MikeZ, lead designer of Skullgirls, makes an "I can't breathe" joke on stream

[Professor Beef]

Oh yeah, and he was also apparently commentating with a black woman.



The silence is incredible, really. Imagine making a joke this stupid, while on-air with a black woman, during one of most turbulent times for black people in this country's recent history. Then sitting there for around 13 seconds waiting for a laugh before sheepishly moving on like nothing happened.

EDIT: he doubled down lol

Here is an update, from 3 minutes ago. He's trying to cover his ass apparently.

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He was trying to bring light to the movement not make fun of it. According to him.

...Right.

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[KingTrainJumper]

Yikes

 

[Futabaisthebest<3]

YIKES

 

[Hagi]

Damn instant silence, what a dumbass.

 

[Hailinel]

YikeZ

 

[MGPanda]

Holy shit that silence is amazing.

 

[Theorry]

That silence says enough.

 

[TheChungusAmongUs]

uh oh

 

[FormatCompatible]

What the fuck is wrong with this idiot.

 

[Deleted member 864]

Yikes, that silence says enough.

 

[red731]

I told my team leader to fuck off when he made this joke and kinda don't speak with my other friend regarding jokes on this matter.

Fuck this and fuck him

 

[dred]

Aaaaaaaawkwaaaaard...

 

[Spinky]

Why... the fuck... would you even...

 

[Lant_War]

What a dumbass

 

[RedPanda]

WTF, how dumb can one be.

 

[Phendrana]

That silence omg.

 

[Secretofmateria]

Fuck him

 

[Kcarstel]

Fucking horrible.

 

[Dest]

mike no

 

[Deleted member 1849]

Oh for fuck sake.

 

[lunanto]

The silence after the "joke" lmao

 

[Dice]

YikeZ

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omg, i hate that I laughed at it 😬

MikeZ fucked the fuck up. He had 10 second of dead air to say anything but kept shit awkward and awful....what the helllllll

 

[Ghos]

begone

 

[Tokikko]

I dont understand what happened from that video?

 

[IDontBeatGames]

How is it that they did something so cool such as putting SonicFox in their game and then this happens? smh...

 

[Javier]

I loved the silence right after he said that idiocy and chat response, EVERYBODY knew he fucked up.

 

[BloodHound]

And like that, all goodwill gone.

 

[IDreamOfHime]

The silence is cranked to 11

 

[GuitarGuruu]

This ain't it Mike.

 

[Fiery Phoenix]

What a spectacular man-child.

 

[Toumari]

That silence was brutal.

 

[DJ_Lae]

That's...more than a little rough.

He's kind of known for being a dick too, isn't he?

 

[Hailinel]

I dont understand what happened from that video?

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He made an incredibly insensitive quip out of George Floyd's pleas for air as a cop choked him to death.

 

[rrc1594]

I wish I was on stream, shit would of gotten real quick.

 

[L Thammy]

The same Skullgirls that has make a huge deal about things like gender ratios, removed animations that objectified their characters, prominently added in trans activism...?

Way to undermine your own goodwill among the audience you've been appealing to, Mike.

 

[Skittles]

Inb4 "sorry if i offended anyone"

 

[Strafer]

lead designer

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not anymore

 

[Nintenleo]

Yikes.
I think it's becoming harder and harder for people like that guy to distinguish a slogan from a meme.

 

[HardRojo]

Was he the one who also said "suffocating" twice?

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

What an idiot.

 

[Deleted member 4494]

Tell you what, if he can't breathe we may as well play along and not allow racist POS like him to have any air on this platform.

 

[Earvin Infinity]

YikeZ

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lol

Dude is an idiot

 

[Deleted member 5596]

MikeZ waiting for that laugh like it was coming from Wifi.

 

[MagicPhone]

In promoting the stream his tweet says:

Like my commentary? No? :^P Then definitely avoid this stream for the next hour or so...

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Uh yeah, my guy.

 

[Shinobido Heart]

Mike, NO!

 

[Professor Beef]

That's...more than a little rough.

He's kind of known for being a dick too, isn't he?

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He's one of those guys who searches their name in social media constantly, there was a tweet someone made where Mike Z helped answer a question, and then he got mad because the person he helped didn't signal boost Skullgirls.

 

[ryan13ts]

The same Skullgirls that has make a huge deal about things like gender ratios, removed animations that objectified their characters, prominently added in trans activism...?

Way to undermine your own goodwill among the audience you've been appealing to, Mike.

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Yeah, that's what doesn't make sense to me. Go out of the way to do really good stuff like that, then say this?

Come the fuck on MikeZ

 

[astro]

Should have immediately called himself out instead of let that silence hang.

What an idiot.

 

[Deleted member 14377]

How involved is he in Indivisible, bout to sell my copy.

 

[Deleted member 7092]

Annnnd that's Indivisible removed from my Switch wishlist