The Twitch streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm viewed the switch of his friend Michael “shroud” Grzesiek to Mixer critically in October 2019. After the end of Mixer, shroud appears to be doing well. Dr Disrespect believes he received 10 million dollars for 8 months of work.
This is how Dr Disrespect viewed the switch in 2019: In October 2019, streamer Michael “shroud” Grzesiek switched from Twitch to Mixer. He followed Tyler “Ninja” Blevins.
Dr Disrespect commented on the switch of his friend and colleague back then. He said:
- While Mixer has 30 million users, since every Xbox user is automatically on Mixer, the engagement of these users is very low.
- Ninja and shroud should now boost that engagement.
- But that won’t work – you can buy streamers, but not their viewers and community.
- No streamer will follow shroud on Mixer.
- It is a better way for Microsoft to invest the money into the platform itself to improve it – rather than advertising Xbox products on Twitch.
Dr Disrespect wished his friend shroud good luck. He himself apparently considered the switch a bad idea. As a result, he often mocked how few viewers Ninja managed to get on Mixer.
This was the latest development: A few days ago, Microsoft announced that they are shutting down Mixer. Dr Disrespect was right with one assessment: The path of Mixer to buy the strongest streamers from Twitch did not work.
According to insiders, shroud was fully paid out for his existing Mixer contract. Allegedly, shroud received 10 million US dollars and is now a free agent.
He thus received the full contractually agreed sum for several years, during which he was supposed to stream on Mixer, paid out in one go.
10 Million $ for 8 Months of Work – FUCK!
This is how Dr Disrespect sees the deal now: In a Twitch clip, Dr Disrespect imitates his friend shroud and says in his voice:
Oh thank you, Doc, for welcoming me back [to Twitch]. Yes, I’ve always known they would pay me 10 million dollars for 8 months of work.
Dr Disrespect impersonates shroud
Doc then shouts loudly FUCK in his own voice.
Dr Disrespect was right about Mixer – but does he regret it now?
This is the discussion: On reddit, people discuss whether Doc really regrets not making a deal with Mixer or if his “FUCK” is a fake outrage.
Generally, people agree that no one could have predicted how the Mixer situation has now developed. Therefore, it is also futile to be angry about it now.
The Mixer Paradox
This is what it’s about: At the moment, the situation looks absurd:
- Dr Disrespect’s insight into how Mixer would develop was completely correct, but it did not personally benefit him.
- Shroud, on the other hand, actually bet on the “wrong” horse, but as a result, became a big winner.
- Mixer has failed so badly that its failure has already paid off for shroud.
If insiders are correct with their information, there’s an even bigger winner than shroud: Tyler “Ninja” Blevins would have received 30 million dollars for 10 months of work.
Dr Disrespect often appears boastful and loud in his streams. He plays a character. The man behind it is capable of deeper emotions and has an interesting story to tell.
Once, he shared in the stream how he turned his life around to become the Doctor that viewers now know and love:
DrDisrespect explains astonishingly seriously how his Twitch career started
