Yesterday/this morning I was queueing up to play with some 4v4 teamgames with some of my clanmates. I was suprised to see that we've been matched with Stellarmeesh and her crew ( Flying Saucer, T-West, Uhtredshield).
After the game, I decided to boot up Twitch to see if either T-West or Stellarmeesh had been live. So I could watch the game from their perspective including their comms. Initially I just thought it would be a fun and lighthearted stream.
However, what really got to me was that at some point they thought we were a 'racist team' or something along those lines. Throughout the game, they implied and at certain points explicitly stated I was a racist only because of my teammate's offensive username.
My teammate had indeed a very offensive username, although I don't see how that would give them a pass on falsely labeling everybody in the enemy team as a 'racist'.
Throughout the stream, their comms included things like 'that's what you get for being a RACIST!' when they were raiding my eco and such. After they lost the game, they all shared a laugh while reporting everyone on my team. Even though all that me and part of my team had said during that match was a simple 'gg'.
I had vented something very much like the title of this post on the AoE2.net chat, where I initially didn't expect much people to care. Some people replied and asked for context and proof. Later on T-West and Uhtredshield joined the conversation as well after I shared the VOD in question.
I figured the best way of showing people what I was talking about was to share the VOD of Stellarmeesh' most recent stream. After a few people had seen what I was trying to explain, Stellarmeesh immediately removed the VOD, and Uhtredshield and T-West claimed that they had no part in any wrongdoing whatsoever.
After an extended talk, they couldn't be bothered to apologize unironically. I was pretty much met with the 'I am sorry I hurt your feelings' kind of apology. While Uhtredshield went into extensive detail about how he doesn't think it's wrong to call people slurs in front of a big audience with malicious intent. This leaves regular long-term players like me with very little opportunity to defend ourselves and my reputation.
I included the exchange on AoE2.net in the attachments of this post.
After the game, I decided to boot up Twitch to see if either T-West or Stellarmeesh had been live. So I could watch the game from their perspective including their comms. Initially I just thought it would be a fun and lighthearted stream.
However, what really got to me was that at some point they thought we were a 'racist team' or something along those lines. Throughout the game, they implied and at certain points explicitly stated I was a racist only because of my teammate's offensive username.
My teammate had indeed a very offensive username, although I don't see how that would give them a pass on falsely labeling everybody in the enemy team as a 'racist'.
Throughout the stream, their comms included things like 'that's what you get for being a RACIST!' when they were raiding my eco and such. After they lost the game, they all shared a laugh while reporting everyone on my team. Even though all that me and part of my team had said during that match was a simple 'gg'.
I had vented something very much like the title of this post on the AoE2.net chat, where I initially didn't expect much people to care. Some people replied and asked for context and proof. Later on T-West and Uhtredshield joined the conversation as well after I shared the VOD in question.
I figured the best way of showing people what I was talking about was to share the VOD of Stellarmeesh' most recent stream. After a few people had seen what I was trying to explain, Stellarmeesh immediately removed the VOD, and Uhtredshield and T-West claimed that they had no part in any wrongdoing whatsoever.
After an extended talk, they couldn't be bothered to apologize unironically. I was pretty much met with the 'I am sorry I hurt your feelings' kind of apology. While Uhtredshield went into extensive detail about how he doesn't think it's wrong to call people slurs in front of a big audience with malicious intent. This leaves regular long-term players like me with very little opportunity to defend ourselves and my reputation.
I included the exchange on AoE2.net in the attachments of this post.
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