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Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

While I kinda agree with some of the points you raised in your blog re: this. Basically, that the community is starting to get a grip on the power it has and people are certainly jumping on certain bandwagons with regards to TL/Reddit posts convincing idiots to email sponsors out thinking.

But that is the role of the community. If the community doesn't want people like IdrA (or rather, people to act like IdrA has done) then it's their responsibility to communicate that. Admittedly, the community seems to kind of miss the step where it's far better for esports in general if they sent those angry emails to the team first... giving EG a chance to react before the entire organisation's name is tainted to the sponsors can only be a good thing, even if it ends up in the same place.

Strongly disagree. When did The Community become World Police? The power to anonymously damage the relationship and reputation of an individual/organisation should not be wielded so carelessly. People who do this think they're doing some good in the industry when all they're doing is bringing it down.

If a football player fucks up, people take it to the team coach/manager. They don't contact freaking McDonalds and Coca Cola and threaten to never buy a Coke or a Cheeseburger ever again because Dickhead McBallstein cheated on his wife and punched a baby. It's a messy and volatile approach. I've been on the receiving end of it and it's nothing more than a cheap attack which circumvents the people who can actually do something about it.

Emailing sponsors needs to stop. It's doing nothing more than scaring money away from the industry.