now i've already gone into my feelings on Incarnati0n and how letting him play again is a bad idea. i don't love the idea of the hyper trolly, toxic and potentially dangerous (a confirmed DDOS'er) being allowed to play the game that i enjoy. that being said, he's an asshole, but not a genuinely bad person (he is but he isn't, its a fine line, you'll understand where i'm getting at later in this piece...). what he did affects everything you would do, IN GAME, that is the crucial element here. yes, he's a jerkoff and toxic and all that, but everything we've seen Incarnati0n do, it's all related to IN GAME activity. i put that term in caps again, clearly i'm alluding to something.
recently, on reddit, it was "confirmed" that XJ9 would be allowed to play League of Legends again. to those of you that don't know, and count yourselves lucky, XJ9 was a high level player, who, 2 years ago, was perma banned from League because he posted a naked picture of his underage girlfriend, on facebook. read that again, let it soak in. the reason he gave, because she played lee sin, and they had this...ridiculous pact, that if one of them played lee sin, then that meant they were over, or something incredibly childish like that. well, he saw her playing it and he acted...poorly. he attempted to ruin this girls life because she played a champion, in a game, that he didn't like...seems legit. well, the shitstorm that followed was pretty swift. he was banned for life from the game, Riot didn't press charges on him, i don't believe, he was a minor at the time anyways, but i don't believe they pressed charges and that was the end of it. over the years, his name has come up time and again, but his presence was no longer part of League. fast forward to this week, where he posted on reddit that he was "back", after successfully completing some class or something, Riot let him back in, provisionally, to play, stream and make money. XJ9's facebook post, proclaiming his return, was laden with passive aggressive jabs, canned "remorse" for his actions, and a promise he would change his ways, even though he didn't really believe he was those things that people said. if you managed to watch his stream, you see, he wasn't different, just older. still a troll, but now a bitter one, still passive aggressive, blaming everyone around him, not taking ANY responsibility for anything, yea...he's a new man. well, in the short time he was "back", RiotLyte, famed smiter and arbiter of justice in all things League, made short work of him. in short, XJ9 being allowed to play again was an oversight, it was an accident by someone, unfamiliar with the circumstances of his dismissal. quickly and with no pomp or circumstance, he was put back on the ban list, because what he did was heinous and Riot, as a company, did not want to be associate with activity such as he engaged in. justice served, everyone is happy, lets all move on, correct? wrong.
LS, currently a League coach for Gravity Gaming, decided to fire up his stream and comment about the situation, because he knows XJ9 in real life, and we're all just witch hunters. please, LS, enlighten us with your vast swaths of knowledge on XJ9, human nature, legal and moral issues and all things we should be thinking. as you can already tell, i'm not a particularly large fan of LS. so he starts his stream unable to figure out how to type in notepad, not a great start, but keep going. so he starts his stream breaking down what XJ9 did, essentially rationalizing it because the girls face wasn't shown in the picture, she didn't immediately come forward, blah, blah, blah. all of this comes right after his statement of "now i'm not condoning what he did...", no, dude, you are, just because you're not outright saying you think what he did wasn't wrong, you're rationalizing it, which might be worse. so he goes on about how the whole situation is giving him anxiety, for no good reason. he prattles on about how everyone on reddit has no clue what the real problem is, how XJ9 is being bullied, how he won't be able to get a job because of this. well, i think we need to step back and say, if he was thinking about his future, XJ9 shouldn't have done what he did in the first place, now, as a community, we're supposed to feel bad that there are consequences associated with his actions? perish the thought! he has to be held...accountable?!? this is where LS loses me, we have, XJ9, who may or may not have some sort of emotional disorder (i'm not a dr. so i can't diagnose it...), took it upon himself to potentially ruin a young girls life, whom he claimed to care for, by posting a naked picture of her on facebook, over some bullshit, is being bullied because the community at large thinks he's a scumbag and voices it on reddit, an open forum. so LS wants the community acted upon for not letting XJ9's actions go. mostly because we're spouting "facts" that aren't verified, we're slandering XJ9 (btw LS, slander is spoken, in print its libel.), and on top of that, it's NOT slander or libel, its rehashing what he did, and how it's wrong!
all in all, LS waffles throughout the whole stream, trying to make it about bullying, when it's really not. is it wrong that the community comes down on XJ9 like an avalanche? maybe, but what he did rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, and if the WORST thing he is dealing with, is a bunch of angry gamers on reddit, then he got off easy. yea, his life is probably going to be difficult moving forward because he won't be able to escape the "demons of his past", but again, if you do dumb things, be prepared for their consequences. in the end, LS doesn't really understand what he's talking about, he's trying to diffuse the situation for someone he knows, and that's admirable, but it would be best if he kept himself out of it, as he has no part in any of this. personally, i'm glad XJ9 is still gone, he doesn't affect me or my game, but knowing that Riot has taken a stand against activities such as his, and is keeping to it, makes me feel better about the company i love and respect.
thanks for being a part of this post. remember, episode 2 of my podcast, Tower Dive, is up on our site, on itunes, soundcloud, sticher, and youtube. have a great day and i'll see you on the rift!
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