You stated many important points. It gave me an inspiration to express my feelings, thank you. When this news came out, I was kinda shocked by valve's decision. I was like 'Okay, They did a great shit, they fucked the community. They stole the money in the worst way by stealing their fans' money. Besides the way they did it, it's a crime first of all. And every crime should be penalized for the sake of ethics and morality. Like, people should feel the decision was right and a relief for everyone's conscience. One moment I was thinking that the decision was made fairly, but now that I dug things deeper, I feel that valve's decision wasn't made in a healthy way. I read Fxyo's statement and many comments on that thread and here too. (I am really trying to be objective and looking at the things as an outsider.) So, first he's saying that Valve didn't contact him about his case to be reviewed before they reached the final decision. As it is a crucial part of democracy, someone who is in front of a jury to be judged, must be allowed to defend himself/herself and talk to the jury before the decision is made. And as I read from his message, this didn't happen. After these people got banned for a year, valve stated that their case will be reviewed. And at the end, they all got a lifelong ban from cs go pro scene(valve's events whatever). So I am asking as a part of this great community. Do you guys think that their case was under consideration during the whole year they were banned or that the decision HAD to be made after one year, and they decided it in really a short space of time, in a hurry? I am thinking of the second choice, which resulted in public pain, lots of question marks in people's minds and definitely didn't give any relief to the community. There are no rules set and nothing is clear how a game should be played. Just because valve didn't set the rules, it doesn't give them any rights to set the rules in the middle of the game like "ok guys that's how we play, you and you, you guys are both fucked, lifelong ban.(y)" People who bet on those matches and lost their money because of them are saying, "you stole my money bitch, go to the hell, lifelong ban well deserved" and such, you are free to say anything but you don't bring any contribution to this community and you know that even if it wasn't a thrown match, you were ready to lose your money at some risk. So why are you raging so much that they deserve lifelong ban? I feel these thoughts wouldn't make any difference from public lynch. They are the screams saying that those people should have the worst penalty ever, but I want to believe that you guys aren't the voice of community, at least of the majority. How can Valve make such decision? Lifelong ban? This must be a great concern for our community and Valve cannot be part of any kind of this action. Valve is a company that thinks about profits, and potential investments for future companies. Valve doesn't give any shit about someone's life on that. As a conclusion, there must be a committee that is above Valve and pro players' future should be on valve's hands. We should act collaboratively. Thank you

2016-01-07 20:47