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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.
Inane
The new Slashdot wants to be TMZ.
Even when _there_ are fines involved. I'm not one to correct grammar in comments, but it would be nice to fix the summary.
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Bruce Perens.
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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.
Mark Cuban needs to drop a few hundred Gs on Unicef, and Cybersmile needs to go fuck it's pretentious agenda.
And Slashdot, shame on you most of all. News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.
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What the fuck is an f-bomb???
for normalizing relations with Castro's dictatorship, You'd think they'd be a little more polite.
Oh, wait... never mind.
So essentialy he bought his name on the frontpage of Slashdot for 30.000 USD. Why is this news?
Mark Cuban once started off rich. Then he invested in RealPlayer and ended up super rich.
Good for him - that's what how the Land of Opportunity is supposed to be. You start out
with loads of money, and make even more from that. Awesome.
Lately though, he's been involved in failure. HDnet (anyone remember that?), the Dallas
Mavericks (anyone remember them), etc.
To be known for being foul-mouthed and poor-sportsmanship is not a golden chalice of
virtue.
If Mr. Cuban wanted to contribute to charity he could easily do so -- and a lot more than
a measly $30K -- without resorting to foul-mouthed expressions.
He's a kid who never grew up, and there's nothing Peter Pan or cutesy about it.
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I think I just found my new favorite way to raise money for charity.
It's eSports. Don't you remember those mutherfuckin' jocks back in high school? They figured out how to operate game controllers.
It took me a minute to figure out that I know who Mark Cuban is. At first, I thought it was some sort of way to swear a bunch and donate to a Cuban charity. I was set to unleash a torrent of profanity in an effort to lend assistance but, having read the summary (and not the article) and some comments, I've concluded that this charity is not likely to be something that I wish to render assistance to.
I'm all for being polite and all for using respectable speech. I am all for doing so of my own volition. I'd rather not have someone telling me that I must do so, shaming for failing to do so, or telling you that you are not allowed to do so. I'm free to censor my own speech. I'm not entitled to censor your speech. I'd not feel comfortable supporting a group that had a goal of censorship even if it was limited to peer pressuring folks into compliance.
Now, if talking trash and swearing meant that I'd be supporting a group that was pro-speech then I might consider it. If it were for a group that was advocating freedom of speech in Cuba then, by all means, I'd be interested. Cuba is a lovely place and full of nice people. I'm quite fond of the place and will surely be visiting again though I'm not entirely sure when it will fit into my schedule.
As an aside; I need to check out the new regulations concerning a travel visa. It has been a while since I last visited and I understand that the regulations have drastically changed. I do anticipate being in Florida in the very near future (probably in DC by the end of this week - post holiday) and it's a short flight to Cuba from there. I'll be certain to look into it when I get down that way - I should probably do so sooner as I don't know how much lead-time will be required. Every other time it has actually been easier than one might expect. I simply flew from Canada the first time and Mexico the second time.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
Thanks. I thought "fork bomb" was short enough already, while being much more descriptive. Might as well call it "fb" if you want to describe it as something that completely ruins computing and networks for a lot of people.
Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
What sort of cunt uses the term f-bomb?
Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a videogame tournament. In this particular case, they're referring to the "League of Legends" portion of the tournament.
Mark Cuban is a rich guy who owns a sports team and is on some TV show called Shark Tank or something. He participated in the event by playing a showmatch with four popular League of Legends players on his team, vs Brian Krzanich (Intel CEO) and four more popular LoL players.
"fuck" is usually banned from broadcasts. In this case, there's no legal reason for it, but it is likely ESL (tournament host) policy to keep the broadcast clean.
As an aside, the showmatch was a huge letdown. Cuban clearly had no idea what was going on, but wanted to play well and was trying his best, following instruction from the pros with him. Brian K clearly had never played a videogame before and didn't try to learn.
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I'm not entitled to censor your speech.
Private organizations have the right to censor the speech of those who participate in activities they organize. It is undoubtedly true that Cuban was getting an appearance fee, but even if he was not, he was there representing the organization.