The scandal streamer Dr DisRespect returned to Twitch and PUBG last night. Twitch briefly went down, money flowed in streams – there were special matches and thought-provoking moments.
With a lot of fanfare, the doctor returned to Twitch yesterday. This was a highly anticipated event after a few weeks’ break. And at the beginning, it seemed like Twitch was actually responding accordingly to this self-proclaimed mega event: Twitch was down for 10 minutes. Dr DisRespect and his fans liked to credit themselves for this: We broke Twitch.
However, the US site Kotaku points out: Well, actually, Twitch handles larger eSports events quite well. There might have been other factors at play.
But such details are not really a concern: Twitch Down will surely be part of the legend of Dr DisRespect.
Even though the doctor likes to pretend that millions and millions watch him in his arena, the number of simultaneous viewers only reached a maximum of 390,000. That is still a bit below the record of another bad boy of Twitch, the LoL streamer Tyler1. He broke the 400,000 mark during his own dramatic return.
Apparently, it’s a trend to theatrically stage one’s own return.
A perfect PUBG match for the doctor
Nevertheless, the stream was a total success for Dr DisRespect and indeed, the stream was something special.
His first PUBG match of the year went as if a higher power was watching over him. The first match developed entirely in his favor, allowing the doctor to actually back up his grandstanding with a strong performance.
At one point, a crate fell from the sky at his feet and the doctor laughed: “This is not a scripted game!”
Donation after donation
As Polygon notes, several donations of over $500 came in during the stream, including a $5000 donation. However, one must be cautious, as these donations are not necessarily real and can be refunded. But so much money can throw even a professional off balance.
The stream also brought the doctor approximately 12,000 subscribers, resulting in about $30,000 in subscription revenue.
Infidelity is thoughtfully addressed
The reason for the break on Twitch was that Dr DisRespect was allegedly “unfaithful” to his wife. A moderator of his channel had then gone public (via dexerto) and claimed that the doctor had cheated on his wife with four others.
This has two consequences in the stream:
- The doctor now relies on bots to moderate his channel
- And he said: He and his wife – this is a learning process, a rebuild, an empowering process: “The older we get and the more we know about each other, as individuals and as a group, the more we start to understand certain things.”
Well, no one can say that the doctor lacks depth.
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