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Not-gamers > Gamer > Competitive Gamer > Going pro

That wasn’t just mean words, that was policy we had to deal with. Sad that you had to interject Jim fucking Crow when I asked for an example involving gamers. Wow.

“Still looking for a why here. You’ve made a few statements but haven’t explained why harassment is not an obstacle.”

No no no, it’s a meritocracy all the way thru from local pools to world finals. That step you’re talking about, where people are buying the entertainment products to get into gaming in the first place? That’s not an esports concern. That’s not even a competitive gaming concern. You keep trying to include this step…

No, see; Racism is “privalidge plus power”, and I don’t have any more of that than all the black people I’m around everyday. I can’t be racist to.. myself, I have a black friend! And... a black mom! Why, I’ll prove I’m not racist by forming a creative team with nothing but black people. Whatever I gotta do to earn…

- Pro players have same block and mute tools we do. And in general any public celeb of any sort has to be ready for assholes. Comes with the territory.

Choice three is you’re an ideologue who requires I be one of those things for the point to stick.

Well yeah, good old fashioned ‘Get off the court, boy!” *push forward, lay-up, misses*

I’m black and been around black gamers of competitive and casual stripes. We are not the delicate flowers you want us to be. I’ll happily Blacksplain that for you.

That’s nice, I’m a lifelong gamer and I can care less about outsider viewpoints from ‘social academia’. Practices like that did absolutely nothing positive for this sub-culture like at all.

I don’t. Trolls do not define the sub-culture most likely to not care about shit like that.

I don’t deny it’s there, I’m saying it’s not ‘rampant’ and certainly not cause to stop competitive gamers.

Lol who am I bigoted toward? Name the race. Don’t say black people, that would be awkward.

Name a tournament where minorities are being “insulted and spat on at the door”.

Every notable player gets bullshit, trolls just find it easy to make the bullshit racial since it’s an easy troll. Just like sexism with women, redneck jokes with midwestern whites, triggering with middle class whites, etc. Trolls use specific ammo per target - but they will troll anybody.

That doesn’t follow. How is avoiding assholes online a reason not to persue esports?

How the hell is gaming not being concerned with people’s financial status inconsistent with my point that nobody is holding gamers back based in those factors? Unless you think apathy is aggressive; which I suppose is likely.

The audience is already diverse this whole page is about ‘why aren’t there more X players’, and that’s what I’m responding to.

I acknowledge it. It’s just not a concern to competitive gaming.