EPTFor fuck's sake, why does every other post claim to speak for entire communities, rather than being prefaced with a 'to me' or 'in my opinion' because that is all you're giving.
Evil Geniuses Releases Greg "IdrA" Fields - Page 233
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WombaT
Northern Ireland23699 Posts
For fuck's sake, why does every other post claim to speak for entire communities, rather than being prefaced with a 'to me' or 'in my opinion' because that is all you're giving. | ||
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dicex
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ACrow
Germany6583 Posts
On May 13 2013 20:46 yeeshdontjudgeme wrote: Keep proving my point. Yet you'll stop respecting BoxeR and NaDa if they talked trash right. Real sports and e-sports fans don't give two shits about personality. We only care about good games. Why do you care so much about Idra then? His last good games are long past. Rejoice that EG has the opportunity now to invest into someone who can deliver good games. Every SC2 fan profits (except those interested in Idra's personality, which, according to you, you are not). | ||
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Elwar
953 Posts
On May 13 2013 20:47 Wombat_NI wrote:For fuck's sake, why does every other post claim to speak for entire communities, rather than being prefaced with a 'to me' or 'in my opinion' because that is all you're giving. Because every post is someones opinion, and explicitly stating such is highly redundant. | ||
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LeopoldStotch
United States158 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland23699 Posts
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On May 13 2013 20:55 Elwar wrote: Because every post is someones opinion, and explicitly stating such is highly redundant. His point is that people keep telling others what they feel (or should be feeling) as "real fans" and fans of esports. There's a clear semantic difference between people stating their opinion and people using big groups of people as a basis for their opinion when they in reality have no ground to do so. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland23699 Posts
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thanhbao86
Canada199 Posts
On May 13 2013 20:32 yeeshdontjudgeme wrote: Notice how they're... you know... still playing. Notice how whenever each of them (besides Vick) got suspended/punished, fans got in arms about it. And it's not like what each of these guys did compared to IdrA, not even close. IdrA posted on a forum. Some of these people went to prison. And STILL the fans of those other leagues actually had the balls to forgive and just watch some good games. Unless someone commits a heinous crime (murder, rape, etc) I could honestly give two shits about their past or popularity as long as that player can perform. Agree completely with what this guy said. We play and watch the game. We should just do that. I feel like this community now cares more about drama than the game itself. If Idra were still a great gamer, I would watch his games. Now he sucks and just trash talks so I stop watching. It is simple as that. | ||
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TychusFindlaylol
United States20 Posts
so far gamers are just a bunch of boring nerds nobody pays attention to. If we can show the world we are more than that. and that we can actually entertain the masses with the drama and rage, then we could make it to national TV shows and compete with the top sport industries of America. | ||
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TychusFindlaylol
United States20 Posts
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finkelboy
Italy372 Posts
On May 13 2013 21:18 TychusFindlaylol wrote: I wish Idra didn't apologyze in his latest interview. I wish he openly admited all the things he said and wished AIDS to everyone who disagrees with him. That would make it to the news and give the game and Esports the fame, popularity and recognition needed to take our community to the next level. so far gamers are just a bunch of boring nerds nobody pays attention to. If we can show the world we are more than that. and that we can actually entertain the masses with the drama and rage, then we could make it to national TV shows and compete with the top sport industries of America. hehe smart comment here, anyway, i don't like Idra's way of thining after watching the video. Manly decision would be quit proplaying by himself if he didn't like it | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland23699 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland23699 Posts
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WombaT
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Aim Here
Scotland672 Posts
Given that they've criticized each other in the past (and the community has invented some drama where none existed too, for good measure!) this should be interesting - Idra did a really good job casting with Jason Lee, who was far more of a Starcraft novice than TB is, in one of the early GSLs, so I reckon this could work fairly well, at least on the part of the casters. How the community reacts is a different matter, given how both personalities seem to provoke a fairly toxic reaction among some vocal Starcraft fans. We'll see! Link: | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland23699 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On May 13 2013 20:32 yeeshdontjudgeme wrote: Notice how they're... you know... still playing. Notice how whenever each of them (besides Vick) got suspended/punished, fans got in arms about it. And it's not like what each of these guys did compared to IdrA, not even close. IdrA posted on a forum. Some of these people went to prison. And STILL the fans of those other leagues actually had the balls to forgive and just watch some good games. Unless someone commits a heinous crime (murder, rape, etc) I could honestly give two shits about their past or popularity as long as that player can perform. You do realize that Idra could get his head straight and come back to competition a year from now, right? This isn’t the be all end all. Fans and the community(as a whole, of course there will be haters) alike wouldn’t have much of problem. His fans are still his fans. You keep bringing up examples from professional sports attempting to claim there is some injustice as to what happen, but that is not what took place. Idra didn't enjoy competing at this point in his career, but the money he was offered from EG was to good to pass up. Idra said he also didn't sign with EG again this year. They released him, but he didn't really want to be their anyways. In general, it is not a good idea to employee people who are not happen with their job, regardless of how skill/talented they are. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On May 13 2013 22:02 Aim Here wrote: At the risk of derailing all this anti-EG and/or anti-Idra angst with something positive, seems that Idra will likely start his new casting career by cocasting the next round of ShoutCraft USA with Totalbiscuit, of all people! Given that they've criticized each other in the past (and the community has invented some drama where none existed too, for good measure!) this should be interesting - Idra did a really good job casting with Jason Lee, who was far more of a Starcraft novice than TB is, in one of the early GSLs, so I reckon this could work fairly well, at least on the part of the casters. How the community reacts is a different matter, given how both personalities seem to provoke a fairly toxic reaction among some vocal Starcraft fans. We'll see! Link: https://twitter.com/GennaBain/status/333925135503458304 Majestic. That is going to be one of the most amusing casts in the world. I am beyond excited. TB and Idra love to speak their minds and they both like each other, regardless of what some of the drama queens say. | ||
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Simsons2
Latvia73 Posts
 Might be another reason why he's gonna be casting it together with TB | ||
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