We demand Duncan "Thorin" Shields' release from onGamers.com
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I am going to start this petition by saying that it is perfectly fine to say things as they are, without sugar-coating them. However, it is unacceptable to use racial slurs, or incredibly offending statements when talking about a team, a player, a tournament or a country. Duncan "Thorin" Shield is a Senior eSports Content Creator for the onGamers.com website. A 31 years old invidivual, Mr. Shields has been an eSports journalist for the past 13 years and is the founder of the famous "Grilled" interview series. A former editor-in-chief for SK Gaming, Mr. Shields has been and still is heavily involved with the Counter-Strike scene and has recently appeared in the League of Legends community.
It is because of these credentials that I find it to be completely unacceptable for such an influential figure in the eSports scene to make racist remarks regarding Team SoloMid's Manager, Andy "Reginald" Dinh. In the last episode of the "Summoning Insight" show, where Mr. Shields and Cristopher "Montecristo" Mykles comment on the League of Legends professional scene, the former compared Mr. Dinh to Caesar from "Planet of the Apes", essentially comparing him to an ape, which is a known insult the League of Legends community used to attack Mr. Dinh with. This comes as a result of Mr. Dinh refusing to do interviews with onGamers because of the "Summoning Insight" show, a view shared by Cloud 9's member William "Meteos" Hartman, which cancelled his interview after Mr. Shields laughed at a joke regarding Mr. Hartman. Mr. Shields has also been fired from his job as a commentator at this year's Counter Strike: Global Offensive's IEM World Championships in Katowice, after making some serious offensive remarks regarding Poland on a live web talk-show. A link containing his statements as well as a statement from Paul "Redeye" Chaloner, ESL's Head of Commentary can be found here: http://www.esportsheaven.com/news/64245/thorin-from-unfiltered-to-unemployed
It is the general opinion on the website Reddit.com that Duncan "Thorin" Shields is usually found berating and insulting the League of Legends professional community during the "Summoning Insight" show, an opinion which can be found reading the following Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/27r1me/tsm_wont_do_interviews_with_travis_because_of/.compact
Duncan "Thorin" Shields, despite being an A-Grade eSports journalist, has proven in many eyes to lack professionalism. It is generally agreed that employees are the face of the company. We, therefore, demand that Mr. Shields be released from his contract with onGamers.com, due to his lack of professionalism and his racial and extremely offensive remarks!
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