In PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds the famous streamer DrDisRespect intentionally shot a teammate during a stream. For this, he was promptly banned by Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene. DrDisRespect then launched into a fierce argument on Twitter.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds may revolve around brutal fights to the death, but there are rules. You must not kill your teammates when playing in a team. Of course, in the heat of battle, a burst of fire can hit the wrong person or a grenade can fall at a teammate’s feet. But those who intentionally kill their teammates will be banned without mercy.
Recently, one of the most well-known streamers of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds had to learn just how strictly these rules are enforced.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Teamkill due to lack of space on the motorcycle
Guy Beahm, former community manager and level designer at Sledgehammer Games (Call of Duty), is known online as “DrDisRespect”.
Behind the “Doctor” is a satirically exaggerated character. He appears in his streams with a porn mustache and a mullet wig and acts like a disrespectful jerk.
Of course, only as part of his role as DrDisRespect. Over 650,000 followers on Twitch enjoy his crude humor. In PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, DrDisRespect is one of the most recognized streamers.
Beahm fully embodies his alter ego as DrDisRespect in his streams. This was also evident in his last stream, where he was with two other streamers and a random teammate. The group found a motorcycle with a sidecar. Three, but not all four players had space in it.
While the group was still discussing finding a bigger vehicle, DrDisRespect solved the problem in his own way: He simply shot the excess passenger, executed him again with a headshot, and also audaciously looted the body. The other streamers looked on in disbelief.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Fame does not protect from punishment
While many of DrDisRespect’s followers found the action cool, as it matched the character of his online persona, someone else saw the matter as less funny: Brendan Greene, the creator of the game and the namesake PlayerUnknown, got wind of the situation and banned DrDisRespect for a few days. The reason: Intentional team kills are clearly prohibited in the official game rules (see link to the PUBG homepage). There is also no exception for famous streamers.
If you break the rules in @PUBATTLEGROUNDS… no matter who you are… you’re gonna have a bad time!
— PLAYERUNKNOWN (@BattleRoyaleMod) July 18, 2017
Here the situation could have ended well, but DrDisRespect would not be DrDisRespect if he didn’t add more. After Brendan Greene announced the ban via Twitter, DrDisRespect responded saying “I break the rules whenever I want, and I still look good doing it!”
Greene then remarked that in his “house” his rules apply, and if someone doesn’t like it, “they can get lost!” DrDisRespect then retaliated with the words “If I could do a split, I would give you a roundhouse kick to the neck. But since I can’t, I’ll kick you in the chest!” This apparently struck a nerve with PlayerUnknown.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – Threats of violence are not a joke
These words were certainly not meant seriously by Guy Beahm and still reflect his disrespectful online personality DrDisRespect. Brendan Greene was aware of this, but the developer was reminded of a traumatic experience from his college years by this “threat of violence”.
In a longer post, Greene explained that he was badly beaten by his roommate in college. And exactly in the way that DrDisRespect had described.
And even though he himself has moved on from it, such threats of violence, whether as a joke or serious, are “not okay.” Other people might suffer panic attacks or worse from such things.
According to his latest Twitter messages, the still-banned DrDisRespect is currently playing in the beta of Destiny 2. His followers are angry at Brendan Greene, accusing him of overreacting and thereby alienating many loyal players.
Many observers find it ironic that the man behind a game like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is so critical of violence and so sensitized to it. This is something outsiders probably wouldn’t expect.
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