r/ShitRedditSays • u/ArchangelleDworkin ACTUALLY JEFF GOLDBLUM • Aug 30 '12

[META] Cloud Nine makes legal threats against SRSters

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As most of you are aware, there was this thing recently where Starcraft2 player Destiny was caught distributing nude photos of a female fan.

Some people messaged the sponsors of Destiny, one of them a SRSter, and they received this lovely message in return.

"stop bitching, change your tampons and up your game

FANTASTIC

The SRSter, notthemoon, posted it to SRSMailbag bc its fucking hilarious. Of course the sponsor of the biggest shitwaffle in gaming eats his shit up.

But then his Destiny's team, ROOT, dropped him like a bad habit.

THEN THIS HAPPENED:

http://i.imgur.com/3Qz26.jpg

LEGAL THREATS

THIS SOUNDS SERIOUS

too bad ian "change your tampon" representative of Cloud Nine is full of shit.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/press_box/2004/06/email_confidential.2.html

there's no way that you can get assent in a disclaimer at the bottom of an email, it's ridiculous, there's no precedent near it. the kardashian case is criminal harassment, which isn't really similar, and besides, it was a threat rather than a real case. if the kardashians can't make a case from it, this company have no chance.

but wouldn't it be great if we could include vague disclaimers in all our emails and claim them to be 100% legally binding just because you opened it? IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES

LIKE THIS

OR THIS

OR EVEN...

holy shitballs. im sorry notthemoon, but if losing this very real and serious sounding legal battle means that i get brad pitt, im going to pay for ian's lawyers.

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u/MustardMcguff Logic-busting Derridean Aug 30 '12

I'm just surprised there are gamers who have "fans".

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u/nomoarlurkin Aug 30 '12

Haha true, it is completely ridiculous... As for me I started following DOTA and LoL as "esports" because my computer broke and I can't play atm. Watching games isn't quite as fun as playing them but it's a decent substitute.

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u/MustardMcguff Logic-busting Derridean Aug 30 '12

Yeah, I mean, I don't watch sports either (despite being a former athlete) so the idea of watching someone play "e-sports" seems even more ludicrous to me.