Don't know much about the DOTA 2 pro scene but that seems awfully unprofessional of Gabe to call him out in a public forum like that.
James is infinitely more unprofessional and toxic.
Don't know much about the DOTA 2 pro scene but that seems awfully unprofessional of Gabe to call him out in a public forum like that.
When you kick off the cast on day 1 and within the first 15 seconds of speaking you say "cunt" and insult someone...you're probably an unprofessional ass.
Calling him a douchebag is the kindest thing you say about the guy.
He has no place at any professional event.
Gaben was 1000% correct shitcanning him, publicly even.
But hey ho reddit circlejerk bring back 1gd plz he's so edgy.
From reading up a little and my loose understanding, he was the sort of 'rude' announcer type, but many found him entertaining. However, some of his comments may have gone to far, IE it seems he would call players doing badly, 'autistic,' and would make jabs about personal details of the player, and not in a particularly friendly way. I see some mentions on the calling people 'autistic' thing that he called out one of the players who has a mentally-handicapped brother in real life, and making fun of him about that.
I haven't seen any of this or watch this stuff, but this is what I picked up by skim reading around a bit out of curiosity.
I mean, he's done plenty of these kinds of things before with Valve, if they don't want him there they shouldn't invite him in the first place.
IMO Valve needs a complete change of their casters. The difference between the professionalism of a LoL cast and a Dota 2/CS:GO cast is immense.
"Let's not put ALL of the blame on James"
Yep. It's video games, why is it supposed to be "professional"I'd rather toss myself into the hudson than listen to professional casts, they're the least entertaining thing ever if you actually know the game
God I love ESEX. It's a parody site btw.According to this site he used the C word while doing a mic check. Idiot.
http://esportsexpress.com/2016/02/funeral-of-2gds-hosting-career-held-in-shanghai/
lower standards overall
God I love ESEX. It's a parody site btw.
Didn't a CSGO caster get into a fist fight with a player and still get invited back?
Da fuck
Yep. It's video games, why is it supposed to be "professional"
lol "told to be myself"
dota casting - and its community - needs an overhaul
Thanks, or read what I'm saying: You can't hire someone wanting them to do exactly what they've always done, and then be indignantly surprised when they do it. So, in this case, no, none of the blame is on him.
Know how you avoid the situation? Don't hire the guy you know acts like an ass in the first place. Promote casters that aren't toxic in an effort to make the community less accepting of that kind of thing all around. League is infinitely more professional.
Yep. It's video games, why is it supposed to be "professional"
What happened with Peru?My experience with this community has been uncontrollable racism and hate. What these people did to the innocent citizens of Peru is racial bludgeoning.
Well their casting group lost 1/2 of their personality. Bruno you're our only hope!
james is an ass, but he was probably the best thing about shanghai major panel
This dude's got some real chops shittalking people's personal appearance with that Nigel Thornberry ass accent.
Basically this. I still want to hear James's statement, but I think it's fairly safe to assume he majorly fucked up if Gabe himself says something, which is extremely rare in and of itself.Yep.
Yes GAF, it is possible to be professional, good at what you do AND entertaining all at the same time. Without being a dickhead.
Hopefully someone with a dream to cast and the silver tongue to do it gets found because if anything about James is true, it's that he was almost singularly responsible for the entertainment and energy on the commentator panel. It IS important to have someone entertaining on a panel if you're going to cut to panels for 15 minute chunks of time. They just need to find someone who can do that without being a cunt.
As I said in the main thread, when GABE NEWELL HIMSELF descends from his heavenly throne to bust your shit, you really fucked up. Best of luck to him. I'm sure he'll have opportunities to cast non-Major events in the Dota2 world. Or maybe he'll just want to move on completely. He did get nuked from high orbit by the most important single person in the world of PC gaming.
Oh the caster in question made fun of a player's mentally handicapped brother and also uses as "autism" as perjorative.
lol that's always a great way to create a shitty enviroment for players.
As I said in the main thread, when GABE NEWELL HIMSELF descends from his heavenly throne to bust your shit, you really fucked up.
Gabe calling someone an ass. The guy must have said something that really pissed off Gabe big time.
Where the fuck is Half Life 3!
Oh the caster in question made fun of a player's mentally handicapped brother and also uses as "autism" as perjorative.
lol that's always a great way to create a shitty enviroment for players.
They just need to find someone who can do that without being a cunt.
Did they hire him for the sole reason of being an ass?
Don't know much about the DOTA 2 pro scene but that seems awfully unprofessional of Gabe to call him out in a public forum like that.