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i dont understand EG sometimes.
orb=racist remarks 1 year before he joined EG=fired
idra=insulting remarks/wishing death on others=slap on the wrist/warning (multiple warnings i might add)
stephano=children abuse joke/hinting at pedophilia=1 month suspension.
ya, i dont take EG seriously anymore. there to inconsistent.
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On October 14 2012 03:51 Rick Deckard wrote:
If the cost of starcraft becoming mainstream is that the players can no longer be themselves and instead have to present fake politically correct personas then I would prefer starcraft to remain a niche sport untainted by the phony touch of sponsorship money.
I would prefer that players "being themselves" would act like reasonable human beings. If making jokes about having sex with underage girls is "being themselves" then it is "themselves" that I don't like and wouldn't support regardless of how mainstream the scene is.
I'm getting too old for the gaming community I guess, I'm sure I would've been one of the people saying this is no big deal 10 years ago.
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This only happened because of a sponsor writing campaign from a subreddit.
On October 14 2012 03:55 Al Bundy wrote: This thread is interesting... Good to know that there are so many predators in the starcraft scene. Come on. This is not even close to an accurate summary of what people are talking about.
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On October 14 2012 03:51 Rick Deckard wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:39 Wombat_NI wrote:On October 14 2012 03:33 blug wrote: Reading this thread, I get the impression that a vast majority of people aren't mature enough to comprehend why this is a problem for the health of a sporting industry. Or people have a different interpretation of things entirely unrelated to their maturity or lack thereof. We have a great thing in Starcraft with the players really being able to express their own varied personalities to their fanbase. Yes it may sometimes go 'over the top' but it really is a special thing to many of us. As a follower of mainstream sports as well, I personally bemoan the incredibly boring interviews and press conferences that come out of these environments, with the participants media-trained to within an inch of their lives so they can represent their brands. Also I'm going to pre-empt the likely retort that I'm creating a false dichotomy with the only choice being between boring cliched interviews and making jokes about child abuse. That's not the case at all, I'm just saying that every time we get the pitchforks out we're going to as a community see less of the players expressing themselves. Agreed. If the cost of starcraft becoming mainstream is that the players can no longer be themselves and instead have to present fake politically correct personas then I would prefer starcraft to remain a niche sport untainted by the phony touch of sponsorship money. MC basically disagrees with everything you just said. The man has more personality then the whole foreign community combined minus a couple people and look how big Starcraft is in Korea.
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On October 14 2012 03:58 Type|NarutO wrote: We should eMail the sponsors that we do not tolerate teams carrying out punishment to players for actions or private conversations that by mistake were made public.
I don't think attacking EG will help him, but e-mailing sponsors to tell them Stephano is the main reason I/we buy their products could help balance things !
But we gotta stop the drama !
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On October 14 2012 03:52 testthewest wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:38 bakarin wrote: Wow only 96 pages? EU players aint got shit comparing to NA players on making drama Nobody in esports scene has come close to that kind of self confession, bro. Next time you think about airing you pedophilic rape stories, think about it again. So quick to judge man. You letting this shit consume you. You don't know the situation, his nor hers.
I am upset with EG's decision, if i was stephano I would enter dreamhack n the other competitions under a alias name. Win the prize money and do it for the fans. Fuck EG
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On October 14 2012 04:01 Assirra wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:51 Rick Deckard wrote:On October 14 2012 03:39 Wombat_NI wrote:On October 14 2012 03:33 blug wrote: Reading this thread, I get the impression that a vast majority of people aren't mature enough to comprehend why this is a problem for the health of a sporting industry. Or people have a different interpretation of things entirely unrelated to their maturity or lack thereof. We have a great thing in Starcraft with the players really being able to express their own varied personalities to their fanbase. Yes it may sometimes go 'over the top' but it really is a special thing to many of us. As a follower of mainstream sports as well, I personally bemoan the incredibly boring interviews and press conferences that come out of these environments, with the participants media-trained to within an inch of their lives so they can represent their brands. Also I'm going to pre-empt the likely retort that I'm creating a false dichotomy with the only choice being between boring cliched interviews and making jokes about child abuse. That's not the case at all, I'm just saying that every time we get the pitchforks out we're going to as a community see less of the players expressing themselves. Agreed. If the cost of starcraft becoming mainstream is that the players can no longer be themselves and instead have to present fake politically correct personas then I would prefer starcraft to remain a niche sport untainted by the phony touch of sponsorship money. MC basically disagrees with everything you just said. The man has more personality then the whole foreign community combined minus a couple people and look how big Starcraft is in Korea. MC is also the size of the whole foreign community. Literally. Never liked MC, felt he was too arrogant.
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I don't see how preventing people from joking about a violent crime against children is equivalent to censorship.
I'm pretty sure Korean starcraft players don't trashtalk because they don't want to look like an idiot or an asshat when they lose...like MC in BW
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On October 14 2012 04:03 MattBarry wrote: I don't see how preventing people from joking about a violent crime against children is equivalent to censorship. This. Like someone in this thread pointed out earlier, there's a lot of room between joking about child abuse and having a personality.
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On October 14 2012 04:00 blug wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:58 Type|NarutO wrote: We should eMail the sponsors that we do not tolerate teams carrying out punishment to players for actions or private conversations that by mistake were made public. Maybe the players should take responsibility for their actions? Stephano should know this is the internet and that things can get viral...
What actions? Everyone here does jump to conclusions. That is a huge problem even in real life. Everyone gets a piece of information and makes something else out of it instead of questioning it.
What Stephano wrote can simply be put as "I had sex with a 14 years old girl" which in itself surely isn't perfectly legal (at least in most countries I guess) but RAPING a girl surely is very different from having sex with a minor. Don't you agree? Ofcourse he didn't word it very wise but it wasn't even meant to be in public.
Taking action because he made a "mistake" and than proceeded to make a bad joke? Come on. Some guys in here are really saying HE RAPED THE GIRL, ROFL. Are you serious? If EG would want to punish him for RAPE or you guys would accuse him of RAPE, please make sure the POLICE does know and he gets proper punishment, but banning him from tournaments for an obvious joke and a mistake that he did never meant to tell anyone but BlinG... seriously.
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Idra has said far worse stuff multiple times. Don't see him getting suspended a bunch of times.
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On October 14 2012 03:54 RaelSan wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:38 Orek wrote:On October 14 2012 03:25 MilesTeg wrote:On October 14 2012 03:13 Orek wrote:On October 14 2012 03:02 MilesTeg wrote:On October 14 2012 02:59 Kkxtrouble wrote: I don't get the people defending Stephano. Even if it's a joke Stephano is a public figure for Eg. Eg can't afford to have a lose cannon that is bad for business and for the image the company carries. Also, who the hell "jokes" about raping an underage girl? And I don't get how people can read what he actually wrote, in context, and say there's something wrong. Not to mention that it was, as far as he was concerned, a private conversation. ...about 100th guy in this thread who thinks "Private Message" in SC2 is actually private on the internet. Is this like new metagame among young kids? I never considered it private. Or, anything you say on the internet is never private enough as far as I know. Congrats, you managed to make no sense at all. Do you not see the difference between something you would say during an interview, or a show, or while commentating, or something you say while you think no one is listening? Do you never say dumb things with friends or family? This wasn't even a post on a forum, where you take the time to think about what you write. It was a freaking private chat room! Have you ever read one of those? If you could spy on them you could put millions in jail. That's exactly why I only make inappropriate jokes face to face among friends. I consider private chat is not private enough as long as it is on the internet. Only when I can sue the other side for releasing the private conversation, then it is safe to say that it is private enough. You have to be responsible for what you say even in a private chat. This is ridiculous, you have to watch what you say anywhere any time on the internet ?You could at least try to look objective
Yes. "Internet is a scary place" attitude is lacking especially among young generation. Some treat private chat on the internet as if it is a private conversation at school with friends. Online banking, business conversation on the internet etc. is fine only because you can hold the other side responsible for failing privacy. Private chat among friends doesn't quite fit in there. Watch your mouth on the internet, that's all I'm asking, or don't be surprised to face the consequences. Make inappropriate jokes face to face so that you know it never goes on record. Otherwise, just don't make such jokes.
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On October 14 2012 03:58 MattBarry wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:55 AnAngryDingo wrote: since when is 18 enough to make mature decisions....lol?
how old are you by chance?
and how is a 19 year old having sex with a 14 year old even remotely close to having sex with a newborn? lol wtf? Bout to turn 18 next month, but I can assure you the maturity levels are hugely different between a 14 year old and an 18 year old. I should rephrase to say mature enough decisions regarding sexuality.
So I don't know if you knew this or not - but one aspect of the sexual dimorphism in humans is that females tend to reach sexual maturity slightly faster than males. Regardless - both sexes reach sexual maturity between 12 and 15 years of age. Lets review the ages of the sexual partners in your example using the format Male Age-Female Age.
We have: 19-14 23-18 19-0 40-21
You should now clearly see the difference between a forty-year-old having sex with a 21-year-old and a nineteen-year-old having sex with a newborn. In all of the cases above save one, both parties are sexually mature humans.
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On October 14 2012 04:00 oBlade wrote:This only happened because of a sponsor writing campaign from a subreddit. Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:55 Al Bundy wrote: This thread is interesting... Good to know that there are so many predators in the starcraft scene. Come on. This is not even close to an accurate summary of what people are talking about. I've read the whole thread. We've got tons of people here who are completely oblivious about the law and/or are fucking animals.
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On October 14 2012 02:33 rasers wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 00:25 diehilde wrote:On October 14 2012 00:22 rasers wrote:On October 14 2012 00:20 diehilde wrote:On October 13 2012 23:41 NovemberstOrm wrote:On October 13 2012 22:46 diehilde wrote: funny how most people just automatically assume it was a joke. From his wording it seems pretty clear it was serious. Why is it so hard to wrap your head around the fact that the SC player you like so much likes to fuck 14 year olds?? Honestly wtf do people expect... Most young men who get so good at a video game that they turn pro have some psychological issues in one way or another. Im impressed that sheep seem to have absorbed the glorified image of e-sports that is fed to them by the industry so much already. Young men who are good video games have psychological issues? lol you have no idea what you're talking about and spout nothing but non-sense please have an iq above 50 before posting here. Lol dude, I was in a sc2 proteam alongside goody and was practicing regularly with a bunch of pros so stfu pls, I think I know what Im talking about. Is it really that hard to believe that most ppl who opt to spend 10 hours+ a day on a video game have some psychological issues? Huge samplesize you have there. And your samplesize is how large exactly? Samplesize doesnt matter, addiction is the keyword and you can bet your ass it has played a role in the career of tons of pros. You need addiction 2 become pro in something  doesn't mean u have to call it issues. addiction isn't always bad. Yeah you need addiction to become pro. Just because the outcome is valued by society contrary to the outcome of most addictions doesnt mean an addiction is not a textbook psychological illness.
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On October 14 2012 04:07 Arghmyliver wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:58 MattBarry wrote:On October 14 2012 03:55 AnAngryDingo wrote: since when is 18 enough to make mature decisions....lol?
how old are you by chance?
and how is a 19 year old having sex with a 14 year old even remotely close to having sex with a newborn? lol wtf? Bout to turn 18 next month, but I can assure you the maturity levels are hugely different between a 14 year old and an 18 year old. I should rephrase to say mature enough decisions regarding sexuality. So I don't know if you knew this or not - but one aspect of the sexual dimorphism in humans is that females tend to reach sexual maturity slightly faster than males. Regardless - both sexes reach sexual maturity between 12 and 15 years of age. Lets review the ages of the sexual partners in your example using the format Male Age-Female Age. We have: 19-14 23-18 19-0 40-21 You should now clearly see the difference between a forty-year-old having sex with a 21-year-old and a nineteen-year-old having sex with a newborn. In all of the cases above save one, both parties are sexually mature humans. I was making an exaggeration to point out how flawed saying "wait a few years and everyone will call him a pimp" There is a large difference in emotional maturity and power between a freshmen in highschool and a freshmen in college regardless of physical maturity.
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On October 14 2012 03:50 testthewest wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:37 hephaestos wrote:On October 14 2012 03:28 MattBarry wrote: I sometimes think the TL community can be too thin skinned. I mean come on, saying nigger isn't THAT big of a deal. It's inappropriate but it's not worth emailing sponsors over. However, this crosses the line for me personally. What exactly is funny about pedophilia? I get racist jokes to extent with stereotypes like "niggers love watermelon" and stuff makes at least a basis for a joke. But honestly, WHAT is funny about child abuse? EG is perfectly justified in suspending Stephano. Real funny, claiming to have comitted a felony. Ok, I can try to explain : There is a guy, he is 19 and he had sex with a girl who is 14. Which already is very problematic, since 14 is minor (not even close to grown up), 19 is adult. Adults are not supposed to have sex with minors....at least in my country. Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:37 hephaestos wrote: Having sex is usually great, especially when you are 19, and you tend to be happy with this. We have no reason to thnik it wasn't great for the girl either, but we really don't know anything about that. Tell me: Is "abusing" the term for consensual sex? I though it's using the weakness of someone, a child, the fact you are physically stronger, to get what you want, against the will of the other. Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:37 hephaestos wrote: So the guy tells his friend that he had sex with this girl, and, since he is aware of the fact that the age difference is quite important, on the verge on being inappropriate, he exaggerates the thing : he poses as a sexual predator. Because he thinks that's cool, or why is he joking like that? Furthermore: He seemingly understands, he is not supposed to fuck with minors, but instead fine an adult woman (which he seemingly isn't able to get).
I, think, dear sir, that you should carefully reread my message because you obviously did not understand shit about it.
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On October 13 2012 23:10 relic wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2012 23:08 mlspmatt wrote: Seems a bit excessive. If he actually had sex with a minor then yeah, suspend him. But for joking about it???
Lighten up a little. Sex is good for you. He claimed to have sex with a kid, an under-age child.. how exactly do you "lighten up" regarding that? I don't care if he was joking, if I was to be found joking about that at work, I wouldn't be suspended for a month, I'd be sacked and the police would be contacted. Some people really are clueless.
maybe because you're 40 years old and are supposed to have responsibilities?
And the whole point is that he's joking about it with a friend. I wouldn't tell this shit to my teachers, boss (unless he's a great friend), parents,... either.
I don't even understand this thread or this entire situation exists. If I'm with my friends I use black humour the whole freakin' time!
Stop having a stick up your sensitive ass people.
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On October 14 2012 04:05 Type|NarutO wrote: least in most countries I guess) but RAPING a girl surely is very different from having sex with a minor. Don't you agree?
I don't know about other countries, but in the United States having sex with an underage person is literally called statutory rape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statutory_rape That is why the term is being used here.
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On October 14 2012 03:50 MattBarry wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2012 03:37 hephaestos wrote:On October 14 2012 03:28 MattBarry wrote: I sometimes think the TL community can be too thin skinned. I mean come on, saying nigger isn't THAT big of a deal. It's inappropriate but it's not worth emailing sponsors over. However, this crosses the line for me personally. What exactly is funny about pedophilia? I get racist jokes to extent with stereotypes like "niggers love watermelon" and stuff makes at least a basis for a joke. But honestly, WHAT is funny about child abuse? EG is perfectly justified in suspending Stephano. Real funny, claiming to have comitted a felony. Ok, I can try to explain : There is a guy, he is 19 and he had sex with a girl who is 14. Having sex is usually great, especially when you are 19, and you tend to be happy with this. We have no reason to thnik it wasn't great for the girl either, but we really don't know anything about that. So the guy tells his friend that he had sex with this girl, and, since he is aware of the fact that the age difference is quite important, on the verge on being inappropriate, he exaggerates the thing : he poses as a sexual predator. This causes a gap between the reality (two young people having fun) and the story (a pedophile raping a child). The gap, in turn, causes humorous reaction, and, for many people, laughter. For further explanation about the mecanism of fun in general, and laughter in particular, I suggest Laughter by Bergson, although I have to warn you that he was a french philosopher, so he propably wrote the whole crap in blind fanboyism for Stephano. Of course the Frenchman is defending Stephano. This is inappropriate conduct for a representative of an organization. Felonies like child abuse aren't funny in any circumstance. I'm only answering the simple question that was : what is fun about Stephano's "joke". I don't see how your remark contradicts my analyse.
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On October 13 2012 08:31 Iodem wrote:![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/csi6r.jpg)
That's what all this is about? Way overblown imo... he's just a kid saying dumb things on the internet. I guess EG can do what they want since he's a member of their team though.
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