I'm not gonna spend time on the bluri logs and Lavos interview because those have been discussed in details already, and Luigi made a great summary of the situation especially with his background as a TD.
I will just add that Callous should stop being slandered for his SPL ragequit that happened now close to three years ago. I was probably his closest teammate at the time and I've long burried that hatchet, just stop trying to bring the past to people who've recognized their wrong and apologized. Especially when the wronged parties have accepted it and moved on.
As already mentionned here, and anyone who's been around the tour scene knows, the other managers aren't faultless either (to nobody's surprise because nobody's perfect). I'm sure Callous and Jabba were originally picked for their achievements and contributions, and now it feels like they got removed for some kind of personal agenda when you could find similar reasons to demote people in place or remove other managers if you wanted to.
Anyway, I'd rather have someone like Callous who's done so much for the community even if he had his flaws here and there. Funnily enough, I strongly disagree with Laurel's post but I really think this is the actual reasonning behind the SS push over Callous's removal. We're so concerned with public image nowadays that anything slightly outside of the norm gets buzzwords attached to it and paint you as some kind of unsavory nutjob. Lol @ "Callous was an adult and knew what he was doing", yeah because I'm sure everyone is a saint who stops doing mistakes as soon as they blow their 18th candle (that goes way beyond the Smogon realm by the way). Get a fuckin grip.
Callous has shown to care more about the actual competitive Pokemon scene and has supported it personally way more than 90% of this website.
Anyway, I'm just rehashing words already uttered by other people at this point, but I wanted to speak on the issue if only as someone who was close to him during that infamous SPL of his.
I will just add that Callous should stop being slandered for his SPL ragequit that happened now close to three years ago. I was probably his closest teammate at the time and I've long burried that hatchet, just stop trying to bring the past to people who've recognized their wrong and apologized. Especially when the wronged parties have accepted it and moved on.
As already mentionned here, and anyone who's been around the tour scene knows, the other managers aren't faultless either (to nobody's surprise because nobody's perfect). I'm sure Callous and Jabba were originally picked for their achievements and contributions, and now it feels like they got removed for some kind of personal agenda when you could find similar reasons to demote people in place or remove other managers if you wanted to.
Anyway, I'd rather have someone like Callous who's done so much for the community even if he had his flaws here and there. Funnily enough, I strongly disagree with Laurel's post but I really think this is the actual reasonning behind the SS push over Callous's removal. We're so concerned with public image nowadays that anything slightly outside of the norm gets buzzwords attached to it and paint you as some kind of unsavory nutjob. Lol @ "Callous was an adult and knew what he was doing", yeah because I'm sure everyone is a saint who stops doing mistakes as soon as they blow their 18th candle (that goes way beyond the Smogon realm by the way). Get a fuckin grip.
Callous has shown to care more about the actual competitive Pokemon scene and has supported it personally way more than 90% of this website.
Anyway, I'm just rehashing words already uttered by other people at this point, but I wanted to speak on the issue if only as someone who was close to him during that infamous SPL of his.