DmBrandon, einer der bekanntesten Streamer der Smite Scene, Caster und Mitarbeiter bei HiRez, verlässt die Entwicklerfirma von Smite. Er zieht damit die Konsequenzen aus seinem vergangenem Live-Stream Auftritt.
„Tl;Dr I tried killing myself last August, discovered your videos once I was released, and Smite has become a positive outlet for me. Thanks.”
„There are a lot of streamers out there tha
t would appreciate that message. I’m just going to call you an asshole. I’s a selfish stupid thing to do.”
Everyone has loved ones, family, parents. If you kill yourself with another person on the planet that cares about you, you’re being a selfish prick.”
„If you don’t like my opinion about that, you can find someone else to watch who’s gonna tell you killing yourself is okay. Go fuck yourself, kid.”„I am so sick of this like constant, ridiculous, self-pity bullshit. Like I have depression I can’t do anything in life. Everyone has fucking depression and anxiousness. Everyone has a hard time fucking waking up, and still a lot of us do it without putting the burden on a lot of other people. There is therapy. There are friends and there are people to help you. And if you decide you that you’re going to end your own life or let this ridiculous fucking debilitating disease ruin your life because you don’t know how to deal with it, well then fucking good.”
When you say things like, ‘I was gonna kill myself’, why do I want to fucking hear that? I don’t want to fucking hear that you’re gonna kill yourself. You’re putting a burden on me I don’t deserve.”
„And to the person who made the massage. I hope you realize that I am not trying to personally attack you, trying to wake you up a little bit.” … there is no universe in which I accept that message in a positive light and anyone who truly watches my stream, and would be affected by it, would know that. And the reason why that is so important […] is not because I got you through it, you got you through it, you wanted to be through it. You clearly don’t watch my content enough to truly be affected by it and you still got through you shit. Stop giving that credit to other fucking people.”
Update: Die Kollegen von Eurogamer.net haben eine Stellungnahme von HiRezStew, Stewart Chisam, veröffentlicht:
At Hi-Rez, we care about our community deeply and we take topics like suicide, depression and mental illness not lightly. All our employees are free in their opinions, but when people don’t respect the values we stand for as a company, we treat it seriously.
If any good comes from this episode, we hope it shines a light on mental illness issues, and the need for broader education, support and open conversation about how these devastating illnesses are perceived and discussed in our society. All of us have important people in our lives that have been touched by mental illness. How we talk about these diseases is important.
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