By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. And me lashing back with some knee-jerk post about how it may have seemed unjustified... was completely unfair to Twitch and its viewers,” he wrote. I realize that trying to somewhat dismiss it as ‘gamer culture’ was even worse. “I’m not going to stand for Twitch’s double standard when it comes to censoring and suspending me for harmless shit,” he said. In his public comments on Twitch, Zimmerman is largely unrepentant. This was my worst moment. Twitch adopted its zero-tolerance hateful conduct rules last year, responding to complaints that it didn’t clearly define or censure bigoted abuse on the platform. While he says homophobic slurs are “toxic” and “not an ideology i hold closely to my moral standing,” his response is seasoned with personal attacks on a journalist and complaints about the internet in general. So I’ll keep things even more quiet until I can learn to be the person. For now, he says, he’s “going to focus on cubes and music.”, Musician deadmau5 deletes Twitch channel after being suspended for homophobic slur, You can get OnePlus Buds wireless earbuds for $59 at Amazon and B&H Photo, Verge readers can get an exclusive discount on Jackbox Party Pack 7, Dell’s G5 15 gaming laptop is 27 percent off right now, Save on Eero mesh Wi-Fi routers, the Kindle HD 10 tablet and more at Best Buy, The $40 off discount on the iPad Air has ended, Best Buy resurrected some of the best Prime Day deals today, Second chance Prime Day 2020 is here at Best Buy, Sign up for the As Kotaku explains, Twitch apparently suspended Zimmerman for an outburst while he was streaming PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (or PUBG) earlier this week. The Twitch community guidelines prohibit language that denigrates people based on sexual orientation, among other categories. 470K. From his Reddit post, which was archived on imgur: yeah, sorry about that guys.... i knew it was a fun place to connect and fuck around... but im not going to stand for twitch’s double standard when it comes to censoring and suspending me for harmless shit. Absent is any mention of apology to the journalist who first broke the story, whom he called, as indicated above, a “bottom feeding piece of shit.”. The … In a clip publicized by the blog EDM.com, he referred to another player as a “fucking cock-sucking stream sniper fag,” referring to the practice of watching a player’s live stream to find their location in battle royale games like PUBG. Twitch didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. I would love nothing more than to finally be at peace with myself and be the best human being I can be, trust me. The official channel of Deadmau5 . As for my fans, family and friends, and everyone else in my life that I’ve disappointed once again, I’m sorry.
The DJ took to Reddit, saying the company has a ‘double standard’.
And this incident potentially marks the end of a fairly long relationship between Twitch and Zimmerman — who appeared at the very first TwitchCon festival back in 2015. And me lashing back with some knee-jerk post about how it may have seemed unjustified... was completely unfair to twitch and its viewers.
I know what I said was wrong, and my hastily composed non-apology was an insult to injury. I feel like I’m trying to become a better person, but that’s a long and difficult road at times and sometimes... well sometimes I just fuck up. the internet is just basically full of shit for the most part.... and while what i said was generally toxic as fuck, and not an ideology i hold closely to my moral standing bya fuckin longshot.... it was just some bottom feeding piece of shit from colorodo who decided to make it news. Since then tabloids like TMZ and other outlets have also picked up the story.
Joel “deadmau5” Zimmerman is suspended from Twitch following the use of a homophobic slur over the weekend during a livestream of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. However, as Zimmerman’s reference to “double standards” shows, that hasn’t settled arguments over how harshly offenders ought to be punished.
In Kjellberg’s case, critics connected it to a larger pattern of shock jokes involving white supremacy. “I would love nothing more than to finally be at peace with myself and be the best human being I can be, trust me. I needed a little cool down there for a few and seriously reflect on all this. You deserve that. This is far from the first controversy over hateful language in video game streaming. I don’t give a fuck’ is not someone I ever aspired to be.”, Zimmerman doesn’t appear to be returning to Twitch for the moment, but that no longer appears to be a protest against censorship. Musician Joel "deadmau5" Zimmerman deleted his Twitch channel to support "freedom of expression" after being suspended for a homophobic slur. We’ve included his remarks below in full. Especially for someone who has a reach. If im sorry for antying, im sorry that we live in a world where bottom feeding pieces of shit can sit there starring at a monitor, watching me play videos games, and just waiting for someone to get tilted so he can get a few fucking clicks. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. I don’t know why I did that. This time around, he said he wouldn’t be apologizing, because viewers “in the heat of the moment” would have understood “the purpose of the statement.”. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. In a now-deleted Reddit post, Zimmerman said his comments had been “generally toxic as fuck,” but that they were not intended as hate speech.
“While it was intended to insult a fucking asshat who was being a fucking asshat... it wasn’t ‘directed at an entire group of people who have a sexual orientation that differs from my own,’” Zimmerman said in that post. thats what i’m sorry for. “What I said was incredibly stupid, and I don’t actually hold those beliefs, at all. “Is that some fucking cock-sucking stream sniper,” Zimmerman said, before concluding his sentence with a homophobic slur. The post concludes by saying that, “the sane people who knew what it was in the heat of the moment knew the purpose of the statement, and the people that think otherwise, Im better off not even fucking knowing and they can just keep way the fuck clear of me.”. Both the clip of the incident and Zimmerman’s public response to Twitch have since been deleted. There’s a 3D, man-sized impostor among us ... Black Ops Cold War’s Zombies Onslaught mode is PS4/PS5-exclusive for one year, Genshin Impact tries fixing game’s biggest issue, but fans say it’s not enough, The remaster of the Blade Runner adventure game has been delayed, Nintendo cuts price of single Joy-Con, but not by much, Borat 2, The Witches, and everything else you can now watch at home, Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra Terrible Titans guide, How to catch Galarian Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres in Pokémon Sword and Shield, How to catch Calyrex in Pokémon Sword and Shield, Pokémon Sword and Shield Crown Tundra Dynamax Adventure guide. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Update (Feb. 14): In a second post on Reddit, which clearly makes reference to the first, Zimmerman apologizes for his use of a homophobic slur and his attack on the Twitch corporation.
Being ‘mr. “We do not comment on individual accounts for privacy reasons,” said a representative. I let some gamer get the best of me, and in that moment I completely lost control.