Because a) it didn’t go over without a peep, and b) it’s an electronic cigarette company, not a regular smoke company. Care to cite some e-cig annual death statistics?
HAV is my new favorite person on srk.
It’s really quite simple then, don’t send your players if you don’t like the event. This isn’t some kind of new concept, it’s actually a quite well established practice for sponsers to not send their representative to events they do not approve of. LI Joe’s involvement with Brazzers will in no way adversely affect the FGC and certainly not on other players sponsorship. People are freaking out about a hypothetical tournament sometime in the distant future that they have the option of, if it even occurs, of not participating in.
Because I actually use my brain when confronted with an issue instead of just screaming at it like the rest of you.
But still, by the logic of most of these posters, the fact that cigarettes are only for ppl over the age of 18 should mean that they are banned from any event that young players may attend. That’s also not taking into account that all of these games are rated T-M so thier little asses should’nt be at these events anyway, but thats another story. It’s a double standard.
The way things are going now, though, I’m sure we can except an appeal to mosaic LI Joe’s face. Which would be kinda funny.
I bet most people don’t know that groups like DMG and DRS are just groups that do next to.nothing for their players, hoping Mad Catz picks them up… at which point, they get free sticks or some shit, and VERY little else.
“Sponsorship” is still a joke. People crying about what the “sponsors” will think, must not know how little they do… or maybe they like doing tricks for scraps off the dinner table…
All of this is a joke.
SynKiller: seriously man… it is just not that serious. So you run a group, not that you’ll answer this publicly, but just answer it for yourself. How much actual money have you gotten from sponsors? Couple thousand TOPS, if that, I am sure…
Shit is not that serious. It just isn’t. This isn’t gonna be on MSNBC.
And, yes, fuck the kids. There are like 3 of them. So we all change so 3 kids (that are already exposed to this shit anyway) feel comfortable? Bleh
Its not just Brazzers tourneys dude. Like I said, Joe can come to EVO with a regular black shirts, with BRAZZERS written in gold on it and have a either a porn star or a female rep on his arm fully clothed, walking around with no issues. The Bottom line is that people are still going to look at this in a negative light because of the affiliation with the porn industy. Ive been talking to people all day in the video game industry all day and the first thing out their mouth is, “is this true??” on top of that, Ive been talking to other managing directors of homegrown FGC teams as well and this is a hot topic. I can sit here all day and go back and forth but you got your views and so do I, also I never called any one out of their names here, just voiced my opinion on the situation, and since its not on the same wavelength you gotta belittle my posts. Yeah. we’re ready for the main stream. What ever. Nice meeting you Perfect_Frames hope to see you at Season beatings or EVO coming up. SO I can buy you a beer (or a soda if your underage) and we can talk face to face about your outlook or what you would do for the future of the FGC.
Don’t come at me with that shit. News flash for you: You’re just a guy on the internet, just like the rest of us. So don’t think you’re all high and mighty and that your opinion matters more. You better slow ya role.
Real talk, if a player did want to run an adult only event what the hell is stopping them? Kotaku?
Anybody can do that right now, sponsorship or not. They could show up with a Nazi hat on if they wanted to, and I’ll bet the scene would survive.
Strip Elimination. Go as Far as Your Dignity.
Biggest props to the player who walks away in his three-piece like fucking Kazuya.
Dont know where the original comment is, but I miss the funding from cig companies to f1 and events like indy vancouver and the vancouver symphony of lights.
Hey! I was just thinking about this…
Why are children allowed in tournaments at all? Isn’t it gambling? How is a SF tournament any different from a poker tournament. We are advocating dangerous practices for children! Let’s all stop right, lest we lead young Noah down this slippery slope!
And shit, these kids are already playing under a cloud of weed smoke. Let’s drug test Evo from now on.
I want to meet the genius at Maxim that figured how to get a bunch of gamer chicks to send hot pics to win a chance to get more pics taken of them
http://maximgamergirl.com/
Someone check ComboFiend for performance enhancing drugs. Better check Gootecks and Ross just the same.
Or what? Are you going to get violent?
News flash for you: You’re just a guy on the internet.
You’re a few weeks too late on this one. It started with MLG.
y’all that don’t like it are just buttmad that you’re not sponsored
I didn’t realize you managed a team and assumed, incorrectly that you were just another random SRK dude, and for this I would like to apologize and for my insults, I can be a little bit of an asshole online (dat anonymity).
However, I still don’t see the difference between:
and this:
I get it, you are worried about this somehow generating bad publicity for the FGC as a whole. But, I just can’t see this leading the doom and gloom that is being predicted. I dunno, I’ll just agree to disagree.
Evo 2012, we will have this beer.