In a startling turn of events, one of USA’s top fighting game competitors has been charged with battery late last week.
Noel Brown, known for his high level of play in Marvel vs Capcom, was charged June 29th on charges of domestic violence. While details on the matter are still pending, this could lead to a disqualification from attending the world EVO finals later this month in Las Vegas, NV. After all, this wasn’t the first time Noel Brown has gotten himself into trouble.
Word among the fighting game community has been fairly quiet about the incident, but Noel Brown was able to post one last tweet before his detainment.
Probably the worse night in my life for sure
Was there
July 1, 2013 at 1:05 PMI’m sorry but the fact that his peers are literally trying to sweep this under a rug when in fact he strucka female goes to show how bad this part of the whole gaming community is…
anon
July 1, 2013 at 3:16 PMThe reason they aren’t trying to bring this up is because this is something personal that had nothing to do with video games or the event. And i don’t think you “were there” either man.
Geo
July 1, 2013 at 3:33 PMNo its not being swept under the rug only by his friends. VxG a very high profile tournament event in the carribean let him go from his duties to comentate and do other things at the event hours after the arrest was made public. We are very unhappy about his actions and most of us that actually watch and support the players do not want to see him at events again.
This is the second time in 3 years he has resorted to violence. Last time it was caught on video. Two strikes and you’re out.
George
July 1, 2013 at 8:46 PMWhat happened was Noel walked in on another fighting game player having “intimate relations” with his supposed girlfriend in their hotel room. He went to beat the crap out of the other player and she tried to break up the fight and ended up getting hit during the scuffle.
Richard Brown
July 2, 2013 at 1:22 AMQUIET? Yeah right! Statements have been made by tons of people, including the organizer of the event where this took place. Check the Kotaku article to see that hes right there saying this is an isolated incident not reflective of the community. It’s a thing that’s new to this community. No FGC member wants this incident to reflect on the community as a whole, and there’s lots of discourse on this, easy to find. Think about other competitive groups: It’s like when Aaron Hernandez killed. The whole football community doesn’t get blamed for it. But in a way, it reflects bad on football as a whole. And in similar fashion, this player has been released from his sponsorships. Just like Hernandez was released from the Patriots. It’s just that the FGC has never had a well known do something like this. It’s a bummer man. But I for one will tell you that no one I know swept it under the rug.
actual fgc member
July 2, 2013 at 9:00 AMJust so you guys know, it was his ex.
And also that guy is a scumbag and he does have anger issues.