The 4chan & Reddit communities are effectively the same people. Everyone and their mother including you have only seen the shitposting vocal minority of 4chan, most likely just /b/ and the constantly deleted posts in the /vg/ threads.
There are so many existing eSports professionals who hail from those places. Haypro and Hendralisk are perfect examples.
Too many people jump the gun and wet their pants when they see the word 4chan.

Aerisky

United States11057 Posts

May 02 2013 02:09 GMT

#83

I don't like mewby at all and he comes across as an annoying prick, but I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. On the whole 4chan tends to be a terrible place but a person is entirely capable of being a decent human being and participating there. Using the representative heuristic when thinking about people might be very tempting, but being a nice, functional person as well as a participant on an imageboard aren't mutually exclusive at all

That being said, that chat with incontrol made mewby seem very immature in general, and made incontrol seem like a really nice and reasonable dude lol. I hope mewby's matured and/or grown less caustically cynical in the meantime.

DigitalDevil

219 Posts

May 02 2013 02:13 GMT

#84

On May 02 2013 11:04 Mrfishystick wrote:

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It's easy to throw around absolute statements when generalizing and it's also easy to take these statements too seriously. The idea is that 4chan is generally not a place where logic wins arguments and so people hailing from there are given less benefit of the doubt. Not that there aren't any exceptions. Mewby, on the other hand, at least if his conversation with incontrol is real, shows not just a little but a huge lack of maturity and common sense, considering he is 20 years old. Honestly, you'd have to go out on a limb for him.

chadissilent

Canada1186 Posts

May 02 2013 02:13 GMT

#85

Mewby has been nothing but class throughout the entire process, working with the players, going over games, practicing with teammates, and integrating himself into the team atmosphere. On top of that, he has had a fantastic attitude and is always there for his teammates. I don't care what kind of previous reputation he has, I will give a person like that a chance to prove himself 10/10 times.

Congratulations to the new Academy members, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you guys and working through the selection process with you. You guys have a bright future!

Maasked

United States565 Posts

May 02 2013 02:14 GMT

#86

The fact that Mewby has been posting on the twitter account EGiNcholestoroL in the past hour pretty much makes this announcement lose all legitimacy to me.
Mewby clearly hasnt turned over a new leaf...

docvoc

United States5327 Posts

May 02 2013 02:14 GMT

#87

On May 02 2013 11:09 Aerisky wrote:
I don't like mewby at all and he comes across as an annoying prick, but I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. On the whole 4chan tends to be a terrible place but a person is entirely capable of being a decent human being and participating there. Using the representative heuristic when thinking about people might be very tempting, but being a nice, functional person as well as a participant on an imageboard aren't mutually exclusive at all

They said that he has turned over a new leaf, but every other player that people say that about has not "turned over a new leaf," they just simply try to cover up themselves being jerks. Few players I see actually change.

Pisko.

United States214 Posts

May 02 2013 02:15 GMT

#88

On May 02 2013 10:46 Fionn wrote:
Yeah, anyone who lurks or posts on 4chan should not be on a professional e-sports team.

Please tell me how posting on 4chan is worse than Reddit when Reddit has boards dedicated to racism, dead kids, and child porn.

Wobaq

United States22 Posts

May 02 2013 02:16 GMT

#89

On May 02 2013 11:14 docvoc wrote:
They said that he has turned over a new leaf, but every other player that people say that about has not "turned over a new leaf," they just simply try to cover up themselves being jerks.

Like who?

oberkapo

United States41 Posts

May 02 2013 02:16 GMT

#90

Fionn

United States20365 Posts

May 02 2013 02:16 GMT

#91

On May 02 2013 11:15 Pisko. wrote:

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Please tell me how posting on 4chan is worse than Reddit when Reddit has boards dedicated to racism, dead kids, and child porn.

It's sarcasm.

Calm down, buddy.

Mansef

59 Posts

May 02 2013 02:17 GMT

#92

On May 02 2013 11:16 oberkapo wrote:
Remove Mewby from your academy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yebTL-RxpM8#t=45s

boy you are late as shit

monkiw

19 Posts

May 02 2013 02:18 GMT

#93

Sick... nice roster guys, keep up the good work!

Kergy

Peru1879 Posts

May 02 2013 02:19 GMT

#94

he...he made it :')

LeeDawg

United States1220 Posts

May 02 2013 02:22 GMT

#95

tbo has the same last name as me. new favorite foreigner? maybe

Zeppelin535

Canada262 Posts

May 02 2013 02:23 GMT

#96

On May 02 2013 11:14 Maasked wrote:
The fact that Mewby has been posting on the twitter account EGiNcholestoroL in the past hour pretty much makes this announcement lose all legitimacy to me.
Mewby clearly hasnt turned over a new leaf...

It's quite obvious that he is not the one in control of that twitter account.

Wyrd

United States211 Posts

May 02 2013 02:28 GMT

#97

On May 02 2013 11:16 Fionn wrote:

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It's sarcasm.

Calm down, buddy.

Seriously, how was that not obvious?

skatblast

United States769 Posts

May 02 2013 02:29 GMT

#98

wow if that video with incontrol is really mewby. Jesus just get rid of him he sounds like a socially inept 30 year old virgin with no hopes or life goals. Cant even show a picture so we can make fun of how ugly he is. Couldnt have 1/4 of the life incontrol has.

lorestarcraft

United States1029 Posts

May 02 2013 02:29 GMT

#99

Justin Bieber plays sc2?

asdfou420

Korea (North)44 Posts

May 02 2013 02:29 GMT

#100

On May 02 2013 11:23 Zeppelin535 wrote:

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It's quite obvious that he is not the one in control of that twitter account.

I wouldn't be surprised if he was actually the one in control of the account to create artificial drama and then having his few fans show support for him, he does force him pretty hard. He gets banned daily on 4chan for breaking the rules and changes his IP so he can continue his shitposting crusade. Pathetic really.