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Richard Tyler Blevins (Ninja) believes bans for games shouldn't happen to content creators (Update: He regrets saying that)
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I mean a lot was said in this thread after this specific comment, but alright.
And it's not jealousy, but I'll never be able to accept that what these people do could ever be considered "working hard". "oh talking on camera is hard, gaining followers and keeping them is hard".
No. Working in a factory is hard. Working as a custodian is hard. Working as a fisherman is hard. Working as a police officer is hard. Working two jobs at minimum wage and being a single parent is hard. I could go on, but the list is pretty much endless when comparing the difficulty of any of these jobs or lifestyles to "playing video games on camera and talking".
Why are you one-upping? Your definition of "hard" is limiting.
Pretty unhinged in here tbh. Bad look for Ninja, sure, but a worse one for some ERA posters.
Worse one? Lol ok.
I've spent enough time in this thread today. Glad to see Ninja rescind that whack statement, too little too late though.
I didn't expect him to actually say that line in the OP. Holy shit, what a dickhead.
No matter he apologized later or not, he's someone who's capable of thinking and saying that.
No matter he apologized later or not, he's someone who's capable of thinking and saying that.
Times changed gramps, the old days of lumberjacks and coal miners are over.
Uh huh.
Can some edit that Nintendo ninjas gif with Microsoft executives?
Sitting in front of the computer all day pretending I know how coding works :p
Wanted to be an engineer first though
TOS states epic has a no tolerance policy for hacking. His case was even worse because he's pretty much advertising a aimbot to his fanbase regardless of intentions.
The ban is justified
I love that this is the go to copy and paste defense post for every single ninja thread.
LOL, but he's keep doing it over and over again is precisely the definition of 'stick with stupidity.'
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itt we blow a stupid thing some guy on the internet said out of proportion because he is rich. I can understand his followers getting worked up into a frenzy but 17 pages for this guy? the world is fucked. Maybe everyone here follows ninja? why else would you care?
I love that hes still playing the victim card here and going with "fake news" for not reporting he changed his mind on the topic.
Lol, i dont like ninja but there are far worst people them him to "rot in hell"
because its not hard work. its a lot of hours but making a fuckton of money while doing something he loves.
If it's not hard work, everyone can surely have millions of subscribers by playing video games, right?
Can't wait for a future where everyone is an influencer 😬
How many times is this dude gonna fuck up in the same ways before it is clear he isn't learning from mistakes, he's just learning to not say what he really believes publicly when he can't get away with it?
Glad his PR handlers put out a retraction because this was about to hurt his 'brand'.
Hilarious to think this actually changed his mind in any way.
Hilarious to think this actually changed his mind in any way.
He still holds a solid fanbase for sure. Thing is; even if his demographic was 8-14 year olds, this take makes him look incredibly hypocritical given his stance on discipline. Like many, he shares many opinions (despite many streamers having this "I rather have fun than to be right and just want to play video games" mentality), with one example of how parents should go about kids that don't do good with grades or addicted to gaming that they should take those privileges away from them. Especially with that particular demographic, it doesn't help on how to go about cheating and fairness.
JFC STFU.
I really hope Microsoft calls him in for a meeting and put him on watch for endorsing cheating.
I really hope Microsoft calls him in for a meeting and put him on watch for endorsing cheating.
If I had to guess, MS intervening is what sparked his retraction.
Soldiers defending the country is working hard. Opining the stream to play a video game is not.
Can't wait for the future where influencers lament the good old days where they had to work hard instead of whatever it is the kids are doing right now that is not a job :p
It's kinda refreshing seeing a famous person saying "Yeah, I said some bullshit, sorry"
What he said was totally stupid and the fact that he said it at all out loud makes me question his common sense. But it's just videogames dude.
He might want to make a bigger statement, because a quick search on the internet only shows his first opinion.
Except if he actually adapted and learned then he wouldn't keep making dumb statements.
I'm willing to bet he doesn't learn a thing but he just backtracks it's easier to do that and issue a token apology.