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6/5/2015 12:38:53 AM
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I completely understand where you're coming from. I was actually watching Twitch that day (yesterday? Jeez I thought that was earlier today)... And I thought ProBro was unusually terse/defensive/and combative. Then he stated "We ban 50% more people on Wednesday than all the other days combined." So apparently people are dicks on Wednesday. Hence his attitude, because he was taking no shit from no body.
This is also the same man who received no less than 100 death threats in the first hour after his Bungie PoE reveal Twitch live stream.
So: was he defensive? I think so. Was he being a dick? I'm not so sure. Yes he was being very straight forward and he was not taking any sort of criticism well, but he also has dealt with a lot of community pressure. He has his own community that follow him, support him, and love him very much. They showed immense support for him during this stream when people were calling him out for being an asshole on stream.
So moral of the story: is ProBro a dick? That is subjective and not answerable in a blanket statement. I don't think so, but I do think he's put up with a lot. Was he right to ban you? Again, another subjective answer, however it's his stream and he and his moderators can do whatever they want, within the rules and policies of twitch. Should Bungie use Twitch streamers and YouTubers as community role models and leaders? Absolutely yes. I agree they need to be vetted and researched, using a streamer as a role model is no light task. But that's where the community is. That's where people who love this game are. Not everyone loves ProBro. Not everyone loves King. Not everyone loves Mr. Fruit (though I can't imagine why...)
Sorry for WoT. Please feel free to respond with tl;Dr.
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I can understand being defensive because of having to deal with a lot of trolls, but having that many supporters and popularity and to still be that oversensitive seems extremely insecure.
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I agree, but I'm not sure it's being over sensitive. However I am neither a psychologist nor, more importantly, Broman himself, so I cannot speak to his motives and actions.
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"Over sensitive" I can assure you Broman doesn't ban willy-billy. Only if someone is being a complete asshole, or is insulting his viewers. OP here was probably neigh a complete dick, trashing Broman for wanting to stand up for his friends out of loyalty and friendship (two things OP apparently doesn't have). He probably got fed up with it after a while of it happening.
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Edited by Krantzstone: 6/5/2015 2:53:18 AMThreatening to beat people up over insults does sound puerile though. That is high school teenager stuff, or in this case, a grown man making with the false bravado and braggadocio, because it's easy to say you'd do that in some hypothetical situation that isn't likely to happen, because that is assault and battery, and I doubt 'fighting words' doctrine would cover words being said about someone else. Do Twitch streamers have a right to ban whoever they want from their stream for any reason? Sure, it's their stream. But does it make them appear dictatorial, oversensitive, insecure and having an overinflated sense of their own importance to ban people so casually? Yes, and they should not be surprised if people call them out publicly on their behaviour. And I think definitely people who make threats of violence over insults, aren't suitable people to be representing Destiny. I am sure there are plenty of cool Destiny players, even in these very forums, who are better deserving of that kind of access to the game, even if they don't have as many followers. Just because someone is popular doesn't mean they are above criticism, and certainly any questionable words or behavioura by them should be questioned if these Twitch streamers are being chosen by Bungie in an official capacity to advertise the game for them.
