CBS article regarding Gordon Hayward - Page 7
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Terrestrialrage
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Armaz
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Slider954
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Snorkle
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Solinos
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isM
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Lemons become lemonade. | ||
bellhop
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On September 08 2011 13:43 Snorkle wrote: The tweets all seem pretty civil, just because people are calling him out doesn't mean it makes us look bad. There is almost no profanity and no pure flaming. I am actually really happy with what the response looks like. Compared to the typical sports news/blog comments, you're dead on. Go on ESPN and read some of the comment boxes for any Bears/Packers article. It's disgusting what idiot fans have to say about their rival teams. Criticize constructively, encourage people to check out SC2 and learn more about Hayward's hobby, and #haywardfighting! | ||
JWD
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I have to say though, it's kind of sad to see gaming still being handled this way in "mainstream" media | ||
Manifesto7
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On September 08 2011 13:47 isM wrote: At least he isn't backing away from the criticism, deflecting some of it yes, but he has put in more than his share of responses. Lemons become lemonade. He is just hiding behind the "tongue in cheek" line. He isn't responding other than lying. Anyway, I'm not visiting his page anymore. | ||
socommaster123
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Slider954
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On September 08 2011 13:47 bellhop wrote: Compared to the typical sports news/blog comments, you're dead on. Go on ESPN and read some of the comment boxes for any Bears/Packers article. It's disgusting what idiot fans have to say about their rival teams. Criticize constructively, encourage people to check out SC2 and learn more about Hayward's hobby, and #haywardfighting! Exactly, go to espn.com and read the comments for any Yankees/red sox blog or article. | ||
Snorkle
United States1648 Posts
On September 08 2011 13:48 JWD wrote: Well, I left a comment on the article. Looks like the comments already there are pretty decent; I agree with everyone in this thread that it's best we keep our objections to the article cordial. I have to say though, it's kind of sad to see gaming still being handled this way in "mainstream" media I am not sure how mainstream his blog is but he has a lot more twitter followers than I thought he would. For every ignorant article like this Forbes seems to write at least two articles that are very nice to our community. The WSJ front page article which was actually printed was much better press and probably more widely viewed. All that to say, blog posts like this are still upsetting. | ||
T3tra
United States406 Posts
On September 08 2011 13:36 Manifesto7 wrote: David Robinson and Tim Duncan played BW on the plane in the 90s. That makes for a better blog than what this guy wrote. If you want to write tongue in cheek, you have to have some background. You cannot just write something, gauge the reaction, and then say "just kidding guys!" But whatever. Basically this. I started looking through other articles he's written just to see if he writes tongue in cheek articles often, but it seems like he doesn't (though perhaps the basketball humor is lost on me?). This looks like him just falling back and saying it was tongue in cheek after SC fans start bashing him. Maybe we're just reading this article out of context, but it sounds like BS to me. | ||
MrSexington
United States1768 Posts
Yes, people should write to the author of the site, explaining where the article goes wrong, but I'm talking about after the dust settles. This quote in particular is great: "Hopefully Hayward's interview gets entered into evidence in the ongoing collective bargaining agreement negotiations so we can turn back the clock and undo this embarrassing chapter in the history of the league." I also hope it's entered into evidence. I hope it's pointed to and referenced frequently when people look back at how ignorant the world was whenever the next pro or celebrity or politician or whatever outs themselves as participating in a video game tournament or even just admitting that they enjoy playing video games. | ||
socommaster123
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@blazersedge I think this could be turned into something positive. You should follow a SC2 gamer for a week and compare and contrast NBA SC2 @Sheppdadio Ryne, that's the best idea anyone has had all night. Really appreciate that. | ||
illsick
United States1770 Posts
It's just a hobby of his and he's not going pro in it. Wasn't Gilbert Arenas and some other NBA pros into promoting Halo? What if people get excited about competitive chess or checkers, who are they to be critical about what a person enjoys. | ||
TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
On September 08 2011 13:56 illsick wrote: "Gordon Hayward to become pro Starcraft player" lol It's just a hobby of his and he's not going pro in it. Wasn't Gilbert Arenas and some other NBA pros into promoting Halo? What if people get excited about competitive chess or checkers, who are they to be critical about what a person enjoys. This is the internet, everybody is king and knows all and MUST be critical of everything and complain about everything that is counter to what they want. | ||
Slider954
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On September 08 2011 13:56 socommaster123 wrote: I tweeted this to him @blazersedge I think this could be turned into something positive. You should follow a SC2 gamer for a week and compare and contrast NBA SC2 @Sheppdadio Ryne, that's the best idea anyone has had all night. Really appreciate that. He won't do it, he's just patronizing people and here's why, he tweeted this earlier: 'Honestly, unless he wins the money I don't think it will be newsworthy again for our purposes. We cover a variety of NBA topics.' | ||
Golgotha
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