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[clarky]

That's grounds for lawsuit if he got terminated on baseless accusations which I'm sure a company with lawyers would've looked into it.

Your in the guilty until proven otherwise camp. I like to see actual evidence before I "speculate" and contribute to ruining someones life.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Again, thats not evidence of anything. Could be they didn't want him around and were looking for an excuse to get rid.

All this was 4 years ago you'd have thought Midnight would do due diligence before they all got into bed together.

Its all very odd and going to be a lot more coming out of it, more people about to start talking

 

[Red5]

Your in the guilty until proven otherwise camp. I like to see actual evidence before I "speculate" and contribute to ruining someones life.

I'm the Occam's Razor sane non conspiracy theory camp.

 

[clarky]

Its all very odd and going to be a lot more coming out of it, more people about to start talking

Not saying there isn't. Just saying I'm not taking a chump on twitter's word for it who's clearly out for self gain.

We've been here before many times. Dude might be guilty of fucking his grandma, but i wont speculate on that because theres no evidence. Yet.

 

[nikos]

Just caught the end of Doc's stream from earlier today. He mentioned stepping away from Midnight Society and I believe that was before they tweeted that.

 

[nemiroff]

Extended break. Basically fatigued mentally and physically from being in the limelight constantly. Fed up with social media and drama clickbaiters etc. Fed up with just the negativity in general in todays world. Might even step away from 'Midnight Society'. Seems fed up with the state of the industry in general. Hinted at it effecting his family life too.

Basically he sounded like he needs a lengthy break away from everything.

Did say he will be back though, but i get a feeling we are talking months here, maybe even a year or so.

Makes sense. And he's rich enough to make it happen.

Edit: removed something that wasn't supposed to come with, lol.

 

[Kittehkraken]

Its all very odd and going to be a lot more coming out of it, more people about to start talking

I wouldn't be so sure of that.

If the only people Midnight Society talked to are the same ones that refuse to elaborate on anything, nothing is getting resolved.

 

[SF Kosmo]

So let me try to understand this.

1. The big dogs at Twitch paid out and terminated the Dr. for criminal acts
2. Twitch helped cover up the crimes.
3. For shits & giggles, with no NDA in place, informed twitch employee Coldy of the Dr‘s criminality.
4. Twitch employee Coby takes to twitter, using the Dr’s crimes as bait, to promote his own band.

My understanding is that they didn't really catch him doing anything criminal, they caught him trying to convince an underage fan to meet up with him, but he got reported by the fan who wasn't interested.

That's real fucking bad and rightly ought to get you fired from anywhere, but it isn't something that Twitch would be considered liable for "covering up." And for many of those same reasons, going public with it is probably messy and legally risky for them, so obviously the company would prefer to just move on.

Although I also have to say, you're probably a bit naive if you think companies don't cover up crimes like this to avoid public embarrassment. I know of a story personally where an executive got caught doing something worse than what the Doctor is accused of, and they fired the guy and blacklisted him from the industry but they never went to the cops and swept it under the rug to avoid bad publicity.

 

[Futaleufu]

Midnight Society's game is done.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

it seems the doc is finished for good. what is interesting is that no one can say what actually happened.

 

[Kittehkraken]

My understanding is that they didn't really catch him doing anything criminal, they caught him trying to convince an underage fan to meet up with him, but he got reported by the fan who wasn't interested.

That's real fucking bad and rightly ought to get you fired from anywhere, but it isn't something that Twitch would be considered liable for "covering up." And for many of those same reasons, going public with it is probably messy and legally risky for them, so obviously the company would prefer to just move on.

Although I also have to say, you're probably a bit naive if you think companies don't cover up crimes like this to avoid public embarrassment. I know of a story personally where an executive got caught doing something worse than what the Doctor is accused of, and they fired the guy and blacklisted him from the industry but they never went to the cops and swept it under the rug to avoid bad publicity.

Understanding based on what information?

 

[Luipadre]

End of an era i guess. I liked his streams, but as a person, i thought he was always pretty stupid. Dunno what to think about the accusation being true or not, but i think he is done here for real.

 

[clarky]

My understanding is that they didn't really catch him doing anything criminal, they caught him trying to convince an underage fan to meet up with him, but he got reported by the fan who wasn't interested.

That's real fucking bad and rightly ought to get you fired from anywhere, but it isn't something that Twitch would be considered liable for "covering up." And for many of those same reasons, going public with it is probably messy and legally risky for them, so obviously the company would prefer to just move on.

Although I also have to say, you're probably a bit naive if you think companies don't cover up crimes like this to avoid public embarrassment. I know of a story personally where an executive got caught doing something worse than what the Doctor is accused of, and they fired the guy and blacklisted him from the industry but they never went to the cops and swept it under the rug to avoid bad publicity.

Grooming a child is a crime here in the UK. Is it not in the states?

 

[ReBurn]

I never watched him but that moustache is kinda iffy just sayin

 

[TheBomb]

Terminated from Midnight Society

I guess they found out it was true. Maybe?

 

[TransTrender]

Terminated from Midnight Society

Seems reactionary and 'guilty until proven innocent' until something concrete comes out.

 

[TheBomb]

Seems reactionary and 'guilty until proven innocent' until something concrete comes out.

I thought that at first, but they say terminating.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Terminated from Midnight Society

 

[Moridianae]

The crazy part is that the game is dead without Doc. They can spin all they want, but unless irrefutable proof is let out, the fanbase that he garnered ensures their game is finished without him.

His fanbase is raucous and wants actual receipts.

I don't know. Depends on if YouTube takes action. If they do, something will have to come out.

 

[Brisal73]

Doc is going to make bank off of these lawsuits and bank again when he returns to streaming.

 

[BennyBlanco]

The crazy part is that the game is dead without Doc. They can spin all they want, but unless irrefutable proof is let out, the fanbase that he garnered ensures their game is finished without him.

His fanbase is raucous and wants actual receipts.

I don't know. Depends on if YouTube takes action. If they do, something will have to come out.

Yup he was the only notable thing about that game. They’re cooked and they must know it, which leads me to believe there is about to be irrefutable proof of him doing something wild.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

The timing of that music though when he gets that message

 

[Red5]

The crazy part is that the game is dead without Doc. They can spin all they want, but unless irrefutable proof is let out, the fanbase that he garnered ensures their game is finished without him.

His fanbase is raucous and wants actual receipts.

I don't know. Depends on if YouTube takes action. If they do, something will have to come out.

Yup he was the only notable thing about that game. They’re cooked and they must know it, which leads me to believe there is about to be irrefutable proof of him doing something wild.

Adds more weight to the allegation that a company would risk losing so much to cut ties with him, same as Twitch did.

 

[Moridianae]

This gives off a "not a crime, but very creepy and might as well be damning enough" kind of aura.

 

[clarky]

This gives off a "not a crime, but very creepy and might as well be damning enough" kind of aura.

Grooming kids is a crime in my neck of the woods.

 

[Kittehkraken]

Yup he was the only notable thing about that game. They’re cooked and they must know it, which leads me to believe there is about to be irrefutable proof of him doing something wild.

The game industry has a history of making knee jerk decisions based on information from unreliable sources. Innocent lives have been destroyed because of it.

I simply find it very hard to believe that this irrefutable proof has been circling the industry and nobody has leaked even a crumb of it. This is some Area 51 level secret keeping in an environment that leaks everything.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

The game industry has a history of making knee jerk decisions based on information from unreliable sources. Innocent lives have been destroyed because of it.

I simply find it very hard to believe that this irrefutable proof has been circling the industry and nobody has leaked even a crumb of it. This is some Area 51 level secret keeping in an environment that leaks everything.

And if he gets cleared I hope he makes bank off all of them

 

[Portugeezer]

The timing of that music though when he gets that message

Hopefully we'll get something concrete

 

[Three]

I'd like to see some actual evidence or an arrest at the very least before I jump to any conclusions.

Why would there be an arrest if there is a settlement with all parties involved in the matter? It's like asking for somebody to be arrested for trespassing when the tresspasser and land owner have worked things out amicably. Doesn't mean the trespassing didn't happen either.

 

[BennyBlanco]

The game industry has a history of making knee jerk decisions based on information from unreliable sources. Innocent lives have been destroyed because of it.

I simply find it very hard to believe that this irrefutable proof has been circling the industry and nobody has leaked even a crumb of it. This is some Area 51 level secret keeping in an environment that leaks everything.

True, but it’s not like they were working with a big publisher. If they booted him without proof they just tossed their game and livelihood in the trash for no reason.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Hopefully we'll get something concrete

Seems like some internal Twitch documents were handed out yesterday, shit will come out one way or the other soon

 

[Griffon]

Hopefully we soon get the truth of the situation.

 

[clarky]

Why would there be an arrest if there is a settlement with all parties involved in the matter? It's like asking for somebody to be arrested for trespassing when the tresspasser and land owner have worked thi gs out amicably. Doesn't mean the trespassing didn't happen either.

I don't think you can settle something like this? Tresspass is a little different to grooming a minor.

Eg. dude just killed my wife but we settled for 10 million. Case closed.

I dunno i'm not a solicitor.

 

[Revolutionary]

Like I said in the other thread: it seems no one has learned from what happened to Chris Avellone. Dropped from a bunch of projects (causing said projects to suffer immensely) based on what ended up being false allegations.

Dude who made the allegations better have receipts.

 

[clarky]

Dude who made the allegations better have receipts.

He has. From is Band's gig's lol.

 

[ProtoByte]

Chris Avellone, anyone? No, clearly, that's been forgotten.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

The timing of that music though when he gets that message

how bad is it?! that's the only thing I am wondering .

 

[rabbity-thing]

I simply find it very hard to believe that this irrefutable proof has been circling the industry and nobody has leaked even a crumb of it. This is some Area 51 level secret keeping in an environment that leaks everything.

Nah... turning a blind eye to disreputable behavior and keeping secrets is crazy commonplace where there's money/power involved. Those knee jerk reactions you mention are a response to the open secrets that persisted for so long before the metoo movement. Much of it is an overcorrection, to be sure, but it's an overcorrection that makes sense when put into a larger context.

One need only look at something like the Justin Roiland situation (which I bring up because it kind of mirrors the speculations surrounding doc) to see that burying shocking revelations is pretty standard practice. Nothing Area 51 about it. Just Tuesday.

 

[mitch1971]

If he is a co-founder of the studio can they just heave him out 'just like that'?

 

[gothmog]

And if he gets cleared I hope he makes bank off all of them

It's not a crime to distance yourself from someone with a bad reputation.

 

[Three]

I don't think you can settle something like this? Tresspass is a little different to grooming a minor.

Eg. dude just killed my wife but we settled for 10 million. Case closed.

I dunno i'm not a solicitor.

It's usually not that clear cut. Your victim isn't dead. Micheal Jackson settled a child abuse case by paying $25M to the family that brought the case against him. Didn't make him guilty of anything but you can often settle a case with those involved and they drop charges. Nobody needs to get arrested. Murder is something else.

 

[clarky]

It's usually not that clear cut. Your victim isn't dead. Micheal Jackson settled a child abuse case by paying $25M to the family that brought the case against him. Didn't make him guilty of anything but you can often settle a case with those involved and they drop charges. Murder is something else.

Michael Jackson didn't do anything though

Correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't MJ's case that was settled a civil matter? He still got charged and tried in a criminal court, again i could be wrong.

Edit: looks like they did settle, odd that they can do that.

 

[Warablo]

Rather damning his own gaming company cut ties with him now too.

 

[ProtoByte]

Nah... turning a blind eye to disreputable behavior and keeping secrets is crazy commonplace where there's money/power involved. Those knee jerk reactions you mention are a response to the open secrets that persisted for so long before the metoo movement. Much of it is an overcorrection, to be sure, but it's an overcorrection that makes sense when put into a larger context.

One need only look at something like the Justin Roiland situation (which I bring up because it kind of mirrors the speculations surrounding doc) to see that burying shocking revelations is pretty standard practice. Nothing Area 51 about it. Just Tuesday.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Roiland situation was that he was exposed for an arrest and bail for a case that later got dropped on insufficient evidence. Before it did, fans who had interacted with him rode the wave and created the narrative that he was "grooming" individuals by dropping contact with them until they were of age upon discovery of the fact that they weren't at the time.

Nobody wants to hear the details of stuff like that though. Certainly not for someone like Justin Roiland.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

It's usually not that clear cut. Your victim isn't dead. Micheal Jackson settled a child abuse case by paying $25M to the family that brought the case against him. Didn't make him guilty of anything but you can often settle a case with those involved and they drop charges. Nobody needs to get arrested. Murder is something else.

Michael Jackson didn't do anything though

Correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't MJ's case that was settled a civil matter? He still got charged and tried in a criminal court, again i could be wrong.

Edit: looks like they did settle, odd that they can do that.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Lol just caught up on this fiasco

So, assuming the alligation is true, twitch is either covering up a crime or he's skirting a gray area with whatever interactions he's had with the minor. If It is just outright sexting then the police should be involved but I find it hard to believe twitch is covering up a grooming incident

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

it seem more info is coming out in the next hours/days?

 

[Hrk69]

it seem more info is coming out in the next hours/days?

Another Asmongold lover

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Another Asmongold lover

not even subscribed. the algorithm loves him

 

[hinch7]

Assuming Doc is innocent, he should get the lawers out. What a shit situation with no actual receipts.