In watching the clip below of Danya's last stream and hearing the pain in his voice, how deeply the baseless accusations affected him, I am left so mad at what we all allowed to happen right in front of us.
It's time to stop worrying about the backlash. I am calling on the FIDE EDC to remove Vladimir Kramnik from the FIDE record books, revoke his title, and disqualify his world championship. Chess is one of the most beloved games in the world and should be a place for kindness and inclusion. It should be unilaterally unacceptable to use a platform that Chess has given you to bully, harass, and slander a colleague. What Kramnik has done to David Navara, Hikaru, and Danya, and others can not be tolerated.
It is up to our community and the governing body to set an example that this type of behavior will have consequences. Make it known loud and clear that Chess stands against these hateful acts. If you do them intentionally and maliciously there will be no place for you in our game.
FIDE and it's EDC must establish clear policies moving forward around the safety of it's players both in person and digitally. The events leading up to this tragedy happened in broad daylight over the last 18 months. They could have been stopped. Nothing like this can ever be allowed to happen again.
This is one of the most disgusting and vile things I have ever read, and that's saying a lot as a woman growing up in chess. "Where were all of you when Danya was alive and unwell?". You are the CEO of the governing body of chess and in your first real comments since the passing of one of our greatest talents, coaches, and ambassadors you decide to blame the public when you have absolutely no idea who Danya had been in contact with?
Where the f*ck were you? Certainly not protecting your players from harassment because I'm sure that might have interfered with your protection of FIDE President Dvorkovich, close friends with Kramnik. You both accuse his friends knowing NOTHING about the support he received and remove any responsibility from yourself at the same time. Truly pathetic.
We aren't oversimplifying anything. We know the damage Kramnik did to Danya because he told us in some of his final painful words. Trivializing the world's call for justice against Kramnik's malicious campaign of harassment isn't "virtue signaling", but I'm not at all surprised this would be your take given your morals have been bought out for many years now.
But you are right about one thing. We absolutely didn't do enough while Danya was with us, we were not vocal enough about the failures of FIDE to uphold it's own bylaws, and that's what makes me the most sick. It's a mistake I won't make again. You are clearly unfit to lead FIDE. You are a disgrace to Chess and everything it should stand for. Resign immediately.
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Seeing the talk around this but if we’re gonna push this narrative, let’s also find a stat of the amount of money put into hosting NA only tournaments, tournaments where EU players have to play on 100+ ping and how many invites have gone to EU vs NA players over the last 4 years.
I’m all down to agree that NA is better than EU at the top right now. But I would also say Warzone tournaments pay out top heavy. The top 3 teams in the world are NA and they earn the majority of the money so this stat is also skewed.
Let’s also not act that the lack of opportunities for EU players over the last 4-5 years of the game haven’t had an impact. I PERSONALLY know great players that have had to quit and get jobs etc because they don’t get invites which is a privilege most top NA players don’t even know they have. Not to mention that EU players usually are fighting against the best at 100+ ping often with a content creator even if they do get invited.
Compare this to the CDL where it’s basically unwinnable when you’re on 30 extra ping than the opponents and you have a decent idea of what we deal with. And maybe NA players don’t care which is fine but I think empathy is never bad.
Lastly id add, we all have warzone’s best interest in mind. Europe is a large place/ market. If you don’t give the opportunities to Europeans on the biggest stage, the scene will die even more than it already has and you will lose the entire market/ viewership which will only have a net negative impact on Warzone comp as a whole.
Some people are too short sighted and self-centred to consider any of the points I just made and that’s coming from me, who has been lucky enough to have the opportunities so many other EU players have missed out on.
For the absolute top EU players they are able to break through, but for the majority, the bulk of middle-of-the-pack EU teams that would help bolster these stat padded, out of context, rage bait tweets, the opportunities to practice and become competitive simply don’t exist.
Not shooting shots at anyone in particular, it’s all love but I don’t want the whole region to get dragged without considering this.
That being said, I think NA is overall better than EU generally speaking.
Lastly, shoutout to @Repullze & @Mrsknowitall for still showing EU love and putting on the scrims to try and help the EU scene thrive where they can (and don’t have to).❤️🙏
Viper Nerfs in Patch 8.08 🐍
Toxic Screen - Reduced duration + increased fuel required to activate
Poison Cloud - Can no longer be picked up after the round starts
Snake Bite - Only 1 Charge, lasts longer but also costs more
I think these changes are sort of nice for pro level, but makes me worried for Viper in ranked
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