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[Kinokou]

I tried searching but didn't see anything and I don't know if it will be picked up by someone else. I'm also posting this even if I have no experience with Starcraft, esports or online gaming scenes in general.

Here is the details offered from the Fragbite Masters tournament website:

Fragbite The Ukrainian Terran Mihaylo "Kas" Hayda has been disqualified from Fragbite Masters due to inappropriate behavior in connection with out StarCraft II tournament.

Fragbite Masters have decided to disqualify the Ukrainian Terran Mihaylo "Kas" Hayda from our tournament. This was decided tonight after Hayda acted inappropriately in social media, where he wrote an offensive post, claimed to be a joke, towards his opponent. Fragbite Masters do not tolerate this kind of behaviour. We strive to bring out the best of e-sports, and the said Twitter-post showed a part we all want to destroy from our community.

"First of all, I have to say that this is terrible. We will never stand for this kind of behaviour, and therefore a disqualification is highly appropriate. We need to show the players that these kinds of toxic acts have consequences. We have learned that the opponent in question has been dealt criticism for our penalty towards Kas, but we can assure you, this decision was made completely by the Fragbite Masters staff."

Pontus Eskilsson, Head of Fragbite Masters

As Group C has already started, there will be no replacement for Kas. This means the group now contains three players instead of four.

Here is the tweet in question and it was apparently posted while playing against a female competitor.

Other quick facts from my other source (in Norwegian):

1. The girl has stated that it's scary that a professional player would act like this.
2. Prize money for the tournament is 150 000 SEK (around $20000€16000).
3. Kas has apparently apologized already and admitted that he sometimes writes stupid stuff on twitter and hates himself for it.
4. Even if the decision was taken by the tournament administration there has been some backlash against the player the tweet was directed at.

To not just make this a news piece here is some possible topics for discussion:
Would this be a model to follow?
Was disqualification to harsh a punishment?
Does this incident stand out in the competitive gaming scene?
Will tacking this kind of action open up esports to an wider audience and competitor pool?

 

[Tathanen]

Entirely appropriate. Jerkoffs like this need to learn the concept of consequence.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

He deserves a lifetime ban for that.

 

[TheHall]

Good.

Saying stupid shit on Twitter has consequences, get used to it.

 

[The Lamonster]

What was the tweet? Can't see images at work.

 

[QuantumZebra]

Entirely appropriate. Jerkoffs like this need to learn the concept of consequence.

Agreed. That joke is tasteless and highly offensive regardless of the gender of the person its directed at. Pro gamers are just like any other professional and should be held accountable when they shit out the mouth.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

What was the tweet? Can't see images at work.

"Going to rape some girl soon #fragbitemasters"

 

[SerTapTap]

Never thought I'd say this, but that's even more tactless than I was expecting from the thread title. I don't mind the DQ at all. Competitive gaming seems to be full of insufferable assholes so I'm pretty surprised and wouldn't mind seeing this sort of behavior stamped out hard.

 

[EricTheCleric]

Well deserved. He should be banned from competition for a year as well.

 

[SolidSnakex]

What was the tweet? Can't see images at work.

"Going to rape some girls soon #fragbitemasters"

Like Sn4ke_911 said, lifetime ban for that shit.

 

[Divvy]

Well deserved ban

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Ugh, what a repulsive individual. I wouldn't want him associated with my brand either.

 

[bobawesome]

Oh. Didn't even attempt to sugarcoat it. He just...puts it out there.

 

[BenjiGAF]

This shit is unacceptable, good on the TO for this decision

 

[Kyoufu]

Ban him from Twitter too.

 

[McHuj]

Who the fuck thinks its okay to tweet that? What the fuck is wrong with people?

 

[RS4-]

Good on the organizers for coming down on this shithead.

 

[legendaryskitch]

Sad truth is that if he just substituted "girls" with "noobs" or whatever the hell people say nowadays, it probably wouldn't even be news nor would he be disqualifed.

 

[Off-Kilter]

What the fuck at that tweet

 

[BlackBuzzard]

1 year ban from all tournaments. Only DQ from 1 tournament is a bit weak.

 

[HardRojo]

Could have gone for something else and mentioned the fact that it was a Starcraft game... people can be so stupid sometimes.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Good.

Saying stupid shit on Twitter has consequences, get used to it.

It's fucking amazing that people have not worked this out yet.

 

[uncleniccius]

He deserves a lifetime ban for that.

Damn right.

This kind of shit is disgusting, he shouldn't be allowed to perform in front of the public (IMO).

 

[Mesoian]

Sad truth is that if he just substituted "girls" with "noobs" or whatever the hell people say nowadays, it probably wouldn't even be news nor would he be disqualifed.

Context is king.

Ban is justified.

 

[BenjiGAF]

Actually, I'd like to see him banned from competing for the foreseeable future. REALLY drive the point home

 

[super-famicom]

1 year ban from all tournaments.

Wait, it's only a 1 year ban? This scum should be banned for life from every tournament.

 

[kahboomkin]

I mean, did he expect people would laugh it off or something? That's a pretty vile thing to say man, come on

 

[SerTapTap]

Sad truth is that if he just substituted "girls" with "noobs" or whatever the hell people say nowadays, it probably wouldn't even be news nor would he be disqualifed.

This is closer to what I expected he tweeted from the thread title, though I'd be fine with a ban for that too. Of all the stupid gross bullshit competitive gamers say the rape comments are the worst

Wait, it's only a 1 year ban? This scum should be banned for life from every tournament.

Do you have to be on a team for these things? I can't imagine anyone would want to team with this guy

 

[FriedConsole]

Rape, retarded and gay - If you use these word in some sort of slang, I instantly think less of you and anything you say is probably more dumb shit.

 

[Pop]

He deserves it

 

[RE_Player]

I was expecting some vague tweet but Jesus Christ that is vile. Ban him from life while you are at it.

 

[Maxim726X]

'I know I write shit on twitter that I regret'...

Then don't write shit on twitter. All it's good for is getting in trouble, I'm sure the world can do without knowing what you had for lunch.

All it's good for is saying some stupid ass shit that gets you in trouble. Just... Don't use it.

 

[GulAtiCa]

Wow, yeah glad he was banned. That is not acceptable..

 

[QuantumZebra]

Sad truth is that if he just substituted "girls" with "noobs" or whatever the hell people say nowadays, it probably wouldn't even be news nor would he be disqualifed.

as I said in my earlier post - even if this was directed at a guy, or just a team in general, language like that is NOT appropriate, period... it's like saying "going to fuck up these (insert racist comment here)" ... he should have been DQ'd no matter who it was directed at

Rape, retarded and gay - If you use these word in some sort of slang, I instantly think less of you and anything you say is probably more dumb shit.

Whenever I see someone use those words in a non-ironic/explanation manner... my brain shuts off immediately... ain't nobody got time fo dat stupidity

 

[Dreams-Visions]

He deserves a lifetime ban for that.

Concur.

Who the fuck tweets this to a woman? He can keep the "sometimes I fuck up" line to himself.

 

[Intheflorsh]

The ban should have been harsher. Do they really want that guy back in the ranks next year?

 

[SerTapTap]

'I know I write shit on twitter that I regret'...

Then don't write shit on twitter. All it's good for is getting in trouble, I'm sure the world can do without knowing what you had for lunch.

All it's good for is saying some stupid ass shit that gets you in trouble. Just... Don't use it.

Pretty great way to keep in touch with devs/fans, actually. You just have to not be/not follow shitheads. It's...pretty easy, IMO.

 

[KojiKnight]

Wow... that is not even slightly appropriate... Yes, this is terrible sportsmanship, of COURSE he should be punished for it.

 

[Asd202]

Ah Twitter.

 

[eot]

In his defense (god help me) his grasp of English isn't that great and considering how casually some people use the word "rape" in gaming circles it can be easy to pick up bad language habits. Like how a lot of non-native speakers say "fuck" more than they should, and more than they'd curse in their own language. Of course that doesn't make it more okay, but he might not have fully realized what he was saying.

 

[Ledhead]

That is fucking horrible. Regardless of how he meant it, no rational adult can view that as a joke

 

[Pai Pai Master]

this guy needs his career ended

 

[maquiladora]

What a piece of shit.

 

[MetatronM]

Wait, it's only a 1 year ban? This scum should be banned for life from every tournament.

Why? 1 year is plenty harsh as it is if this guy is a pro (i.e. making the bulk of his money from gaming), and I would MUCH rather he learn a hard lesson from this and then be allowed back into the community to hopefully influence others to not be similarly giant assholes than to just kick him to the curb entirely.

Just throwing people out for life doesn't address the actual problem with the culture that causes this sort of thing to happen.

 

[legendaryskitch]

as I said in my earlier post - even if this was directed at a guy, or just a team in general, language like that is NOT appropriate, period... it's like saying "going to fuck up these (insert racist comment here)" ... he should have been DQ'd no matter who it was directed at



Whenever I see someone use those words in a non-ironic/explanation manner... my brain shuts off immediately... ain't nobody got time fo dat stupidity

Oh I'm not saying it's appropriate at all. It's just become a common usage for the word which is unarguably inappropriate that needs stuff like this to help fix it. I just know that they wouldn't care if it didn't specify girl.

 

[pete_clarf]

I'm still pretty new to these boards. Please tell me no one is going to come on here and defend this dipshit.

 

[TheHall]

'I know I write shit on twitter that I regret'...

Then don't write shit on twitter. All it's good for is getting in trouble, I'm sure the world can do without knowing what you had for lunch.

All it's good for is saying some stupid ass shit that gets you in trouble. Just... Don't use it.

Typical "I'm not sorry that i wrote it, i am sorry i got banned for it".

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

Rightfully deserved. I don't know why its so hard to just be a descent human? Why even say something like that on twitter? #Nofilter #Disgusting

 

[IISANDERII]

Oh, his opponent was an actual girl? Makes more sense now, but a person should be banned regardless of gender and i doubt that happens.

Still, this is a great stride, glad it's done.

 

[inky]

I'm still pretty new to these boards. Please tell me no one is going to come on here and defend this dipshit.

Too late.