eSports has a racism problem

[nightflight]

Next, "winning" will be considered sexist, racist and triggering!

 

[SummerMadness]

Next, "winning" will be considered sexist, racist and triggering!

I didn't realize you considered the comments directed at TerrenceM as not racist.

 

[nightflight]

I didn't realize you considered the comments directed at TerrenceM as not racist.

The question is, what's not racist?

http://everythingisracism.com/

 

[SummerMadness]

The question is, what's not racist?

http://everythingisracism.com/

I didn't realize you were dismissive of a black person being referred to as an animal and with racial slurs. That's sad.

 

[nightflight]

I didn't realize you were dismissive of a black person being referred to as an animal and with racial slurs. That's sad.

That's gaming.

 

[Vylo]

I only played the open beta. Thought it was fun but I can only be on a team that loses so badly before I'm done for a while.

That said the whole time I played I never saw anybody type anything outside of the hotkeyed comments. One consistent thing I've heard about the game is that nobody talks. Not even in the voice chats apparently, and if anybody is talking they are talking to themselves or passing out orders with nobody responding.

They talk, I talk quite a bit, especially if I'm Reinhardt. I figure my team would like to know when that big shield is going down, whether from damage, or from me retreating charging. I also announce ults being up. This is probably why I got a lot of positive feedback.

 

[TerranceL]

They talk, I talk quite a bit, especially if I'm Reinhardt. I figure my team would like to know when that big shield is going down, whether from damage, or from me retreating charging. I also announce ults being up. This is probably why I got a lot of positive feedback.

You sound like you'd make a great raid leader.

Was this on PC or console?

 

[TheQuietRiot]

They talk, I talk quite a bit, especially if I'm Reinhardt. I figure my team would like to know when that big shield is going down, whether from damage, or from me retreating charging. I also announce ults being up. This is probably why I got a lot of positive feedback.

 

[Chesterton]

I know, right? Just reading this stuff is making me want to start hurling slurs, racial and otherwise.

 

[TheQuietRiot]

It's the inner gamer coming out of us.

MUST
ABUSE
RANDOM PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET!

 

[nightflight]

1944: 18 year olds storm the beaches of Normandy.

2016: Adults whine about being insulted on the internet.

 

[TerranceL]

1944: 18 year olds storm the beaches of Normandy.

2016: Adults whine about being insulted on the internet.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. A COMPLETE AND TOTAL STRANGER SAID SOMETHING MEAN. SOMEONE I WILL NEVER MEET NOR SPEAK TO AGAIN.

THE HORROR.

 

[MehGuy]

1944: 18 year olds storm the beaches of Normandy.

2016: Adults whine about being insulted on the internet.

To be fair the people they sent to die on the beaches of Normandy (men) generally aren't complaining about being insulted on the internet (mainly women, lol).

 

[MehGuy]

Lol, one of my favorite Simpsons clips. So much humor from one word, that show was golden during its prime.

 

[TerranceL]

Lol, one of my favorite Simpsons clips. So much humor from one word, that show was golden during its prime.

I've used that clip many times on this forum for the exact same reason.

 

[nightflight]

To be fair the people they sent to die on the beaches of Normandy (men) generally aren't complaining about being insulted on the internet (mainly women, lol).

Good point, I shouldn't have let that get by me.

 

[MehGuy]

Good point, I shouldn't have let that get by me.

Yeah, one of the biggest reasons I get angry about people complaining about this generation being too whiny is because many of us men are shamed for doing just that. So why should we get criticized for doing something we don't even get the luxury to partake in? Lol.

We're supposed to be stone cold about our problems and coddle women. Heck most of the whiny male feminists are not even whiny on behalf of their own gender.

 

[Chesterton]

Yeah, one of the biggest reasons I get angry about people complaining about this generation being too whiny is because many of us men are shamed for doing just that. So why should we get criticized for doing something we don't even get the luxury to partake in? Lol.

We're supposed to be stone cold about our problems and coddle women. Heck most of the whiny male feminists are not even whiny on behalf of their own gender.

Am I reading this right? You're whining about people whining that your generation's too whiny while admitting that you're whiny?

 

[MehGuy]

Am I reading this right? You're whining about people whining that your generation's too whiny while admitting that you're whiny?

I'm talking about a specific context of whining. Mainly excessive whining about your own problems.

 

[Vylo]

You sound like you'd make a great raid leader.

Was this on PC or console?

I was a raid and guild leader for 2 years in WoW actually. Nothing spectacular, but we had a server first kill on a boss in Ulduar.

I play on PC.