If you're offended by this you would loathe to experience the golden days of CS 1.6...
If you're offended by this you would loathe to experience the golden days of CS 1.6...
i don't believe that his trashtalk "target" being gay has any relevance here, just imagine SC2 championship, Innovation loses to Flash, grabs mic and says that he can go and suck a dick to millions of people on live stream and public? Its just something that shouldn't happen at all at these sorts of events, they have contracts in place and this sort of behavior is not acceptable in competitive scene.
I just wonder where the fuck the competitive spirit go?
Originally Posted by Urban Dictionary
Ignorant people will say ignorant things.
Appreciate your time with friends and family while they're here. Don't wait until they're gone to tell them what they mean to you.
It's not about teaching this player something, it's about protecting blizzards overwatch tournament. You know, they have rules, and it's very public event that is promoted in battle.net, kids are watching it (it's not some random 18+ stream on twitch at this point, players who are promoted by blizzard for these sort of events should understand now that they are akin to blizzard employees).
And talking shit to your opponents in competitive sports is just childish and overall bad. I have no sympathy for this guy
Originally Posted by Urban Dictionary
Since both players are from the US at least to my understanding it does play a role.
Thanks to hate crime laws the perception of anything "bad" (crimes, speech, etc) against the members of the LGBTQ community instantly gets "bad+", if even the notion of some form of hate is present. "To go suck a dick" most definitly has that. Thanks to that Blizzard and his team are forced to act swiftly and decisively otherwise they would be blasted by the tumbler/twitter crowd. Which would be a PR nightmare. And if they didn't do anything, it could even have legal consequences for his team and Blizzard. (Not a lawyer, so take my ramblings with a grain of salt)
Did xQc actually mean to attack Muma for being gay? Most likely not.
But in some deranged minds it could be perceived that way and that is the problem.
If a professional sports player said that in an interview or on their own twitter they would probably be suspended just the same. It's vulgar and if Blizzard doesn't want that kind of language coming from the mouths of people representing their league it's their choice to make.
What's said behind closed doors among friends is different then for the entire world to see. Especially now that they are in the public eye.
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And you can't insult gays because...?
I agree with most of what you're saying, and I have no sympathy for the guy either in terms of the punishment he's being handed. But I'm also not a huge fan of one mistake being what ends people's careers. Everyone's entitled to fuck up once and learn from it, and if he doesn't then he should be shown the door without remorse.
Besides, giving someone the opportunity to redeem themselves but still being a shithead for a second time makes for a better lesson to those kids who are watching, and helps with the optics of not placing the backlash on Blizzard for being "SJW and too PC" but rather on the person who was given a second chance but refused to change his ways.
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It has nothing to do with insulting Muma because he's gay, and everything to do with utilizing Muma's sexual orientation as a derogatory slam in order to denigrate him.
It's the difference between insulting someone by calling them an asshole, and using racial idioms or ethic slurs against them.
You want my thoughts on the matter?
I like Overwatch but it's community is terrible.
Wanna play with the pros, gotta learn to act like a professional. You represent an organization when you play professionally for them, and they won't tolerate 1 bratty crybaby using homophobic slurs tarnishing their brand. That's just business. Grow up or get out.
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