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I couldn't believe my ears when someone told me that he was still popular
Also, if i had to take a punch everytime i made an inappropriate joke id be dead before the sun set every single days
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
I couldn't believe my ears when someone told me that he was still popular Also, if i had to take a punch everytime i made an inappropriate joke id be dead before the sun set every single days passive knows | ||
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emperorchampion
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lestye
United States4163 Posts
I kinda get that trajectory, he is very sociable by nerd standards. I remember like 9 years ago, his stream with crazy league player XJ9. My favorite Destiny era was probably DayZ. He made that game look so much fun. | ||
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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PoulsenB
Poland7711 Posts
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
On March 30 2022 03:44 lestye wrote: Yeah, my understanding is he did a lot of crazy debates with the permanently online politics crowd. His debate with JonTron got a lot of circulation a few years back. I kinda get that trajectory, he is very sociable by nerd standards. I remember like 9 years ago, his stream with crazy league player XJ9. My favorite Destiny era was probably DayZ. He made that game look so much fun. I cant quite wrap my head around getting political editorials from gamers on twitch. I was gonna say that im getting old but im not even sure if im older than destiny so /shrug | ||
TheEmulator
28090 Posts
On March 30 2022 05:54 PassiveAce wrote: I cant quite wrap my head around getting political editorials from gamers on twitch. In all honesty a lot of gamers on twitch are more educated and up to date on current issues than a lot of politicians are. Obviously it depends on who you watch and what you personally believe in, but there's some really solid political commentators on the platform. | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
On March 30 2022 06:12 TheEmulator wrote: After his SC2 career was over and before he eventually pivoted to doing political streams, he had a few years where he was doing really well as a variety streamer. I don't watch him these days because I can't stand political streams (and I don't agree with him politically for the most part), but his variety streams were honestly really good back in the day. As Lestye already mentioned, the DayZ era which was mainly spearheaded by him on twitch was great. In all honesty a lot of gamers on twitch are more educated and up to date on current issues than a lot of politicians are. Obviously it depends on who you watch and what you personally believe in, but there's some really solid political commentators on the platform. Who do you like? Iv never watched Hasan's stream but iv heard interviews with him and he seemed fairly sane. I guess I'm just so used to getting straight news from NYTimes/wapo/wsj and ignoring editorials, not just from twitch but from newspapers and tv too. I usually don't want to hear other people's opinions on the news since I make my own lol | ||
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lestye
United States4163 Posts
On March 30 2022 05:54 PassiveAce wrote: I cant quite wrap my head around getting political editorials from gamers on twitch. I was gonna say that im getting old but im not even sure if im older than destiny so /shrug Eh, I get it, especially how being invested in a twitch streamer, there's this parasocial relationship you might develop with them. The idea of e-celebrity is that they're influencers, so politics is an extension of that. I agree with TheEmulator, I think a young people are probably well vested in political discourse. I remember there was this old survey that the Daily Show viewers are more informed on news than most CNN/Fox News viewers. I suspect gamers on twitch have at least a passing understanding on political discourse. | ||
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eieio
United States14512 Posts
pretty sure I deleted those comments from reddit years ago but let the record reflect that I had more upvotes than him (I was also pretty surprised to learn that he still had a big career being...a guy on twitch.) The slap is real weird. Just an odd decision, that. | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
On March 30 2022 10:51 eieio wrote: I got in a big argument with destiny on reddit after EG booted some guy (orb??) for saying slurs or something. The argument was like "should destiny use the n-bomb or not" lmao. pretty sure I deleted those comments from reddit years ago but let the record reflect that I had more upvotes than him (I was also pretty surprised to learn that he still had a big career being...a guy on twitch.) The slap is real weird. Just an odd decision, that. Sounds insightful. ![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/c1sdXCP.jpg) | ||
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PoulsenB
Poland7711 Posts
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
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PoulsenB
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eieio
United States14512 Posts
"n-word debate sidetracks into incest topic" is an unbelievable title | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
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TheEmulator
28090 Posts
Interesting to hear eieio say Destiny has been dying on that hill since the orb days lmao (that was back in like 2010?). | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
Just now realized it's Dimaga I'm thinking of. Don't quite remember destiny, I think. | ||
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Comeh
United States18918 Posts
On March 30 2022 00:35 PassiveAce wrote: In other news, ancient TL poster turned popular twitch talking head Destiny was perm banned from twitch. I remember him posting about politics here in like 2010. I was surprised to find that he had somehow made a career out of it lol He had a lot of sus opinions, and said the N word more than a few times iirc. Had really big "im smart white guy" energy. On March 30 2022 02:14 Erasme wrote: Also, if i had to take a punch everytime i made an inappropriate joke id be dead before the sun set every single days passive knows The difference being saying the N word on a marketed, global, platform that finances you and saying edgy humor to your friends  not shedding tears for some neo lib politics streamer losing his platform tho | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
On April 01 2022 00:10 Comeh wrote: He had a lot of sus opinions, and said the N word more than a few times iirc. Had really big "im smart white guy" energy. The difference being saying the N word on a marketed, global, platform that finances you and saying edgy humor to your friends not shedding tears for some neo lib politics streamer losing his platform tho It's hard to remember specifics from so long ago but yeah I remember his opinions being a little out there. Hope life has been treating you well man | ||
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