He's married!!?? There was me thinking those DMs suggested a desperately lonely man who hadn't had female contact for many years. Probably not married for much longer after this.
Bunny Ayumi (streamer/cosplayer) says MikeZ “was incredibly disrespectful in DMS and made me very uncomfortable." [Update: MZ Apology in Threadmarks]
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Honestly, a lot of people just treat MK11 as a single player game. Following that, it just straight up wasn't released in Asia. And then, some people just don't like the gameplay. MK11 is a lot slower and more methodical than MKX or IJ2 was. I like it, but even I think it could do with a slight speed increase and a few more combo options.
In this thread I see, people making excuses for this guy, defending the little slap on the wrist for this guy and people trying to discredit anybody that speaks out against this guy. I thought this place was better than this.
This dude made an "I can't breathe" joke on stream, is accused of racism in the work place and other shitty things.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, fuck him. I don't even want to type his name. My people are being killed by people who are supposed to "protect and serve" and he thinks it's ok to joke about it. Fuck him!
This dude made an "I can't breathe" joke on stream, is accused of racism in the work place and other shitty things.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, fuck him. I don't even want to type his name. My people are being killed by people who are supposed to "protect and serve" and he thinks it's ok to joke about it. Fuck him!
Yup that's the right stance, he should be banned from all events including evo.
He could and should totally do both.
If the community doesn't feel right with him in his current capacity and he hasn't done anything to better himself, that doesn't seem like an unfair situation. I could be wrong but I don't feel like any of his actions are deep seated in hate or anything, he needs to work on himself so he can be a better person to everyone else, he's not beyond redemption or anything. I don't think it's as simple as 'I'm sorry, I'll be better' and then give him a pass... he should have support in getting better, that's the best way to do it, especially if he has the means to do so.
The NRS tournament crowd just isn't that big. There's a reason people joke that MK at EVO is SonicFox's event to lose every year. There are very, very few people that put in the level of time and effort that he does on those games.
So maybe I'm a little off here but it really kinda rubs me the wrong way that so many people want to defend Skullgirls still being at Evo. As the Harry Potter thread has shown, while apparently not a huge amount, a sizable portion of the community thinks that you can't separate the art from the artist and how because of JK Rowling's terrible viewpoints, they will not buy the Harry Potter game because they don't won't to monetarily reward a bigoted individual. It's not the only game where people have decided to not purchase a game for similar reasons.
For Skullgirls, I feel for the community, I really do. It sucks that the creator of a game you love is a sex pest and apparently a racist too. But Evo is the biggest fighting game tournament out there. A lot of eyes are going to be on the tournament and that means a lot of eyes will probably be discovering Skullgirls for the first time. Lab Zero and Mike Z are going to profit from this, there's no two ways about it. More eyes on the game = more sales. I just have a hard time seeing why removing Skullgirls form the lineup should be seen as a bad thing, but it's a weird situation seeing as the community seems to be relatively progressive.
For Skullgirls, I feel for the community, I really do. It sucks that the creator of a game you love is a sex pest and apparently a racist too. But Evo is the biggest fighting game tournament out there. A lot of eyes are going to be on the tournament and that means a lot of eyes will probably be discovering Skullgirls for the first time. Lab Zero and Mike Z are going to profit from this, there's no two ways about it. More eyes on the game = more sales. I just have a hard time seeing why removing Skullgirls form the lineup should be seen as a bad thing, but it's a weird situation seeing as the community seems to be relatively progressive.
