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Richard Lewis calls out Polygon, Waypoint and Kotaku live on stage during speech (eSports Awards 2019)
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Complicated issue. Do I disagree with the tournaments, viewership, sponsors, or organizations? No. If Klask can have a world championship, then so can a game. However, I find the fact of company ownership (no one owns baseball or football), changing rules through game play additions (chess doesn't add new pieces), and difficulty to learn (you try bringing someone to a bar and telling them how DOTA 2/ Overwatch work) all to be troubling.
To be fair, he probably approved given his support of Milo.
Richard Lewis has done more for the eSport communities he's been involved in than anyone else. He fought for years for players to get better contracts, personally supported players of the CSGO and LoL community who had serious life issues and did that without any blitz, uncovered dozens of cases of corporations trying to get control, e.g. exclusivity deals with the ESL that would have suppressed competition and resulted in worse outcomes for players, cheating, match throwing, etc.
He always maintained a high journalistic standard, even if some sad people tried to somehow link some of his personal tweets they didn't like with his actual work. Richard Lewis worked for dozens of publications over the years. He left the Daily Dot (which is considered left-ish) when they edited some of his reports without his consent and worked for Breitbart for a while because he was allowed to report on eSports with the guarantee of not sabotaging his work. This, among some other out of context tweets, led to some people, including in this thread, to suggest he is somehow a Trump supporter, when he is actually quite the opposite.
He has done good in this industry for over a decade and declined multiple well-paying jobs over the years. He later joined Turner to make sure the CSGO ELEAGUE series on TV was better managed than the clusterfuck that was CGS (an earlier attempt of Counter-Strike on TV that damaged the scene and took years to recover).
It is beyond sickening to see some of the comments in this thread.
He always maintained a high journalistic standard, even if some sad people tried to somehow link some of his personal tweets they didn't like with his actual work. Richard Lewis worked for dozens of publications over the years. He left the Daily Dot (which is considered left-ish) when they edited some of his reports without his consent and worked for Breitbart for a while because he was allowed to report on eSports with the guarantee of not sabotaging his work. This, among some other out of context tweets, led to some people, including in this thread, to suggest he is somehow a Trump supporter, when he is actually quite the opposite.
He has done good in this industry for over a decade and declined multiple well-paying jobs over the years. He later joined Turner to make sure the CSGO ELEAGUE series on TV was better managed than the clusterfuck that was CGS (an earlier attempt of Counter-Strike on TV that damaged the scene and took years to recover).
It is beyond sickening to see some of the comments in this thread.
just in terms of justice in the universe, it fucking sucks this clown is getting awards while waypoint gets consolidated into the Vice mothership
Can you elaborate why his esports work on Breitbart also included anti-leftist and anti-refugee articles?
You speak as an authority, but you are either falsifying information about Lewis or you're too ignorant to be speaking in this fashion.
It is in the op. It's only 4 minutes.
Still think he is off base about waypoint of those three.
Some great people won awards and constantly do great things in esports, and im not going to shit on an entire industry because of some of the degenerates that happen to be apart of said community. A lot of work obviously needs to be done as this industry continues to grow.
But I replied to that other person because its being applied that the industry isn't legitimate, which isn't the case. I don't like Richard Lewis's views but he won an award based off of his investigative work, and it did do some great things.
Good to know that the esports awards are shit and not worth a single millisecond of anyone's time.
But since you think he's being taken out of context, I have an idea - can I ask you for the context?
Context, please. Actually please give me context. My expectations are that you're not going to respond with the adequate context lacking from these, or you're just going to leave your post as a drive-by.
Surprise me, show me that you're not someone who made a low-effort attempt to shield Lewis from accusations of bigotry. Do it.
You forgot to mention he is bisexual, so unfotunately I will be taking your Richard Lewis #1 Fan card.
speaking of context
not a Trump supporter, no; just celebrated when he won, worked for Breitbart, befriended Milo, and engaged/engages in anti-immigrant, anti-feminist, and anti-SJW rhetoric
thanks for the context, though
we found him!
sorry to this man, but if he knows this much about smaller Richard Lewis without actually being him... just, sorry to this man.
he choked a competitor. he should not work in the industry anymore, period, and the fact that literally anyone pays him to still do that work is fucking shameful. you want to talk about professionalism? show me anyone who gets to stay on ESPN or write for any halfway-respectable sports vertical after physically assaulting a player. FOH.
there are a million other reasons why he is also a piece of shit, all of them in this thread, but that single one is more than enough.
also I thought I added it to my multi quote but apparently not, someone early in the thread was like "oh but he's *the* esports reporter" but isn't that Slasher's zone? Slasher has always felt like that to me (and I don't even like HIM that much either)
kotaku's compete also shit on RL from a high height, fam, y'all wilding.
The only context we need is that this guy has worked with Breitbart. And speaks positively about Milo. Close the thread.
I think it's hilarious when people say that The Mainstream Media is a problem.
Out of the countless articles they've published over the past couple decades, there have been maybe 4 or 5 notable fuck-ups.
Compare that to the practically daily bullshit that comes out of the minds of guys like Richard Lewis, Ian Miles Cheong, and so on. Nevermind that they also tend to be sexist bigots that frequently participate in harassment campaigns.
But yeah, something needs to be done about The Mainstream Media.
Out of the countless articles they've published over the past couple decades, there have been maybe 4 or 5 notable fuck-ups.
Compare that to the practically daily bullshit that comes out of the minds of guys like Richard Lewis, Ian Miles Cheong, and so on. Nevermind that they also tend to be sexist bigots that frequently participate in harassment campaigns.
But yeah, something needs to be done about The Mainstream Media.
Ah yes, the jackass that assaulted someone at an esports event, harasses and threatens people via Twitter or in his streams, peddles baseless conspiracy theories that are only supported by his equally pathetic fanbase (or racist sad sack, cheating Twitch streamers), and who worked for Breitbart. That award is a joke.
Fuck Richard Lewis. And fuck Dr. Disrespect while we're at it.
Fuck Richard Lewis. And fuck Dr. Disrespect while we're at it.
But also fuck outta here with this bullshit as well.
I don't know. When Waypoint were discussing AOE4 they all hoped it won't be esports game.
Maybe Lewis is onto something?
obviously /s
I have my problems with Polygon and hate Kotaku but what the actual fuck did I just listen to? My brain needed bleach after this Big Brain Safari...
So what I'm getting out of this is that the founding father of eSports is some violent xenophobic bigoted harasser. Very good.
While we're at it, are we going to also learn that CSGO ELEAGUE's pool is funded by Nazi gold? How deep does this rabbit hole go?
So, I just read his wiki article:
"In 2015, Lewis's Reddit account was banned from commenting or posting on the League of Legends subreddit due to "sustained abusive behavior" after several warnings and a temporary ban. Shortly after, Lewis wrote several articles questioning the relationship between the moderators of the subreddit and the game's developer Riot Games, revealing that subreddit moderators were asked to sign non-disclosure agreements with the developer and that several former moderators were later hired by the company. A month later, a moderator for the subreddit announced that his content would be banned from the site after users on the subreddit critical of Lewis were allegedly harassed upon Lewis posting their comments on Twitter. "His YouTube channel, his articles, his Twitch, and his Twitter are no longer welcome in this subreddit. We will also not allow any rehosted content from this individual." In an interview with Kotaku, Lewis defended himself by disputing the initial allegations of abusive behavior, and argued that he had never asked his followers on Twitter to harass Reddit users. "The mods are doing this to try and get me fired [from The Daily Dot]." In his Facebook post announcing his resignation from The Daily Dot several months later, Lewis cited the content ban among his reasons for leaving, saying "...it had a huge impact on my work and working environment. Important stories pertaining to League of Legends that I have written have gone unnoticed."
The Breitbart/Trump thing is the big one but he also used the stage to denounce his former employer The Daily Dot and attacked Kotaku as his interview with them made him look bad. And now you know. A 10/10 scumbag. The worst thing about this is that his eSorts "journalism" career didn´t even take a hit after that one. What an industry ladies and gentlemen.
"In 2015, Lewis's Reddit account was banned from commenting or posting on the League of Legends subreddit due to "sustained abusive behavior" after several warnings and a temporary ban. Shortly after, Lewis wrote several articles questioning the relationship between the moderators of the subreddit and the game's developer Riot Games, revealing that subreddit moderators were asked to sign non-disclosure agreements with the developer and that several former moderators were later hired by the company. A month later, a moderator for the subreddit announced that his content would be banned from the site after users on the subreddit critical of Lewis were allegedly harassed upon Lewis posting their comments on Twitter. "His YouTube channel, his articles, his Twitch, and his Twitter are no longer welcome in this subreddit. We will also not allow any rehosted content from this individual." In an interview with Kotaku, Lewis defended himself by disputing the initial allegations of abusive behavior, and argued that he had never asked his followers on Twitter to harass Reddit users. "The mods are doing this to try and get me fired [from The Daily Dot]." In his Facebook post announcing his resignation from The Daily Dot several months later, Lewis cited the content ban among his reasons for leaving, saying "...it had a huge impact on my work and working environment. Important stories pertaining to League of Legends that I have written have gone unnoticed."
The Breitbart/Trump thing is the big one but he also used the stage to denounce his former employer The Daily Dot and attacked Kotaku as his interview with them made him look bad. And now you know. A 10/10 scumbag. The worst thing about this is that his eSorts "journalism" career didn´t even take a hit after that one. What an industry ladies and gentlemen.
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Ive been here since Day 1 and have almost as many posts as you.
I also campaigned against Brexit, hate the tories, think Trump is literal garbage and will be voting SNP December 12th blah blah blah~
Point is: I'm not some alt-right ninja thats waited for the perfect moment to promote whatever bullshit you want to believe. I reported you for your hateful comment that was really uncalled for but the mods don't seem to give a shit in this thread so: kindly fuck off yourself.
So are Kotaku, Polygon and Waypoint bad at reporting eSports? Kotaku seems like the kind of outlet that would listen to positive feedback from fans (not the guy in the video) if that were true.
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I swear most of the people here did not listen to the speech, they just read Breitbart and start verbally abusing the guy.
Socialist Republic of RESETERA. I'm done with this place, everything is political, everyone with a different view is a nazi, nothing really about gaming anymore.
Socialist Republic of RESETERA. I'm done with this place, everything is political, everyone with a different view is a nazi, nothing really about gaming anymore.
Work for nazis, get called a nazi. Plus his video is garbage anyway.
Does he go back in time during the speech and correct the timeline so that he never choked or harassed people?
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Here are two articles that were specifically called out
The Counter-Strike Boston Major Is Fake War Presented By Real War
Overwatch Pro Quits After Harassment Over Whether She Was Really Playing [UPDATE]
The CSGO article is ridiculous. I watched that Major and the impression this journalist tries to paint was not at all the case from the average viewers perspective.
The Overwatch article is bad... really bad. It does come across as a severe lack of research on Kotaku's part.
Richard Lewis conducted harassment and death threat campaigns agains trans people. He deserves to be arrested, not rewarded.
Even with this and plenty of other posts here detailing the vile things he's done, you still get people defending him. Case in point...
Just report them and let mods do the work of banning these trolls.
Defend him personally? No I just don't like Polygon and Kotakus work, is that allowed here? His on stage exasperated drama display is just a funny way he has gone about it. I'm interested to see what this kicks up.
You say this shit yet here you are minutes later
Trying to legitimization a argument made by a fucking NAZI!!! Which is what you been doing all throughout this thread.
So yeah don't give me your "I'm not doing anything" bullshit.