John "TotalBiscuit" Bain going back on chemo

[Caaethil]

I know people dying on cancer who were completely unknown to TotalBiscuit. He didn't care about the people close to me suffering so why should I care - just because someone wants me to know this guy and pity him? Humans are all the same and whenever someone tries to be more important I lose all empathy.

You shouldn't care. This thread is for people who already care. It has nothing to do with making you care.

Good try at being edgy, but try again.

[Berengil]

I don't watch e-celebs, they interest me not in the least. From what I know second-hand of this guy, he's your typical anti-casual, gear-snob elitist.

But he doesn't deserve to die for that, not at all. People saying "good" are just being edgy. I've seen someone decline over a two month period from small-cell lung cancer. To say it's not pretty would be the mother of all understatements.

I wish him well, and I will continue to ignore any sht he says about WoW.

[Mormolyce]

He gives you a link to the gameplay if you want to skip the options menu stuff... A decent number of people do actually care about that, so it's not like he shouldn't cover it.

I mean it's not like it's a problem in my life or anything, it's just kind of funny.

[paralleluniverse]

He's one of the biggest names in Youtube gaming.

He's one of the biggest names in Gamergate movement.

[xGLxAnubis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGCBpbl5IKo

Just gonna leave that here.

I have a hard time caring for the well being of someone I have not only no respect for, but have disrespect for. I'm not saying you deserve cancer if you literally tell someone to die, but you get what's coming to you. Surely.

[Deleted]

He's lucky he's in the US for his treatment instead of being back in Britain.

Looking around at treatment and scans I found this from wikipedia.

In the United States, an MRI of the brain with and without contrast billed to Medicare Part B entails, on average, a technical payment of US$403/€300 and a separate payment to the radiologist of US$93/€70.[158] In France, the cost of an MRI exam is approximately €150/US$205. This covers three basic scans including one with an intravenous contrast agent as well as a consultation with the technician and a written report to the patient's physician.[citation needed] In Japan, the cost of an MRI examination (excluding the cost of contrast material and films) ranges from US$155/€115 to US$180/€133, with an additional radiologist professional fee of US$17/€12.50.[159] In India, the cost of an MRI examination including the fee for the radiologist's opinion comes to around Rs 3000–4000 (€37–49/US$50–60), excluding the cost of contrast material. In the UK the retail price for an MRI scan privately ranges between £350 and £700 (€405–810).[160]

He fights for consumer rights, calls out developers and publishers on bad practices and generally has devoted his life to making PC gaming less of a crapshoot. He's an influential voice in the industry and whether you're aware of it or not, he's firmly on your side. A "tryhard" he is not.

Only rival companies. Never a bad word about Blizzards dodgy practices like leaving servers to rot so they can cash in on transfer fees.

[Antipathy1018]

He's one of the biggest names in Gamergate movement.

Your forum name really suits you if that is what you believe given he has sat on the fence for almost its whole time, outside of a sit down with Steven Tortillo, and a twit longer about calmer voices needing to prevail.

[Ealyssa]

Meh? Sorry, I like to play games, not watch tryhards play them and talk about them to me.

Trying your edgyness way too hard, you're pathetic, if not disgusting.

[Xargoth6634]

He's a really annoying dude. I wouldn't wish death on him or anything, but if someone had to get cancer I'm not shedding any tears that it was him. Still, hopefully he pulls through for his family's sake, I guess.

[Mormolyce]

He's one of the biggest names in Gamergate movement.

Eh, not particularly. He did buy into the "ethics in video game journalism" angle for a while but not the subtext that it was a smokescreen for.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGCBpbl5IKo

Just gonna leave that here.

I have a hard time caring for the well being of someone I have not only no respect for, but have disrespect for. I'm not saying you deserve cancer if you literally tell someone to die, but you get what's coming to you. Surely.

I think he should be given a little credit on that:


https://twitter.com/totalbiscuit/sta...896896?lang=en

People say shit like that on the internet all the time. Shit we do it on here. I've probably said it to someone at some point. It's a culture we're all a part of and we do fuck all to stop.

[Deleted]

I thought he was a terrible SC2 caster who lacked game insight. Didn't hear of him since then. Hopefully he will use his popularity to help fellow people who suffer from cancer by supporting research and to enable treatment in 3rd/2nd world countries.

[Donald Hellscream]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGCBpbl5IKo

Just gonna leave that here.

I have a hard time caring for the well being of someone I have not only no respect for, but have disrespect for. I'm not saying you deserve cancer if you literally tell someone to die, but you get what's coming to you. Surely.

Oh for fuck sake, why do people continue to link that shit, not only has he apologized the person he made the comment towards have also forgiven him and moved on.

[NED funded]

Saying get cancer and die, is the shittiest thing someone can say and I'm sure this is not the only case. For all I care karma has done it's job.

[Calfredd]

Eh, not particularly. He did buy into the "ethics in video game journalism" angle for a while but not the subtext that it was a smokescreen for.

Less smokescreen and more getting eaten alive by the crazies piggybacking off it. Sort of like how Pepe the Frog is now seen as a neo-Nazi symbol.

[Mekkle]

Some people on here are just terrible people, always acting like they are the Pinnacle of human morality and claiming they have said nothing or have done nothing they regret when they get angry or depressed. Absolutely disgusting.

I hope the poor man gets well. No one should suffer like this.

[Calfredd]

Saying get cancer and die, is the shittiest thing someone can say and I'm sure this is not the only case. For all I care karma has done it's job.

Karma is when your good deeds are paid in kind and your bad deeds are repaid in full. If you think saying something like that rather than, say, a rape or death threat deserves literally getting cancer and possibly dying, you are just using karma as an excuse to hear about him suffering.

[Deleted]

Karma is when your good deeds are paid in kind and your bad deeds are repaid in full. If you think saying something like that rather than, say, a rape or death threat deserves literally getting cancer and possibly dying, you are just using karma as an excuse to hear about him suffering.

Have you any prove? I mean is there someone who can actually confirm it works that way?

[Stormspark]

Have you any prove? I mean is there someone who can actually confirm it works that way?

Karma is one of those romantic concepts that we wish existed, but actually doesn't. I talk about it a lot too, and I enjoy it when people who have done terrible things get what's coming to them, but I know that karma doesn't actually exist in the real world.

[Tackhisis]

Who's that?

[Deleted]

He's one of the biggest names in Youtube gaming.

He is? I could've sworn he was the biggest name in reviewing options menu's