the first screenshot, BlinG laughs a good bit. He only looks perturbed when he realises that the conversation was broadcast.
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