Reckful's HearthStone ATLC Tournament Casting Drama 

Zefn Then it was his fault for coming to a professional tournament with $250k on the line and casting it so unprofessionally. It may not be his thing, I get that, but he should at least be able to put up with it while refraining from being a douchebag.

Ben Teskey Whatever. Competitive hearthstone is a joke as a whole anyway so stop acting like it actually mattered how pro the casters or even the players are

Pechna ¨ It matters to a lot of people (www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/3bw6nu/reckful_may_be_the_worst_hs_caster_of_all_time/) [74% upvoted, 1000+ votes], including the sponsors of this tournament who funded the $250,000 prize pool. I really have absolutely no idea what you're talking about when you say that it doesn't matter, actually.

Ben Teskey I am sorry, I just can´t take reddit seriously.

Ben Teskey reddit is a bunch of autistic namefags. they are a small majority and shouldn't be taken seriously.

This needs really needs to happen, dude. I can just imagine it, forsen drunk af shouting "ROLEPLAYERS" for no fucking reason while Reckful joins in on the drinking saying rascist ass shit xD

TheArezmendi no forsen is actually a pretty serious caster, like frodan

my name Yeah you can look up the dreamhack bucharest vods, he totally left his faggy dragons at home and did a decent job.

Just a dream now PepeHands

HearthStone Zapper Why do you put FailFish when he says that he didn't watch C9 vs Value town yesterday?

kaybo777 It's just one of many thing that show how little intrest he had in actual tournament.

HearthStone Zapper Love your stuff but you forgot to mention that Frodan has boyfriends and wears dresses.

XYZ Z That's a secret between E-Lewis and Frodan, don't make it public man.

+HearthStone Zapper lots of offense actually, reckful is a piece of shit. stop being diplomatic

David Rufin If you wanna see professionalism, go watch TV or something.

Hurley There's plenty of professionalism to be found online for competitive streams.

Donimbatron Sure is, but i'd much rather see someone be themselves instead of putting on some act

Yeah, but if being yourself means being an ass, you probably shouldn't be casting in a professional tournament in the first place. People like Kripp manage to be themselves and good casters at the same time.

Hurley Mind if I ask about any differences between the internet and television? Both media are able to cater to a target demographic by for example being themself, or being professional. For any Hearthstone tournament, a bit of professionalism is to be expected, hence the outrage of some.

ProfMindcraft Thanks for the feedback. At that point in the video they were making jokes though, and those things added were also obviously jokes. The "hide the weed" thing is more of a meme that is regularly used on Twitch, referring to when a twitch staff appears in the chat, they are also referred to as "popo".The chat then usually continues with the sentence "hide the weed" or something similar. So it was a reference to that meme. Sorry if it offended anyone ;)

HearthStone Zapper Oh im not offended. AT all. But 'getting raped' in game terms also is a thing used by Twitch chat that shouldnt offend anyone. The only difference being that he is live and is showing his face and you arent.

ProfMindcraft I know that is also a meme. I can say that as a simple twitch chat pleb, or even as a content creator on youtube. But when you are a professional caster for a $250,000 Esports tournament it might be expected to not use such lingo when on the job. If he uses those things in his own stream thats fine though.

HearthStone Zapper I get that. But people jump on it to call him the worst caster ever. He just isnt the most political correct caster. And personally I prefer that but apperantly Archon did not want a caster like that.

ProfMindcraft Ok last comment on this - I don't feel he is bad at casting. I just feel that some terminology used by Reckful while he was casting this very big and important tournament were not something you would expect from a professional caster. Not even from a personality like Reckful which is known for being not too serious even when casting. There is a reason that Frodan conciously called him out for some of his inappropriate statements. He did cross a line at some points during the casting session in terms of inappropriateness.

Andy Holland sums it up pretty good.. I was glad when they replaced him with Amaz and I'm not even giving much about him saying "rape" as a synonym for wrecked. He just did overall a pretty shitty job.

Sascha Schlüter His casting wasn't bad, for people who know reckful's attitude, but for "professional" level casting, yeah, it was pretty bad.

Benjamin Hebert Well I didn't know anything about him post stream but I really enjoyed his casting I like Amaz and Dan as well but never during his casting did I thing that he screwed up so bad that they have to kick him out. After all this is just a gaming tournament and every single on of them say fuck, rape on their streams and I assure you most of the viewers come from those streams.

Gas Pankratus I didn't say that I personally thought it was bad, just that on a professional level it was not up to par. There were many moments he spaced out and ignored the other caster as well as the fact that he insulted the players a few times. For him casually streaming, this type of talk would be OK, but when you're hired for something like this it's common sense to act a little more professionally (i.e. respectfully).

Benjamin Hebert Yeah I get your point but still I think that this is just a game and being so serious about it is unnecessary and just taking it easy is more appealing at least to me. Also he is a player and he knows most of those guys and they are friends. However the part with Eloise and Team Celestial was really bad and if they have any reason to punish him it is for these exact reasons the other stuff is fine in my book.

Robin D It's not about the jokes, don't you get it? He's just not fit for big tournaments.

The only problem I had was that he didn't know what was going on in between games

Rewsterwing What? am i wrong? You've never played a game and said " omg i just raped him!" ? Then you're in the 1%.

Hurley I'm sorry, I don't play Call of Duty.

Rewsterwing It's not exclusive. It happens in hearthstone, world of warcraft, LoL, CS:GO. It's commonly used in gaming, but i'm guessing people like you take it out of context and take the word for what it is

Hurley I could care less about the language, honestly. But the fact that he was unprofessional to the extent of not paying attention and being insulting to his fellow caster and teammates was a serious issue, even on the medium of hearthstone. Think about soccer. It's not really a serious game, or at least it doesn't have to be. All you need is a ball, and it can be as professional or unprofessional as you want. But when you take the best soccer players in the world, and put them in a high-stakes tournament called the World Cup, with real fans and monetary investments, it gets serious. People are paying money for this. People are invested in this. It doesn't matter how simple and lighthearted the game CAN be under other circumstances, here it means a lot and should be treated with professionalism. If I was watching the World Cup and the announcer wasn't giving a shit, I'd be pretty upset, and the players who are pouring their hearts into this game would be even more so. I don't see how it's different here, when you've gathered some of the best players of the medium and have real money at stake. It's a professional tournament, and the players involved are certainly taking it seriously, so it's the caster's responsibility to treat it with that same respect.

***** Back in my day, Newfag meant when someone from Newgrounds went to 4chan.

charming?

​​@@kunalgubHe was never malicious when he said such things. He really was just straight and direct

bevan185 It might also be a play on ELO-ise.

nadal007isme lol random=funny xDDD

nadal007isme I AM A TURTLE

nadal007isme Thank you

Daniel Krempfer waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Or perhaps people should grow a pair?

+Nat Smith In fact watching until 9:30 has confirmed my hypothesis