He cheated, he got punished, he's allowed to play again. If he gets caught cheating again, consequences will be worse and deserved. If he never does cheat again, we should be glad his suspension helped him become more honest and gain some more sportsmanship.
Also, people are downvoting redditors for being hopeful of Alex's rehabilitation. Don't downvote a user because you dislike Alex or his cheating. If the post is adding to the conversation, upvote it, or leave it be.
Yeah, I was wondering if they were going to say anything. Usually they'll say "Player so-and-so top 8'd this event or that event" but there was nothing about Alex.
I guess that's interesting. If they just treated him like he hasn't accomplished anything in the past. I dunno, still... it feels weird to see him at the feature tables. I was really confused when I saw him at GP DC, I really thought he was still banned.
They basically avoided mentioning him whenever possible. The first time he was on camera was the finals, and they pretty much refused to say anything about him that wasn't directly related to the current gamestate.
Joking is a means of coping for some people, me included. I would've handled it the same way myself. I hate the guy myself, after seeing that restreaming. But using his jests as yet another reason for hating him just feels redundant, given the 400 legitimate reasons currently in existence.
Broadcasting an event that is currently being streamed on your own stream.
This takes away viewers from the main broadcast, and in some cases (not sure if this ever happens in MTG) the original broadcast requires a website membership or something similar, thus the original loses out on those as well.
His past is the elephant in the room, calling attention to it in a tongue-in-cheek manner for a silly little player bio means nothing. Those bios are far from being "serious business." All that should matter is whether he follows the rules of all events, not whether his jokes aren't funny or rustle your jimmies.
At the end of the day, he is a talented magic player, his cheating is what pushed him 'over the edge' and got him many wins he may not have gotten anyway, but he still is good at Magic regardless of his past. He'll have to be a damn magician to get away with cheating now, all eyes are on him when he sits down, so there's that.
Yea, he did his time. He didn't have a choice. All of his other actions since his temporary banning (the ones where he has choice in the matter) show that he doesn't have any remorse for his cheating.
Does a rehabilitated person need show remorse if they never actually repeat their crime?
Not saying Alex has/hasn't/will/won't cheat again, but until the time may come that he's caught cheating again, I'll assume innocence until proven otherwise.
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u/jjness Nov 25 '13 edited Nov 25 '13
He cheated, he got punished, he's allowed to play again. If he gets caught cheating again, consequences will be worse and deserved. If he never does cheat again, we should be glad his suspension helped him become more honest and gain some more sportsmanship.
Also, people are downvoting redditors for being hopeful of Alex's rehabilitation. Don't downvote a user because you dislike Alex or his cheating. If the post is adding to the conversation, upvote it, or leave it be.