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TotalBiscuit will be casting the ESWC finals in Paris this year, starting on October 21st. If any fellow French SC2 players would like to join me in protesting his recent (and unapologetic) display of bigotry, I would greatly appreciate it. We do not have to do anything too flashy or disruptive. Standing in silence with signs demanding an apology should be enough to get our point across. In the meantime, please fill out the contact form below to let ESWC know the type of person they've chosen to have represent their event.
http://www.eswc.com/en/contact
There are no safe online communities for LGBT SC2 players or fans, and it's because SC2s public figures, like TotalBiscuit, have little comprehension of how their words perpetuate an ugly form of discrimination that has been present in online gaming since forever. If eSports is going to gain true mainstream credibility, then casters and players must begin to police their language and actions in a way to be inclusive of everyone who wants to participate. TotalBiscuit's language usage, which routinely isolates and targets gays, women, and the mentally disabled, is completely and totally unacceptable to this end.
Thanks for reading. Let's organize.
edit: http://redd.it/lgmn1 for a recap of his recent tawdry behavior. This is supposed some type of apology, mind you.
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On October 20 2011 10:08 Ome wrote: What did he say? Would like to know as well
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Why would you appeal for protestors without telling us and/or sourcing what you're accusing him of?
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Gonna guess this is because he called the person trying to snipe donations for crippled children a faggot?
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From the post it seems like TB's said "gay" and "retarded".
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are you aware of how many people die per minute due to starvation? how about you protest something like rich people who spend 30,000 a night on a hotel instead?
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Yea man, I think you should probably calm down, do I need to remind you this is the internet?
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On October 20 2011 10:09 birdkicker wrote:Would like to know as well
He used the word "fagot" in reference to an individual who posted a fake paypal link in Spectral's chat room while spectral was raising money for a new wheelchair cushion. Regularly uses the word 'gay' when referring to something as being bad or negative.
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On October 20 2011 10:10 Daralii wrote: Gonna guess this is because he called the person trying to snipe donations for crippled children a faggot?
If this is it, it doesn't matter; two wrongs don't make a right.
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what is this thread about? would you mind to bring a source?
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iirc when vvvspectral was streaming to raise money for the chair pad he needed tb called the person who was posting fake paypal links in chat (to scam money) a faggot.
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he should be protested against just because he's an awful caster who shouldn't be anywhere near professional events
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On October 20 2011 10:10 Disposition1989 wrote: are you aware of how many people die per minute due to starvation? how about you protest something like rich people who spend 30,000 a night on a hotel instead? Occupy ESWC anyone?
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he called a guy a faggot for trying to scam people for money by abusing a quadropolegic SC2 gamer's chat
are you seriously protesting that? he meant well, and i think he apologized
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On October 20 2011 10:08 Ome wrote: What did he say?
He called a guy that was trolling Spectral (a paralyzed sc2 player) who was trying to raise money for some medical device a faggot. Let it be known that this fellow was linking his own paypal in the chat stream trying to siphon donations from Spectral. If that isn't the definition of a faggot, I don't know what is. To the OP, get over it. No one thinks Totalbiscuit is being hateful to the LGBT community except for a small minority. Grow up.
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Lol, what's the big deal? Lots of people talk like that, who gives a shit.
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John Bain is one of the people I respect most on the internet. I don't want to act like a fanboy but my automatic reaction is to want some evidence of his 'bigotry'. I just can't imagine him picking on any group undeservingly. Please do link whatever material inspired you to instigate this protest so I can judge fairly.
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Someone posted the wrong paypal donation link in the quadriplegic's stream chat to cheat people and take money from the kid, TB called him a huge fucking faggot.
You've gotta be joking OP, this is beyond ridiculous. Faggot doesn't even mean homosexual any more, it's just a generic insult. Grow up.
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