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Update from the Shanghai MajorAnnouncement | eSports (self.DotA2)

GabeNewellBellevue が 投稿x2

Two things:

1) James. We've had issues with James at previous events. Some Valve people lobbied to bring him back for Shanghai, feeling that he deserved another chance. That was a mistake. James is an ass, and we won't be working with him again.

2) As long as we're firing people, we are also firing the production company that we've been working with on the Shanghai Major. They will be replaced, and we hope to get this turned around before the main event.

As always, I can be reached at gaben@valvesoftware.com.

Gabe

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[–]coonwhiz [スコア非表示]  (30子コメント)

Thank fucking god you are firing that production company.

[–]CritHitLights [スコア非表示]  (71子コメント)

What the fuck

[–]Spin 2 Windankmemer420smokescr [スコア非表示]  (41子コメント)

I know dude. Its so surreal.

[–]PerfectlyClear [スコア非表示]  (15子コメント)

It's actually oddly fitting Valve's communication about a host being canned in the middle of event, instead of an official release, is a reddit post by their CEO

[–]Ziore [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What the fuck indeed

[–]Skyyg [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Nerds being nerds.

[–]Content in battlefuryT3hSwagman [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Is nobody going to talk about how they also just slapped a dick on the entire production crew of Perfect World?

Like really Gaben just came out and delivered the haymaker to everyone involved and said go fuck yaselves.

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    [–]PALABALALA IM THE HEAL MANkandel_n_handel [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

    Surreal enough that im suspecting someone hacked gaben's account.

    James is an ass 2016 never forget.

    [–]CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTCUTCUTterriakijerky [スコア非表示]  (16子コメント)

    S U R R E A L

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      [–]@dasTurboTurbo2x [スコア非表示]  (12子コメント)

      I have no idea what's going on.

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

      My eyes, my eyes are seeing this!

      [–]darkest4 [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

      Billionaire Gabe Newell just publicly called a well loved esports figure an ass and fired him during a 3 million dollar esport event which was a disaster because of an awful production crew while James' entertainment was the only thing making it tolerable. Gabe Newell has now officially spoken more about James Harding than fucking Half Life 3. A few years ago no one would have ever predicted this bizarre world we now live in.

      /popcorn

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        [–]Jalapen0s [スコア非表示]  (98子コメント)

        James is an ass, and we won't be working with him again.

        • Gabe Fucking Newell

        holy shit.

        [–]frostivusiscancelled [スコア非表示]  (10子コメント)

        I feel like my dad just came home after abandoning our family, kissed my mom, slapped her, then took the dog and left.

        [–]Quas Quas ExortAurelgames [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

        Some Valve people lobbied to bring him back for Shanghai, feeling that he deserved another chance.

        Bruno...

        [–]RTC? TI5? ESL? MLG? 1V1? SoBayedbeaverlyknight [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

        I can feel that Valve is seething with anger...normally they'd post some sterile and professional press release on their blog like they did for Diretide. For them to send Gabe to reddit to call someone an ass (after a full work day of thinking about what to do and trying to fix things) is quite remarkable. Bruno is probably saying "my bad, guys" right about now.

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

          Best weekend ever

          [–]0XGY [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

          This is actually better than if the major had gone well lol

          [–]pokolos [スコア非表示]  (18子コメント)

          Yames has to post his side now. We now have a drama void that must be filled. If he won't we'll fill it ourselves and we all know how well that will turn out.

          [–]SmangIT- [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

          I mean thank god Valve are working on replacing the production company before the main event big thanks for that really good thing from them some great managing but saying James is an ass after saving the face of the whole tournament the first day almost by himself (sure he was firing shots left and right but thats him and it helped to ease the tension) and just firing him after that is a big injustice in my eyes still. Atleast say something like we appreciate the work he made on the tournament but our expectations werent met or something.

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

          I prefer honesty. Yeah calling him an ass doesn't explain much, but it's better than a copy and paste "we appreciate blah blah blah" meaningless statement.

          I wish Yames was still employed though. He was an ass, but he was the best thing about this shoddy major so far.

          [–]Learn2Buy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

          saying James is an ass after saving the face of the whole tournament the first day almost by himself (sure he was firing shots left and right but thats him and it helped to ease the tension) and just firing him after that is a big injustice in my eyes still.

          We don't know what happens behind the scenes.

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            [–]I can't think of anything cleverTALegion [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

            Fuck posting his side. There's only one way to settle this now. 1v1 mid, best 2 out of three, 2 towers or 2 deaths.

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              [–]@dasTurboTurbo2x [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

              This is brutal. It's a crime scene, nobody disturb the body.

              [–]h-h-H-H-HEY! Get your cursor OFF OF ME!sugoi-desune [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

              fucking roasted

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

              I find this to be more satisfying than the HL3 announcement. Praise gaben.

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                [–]chompyyzombie [スコア非表示]  (10子コメント)

                Some Valve people lobbied to bring him back for Shanghai

                Sounds like Bruno also got scolded by daddy.

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

                "Dad can I please bring my friend?" "Ugh fine."

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

                "Son, why is your friend making fun of your reetarded brother? You're grounded and he has to go"

                [–]BrokeBack from carrying tardsdocxanderb [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

                Icefrog's influence isn't enough anymore it seems

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                  [–]2GD [スコア非表示] x4 (132子コメント)

                  This is why my statement is taking sometime. It seems more personal than professional. So I will respond. Just for the record gabe, I don't think you are an ass. But I don't think you are right about me (well maybe you are a bit of an ass for calling me an ass, but let's find out what others think shall we?). Brb

                  [–]MarkGames [スコア非表示]  (14子コメント)

                  ALL ABOARD THE DRAMA TRAIN.
                  CHOOCHOO MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

                  [–]Check your posture everytime you see this!Williee_ [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

                  oh my god i fuckin love dramas

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

                  I have no idea whats going on or who these people are. But i want to be part of history.

                  [–]ez-R-ez-Gaem [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

                  inb4 statement gonna look like:

                  "Hey Gaben nice jokes m8 see you at fuck youj"

                  -2GD

                  [–]Either you leave Reddit or stay long enough to start shitpostingRoegnvaldr [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                  OH SHIT INTERNET FIGHT

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

                  What a time to be alive

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

                  this is hao u handle this. professional like james tbh.

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                    [–]antonio000 [スコア非表示]  (45子コメント)

                    "James is an ass" - Gabe 2016

                    [–]PerfectlyClear [スコア非表示]  (18子コメント)

                    Newest meme off the printing press boys

                    [–]srm19 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                    Man I wish I could get called an ass by Gabe.

                    [–]#VoteQoPKorelle [スコア非表示]  (8子コメント)

                    Not sure if Gabe quite gets that we're well aware that James is a cheeky cunt and we specifically wanted him to be an ass.

                    [–]what is dank may never dieTheWorldisFullofWar [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

                    I think he meant him as more of a dick to work with, which is something you don't want to be. There is nothing 'Cheeky' about that if he is.

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                        [–]Osama-Bin-Techies [スコア非表示]  (17子コメント)

                        Brunno plz , where are you

                        [–]The Horse Will Rise AgainDoctorHeckle [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                        /u/IceX por favor

                        [–]blacksmithwolf [スコア非表示]  (10子コメント)

                        I hope bruno wasn't the one lobbying to bring James back, this could get him in shit.

                        [–]R[A]T DOTA NEVER DIESyodude19 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

                        Probably was honestly.

                        [–]rdota2xdlolz [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                        It probably was. But i doubt it will get him in trouble.

                        [–]fuck egRiskyChris [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

                        If your boss, a guy running a private billion dollar company, has to make a statement like this... Let's just hope Gabe's management style is to let things slide. People do make mistakes, and this one isn't going to burn down Valve.

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

                          He's probably the person that lobbied to give 2gd another chance that Gabe as saying

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                            [–]AnnieAreYouRammus [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

                            http://i.imgur.com/ess6W8Q.gif

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

                            this was unexpected

                            [–]SUNSfan [スコア非表示]  (262子コメント)

                            If James is an ass, I can only imagine what Richard Lewis and Thorin are :O

                            [–]blacksmithwolf [スコア非表示]  (14子コメント)

                            Thorin is cruising for a bruising from the G man

                            [–]Give Kaipi flairphilosopherfujin [スコア非表示]  (25子コメント)

                            I imagine James must be harder to work with than they are if this happened.

                            [–]IS THIS VEGA SQUADRON????D2WilliamU [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

                            dicks

                            [–]༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GIB NEW AGHS UPGRADE ICEFRAUD ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つProud2bTryhard [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                            So who are the coffee tables?

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

                              Probably more on the private side I don't see James as the type of person to kiss ass, a "fuck off" is more likely from him.

                              [–]Jalapen0s [スコア非表示]  (97子コメント)

                              Seriously, if you're going to fire James for being an ass, then you have no excuse keeping a bunch of violent provocative goons around as CSGO casters.

                              Edit: To all of the very upset CSGO players messaging me: you've heard Thorin and RLewis' side of the story on your subreddit, we have heard Loda and Kelly's side of the story on our subreddit. Naturally we don't agree, but none of us redditors know exactly what happened in that incident, so let's agree to disagree.

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

                              perhaps they are good to work with and james isn't? Not everything is able to be seen by the community.

                              [–]_TheRedViper_ [スコア非表示]  (12子コメント)

                              People on reddit don't understand that we barely know the persons we see regularly on streams.
                              It's always black and white here and as soon as you are a fan/hater of someone this will mean the person is entirely good/bad.
                              Meh

                              [–]clowntowne [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

                              I quite enjoy james on the desk, he brings life to it. But if he is an ass to work with he shouldn't be there and it isn't up to our opinions to force the host to work with people that aren't beneficial to them.

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

                              I agree. Obviously we don't know what really happened though, sometimes these things aren't entirely fair either.
                              We probably will never know for sure^^

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

                                I agree 100%.

                                With many people in media they play a character when performing especially in the world of twitch and youtube where just getting noticed takes enormous effort. If being loud and distinctive is what gets you noticed that is the character you will play.

                                This will be true to varying degrees, but plenty of people who play "tough/loud/rude" are not actually like that when they are not performing especially when working with co-workers.

                                Anyways YMMV this will be very true of some and not true of others, but the point I'm trying to make is that even people with similar "personalities" may actually treat those they work with as coworkers very differently than they act when performing. Conflict between them may even be scripted to some degree. That said I'm sure there are those that are worse IRL than they are on camera as well. I don't know the scene enough to comment on what is going on here, but unless a person has actually worked with the person and interacted with them when they aren't expected to be in character I don't think they should be commenting.

                                [–]Almighty then.theloosecanon [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                I love 2GD, but you're absolutely right. I understand how difficult it can be to work with someone you think is hilarious, but over steps their boundaries way too liberally.

                                Supposedly he was told, in ear, go to a break but didn't listen. From a production standpoint that is indeed infuriating. You have expectations that they're going to do it, any second, and they don't do it for an extended period of time.

                                I can respect Valve's decision to let him walk mid event. Mid broadcast, even. Especially if they've had problems with him in the past.

                                This only further cements their decision to let him walk. You can't reliable work with someone in this line of work when they're unpredictable and known for sometimes witty remarks, and sometimes going a bit too far with what they say.

                                [–]GET OFF MY LAWN!Tehmaxx [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                He's openly mocked the death of someone's mother during interviews.

                                She wasn't dead but it's still a subject line he wouldn't be afraid to broach. It was clear he was an ass, but he was an ass the community loved at least from a fan perspective. If the players and production staff hate him then I really can't blame them.

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                                  [–]enigmelanders52 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

                                  this exactly. People in this sub are thinking that he got fired for "beeing an ass in camera". No. He was probably an ass to WORK WITH (irresponsible, bad-mannered, etc. i dont know im just giving examples)

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                                    [–]artour my love, my life, moon n sun n starsdeletememotherfucker [スコア非表示]  (13子コメント)

                                    RL and Thorin are hired by the companies that valve has run/produce the majors. They are not hired by Valve - that is clearly not how things work in the Dota world, where Valve seems to take a more hands-on approach.

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                                      [–]TheCatAndSgtBaker[🍰] [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

                                      Valve™ Approved hosts that are clearly more suited to host events over 2GD

                                      [–]Nature rejects you >:|Sandusson [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                      Respectable off-camera

                                      [–]notamccallister [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

                                      James is the full ass. RL and Thorin are individual buttcheeks.

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

                                        rofl got called an ass by gabe

                                        am interested to see what james' side to this is, gabe calling him an ass doesn't really clarify much

                                        [–]Caw caw!!SmaugTheGreat [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

                                        That's even better than Dendi creating a 1 minute long song to flame me and my team mates.

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

                                          http://imgur.com/t5N4453

                                          [–]WingedFagg0tofRa [スコア非表示]  (8子コメント)

                                          Lol, now James HAS to post his side.

                                          SHIT IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN.

                                          [–]doctorbhb [スコア非表示]  (52子コメント)

                                          OMG two lovable persons (Gaben and 2GD) are on opposite sides.
                                          Where do we side now Reddit?

                                          [–]Convictfish [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

                                          And so the Great War begins...

                                          [–]wildfire116 [スコア非表示]  (8子コメント)

                                          with the greater god

                                          [–]#Free2GD BibleThumparanslee [スコア非表示]  (22子コメント)

                                          1) GabeN didn't really give a proper reason, all he stated was that "James is an ass" 2) 2GD hasn't even given his full response yet, so we can wait to see his side of the story

                                          I'm still with 2GD on this one, but sadly the majority will side with Gabe.

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

                                          Well, in the real world, being an ass is definitely ground to be fired. Gabe is a professional and a fucking multi-billion dollar networthed CEO, I'm sure if he says you're an ass you better clean up your act.

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                                              [–]I've seen some shitalex-o-mat0r [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

                                              That's all?

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

                                              This has to be a viral marketing campaing by ESEX. This cant be real

                                              [–]Onii-chanItsTooBig [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

                                              Didn't expect Gabe to answer, but I definitely hope there's more to the explanation other than that James was "an ass".

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

                                              No third point, must be real!

                                              [–]2 E Z 4 A R T O U RMataDuitan [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

                                              Best r/dota2 drama ever.

                                              [–]날아오르라 주작이여bshth [スコア非表示]  (19子コメント)

                                              HOLY SHIT ITS GABE

                                              [–]tomitz [スコア非表示]  (12子コメント)

                                              Be yourself yames so we can fire you Kappa

                                              [–]PerfectlyClear [スコア非表示]  (8子コメント)

                                              Something behind the scenes must have went on bigtime...? Was 2GD really that bad on the desk?

                                              [–]RogueCarpet [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

                                              James was throwing production under the bus and described Waga as "SingSing's bottom bitch" among other things. If Valve wanted the coverage to be professional, this is all out of line.

                                              But if Valve wanted the coverage to be professional there was zero reason to pick James as a host or to hire the current production team so I'm not really sure what they were expecting, especially since it doesn't seem like James was given instructions to change his behavior.

                                              [–]༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GIB NEW AGHS UPGRADE ICEFRAUD ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つProud2bTryhard [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                              See for yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-7GmWF4cmQ

                                              And remember to bUrself

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                                                  [–]Memes JackSkquad [スコア非表示]  (95子コメント)

                                                  If James is an ass, how are Duncan 'thoorin' Sheilds and Richard Lewis able to work at your CSGO events?

                                                  [–]In EE-sama we trustCederz [スコア非表示]  (8子コメント)

                                                  https://twitter.com/Thooorin/status/703373935602171905 LOL

                                                  [–]pleomax_b [スコア非表示]  (27子コメント)

                                                  Because CS:GO is the unwanted kid of Valve.

                                                  [–]Drodman93 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

                                                  Cause valve gives much less shits about CS, they're way less involved with the CS majors than TI/dota majors, it's pretty much just handled by whoever is hosting(speculation by me) im guessing, e.g. ESL, MLG, etc. etc.

                                                  [–]_TheRedViper_ [スコア非表示]  (18子コメント)

                                                  You realize that there is a difference between being a dick as an internet persona and being a dick live working with people?
                                                  I am not saying 2gd is the latter, but apparently valve thinks so.

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                                                    [–]theexist3nce [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

                                                    Why are people giving gold to someone with more money than everyone else in this thread combined

                                                    [–]Dravved [スコア非表示]  (57子コメント)

                                                    Is it true that James was told to be himself? Wouldn't you all know what you were getting into when you said that?

                                                    Edit: And what of Thorin and Richard Lewis? James is an ass, but the majority seem to love him, myself included. Even my CSGO friends that hate watching Dota think Thorin is a prick and RLewis literally assaulted somebody at an event. How can Valve still invite them to events, and yet James is let go for entertaining the viewers during an absurd amount of delays.

                                                    Editx2: I should clarify that James was let go for entertaining viewers according to what we know. If things were much more serious, then disregard that last sentence. My point on Thorin and RLewis still stands.

                                                    [–]BASED FNG AND RICHARD 'ILLIDAN' ASHCROFTLesteriuse [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

                                                    we also like ass

                                                    [–]Flower PowerSnifflesDota [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

                                                    I kind of new trouble is coming when one of the first words on the Major stream from James was "Cunt". Sure I like the guy and most of us do, but banter and all jokes could be done without harsh words and topics about drugs, underage prostitutes etc.

                                                    [–]sii92 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

                                                    Well if you're talking about the introduction on day 1, he meant to say "cans and can'ts of Dota" or something along those lines. It just sounded a lot like cunt though.

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

                                                    Well knowing James I think he made it a bit deliberately ambiguous as to whether he said "cunt" or "can't". Doubt that was what got him fired though.

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

                                                      I'm sure if someone said that it was expecting a performance like during the past TIs. Instead James harassed players, ignored production and told everyone on camera, and acted in multiple occasions as he didn't give a shit about the games.

                                                      I don't know what happened "behind the scenes" but James needed a warning for sure. I'll assume the warning happened and James didn't change his behavior leading to him being fired. But this is just my assumption.

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                                                        [–]NicklosA [スコア非表示]  (72子コメント)

                                                        If you're going to fire assholes are you firing Richard Lewis and Thooorin too?

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

                                                        I understand that people want consistency, but I wish we would stop focusing primarily on those two. This same comment is in here several times. You can see if you look at my profile that I have a ton of bad shit to say about Lewis, but this is akin to holding every decision Valve makes hostage until they fire Lewis and Thoorin, which isn't productive in terms of what's going on right now. It's not that there's no place for it, but a section of the community is fixated on it to the point that it's detrimental.

                                                        We have to agree that this is one of the weirdest statements ever received from Valve, and the weirdest thing I've ever heard Gabe say. I love James, but he must have fucked up. I want to be able to address that, and the ensuing madness that followed, without having it all hinge on firing Lewis and Thoorin, even if I think that would have been the right decision as well.

                                                        [–]Virtus Plow fanGamerhcp [スコア非表示]  (14子コメント)

                                                        I don't think Valve gets too much of a say for CS majors, ESL and Dreamhack banned both of them but MLG didn't

                                                        ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯

                                                        [–]Marregheriti [スコア非表示]  (10子コメント)

                                                        yes please

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

                                                          10-4, 10-4 shots fired, I repeat - SHOTS FIRED!

                                                          [–]PadaDota2 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                                          "James is an ass" doesn't really explain anything, we knew this all along.

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

                                                          Didn't expect such an up-front response. While I don't really agree, I'm sure we all appreciate the communication.

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

                                                          Some Valve people

                                                          bruno.

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

                                                          1) Could you be more vague? What were the issues with him before the Shanghai Major, and what was it this time? The community can only speculate that it was his "harassment" towards Eternal Envy.

                                                          2)Good. The production quality was below acceptable for a tournament of this caliber. While you're at it, stop working with Perfect World.

                                                          [–]tg_wl [スコア非表示]  (21子コメント)

                                                          Some Valve people lobbied to bring him back for Shanghai, feeling that he deserved another chance.

                                                          Then maybe you should've told him how you wanted him to act and not tell him "Be yourself"?

                                                          [–]dny6 [スコア非表示]  (11子コメント)

                                                          we don't know who told him that or if he really was told that. I DOUBT james is lying, so the question remains who told him to do so.

                                                          [–]bestrez [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

                                                          Maybe he didn't and someone else (the person lobbying for him) did?

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

                                                          I love people assuming shit they know nothing about.

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                                                            [–]fangayzythe_ [スコア非表示]  (40子コメント)

                                                            I'm not sure whether I believe this as an authentic Gabe response for some reason doesn't seem right

                                                            [–]GabeNewellBellevue[S] [スコア非表示]  (30子コメント)

                                                            You can always email me to confirm.

                                                            [–]Marcius916 [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

                                                            Can I email just to say hi?

                                                            [–]Is it weird that I drink with my feet?thejoe [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

                                                            If you have an email client, I think it is most likely possible for you to be able to email people.

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                                                              [–]http://www.dotabuff.com/players/7732805nossr50 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                                              It's really Gabe, that's his reddit account.

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

                                                                It's baffling to me why Valve hired James in the first place. James is an ass. James' entire appeal and online persona and hosting style is endeared in the fact that he's an ass. People like him because he's an ass and delivers some biting insults.

                                                                Sounds like Valve wanted Chobra/Redeye and "professional" (i hate that word) hosting from the outset and just decided to hire James for one last public shaming that silenced any fans within Valve, before throwing him to the wolves.

                                                                [–]yannickcsgo [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

                                                                https://twitter.com/ODPixel/status/703380399947431936

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

                                                                Cool, so no actual reasoning, just an insult and a statement that you won't be working with him again.

                                                                I expected better from Gabe.

                                                                [–]rasmorak [スコア非表示]  (14子コメント)

                                                                hey /u/GabeNewellBellevue as long as you're firing people, can you also fire your entire support staff as well? Waiting two months to receive a canned response on a ticket is pretty fucking dumb tbh. EA's support is faaaar superior.

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

                                                                http://imgur.com/R4GbrRR

                                                                [–]elloman13 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

                                                                We're firing assholes now? Why not start with the two biggest ones, Thorin and Richard Lewis.

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

                                                                Some Valve people lobbied

                                                                Bruno buddy you tried.

                                                                [–]nutter01 [スコア非表示]  (57子コメント)

                                                                watch the reddit circlejerk change from 'bring back james' to 'wow i always knew he was an ass'

                                                                [–]RuinedAmnesia [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

                                                                "James was never my friend" - Gabe

                                                                [–]g0ggy [スコア非表示]  (19子コメント)

                                                                No, it won't. They KNOW his character well enough to judge how he will behave and if you don't want him to behave how he usually does then don't tell him to "be yourself".

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

                                                                Pretty sure no one but James has said that the prime directive was for him to "Be Himself", which means I'm confident there were some other stipulations that he either glossed over or is failing to mention. The point of the majors was to make things more structured and professional. If Valve thought James could make some changes in that direction and be acceptable, it makes sense to hire him.

                                                                He's the one who went even more edgy than usual.

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

                                                                Anyone that believes James was fired because of him being himself in the coverage is a certifiable retard.

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                                                                  [–]insty1 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                                                  Everyone already knew James was an ass. It's just that he can be hilarious whilst being an ass.

                                                                  [–]༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ GIB NEW AGHS UPGRADE ICEFRAUD ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つProud2bTryhard [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                                                  I always knew James was an ass and that's why I want him back. The panel was swinging back and forth from awkward to hilarious, and you could tell all the other sausages in the fest had a blast, especially Cap, Blitz, Synd and Merlini. Draskyl was like "Yup, here come my GDstudio flashbacks, when I survived on crackers and leftover whiskey".

                                                                  [–]5623452342 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                                                  Anybody with a brain has known 2GD to be a little off, but we fucking like that shit in this community.

                                                                  Valve has decided that he is too politically incorrect. He bothers special interests of Valve apparently. GREAT STUFF.

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                                                                    [–]Kaos047 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                                                    Well this was fucking unprofessional...

                                                                    "James is an ass" well no shit... What the fuck did you expect?

                                                                    [–]#VoteQoPKorelle [スコア非表示]  (6子コメント)

                                                                    James being an ass is why we love him and enjoy him hosting.

                                                                    [–]fangaybeeswaxx [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

                                                                    being a funny ass on stream is one thing, being an ass to back room staff is another... you do realise we don't see the whole picture right?

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

                                                                      Thats not really any information but oooooook

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

                                                                      wow.... james saved this fucking major from being a complete fucking failure

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

                                                                      The whole James situation aside, THANK YOU VALVE FOR LISTENING TO OUR PLEAS FOR BETTER PRODUCTION. Hopefully the Mineski event team is being brought in as they've done an outstanding job on extremely short notice multiple times beforehand

                                                                      [–]hazzman14 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                                                      Well now we now Gabe's an ass man

                                                                      [–]herro9n [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                                                      Do you know what, this is like hiring Ricky Gervais and then being upset for what he said during rehearsals and firing him before the show goes live.

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

                                                                      Let that be a lesson folks, if you complain enough and with enough people, the Lord may just come down and partake in a bit of complaining too.

                                                                      [–]There are none who cannot be memedtiradium [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

                                                                      STOP GIFTING HIM GOLD , WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

                                                                      (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

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

                                                                      This just seems like a very immature response. Honestly, can we expect anything more from Valve, they have been a shit company for a long time now. Valve is a joke and this response from their owner shows why they are. Instead of saying some vague response, like "Valve and 2GD did not see eye to eye on certain things we decided to part ways with him." Gabe decides to make it personal vague response and call him an ass.

                                                                      [–]behemoth887 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                                                      You know volvo fucked up when Gaben himself has to do damage control. You fired James and it was a mistake, but you gotta double down because if you don't it'll look stupid, but at the same time you've gotta fire the actual problem, the production. Pretty good trick it'll likely work.

                                                                      [–]junkeat1314 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                                                      i was expecting a proper statement but then i see james is an ass

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

                                                                      You might call it...'major' drama...

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

                                                                      Wtf is wrong with you, everyone knows james is an ass. Thats what makes him the best host and best entertainer out there. Seriously bring him back if this is the only issue i see no problem. Unless you elaborate on the issue this isnt enough.

                                                                      [–]Hover your cursor over my flair.GravityCat1 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

                                                                      "James? You're fired." -Gabe "Make Dota Great Again" Newell

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