The deal with being in public and somewhat called "harassment" (and i clearly distinquish between a from a court defined harassment and a person just feeling they are harassed) , is that its really different pieces.
As a private person you have no impact on public that even remotely justifies that anyone attacks you directly.
However, as a public person, like a politician or as we have here, a cosplayer that actively presents their body in public on public events to players, its in your right to criticizes exactly that, which is the body, its presented in a sexualized manner, so commenting in that way is not even inappropriate (might not be your personal taste, but thats a different deal).
If a private person gets mails from random persons theres zero reason or justification, so thats an entirely different matter compared to someone that publicly pushes themselves into public opinion.
Its a really important part of projecting this matter to the context its presented in.
If i see a women feeding a baby and i tell her "You are a 6/10, i wouldnt even rape you" , it would be an unbelieavable inappropriate thing to say , but to someone that in public makes money by presenting their body ? If i tell that to a stripper ? Inapprioriate for sure, but still an entirely different deal, as context matters, the environment matters and if you do not want to expose to that, you are not forced, you can simply not do that job.
If you go to the extreme and outlaw any potenially rude comment, you restrict language by a great deal, so much that people cannot express anything without fear somebody will feel hurt or insulted, and if that justifies that your social media gets permanently flagged and you suffer for it, its a way more extreme response than the "rude comment" started out as.
The adult option would be to point the rude comments out and keep it on a apprioriate level of response, you can talk stuff out and discuss it to proof a point without going to war directly , and still keep in mind, that no person is outright evil, for such things.
And yes, the real sick people are the ones that perform the threats, thats just downright cruelty and has no other reason than pleasing a sadistic pleasure, and that is absolutely nothing a society has to, or should accept, but its a completely different animal to a critic from an public figure.
I am on the side to promote that individuals are responsible for what they are doing.
Jeremy didnt incite harassment, he did poorly phrased comments sure, but thats hardly crazy evil, its just rude and if you talk to him about that, yes ofcourse he knows himself its rude, and thats about it, you can stand above it and realize that something thats already enough, realize you gone a bit to far and the moment you are told so, you can better yourself, problem solved ; the sick people that continue to threaten , thats what remains, but thats adults, responsible for their actions, and any adult that isnt insane should have enough intelligence to not even do that to begin with.
Racist comments are a special kind of deal, just as gay-topics etc. etc.
Its highly controversial to many people and especially your work place is a context with special meaning here.
If i make a racial comment in private, thats it, nobody cares. If someone is insulted they can sue me, i get appropriate punishment, and/or we settle the topic before it escalates, thats the potential for discussion and understanding that is much more valuable than taking every little comment and blow it up like its a death threat right away ; its clearly not.
In your context part you clearly see context matters so much.
Context is key for this here.
All the screenshots are mostly out of context and look entirely different if you get the big picture.
Yes people are offended a lot, but its undeniably a thing you have to be able to deal with if you have any kind of public job, or open yourself up to that (and if you cannot deal with it, its simply the wrong job for you, as theirs issues with lots of jobs and you cannot just blame others for that, self-responsility is a thing, its not that others are always to blame for anything you do and anything you do will have an effect on others, if your job is in public, thats a given).
I think america in special a lot of people are highly influenced by what some special individuals say , so they build up some form of responsibility for what they say, simply because of that.
And i think, it again depends on context and what group you talk to.
In the case here the group of people is the magic community, people that watch Jeremys Channel, thats already a very small subsection again and people that enjoy trollish comments, so they are already open to that and have their own problems why they cannot control what they are doing (as no sane person would write a death threat email to anybody, but lots of people do, especially in heated discusions and extreme topics).
But here Jeremy cannot be at fault for what individuals end up doing, the targeted audience are adults, and should totally be able to control themselves.
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Your last part.
I also think he could be much less rude in his comments and from his latest comments he acknowledges this, as often you have to be told you are going over the edge, and if its good to think about it (but again, its about critic and staying on a non-extreme course, you want discussion and not open war).
Lots of stuff i can relate to and the topic is simply overblown by extreme margins.
In the end, people said some mean things and others reacted to them ; thats actually all that happened, thats rude at best, but its not downright evil.
This topic would much easier and smoother be solved in a much smaller circle, or in private between these two.
Pulling it to public just makes things worse, by a lot and it doesnt serve anybody, be they right or wrong, in the end, this open warfare just damages the community and people will bunker themselves into even more extreme sides and become even more unable to discuss anything without directly insulting each other.
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But one thing is guaranteed, this will be a hot topic for the rest of the week and probably the next one, and at some point, nobody will care anymore and just play Magic again.
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Nov 30, 2017TheOnlyOne652089 posted a message on If You Can't Take Criticism of Jeremy Hambly, You're Part of the ProblemPosted in: Articles
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Nov 30, 2017TheOnlyOne652089 posted a message on If You Can't Take Criticism of Jeremy Hambly, You're Part of the ProblemThe fact that a comment makes someone feel harassed doesnt mean it is harassment.Posted in: Articles
Just because someone feels insulted, its not automatic evil in nature.
Most important, he never told to her directly, you literally have to seek out his channel to see the comments, so you actively have to search yourself to see negative comments about yourself.
The indisputable issue are the sick minded individuals that go over the top and do exactly that, email directly, twitter to her directly etc. They do the harassment, they are 100% guilty for it, and they qualify for it, as they indeed take a sadistic pleasure in doing that, its among the most harmful type of troll.
Then theres a difference between private people and people in public.
As a private person nobody has any public interest in what i do and so comments about my person would be out of context.
The moment what you are doing is part of a community, like cosplay at a grand prix and doing pictures of that etc. You present yourself in public and so comments about exactly that are clearly presented.
That alone is no harassment and its just as important to clearly draw a line between what people truly say and what is casually said, simply put, if you are talking to a group of people for hours, chances are you will say something stupid and someone will feel insulted ; so it has to be viewed in context and not just "oh god, look what he said" , and finger point exactly that and ignore anything else.
And especially for Jeremys channel, its clearly a form of topics and talking that you might easily find offending, others do not, some think hes right about a bunch of stuff, and i believe you can easily see he has a bunch of points.
All the so called harassment can be put down to context that gives it a background, so that is what makes the topic a lot more slippery than just believing its all crystal clear.
The idea of thinking its downright crystal clear and theres only black/white in it, is already short sighted, as you have to see more of the picture to get a real glimpse of the actual truth.
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Nov 30, 2017TheOnlyOne652089 posted a message on If You Can't Take Criticism of Jeremy Hambly, You're Part of the ProblemYea, if people truly think theres just 1 problem at hand, and that others, but ofcourse never themselves are a part of it, thats just ridiculous, as it is the kind of finger pointing that just wants to make someone else responsible for what you think is bad.Posted in: Articles
If someone truly feels harassed, seek the police, file a claim, prevent the harassment, thats what you can do as an adult, theres a little bit of responsibility for your own too.
Its not your job to defend your wife, if you truly want fairness, she can do that on her own and she should be absolutely able and willing to do so (and if she isnt, that is a problem you have to start working on).
Its always a big question mark, if you have to drag your personal issues into public.
That just makes everything worse, much worse, as you are suddenly exposed to people that choose sides and over dramatic defend it, no matter if it effects them at all.
The adult way to solve the issue would simply be if she started out to simply ask to stop exactly what she thinks is bothering her. Any responsible adult will accept that and change behavior if its reasonable, and if they dont, you file a claim against them, so they get judged by a neutral court (or you are proven wrong on your feeling of being harassed, thats also an option and as an adult your have to live with it). -
Nov 30, 2017TheOnlyOne652089 posted a message on If You Can't Take Criticism of Jeremy Hambly, You're Part of the ProblemTheres critic and just phrasing opinions and as a form of entertainer and content provider he has a form of talking that a lot of people find offensive, but there is plenty of comedians i find offensive, but that doesnt make them in any way problematic.Posted in: Articles
Comments can easily be in bad taste and thats undeniable the case for Jeremy, but the real core of the issue to discuss is the small amount of truly idiotic people that take it to a true harassment and violent form of threats ; and the question to discuss would be if you as a content provider are truly responsible for what some sick individuals do , given they are adults, these people are the actual problem, and thats not Jeremy.
The same kind of sick individuals exist on the other spectrum too, some of them Social Justice Warriors that somehow feel Jeremy has to be "utterly destroyed" and death threats against him are "totally fine".
Seriously, its the same kind of sick individuals and its the CORE of a true problem which puts every little issue into full on overdrive roadkill.
It serves nobody and its a form of discussion that is very prevalent in the internet.
Its a culture of trolls and social justice warriors that simply cannot keep their actions behind a healthy line that keeps a minimum of civilized discourse alive.
If people get famous they undeniable have to have a tougher hide. The more people you know and the more people respond to you, the more bad comments you will accumulate.
Thats natural, and people will either like what you do or they will not.
Some of the sick people will downright hate you for whatever you do and this leads to the exact problem of people that think they have to act themselves , right now and fight what they think is the evil, everyone thinks they are in the right to do so and so nobody is able to self-reflect and see they are going over the top.
If matters settle down you could easily see Jeremy seeing himself that a bunch of stuff crosses the line , but bad taste comments and actual harassment should be dealt with in court and absolutely not in public for people to just judge and start their little lynch mobs in every corner burning whatever victim they just found.
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So there is more than just one problem.
A lot of problems and everyone is part of some problem, if they see it, know it, or still deny it. -
Nov 30, 2017TheOnlyOne652089 posted a message on If You Can't Take Criticism of Jeremy Hambly, You're Part of the ProblemTheres plenty of "good" men that started wars and killed people in the name of what they thought to be somehow the right thing.Posted in: Articles
The reality is, there are no "evil" and no "good" men, just opinions and people that push these ideology with violence over the other, who ever wins will be in the right, the other side clearly must have been wrong.
Its not the job of people to start a lynch mob and "destroy" other human beings and its downright pedantic to think that is in any way what "good men" should do.
Any problem has to be discussed and solved on the appropriate level.
Pushing topics in public only serves the trolls and media hype , people calling out for a single entity to be blamed for everything they think is bad.
The reality is, theres not a single bad person and everyone is usually to some degree responsible for what they do or do not do.
People really like to give small problems horrific names so they sound like much bigger problems, that leads only to despair and misery, it has no positive benefit for anybody, just pampers the ideology of people that really think they are the only legit form of judgment call, self-administered justice isnt the way to go and if you ever get in the situation to think someone is the personified evil, you are guaranteed wrong and simply ignore the other standpoint (so you become evil yourself, just to pretend to defend against evil, thats in no way a solution and only leads to a conflict in which everyone can blame anyone to be in the right and suddenly there are no good men left anymore).
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Nov 30, 2017TheOnlyOne652089 posted a message on If You Can't Take Criticism of Jeremy Hambly, You're Part of the ProblemA very big issue is that different topics are brought together, while they simply do not fit.Posted in: Articles
Nazi and troll posters are two very different things and should never be put together, just to fuel a cause, thats selling your own arguments cheap and makes them one-dimensional black/white thinking again, which is good for nobody.
Also, there will be critic and negative critic as well, that has to be acceptable.
Nobody is forced to be overly positive about anything.
If you truly dislike something you can say so, and its value to the discussion that this is expressed and not just ignored, or even outlawed as something terrible wrong.
At the same time its very valid to criticize something and not come up with a solution on your own right away. I can critic a cook and not be able to make it better, thats totally fine and it must be legit to do so. The point of critic is that you should never need to justify for it, the receiver can take the critic and see it as an issue, or they dont, thats their cup of tea and its what an adult has to learn to deal with.
But here again, this changes a lot if someone is in private or its brought up in public and presented to a mob of people.
If you just honestly dislike cosplay and say so, thats fair, nobody forces you to like anything.
The "locker-room-talk" is a topic entirely for its own. Its something that is widely accepted and always was. Women to the same about men, they even do it among each other, it might just be more subtle than the direct approach of actually saying it out loud, even if its just in the "locker-room" (or in this case a youtube channel, or a bunch of twitter posts).
Its fine on its own.
What really pushes the topic to become a real issue is how stuff completely gets lost and out of control incited to be way bigger than what it really is (and yes, thats a terrible huge deal with the amount of media and the very real interest of media to promote topics into "highlights" and further push the mob to generate more horrific events to report about, its almost a self proclaiming prophecy, so its very difficult to truly say what amount of discussion is healthy and what is just talking it to bits and pieces, as many if not all topics will be seemingly super hot for the moment and meaningless the next week, as there is no real issue beside the illusion of talk at all).
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How would an adult deal with bad talk about them in private ?
You confront the person and actually tell them to stop as its not ok for you.
Solves the issue, unless the person is actively not recognizing your problem.
In public it changes a lot.
Theres either somewhat anonymous people that jump on a topic train and pick sides, which very often leads to extreme reactions, way over the top (any threats via mail or any form of actual harm is absolutely no-go, no matter what the topic is, theres never a reason to choose violence to solve anything.
So if you talk in public, it will have an effect on people and it will polarize the people more and more. Thankfully lots of people can distinguish between a topic that truly effects them and just a rat catcher lynch mob , but some cant, and the poster shouldnt be responsible for these individuals, as almost anything could be seen as an incentive for violence, if the individual has some sick mind, theres an entirely different problem of its own (and yes, you have to ask yourselves why so many "troll" people exist and no matter the topic, they are harmful and actively ignore any productive discussion).
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For the topic at hand, the first problem that ignited this into a public *****-fest was that it was brought to public at all.
Solving these kinds of issues should have been a thing between Jeremy and Sprinkle , in private or by her actively telling what bothers her, its just fair to do so, as it solves most issues and avoids outside people to intervene.
If that doesnt work out and somebody is not taking your arguments, you can take it to the police and to court to actively stop what bothers you with something like a protective injunction suit, which again should solve the issue at hand, instead of putting it up for debate to a lynch mob that just wants blood, no matter from who.
Its a very clear picture if a topic is just instantly brought to public, avoiding any legal options (or doing so later, in hopes the public opinion boosts your side).
See, if a topic is discussed in public, it will never be fair.
People pick side right away and defend it for whatever the cost, even if it doesnt effect them personally at all ; which brings the Social Justice Warrior term to fruits.
Yes thats a problem just as trolls.
Its good to have empathy, but its bad to jam ideals and ideology into a topic and mix topics entirely, just to proof a point that has nothing to do with the topic at hand.
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Believe it or not, neither Jeremy nor Sprinkle are somehow "evil incarnate" , they arent and they arent "toxic" to the community.
The kind of topic and how much its media-hyped and exaggerated , thats an entire issue of its own and overshadows the problem they personally had to solve between each other and makes it like a community issue , which it isnt, the community is fine, theres very rare cases and problems to deal with and they shouldnt be ignored, but also not exaggerated into spheres they arent fit for.
And this is, about a game, a hobby, people enjoy playing the game and enjoy being part of a community, if this is taken to a level of social criticism it doesnt serve a purpose for the game it just harms the experience for everyone, as it puts a stigma to the game, that it neither deserves or justifies at all. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
Well you "want" combo to be present in your metagame ; its just a matter how consistent they are.
WotC stated "Turn 4 combo decks are fine in Modern" ; and thats what they accomplish by banning Ponder/PreOrDain , as the consistency of the combo decks gets lowered by such a margine that this very same combo decks lose the consistent Turn 3 wins.
The combo itself isnt the problem, its just the consistency of the decks that enables the combo.
You can easily say that Aggro decks in Modern are capable to Goldfish by Turn 5 consistent , the "all-in" versions turn 4, but they allmost play like combo decks that win or lose on pure speed ; all the Affinity / Zoo decks will win by turn 5 no matter what.
Combo decks are only viable if you can race a Aggro deck , otherwise you play the aggro deck and not combo at all.
Most answers in modern are also made to fight combo decks that go off turn 4 ; so if the answers are reliable found on turn 3 , its more or less fine as it is.
In standard you have no combo deck that has such a consistency ; Splinter Twin is done with the rotation, Valakut aswell ; nothing is left that comes remotely close to that ; Birthing Pod "combo" decks play like grinding controll decks anyway.
But any combo deck requires consistent draw spells to find the pieces (if they cant have ridiculous undercosted tutors that do the same) ; banning that cards is the right choice if you want to get to the goal of "consistent turn 4 combo decks".
Well a main thing is that this form of super efficient filter spells make your deck "consistent".
A combo is "fair" in modern if it wins turn 4 consistent ; the two cards help the decks to win faster "consistent".
Its not a problem if a combo is "able" to win faster , as long as that is unlikely enough.
Overall both are problematic as they are so good that you play them to speed any combo you play ; this actual reduces the amount of viable decks, as it forces you to play the blue combo, as its simply more "consistent" / same goes for the Green Zenith , its so damn efficient that it makes your deck overall more consistent.
It might sound strange , but powerfull decks that dominate a format are the ones that are extrem consistent in what they do ; and that hurts the most, as it reduces the actual viable decks to this "most consistent" ones ; as the others are just random piles that could or could not work out.
In fact, bannings like this reduce the format to a more "random piles" as the combo decks have a bigger chance to "fizzle" or be just too slow and not find the pieces early enough (turn 6 combos suck a lot for example, as you have to race beatdown decks at least).
I would enjoy that aswell.
It makes so much sence that a card that just puts a token into play is a tribal spell of that kind ; also makes it easier to track the token type right away.
Strange strange , i would like to see tribal.
No, it triggers, the token does not exist if you must name a target for equip.
lol no
Well in fact a problematic part of the "past" was that tarmogoyf was just the hands down best 2 drop.
However, right now, we have a crap ton of super strong creatures , and you can even argue if Knights of the Reliquary isnt better than it.
The time when you just splashed green for a 2 drop is over.
Everytime you have a "best creature" its a thing of the metagame and the current state of magic.
Know the time when Baneslayer was the "nuts" ?
Know when Psychatog was the nuts ?
Know when Morphling was the nuts ?
Time goes by , magic changes ; creatures get cheaper, stronger, up to a point thats hard to spot (i mean we wont get a more insane big drop than Emrakul, otherwise magic will collapse).
Well you can have 2 players take turns at the same time and stuff like that to speed it up.
Ofcourse use shortcuts if you tutor for a card, just say what card you want and play as you allready would have it ; just search later.
Its not as crazy slow as you might think ; if players play accordingly ; or you simply use a "Doom clock" (like 30 seconds, than turn simply ends right away).
Maybe in the next set's , but this is mostly about creatures in your grave.
Possible for sure , but i would not count on it.
They need a blocker for this 2+4 power guy and you will give it a equipment anyway ; so it might not be easy to block it at all.
Together with Hero of Bladehold it also seems to be quite something.
Funny that "clones" are still removal against it ; and its not even bad to use your clone to become an 4/4 angel (as the clone angel will not die end of turn).
The devils are busted with Time Warp effects ; just make sure that the only and you are ready to go infinited turns (which either wins right away with the devils ; or at a point were you just overthrow the opponent).
Might be something to see the light in Time Warp decks with blue/red (maybe 1 of, for sure in EDH decks).
Is it fun ?
Sol Ring is plain fun ; ofcourse its strong ; but so is pretty much anything that is actual "strong".
If you resolve Armageddon; nobody has really much fun ; its just plain strong and will warp the game.
Its your decision if you want that or not ; Sol Ring itself is not even remotely "broken" ; as you play something faster ; but it just depends what that "something" is.
If someone plays Show and Tell ; everyone pops out random Eldrazi ; well, overall that really "fun" ; unless its in a deck that just plays that and nothing else to win.
This 1 dimensional combo decks suck anyway ; ofcourse its nice to dominate a table ; but you can play combo decks "goldfish" without an opponent and do exactly the same ; the real beauty comes from decks that do things you would not see otherwise ; magic is way more than just "who wins first" ; if your deck is all about Doubling Season and a god damn amount of interactions with "counters" ; than do so ; its really fun.
To be true, you could "easily" unban Mox/Lotus ; and it would not change anything ; simply because not everyone has this cards; if someone plays a Mox, why not ? Its a god damn expensive card, if they want to, just do so ; as long as they feel good ; do so.
If the deck is not a combo storm deck, the Mox will not even matter much ; and actual die to a bunch of mass removal, which makes it not "really" that good at all (as most artifact mana can suffer from the problem aswell).
So yes, quick and cheap mana is "overpowered" , but EDH is not a format that really cares about this source of power at all ; the format is "defined" by what is fun and what not.
Its just how it works ; if your deck is dominating everyone else ; they just do not play with you at all ; build an intresting deck that offers interaction , thats more fun.
Banning Sol Ring should simply be not a reason if its "too strong" ; ofcourse its too strong ; actual nearly every Armageddon should be banned as its a game ender right away ; Mishras Workshop is totally busted in artifact decks ; but its also so expensive that you will rarely see it at all.
Oath of Druids ? totally stupid card ; but has fun momentans if the deck is not build to be a 1 card combo with it ; same for Survival of the Fittest ; totally stupid card, just playable if the player decides to use it for "fun".
Thats true for allmost everything ; a 1v1 Banned List for EDH would be near the "Highlander" Banned List, used for years and years here in Europe / Germany.
For "Highlander" (without Generals) it also were 2 approaches ; 1 with that was more for a format that was complete different and "control driven" (long games) ; while MagicPlayer was more for a "tournament" Format ; which was mostly "aggro-control" driven (and Combo, if a banning did not cover that for some new cards).
So if you care about the Banned List, the main part is what actual matters for you, if you look at the real power level of cards ; your Banned List is really long ; as in Highlander Formats its hardly done by banning a handful of single cards ; theirs a crap ton of combos that all works with the crap ton of tutors ; and its allmost impossible to build decks that have "build in sideboards" to survive any possible combo deck.
EDH works as it is ; you do not need a Banned List at all ; it just depends what the players are doing with the cards ; if its not totally busted from the start ; just do it ; as long as its fun, its totally fine.
The games 12+ so you should really be able to see this pictures ; i mean unless you have some really strange parents that think you will be a 6 years old child "forever" (which is the real nightmare this set tells about).
A blue/black tezzeret deck can utilize it very well ; as pretty much anything you copy is pure value (solemn anyone ?).
Overall a more usefull card ; we have the most amount of clone effects "ever" right now ; and all seem at least playable and/or remote good (Metamorpher, phantasmn).
Will for sure not be more than a 3-4 bucks as its best ; but its for sure a usefull card.
So everyone stands 0-0-3 and the tournament is over in like 10 seconds ; just play another.
The only thing that should keep this in check is that a store might not be able to start this many tournaments ; but actual nobody should care at all to "win" games ; just play a crap ton and draw everything ; its the fastest way to play a tournament.
If a store starts a "standard" tournament for free ; theirs also no reason not to play at all ; just draw everything.
I wonder , i really do ...
Well white had its Grizzly Bear aswell ; while we had much stronger ones in non-green (pretty much any ability 2/1 is better anyway).
The land however is quite a boomer ; its really difficult to lose with such a card in Limited as its actual way better than most rare bombs ; simply because it makes all your creatures better and you will simply win by that (especially as its a land, drawing one of this is "never" bad and you can allways play it).
Overall the set gets more and more a feeling of Kamigawa ; it has flip cards, it has the ability lands (like the Legendary Lands) and it has the mini tribal (spirits, humans(samurai)).
Its also powerwise like Kamigawa right after Mirrodin ; its so damn similiar and magic just repeats (which is not totally bad, but just funny to note).
Greater Gargadon and this might be the more staple expensive red cards as they have a use played (gargadon hits hard enough, with or without shoal; if it comes to this).
Overall its a nice card , if its cheaper than 3R you get a godlike deal from it ; more expensive it becomes "fair" (as you might not be able to cast it).
In Limited its the powerhouse like any mass removal ; this even more as it punishes random noobs that go over the top to kill you ; just to eat this wrath to totally punish them "forever" (so they will never ever play too much stuff against you).