Disabled CS:GO Player Bullied And Kicked From ESEA Match Despite Being A Top Player

GameRevolution: "Loop is an example of someone who deals with toxic behavior on a routine basis. Born with a disease which has left him legally blind and deaf, he is able to play video games, albeit with significant handicap. As seen on Twitch, he plays with his face just a few inches from the monitor, relying on incredible aim and situational awareness to make up for his poor vision and inability to hear footsteps, to a point where he's currently ranked Legendary Eagle—a rank that only 9% of the community has ever achieved.

After visiting the dentist for a serious operation which further impacted his speech, Loop queued up for a competitive match in CS:GO. Specifically, he entered a game on ESEA, one of the most highly competitive third-party platforms available for the game."

[2pacalypsenow]

I get what this article is trying to say, but I would mute someone whose voice wasn't pleasant to listen to, and I have done so many times. And if the majority of players don't want to listen to his voice, they shouldn't be be forced to play with him just because he has a disability and It should not be considered Bullying since they just muted him. And the fact that he got banned for some time for no communication falls on the game designers. Who bans someone for no communication?

[C-H-E-F]

Yup, exactly mofos want us to treat everyone as regular people until you do then they are like CAN'T YOU SEE HE/SHE IS HANDICAPPED. It's soooo aggravating, mofos want privileges of both words without committing to one specific world. And that's not fair, i treat everyone as equals and the GENDERS they were born.

[FunAndGun]

Well if you treat everyone equal, their birth gender shouldn't matter....because you treat everyone equal.

[PurpHerbison]

There is definitely a fine line and it isn't nearly as clear cut as you'd like to believe it is.

[AnubisG]

PC culture. Today you HAVE to put things on a pedistal that used to be looked at with dismay. You don't like to listed to a disabled persons voice because the sound they make makes your ears bleed? You are a bigot and you are bulling him. You should be fired, never be able to work again to live a normal life!!!! That is PC culture today.

[Kabaneri]

So being disabled is supposed to be looked at with dismay? This has nothing to do with being an SJW, it's called not being an asshole.

[AnubisG]

No, having a voice that you just can't listen to can be looked at with dismay.

[-Gespenst-]

Sorry but read the article. The guys he played with acted like a-holes. Don't let your politics blind you to that fact.

He joined a game and informed to everyone that he'd had dental surgery because of a genetic disease, and that it had messed up his speech. He was apologizing in advance just in case they thought he was some troll. The first thing those people said was "annoying", and, "you're muted already". That's just disrespectful, plain and simple. They muted him, and heavily discouraged him from talking, and then eventually kicked him for not communicating, even though it sounds like he carried them through five rounds. If being "PC" is being against this kind of treatment, then I have no problem being called PC, and neither should you.

I mean, an annoying voice is an annoying voice, I get that. Even if someone really can't help but speak in a way that is physically uncomfortable to listen to, that won't make their voice any less intolerable. However, how you treat them must differ from how you treat trolls who put on annoying accents deliberately. These guys treated the guy like a troll, and that ain't right or fair.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

No that's gaming culture today and it's a joke. It's a video game bro it's not life and death so step the f**k back,look at your life and ask why you would take it so serious that you would bully a disabled person like seriously what the hell is wrong with people

[mixelon]

In a tight team based game where it relies on good team comms I wouldn't mute someone if I found them annoying - especially if they just explained why (had almost all his teeth removed? Doesn't sound much fun.), and was still playing well.

They also called him annoying as well as the muting etc. A little bit of empathy wouldn't do them any harm.

[XXanderXX]

No they all acted like little girls cause they had no problem winning 5 matches with him, it was till they realized they sucked and blamed the guy with issue . That just a tool move .

[Christopher]

*** It should not be considered Bullying since they just muted him.***

They actually did kick him later.

[Liqu1d]

Bunch of scumbags, hopefully Valve steps in a teaches them a lesson.

[littlefatgirl]

already did. The player who started the vote-kick got a 3-day ban.

[gtxgamer2]

Humans are the worst beings on the planet.

[Shuckylad]

Cowards.

[Yohshida]

Counter Strike is pure poison now. With its gambling and Kids running around caring more about skins than the actual game. RIP Cs

[RedPill86]

Welcome to online gaming. I can't play ANY online games anymore thanks to the awful community of Overwatch. And a crap report system

[Gardenia]

They thought it was some guy trolling, you can here him say that. And a team can block whoever they want if they don't feel like playing with some random guy, for whatever reason

The internet is simply not always a nice place

[iofhua]

I own every version of Counter-Strike on Steam. Right now all I play is CS:S. Why? I have two things against CS:GO. One is the competitive gaming movement. I don't play games to win stupid awards (and handing awards to people for playing games is the epitome of stupid) and I don't want to put up with the aggressiveness and bad attitudes that competitive gaming brings. Second is the marketplace. They're trying to sell you crap all the time, and I don't want a storefront in my game. All I want is a game. To relax. The point of gaming is to have fun, not to get stressed out and angry. CS:S is fun and relaxing.

[Pro_TactX]

I would welcome the opportunity to play with him. He has overcome a huge obstacle and he maintains a positive attitude. If I knew nothing else about him, that would be enough. The fact that he happens to be highly ranked is a bonus.

[bluefox755]

Welcome to online gaming, where true equality exists and no one can handle it. Disabled people get shite on just like everyone else.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

No it's just morons like you have nothing going on in your lives that you take a game so seriously that you treat someone disabled like shit and ruin what a game is supposed to be which is fun and turn it into some e-d**k measuring contest as if anyone in life would care that you have a sick k/d bro.

[Christopher]

Welcome to gaming, where we're jerks to everyone and we support it because being a jerk to everyone is equality rather than ever thinking that, hey, maybe we shouldn't just be jerks!

[XXanderXX]

Them 3 arse need a life ban for being tools .

[jznrpg]

People are assholes, I am too but i try not to be and to correct myself when it happens. When a guy states his speech is messed up and apologizes it would be nice to think people have compassion and not only thinking of themselves , but that isnt the world we live in.

[LordofYogurt]

I'll bet 100 bucks they or their parents voted Trump.

[Christopher]

I'd best no for most of them, actually. Being rude isn't just something people who voted for Trump do.

[JonnyBigBoss]

This made me sad.

[Chaosdreams]

It's unfortunate that his teammates were that ill mannered. Situations like these only infuriate. It reminds me of all the pests in the online community who feel a sense of power behind their screen - in the process removing empathy, dignity and compassion.

I hope this doesn't transpire again towards this player, but it probably will. Toxicity spreads, and many choose to walk away than confront it. I myself, after years of having to listen to screaming infants, intolerable adults who's vocabulary consisted of a total of five words, got tired of it. Now if I do go into an online community, it's rare that I have my microphone on / don't mute the other players.

Online is a fantastic experience for escapism and a competitive nature. But when teammates are replaced with self indulgent egotism, the fun falls to ruin.

[Lord_Sloth]

This just in, people are dicks. Stop the presses, tear out the front page!

[The7Reaper]

Lol my last comment got flagged as inappropriate let me rephrase it: what a bunch of FUCKING COCKS!

There I hope that's better.

[NecoTehSergal]

LE isn't really that hardcore of a rank... I was LEM before the Rank changes around a year ago now, I think it was?

DMG, LE and LEM are 'Above average'. At LE and LEM you can basically decide if you want to scrim or 'try out' professionally, but there's absolutely no promise you'll go anywhere unless you can find a team that can boost eachother with skill and raise up to Supreme or Global Elite, if you can't? Just stop and be happy you became good enough to become LE.

Saying "9% of the community is LE, thus this is great!" is not a good argument, it is a small number but people have to understand the logistics of Online competitive rank systems and how the average/median will always exist. Overwatch has the same thing where the highest % of Comp players will be probably Gold and Plat - so you could say "People who are DIamond are above average omg!" but really? That ain't even Grand Master, there's so much more in ranking you can go, and the difference in Skill between those ranks can be worlds apart from you at a mere LE or a mere Diamond.

As for what others referenced of 'Muting annoying-sounding people' - well, that's only natural, the world isn't always fair, it sucks but, I mute squeakers, I mute annoying-sounding people, hell, I sometimes start playing games purposely sounding annoying because I just want to be silly or roleplay some random characters like Torbjorn and screaming "MOLTENNN CORRRRRE" every chance I get - if I get muted I go "Oh well, now they can't hear my important callouts."

Although he apologized in advance and people replied with "Dont care muted lol" sorta shit, I mean, Welcome to Online Comp communities, they are cancer. I have no mental disabilities or physical or cognitive, yet I can sometimes just play CSGO and go "Hey what's up" and get people going: "STFU FAGGOT MUTED". Just because he's disabled doesn't mean he deserves Extra sympathy, people who are Normal or Nice or Girls or just regular guys get shit-talked and treated like shit all the time in games like LoL ,Dota, Overwatch and CSGO - their communities are festered with cancerous retards who're miserable and want you to feel miserable with them, that's just online gaming these days, it fits the generation and youth of brattiness and the self-entitlement, chipped-shoulder complex issues that are rampantly growing these days.