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[–]moo dotaclapland [スコア非表示]  (23子コメント)

i guess they got embarrassed that james had to put the entire event on his back to get people to watch or some shit

[–]Muntberg [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

James alpha'd the production and they couldn't handle it. Hopefully sumail wins and salty tweets about this.

[–]THUNDERBRINGERDamieh [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

He was making the tournament watchable and perfect world had a different objective in mind

[–]yumOJ [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

For real though, fuck this tournament.

[–]Now that was a fail boat!Jamo_Z [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

I can just see the ESEX headline "Shanghai ban on entertainment in full force"

[–]Muntberg [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I'm pretty sure we've crossed the line that esex can parody. It's already ridiculous.

/r/notesex

[–]veeehl [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

They can't do this. He's the one keeping the stream alive for 3h+ waiting time caused by production failures! (hope this is just 2gd trashtalk)

[–]iowii [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Guessing they grew tired of someone actually not fucking up all the time, unlike PerfectWorld.

[–]jumalauta tuntuu hyvältä olla neste fanihomotenhotuisku [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

James is the only reason I was even watching during the downtime that makes up 75% of this tournament.

[–]If Arteezy does it, it must be okaySerpentineLogic [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

For the first time in forever, I'm thankful that I can only watch via replays.

It's bad enough when the replays don't have commentaries, let alone a 3 hour delay?

[–]meruna [スコア非表示]  (125子コメント)

I got a text from synd, so it's not a joke. Wtf...

[–]scathn [スコア非表示]  (57子コメント)

Can you ask him why? I mean wtf did he do anyway? holyshit, he was the only thing that makes this major not a complete shitshow.

[–]meruna [スコア非表示]  (31子コメント)

I asked, of course. But it's not really my information to share, sorry. I believe Valve/PW needs to release a statement asap.

[–]PimpinIsAHustle [スコア非表示]  (11子コメント)

Damn, is it really that bad.
I'm sure we'll get to know, but holy shit who does this kind of thing.

[–]theone1221 [スコア非表示]  (10子コメント)

James just posted he was enjoying the tournament too, despite the shitshow it had turned into. Dem feelz :(

[–]PimpinIsAHustle [スコア非表示]  (9子コメント)

It did look like he was enjoying himself!
This being the first time experiencing James, he really earned my respect for plowing through downtime like he did. You could tell he thought it was kinda ridiculous, but he was being professional (in his own, cool way) anyway.

[–]Let me finish blink, goddammit!Charl3magne [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

I hope so, I want to know if I have a good reason for sharpening this pitchfork.

[–]CronoDroid [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Wait, we need good reasons now? I mean this case would be a great reason but usually any excuse will do.

[–]Puppey Fanstraightn0stalghia [スコア非表示]  (7子コメント)

Are there Valve employees at the Major? Or is the management done entirely by KeyTV?

EDIT: Apparently it was Valve's decision, well, wtf Volvo then

[–]michaelman90 [スコア非表示]  (23子コメント)

It might have to do with how he ignored the production team when they told him to cut to break, choosing to entertain the audience by continuing to talk with the panel. He even made a joke on camera about how they changed his battery thinking he couldn't hear them and that he had been ignoring them the entire time. Honestly, I think he should get an award for that rather than being kicked off. That being said, maybe they just don't like his "unprofessional" hosting style, even if it's damn funny.

[–]Turvzzmattwaugh90 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

"Hey look, we're getting our moneys worth out of this guy instead of just cutting to a pause screen"

GET HIM OUT

[–]definitelymyrealname [スコア非表示]  (9子コメント)

That's probably the answer. I don't think it's fair to fire him over that but I can understand why it would be frustrating for the production staff to have someone just ignoring you when you're trying to put together a professional production. There might be other reasons. I seem to remember him making a crack about how "we all know this is going to be my last job here anyways" so I guess maybe there was tension before.

[–]BURNING THE EMPERORbvanplays [スコア非表示]  (51子コメント)

Is there any particular reason? It don't think he said anything that egregious during his time. Was it just because he didn't cut the stream?

[–]Falcorsc2 [スコア非表示]  (21子コメント)

The only things i can think of are he might have swore? And he didn't cut to break when they told them too...which god forbid you give the viewers something entertaining to watch instead of a fucking splash screen, since the tournament can't seem to switch out a computer in under a hour.

[–]Winter WaifuDaralii [スコア非表示]  (7子コメント)

Him and other people have been cussing plenty and they didn't give a shit. It's almost certainly because they insisted on cutting to the still image and he refused.

[–]KholdStare88 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Ah, so James was cut by trying to entertain the viewers instead of a blank screen. Got it.

[–]flameinthedark [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

God forbid he wants to entertain the viewers instead of giving them a blank screen. I hope to God Perfect World is never used for Dota tournaments ever again.

[–]LucasPmS [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

valve doesnt really have a choice, perfect world owns dota 2 in china so all valve can do is give up dota 2 in china. Which really isnt an option

[–]socrates111 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Why wasn't he given a warning first? That's pretty standard I think.

[–]THIS MONKEY FLAIR IS SHITrDotA2_MODS_ARE_SJWs [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Which is fucking bullshit

[–]PumpkinJak [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

This is also silly because there was a decent amount of swearing from most of the panelists that I can think of.

[–]Tijj [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

He's been swearing since minute 1, so it's not like that was so big a problem they had to stop it now.

[–]meruna [スコア非表示]  (15子コメント)

If anyone is to release any more information, it should be James or Valve/Perfect world, not me, sorry :(

[–]is blackriziger [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Haha maybe it was the bit where production asked them to go for break and he ignored them. They thought his batteries were out and changed it for him then he told them he could hear them all along

[–]No futanari pics plzwhiteyfang [スコア非表示]  (9子コメント)

Thats just stupid. The only guy who kept us on our chairs despite of the fact that the production was shit.

And I cant even think of any reason for his leave except that he used f word a couple of times? Well if its true that its plainly stupid.

I actually was watching this tournament more because of 2GD's presence this time and they ruined it as well.

EDIT: https://twitter.com/follow2GD/status/703133163590017024

[–]skyrim4life [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Seriously, I was just watching the Stream because of 2GD despite the absolute shit management going on at Shanghai. It's sad to see him leave.

[–]agtk [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Ah yes, fire the guy entertaining the angry crowds, good idea.

[–]PumpkinJak [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The best way we can handle this is to be loud about how James was basically the saving grace of this tournament, and found a way to make the waits even halfway bearable.

[–]SirWombaticus [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Appreciate the update Meruna.

This is beyond a joke. I sincerely hope next year they move the majors away from Shanghai.

[–]SeOh_nu [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

[–]TweetsInCommentsBot [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

@follow2GD

2016-02-26 08:23 UTC

Regarding the Reddit thread comments, it was valves decision. before the event, I was told to be myself. :(


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[–]muhpreciousmmr [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Are you shitting me? How do they tell him to be himself and then side with PW? Fucking lame.

[–]The Magus with the AegisSirJolt [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

I guess he was 2GD for them :(

[–]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198039475565/MrTheodore [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I guess you guys have plenty of fodder to work with at least for esex :s

this shit sucks though, shame I can't watch this tourney anymore, this is some last straw shit, no more viewership for them.

[–]Yggdravar [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Why is this a thing? On top of horrid production they remove a fantastic and entertaining host? Goddamnit whoever made this decision

[–]CritHitLights [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Guess with the production being as fucked as it is, Perfect World decided not to go half retard but full retard instead.

[–]epictrole [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

The one good thing about this Major and it's gone lul

I'm done watching this shit show

[–]That spot right there KreygasmLimnir [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

There is literally no reason to watch anymore without the James banter. I'm so pissed off right now. Just as I was going to sleep too. Now I can't sleep because I'm pretty pissed off.

[–]Let me finish blink, goddammit!Charl3magne [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I was upset that I couldnt watch more than the first few games of the prelims and then would miss a lot of the playoffs. Then I see how much of a shitshow those games were and now they fire the only redeeming quality of those wasted 6 hours.

I am no longer upset that I can't watch much of this. What a fucking joke.

[–]SirBelvedere [スコア非表示]  (29子コメント)

Not sure if serious ... Won't be surprised if serious. This whole thing is turning out to be pretty fucked up.

Edit: The way people are reacting to it on Twitter -- seems serious.

Edit 2: Ok. Someone I know at the event says it's serious. WTF?!?

[–]nusha_kr [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

doesn't make sense... I mean, he has to host the entire main stage segments too!

there's no way this is not a joke.

[–]75000_Tokkul [スコア非表示]  (23子コメント)

I really hope this major causes enough backlash by the watchers, pros, and casters that Valve will cut ties with Perfect World where they can.

This whole thing was a mistake from the start.

[–]Best Worst Doto Fighting~~Siantlark [スコア非表示]  (13子コメント)

You can't cut ties with Perfect World. At all. Valve needs a Chinese company to work with in China and Perfect World is that company. You can't just up and look for another publisher, and Tencent sure as hell isn't going to replace League for Dota.

[–]SenorDarcy [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

Would Hong Kong or Taiwan be adequate substitutes?

[–]abcnever [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

there are records of mainland china cutting access to services hosted in taiwan / hong kong. so if valve does something china doesn't like, nobody in china will be able to play dota 2 unless they vpn. it's a bad idea.

[–]Think real. It's not all sunshine and rainbowsTheeOtherside [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

It's really unfortunate too since Valve really values their presence in China and it's hard to market there. China is dying gradually and I don't know if DotA will be fine without them. When it's all said and then, what are Valve specific options?

[–]PRINCESS POWER :)BlackChineseGuy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This whole event is garbage. I really wish everyone would boycott this event run this event at GD studio or BTS. BTS has a low budget but holy this, all the summits are awesome.

[–]skyrim4life [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

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2016-02-26 08:04 UTC

ok for people asking, just got a message and apparently @follow2GD really did get fired by perfect world. I guess we'll get more info soon


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[–]Ventrua [スコア非表示]  (25子コメント)

what did he even say?

[–]SP0oONY [スコア非表示]  (8子コメント)

Nothing really stands out as too bad by 2GD standards. If you hire James you should know what you're getting.

[–]TriangularTables [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I kinda feel like tvey may just have hired someone that they knew was popular in the west but with no idea about anything else.

[–]wrGoDETLions [スコア非表示]  (14子コメント)

What was the segment regarding? I'm just tuning in now.

[–]michaelman90 [スコア非表示]  (11子コメント)

Well the game got delayed forever because of the pause, and the production team said James could go to break and he ignored them and continued talking with the panel rather than cut to break so apparently they freaked out. He even made a pretty entertaining joke about how they came off camera to change his battery thinking he couldn't hear them. The segment itself was pretty much standard "game is paused bullshit" fare. Maybe the production team doesn't like James taking liberties to entertain the audience.

[–]CLWON FCKING NEINJELLYHATERZ [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yea fuck james, I really need those breaks. The screen that is been shown while breaks just makes my day. Instead I get entertainment. So unprofessional.

[–]UNLESS ALLIANCE WINDangerWallet [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Wow fuck this production team.

[–]just ein junge xdQuebecMasterRace [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

yeah I don't think his loose cannon humour won't work well in China

[–]Ignite20 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Omg, this guy doesn't want to take a break? Send him home.

[–]生存戦略John_Q_Nippleton_III [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

game 1 was paused for a while so they were taking about kinda random stuff. last I recall he asked each member on the couch what team they'd like to be on if they replaced their respective role (so merlini would replace the mid player for example). It was pretty entertaining, good way to fill the time during the pause

[–]renaldorini [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Much better than a screen with no music just saying this is the Shanghai Major

[–]DarkSaga89 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

He's joking right?

Edit. Unfortunately it seems to be true.

[–]Denko-- [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Maybe they fired everyone including the players and that's why the game's been paused for 3+ hours.

[–]frostiitute [スコア非表示]  (30子コメント)

Can we have a total of 0 future tournaments in China? Would be nice.

[–]Joyrock [スコア非表示]  (13子コメント)

Seriously. I understand how many Chinese fans there are, and I feel bad for them, but Valve have more than just them to think of, and this quality has been absolutely apalling.

[–]just ein junge xdQuebecMasterRace [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Apparently, these are the same guys who ran Nanyang. So I hope at least they don't hire the same guys again.

[–]2 E Z 4 A R T O U RMataDuitan [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

No, that in itself is xenophobic, if you want to point fingers you throw it at PW or something. The whole country shouldn't be banned.

[–]EHOOOOOME!WalrusF [スコア非表示]  (12子コメント)

There's nothing wrong with having tournaments in China, it's Perfect World that has been letting us down thus far.

[–]Yeah Nah But Aye4BadCups [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

What in the ACTUAL FUCK!

To say that this tournament is a clusterfuck is an understatement.

[–]ArroganceHoTS [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This has to be a joke. James was a huge reason to tune in with all the problems going on. Guy is entertaining as hell.

[–]ALLIANCE IS BLACKKayKritz [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Wow Perfect World really fucked this whole thing up

lmao

[–]Ejoras [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

NOW! Can we stop hosting fucking tournaments in China?! JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, it always ALWAYS turns out to be a shitfest! James carried all the downtime (AND YES THERE WAS ALOT) and now they want to remove the only thing making people come back for more. GG..

[–]That spot right there KreygasmLimnir [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Well time to stop watching it I guess.

[–]SinnermightyBL [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Well guess I'm not watching until the finals, James was the one that made this terrible production bearable.

[–]FCBandit [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

2GD being back was what I was the most excited about, he carried the panel for most of the time. I guess we can go back to staring at the major logo while we wait for games to not be played

[–]Monkeybreaker [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

I mean it's possibly the worst decision they could have made I think. The only way this could be seen as the correct move for them was if their goal was "ways we can we make this tournament even less enjoyable for the public"

[–]TweetPoster [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

@follow2GD:

2016-02-26 07:51:47 UTC

Sorry to say I won't be returning to the Shanghai major, I was let go after that last segment. We'll always have day 1 together. :(


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[–]Karahx [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Sounds like it is legit? What the fuck, he carried the pauses so much. I had to go away from my computer for a bit so maybe I missed something. Did he bash on China big-time?

[–]kill-it-kid [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

"James is literally the only thing going right. Might as well fire him and make everything consistent."

[–]Think real. It's not all sunshine and rainbowsTheeOtherside [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Unreal. Did he really step on some line and flamed perfect world or China or something?

[–]Mirham [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

perfect world probably cried to valve that he is mean, and valve felt forced to get rid of him :)

[–]Do you want to ward the jungle? Or Poison Nova all the cores?Velnica [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Apparently it was Valve's decision...

https://twitter.com/follow2GD/status/703133163590017024

[–]bzzzzztTraece [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Considering the fact that this game has been paused for at least half an hour now, nothing would surprise me. Thorin could be flown in as his replacement at this point and it wouldn't even faze me.

[–]MegaBeef [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

2 hour delay now on game, James fired, constant audio issues. Valve should have Perfect World host everything from now on SeemsGood.

[–]OnkelHarreh [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

James is actually a showman. They tell him to go on break and he continues to bring in waaay ovver an extra half an hour of solid conversation that makes all these technical issues more minimal than they actually are.

Seriously, they need to keep him. He's literally working overtime to unfuck their shit.

[–]nybrq [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Firing a guy because of their own sheer incompetence, fucking pathetic. Looks like the train has officially left the tracks.

[–]jia youtoph1980 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Bye Valve, no more money from me.

[–]cewh [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Im not a fan of James, but he was the shining light in an otherwise abysmally and embarrassingly run tournament. I cannot see how it is acceptable to have these ridiculous delays in schedule, constant pauses during games, and then fire the one guy doing the most to keep the viewers engaged? Oh please.

This major is total amateur hour. What is going on with the camera during the panel? Half the time it is not showing on the person talking. The audio people should be fired. Microphones constantly playing up, levels constantly too high or low. You can also hear applications running on someone's computer in the main output. WTF.

[–]RRRrrrrrrruuuubiiiick!!! Oh wait....Aidlikeit [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What???? Only one good thing about this Major.... Oh god... NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[–]dxidaniel [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What the hell? Sure he was fooling around, but thats how Yames is. He's supposed to be a jackass who keeps the panel entertaining. I can't think of a properly warranted reason for this.

[–]-Mizu [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Complete joke, he was doing a great job

[–]unbreaKwOw [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What did he even do wrong? He dropped like 3 f bombs, and was talking a bit of smack about a few players.. but I don't recall anything that deserved to get him fired.. Unless it was him ignoring production telling him to take a break.

[–]날아오르라 주작이여bshth [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

This is the point where we need to riot

[–]socrates111 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Seriously guys --- report the Twitch channel. See if we can send Perfect World a message.

[–]> Well Warded !mfdaw [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

There is actually no good reason to watch this major anymore. The one guy making up for all the delays and production mistakes is getting kicked.

[–]michaelman90 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Alright, we're on /r/all boys, let our rage resound in the heavens.

[–]XiantheMiguel [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Was actually thinking James was the redeeming factor for each and every disappointment this major offered. We really don't know about what's happening behind the scenes so pitchfork sharpening delayed until they release some sort of statement I guess. wtf.

edit: apparently it was valve's decision

[–]pandora390 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I can't tell the difference between real and trolled anymore :x

[–]n0tail plissApocalypstic [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Are you fucking joking? This tournament has been nothing but disappointment after disappointment. Sincerely hope that the tournament organizers are never allowed to host another valve-sponsored event.

Edit: Fuck this. There's no words that can describe my frustration and disappointment. I'm just gonna go rage-sleep and hopefully when I wake up in the morning, Perfect World pulls their heads out of their asses, as unlikely as that may be.

[–]traps aren't gayninjaeatyou [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

rip yames, it was real

[–]ook ookZholistic [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

He did say he was ignoring the control desk who asked for him to go to pauses, but I have to believe this is a joke.

[–]bloodvouge [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

At the end of the tournament had they decided they didn't want him future thats fine I can understand that. But cutting him mid event just screams horrible decision

[–]isbunk [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Worst decision ever. The only person who made this event even remotely watchable (from a non-broken-stream point of view).

Guys. This is a fucking major.

[–]_Slaxx [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

he probably critizized the regime

[–]xgxdx [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What a joke and complete shit show of a major lol

[–]n0mel [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

2GD is unique in the scene. Like others have said, he makes the breaks between games an absolute delight. He is witty and funny. With so much going wrong with the production, firing him really is a mindboggling decision. A $3 million tournament should not be arranged like this.

I bought the Winter pass only to support Valve. I have no idea about what items or quests it gives me. I just wanted to support the company. But it is depressing to see what that support gets me at the Shanghai Major.

[–]conj [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

It's James they knew who they were hiring or at least should know what kind of face they hired to represent their brand, he may not be everyones cup of tea but fuck he's never changed and hosted in the same way for years. Fuck if you didn't want this kind of style, why even hire him in the first place, did they do ANY research into their recruitment of the fucking host of the their multi million dollar event? To cut the guy that was saving your awful production, and delay after delay. I mean what the fuck do you expect the guy to talk about for 2hours?

I'm actually so pissed that perfectworld is associated with valve, dota and this community such an inept group of people and it's awful the way they've handled this and the entire event so far.

[–]Toby_TheGoblinKing [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It seems hypocritical for Valve to take this stance. Considering they have other games where hosts are every bit as controversial (if not more so) than James.

[–]GetOnMyLevelxGhastlyMarr [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

AIGHT TIME TO BOYCOTT THIS PIECE OF TURD OF A TOURNAMENT

[–]Dotagear [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Perfect World is BBC and James is our Clarkson.

[–]tomzi [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Let's hire a guy who doesn't give a fuck and says whatever is on his mind.

He said what's on his mind!?!?!?!? FIRE HIM!

Brilliant management.

[–]!CKAB era ecnaillAjonastheokay [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Head straight to Manila, James.

[–]Muntberg [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

For /r/all,

Dota 2 is an Action-RTS game developed by Valve and currently ongoing is the second instalment of Dota 2's Major tournaments, located in Shanghai. James '2gd' Harding, beloved personality in the scene, is hosting a major dota event for the first time since 2014 and one day into the event the Chinese organizers(Valve?) inexplicably remove him after nothing incredibly noteworthy happening. This has led to an immediate expected outcry from the community as the production of this tournament has been marred with issues thus far; similar to most LAN events in Asia.

[–]Heretakemybearslap [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

even EE doesnt get fucked like this when he goes to china

[–]Falcorsc2 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Hello /r/all you may be wondering who James is and what the Shanghai Major is. Easy part first the Shanghai Major is 1 of 4 $3 million dollar tournament held for dota 2 in china. The other 3 majors are going to be held in other areas of the world. The majors are valves big tournaments leading up to The International(tournament with the largest prize pool in the history of esports).

This tournament is being run by Perfect World which is the company that owns the rights to Dota 2 in china. The tournament so far has been constantly plagued with issues ranging from the stream going down, audio issues on the steam, players having issues with their computers during games, to stuff as simple as messing up switching cameras and audio between the host and a post game interview multiple times.

James is the host for the english portion of the dota 2 stream. He's been in the e sports scene for a long time and is known for his casual approach to hosting and sometimes rubbing people the wrong way with his humor. After yet another game being delayed for over a hour because of a issue with a players computer, he talked to his panel to entertain the viewers while the game was paused.

He revealed on stream that the producation was telling him to throw to a break(a splash screen with 1 song on loop) which he didn't and instead actually had a pretty funny conversation about which player on a pro team each panelist would replace for the tournament and why. Eventually he threw to the break, the stream goes to the splash screen and he tweets that he is no longer hosting the tournament.

There is speculation but no confirmation on why he is no longer the host.

[–]Nova469 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

this is going from a shitshow to absolute garbage now....

[–]bravehamst3r [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

There was a funny discussion about panelists replacing players on pro teams. Hope (better be) a joke about that.

[–]I will backdoor your entire fucking baseThyJuiceBox [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Can we have a link to the VOD for this please? I saw it earlier today but can't find it again

[–]Sarcastic__ [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I don't see how firing your lead host on the second day of a massive event and expecting the rest of the casting crew to be working without complaints the rest of the way is a smart move.

[–]Lord_Dagothur [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

what a joke.

i can't imagine they have any good reason to get rid of him unless they did NO research to recognize who/what they were hiring

[–]Schamson [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

Well, that's utter bullshit. Hopefully Valve has their reasons, James didn't surprise anyone with anything he did. He was as he's always been, you know what you're in for. Jesus, this tourney.

[–]Stay Green / red OoInfa_ [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The worst thing is, he is actually a really damn good host how he is delegating and balancing the different analysts have been really good.

[–]allofthesuddenmymane [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

it's time to stop hosting tournaments in china i think

[–]AlexnHEY [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What the fuck Perfect World?? The panel was carrying this shitty downtime and YOU FUCKING FIRE THE HOST MID DAY 2 GROUPSTAGE HOLY SHIT

[–]SalTheThief [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

If disgust was a shotgun I just blew my head off.

[–]ahcos [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What the fuck. The best thing about this tournament gone? This is outrageous

[–]wow mb are not doing terribly? okay sure maybe i'm deadblastcage [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Not watching this shit anymore without James honestly, he was absolutely carrying the extensive pauses (not that the other couch people were bad at all but he was a fantastic conversation maker)

[–]muhpreciousmmr [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

(づ。◕‿‿◕。)づ・。。✧・゜゜・。✧。・゜ EVERYONE RIOT!

[–]tbonesocrul [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

maybe he said something off camera. Before this major I had always had the impression that he was fairly abrasive. Then when I saw him these past few days he's seemed a lot more toned down and professional?

Overall american politics are still more confusing

[–]🎺 🎺 🎺 🎺 🎺 🎺 🎺 🎺Centais [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

They can't be serious..

[–]Mushed [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Just lost all interest in the tournament, it's already a shitshow and now this, think I'll give it a pass.

[–]SmangIT- [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Sound = shit check, Production value = shit check, Hour long pauses in game = check, Remove only thing saving this tournament = check. FUCK YOUJ PERFECT WORLD Im muting this stream from now on sorry for the other casters but this quality is just horrible.

[–]Dale__Cooper [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Please Valve, for the love of God, never hold another Major in China...

[–]pERCYtheOne [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Ok.. Time to sharpen the pitchforks.. For me Shanghai Major is over.. Fuck Valve Fuck PW.

[–]foobardota [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

James made some of jokes about China. Maybe that's it?