Cuban Talks Trash At Intel Extreme Masters, Drops $30K of F-Bombs For Charity (hothardware.com)

MojoKid writes: Dallas Mavericks owner and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban isn't known for holding his tongue, even when their are fines involved. If you thought that might change in the eSports arena, you'd be mistaken. The billionaire trash talker dropped a couple of f-bombs at the Intel Extreme Masters tournament in San Jose this past weekend, and he'll have to pay tens of thousands of dollars for doing so. Not that he minds. In fact, after being informed on stage during a post-match interview that he was was being fined $15,000 for dropping an f-bomb, and that the funds would go to charity, he promptly asked if he'd be hit with another one if he did it again. His intentional outburst meant that he'd be on the hook for $30,000, all of which will go to the Cybersmile Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides expert help and advice for cyberbullying victims and their families. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich also squared off on opposing teams in a game of League of Legends.

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What Does Cybersmile Do That's Worth $30K?

[Kunedog]

It's worse than inane. From what I can see, Cybersmile peddles the anti-gamer "abuse and harrassment" narrative and supports an end to online anonymity. They were also one of the orgs lined up for the $300M Intel forked out in PR protection money a while back. Hopefully Cybersmile's not actually run by known harrassers and doxxers like Crash Override and the Online Abuse Prevention Initiative, which were also (both) embarrassingly promoted by Slashdot.

I can't blame Cuban for falling for this, since he was just told "It's for charity" rather than for propaganda and activism.