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[Fersis]

Sp00ky's stream gear were jacked by the Dept. of Homeland Security on his way back from Toronto Game Championship 12.
Spooky is one of the most beloved and respected member of the Fighting Game Community.

Source: iPlaywinner

Team Sp00ky twitter: @teamspooky (Show the man some love)

The fucked up part is, after jacking @teamspooky stream gear DHS made him pay for his ticket to get back to NY.

#freesp00ky

 

[Pepto]

That's terrible.

 

[SouthernDragon]

Wait, what? Why?

 

[sssstententen]

Wait, what?!?

 

[djplaeskool]

Expoooooosed

 

[The Faceless Master]

i always thought sp00ky looked kinda shady... no doubt his stream donations go towards funding terrorism!!!

 

[Brobzoid]

yo, daaaaaamn. we will never be free again #freespooky

 

[Cow Mengde]

Thank god the didn't have a PS2.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

WTF!

 

[sixteen-bit]

Expoooooosed

said "what a blow-up" one too many times

 

[Hot Coldman]

Cue a million jokes about Spooky being free once this is over

 

[Xater]

I just read it myself as well crazy stuff.

 

[zephervack]

What the hell, im traveling to the US in December with a laptop and DSLR and a bunch of lenses to shoot a wedding, is it possible that i will get my stuff seized, this is terrible.

 

[walking fiend]

who are they?

 

[Gravijah]

streaming is ruining this country

 

[[Nintex]]

What the hell, im traveling to the US in December with a laptop and DSLR and a bunch of lenses to shoot a wedding, is it possible that i will get my stuff seized, this is terrible.

Your shit will be seized and you'll end up in Guantanamo.

 

[Fersis]

who are they?

Oh yeah i totally forgot to put that in the OP V__V
Is a very well known streamer of Fighting Games.

 

[ProtoCents]

Department of Homeland Security - Preserving our Freedoms.

 

[jett]

Man that sucks.

 

[Amagon]

stay free







Holy shit, is that shitty or what!

 

[Mileena]

they probably got mad that every other word on the stream is salty, godlike, exposed, on blast

 

[Fersis]

The fucked up part is, after jacking @teamspooky stream gear DHS made him pay for his ticket to get back to NY.

Thats awful. Damn =/

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

I'm sorry.

 

[giancarlo123x]

This is crap, I hope this gets fixed soon.

 

[kamspy]

I feel safer already. Good job Homeland Security.

 

[sixteen-bit]

What the hell, im traveling to the US in December with a laptop and DSLR and a bunch of lenses to shoot a wedding, is it possible that i will get my stuff seized, this is terrible.

What if you mail it instead?

 

[Fantastical]

Am I the only one who doesn't know who this is?

 

[djplaeskool]

they probably got mad that every other word on the stream is salty, godlike, exposed, on blast

SWAG

 

[soloscout]

What is this i don't even...

Best fighting stream ever, hope this gets resolved and fast

 

[Dexa]

oh man - crazy whats legal nowadays.

 

[Venfayth]

Sucks for spooky and fighting game streaming in general. On an unrelated note, I hate most of the casters on spooky, so annoying to listen to 50% of the time, very insightful and informative the other 50% of the time.

 

[ThatCrazyGuy]

People are saying there is a low chance of getting his stuff back?

What does HLS do with stuff they take? Don't they just look at the HD, and see there is no terrorist shit on it and give it back?

It will just sit in a warehouse somewhere?

This all seems fucked up, that they can take your stuff like that. With no real reason?

 

[Kandrick]

What the fuck USA ?

 

[Buzzati]

I've heard horror stories of DHS not giving people their equipment back. Hopefully they're just the vocal minority. What a bunch of nonsense.

 

[Conceited]

As I said in the other thread, I had an uncle who used to do these seizures for a living, and from what he told me there is a very low chance of ever getting your stuff back.

#FreeSp00ky

 

[Infinite Justice]

WAT?

 

[Rickenslacker]

This sucks.

 

[Emitan]

lets figure out how this is capcoms fault

 

[FStop7]

Are you fucking kidding me?

This makes me never want to travel with my laptop and camera ever again.

 

[Live Free or Die]

why would anyone question Homeland Security? They keep us safe.

 

[zephervack]

hmm so in reading more, it seems that if DHS thinks that you are violating copyright in any way, they will seize your stuff to check, and checking can take from 1 year to forever. This guy might never get his stuff back. Broken system.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

keep supporting those hollywood movies! my suspicion is they think this equipment is tied into counterfeiting.

the government: the MPAA's lapdog.

 

[Conceited]

lets figure out how this is capcoms fault

It was the SRK illuminati.

 

[Seven Force]

Whoa, this is fucked up.

 

[Akuun]

What the FUCK

 

[Rynge]

obligatory "i call bullshit!" post.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

God damn it, fuck this shit.

 

[OnPoint]

That's pretty shitty

 

[FINALBOSS]

The DHS doesn't just take your shit for no reason.

 

[Xater]

I don't even get how this is possible. For shit like this shouldn't there be at least reasonable suspicion or something? This just looks like they acted randomly and/or out on whim. Poor guy. I am feeling for Sp00ky, dude does great work for the fighting game community.