Guy «Dr Disrespect» Beahm was banned from the livestreaming platform Twitch back in 2020, but the implications of this ban continue to manifest today. During a recent YouTube stream, Dr Disrespect revealed why he took it so «personal» when Call of Duty developers didn't support him after the Twitch ban took place.
Call of Duty has a lengthy history with Dr Disrespect that first started when he played the popular FPS games during his early days on YouTube. Going beyond simply playing Call of Duty for content, Dr Disrespect was also hired by Sledgehammer Games in 2011 and became a level designer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare in 2013 which resulted in maps like Ascend, Horizon, and Quarantine. Although some of his Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare maps became fan favorites and Dr Disrespect continues to play Call of Duty on YouTube, he feels Call of Duty developers secretly shadow-banned him as a result of the Twitch situation.
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Streaming to YouTube now instead of Twitch, Dr Disrespect has remained a critic of Call of Duty titles, from uninstalling Call of Duty: Warzone multiple times to having a mediocre response to the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Responding to a fan that asked why he's so critical of the franchise, Dexerto found that Dr Disrespect said the Call of Duty developers stopped responding to him after the Twitch ban. “Design half the maps from Advanced Warfare, like we’ve done a lot with the franchise, right?" said Dr. Disrespect, «for them to turn the cold shoulder like that, trust me, I took it personal.”
Beyond discussing his personal grievances with how Call of Duty developers treated him after his Twitch ban, Dr Disrespect
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