Wok
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It is part of the appeal and the reason spectators listen to these commentators.
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It is part of the appeal and the reason spectators listen to these commentators.
Shuggananas
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does armor in dark souls even do anything ? feels like you take the same amount of damage being naked or with the heaviest shit you can find
only poise seems to do anything at all
only poise seems to do anything at all
Imp the Dimp
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The average football analyst and commentator is like 15-35 years older than the average Dota 2 personality. Being overly harsh and/or disrespectful towards a player is a less frequent occurence among these folks. I can't say for certain why that is but slamming a teenager or an early 20s player just seems counterproductive and can possibly distress the person in question more than one assumes and I think you get a better sensibility about that with age. That is one possibilty.
I know I would feel terrible getting called a liability in front of hundreds of thousands.
Imp the Dimp
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I'm not sure why you think this is the case. It makes absolutely zero difference for EternalEnvy who of these people utters a disrespectful comment about him.
Obviously, whether or not the story of him complaining about James is true remains to be seen but as Kiondrick (sp?) pointed out, he was overly harsh. As a public (e)sports personality your performances are always subject to critique, that much is true and athletes get good financial compensation for the shit the have to endure from people but I do not find it an outrageous request to remain civil when criticizing.
Pastafarian
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Canada is a great country, thoughts?
Vade
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Shuggananas
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it's decent but their obsession with hunting is quite something
that game is dead, no one plays that anymore. stop lying.
Pastafarian
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Neko atsume is actually way better than dota 2 and I have been converted
Yup. That his toxic ass hasn't been replaced immediately, let alone after all this time, speaks to just how shallow our casting talent pool has largely remained
Really hoping these new casters getting their feet wet will make for some depth.
No way, I got a match after only 10 minutes of queue. Totally alive game!
shira
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Valve statement: https://redd.it/47sc46
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GSL Group C (Bo3)
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Group A Loser's Match (Bo3)
Loser 1 vs Loser 2
Group A Qualification #1(Bo3)
Winner 1 vs Winner 2
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Winner of Loser's Match vs Loser of Qualification #1
*Expect major delays and technical issues - add 2-3 hours to each timer*
GSL Group C (Bo3)
Simultaneously:
OG
LGD
Group A Loser's Match (Bo3)
Loser 1 vs Loser 2
Group A Qualification #1(Bo3)
Winner 1 vs Winner 2
Group A Qualification #2 (Bo3)
Winner of Loser's Match vs Loser of Qualification #1
User 85168
Banned
Let's see if there's a single Chinese team that isn't super tilted
holy shit https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/47sc46/update_from_the_shanghai_major/
damns hira you are fast
i wonder if bruno lobbied for him and if he is in deep shit now
damns hira you are fast
i wonder if bruno lobbied for him and if he is in deep shit now
lv2 pidgey
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hammer = dropped
User 85168
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I assume Bruno vouched for him, but in Valve's eyes James blew it
Gully State
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Wow... I would've expected something a bit more diplomatic from Gabe..
Shorty11857
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Well that's one way of making a statement
Gentle Rodriguez
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Oh my God, that looks like the fakest post I've ever seen but it's actually real. Amazing end(beginning?) to the drama
Glad he also addressed the horrific production.
Glad he also addressed the horrific production.
He was an ass, seems pretty clear to me. Dunno why youd hire a (loveable) ass on the vague thought that things would be different though
Its still probably EEs fault
wow lord gaben himself (must have been swamped with emails), will be interesting to see james' statement and his side of the story
but yeah this makes it seem like it's related to his jokes/attacks on some players and personalities which i had hoped wasn't the case (every scene needs a james to keep the people in it honest)
but yeah this makes it seem like it's related to his jokes/attacks on some players and personalities which i had hoped wasn't the case (every scene needs a james to keep the people in it honest)
Gully State
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There were people at Valve who still vouched for him prior to all this. Gabe has effectively put an end to that
User 85168
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He's an ass. It'd be wrong for Valve to list out their specific grievances for firing someone.
I would assume that Valve told him he could be himself, just to reign it in a little bit. He didn't and was let go.
Doing it mid-day was probably a bad move on Valve's part but whatever, it's done, time to move on.
Hopefully whatever production changes are made are for the better.
Dreams-Visions
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For those who can't see it:
Like I said, he'll never cover another Valve-sponsored event again.
As expected. You guys can continue to be surprised if you want, but the shit is *exactly* what I thought it was. Yames can save his breath; we don't even need a response anymore. When Gabe himself feels compelled to emerge from his throne room and speak, you KNOW you fucked up.
Like I said, he'll never cover another Valve-sponsored event again.
As expected. You guys can continue to be surprised if you want, but the shit is *exactly* what I thought it was. Yames can save his breath; we don't even need a response anymore. When Gabe himself feels compelled to emerge from his throne room and speak, you KNOW you fucked up.
Wonderboy91
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Based gaben. Savage af.
For those who can't see it:
Like I said, he'll never cover another sponsored event again.
As expected. You guys can continue to be surprised if you want, but the shit is *exactly* what I thought it was. Yames can save his breath; we don't even need a response anymore. When Gabe himself feels compelled to emerge from his throne room and speak, you KNOW you fucked up.
I still wonder if he got fired for what he said on the air, or if he did even worst shit off screen.
Sigismundo
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While James is indeed an ass and the production company is indeed terrible I'm wondering who told James to "be himself".
Also: guess I was quite wrong about Diretide 2. My bad DV.
Also: guess I was quite wrong about Diretide 2. My bad DV.
Gentle Rodriguez
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He has no obligation to mention what he did exactly, they probably didn't like anything James did.
Also he mentioned that the production people were going to be replaced, that is something.
i don't think it was surprising at all to anyone that he wouldn't be hosting for valve, they did terminate him in the middle of the day after all
i think people were surprised that he was terminated in the first place and saddened that it happened (he has a lot of fans in case a billion threads on r/all hasn't made that clear enough lol), and also very interested in the "why"
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