The community manager of the strategy series “Total War” made his last act by insulting the YouTuber Arch Warhammer. He called him an idiot, said “Wheels” in a farewell live on Twitch. It seems to be about allegations of censorship regarding mods for Total War: Three Kingdoms.
This was the insult: On his last day at work, Michael “Wheels” Whelan was seen in a live stream on Twitch. He ended it with the words: “Arch Warhammer is an idiot. Goodbye.”
His streaming partner then made a strange “Oops” face.
“Total War” studio apologizes for outburst
This is what his employer says: Creative Assembly then spoke up on Twitter and apologized for the employee’s statement.
It states: “This week, one of our team members made a statement in a live stream that does not meet our professional and personal standards. The opinion does not reflect the views of the studio. We apologize for any damage or harm caused.”
It’s about mods turning Warlords into cute waifus
What did Arch Warhammer do that was so bad? As PC Gamer reports, Arch Warhammer specializes in strategy games. His YouTube channel has about 200,000 subscribers.
Arch Warhammer criticizes that “Social Justice Warriors” are ruining the games, leading to censorship in Total War.
The YouTuber believes that he hit a nerve with a video at Creative Assembly, provoking the reaction.
It seems particularly to be about Creative Assembly removing mods that turned the female Warlords of “Three Kingdoms” into so-called waifus, that is, sexualized women. Arch Warhammer viewed the removal of these mods as “censorship” and accused Creative Assembly of it.
For the YouTuber, this shows a double standard of the developers, that brutality is okay, but sexuality is not.
Another video was titled “The reasons why Creative Assembly hates sexy women REVEALED.”
Here, Arch Warhammer addresses a statement from a community manager who is specifically bothered that every female main character is reduced to standing around in her underwear (via reddit).
This position is what Arch Warhammer attacks – Whelan’s insult on Twitch is likely meant to be understood as an attempt to “avenge” or “defend” his colleague.
What is Total War? In the “Total War” game series, players assume the role of generals and princes and fight for power in various historical and fictional scenarios. The current game in the series “Total War: Three Kingdoms” was released in May 2019 for PC. It takes place during the “Three Kingdoms” period in China in the year 190.
An online version of the series has been discontinued.
