B, Cole’s connection(think his name is Brandon, he is a decent guy outside of this I think…) and myself slept at the dojo thursday night/friday morning. After everyone left, Brandon was chilling, B and I played like 30 matches, then we all went to sleep. I got up first and started picking up the place, I was in the kitchen dumping out bottles into the sink, I looked over and I saw B lying on the couch. I continued to stack cups etc, I looked over and B was texting someone. A couple minutes later B got up and went into the bathroom. While B was in the bathroom Brandon woke up and walked over to the couch, I know he did this but I wasn’t paying much attention as I was dumping bottles etc. A few minutes went by and Brandon said something to the effect of “wheres that dude at” and I said “in the bathroom I think.” Brandon then went back and sat on the bed. B came out of the bathroom, went to the couch and was like “wheres my phone at?” so Brandon and myself help him look for it for about 10 minutes. Then Brandon went outside. B and I continued to look, then B went outside, he and Brandon came back in a few minutes later. We looked and we looked, evenutally Cole woke up and B borrowed his phone to call his own. We didn’t hear it anywhere. we continued looking for quite sometime until I told him I had to get going, but I wanted him to check my bag before I left, he insisted he trusted me so I just left.
I then spent like 3 hours looking for a bus in the rain but none of you really want to hear about that haha.
Anyway, as I see it there are only 2 suspects: Brandon and Myself. I have no way to prove I didn’t do it, even if I insisted on getting pocket checked, I still would have had the chance to snatch it, and hide it outside somewhere while no one was paying attention. Either way though, I DID NOT DO IT, and I would have pointed a more stern finger while I was there but I was really really hoping it was just misplaced.
First and foremost B’s issue with his phone is between me, his brother and B. NOBODY ELSE. I PERSONALLY have already been talking to B AND his brother to get his phone back and we are resolving the problem.
I beg you all to please humble yourself and be assured the problem is getting taken care of with B’s interest at the highest priority. Please trust that it will get handled and things will be at ease. Lets not swim down into the pits of anger and despair.
This thread needs to be DELETED please zach. It doesnt belong. This is personal issues between people that does not need to be publicly broadcasted. you do not let 1 little dark element ruin an entire community. Did you guys NOT learn anything from the zach moment? you all let that one dark moment kill our entire scene and it hurt it for months. Now we have another spot u can come and be chill at and instead of handling the negative situation professionally and like adults, you guys come to the freakin drama threads to start something that can only bring on negative responses. If B talked to you personally, then discuss it with him personally, if u know whats going on…call me and ask about it. Why on earth would you run to SRK and have the most negative comment to say. All u are going to do is cause state wide panic and hate. Its like if north korea was about to bomb the US, u think the president is going to announce and warn the people right off the bat ? No, cause he knows it will cause world wide panic…u solve the problem from within first, come up with a positive solution and when things are good u then can let people know that hey…there was a problem…we fixed it…everything is good and happy now…lets get back to being cool. Future, you know you could of handled this way better. We have had talks about how negative forums are, how can you go straight to this source instead of calling and talking to me at least once? Can u not see that you just caused more harm then good? If Zach can not delete this thread, i ask that you will. Things are being handled about the phone but its nobody eleses business. Nobody had to even know about the incident and now you just publicly put B’s stuff out there. Nothing good is coming this.
Lets get back to playing street fighter please. Im solely responsible for the missing phone and it will get taken care of. Please everyone, lets not go down the negative spiral.
I vehemently disagree with all of this. If there’s a thief, perhaps one who has done this twice, no one wants to be associated with or have that sleazy klepto around. I don’t want us coddling or hiding those sins such that someone ELSE is going to get fucked over when this happens a third time.
This is bullshit, and it makes me pretty angry that we’d think that other people are not interested in knowing that there’s potentially a snake in our midst. This kind of thing is NOT acceptable, and it should NOT be coddled or tolerated.
Preppy its a personal problem that is being taken care of by the people involved. I took it upon myself to be accountable for the stolen item. I have had talks with B and his brother about helping pay for it if we didnt find it. What you people dont know is that we searched everyone at the time of the incident and nothing was found. Im not going to assume anything or point fingers but I have already banned Brandom from coming back to the dojo. He has a history of being at the wrong place at the wrong time twice, so least common denominator. The problem is being handled by the people involved. If the people involved feel the need to let anyone else know, then its our responsiblity to deliver that, not anyone else.
So yes, this thread DOES need to be deleted and im talking to the main poster of it right now. You guys need to trust in your community leaders to handle situations like these professionally and not like little children. What good comes from publicly spreading a subject you know nothing about? All it brings is confusion, hate and negativity.
It is my responsibility and im handling it with B’s interest at the highest regards. Trust people, dont let things consume you with assumptions and hate.
This thread is not doing anything but causing fear, its causing doubt, its causing poison in the air. There is nothing positive coming from this, what is positive is that Im being accountable, B will get reimbursed , the suspect has been banned from the Dojo.
I don’t understand why other people don’t have a pressing interest in knowing about and ensuring the stopping of any antisocial behavior. I really don’t understand why you would want to sweep that under the rug. If something was misplaced or stolen, I’d rather have peace of mind in certainty of knowing what happened, as opposed to worrying about some vague unknowable danger.
dont walk and wait for the bus. I can drop u off at the transit station. just ask next time bro.
sorry cole im disagreeing. this isnt personal. The dojo is community, so the issue is community. I feel it was the right thing to let people know about the issues. And let the community know that we are aware and actively trying to solve it.
having a very open place like this is going to have challenges. I hope u srk’ers out there can understand this.
our main responsibility is to make sure things are handled correctly, instead of turning into a witch hunt.
I find it insane that people are trying to tell Cole how to handle HIS HOUSE!. Dojo is HIS HOUSE 1st, and then the community. Yall had no grips about how Preppy handled it with HIS HOUSE, so yall shouldnt ride on Cole on how he handles his. Putting this shit on line has turned into a witch hunt and bitch fest. If Cole said he got it, then it should be as such because yall dont have a reason to believe it to be otherwise.
You realize I’m still extremely unhappy with how “things were handled at my house”, right, and that some people might directly perceive this as spillover and a very related event?
Cole can handle things however he wants. We are free to TALK about and KNOW what happened. If there is information missing, it’s easy enough to provide or correct that.
I’m siding with Preppy on this one, particularly if it happens to be the same person that did it last time. Bottom line is this is obviously someone associated in some way with our community and keeping everyone in the dark about what’s happening is the wrong action to take.
Actually, its nobody right to talk about ANYTHING but the people that were involved. That is common courtesy. After the people involved come to a conclusion on how to handle it between them, then the community can be free to talk about anything they want. I have a problem with people that are not involved just shouting out other peoples business. That is not professional our being respectful of other peoples private affairs. I believe this could of been handled in a way more mature nature by letting the people with the issue disclose the information. Not from a 3d party.
Moving Forward: Once again, I have banned Brandon. Im not saying he did it, cause we searched him like we searched Matt. However, he was at preppys as well when things went bad, so its unfortunate for him that he has to be banned. Right now, the community is bigger than 1 person attached to some negative scenarios.
B - If you are reading this, please call me, I cant get through to your brothers cell.
When me and WasFemto and Keith get a place in West Seattle in a few months, Imma have to get a lock on my door if random new people are gonna be around. This is a damn shame. I was just thinking since I was at Acme today, after playing a few games of Wangan Midnight (racing game that me+random fobs like), “You know, I have never once had a Wangan player say “good race” or “GG” or ANYTHING to me. Fighting game players in general are way more sociable and kind about sharing knowlege…” It is a shame that there are some shady individuals out there.
When I go to a gathering, I usually have a bag with my stuff in it and it would look mad obvious if anyone was going through it, and my phone is either on the floor next to me while I am playing, in eyesight, or it’s in one of my pockets. Definitely keep track of your stuff at all time, guys.
^The problem is SFIV has way too many new heads at one time, so it’s really hard to do that compared to “older” games where there is a steady stream of a couple new people at a time. The first tournament after SFIV dropped when I showed up at Preppy’s house and saw a SEA of people I didn’t fucking recognize, the thought that IMMEDIATELY went through my head was “This isn’t going to end well…”
I don’t know why you keep advertising this to everyone. These gamer houses never turn out well. Remember when Loki got straight up jacked for all his shit after some randoms caught wind of his place? The only reason Cody’s place worked out is because well…they weren’t really randoms.