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[EloquentM]

If someone is drunk and kills someone, are they not responsible?

If someone is drunk and robs someone, are they not responsible?

She is well within reason to press charges, and I hope she does.

It's simple: Don't rape, sexually assault, or do other terrible stuff. Period. Full stop.

its really that simple lol. I haven't read the thread but are people arguing against this?

 

[ViciousDS]

its really that simple lol. I haven't read the thread but are people arguing against this?

Don't read the thread......you might be surprised at the defense at this shit by some folks

 

[Stiler]

... how many times , when drunk, have you sexually assaulted someone?

Never because I don't drink. As someone who grew up seeing first hand what drinking could do to someone I made that decision a long time ago to never go down that path.

Everyone should know, if they choose to drink, to not drink that much and understand the affects alcohol can have on you.

I never said he shouldn't be punished or held accountable for what he did, I was just pointing out my amazement that some people basically seem to think drinking has zero affect on your brain or what it can lead to you doing which flies completely in the face of the research and studies that have been done about it.

 

[HStallion]

Never because I don't drink. As someone who grew up seeing first hand what drinking could do to someone I made that decision a long time ago to never go down that path.

Everyone should know, if they choose to drink, to not drink that much and understand the affects alcohol can have on you.

I never said he shouldn't be punished or held accountable for what he did, I was just pointing out my amazement that some people basically seem to think drinking has zero affect on your brain or what it can lead to you doing which flies completely in the face of the research and studies that have been done about it.

Here's the thing you're missing. We don't really give a shit about what alcohol does to the brain. He did some vile shit twice. I don't care if he was high on PCP, Meth and Acid. That doesn't make it any less a terrible act or give him any leeway. Alcoholism is a terrible disease but there are tons of alcoholics who aren't raping anyone.

 

[what-ok]

Here's the thing you're missing. We don't really give a shit about what alcohol does to the brain. He did some vile shit twice. I don't care if he was high on PCP, Meth and Acid. That doesn't make it any less a terrible act or give him any leeway. Alcoholism is a terrible disease but there are tons of alcoholics who aren't raping anyone.

THIS!!!! There is no excuse.

 

[cartographer]

its really that simple lol. I haven't read the thread but are people arguing against this?

Very few come right out and say it but their are plenty who have been dancing around it while saying "I'm not condoning this, but..." or "This is wrong, but...."

So, yeah.

 

[theangrypirate]

Wow, can't believe anyone would excuse his behavior due to excessive drinking.

My only problem with this thread are the people that do the whole, "this industry is full of perverts and rapists! I am embarrassed to be a gamer!" thing.

People need to realize that he did this because he has moral deficiencies and would do this whether or not he was a pro gramer, an athlete, an artist, or anyone. The fact that he plays games has nothing to do with his propensity for being scum.

This guy deserves whatever punishment he receives and I hope he understands why his actions are so reprehensible.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Gross. That's all I have to say.

 

[Brawndo Addict]

Personally I think the impact of intoxication on the thinking process isn't relevant in terms of moral condemnation. People who are willing to commit sexual assault may not do so when sober because they fear being caught and worry about the long-term consequences. When those people get drunk, their long-term thinking is impaired so they think more about the here-and-now than they do about what might happen tomorrow. They still know the action is wrong, both legally and morally, they just don't care as much about violating those rules anymore. But they're still making a conscious knowing decision to commit the act, therefore we assign moral and legal culpability onto them, as we should.

Legally, being drunk can only be brought up as a defense to specific intent crimes, not general intent crimes like rape and sexual assault. Besides, no matter how hard of line you draw on the psychological side of things, I think everyone can agree that you assume the risk when you decide to drink in the first place.

The psychological impact of being drunk is extremely complicated to unwind though. You have experiments where people think they are drinking alcohol and begin to act differently, but then it's revealed that their drinks were non-alcoholic the whole time. But you also have experiments showing all the physical changes in various thinking processes that intoxication has on the brain, such as reduced time horizons. It's very hard to say exactly what intoxication's impact on behavior is because it's so complicated and ultimately a little a bit of everything; it's no Dr. Jekyll formula though, and even if it was, why would you drink it knowing that?

 

[TarNaru33]

I actually want to talk about why they didn't just kick him out the first time? I mean that is what I would of done, while wanting to knock is teeth out, drunk or not.

 

[Stiler]

Here's the thing you're missing. We don't really give a shit about what alcohol does to the brain. He did some vile shit twice. I don't care if he was high on PCP, Meth and Acid. That doesn't make it any less a terrible act or give him any leeway. Alcoholism is a terrible disease but there are tons of alcoholics who aren't raping anyone.

I'm not missing anything, I said he SHOULD be punished and deserved the ban/loss of sponsorship and whatever action the woman decides to pursue against him for doing that horrible thing to her.

Especially when reading his post the following day where he seems more concerned about being caught and losing his ability to play in Evo/sponsors.

I was simply pointing out, to some people, who made it sound like drinking did absolutely nothing at all to your brain and had zero affect on your actions and thus why people need to learn to control their drinking (or not drink at all).

 

[TI82]

No excuse, if someone murders another person while on PCP it isn't considered a valid reason. Smoking a cigarette and you run someone over in your car? Nope. It doesn't fly here either

 

[Nairume]

I actually want to talk about why they didn't just kick him out the first time? I mean that is what I would of done, while wanting to knock is teeth out, drunk or not.

The whole point they took him in was because they felt it'd be dangerous for him to be out on the city on his own.

From the way the story was told, it sounds like they were still concerned enough for him decided they'd let him stay, move the victim elsewhere, and then deal with his actions in the morning because nobody expected him to try it again.

 

[3DShovel]

Just thought I'd put my 2c in.

Unjustifiable. Literally, drinking is not a fucking excuse. If you even go about saying "I get what you're saying, but..." you seriously need to get out of this thread and stop trying to even SLIGHTLY justify what happened here (because in doing so that's exactly what you're doing).

When you drink, YOU drink. Meaning you take a conscious decision to drink and continue to drink. It's so easy to just drink a single beer or whatever, or even spread your drinking over time, drink some water in conjunction, etc etc. Getting blackout drunk is a decision that is consciously made by the person in question (obviously unless there was some kind of force feeding but THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED HERE).

The dude got blackout drunk, and then CONSCIOUSLY (meaning he was not dead when he did this) chose to lay in bed with a girl and touch her inappropriately. Alcohol or not, HE COMMITTED THE ACTIONS. He was not forced to do so. And then he did it TWICE. Even worse.

As it has been mentioned in this thread, alcohol makes you unable to suppress irrational thoughts -- this is obvious. BUT, he made the decision to get that drunk. Simple as that.

There is literally NO DEFENCE.

 

[Aomber]

Yeah alcohol isn't an excuse. If he felt like doing that while drunk, there were obviously some messed up things going on in his head when sober, and as the guy above said you're in control of how much you drink.

 

[TarNaru33]

The whole point they took him in was because they felt it'd be dangerous for him to be out on the city on his own.

From the way the story was told, it sounds like they were still concerned enough for him decided they'd let him stay, move the victim elsewhere, and then deal with his actions in the morning because nobody expected him to try it again.

That reasoning makes no sense in my view. That wasn't a "wait till tomorrow to settle it" type of situation. That was a either get police involved or just kick him out, he made his own bed situation.

 

[John Kowalski]

Poignant that the discourse is largely about how excusable his actions are or are not, it's almost as if there is a generalized feeling that these crimes still don't qualify as obviously criminal as anything else would.

 

[pr0cs]

Thread title is odd.. Is there another kind of molestation that isn't sexual in nature?

 

[molnizzle]

Thread title is odd.. Is there another kind of molestation that isn't sexual in nature?

Historically, yeah. These days not really.

 

[Theanine3D]

Thread title is odd.. Is there another kind of molestation that isn't sexual in nature?

I'm guessing it's because the word "molest" used to have a more innocent definition. It's less commonly used this way now:

mo·lest
məˈlest
verb
pester or harass (someone), typically in an aggressive or persistent manner.

In some other languages like Spanish (molestar), it still retains this older definition. It just means 'to annoy' or 'to bother' in Spanish. In English the word has become used primarily to refer to sexual assault, though, but the word sexual is still added often to make the distinction.

 

[Brawndo Addict]

Poignant that the discourse is largely about how excusable his actions are or are not, it's almost as if there is a generalized feeling that these crimes still don't qualify as obviously criminal as anything else would.

I'm not happy that the discourse inevitably ends up focused on that but it is a very strong viewpoint in binge-drinking cultures that has to be corrected.

What's wrong with the date-rape debate is that until recently men were not included in the discussion. This changed when UCLA psychologist Neil Malamuth surveyed male students' "attraction to sexual aggression." In his research, between 16 percent and 20 percent of the male respondents would commit rape if they could be certain of getting away with it. That's one in six. When Malamuth changed the word "rape" to "force a woman to have sex," between 36 percent and 44 percent said they would - as long as they could be certain they wouldn't get caught. In another study, 15 percent of college men said they actually had used force at least once to obtain intercourse - a rate which does seem to corroborate the statistics provided by women.

With regards to the drinking context, intoxication helps people think they can get away with it more. It doesn't make their brains incapable of understanding what they are doing or why as many people would like to believe.

 

[base shagohod]

I actually want to talk about why they didn't just kick him out the first time? I mean that is what I would of done, while wanting to knock is teeth out, drunk or not.

If dude was groping my girlfriend in the bed next to me, he would not be allowed to stay in the room, and would probably end up bloody by the time the police showed up at our hotel room.

Shit's ridiculous.

 

[Poltergust]

As a close friend of the boyfriend, and an acquaintance of the victim, I have a few things to say:

-Absolutely disgusting behavior by Hyuga. I used to look up to him and his Toon Link. That will not be the case anymore.

-The couple are doing just fine. I messaged them earlier and they said they are OK, and that they appreciate the support.

-Basically no Florida players are coming to the defense of Hyuga.

 

[pastrami]

I actually want to talk about why they didn't just kick him out the first time? I mean that is what I would of done, while wanting to knock is teeth out, drunk or not.

It makes me wonder if there's a serious issue with how people view and treat sexual assaults. Like, what if they caught him going through their bags and stealing their stuff? Would they have let him stay in the room in that scenario?

Anyways, what a terrible person, especially bringing up the black out drunk card. Disappointed that she isn't pressing charges, but at least he was dropped by his sponsors.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Why isn't he in jail?

 

[Arkaerial]

Well you know what alcohol does, it shows what your true character is. If he had never wanted to do that, he wouldn't have even being drunk. So the guy is a piece of shit an if she was alone he probably would have gone farther.

 

[notaskwid]

I'm not missing anything, I said he SHOULD be punished and deserved the ban/loss of sponsorship and whatever action the woman decides to pursue against him for doing that horrible thing to her.

Especially when reading his post the following day where he seems more concerned about being caught and losing his ability to play in Evo/sponsors.

I was simply pointing out, to some people, who made it sound like drinking did absolutely nothing at all to your brain and had zero affect on your actions and thus why people need to learn to control their drinking (or not drink at all).

I don't think anyone said that drinking doesn't cause any alteration in a person, what was said by some people was that those alterations are not some sort of brainwash that turns you in a completely different person.

 

[Matt]

I'm not missing anything, I said he SHOULD be punished and deserved the ban/loss of sponsorship and whatever action the woman decides to pursue against him for doing that horrible thing to her.

Especially when reading his post the following day where he seems more concerned about being caught and losing his ability to play in Evo/sponsors.

I was simply pointing out, to some people, who made it sound like drinking did absolutely nothing at all to your brain and had zero affect on your actions and thus why people need to learn to control their drinking (or not drink at all).

Drinking reduces your inhibitions, but it doesn't create new character traits. You can't become a racist as a result of drinking, that shit has to be inside of you already, even if when sober you never let it out. Same for being a rapist.

 

[Poltergust]

I haven't read through this thread in full, but I want to bring up some facts about the circumstances surrounding this:

-Hyuga was let into the room because they didn't want him to wander around Las Vegas drunk and alone. It was a good gesture, but look at how Hyuga behaved afterwards. =/

-The person to kick Hyuga out was NickRiddle, another friend of mine. Good on him for not putting up with his actions.

 

[HStallion]

I'm not happy that the discourse inevitably ends up focused on that but it is a very strong viewpoint in binge-drinking cultures that has to be corrected.



With regards to the drinking context, intoxication helps people think they can get away with it more. It doesn't make their brains incapable of understanding what they are doing or why as many people would like to believe.

I enjoy the fact that there are "binge drinking circles"

 

[Lionel Richie]

I actually want to talk about why they didn't just kick him out the first time? I mean that is what I would of done, while wanting to knock is teeth out, drunk or not.

I don't understand this part either. Obviously the story is too sad to give any relevance to minor details, but why wasn't he kicked out the first time? There's absolutely no way I don't beat the living shit out of the guy if I'm in that situation.

 

[Acerac]

Historically, the people I've seen being tools when drunk want to act that way constantly but lack the excuse. The only reason this works is because people are so willing to buy it. Glad to see that this isn't happening here.

 

[Bladenic]

I'm just wondering how a drunk dude slides between people on a bed. Unless it was an exceptionally large bed (which may easily have been the case), he surely would've hit or touched someone, and surely not all those people were heavy sleepers (unless everyone was really drunk).

But yeah, this really sucks for her. Reading his posts defending himself in his broken English with those frowny faces made me feel really awkward. Who knows if he's truly a "bad person" OTHER than doing this, but alcohol generally just gives people who would do this anyway the excuse and courage they need.

 

[Poltergust]

Reading through more of this thread...

Anyone who puts any hint of blame on the boyfriend do not understand what happened at all. I don't know how Hyuga got into the room, but it's entirely possible that DJ Jack was already asleep by the time he came in.

People can sleep heavily. I usually don't notice someone else on the bed getting up from it if I'm in a deep sleep, and that's without the aid of alcohol.

Also, in case people are not familiar with how hotel rooms are filled for these kinds of things, there were most likely at least 5-6 people in that room. DJ Jack and his girlfriend were not alone in that room. This is done to reduce the cost for attending these tournaments. This is why NickRiddle was the one to kick Hyuga out.

One more thing: DJ Jack would have obviously done something if he was actually conscious. Do any of you suspicious people think he would just let Hyuga do whatever he wants? That is absolutely ridiculous.

 

[Lord of Ostia]

Wow, can't believe anyone would excuse his behavior due to excessive drinking.

My only problem with this thread are the people that do the whole, "this industry is full of perverts and rapists! I am embarrassed to be a gamer!" thing.

People need to realize that he did this because he has moral deficiencies and would do this whether or not he was a pro gramer, an athlete, an artist, or anyone. The fact that he plays games has nothing to do with his propensity for being scum.

This guy deserves whatever punishment he receives and I hope he understands why his actions are so reprehensible.

That attitude is extremely disrespectful as well because attempts to marginalize what is a very serious and real issue that pervades society. Nirolak provided research earlier in the thread that shows that 18% of women have been sexually assaulted. Now factor in that many abusers will assault more than once, and let's say that means that 10% of men are sexual abusers. That's still 1 in 10 people. That means everyone in this thread knows someone who is a sexual abuser. That means that in every single social gathering, there are sexual predators. Most situations make it difficult for an abuser to be able to act, but in scenarios where alcohol is involved, their caution about their actions is lowered and also their potential victims may be more vulnerable. So it's more likely to happen in those situations, i.e bars, clubs, conventions, concerts, etc. Conventions have the added problem of close by hotel rooms which are secluded from the public and make it easier to abuse someone. This has nothing to do with gaming and everything to do with sexism and the way our society views and treats women. You can't get away with saying 'oh it's just cause gaming attracts perverts', no, those people are everywhere. It is everyone's problem.

 

[kewlmyc]

Dude's Toon Link was fun to watch. Dammit, why did he have to be a sexual assaulter? Glad he got dropped by his sponsors and I hope the girl in question can mentally recover from this.

 

[captjohnboyd]

as someone who had serious problems with alcohol and drug addiction it's ridiculous to me seeing people making excuses cause they were drunk.

I never did anything like this cause I was under the influence. Some fist fights or stupid decision making for sure but you don't assault a woman unless you don't think they have a say in the matter regardless of whether or not you're drunk.

You were an asshole to your friends or girlfriend cause you were drunk? Okay I'll bite. You sexually assaulted a woman not once but twice? Bullshit.

 

[Deadpool_X]

Saturday evening, I had a gaming night with my friends who live out of state. While playing, over the course of about 5 1/2 hours, I made up 4 Bloody Mary's, which, with my pour of vodka, was about half a handle of Smirnoff. Needless to say, when we stopped playing at 3 am on Sunday morning, I was a bit trashed. I turned the system off, stumbled upstairs to my bedroom, and upon laying down in bed, my wife woke up. She asked me if I had a good time, to which I told her "yes" and thanked her. She gave me a quick kiss goodnight, and I rolled over and passed out in seconds.

Know what I didn't do while completely trashed? Never once did I ever even entertain the thought of molesting my wife. I love her more than anything in this life, but at the same time, even had it been any other woman, I still wouldn't have thought about sexual assaulting the person. Alcohol is not the problem. Anyone who would do something like that has a demented heart and mind, and uses vices like alcohol as an excuse to carry out their evil desires.

 

[shanshan310]

I really don't get these arguments that he's fully responsible for his actions. The whole point of drinking is to reduce restraints. If you're doing something you normally wouldn't do that can gain a shred of sympathy.

I also don't get the argument he shouldn't get any punishment. We have laws for drunk driving because even though it is wildly accepted that drinking dulls your thinking youo have the responsibility to yourself and others to set up things so your drunk ass isn't in the position to kill people. This woman was assaulted TWICE. He got way more leniancy than he deserved the first time around but the second his drunk ass knew what he was doing was wrong and he's getting a lot of what he deserves.

So far he's been banned from tournaments and kicked by his sponsor. He's also under the thumb of his victim if she decides to press charges. This guy needs a reality check about his behavior but he doesn't need anymore punishment from the community than he already got. It's up to her to pull the trigger on giving him a criminal record and the sex offender flag. At this point we as a community should be hammering into his head he has some underlying sexual ideas he needs to come to terms with.

"Under the thumb" is an interesting choice of expression... you make it sound like she's going to ruin his life on a whim. He committed the crime. Whether she or anyone else present in the room reports it doesn't change that. If he's convicted it'll be because he was found guilty in a court, not because the victim wanted further punishment.

 

[ss-hikaru]

Reading through more of this thread...

Anyone who puts any hint of blame on the boyfriend do not understand what happened at all. I don't know how Hyuga got into the room, but it's entirely possible that DJ Jack was already asleep by the time he came in.

People can sleep heavily. I usually don't notice someone else on the bed getting up from it if I'm in a deep sleep, and that's without the aid of alcohol.

Also, in case people are not familiar with how hotel rooms are filled for these kinds of things, there were most likely at least 5-6 people in that room. DJ Jack and his girlfriend were not alone in that room. This is done to reduce the cost for attending these tournaments. This is why NickRiddle was the one to kick Hyuga out.

One more thing: DJ Jack would have obviously done something if he was actually conscious. Do any of you suspicious people think he would just let Hyuga do whatever he wants? That is absolutely ridiculous.

Thank you for this. Some of the assumptions and accusations posters here are making about the actions of the people in the room are, as you say, ridiculous. Glad to hear the couple are doing alright.

 

[demosthenes]

Never because I don't drink. As someone who grew up seeing first hand what drinking could do to someone I made that decision a long time ago to never go down that path.

Everyone should know, if they choose to drink, to not drink that much and understand the affects alcohol can have on you.

I never said he shouldn't be punished or held accountable for what he did, I was just pointing out my amazement that some people basically seem to think drinking has zero affect on your brain or what it can lead to you doing which flies completely in the face of the research and studies that have been done about it.

This is the same bullshit defense that kid that raped that girl in college like 2 months ago gave and it's bullshit.

You just said you don't drink. You don't even know what it's to be drunk or black out drunk. I have been and many others in this thread have been drunk on many many occasions and even black out drunk. I sure as hell hope that they are like me and never thought about crawling into a bed with someone and touching them when their fucking boyfriend is right next to them.

 

[trixx]

Dang Hyuga, wtf is this.

I don't know what to say other than I hope the victim is okay and Hyuga reevaluates his shit. Maybe she should press charges

I admired his toon link and his work with Mexican smash community but this is absolutely disgusting, no one should defend him.

 

[R00bot]

That attitude is extremely disrespectful as well because attempts to marginalize what is a very serious and real issue that pervades society. Nirolak provided research earlier in the thread that shows that 18% of women have been sexually assaulted. Now factor in that many abusers will assault more than once, and let's say that means that 10% of men are sexual abusers. That's still 1 in 10 people. That means everyone in this thread knows someone who is a sexual abuser. That means that in every single social gathering, there are sexual predators. Most situations make it difficult for an abuser to be able to act, but in scenarios where alcohol is involved, their caution about their actions is lowered and also their potential victims may be more vulnerable. So it's more likely to happen in those situations, i.e bars, clubs, conventions, concerts, etc. Conventions have the added problem of close by hotel rooms which are secluded from the public and make it easier to abuse someone. This has nothing to do with gaming and everything to do with sexism and the way our society views and treats women. You can't get away with saying 'oh it's just cause gaming attracts perverts', no, those people are everywhere. It is everyone's problem.

I see what you're saying but saying 10% of men are sexual predators is downright disrespectful and wrong. You would be stretching to say that 5% were.

 

[charsace]

The best part of this story is that he will get arrested if he comes back to America. Can't believe people feel bad for this sociopath little shit. Who is to say he hasn't raped women already? Ban him from tourneys forever. Fuck that little piece of trash.

 

[Golgo 13]

Use this as a free, valuable lesson -- when you drink, you are %100 accountable for every single action you make. "I was drunk" is not a valid defense in any court of law, and in fact, it makes you look worse. This kid is VERY LUCKY she didn't press charges -- we're talking multiple felony sexual assault charges here. Guy could've, and likely would've been in prison for a long, long time if she had pursued charges.

 

[El Sabroso]

I feel like it was so stupid from him, I mean even if he wanted to bang a girl, he was in vegas, is not too hard to just go to the strip and pay for some action, all over Mex scene is just making jokes about it and calling hyuga stupid, I think he is done for mexican events too

 

[IcyRhythms]

People that use "I was drunk" or "I had a few drinks" is just trying to damage control the situation. Pieces of shit that do stuff like this, men or women that cheat, it's all disgusting.

 

[Tal]

I see what you're saying but saying 10% of men are sexual predators is downright disrespectful and wrong. You would be stretching to say that 5% were.

No, 5-10% is about right. In the second page of the pdf below you can see statistics from 14 different studies conducted between 84 and 02.

http://www.binghamton.edu/counseling/documents/RAPE_FACT_SHEET1.pdf

 

[Seiniyta]

Not sure if it's mentioned but:

Global Smash 4 Leadership Group's Response to Hyuga Incident:

Over the past weekend in Las Vegas, the Smash Bros community was informed by multiple witnesses of an unfortunate case of sexual harassment by Cristian "Hyuga" Medina with a female community member at a hotel in Las Vegas, which was by the venue Evo 2016 was held.

As a result, the Global Smash 4 Leadership Group is banning Cristian "Hyuga" Medina from competing until July 17th, 2017 as a first offense. All TOs will refund his entry & reject his presence at any future tournaments until July 17th, 2017. A second offense will result in a lifetime ban from participating in all future Smash Bros events. We will use this as a baseline penalty for any future similar incidents.

The Global Smash 4 Leadership Group condemns all acts of sexual harassment, and alcohol being involved does not excuse or mitigate it in any way. We all want a to provide a safe, fun, and inviting environments around major tournaments where the we focus on healthy competition and exciting rivalries in Smash Bros.

We want to ensure that Hyuga is properly punished for his actions & to remind others that actions in and outside of a tournament are judged by the public & punishable. We will allow Hyuga to compete again in Smash Bros tournaments after July 17th, 2017. A second offense is a lifetime ban.
Best,

Global Smash 4 Leadership Group

Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/271554763213185/permalink/276155839419744/


And an addition:

@BearUNLV
^the group based this off of what Capcom Pro Tour has done with an incident that happened earlier this year. FYI, this wasn't only my call.

Source: https://twitter.com/BearUNLV/status/755218201575698433

Not sure if this deserves a new thread, or just updated title/OP.

 

[x3sphere]

The girl didn't press charges and he is only getting a one year ban? Got off very easy in my opinion. Hopefully he learns from this...