I will donate to a gofundme to track down KZZ and pay him a monthly stipend to post.
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https://twitter.com/EvilGeniuses/status/1275575450765418496?s=20
Grant news has 'em cleaning house. They're going to forfeit the TI5 prizes soon.
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I will take broodstar back
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Esports is getting canceled
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i got $20 on it
not sure what "it" is but i still got $20
Ur next
How do you not understand that itâs enabling behavior when you admit you might condone it from someone you find suitable?
What I am saying is that throwing it out on the block isnât really fair if youâre going to keep the lines blurred with people you find attractive.
Itâs absurd to be like if youâre attractive Iâll accept this behavior but if youâre not this is morally wrong and sexual predation
Donât drag it out into a conversation about sex being used by people in power if you donât want to see the whole picture.
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I offer free hype coaching and u say Iâma be canceled?!
Yeah, it does. Because you probably are.
Ajeis's been writing a post for 2 hours
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Is he having a seizure or maybe just butt-dialing?
Nice.
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and how is that?
I might have missed something. Kittens was propositioned and said no thanks. Did she actually call him a sexual predator for asking?
Kittens is definitely mentally unstable
think it's just implied "creepy". Which nyte is saying when you base your judgement of "creepy" vs. "flirty" on whether the person is attractive or not is hypocritical
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Thx for explaining that. I guess I understand now.
Hello. This is probably going out to the void and I doubt anyone is going to care but w/e. I don't play much anymore, or post much anymore, or communicate with most of you with the frequency that I used to when I was younger. Life has a way of just happening. I check in every now and then just to see how people are, and the state of how things are going. I used to know or interact with a lot of you in some form over the years. Many of you were role models to an extent, friends, "older brother" types that I've learned a lot from over the years- more than just about dota. Some of you were teammates, some of you were rivals, some(most) of you were assholes with big egos and short tempers with a chip on your shoulder and something to prove. I feel like we've all been there at some point, so I get where it comes from. This game and this community has had a way of influencing us all that I think no other game, or community really has been able to replicate. I don't think any of us would be here if it didn't, and I don't think we realize how much we influence others.
I am disgusted and ashamed at the state of the dota community in general for the most part, not even referring to the Grant situation. The sad thing is the collective behavior is nothing new. I don't know if the extended absence has given me fresh perspective, or if maybe I'm just growing up. There's just something about the internet that brings the worst out in people.
I don't know exactly what happened with the Grant situation, I didn't even know anything bad happened until recently, but it just seems incredibly shitty for everyone. I was at the smash bros shindig at ti4, and most of you seemed alright- but after reading the story that got posted on twitter, I just feel shitty. Grant seemed very wasted- his entrance was to smack a drink out of someone's hand when he first walked in to Phil/Dan's room, but everyone became pretty buddy buddy soon after so I just chalked it up to drunk Grant antics. The girl he was with definitely played a lot of smash throughout the night. One of my friend's was sitting next to her and tried talking to her, but she just stared at him and didn't say anything. It definitely was weird behavior, but he just assumed she was a weirdo, or stuck up, or really, really, shy. I wasn't made aware to any of this information until the next day at some point. Looking back she might have been on something, but some people have been known to be more "experimental" traveling to events or LANs like this away from home, and no one was doing anything creepy or weird to her to my knowledge while we were in Phil/Dan's room that I remember- and she didn't seem to need any immediate medical attention or anything(I'm not a doctor though). She just seemed really zoned out so I don't think people wanted to ruin any vibes she had going. At some point people wanted to go dancing, which terrified me because I don't know how to dance well(still don't), and so we all left at some point to go to some bar with a dance floor where I managed to embarrass myself. I never saw anything bad happen at Phil/Dan's room or at the bar regarding Grant and the girl- she just seemed kind of spacey, but a lot of people were intoxicated with something(alcohol for most). After the bar closed and kicked us out(and the bouncer smacked the cup of ice out of my hand- milkshake got mad about that but I'm glad the bouncer did it cus I was dumb enough to think it'd be okay walking around seattle drunk at like 2am or w/e with a cup in my hand in public. It just stemmed from a misunderstanding. He said no cups, but I heard something else.)- After, I made my way back to my hotel like an hour away from the venue with my friends(one of them was DD).
None of what I said should be used to support, accuse, or defend anyone. I'm just giving my experiences about what I remembered that night, but I had been very drunk and a lot of time has passed, so I don't know how "reliable" anything I said would be or even how accurate any of what I said is. I just feel like shit about the whole thing because two people's lives are ruined and the community is having to go through this shit and I felt like because I was there earlier on in the night I could have done something to try and help them both from whatever ended up happening.
I'm just really over the way people treat others, and it makes me not want to participate in this community, but it's everywhere you go.
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