Twitch streamers and YouTubers appearing in video games has become increasingly common nowadays. The latest internet star to receive this treatment is the controversial figure Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm.
He joins the online multiplayer shooter Rogue Company as a Legendary Skin for the character Dallas. This is the same game that went free-to-play on Switch at the start of October. Dr Disrespect is also getting his very own map called "The Arena".
While Dr Disrespect isn't the first influencer to join Rogue Company, it's certainly interesting timing. He was banned from Twitch in June - just months after signing a multi-year deal with the platform for millions. Beahm says he still doesn't know why he was banned and Twitch has refused to provide a statement.
Before this, Beahm's Twitch account was previously suspended for live streaming in a bathroom at E3 2019. In addition to this, he has been accused of racism and was more recently called out for spreading coronavirus conspiracies on stream.
Is this online personality likely to encourage you to play this game? Have you tried out Rogue Company on the Switch yet? Tell us down in the comments.
[source comicbook.com]
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I guess that's kinda cool. Eh; I don't watch Dr. Disrespect or Play Rouge Company
Does his character shoot 5G waves to cause coronavirus?
@nessisonett He better!
"Accused of racism".
Lol for doing a fake chinese accent. You guys wrote that as if it might've been something actually serious.
OK I don't really know what to think?
Respect to the good Dr!
@TG16_IS_BAE For a Dr, he sure doesn’t know much about Covid 😉
@Dezzy Anyone can be cancelled for anything these days.
@TG16_IS_BAE Does he know when there will be a Vaccine for Autism? Not because there's anything wrong with Autism. It's just to throw the Anti-Vaxxers off.
@nessisonett Very true! I remember that fiasco. Some of these guys sure know how to stick a boot in their mouth.
@HotGoomba I’m not sure when that vaccine will be available lol
I have no idea who that is, but he sounds like a charming chap.
@AJDarkstar These guys all have rabid fanbases, usually full of the sorta dudes that make fun of girls for fangirling over One Direction or BTS. I think they’re the only people who would really want this.
First of all he is a moron and idiot. Second a skin is blehh and a map named the arena doesn't mean it was made after him at all.
Now Rouge company is cool. If you played paladins you might like it. Same kind of concept but more realistic. Pretty good controls and graphics but is completely online pvp for the most part. Good f2p game all around I would just advise if you start having issues with crossplay and hackers to turn off the crossplay as the hackers are from the pc side 99% of the time. In time they will be seeded out
What's so controversial about this streamer? And, no, I'm not reading those articles from Kotaku. If I wanted to read bias articles that go absolutely nowhere and don't tell you the whole story, I would go to any mainstream media site.
Let's see Twitch ban him now.
@MsJubilee Controversy is not decided by opinion. If you want to know what’s controversial about him, read those articles. If you want to know if it’s justified, form your own opinion.
Even if I gave a **** about his 'controversy', he'd still be boring to me.
He's kind of like a band like Simple Plan. An adult man that makes content for teenagers.
A meh crossover for a meh game. Controversies aside, Dr Disrespect’s on-stream personality has always sounded to me like an excuse to be a huge jerk, and it seems like it’s extended to his personal life with all these controversies and conspiracy theories.
@nessisonett
They've probably already decided he's a perfectly okay dude since they're so ready to dismiss every "mainstream" media site and Kotaku. I remember when I was an edgy thirteen year old.
Honestly I'm more inclined to avoid the game now, The guy for lack of a better word is a bit of a well its vaguely similar to duck. Only without the letter U.
@ghostrider135 You must be a lot of fun to be around.
All the Doc stuff was a bit pricey, but how could I resist a chance to be so damn good looking? Also the new Champions Club Arena map is really pretty. Game itself is weird for me...I don't know that I love it, but I get a tickle in my brain to play it now and again, after strongly disliking it at first. Slow grower on me. The instant action of it, after slogging thru games like Fortnite all the time is pretty refreshing.
Also when you say "accused of racism" you really should provide some reference. You're making it sound worse than it is. It was one incident speaking in a fake Chinese dialect, because his random duo partner was talking up a storm to him on the mic in Cantonese (I think it was Cantonese). Do I think that was a super cool thing to do? No. Was it mean spirited? Not really. Do I think that makes him a racist as the throwaway line in this article implies? Nope. His chat is also full of a ton of people from all over the world donating money thru super chats (constantly from India in particular), who don't seem to think he is a racist either. Also I don't think Snoop Dogg, Odell Beckham Jr. or Sc0ut could stream with Doc if he was a white racist dude. You can disagree with me, but it's disingenuous to just casually state that in the article, is all I'm saying.
@Cr4shMyCar He's chilled out a lot tho. You know where that personality comes from? There was proximity chat in Halo 2 and he use to do the character for fun (kind of a 80s style Randy Macho Man Savage) and got people laughing on the other end of the mic. That response prompted him to do some commentary over gameplay videos on youtube...a LOOOOOOONG time ago. People got a kick out of it and it worked out for him.
@nessisonett His only flaw in my eyes, lol.
If you're whole scheme is being disrespectful, frankly you deserve the backlash. I'm glad he got banned from Twitch. Shame on Rogue Company for making a deal with him.
Why do we praise people for deliberately treating other people poorly? This world is such a mess.
He is pretty much the only pro gamer I am actually a fan of.
I feel crazy old now thinking back what counted as controversy when I was young and what already counts as controversy now.
Not meaning to say anything with that except that the world has changed fast.
Racism. Disinformation. I guess emulating the behaviour of the people in charge counts as rebellion now?
@Dang69 The context is in the link.
@Damo I'm just saying please add a little line to something like that - you know that gets scanned over in-copy and an opinion is auto-formed.
2 time cheater, all time loser.
Regardless of anything else he just looks like a complete numpty.
Why do people like that insufferable dolt?
@MichaelHarvey you’re the type that gets triggered to the most basic things, namely hard evidences to the contrary. So you might wanna sit down and reassess yourself before shooting your mouth off again.
Reminder it still hasn't been explained why he was banned.
It's ok for corporations to just ban you for no reason these days I guess.
@0blivion
You do know he is the 2-time, right?
@Phostachio do you also remember a time when you could make jokes and not literally everything was considered racist?
Welcome to real life guys.
Almost every state in the US is at will. That means your employer can fire you for breathing the wrong way. It's no different.
@MichaelHarvey you clearly have no clue what you’re talking about. Typical.
Lmao so many angry kids here.
When I discovered him on YouTube streaming WarZone, I did find him loud and annoying but gotten use to him now (in small doses). His streaming production values are up there as the best and the donations he gets are freaking crazy. I think the haters are just jealous at how successful he's become.
So we get to play as a jerkoff? No thanks.
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