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Then again, this is the same Gabe Newell who fired the host of an international gaming tournament, in the middle of the tournament, and then took directly to Reddit only to call him "an ass": https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/47sc46/update_from_t...

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The host in question introduced himself to his co-hosts by telling them all about his pre-tournament porn search and jerkoff session, on live camera, and then continued in much the same vein.

He was an ass, and the only thing Valve did wrong was letting him host in the first place. He's always been like that, and they should have known what would happen.

Louis CK jokes about masturbation too; They're entertainers and raw humour is 2GD's trademark. It's like hiring Don Rickles and then complain that he wasn't nice to the attendees.

The issue with that hosting gig is that the tournament logistics were a disaster and he ended up having to stretch a solid 10 into several hours of filling dead air.

You can read James' rebuttal on these points here

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B061Rs4gw4zkCec35Q5v2r57...

James is an ass and its his casting style, I certainly don't hold this against him.

To be fair, that guy could have been an ass..

He is a complete ass. That is why people like him. Being completely professional in a video game tournament is bland and boring.

That doesn't seem like a particularly damming criticism of someone though....

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