Thorin is a huge piece of shit. I used to watch the ESL Counter-strike league, but when I learned about this guy, and how he continues to be supported by the community… it lessened my enthusiasm a lot.
Esports needs to rid themselves of these toxic people immediately. Guys that say shit like that don’t deserve to represent your brand and your game. Hell, Valve could step in here. We won’t allow you to use our game or assets or support for your event if you hire this guy, as we don’t want him associated with his game.
Yeah same. I find the categories fairly unsatisfying though tbh. Essentially its “do you play on console, pc or mobile primarily” which sure, but I was hoping there were new insights to be had.
Its interesting though now the majority of the population play games of somekind what does being a “gamer” mean? What are the categories for Filmers or TV’ers or readers? I suspect they are a bit more nuanced but maybe I am wrong?
Cheers both! Yeah I guess its all pretty meaningless. I suppose in my mind I have this vision of a form of entertainment going from niche to mainstream. But I suspect I worry more about that than most people in the “mainstream,” whatever that is.
I think that it’s good, because in the case of more established forms of media like books or movies, there’s room for the mainstream as well as the niches.
We categorize readers, movie watchers, TV viewers… all sorts of groups. Gaming, even in this approach, has this weird obsession with this hardcore, real, or super group though which is just unfortunate.
Tolerating this kind of behavior in a company is like refusing to drug test your recruits when everyone else in town does. Maybe it starts as a libertarian or “edgy” intent, but pretty soon you find your company made up of 80% “locker-room”-talking manbabies.
