General immature behaviour on the internet

[Spectral]

Care to enlighten me? You genuinely think that Athene was joking? A smart troll to boost his fame? Giving yourself a controversial persona in order to become famous?

Absolutely. I have no doubt in my mind that his whole shtick was exactly that - a shtick. If you want to call it trolling, you can I guess, but I'd be more inclined to say he was just playing a character. If you go back and look at his earliest stuff, it's pretty obvious just how over the top it is, complete with the goofy shirtless guy and such. I thought it was funny for a bit back then and that it was even a bit clever; I couldn't believe people were actually mad, like it was real.

And now that he's most likely one of the most famous player out there he shows his "true" self, which is nothing but a saint in front of a gaming keyboard? I call bs.

I have no idea what the real guy is like. A saint? I'd doubt it. That doesn't mean that the character portrayed wasn't a character.

[reckoner04]

Care to enlighten me? You genuinely think that Athene was joking? A smart troll to boost his fame? Giving yourself a controversial persona in order to become famous?

Are you serious? Watch his first videos.

EDIT:
For contrast (check the dates):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLYrFR9RT_U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deT4hQ2KN7s

[chadwix]

It's amusing that he essentially says, "hey, I get a lot of kids that don't understand I'm joking, and that it's satire, so they rage on me".

Ahh using comedy as a shield, he is a regular bill maher when he gets called out...

[StayTuned]

Even when you play a character you have to deal with the negative side effects of it. You lose credibility in other fields which are contradicting to your character's field.

For example, lets take Rowan Atkinson. He IS Mr. Bean. There is almost nothing he can do to change this... even if he is looking for more serious roles, when you look at his face he will always remain Mr. Bean. Many people do not even know his real name.

What do I want to say? Even if you just played a character, people will always identify you with your most successful character. Athene was, over the years, always the negative type of person in my eyes and he will remain as such most likely forever. To me, his old persona was the real one and this here now is nothing but a PR thing.

I am sure he makes a decent living with his gaming and all his charity projects, which is why I assume that he wants to reach a more mature audience. It's a fake persona, created to achieve views and possible donations... at least in my eyes. Therefore, he has no right to talk badly about a community when he actually contributed negatively himself to this community.

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Are you serious? Watch his first videos.

Yeah? As I said, he is either a smart troll, or genuinely an asshole. Either way, it disqualifies him from talking about others.

[Spectral]

Even when you play a character you have to deal with the negative side effects of it. You lose credibility in other fields which are contradicting to your character's field.

Not really. I'm going to go ahead and doubt you apply this logic to people doing other forms of acting.

For example, lets take Rowan Atkinson. He IS Mr. Bean. There is almost nothing he can do to change this... even if he is looking for more serious roles, when you look at his face he will always remain Mr. Bean. Many people do not even know his real name.

What do I want to say? Even if you just played a character, people will always identify you with your most successful character. Athene was, over the years, always the negative type of person in my eyes and he will remain as such most likely forever. To me, his old persona was the real one and this here now is nothing but a PR thing.

I am sure he makes a decent living with his gaming and all his charity projects, which is why I assume that he wants to reach a more mature audience. It's a fake persona, created to achieve views and possible donations... at least in my eyes. Therefore, he has no right to talk badly about a community when he actually contributed negatively himself to this community.

Alright, but your inability to distinguish between a character and a person reflects on your more than him.

[reckoner04]

Yeah? As I said, he is either a smart troll, or genuinely an asshole. Either way, it disqualifies him from talking about others.

It disqualifies him from talking about others? I guess I'll stop talking to you then... Also, see my edit above.

[StayTuned]

Alright, but your inability to distinguish between a character and a person reflects on your more than him.

What are you even talking about?

I can't just talk shit about other people all day long, say I am the best ever, and when people call me out on it I just say "lol that was just the character I was playing".

Especially because he just doesn't say it himself. I have yet to see a video where he says "guys, all my previous videos and my behavior are fake, I did it for the clicks".

[Deleted]

I never liked Athene. I had some perverse respect for him, but never liked him.

He makes a fair point though.

[StayTuned]

It disqualifies him from talking about others? I guess I'll stop talking to you then... Also, see my edit above.

Argumentum ad hominem... Stay classy.

[vindicatorx]

This is why I don't generally add input in the game at all I ignore almost everything.

[reckoner04]

Argumentum ad hominem... Stay classy.

My comment didn't aim to attack you, but your argument. You're saying immature people are disqualified from talking about others, yet at the same time...

Alright, but your inability to distinguish between a character and a person reflects on your more than him.

See my point?

[StayTuned]

My comment didn't aim to attack you, but your argument. You're saying immature people are disqualified from talking about others, yet at the same time...

I'll just quote myself

Yeah? As I said, he is either a smart troll, or genuinely an asshole. Either way, it disqualifies him from talking about others.

Where did I say something about being immature? Immature people are not always bad people. They actually deliver quality imput from time to time.

"Acting" like Athene did has nothing to do with being immature, but with being clinical. You can't jump from persona to persona, pretend that this is the "real you" and still think that everyone is going to take you serious.

And where exactly am I immature anyway? Because I call bs on his videos? If that's considered being immature nowadays...

[Spectral]

"Acting" like Athene did has nothing to do with being immature, but with being clinical. You can't jump from persona to persona, pretend that this is the "real you" and still think that everyone is going to take you serious.

I think this is part of the YouTube era. People really can make YouTube posts that are really not much different than playing a character. It's up to viewers, to some extent, to determine what's real and what's not. In the case of Athene, I think it's pretty damned obvious.

[StayTuned]

Kids don't rule the internet.

Np, 4chan does. scnr.

But you are right... People join bandwagons just too easily, there is no OC anymore. Anway, in the real world this shit doesn't even matter. I barely met anyone who knew what YOLO meant.

[Pull My Finger]

I got my first internet connection in 1999 and the idiots were always there. The only thing that has changed is that in today's day and age, there's an internet connection in nearly every household - not to mention the whole mobile thing - whereas in 1999 it still wasn't a standard domestic need. More computers, more idiots. And they come in ALL ages, it doesn't really have something to do with "children".

[StayTuned]

I think this is part of the YouTube era. People really can make YouTube posts that are really not much different than playing a character. It's up to viewers, to some extent, to determine what's real and what's not. In the case of Athene, I think it's pretty damned obvious.

I think people can be honest, themselves, and still be successful. I disliked him because of his attitude, even if it was just played. Be a pro, be restrained and give off good vibes while gaming. Be an inspiring example for others, then you can talk about attitude on the internet.

He contributed to this community with his shit attitude from the past and to an extent he formed it this way. He doesn't even fucking admit himself that it was just show, so why should anyone talk in his favor?

You can't act tough all the time, pretend to be the shit, and then make a 180° turnover and still expect people to believe your stuff.

[Screwtape]

I find it dismaying that many people flat out refuse to discuss or acknowledge any side effects of the internet. Like they're afraid their golden calf will be taken away or something.

[SirPiken]

I think this is part of the YouTube era. People really can make YouTube posts that are really not much different than playing a character. It's up to viewers, to some extent, to determine what's real and what's not. In the case of Athene, I think it's pretty damned obvious.

Damn it! You mean that girl that loves cats.. every kinda cat, doesn't really love cats?!!

[StayTuned]

I made the example with Rowan to show that playing characters is not just a joke. You can't tell me that when you see his face you don't see Mr. Bean.

What I want to say is... once people associate you with a specific persona, it is very hard to get rid of this image. Even while everyone knows that Rowan is just an actor, he shall forever be remembered as Mr. Bean.

Athene did a good job creating a very controversial persona around himself and he has to walk a long way to get rid of this. Right now is not the time for him to talk bad about others, especially not about the internet community.

Kudos to him for his charity work, though. If he doesn't suddenly make shit videos again I might even start respecting him a little bit.

[Ebildays]

Yeah? As I said, he is either a smart troll, or genuinely an asshole. Either way, it disqualifies him from talking about others.

That is one pale dude in the back.......super pale.