hostile at gunpoint in Hannover

7-3-2009 13:15

Gravitas member Shaun "hostile" Catron was assaulted when returning from a pub near his assigned home in Hannover. Punched several times and held at gunpoint told to hand over his belongings, Shaun "hostile" Catron found himself in the hospital getting stitched five times.

After getting eliminated at the Extreme Masters III Global Finals, Gravitas went to downtown Hannover to have dinner. The players returned to the assigned households, being split up three different locations in Hannover. Returning, Shaun "hostile" Catron felt like visiting a nearby pub, to get a quick beer. His roommate Thomas "thoMz" Garcia did not follow him to the pub, leaving him all by himself.

After the beer, he turned to his household. On the way home, four people (that he spoke to earlier that evening), jumped in and punched him several times, when trying to give any resistance, one guy pulled a gun and told him to “shut it” and threaten on his life. Handing over his belongings, including wallet, camera and his iPhone, Shaun "hostile" Catron then saw the guys take off.

Shaun "hostile" Catron states:

"Yeah I'd like a responce from ESL as well, as to who the hell they think they are housing these teams and players in such unsafe areas."

The attack was last night and when getting out of the hospital, Shaun "hostile" Catron spoke to the American scene. He speaks about the attack last night and points out that ESL should have checked out what neighborhood they put players in, as he believes he got put in questionable part of town.
ESL did however visit him at the hospital, where a full police report was written. The police got several leads to the attackers, as they used his iPhone to make calls directly after the attack, even to call a cab.

If you want to read more about the attack, then you should drop by WinOut and read the entire interview.

lol:| wtf

2009-03-07 13:20

nasty germans murdered american player because want his money xa xa xa xa xa

2009-03-07 13:23

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he is still alive dump? in america its 3times more dangerous

2009-03-07 16:01

check out the comment in winout.org : "He must have had some really bad luck... Normally this does not happen in Germany very often :D:D Okay maybe in some ghetto-areas or something ;) And he had a gun?? This is germany guys, not America... almost nobody has a gun in here -.- " hahahahaha :D @hostile : i wish u 2 get better soon as possible.

2009-03-07 13:26

i think only in kreuzberg :DDDDD google it :D but in other areas ghettos? i dont saw something like in germany :D

2009-03-07 16:03

clutch situation :D

2009-03-07 13:29

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... :D

2009-03-07 17:29

2009-03-07 21:00

Stupid robbers ... i mean using his phone 2 minutes after the theft :P

2009-03-07 13:35

Are you stupid or what ? I don't see any points to laugh from. You're all pathetic, we're not talking about a game, he could have lost his life there. Hope he's going to be back on his feet soon.

2009-03-07 13:38

german sucks

ban plz :-)

2009-03-07 16:04

a LOT!

2009-03-07 17:33

Keep the comments in a sober tone, or I will start handing out bans to every offensive comment, you have been warned.

2009-03-07 13:41

I hope he's not too shook up by it. Still, im not sure its ESL's fault

2009-03-07 13:43

i don't know how can you post comments like "lol". Do you realize what happened? This was just very bad luck, i have no experience like this from my visit of Germany

2009-03-07 13:51

yes, BEcause you aren't american!

2009-03-07 14:05

haha :D

2009-03-07 16:05

ESL could check for safe areas but come on, its not their fault imo... It could happen in almost everywhere the robber.. Unfortonally, there are almost no safe places in this world :\ GL and recover fast hostile

2009-03-07 13:56

bad luck and i must say maybe a bit of naive behavior? if you know it's not a safe neighborhood, then don't go strolling around by yourself, every kid knows that...

2009-03-07 13:57

Hostile should take responsibility for his actions. How old is he? 10? No, he is an adult which means 100% responsibility for whatever happens to himself. Going to the pub alone, in a town where you haven't been before, don't know the origin language et.c is very risky. Doesn't matter where you are in the world.

2009-03-07 14:01

right,,.,.,.,

2009-03-07 14:06

If one guy said :“shut it”, it means that they were americans or UK'ers?

2009-03-07 14:07

6 replies

why? English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.

2009-03-07 14:37

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So what? why do this german "gangster" said this phrase to his german mate in english?? This story is definitly weird, i think that mr. Catron forgot some details from that evening ))

2009-03-07 14:50

4 replies

he said it to hostile, and he knew he was an english-speaking person as he talked to him sooner in the evening. be careful when you read.

2009-03-07 15:08

3 replies

so he wasn't careful, when he was talking to them earlier

2009-03-07 15:20

you never speak to people you don't know ? xD

2009-03-07 15:26

of course you do, at least we do that over here but I guess that's because we are a small country with faith in people and dont have ghettos or what so ever :-)

2009-03-07 17:37

"Yeah I'd like a responce from ESL as well, as to who the hell they think they are housing these teams and players in such unsafe areas." Oh, come on. Do not be ridiculous.

bad luck

2009-03-07 14:16

russian mafia finally found this sneaky little bastard and teach him a lesson of respect. for all that he did and said on wcg 07.

2009-03-07 14:19

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If it would have been russian mafia hostile would have been already eaten by salo-loving ukrainians.

2009-03-07 14:39

;) humanitarian assistance to the brothers people of Ukraine!

2009-03-07 14:47

I wouldn't eat american salo even if I was dying from hunger xD It's not looking very fresh xD P.S. jeeze lost my appetite ;D

2009-03-08 03:20

yeaaa maaaaan xa xa xa xa xa n1

2009-03-07 15:10

what he said? i dont remeber it? anyone of you have a link of something report?

2009-03-07 16:09

he just acting like a asshole, screaming a lot of shit when playing vs KPOBb, and in the end, when russians win map, talk to judges and they found flashbug(wtf??). btw, all maps on tourney was fixed. ridiculous.

2009-03-07 16:28

No need for the russian mafia.Just the russian Player of Players named LeX :D

2009-03-14 14:47

tense

2009-03-07 14:38

well it is a little bit his own fault since he talked to strange people and went out all by himself

#33 agreed :D

2009-03-07 14:42

If you use the 'Reply' button the user will/would know you replied to him/her

2009-03-07 14:48

"Yeah I'd like a response from hostile as well, as to who the hell he thinks he is to blame ESL for this." imo it's entirely his fault, but nevertheless, what happened was horrible.

2009-03-07 14:54

lol, pretty funny the irony of his alias also.

2009-03-08 07:58

sry about that,but you should take a gun with urself

2009-03-07 15:13

lol...

2009-03-07 15:31

haha right but its difficult to travel with his gun from america to germany only when you are living in the euro states :-)

2009-03-07 16:08

got it,so dont go out in midnight :D

2009-03-07 16:20

sad.. :( hope u get on your feet soon hostile!

2009-03-07 15:14

from Russia with <3 :D [WCG_07]

2009-03-07 15:48

:DDDDDD lol lat da fak what happens in russia'07 ?

2009-03-07 16:24

He is talking like this wouldn't happen in America. The chance it happens in america is many times higher, and it's just life so he shouln't blame ESL.

2009-03-07 16:00

not really.. In america, people dont robber with a simple pistol. They come with M4s that they bought in open market when they were 16+ :D oh god i love america :>

2009-03-08 10:56

that`s not nice .. >.> gl hostile

2009-03-07 16:39

u are all retarded in america we wouldnt have tournaments in the ghetto or hoods where ESL assigned hostile's housing

2009-03-07 16:46

maybe right i dont think hotels with 2stars are more expensive than this shit :D

2009-03-07 16:55

Hostile went out alone at 1AM. That is basically like screming SOMEONE PLEASE ROB ME. When 4 people try to rob him, he reacted? "When I tried to give any resistance..." My parent tought me not to react when robbed when I was 5 years old. If he's being robbed by 4 people and he tries to react, he is definitly asking to be punched/kicked/shot. If he didn't like the place he was living in, he should have moved. He chose to stay there. He chose to go out alone at 1AM in a place he didn't know. He chose to react against 4 people. I blame him, not ESL

2009-03-07 17:03

where then? isnt america for most part ghetto? ='''') loads of poor fuckers in america imo

2009-03-09 20:26

it's very easy to say ''thats the germans'' i sound like every german ist usin weapons and punch other human... this could happen everywhere in the world.

2009-03-07 16:57

No,this would never happen in our China!Because in my country,nobody has the right to carry a gun except the policeman.Haha,but there are also lots of nasty persons .You can say:Bad pesons exist all over the world.

oh my goodness, in china its also hard to get real sex for money ... the rulez in china are too strong ... but you right nobody should have the right to have a weapon

2009-03-08 01:49

communistic republic :????

2009-03-08 11:09

I like Germany very much! Its Environment is pretty good,unlike my country rubbish everywhere! I wonder one day I can go to your country for a trip,but this dream can hardly become true as I'm a poor boy come from a small village.What a shame!

2009-03-07 17:40

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2009-03-07 17:52

:-) the guy that answered you has 2minds :DD

2009-03-07 20:26

KILLEM ALL!!!

2009-03-07 17:30

I DON't BELIVE IT ! Germany it's a very "friendly" nation. "Peace & Love - NO WARS" mwahhahahahha

2009-03-07 17:36

Kind of childish to blame ESL for getting robbed. How stupid can one be walking alone at night in a neighberhood he EVEN claimed was an unsafe area...

I somehow have the feeling no one likes this guy enough to drink a beer with him. So yeah, you probably had it coming B**ch

2009-03-07 18:54

that's really bad :/ stuff like that should not happen

2009-03-07 19:31

Americans are americans... So i'm not surprised to read this new :]

2009-03-07 23:32

That's really bad. I think that hostile won't again visit Germany... :/

2009-03-08 00:51

I can't say its his fault, but why go out by yourself in the night, you know in every country that there are always people with bad intentions. And he can't blame ESL, I mean he didn't get robbed in his household, sure the area they placed him in but it could happen to anyone, anywhere.

2009-03-08 01:48