It has been confirmed that Johnathan "Alex Strife" Lugo will no longer be involved with the Smash tournament Apex.
Lugo - who held the positions of Chief Executive Officer, Sponsorship Manager and Qualifiers Manager at Apex, which he helped found back in 2008 - has voluntarily stepped down following a series of damning allegations relating to sexual harassment towards female members of the Super Smash Bros. competitive community.
A tweet by Smash player Kay on Sunday seemed to be the catalyst for recent events, and since then other female players have come forward voicing their own concerns about Lugo's behaviour - many citing troubling online conversations they had had with him over the past few years.
https://twitter.com/kaytheproblem/status/556915049588338689
Possibly the most damning claims came from fellow Apex organizer Mark "ChiboSempai" Korsak, who wrote of his own experiences with Lugo:
I have known Strife for quite a while, and have been quite close with him as a friend in the past. Due to the sheer amount of activities I have been involved with in the communities and the amount of work I have done with Strife, I know some of the most terrible, embarrassing, and disgusting things that this person has done to our community.
Apex has been running for six years now and ranks as one of the biggest Smash tournaments in the world. The timing of these allegations couldn't be worse, as this year marks the first time that Nintendo has officially supported the event.
Apex has issued an official statement regarding the matter:
At this time, Alex Strife will be stepping down from his duties at Apex. We will be moving forward with Apex 2015. As it stands Apex 2015 is the largest Smash Brothers tournament ever and the Apex staff hopes to bring you the best experience we can.
Speaking to Kotaku, Apex social media coordinator Will Hsiao added:
Team Apex and Alex Strife made a mutual decision that he will step down from Apex. No Apex members were aware of any of these allegations that became public. Alex has made no comment. That's all we can say at this point, thanks.
According to Kotaku, Lugo is unavailable for comment.
[source kotaku.com]
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It's pretty bad that a tornament host would be doing this sort of thing to his own competitors, and for so long too.
Is that Slippy Toad in the tweet picture after the comment?
To read news like this is bad as it sounds like he been doing it for years.
How comes he wasn't removed sooner.
He should of been Named and shamed years ago for this.
TMZLife
Always dissapointing to hear this, and especially if its associated with Nintendo, but things like these do happen everywhere. Lets hope people like strifer can be put to justice a bit earlier next time!
@KirbyKirbyKirby
The sad part is he was named and shamed years ago but its taken far too long for anything to amount from it.
Apparently his stepping down was also partially due to disparaging transphopic comments he had been making.
I'd say to conduct an investigation just to check the veracity of the accusers. Not saying they're all lying, but that overtime, details tend to become exaggerated.
If though beyond a shadow of a doubt he has been doing so, shame on him, and shame on apex, for not catching this sooner. Certainly someone must have mentioned it at some point right?
Kay is a problem. Tournaments are filled with smack talk, bad talk, and all sorts of other unpleasant things. Don't like it, don't go to them.
People wont always say things you like and they will say mean things to you, screwing with someone's job because of it is just a low and powerless way of getting revenge and revenge is for the weak.
Grow a pair. Grow up. This is life, stop ruining people's lives because they hurt your ego.
Uh oh, I can sense this comment thread getting heated.
I kinda agree with the above poster. As someone who does event hosting of his own as a sort of entertainer, and who also struggles with finding someone to date, I dread having my attempts at flirting be called 'sexual harassment'. I know some people are polyamorous unquenchable perverts, but the thought of being lumped into that category because I happen to flirt with the wrong person is a very scary one.
Some people freak out over a light hug, while others have no issues with a shoulder rub and back scratching. Then there's those that'll act like it's all okay to your face and then pooooooooooooooooopypoooooooooooop-talk behind your back about how much of a creeper you are. Is it really so hard to communicate these things, women? :<
@AugustusOxy @TobiasAmaranth If you want the actual story, go look at the multiple threads on /r/smashbros.
@sboles66
Oh my god, someone save the children. I bet the girl went right home and killed herself afterwards didn't she? I've seen a lot worse go on at tourneys before.
If being hit on by a creepy older dude is the worst thing that happened to this girl up until this point in her life-- well guess what; she's had a pretty good life.
Announcer: "FAILURE!"
Crowd: "Ohhhh..."
@AugustusOxy So if women do not want to be subjected to sexual harassment, or won't accept or ignore sexual harassment, they shouldn't go to tournaments?
Is that what you mean by this comment: "Tournaments are filled with smack talk, bad talk, and all sorts of other unpleasant things. Don't like it, don't go to them.".
Good luck comments section,yer gonna need it
@luke88
Harassment is a touchy subject, I get it.
But as far as I'm concerned, there are laws in place for said problem. I've had a stalker for the better part of 3 years and I just recently got said stalker thrown in jail and he is facing prison time.
I went to the police about it, I didn't gang up on social media and try to ruin my stalker's life. The law exists for a reason-- this poopypoop is just plain revenge nonsense.
Also everything I'm reading that this guy said is fricken child's play to compared to some of the nonsense I see women put up with at these kind of get-togethers. But then again, that is a whole other subject.
Regardless though-- I'm a libetarian in the respect that I believe free speech should be just that. As long as no one is being threatened, people should be allowed to say whatever stupid poopypoopypoopypoop they want.
But continue on with this social justice non-sense, life ruining BS and we'll continue to destroy our own freedoms for a false sense of security. While people are complaining about this guy online and ruining his life, real pedophiles are assaulting children as we speak.
There is a little food for thought for ya.
@AugustusOxy
You got stalked by another dude? yikes
@MasterBlaster
Yeah, its not 'that' kind of stalking. He didn't want to screw me, at least I don't think he did. He wanted to ruin my life, wanted to beat me up, hurt my pets, that sort of thing. He succeeded in hurting some people really close to me. Its not a very fun subject to discuss, but I bring it up because people who have experienced real harassment/rape/or anything like it see this sort of nonsense as being just THAT.
Nonsense. This cheapens the value of the term sexual harassment and worst of all; brings all sorts of unwanted attention to the victim, which is more damaging than the actual act of harassment in many cases.
But then again no one is going to think like that. Everyone's got their torches and pitch forks and they're gonna chase the monster up into the windmill and burn him alive. I'm probably not going to comment any more on this article mainly because a I can tell the IQ gap between me and my nitpickers is too wide and it negates any chance of a redeemable 'discussion'.
@AugustusOxy The boundaries of right and wrong should still stand though. Women shouldn't have to be subjected to harassment. He made his choices, the other side got their revenge. He obviously didn't deserve the job of he wasn't going to be professional. He also shows indications of a pedophile, which means he needs to be shipped off to a desert, far away from humanity. I'd also like to mention that aligning your perception to strict political beliefs seems rather illogical. Why not take beliefs from several things instead of just one?
This. This kind of behavior is why so many women don't want to be associated with being a gamer. It is disgusting. It is 2015 and women still can't enjoy video games as a hobby without having to look over our shoulders. Gamers as a community need to take a stand and say that this sort of behavior will not be tolerated.
The feminists strike again! Don't worry fellow masculists, we'll get them next time.
@AugustusOxy "I'm probably not going to comment any more on this article mainly because a I can tell the IQ gap between me and my nitpickers is too wide and it negates any chance of a redeemable 'discussion'."
So you're saying that because people have different beliefs than you, it makes your beliefs elite over theirs? How naive and pompous does that sound?
@AugustusOxy
I don't tend to differentiate much between those who commit harrasment an those who support or defend it.
You sir, are a moron. Keep your hate to yourself and look into the law.
@BlatantlyHeroic Can't blame you. Feminism, human decency, family values, I don't care what you call it. These guys are getting butthurt over our objection to a guy hitting on a girl half his age who's too pretentious to stop it. Cause that's "just flirting." Yeah, they can keep telling themselves that. Good thing they're on the losing side of history. Maybe they'll try to start a controversy again, but nothing can help them look any less stupid, and classless for that matter.
@AugustusOxy ...I guess you shoulda grown a pair when you reported that stalker of yours, following your logic at least. Oh wait, is that a fallacy?
@Octane What the exactly does this have to do with feminism? Nice attempt at humour.
Why are there so many morons on this thread, or website for that matter??
@moderators, please step in here and adjust some of the plain offensive and stupid comments made. I am deeply disappointed. I thought this site was a Nintendo community, not a plymph for bigoted, inconsiderate idiots to disease civilised discussion.
For anyone to suggest that this man deserved anything less than losing his job for harassing young girls is frankly, disgusting.
@HappyMaskedGuy Yeah. The mods will take care of him soon enough. Then he'll file a 1st amendment breach knowing them. You can say what you want, but not on someone else's site, and quite frankly, I can see why they wouldn't want such low lives around.
If some slob like that talked that way to my daughter then they wouldn't be hosting anymore tournaments.....apart from with the fishes.
@Ryu_Niiyama My group of friends has both males and females, and we're the video game / anime clique at my school. I don't feel misrepresented, cause idiocy isn't that dominant. They're just a small bunch of losers upset that they couldn't get a date, and want to feel strong, and in the majority. In reality, they're few of the average population, and dwindling. Rightfully so. They throw their tantrums, make their scenes, they just look stupid doing so. Stuff like this makes them come out of the woodwork, they pretentiously perceive it as them being wronged. Pitiful beings.
@PLATINUM7
I didn't know cheers for the info
@Vincent294
I hope they get rid of these people for good. This community is read and enjoyed by people of all genders, ages and ethnicity. There is no room for people's political or social ignorance. The whole thing has horrified me- this is meant to be a safe place for Nintendo fans, no matter who they are.
Seriously guys, sort this out.
@YorkshireNed Couldn't agree more. These people deserve to be disgraced. Then disappear....
@HappyMaskedGuy Yeah. Social darwinism will do its duty. That guy should promote that perv in question in front of his family, around his friends, and inside his church if he has one. It doesn't take a second to know what people would think of him. Trash standards. No wonder he has to give this crap on the internet, I wouldn't be surprised if he started some too with the guy who was stalking him. Who knows? Hard to take anything he says seriously. For all we know, his definition of wronged could be being upheld to basic standards.
I hate s*** like this. Worst part is that it's almost impossible to get down to the full truth, because it's someone's word against someone else's in most cases. There is rarely any concrete evidence supporting either side, meaning it's essentially a coin toss.
I guess that it's a relatively safe bet against him this time around, considering "ChiboSempai" his claims, but even then it's hard to tell whether said person has a grudge or something along those lines. It's such a pain how nothing can be taken at face value in situations like these.
Still, in this case it seems like a decent bet to say he's guilty, at least to some degree. I'd say that they should keep it at this though, I consider the evidence enough to kick him out, but not enough for a freaking lynching mob.
@Octane While the feminist movement has created a lot of issues, I don't think this is one of them. A case can be made for it causing the mentality of guilty until proven innocent, but I don't think this specific instance has too direct a relation to that mindset. As long as we don't form the aforementioned lynching mob before any concrete evidence pops up, I don't think it's reasonable to pin the blame on the feminists this time around.
Unless that lynching mob has already been forming on Twitter and the like, in which case I'll eat my words.
@AugustusOxy Jesus Christ, you're literally defending a pedophile. Don't try to make it sound like it's not that, or that you have justified reason, because you are straight up defending a pedophile. There's a difference between "growing a pair" and dealing with sexual harassment without saying anything. Don't you think it would be brave to step up and speak out against something like this if it happens, especially to someone who runs the biggest Smash tournament there is? Oh wait, I forgot, excuse me. If you ever tell anyone anything bad that is happening to you that automatically makes you a wimp or weak or someone who "can't deal with it" or whatever the excuse of the week is. This is a case of legitimate wrongdoing, not yet another "feminist conspiracy". And when you bring your one sided, sexist beliefs into your one sided conversation, I am done with you.
Edit: Sorry, I forgot I'm not allowed to say anything on the contrary because that automatically means I'm dumb. Great defense.
@HappyMaskedGuy
I don't take articles like this seriously. Mainly because we weren't there and nobody has concrete evidence. You can call each other all you want, but that doesn't lead you anywhere. That being said, @AugustusOxy has said everything that needed to be said, I couldn't agree more.
@Octane We may not have been there, but when he has no comment, has resigned, and has an old friend backing up the claims, I'd say it's pretty safe to say he did it, and if he did, there's no sticking up for him.
To the comments: Oh shut up. Your opinion won't affect anything at this point so don't bother xD
Dear God, are some of you seriously trying to defend this guy? Idiots!
@Chrizzel28 This clearly hasn't been a case of just someone saying, 'He sent me a message'. I'm pretty sure the evidence was presented on multiple fronts, enough to have seen him found guilty. Instead of all this 'it could be someone lying' nonsense, consider what has happened following the allegations. I can't understand why people like you are more willing to doubt someone's guilt over this if the evidence has clearly resulted in a verdict of guilty, hence his job loss.
I mean seriously- use your brains people. Stop giving predators like this guy a place to hide under your benefit of doubt. Almost purely I'll bet, because he's male. This isn't a case of some girl getting revenge by lying. She would need evidence, which multiple sources have clearly provided.
The guy is guilty. Accept it and support the victims- or would that be easier for you if they were young males harassed by an older man? Get a grip.
This is why people have proposed a blocking system. Though one is generally ban-worthy if enough people don't want to see them.
@DiscoGentleman Spot on.
@Octane Oh, agreed. I don't believe any crime has ever happened. The thousands of pages of evidence against a person is clearly just invented by the Space Illuminati.
@AugustusOxy The only people who proudly proclaim their "IQ gap" are those who work at Taco Bell, but totally once went to a library that one time.
@Vincent294 Agreed- @Octane to dismiss these claims because YOU weren't there (oh the ego...) despite the fact that evidence overwhelmingly points to this mans guilt, is moronic.
I'm sure you would be singing a very different tune if a victim were a younger sister or daughter of yours.
Go take a walk and reconsider what being a man really is. Get informed, pal.
@russellohh Looks at the lack of comment, resignation, and old friends' backing of the claims...
@Vincent294 @Xilef @DiscoGentleman @russellohh
Thank you all for having intelligence, being informed and telling the morons on here how disgraceful their views are. Genuinely grateful, because many comments on this article would have darkened my day considerably more than they have already.
Just saying!
@AugustusOxy do you have a daughter? Perhaps not (age, choice, don't matter which), which is fine. But if some old pervert was hitting on your (daughter), I GUARANTEE that dude would get his butt whooped! My brother (he has a daughter) read this and said so himself, along with the other guys in the office... So, I think your mentality here may be a bit ... Inappropriate, shall we say? Trust me, if some guy was hitting on your girl, you'd have something to say about it .
@DiscoGentleman thank you!
@HappyMaskedGuy Yeah. Even if you weren't here, I'd still have hope, seeing as half the people making political comments on the internet only do so out of spite, and are few in number. Often the most radical, pitiful ones.
@AugustusOxy this sounds made up... Seriously. And I don't find it funny. Not in the least. If you were truly "stalked" as you claim, then your belief would be that he got his "just desserts"... I am 100% sure you cost your stalker his job... How is that not similar to what happened to this guy? This guy should count his lucky stars (NOT a Mario reference, no pun intended) HE is not sitting next to your stalker! (If said stalker is even real) oh, I'm not going to reply to any of your posts any longer, simply because my plush wolf stated that you just might be crazy... The rest of you, chime in!
@Platypus101 People like him always try to back up their idiotic views when they come under scrutiny by claiming to have first hand experience with the topic concerned.
Moron psychology 101- if in doubt, lie.
@HappyMaskedGuy I figured... My 9-year-old nephew does the same thing...
@luke88 now now... What he meant was "Women with any skill at Smash should not be in Touneys! Sausagefest 2015! Woot!" Ahem...
Honestly, this old discussion... Feminism is a betrayed revolution. Almost anyone that takes some time to look into its present state will see that it has just gone downhill in the last few years. At the very least I recommend looking into the vile s*** that has been said under the banner of feminism. A classic example that comes to mind is Hilary Clinton saying that women are the primary victims of war. I could probably dig up some more 'gems' like that, if anyone is interested for whatever reason. In some way, I guess it's the fate of all ideologies to succumb to extremism...
Point being (and one I unfortunately have some trouble articulating): don't attach so much worth to a title. What someone identifies as does not make one a bigot, racist or sexist by default. Whether someone is pro or anti feminism doesn't mean jack until you actually hear what they specifically say. While I'd argue feminism is a bad thing these days, I don't think it's reasonable to attack someone solely on the basis of him/her being a feminist. If you have an ideology, try not to be blinded by it. This applies to both people and claims; don't trust someone blindly because he or she has the same ideology as you. And if someone else claims to have an ideology you disagree with, try asking about his/her actual thoughts before judging said person. It would be lazy to do otherwise. I'm not necessarily saying that this has already been happening here, but it's a pitfall anyone should be aware of.
If any part of my post seems particularly unreasonable, please tell me. Best case scenario is that I get a good point thrown at me, worst case scenario is that I'll have to elaborate on my views. More or less a win-win situation, as far as I'm concerned. I just hope I won't be treated with the same lack of maturity that has been displayed here by both sides, but if that happens, nothing I can do about it, I guess.
@Chrizzel28 Some feminists make me wonder, but I don't think this is one of those cases. The people refuting this are either really freaking cynical, in denial, or both. Generally I'd refrain from such titles, and have thus far, but in my mind I'm pretty sure that the commenter in question (AugustusOxy) may very well be sexist, or at least one hell of a hypocrite.
@TobiasAmaranth seriously?! Keep your hands to yourself! Lemme ask you this, how many strange guys have you offered a backrub to? I understand the human need for touching, but your comment weirded me out! Ask your significant other if it would be fine if some stranger just up and gave them a backrub. Ask your parents ('specially your dad, I wanna know what he thinks!)... Yeah, the problem is not those around you. Dudes don't give random hugs to strangers either, just a heads up (just in case you didn't understand that, some homies in my town will straight up kick your butt should you even try) LOL!
@Vincent294 I was being silly I said no crime has ever happened, not that he didn't commit a crime.
Its my same response as when someone recently told me 9/11 and the Connecticut school shooting never actually happened, and were invented by the government. I replied "HA, you think NY and Connecticut actually exist? That's just what THEY want you to think!"
@TobiasAmaranth
>_> I don't care how close you are with a girl, if you're not dating, don't touch her, if you're not 100% sure she is into you, DON'T TOUCH HER.
That's just asking for trouble and awkwardness.
Anyway. What did this guy do? He looks to be another stupid boisterous nerd.
@Vincent294 Fair enough. It wasn't my intention to throw accusations around willy nilly, so if it came across like that, my apologies.
@DiscoGentleman If that was the impression I gave you, my apologies for that. However, what I meant to say is that an ideology in general can be s***, but that not all people in it are by default. Let me just pull up the classic example of religion: Judaism has a lot, and I mean a lot of awful stuff attached to its name. However, that doesn't mean jews are bad people by default, far from it. See where I'm trying to go with this? Even if someone follows the general lines of an idea that also includes a lot of awful nonsense (like killing your child to prove your loyalty to God, or the mentality of "guilty until proven innocent"), that doesn't mean that he or she actually agrees with those details.
@AugustusOxy That's sort of not the point. Just because you seen worst does not mean it is acceptable. We shouldn't tolerate this kind of behavior in the community. And this dude being a coordinator or whatever should have acted like a professional not a creep.
@russellohh Thanks for the clarity.
Damn what a heated comment section and it seems everyone hates @AugustusOxy now i call this a good day.But seriously did you and @TobiasAmaranth try to defend this guy?Wow just wow go home and read what you just posted both of you.The best part is you're not going to defend yourself,you're going to run away and hide with your tail between your legs.
@Chrizzel28 I didn't get that vibe, so don't worry, it's all good. If anything, that needed to be said. I haven't seen any misandry here, but if I did, that would be as relevant to the conversation as ever.
@LUIGITORNADO Here's the story, as noted earlier in the comments: "@AugustusOxy @TobiasAmaranth Jesus. It's like you don't pay attention. The dude was hitting on a 14 year old, "I'd totally go pedo for u". This isn't just some guy going "Ehhh bby wan some fuk" it was a guy harassing people. If you want the actual story, go look at the multiple threads on /r/smashbros."
Now that the nitty gritty is over let's enjoy our favorite Nintendo characters and friends beating the pixels out of each other
@OorWullie what's going on today on this site, eh?Some major comment section to and fro's to be keeping an eye on......opens another bag of popcorn.......
@AugustusOxy "some of the nonsense I see women put up with at these kind of get-togethers"
Yah, blame the women. The guy is a multiple offender. He's only going to get worse and needs help.
@Ryu_Niiyama Thank you.
@Octane You clearly don't know the meaning of the word feminist
@HappyMaskedGuy I used to think that this website had decent folk on it.
If 28 year old guy waited outside a school and started "flirting" with the 14 year olds leaving, we wouldn't be saying "Ah it's harmless, if they can't stand the flirting well then they shouldn't go to school"
@Vincent294
People will never cease to amaze me for their stupidity.
@Gubbie great analogy at the end there, should get it through to the simplest of folks even!
I wonder if @augustusOxy is reading all the fallout and maybe learning something outside of his own shallow immature opinions?!?
Good
Rubbish. Lucky he stepped down himself... voluntarily? Guy doesn't learn.
Guys I honestly can't. This problem goes WAY deeper than sexual harassment. Alex Strife is basically a huge scum bag, not ONLY because he harasses women:
"I would like to start with Apex 2010. Among many issues stands out, but the one that makes my skin crawl is the transportation of Japanese players to and from the venue and their hotel. Remember that this was the first time Japanese players had traveled to America to compete in a very long time, and the mode of transportation set up for our welcomed guests was via the back of a Uhaul truck. Incredibly unsafe, dangerous, and flat out disrespectful for treating guests from outside of our country to the best display of our tournaments and hospitality. How do I know this happened? I was guilt tripped into being the driver. Looking back at it, I probably should have denied doing this, but as far as I know someone else would have done it."
And then:
"And while I'm on the subject, Strife has said very negative things about multiple people in our community. Here's another one I have proof of, about one of our most influential Smash players at the moment, ZeRo. Strife tried to guilt trip him into helping promote Apex by lying to him saying that Nintendo would support Apex 2014 if Apex got 350-400 entrants for Brawl and that he'll have to cancel Apex if he doesn't get enough entrants."
And lastly: http://i.imgur.com/26SYPEp.png
Please do not defend this guy. I get he has problems, but please. If you guys want more, I have no problem showing more.
@DiscoGentleman Thank you. Not many people understand that feminism has been jumped upon as a bandwagon and made to look like a supremacist movement.
Does that make feminism bad? hell no. This same kind of thing has happened things such as atheism, OWS and even the world of academics because people want to be all high and mighty and feel as if they can do no wrong.
The most disgusting part of all this is that people who have been fighting for women's rights as far back as the 1950s are now being shunned and discredited because they don't want to take extreme positions and/or if they slightly disagree with anything. It's the No True Scotsman fallacy to the max, and it doesn't stay there.
I'm a guy and I'm not gay but I can tell the guy is fugly as hell. With that its more than obvious that he would do what he did.
Sigh Sadly, some stereotypes are true. :/ Gaming still has a long way to go.
@MagicEmperor Hilarious!!
@AugustusOxy I somewhat agree. Mob rule is not justice in any way shape or form.
@DiscoGentleman Feminism isn't about equal rights not any more. The women who are about that and identify as feminists get incredible amounts of hate from the mainstream feminists. (i.e the ones in the media). If they are about equal rights they should identify as egalitarians. Feminism now is about special privileges for women. As a female going into a male dominated industry you get special privileges (Higher chance of interview and job) the same doesn't apply to a male going into a female dominated industry. Look at the hate from the feminism movement towards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Pizzey
@DiscoGentleman Another thing is how would they treat the reverse situation. i.e a poisonous woman. I suspect the man would be blamed regardless of any other factors.
@HappyMaskedGuy I am not the person to judge this man, neither will I defend him, that's not my job, there's a court for that.
I'm surprised Nlife reported on this and I'm disappointed by the sheer amount of blunt idiotic ignorance in this comment section. Humanity never ceases to amaze me. Stay classy people.
I await the Encyclopedia Dramatica article on this. (It has proven to be the most objective source for information about this sort of Drama recently).
There would be no reason for him to voluntarily step down if he was innocent.
The comments made on the internet do not cease to amuse. And some of the clear touch-phobic people replying to me have obviously never been to a furry convention, where most people understand the broad scope of friendly touch, and where most things are not sexual.
Note: I don't give a damn about the guy in the topic, my words have nothing to do with whatever he did or didn't do. My words are just a voicing of concern over public shaming rather than proper communication with the other person. Just because I'm a host doesn't mean I'm above the other person. Just be direct with me if something's bothering you. Generally I can tell what the range of acceptability that sort of thing is with each person, but it's a matter of that one off-case where someone decides you wronged them and instead of approaching you directly, they spread rumors that people inflate to 100-times the negative implications. :<
To those saying "Hell if you'll touch me!": You aren't using your brains and are assuming I don't either. I'm preeeeetty sure I could tell touching your type would be a bad idea, mmkay? But on the same note, keep your nose out of my business with others who have different views. Don't speak for them.
This comment section is particularly astounding. I haven't seen this many clowns within such a brief time since my last visit to a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. ;D
@TobiasAmaranth Don't worry my furry friend is all ogre now.
Really now? We bully people out of their positions as public faces because they have harrassed someone?
@TobaisAmaranth People shouldn't have to be direct with you if they feel you've violated their right to personal space. You shouldn't be so direct with them in the first place — just because you think you can tell how comfortable someone is with it doesn't mean you should anyway. That person likely wont want to interact with you anymore after that, which is why they're not going to be direct with you about it.
I also simply don't understand your part about furry conventions. Just because it's accepted there does not mean it should be acceptable for everyone, nor should you assume the same for anyone at those cons either. Everyone has different personal boundaries, and those boundaries shouldn't be invaded in the first place, no matter where you are.
And just because some of us believe those actions aren't okay means we're "touch-phobic"? You mean people can't be uncomfortable with strangers touching them, and if they do they're paranoid? And again about your furry con bit — what do you mean by "most people" and "most things aren't sexual"? I'm not making any judgments about furries but I would not be comfortable in such an environment, if you describe it like that.
It's also very ironic for you to say, "keep your nose out of my business"...
I can't help but feel like this type of lewd behavior in the gaming community stems from a lack of social contact with the opposite sex. Not generalizing the community as whole, just the the group which brings about these problems. Certain individuals have a hard time viewing female gamers as simply another human who enjoys gaming. Granted it's a bit more complicated than this.. But in the end, at least as a community, this is what it boils down too. We're all just people looking to find other like minded people who enjoy the same pass time.
@Octane no, but you disgust me purely because you chose to defend a man accused of crimes with evidence incriminating him, rather than sympathise with a victim/s with evidence to prove their claims.
Also, many sexual harassment claims never reach court because of moronic opinions such as yours, therefore I will continue to abhore you, until you wise up.
Hi Nintendo Life moderators,
just wondered, if this discussion thread involved criticism of race by certain ignorant individuals, rather than gender, would many of the purely offensive comments on this thread have been allowed to exist?
Just wondered, seeing as there has been absolutely zero input. VERY disappointed and frankly, offended.
@HappyMaskedGuy I just said: ''I am not the person to judge this man, neither will I defend him, that's not my job, there's a court for that.'' So I don't understand why you'd claim that I defend him.
Well at least he's not hosting the tournament anymore
@DiscoGentleman I would be honoured to be friends on miiverse! I'm not great with using it though, how do we go about adding one another?
I would also like to be friends with anyone else on here who shared similar views about this matter, @Syrek24 included! The offer's there, should you be interested, all such fantastic people
@Squid right on! thank you for clearly stating what needed to be said...
@TobiasAmaranth um... It's a forum. That's how these things work. You post something, unknown individuals post their response. Forum. See? If you don't want people "up in yo biz'" then do not post on a forum (especially when dealing with personal space, as you can see, people are "touchy" concerning said subject) remember, some folk (you know, big corporations, colleges, etc.) see flirting as sexual harassment, and that's just talk... Word to the wise.
@Syrek24 My nnid is Mayor-of-FoxWood (I think lol) Looking forward to becoming good friends
@DiscoGentleman Basically the entireity of social science is situations like this. http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/20375 - They come up with something they feel should be correct and then mess around with numbers until it looks plausible.
That is why they hate evolutionary psychology so much because it uses proper methods as much as possible.
The problem at the very top is real.
But the women earn less one isn't it doesn't take into account that on average they choose to work less hours.
Stuff like say there is two scholarships one for anybody one for only women. First has say 50 people going for it second has 3. If it was about equality then the feminists would want to be treated equally i.e 2 scholarships no special privileges for either men or women.
After a lot of frickin reading I found that, aside from hitting on a several transgender women, he also hit on a 14 y/o girl. He's 30 by the way.
@njblair143
Ya i cant believe he would hit on a transgender person either
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