CBS article regarding Gordon Hayward - Page 12
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PH
United States6173 Posts
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
On September 08 2011 16:09 kickinhead wrote: Regarding Gordon playing in the IPL3: I was kinda upset at first that a low-level player would just be invited just because of his status, but hey: If it gets puplicity and paints a more accurate picture of the huge diversity of gamers out there, I think it's a pretty good thing for esports! He only got invited to play in the open bracket. Anyone can play in the open bracket if they pay the entrance fee. It's no diff from people paying $70 to play in mlg's open bracket. | ||
-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On September 08 2011 16:34 Oxyoxygen wrote: Yeah i checked out his twitter out of curiosity, he has literally spent the last 4 hours replying to every @tweet and apologizing. He has earned some respect back for manning up to his mistake. Lesson learned i suppose. I checked it a bit as well and all his responses look similar and automated. Personally I don't believe him. At best he is doing it because his editor told him to. | ||
Belisarius
Australia6177 Posts
I also wasn't aware IPL had invited Gordon. That's a pretty smooth move. | ||
RogerX
New Zealand3180 Posts
This really does get me upset lol. | ||
mmogah
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FryktSkyene
United States1327 Posts
"I think you've got to look at the circumstances of each. If you're winning a Starcraft game for the championship at IPL for the six-figure pool prize, that's probably pretty stressful ... At the same time, if you're going to shoot a three-pointer to win the game with someone guarding you, that's pretty tough too. I'd say they are both tough in their own right." When a 21-year-old, 207 pound forward doesn't immediately recoil in horror when asked to compare the stress and rigors of the NBA to a freaking science fiction video game we know that the NBA game has been cleaned up too much. If a Zerg attack really gets his blood pumping as much as a game-winning shot, that's a terrible look. First off this guy is an idiot. He doesn't even get what hes saying [in the first paragraph] Does this guy honestly assume that there isn't as much stress in winning 100k or loseing it than make a shot that can win your team a championship? They are both championships and should be treated as such and with starcraft the more stress the more times you fuck up and every little mistake hurts you unlike in basketball where you can rely on your team to pull you back into it. | ||
MooMooMugi
United States10531 Posts
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Bobble
Australia1493 Posts
On September 08 2011 16:51 -Archangel- wrote: I checked it a bit as well and all his responses look similar and automated. Personally I don't believe him. At best he is doing it because his editor told him to. If you ask me, stating over and over that his post wasn't meant to be offensive, and it was supposed to be a light-hearted post, and people are overreacting, well, that isn't an apology. It's like saying that he's sorry that you feel a certain way. He's not apologizing for his actions, he's apologizing that his post was taken out of context. | ||
sleepingdog
Austria6145 Posts
On September 08 2011 11:46 Steelavocado wrote: Edit: PLEASE stop calling the author a "F**k tard" or anything of that nature. Stay civil. I've thought about it a couple of minutes, and I'm still not really sure how you can "discuss" this rationally. I mean, that's like rationally discussing how to properly respond to a mosquito stinging you in your arm....the poor thing just doesn't know any better.... | ||
Kaitlin
United States2958 Posts
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
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Gladiator6
Sweden7024 Posts
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CookieMaker
Canada880 Posts
Disappointed in my first impression of the CBSSports news pages. | ||
Incursus
United States415 Posts
Ignorance hurts everyone it seems. | ||
Superiorwolf
United States5509 Posts
It's infuriating and frustrating, but I think the author is probably sitting there grinning at how much attention he's getting to his article. | ||
Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
On September 08 2011 12:04 Chill wrote: This is the kind of thing where you wish you could fight the author... fyp On September 08 2011 12:05 thedirtyleg wrote: Yikes, people (mainly TLers probably) are flipping out on him on twitter and he's saying "it was a tongue in cheek post." I don't really believe him but I also feel like people are overreacting a little bit. I think it's understandable. We all love this game on teamliquid.net and while it will never be truly mainstream, we would like mainstream opinion to stop totally shitting on esports. The vast majority of sc2 players are well adjusted and normal people. It's aggravating to be portrayed as obese, pale, mountain dew drinker nerds, that's Halo players obviously. | ||
Polarexia
United States383 Posts
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Thorakh
Netherlands1788 Posts
I'm not really sure what to make of his twitter, is he trying to save his dignity by telling us it was a joke all along? | ||
baubo
China3370 Posts
Furthermore, he should write more anti-gaming stuff. Good job, guys! | ||
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