In the USA, eSports is currently dying in games like League of Legends. Big teams like TSM or CLG are disbanding. FaZe’s stock is in the basement. The content creator Arab has a simple explanation for this: ” politically correct types” are to blame. In the past, gaming could still be wild and expressive. But, according to him, it seems that people like Fortnite star “Ninja” have ruined everything that was once good about gaming.
That sparked the discussion: The Twitch streamer “Disguised Toast” has recently attempted to start an eSports team in Valorant. In a clip from a podcast, he explains that the situation in eSports is not good:
- In eSports, TSM is disbanding and CLG is currently disbanding two major teams that have been champions multiple times in the USA
- The stock of the largest eSports club has reportedly collapsed by about 99% – dropping from $20 to $0.50
- In addition, major projects like “The Guard” have failed
In the past, you could do and say anything you wanted in gaming
This is the controversial opinion: The content creator Arab has 331,000 subscribers on YouTube and was quite successful with Fortnite content on YouTube in 2020.
He recently spoke out on Twitter and said:
Gaming has failed because it used to be an escape for people from the real world to be someone else and mess around with friends. You could say and do whatever you wanted. Then came blue-haired, politically correct losers and ruined it.
Arab says: Today, every influencer would be a washed-up sponsor collector with a dry personality.
He belongs to the first generation of gamers who could make “real money” with video games. Video games were not meant to be a sport. “Talking shit” was the part of gaming that was fun.
How is this received? Arab is getting a lot of backlash for his opinion. Creator Ludwig says he could start an eSports team called “No Liberal Pussys” where gamers could drink “Woke-free” beer and let every insult fly. That would be totally epic; he should invest all his money in it.
Others say: “Blue-haired losers” have nothing to do with the current problems in eSports; that’s totally crazy.
For many, the problem seems to lie in the “commercialization” of gaming. Because the fun is in the “playing”. Just the idea that someone like Arab says he made money with gaming is distasteful to some commentators on Twitter.
A Twitter user says that at this point, gaming began to have problems: “Gaming is failing because companies and investors jumped in and made as much money as possible. Game developers themselves have always been quite apolitical.”
A bit harsh reaction:
is this “ blue haired politically correct losers” in the room? pic.twitter.com/7FUshw7zIx
— adam (@Nsaniity_) April 26, 2023
What’s behind this: When “blue-haired, politically correct” is mentioned, Ninja is clearly referred to: He used to be a terrible flamer himself but temporarily refrained from insults because he had such a young audience.
However, it still belongs to gaming to tease friends and joke around, and of course, it is still allowed. Even Ninja constantly teased and joked with his colleagues.
Gaming can still be used as an escape from reality.
But why it should be inherent in gaming to be able to say everything you want
is not entirely clear. The idea that gaming is no longer fun since we can no longer insult others racially seems somehow strange.
Especially since many online players are currently complaining about being insulted racially or sexually in games. One can justifiably doubt that gaming is no longer fun since Germans are no longer constantly referred to as “Nazis” or “Krauts”.
