Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, still the most famous crossover sensation in the world years after the peak of its relevance, seems to be a little tired of the fact that every action of his is hyper-examined by millions of people all the time.
Into the a new profile of New York Times which, of course, opened with the necessary reference to an otherwise irrelevant video game that the author played in his youth (Golden eyes, in this case), Blevins spoke on a wide range of topics. These have been unified by a single guideline: He is tired of a lot of shit that viewers say about and about him.
Here, for example, is Blevins on his return to Twitch after Microsoft’s money machine short she enticed him to leave defunct streaming platform now Mixer:
“When we came back from Mixer, I knew I wouldn’t be the biggest streamer in terms of spectators. You are not streamer no. 1, leave, come back and you are number 1 again. I make people come to my chat and I am like: “You fall. LOL. Good move Mixer, man. Mixer movement was intelligent. I don’t regret anything I did. I could teach all these kids to talk [expletive], but when you answer them, they say, “He told me his name!” Their name is 69fartsniffer, and you read their name, and their next comment after they fried you is they giggling like a little school. Like, “You noticed me!” It’s the worst. ”
Here he talks about young viewers and, er, a way to contradict his own previous position on moments of burning players:
“Do you want to know who your child is?” Listen to him play video games when he thinks you’re not. Here’s another thing: How does a white child know he has the white privilege if his parents never teach him or talk about racism? If there are games and their first interaction with racism is one of their friends who say the word N and have no idea what it is – what if it was in my stream? Is it my job to have this conversation with this child? No, because the first thing that happens in my head is, “This kid is doing this on purpose to troll me.” If someone claims a racial insufficiency on someone else’s flow, they can ban the streamer. It’s awful, but that’s the first thing I think about. ”
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And it sounds very satisfying to hear about his own position regarding the fact that he does not travel with women– It’s a bad thing to take I came back to some extent in later years, but not entirely.
“It’s the accusations that made me say that about female players. I was like, I will do my best to make sure that no one can even start a rumor or make clickbait videos on YouTube: “Ninja has been playing a lot with this person lately. Flirt. Here’s a clip. Do you know how to make this never happen? Don’t let it happen! That crossed my mind. I still don’t have much time alone with a woman, in general, if you are a married man. I mean, he could be your best friend. But if I start playing randomly with a woman no one knows, people will start talking. So if I I have I’m going to play with female players, I’m doing it with a large group, so it’s not an individual interaction. ”
Extremely not entirely.
“Of course a guy and a girl can be friends without becoming intimate. But it’s like temptation, man. In fact, I don’t like this word because I have control over myself and one hundred percent respect for my relationship, but – I don’t know how to put it. I know people will take this now like, “Oh, he can’t trust him, blah blah blah. ‘Man, no. But when you’re no longer “Joe”, who can have a drink with his co-worker and no one gives a damn [expletive]- I don’t have that luxury. ”
Maybe one day Blevins will take a stand on his passivity when it comes to appealing to young viewers to racism and the active role he plays in spreading retrograde views on women. Today it doesn’t seem to be that day.
In happier news, Blevins, a self-described “idea man,” certainly had some ideas. Inspired by his days as a professional player who had to drive for over 8 hours in a row, he designed a new product.
“What happens on a long road? You’re cold and it’s like: Freeze! I’m tired! “He said.” Well, turn up the heat and you get too hot. Now you’re hot or asleep, but you don’t even want the window to go down, because if it freezes or if it’s too hard with that window down “So it’s right here: small, glued strips that you put under your eyes so you have your windows up and the heat on. That would be good for truck drivers. Man: colds.”