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Fat_Cow posted:I wonder if that Singsing story is true. TheRat posted:what story  It's not as clearcut black and white as it was with Tobi and Grant, but it does raise a conversation on the topic of consent when both sides are poo poo at communication
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Without having any other information besides those 2 screenshots, Singsing seems like a womanizing rear end in a top hat, but not an actual rapist/sexual predator. Not exactly glowing praise here but IMO there is a difference between being a trashy PUA and what Tobi/Grant/Demon did. e: just noticed the new SA announcements, hopefully lowtax can just gently caress off forever without the forums dying. This is only place where I can shitpost about dota (twitter sucks and reddit is, well, reddit) IncendiaC fucked around with this message at 02:16 on Jun 26, 2020 |
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https://twitter.com/wykrhm/status/1276328312122425345?s=19 Good changes
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*reddit chud voice* but the lost value from the battle pass...
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Since these forums are being saved, I wanted to share with this thread my personal experience being stage crew (setting poo poo up) and a game referee three times for The International 2013-2015. I was the only non-Valve person in the booths during the main event. I only got that opportunity through people I met on these very forums, so I am forever grateful! I attended the second TI (first in the US) with a VIP ticket my friend who worked at Valve gave me. While it was a ton of fun watching a giant tournament like that, I felt guilty about getting to go to such a limited capacity event for free and not really do anything to contribute. So when TI rolled around next year I asked if there was any way I could help out during group stages with wrangling teams, or refereeing, or something. I was also a college student studying how to program computer games, so of course I want to work alongside Valve devs! They needed the help so they let me volunteer, and I did a well enough job during group stages they let me continue on to the main event. They invited me back the next year, and the year after that I figured I would ask to be hired as a contractor for the duration (3 weeks) so they could pay me and they did, so that was great! Staff had 3 meals a day catered, and I got a free massage everyday, so only volunteering for the first two years did not feel like exploitation. I can answer whatever questions y'all have about behind the scenes stuff for a big show like TI. I worked during the entire event; from setup in a hotel for the group stages to tearing down and packing up the main event at Benaroya Hall in 2013 and then Key Arena in 2014 and 2015. Stage crew was responsible for setting up all the rooms during group stages and also swapped equipment for each team between each round. Referees had to sit behind the team and watch all 5 of them to check to make sure they weren't using the internet, enabling steam chat, or doing anything outside of the game. I have lots of photos and some videos to share, here's some to start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13foAjwR5jM&t=15412s I am in the booth with NewBee when they won the grand finals in 2014. I look like I'm freaking out in this video because I was! The gg was called very suddenly, and my one main task was to stand in front of the door and make sure NewBee didn't run out in to the pyrotechnics going off right outside the door.  I made it to the front page of ESPN.com with Arteezy. I am a more accomplished athlete than most real athletes!  Testing the booths for TI 2015 
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Kill All Cops posted:that's pretty cool, always wanted an in on an event like that, how did you manage to network your way in and how come you didnt continue after 2015? My friend (who I met from these very forums!!) worked at Valve, and on Dota 2, and I asked him if I could volunteer to help during group stages in 2013. I did well enough that they kept me on for the main event, and then invited me back year after year. I didn't go after 2015 because I graduated college and moved to LA. Saying no made me so sad since the events were so fun to work at because all the other people were great! Valve stopped completely staffing the events with themselves after 2016.
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gently caress SNEEP posted:Since these forums are being saved, I wanted to share with this thread my personal experience being stage crew (setting poo poo up) and a game referee three times for The International 2013-2015. I was the only non-Valve person in the booths during the main event. I only got that opportunity through people I met on these very forums, so I am forever grateful! im upset we didnt get to meet! TI4 crew was a lot of fun and I still keep in touch with most of the goons I met to this day
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midas club brought hfn back because they cant win without him lmao
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Midas is using the amazing farming strat of initiating on camps with Untouchable Ench while Furion hits them.
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The REAL Goobusters posted:im upset we didnt get to meet! TI4 crew was a lot of fun and I still keep in touch with most of the goons I met to this day Every day of the main event was at least 14 hours of work, I hardly had anytime to check things out, and I definitely fell asleep backstage a couple times! I do remember meeting Minrad during TI5 I think. If you posted the signs goons had I bet I would recognize them :P Some pics from TI4:  Testing out caster machines during setup  Big Bruno  Testing player booths  Pano from morning of finals I think  Pre-Grand finals, we let the media take pics of the Aegis I guess  It's over! Don't catch on fire
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gently caress SNEEP posted:Since these forums are being saved, I wanted to share with this thread my personal experience being stage crew (setting poo poo up) and a game referee three times for The International 2013-2015. I was the only non-Valve person in the booths during the main event. I only got that opportunity through people I met on these very forums, so I am forever grateful! A cool post
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gently caress SNEEP posted:
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gently caress SNEEP posted:Every day of the main event was at least 14 hours of work, I hardly had anytime to check things out, and I definitely fell asleep backstage a couple times! You may remember the stoats sign! 
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The REAL Goobusters posted:You may remember the stoats sign! haha yes I do! I definitely would've seen it and recognized it while in the booth. I checked my photos just to see if it was in there and...  enhance 
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I'm sure the banter in the booths is usually pretty tame, but do you have any interesting stories of stuff you heard the players say?
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it's the me sign! it's the me sign!!!
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tote up a bags posted:it's the me sign! the sign doesnt say tote up a bags
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Kild posted:the sign doesnt say tote up a bags Don't listen to him, he's a RACOON goon!
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Any other pics of the Don't Play With TCJimbo sign?
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PFlax is a god - the only person to admit that they knew something and are ashamed they didn't do more. This is how the scene really gets to move forward, by taking a long honest look at everything not just ousting the abusers.
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 Quincy Smallvoice posted:which discord y'all at btw, is that a thing? This one was linked upthread. https://discord.gg/Y9V8Uw I think it's for anime but there's a dota channel. Kortel posted:I'd lurk there. I'm still kind of on the fence with BnR. They seem probation happy, some stuff is just disagreements with the mods. At least three mod/admins there have admitted to being sex pests, so... IncendiaC posted:Without having any other information besides those 2 screenshots, Singsing seems like a womanizing rear end in a top hat, but not an actual rapist/sexual predator. Not exactly glowing praise here but IMO there is a difference between being a trashy PUA and what Tobi/Grant/Demon did. What happened with demon? I've only heard the Grant/Tobi things. Acerbatus fucked around with this message at 10:02 on Jun 26, 2020 |
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Acerbatus posted:https://discord.gg/Y9V8Uw Oh you sweet summer child. Reg date yesterday? Spais?
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Glory to Italia!
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ILL Machina posted:Oh you sweet summer child. I mean there's only 1 person banned recently that posts in this thread
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Acerbatus posted:What happened with demon? I've only heard the Grant/Tobi things. https://twitter.com/Eleine_Sun/status/1275606868384190465 https://twitter.com/Hot_Bid/status/1275978392689610753 https://twitter.com/kakigoritea/status/1276004587519053825 last link is here https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr9on3
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E: too quick, thanks for the new link
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Kild posted:I mean there's only 1 person banned recently that posts in this thread  Kill All Cops posted:https://twitter.com/Eleine_Sun/status/1275606868384190465 Huh. At least this is getting out now. I'm glad Pflax was both supportive of victims and reflecting on how he could do better. That's about as much as I could ask for.
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Dota Casting is going to end up being just PFlax and ODPixel so valve is going to have to unban James 2GD and Xyclopz and those will be your casting teams for every major.
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that's better than lumi trying to poorly explain why he thinks having mega creeps coming at you means better farming and more gold (instead of you know, being stuck inside your base trying to defend against every wave)
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TheRat posted:https://twitter.com/LDeeep/status/1276190055556509697?s=20 lmao about time.
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god that's dumb as hell. yeah, really gonna get an actual farm advantage when you can't have your entire team leave the base lest the creeps just win the game for the other team.
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Johnny Joestar posted:god that's dumb as hell. yeah, really gonna get an actual farm advantage when you can't have your entire team leave the base lest the creeps just win the game for the other team. It's a real thing that other casters have talked about although it rarely matters in practice. Getting mega creeps early *and* not being able to close the game can starve the winning team because all the waves get cleared by the megas.
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Arzachel posted:It's a real thing that other casters have talked about, getting mega creeps early *and* not being able to close the game can starve the winning team because all the waves get cleared by the megas. It's an incredibly niche situation where you are sufficiently far ahead that you have megas, but are unable to seal the deal and unable to leverage having the whole map of neutrals to farm up the items you need to close out the game before this bleed has any real effect.
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