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[Kotaku] Dr Disrespect Apologizes For E3 Bathroom Stream 'On Behalf Of The Dr Disrespect Brand'
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Maybe I need to explain better. Not my intention to twist your words.
My post essentially said "I believe his explanation about a lapse of judgment"
Your post is kind of confusing to me, because you said you could understand had he made a sincere apology. (again if you feel I am twisting your words, correct me, that's not my intention) I don't get what you mean by this, what are you not understanding? Do you accept his explanation, or think he is lying?
As for defending him, I probably make more fun of him daily than you do lol.
The persona itself is super lame. I don't understand what it is that people like about it. Maybe younger folks that can buy the cockiness? Like a heel in wrasslin.
Fair enough, sorry this dude gets my back up.
As for the rest of your post, I don't believe him. I think he's disingenuous, and sure that's part of his character, so that's also an issue. This is a dude that thinks it's okay for Pewdiepie to say the n word. This is a dude that cheats on his wife and makes it public. He's just not a person I would give the benefit of the doubt. I don't particularly spend much time trying to understand him though. Would rather watch streamers that aren't asshats frankly.
I feel the same way he seems like that middle age guy in the 90s that wears a neon fannypack and lacks intelligence.
I gotcha. I think he's a shitty person that actually did make a mistake, because he likely wouldn't have wanted to get banned mid E3 stream.
In all seriousness, I applaud the guy for lifting the lid like this.
Still cannot stand the bloke.
The constant threads about Sterling? Don't like them, but I appreciate the need for them because I can't stand the Brand, and I can post in those video threads why he is often incorrect (but not always). Nothing about the guy personally. It's been impossible not to follow his career trajectory, he's a journeyman.
More recently, the Greg Miller E3 'controversy' - his contributions are able to be recognised while simultaneously being allowed to switch him off.
TV personalities and audiences have had to deal with this for decades.
If it reads like younger video game fans are apparently coming to understand Television for the first time, well it's because they are.
Still cannot stand the bloke.
The constant threads about Sterling? Don't like them, but I appreciate the need for them because I can't stand the Brand, and I can post in those video threads why he is often incorrect (but not always). Nothing about the guy personally. It's been impossible not to follow his career trajectory, he's a journeyman.
More recently, the Greg Miller E3 'controversy' - his contributions are able to be recognised while simultaneously being allowed to switch him off.
TV personalities and audiences have had to deal with this for decades.
If it reads like younger video game fans are apparently coming to understand Television for the first time, well it's because they are.
This is stupid for him to even utter an apology about that incident.
There are NO PENALTIES to conducting yourself like that. And if anyone calls his time off a penalty, the amount of donations he'll get on his first couple of days back will offset that and will probably be a net positive.
Just say the N word, take the ban, and come back a couple of days later to a king's ransom. These are the rules created by Twitch and these popular streamers are morons for not abusing it.
Shit is beyond infuriating. These quotes from The Verge article reiterate how I feel.
There are NO PENALTIES to conducting yourself like that. And if anyone calls his time off a penalty, the amount of donations he'll get on his first couple of days back will offset that and will probably be a net positive.
Just say the N word, take the ban, and come back a couple of days later to a king's ransom. These are the rules created by Twitch and these popular streamers are morons for not abusing it.
Shit is beyond infuriating. These quotes from The Verge article reiterate how I feel.
Nothing is more disrespectful than breaking the law and getting rewarded for it. Nice job twitch, maybe they'll broadcast a murder and apologize the same way: "you know, we like taking our brand as far as we can, we just didn't stop to think killing someone might be against the law". Amazon and twitch are utter jokes
Streaming remains garbage. Until Twitch actually bans some of these "personalities" that will stay true.
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To be honest I don't know whose the worst, this guy or the other one that ask for money to buy Tesla car.
What has his Race or Sexual Orientation got anything to do with this at all? Stop reaching for something additional to be angry about
He should be very happy that he doesn't live in a country where scheming to film in toilets and proceeding nets you 5 years of jail.
Be happy and keep quiet.
The sad thing is that i didn't know about that kid, now i know , and i am eager now to forget about it.
Twitch needs more Karak and less that.
Be happy and keep quiet.
The sad thing is that i didn't know about that kid, now i know , and i am eager now to forget about it.
Twitch needs more Karak and less that.
Imagine being so insecure about yourself that you "create a character" in order to insult others because your real self is too chickenshit to do it.
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idk how else to tell you this mate, but dr disrespect isn't a character, its his real self
OP should update with doc's response to the journalist. Very on brand if you ask me
This guy is human garbage but twitch like most websites is an Un-watched pipe constantly spewing bile. I know telling a big company to do the right thing is just yelling into the void, but fuck. I mean shit even if they ban him it's not like most of the fucks who make up his fanbase would leave.
It really isn't if you watch him do interviews and what not. He talks about how he has major social anxiety issues when not in character.
I struggle to imagine the fanbase for a middle aged white guy being an asshole on the internet not being a stellar group of people. None of this syncs up with society in 2019.
So in character, he overcomes those anxiety issues? Which means he can do whatever he decides to do?
"One of the reasons we have justice in this country is a deterrent to others," Whitta said. "You have to make an example and say, 'This guy fucked up. It doesn't matter that he's a big guy, it doesn't matter that he makes us a lot of money. If you fuck around on our platform, and do really egregious shit like live stream children in bathrooms, we are going to fucking destroy you."'
Does Gary Whitta know whos the current President of America?
If your a 'big guy' with 'a lot of money' you can literally get away with anything in America today.
Does Gary Whitta know whos the current President of America?
If your a 'big guy' with 'a lot of money' you can literally get away with anything in America today.
You have implied it and didn't answer the questions. Answer the questions first, please.
No I didn't. I was responding to a comment saying he was the same person as his character. By all accounts Guy outside of character is very different. That doesn't excuse anything he does while in character.
Don't put words in someone else's mouth for the sake of finding someone to direct anger at. Not healthy.
Twitch's little narcissistic cash cow gets preferential treatment. Shocker. All this does is tell everyone else on Twitch who makes money they get a slap on the wrist for shitty behaviour.
Imagine if Twitch cared that their recently unbanned star was threatening Kotaku writers and sending his fans to harass them.
Don't need you to tell me how to feel about Dr. Disrespect, thanks bud.
Twitch gives the spotlight to the worst kind of people. Fuck this guy.
I know this is a gaming forum, but I get tired of seeing Jason's tweets, inside scoops, etc. all the time....but this one is pretty damn good. Like...how do you even respond to that from Jason. Just shut it down.
Why is he attacking Kotaku people now?
Sometimes, Twitter itself must be held accountable. It never was during the most awful example of this type of behaviour, we need not be reminded (or maybe we need to be?).
But no, Twitch is also culpable here.
Sometimes, Twitter itself must be held accountable. It never was during the most awful example of this type of behaviour, we need not be reminded (or maybe we need to be?).
But no, Twitch is also culpable here.
Grayson is the one that posts about him. So here's why. Why he went after Schreier, I have no idea. Reach, I guess?
Twitch always had a weird mentality when it came to suspending/banning people. It's not just about if a streamer is big too, there are some streamers that are clearly favorites and do reprehensible things a lot of times and never really get punished aside from a slap on the wrist here and there. You can go from some streamers being banned for months for minor mistakes to Doc being suspended for days for bringing his stream in a toilet room.
And Twitch pretty much never comments on any of their decision so it's pretty hard to understand where they're coming from or to find a clear pattern.
Thanks. Twiiter being a factor here often makes 'what's happened' into 'what's happening' because that's what they trade in. It's like their motto or something now I think when you write one.
Yeah, I'm retweeting that and tagging Twitch and TwitchSupport in it. He's literally using his platform as a streamer to harass journalists.
Man, just another fragile social media persona who takes shit too far and then cries like a baby when called out for it. I wonder if society will ever stop rewarding disgusting behavior from popular people.
Dude filmed minors in a bathroom and is now sending his fans to harass writers but yeah you do you babbyy.
Classy.
