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I'll save you the trouble and tell the summary of tournament:

HEY LOSER!

Draw your whole deck for 0 mana, remove all enemy minions, summon random minions and give them +10/10

Cast spells on minions and it's a miracle! (That's not so bad, but it's gonna happen a lot for sure)

Let's get the GM over with and see the nerfs.

It is a diverse bunch of players, no?

Here's the link to all your faorite decks:

https://outof.cards/members/sinti/decks

I do not know either of them. This may or may not be true.

The undeniable fact is that guy's career is crushed,because she said so(she have not even backed up it with some evidence. Like if he was really treating her bad on daily basis it would not be difficult to record some of those). So guys be careful when engaging in relationship with woman.

And for those mentioning his toxic begaviour on streams. It's clue, not evidence(unless he was treating her bad on streams).

I was so excited for this card as I run a toxic reinforcements deck. 1 cost toxic reinforcements 2 cost feign death to activate afterwards and a 3 cost kill command for good measure. But then I realized secrets would get drawn as well. There goes the feign death :(

Hunter draw is garbage so most hunter decks that are not agro and using vulture depend on deck thinning from secrets being pulled out of the deck and tossed into the battle field. This card is the exact opposite of what most hunter decks are looking to do. as deck thinning is and will be the only reliable method of reducing deck size to get to the targeted draws, And not being able to specifically and reliably target pull feign death with this card makes it useless to me. 

Another day, another expansion, another empty hand and turn too late to play any type of hunter other than a buzzard agro deck. I feel hunter has been left behind for good and will never fit into this fast paced busted meta (wild especially)

Honestly the 5 cost 3/5 doesn't bother me much as I kill most people from hand with my said deck without ever having to interact with the board. It is the same concept as an OTK deck minus the 1 turn 30 health. it is more like 1 turn 16-20 health that is non interactive, There needs to be better cycle options as deck thinning itself has become too slow in comparison to draw mechanics for other classes. Sadly this garbage card is not the solution.

Same here. I jumped into his stream by chance, but soon I found him overreacting at some slightly critical chat comments with such an arrogance that I stopped immediately (while many viewers kept accomodating him like stereotypical cheerleaders, it felt pathetic to read as well).

I am usually cautious about these allegations, but I have few doubts about Zalae being an unstable person.

It's truly frightening to see so many defend an abuser such as Zalae and then go onto blame society and the victim. I hope these individuals could develop sympathy for other's misfortune one day.

I get it - you want facts. You want something hard and tangible to sink your teeth into and not pixy dust and smoke. Fact of the matter is statistically, the numbers are not favorable for women in situations of abuse. Also realize that this has happened before within esports or just the online community and how many were actually false alarms? Boy that cried wolf? 

Yes, it's still technically wrong to judge a guy unconvicted of his crime, especially without hearing his side. You arent wrong in your stance. At this point, the evidence weighs heavily against him though. We dont know what Blizzard knows but the fact they suspended him is a big deal IMO. 

While I may be wrong to judge against him....I'll take my chances on this one and take my leap of faith.

....and wtf is with your language? "Jesus dude"? really? What are you? A college frat boy with nothing respectful to say? It's called a discussion on an online forum. 

Quote From Marius

Usually abusers are the ones who defend abusers.

Due process? What's that. Let's just all get mad and get rid of people because someone is crying. We dont need proof or evidence or an investigation. Surely no one would lie about something like this. 

I am not taking it lightly, Just not sure how the fact that “happens quite a bit” is supposed to convince me to support an action as concrete making the guy lose his job.

Jesus dude, you can try harder than that. “Happens quite a bit” Really???? 

Davidwizard, this is the best take I’ve read, very eloquently stated and I agree on all points. So thanks! 

It's not like I expected him to be an abuser, but I wouldn't be altogether surprised if these allegations are true. I was turned off from watching his streams after he went off on someone who asked a pretty innocuous question about a play he made, choosing instead to interpret it as some sly attempt at implying he misplayed. So, if nothing else, I believe the part about his anger management issues.

It's actually frightening how casually you are taking this all in. The offense is really serious and happens quite a bit.

I thought it was well played. =)

While I understand where OP was coming from with the more neutral stance....the site, and maybe I have it wrong here, isnt supposed to be the CNN/NBC/ABC of TCGs for news reporting. After this article went up, I checked another site and no article - just a slight Edit to mention what happened. Another site didnt even mention it. A third site just stated the basics that he was banned and a new spot opened up for someone else. You actually went the mile and gave us more information.

Just resubbed to you on Twitch Prime btw. =)

Oh yeah that part felt uncomfortable to read. It was kind of relevant to him being a bad boyfriend, but it really wasn't necessary to add

I am sorry for not acting based on the likelihood. Thats just not going to happen and I don’t think any sane person should.

Quote From davidwizard

Consequences are tough when men are used to acting with impunity.

And may that be true forever more.

You wonder.......?   Glad you don't know how prevalent it is across this normally wonderful world.

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The vast, VAST majority of abusers go unpunished, while false accusations are extremely rare. Thus believing the victims of abuse is the only "fair" way to adjudicate abuse allegations, as it's much more likely that they're telling the truth about the abuse they experienced.

There is no way to "investigate" a crime that happened in private between two people that didn't result in a permanent physical injury. Each person's account is all you'll ever have to go on, and it's up to Blizzard (and everyone) to decide what to do given the information they have. There is absolutely nothing noble about defaulting to believing alleged abusers over alleged victims given the statistics in support of victims. Willfully ignoring that information is a truly disgusting choice to make.

I wonder what the statistics for domestic abuse are for cases that just decide to make a youtube video about it.

And there is nothing wrong with waiting til all the facts are out and we hear both sides. Believe it or not you can believe the victim, and still wait to verify their account. You said there would be no signs of trauma. There would be if he was holding her wrists the way she claims. I doubt with her being a streamer apparently(again I do not know either party) there would be zero proof of brusing on her wrists from these. 

I am assuming they live in an apartment, in which case their neighbors would hear arguments if they were as loud as she was suggesting. You suggest I am making light of the situation I am not. I think they should have contacted the authorities, sought help with family or a womens shelter or stayed with friends. Not made a YouTube video about it.

Every. Single. Time. These come out to be fake it makes that statistic you say more prevalent. That is why they should be heavily investigated. And we shouldnt just believe the victim. 

Consequences are tough when men are used to acting with impunity.

Believe victims who allege abuse, and then act accordingly on that information. They're much more likely to be telling the truth than making it up.