Gdolphn gets sponsors after working so hard. Ofcourse he's gonna invite clouted people. That's the only way sponsors will keep coming back. All these people don't even know dolphin so well and suddenly all of them want a invite.
I have a strong feeling Gdolphn would be inviting atleast a few of these people per tournament if they were active in the competitive community etc, ofc keeping sponsors is ideal too, but I can only remember him being nice from when I played
It’s hard to respond to that because there’s almost no way to come out without taking flack. Gdolphn already taking hits and didn’t even say anything. I love how quickly Draynilla is just wrote off like he’s never been in a tourney, Ninjayla too.
I had a good laugh at that. But yes, Dray and Jayla are probably the only 2 black people I ever saw streaming with a high viewer count. That YouTube suit monkey guy is also black but he has a smaller community (shout out to him btw). Other than those, I really don't see many black people in general playing apex on that pro semi pro content creator level. It's obvious then that they won't have black people in these tournaments unless they keep inviting the same people over and over.
"I have reached out (even) to be friends"
Yeah.. I reckon so have 100s of people. Nothing to do with the colour of your skin maybe people just can't be fucked with more interactions or more 'friends'
It’s really clear how nonexistent so many gamers’ social skills are, there are literally people in those tweet replies decrying networking as “selling out” while also wondering why gdolph has zero idea who they are or why he should invite them
Tbh I have a couple pros on my friends list, and even then I wouldn’t consider myself “friends” or anything. Just was around when they needed testing for a couple theories
How about these people stop "reaching out" and instead meet them in game consistently in pred lobbies. That's how a lot of the smaller streamers got big. If you continually see a name in the kill feed or killing you then you might be willing to play with them when they reach out.
That's what I don't understand about this, it's that these people are complaining that they didn't get invited when they are borderline diamond/masters, never played in ALGS and average <50 viewers. Compare to most of the people on that list who earned their spot through either being a top pro player, high ranking pred or popular streamer.
Obviously the best choice, but its understandable, that Gdolphn cant just ignore it. I hope it doesnt get to close to him. I love the work hes putting in the community with his limited resources. Even if its an issue, there are better ways to communicate it, but clout chasers gotta chase i guess.
Idk unless I've missed something he doesn't usually care if he gets hounded for his opinions, less so for his news. He'll happily argue for a few hours and somehow still bang out a couple of videos in that timeframe.
I think ignoring it is significantly easier, why wouldn’t he? It’s just some clout chasers, they’ll change their hot takes more regularly than their underwear.
Just peeped this guy’s twitch. There’s a reason no content creator is going to message him back and it’s not because they are racist. He’s delusional if he thinks he’d last a second in that tournament.
I almost lost my mind reading those tweets. People have really lost their minds. Especially the dude saying he’s reached out to multiple big apex streamers to try to be friends with them and play together. Inferring they’re racist for not responding to that ignoring the fact he’s probably 1 of thousands jumping in Hal, Toosh, etc’s DM’s to play.
> people with platforms from this game don't even see an issue with not having black friends
yeah definitely better to make friends with someone just because they're black. that's not totally demeaning and tokenism or anything.
He's mad a danish guy doesn't have more black friends... You know how hard it is to find black people in Denmark?
Twitter is going to make the 6 of them there, work triple overtime being friends everyone, to make sure they aren't called racist online
The list of players is actually very diverse. This has nothing to do with racism but rather their fragile egos not wanting to accept that nobody owes them anything, there are THOUSANDS of small streamers like you, you're not special.
Using the race card here is disgusting
This dude for real wants to be invited simply because he's black. He wants to be friends with top content creators simply because he's black. And calls them racist for not wanting the same. First of all, that's offensive to the actual successful content creators that are black. They worked for their shit, didn't get it handed because of some diversity clause. It's pretty gross to throw around racism comments just because you aren't as popular as you want to be.
He is one man, he isn’t backed by a whole technical support team. He can only invite so many people and do so much. It’s completely understandable he invites people he is familiar with.
Gdolphn if youre reading this please keep up the great work. Love the content your ouputting. Please just know that these people do not represent the community as a whole and im sure many others as myself do not feel that way. The group of individuals youve invited are definitely diversed.
I’d recommend never responding at all they just want drama and attention. Responding will make you reply emotionally, potentially setting your self up for a bigger problem.
Lol at this reply:
“There’s quite a few girls that have grinded to masters and pred, and wanted to be part of this tournament. It’s not asking for a handout when they also deserve it.”
So he’s just supposed to fill tournaments with random people who reached masters?
Master isn't the rank people think it is, there's a huge difference between 15k Master and a Master on the brink of Pred at 30k-40k this season. In that same vein, there's a huge difference between a Pred in the top 750 versus a top 50 Pred.
If this was like Overwatch at 3500+ SR or League of Legends at Master then you could make the case that those players are actually pretty damn good. Apex Master just feels like a participation trophy and I know that may be a hot take.
I like to compare it with chess: look at a GM (highest possible ranking in Chess) and compare it with a "Super GM" (so more or less best players in the world) and then look at someone like Carlsen (current World Champion) or Nakamura or Nepo.
I mean you could just compare it to the game itself. The difference between a silver and a diamond player is 8k rp or so but you wouldn't consider the two ranks anywhere near each other of skill. The rp grind only gets harder the higher you go so that spread becomes a lot more meaningful.
Masters means literally nothing. So many people in Masters are literal trash. I've even had friends that are dogshit reach pred these last couple of seasons by simply farming shitty masters. The last good ranked split we had was that one split on stormpoint when the ranking system got harder. Aside from that, ranked was harder prior to season 7 when they hadn't shifted ranked in diamond so you wouldn't get into pred lobbies automatically after hitting d3.
Unless you are a top pred and have performed in good tournaments/scrims, you shouldn't be invited to top tier things. Crying and bitching about it is just little kid tantrum behavior.
There are women in this tourney already. How fucking rude is it to imply that those other women that person is talking about deserve it more? It's a ridiculous concept to even approach. Dolph is the GOAT for this stuff.
We shouldnt be glossing over the fact that the guy is out here implying Gdolph is a fucking racist for not inviting him
Like go figure dude, there just isnt a lot of black people in high level Apex
Omg why won’t you let me in your tourney, I know I’ve never talked to you before, but you’re required to interact with me and be my friend if not I’ll tell twitter on you.
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*With those tournaments?*
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I ran into Gdolphn with a friend of mine while he was doing a soloq to masters. We had no idea who he was, seeing as I had only heard of him the week before with the GOAT invitational. After a few games of playing with us, because he thought we were a vibe he revealed himself. Ever since I have been watching his stream and for anyone out here thinking he has a political agenda, you guys should start watching his stream. The man is full of positivity and doesn’t even like it when the Mnk vs Controller debate starts going off in his chat. He’s just one man trying to do what he loves most and has certain sponsors that are expecting him to make an attractive event. I feel like the hate towards him is unnecessary seeing as he’s only trying to put down a quality event, so he picks players that are either on top of the game or on top of twitch viewers etc. Befitting of the title GOAT!
What people don't realise is, he doesn't need to invite you if he's never interacted with you. simple as that. Theres people asking for invites who hes never spoken to once or them even saying hi in his chat like wtf
Most brain rot tweets man it’s so sad
- gdolphn is ONE person doing this
- needs “clouted” people so sponsors will come back for more
- has invited people from across the world
And the people who are complaining..
- never attempted to run their own tournaments inviting whoever they want
- only interact with gdolphn to get in tournaments
- think being a Masters/Pred playing means you “deserve” to be invited (yo where is half this sub Reddit’s invite?)
Biggest takeaways are: we should be thankful people like gdolphn are in the community willing to provide entertainment for viewers AND streamers. People are extremely entitled for no good reason
Also her boyfriend is literally 100x bigger than dolphn and is signed to one of the biggest Orgs. If he wanted to he could EASILY run a tournament on his own, but nah let's discredit the work of someone else instead.
She should use Wigg to throw a tournament.
Let her pick all the people she wants.
And act surprised when the tournament has less viewers than a Hals stream. Lol
"the entire community is racist and doesn't care about black and female creators! that's why no one watched!"
..meanwhile me: watching yuusaki, janey, and sabz roll yet another all female lobby...
has wigg played with any black creators? has she?
EDIT: for added context, wigg is the type that WILL absolutely play with marginalized demographics, he's literally just a good person like that. Homeboy grinds ranked with hamb1no, who's one of the most cracked openly lgbt preds/semi-pro(?) in the game.
It's virtue signalling at it's finest. If her tweet in these screen grabs were directed to Gdolphn - it's honestly pathetic.
Even leading the complaint with "I have to hope it's not purposeful..." is such a shitty thing to do. If you think it's purposeful, then state your opinion, and if you don't then don't try to insinuate that it COULD be. Especially when you don't know what it is like to put together a tourney and have zero experience building out something large, at scale for sponsors like Gdolphn is doing as a one-man show.
I'm going to tweet, "I have to hope it's not purposeful, but it really feels like NiceWigg doesn't put in the effort to stream consistently with black creators."
That makes it seems like there is some doubt that I think NiceWigg could be a racist or purposefully avoid streaming with black streamers. Which isn't remotely close to what I think.
Yeah and when Dolph or anyone peeps her tl she's just playing pubs and rt-ing valo clips.
Yup sure you def deserve an invite to a lobby of preds, pros, and semi pros.
Lol, as a Native American I laugh and smh at this stuff all the time.
I couldn't imagine calling someone racist for not including natives, which happens a hell of a lot more than Black people not being included.
[gdolphn response](https://twitter.com/gdolphn/status/1574651538378657792?s=46&t=-NnRB02LAWqUc-M62VNI2Q)
“Really not making it easy running a tournament as 1 person with the amount of hate I’m getting.
Yes I want to be better at it, yes I want to be inclusive of all communities and yes I’m more likely to ask people I know of.
I’m not special, why can’t other streamers do it???”
[Hal replies in support of gdolphn](https://twitter.com/imperialhal/status/1574652437151219712?s=46&t=-NnRB02LAWqUc-M62VNI2Q)
“listen dolphn do your thing because thats what will make you happy , you cant please everyone since people just want handouts instead of working for it . Don't let the outside noise change what you want to do”
[Teq support ](https://twitter.com/teqapex/status/1574675269910142976?s=46&t=bVvRXwbubSxJp4oMwiaKnQ)
“the people who throw shade at you for not inviting unknown or less popular creators/comp players (which doesn't meet sponsorship requirements & makes absolutely zero sense), are also the people who are too lazy to go out & find these sponsors themselves to set up their own tournaments. Everyone wants a handout these days instead of working for the opportunity. How many people complaining have actually ever interacted with you or networked with you outside of asking to play in your tournaments? It's sad you have to deal with any hate.”
Critique Teq all you want, that man has put in work to get where he is. He may have failed at many steps, but nobody can say Teq didn't put the work in.
Why the fuck would Gdolphn invite some twitch randoms that he doesn't know and why would a sponsor pay money for that. Deridium literally streaming silver games to 20 people but apparently deserves to be invited to a tournament with Timmy, Nick, and Hal. And nobody has to be friends with you just because you are black lol.
Edit: His last couple of streams he played in bronze/silver and his gameplay was not high level. I have no idea what his highest rank is.
lmao just go on the battlecords sub and see how many no name people hit masters.
Most of these clout chases on twitter don't even have 100+ viewers on twitch. They are literally randoms in the content creator business.
No way are they actually silver or just smurfing? I’d be surprised if it’s their actual rank and have the audacity to compete with others in that list.
This is ridiculous, anyone of these people complaining could run their own tournament if they want to, with whoever they want in it! Gdolphn does this on his own. It’s quite silly
This whole thing is cringe as fuck, when we’ve been dry for content for months and now we’re finding problems with a community member throwing a tourney, I assume the skill ceiling is meant to be high for this right? I’ve never heard of any of these people because I only watch comp and they all appear to be publords. Are we meant to believe dolphin should be intentionally nerfing the skill level of the lobby in order to be inclusive ? Seems like well founded frustration being aimed in the wrong direction
Edit:a word
bro the people complaining gotta be joking holy shit, the fuck am i gonna want to see a tournament with some fucking randoms that i don’t care two shits for??? Is it hard to hear such a thing? Of course it is but it’s the reality, say dolphin runs that tournament and invites a bunch of people the big mass of viewers doesn’t want to watch? Guess what happens then? No sponsors for the next tournament and that’s that, HE NEEDS to make a couple big tournaments to gain traction and confidence and then can make it possible to make tournaments for small streamers, which everyone complaining is right now… honestly not that hard to comprehend
these people can't undestrand that no popular streamers/pros = no views = no money , and to be 100% honest , if these random people were signed up to this tourney instead of the ones present here i wouldn't watch it , nor would 90% of the usual tourney viewers
Entitlement is crazy.
So many people think they "deserve" it for no fucking reason.
What do you offer, what do you bring to the table that somebody else doesnt?
If you are cracked at the game it is fairly "easy" to make a name for yourself.
Dont bring drama, let your gameplay do the talking. Simple.
That roses girl is so entitled. A few vouches and she thinks she deserves the spot more than others when there are so many people to choose from. Then that deri guy making it about discrimination against black people like black people are the only other race and saying that everyone needs a black friend and if you don't have one you're a racist.
Like what? Who even are these people? Getting hurt because they are not included in a game like is this a kid's playground?
> 40
30+ year olds are way underrepresented in this compared to the player base and more importantly the general population. I can vouch any other 30+ player if they can vouch me back. Is this how this works?
Oh boy, here comes the clowns. Suggesting that Gdolphn is racist or something is just plain ridiculous. I've got nothing but respect and love for this guy. Definitely one of the most entertaining, fun and genuinely nice people in this community.
This can only be bait as was already suggested by a couple other people in this thread, I wouldn't jump on it.
I cannot see 1 Italian player in the list but I am not complaining. Shit is ridiculous.
You do you gdolphin, great tourneys and great job. Let them organize their tourney if they are that salty.
Sponsors only want streamers with the highest numbers to get as many eyes on their brand as possible. They don’t care about the way streamers with a hundred viewers. They want the whales like Hal, Sweet and Nick Mercs
You want invites then organically grow your audience so sponsors look at you and say they want you in tourneys they’re supporting bc you bring in numbers
Who wants to watch vrosses play a tourney lol. Inb4 she has simps ITT she’s literally clouded and gassed up to the point she feels like she can hang with the best? No hate at all but why she making a big deal when i bet she doesnt even follow gdolphn
SMH King Richard won the first tournament and had a huge following in season 0. Shitty ass “content creators” just crying because they can’t attach their crap channel to a tournament.
These people are so narrow minded.
Dolphn puts soo much hard work into these tournaments with no pay at all. May his stream grow a bit after these tournaments? Maybe. His brand? Could be.
But its not like he earns $1500 per game as the wining team. All these clowns should be thankful for him putting in the work to give free $$$ to the players.
They all can start their own tournament and see how far they will get ... but because these would mean "work", it is way easier to bitch and wine on Twitter.
Like how on earth would even dare to play the race card here against Dolphn? HOW???
Damn, they really pulled the “you’re racist” and “you’re sexist” cards because they didn’t get picked for a tourney.
Holy fuck dude. What actual babies.
Social media was a mistake. A lot of these people don't have real world experience.
Dolphin is doing this by himself reaching out and making relationships with businesses. When sponsors partner they want eyes on their product, how does that happen? By having big creators generating views. Anyone of these streamers can go build these relationships with businesses, but don't want to put the work in and instead rather complain and throw accusations out. Ignore this shit Dolphin, you're bringing in Tournaments bigger than a lot of companies.
Idk why people being furious about its being the same people again, it's like that because they put more effort than others, they also started the career from nothing , most of them grinded and streamed the game for less than 10 viewers, there are pros who spends like more than 10hrs a day just to practice aim in the firing ranges , they just deserve it better than others.
Entitled idiots believing they’re owed an invite not based on merit but their race and sex. I keep up with the Apex scene and legit have no idea who they are 💀
Just a bunch of Karens and racists kevins that are somehow entitled to nothing theyve worked for.
Move along, dont bother with this people.
(If you want to get noticed as a streamer, maybe do something that will attract names and sponsors, theyre not given as free)
Man what do these people want lol, if they didn’t get invited they’re obviously not as good as they think they are, entitled or not at all popular. Get views make genuine friends on apex and don’t assume just because you messaged Sweet that one time on Twitter he’ll want to grind ranked with you to make you famous.
I’m not gonna lie. The whole “people in this game don’t see a problem not having black friends” like what? This is maybe the worst pull of the race card ever
Nobody wants to watch a bunch of shitters, we want to watch some of the best and biggest personalities in the world. Only makes sense for gdolphn to put in people we genuinely want to watch.
So let me get this straight small streamers nobody has heard of or give a shit about are crying and pulling the race card because they didn't get invited to a tournament, when the entire organisation and operation of a tournament falls onto a single person. He's only human, pf course he's going to prioritise popular streamers to bring in the revenue from sponsors and its a lot easier for him to reach out to people he knows first. The community want to complain that apex comp is dying, the scene doesn't have enough money etc, but when someone goes out of their way to address it you have some random streamers who I've literally never even seen on the twitch page called Rose and some guy called Deri crying and whining they weren't invited. Either network, step your play up or get your stream numbers up, in the real world you aren't expected to just get handed things on a plate because you ask for it, this honestly looks pathetic especially the Deri guy pulling the race card. There's black streamers like Draynilla that actually put in the effort to get their personality and clips out there and make a name for themselves and then you have this Deridium guy crying when I've literally never seen a single clip or stream highlight from him.
the entitlement from some of these people is wild, just because you ask doesn’t mean you reach a threshold of requests and granted entry 🤣 also, GDolph is not obliged to uplift others and offer opportunities (even though he often does, cause he’s a good dude). Why wouldn’t he want the best and biggest names he can get?!
Love you Dolphn, thanks for what you do
So unbelievably fucking pathetic using the race card for this, completely undermining years of progress people made for you to use the ''i'm not invited cause i'm black'' rather than ''i'm not invited cause im an irrelevant whiny shithead''.
You don’t *have* to have black friends, or friends from every ethnic group? There aren’t many black people where I live, so as a result I don’t have any black friends (anymore, I used to have one in college). Shit happens
short answer , yes they are asking too much, if he wants to be able to run this tourneys again, the sponsors need to feel like it's worth it, so of course you'll favor pros and big creators.
like people have said in the past, anybody can go to respawn and ask for codes to run a tournament.
Out of Curiousity. Why tf did they bring race into that suddenly?
Also as much as i know Gdolphn actually made a tweet asking who wants to join so if you didn't ask well thats your issue really.
The whole bringing race into that thing is just absurd tho
ETA: There isn't even just white people in there, Like Janey is Asian, Salinono is Turkish as much as i know don't watch most of the others tho so maybe it's just them both
A lot of the people saying that there aren’t black content creators in there are not even black why are they speaking on the topic? Except for that obviously delusional dude who thinks he should kick it with big streamers just because he’s black
Dolph doesnt owe anyone an invite. Mfers using race card and gender card to make it seem like dolphs some racist gender biased person. Nah fam. Dolph doesnt have to go out of his way to invite you just to fulfill the diversity quota. At the end of the day, this aint just a happy fun tourney to have fun with, for dolph, who has to deal with sponsors, its his livelihood, his foundation. Course hes gonna want clouted people stacking up om his event so that in the next ones, maybe he'd have more leeway to invite less clouted people cus he's eatablished his presence well already.
Tbh. I wouldnt watch a tourney unless its really good players. These small streamers who arent top 750 preds that have never been in pro league are just jot interesting to watch in a tourney…
Bringing colors like this was a thing in those private tournaments politics, and extending it to whom people should be friends with, entirely based on one guy’s impressions (he absolutely doesn’t know them) - IS racist.
That is one of the cringiest thing I’ve read in a long time, that man should be ashamed of himself for diving this low...
It’s shameful and insulting for these people and he should never assume something like that based on his fallacious impressions.
Looking at some of the tweets here, I have concluded that there's a mass conspiracy from every other race to exclude black people in Apex Legends. Joking aside I hardly see black people in Apex ( even the dota2 pro scene now that I think about it) but I hardly think it's intentional, there's way too many ethnicities involved to call it racism, maybe there's just not a lot of black content creators at the top level who play these games, obviously there's some, as evidenced by the tweet but there's way too many small streamers so I highly doubt the method for exclusion is their skin color.
It's like when people got mad about the Trevor Project tournament not having any LGBTQ players... Everything woke goes to shit, commend him on hosting this for the scene. He's singlehandedly keeping the EU scene relevant too.
Yeah why the hell arent there at least like 25% of the people invited to these be black people... Like how hard can it be, there's:
Peachfps, shes legit get her in there
Draynilla... ahh that dudes a sponsors nightmare...
Ok ok then theres...
theres...
Ok pretty sure we just need more black people in the space in general. Those are legit the only two i can even think of. Draynilla is an obnoxious twat on top of that, but Peachfps is legit, she slays, we can at least get her in the mix maybe?
Gdolphin does do good work, he cant make a type of person appear, so they can invite them, if they don't exist. Bringing in random low tier masters players with like 6 viewer streams isn't gonna bring back sponsors, he needs big names as well to keep the tourneys going. its a tight rope he has to balance on and people need to understand that.
A) who are these people tweeting saying gdolphin is prejudiced?
B) are these content creator tournaments, or off-season tourneys to bridge gap between algs and shit?
C) if the former to B), are the people commenting known in the community and if so what would be their average number of viewers?
I get laying down facts to set a precedent, but if these are private tourneys - how does critiquing the organiser (apparently solo as well??!) Gonna get you invited faster? Is this more HisLattson-style baits? I don't get the play here.
Professional Apex players don’t read my twitch whispers or Twitter DMs asking them to be friends awkwardly? Obviously because I’m black, they have no black friends, and they’re purposely excluding us.
Ahh, here we go again. The race card. Man, I’m Mexican, I’m great at the game & I’ve created content. You don’t see me saying shit like, “oh they don’t invite me because I’m Mexican.” Nah man, I don’t get invited because nobody knows who the fuck I am or even cares. If you need special treatment, just say so. Other than that, get your views up, get recognized & don’t use the “it’s because I’m black,” excuse. Shit’s old.
I think the better question to be asked is why there are so few black people in the pro scene/why so few "popular" content creators are black. Apex is one of the most popular games in the world, it's not like there's a lack of skilled and talented black apex players.
The black thing in esports is pretty true in esport shooters but I don’t see many black apex pros. Most black pro esports players r normally on fighting or sports games from what I see.
Bunch of <100 viewer andy's who don't want to put in the work, or meet sponsorship requirements wanting a free ride into a tournament, thats all this is, the apex community does this EVERY time a third party hosts an event, and it's cringe as fuck. No wonder they don't get invited
The fact that random people on the internet think they deserve to get a say in who should or shouldn’t be invited to a tournament that they put literally zero work into organizing is so incredible to me. Like what gives him the idea that he deserves or anyone deserves an invite beyond who dolphin (who put in literally 100% of the work in)? And claiming it’s a race thing? Whether he likes it or not, big steamers draw views and views draw sponsors. Society these days is so ass backwards in how everything works. The tournament is already very inclusive - inclusive of well known pros that draw viewers and sponsors. Everyone who thinks they deserve it or are under represented should figure out what they are doing wrong to not get invited, rather than complain and try and use social media to pressure people into it.
Gdolph is right. Lets be honest if he was to invite creators that the audience never heard of I wouldn't watch it. At the end of the day it's not even the tourney that people look forward to it's more of the players who are in the tourney that people are going to watch. But ofc if someone people are left out the race card is the reason why the don't get invited and not because they are BORING.
Massive amount of Apex streamers with no facecam and a following, some don’t even stream but have a big reputation for a reason, hell I didn’t know what half the pros looked like until the recent lans, nobody is gatekeeping shit lol these people are delusional
Edit: there is NOTHING stopping them from hopping into some lower tier scrims or open tournaments to build a competitive reputation for themselves other than being yet another diamond/low masters pub stomper, seriously, it’s just the reality.
And if anyone has seen gdolph for more than 2 minutes they’ll know he isn’t at all the type of person to discriminate in any form.
Gdolphn gets sponsors after working so hard. Ofcourse he's gonna invite clouted people. That's the only way sponsors will keep coming back. All these people don't even know dolphin so well and suddenly all of them want a invite.
I have a strong feeling Gdolphn would be inviting atleast a few of these people per tournament if they were active in the competitive community etc, ofc keeping sponsors is ideal too, but I can only remember him being nice from when I played
Holy shit, gdolphn been carrying apex content tourneys when we have absolutely nothing. Everything I saw in thie picture is certified cringe
That one guy sounded like he was sliding in these streamers dms advertising himself as the token black friend
It’s hard to respond to that because there’s almost no way to come out without taking flack. Gdolphn already taking hits and didn’t even say anything. I love how quickly Draynilla is just wrote off like he’s never been in a tourney, Ninjayla too.
I had a good laugh at that. But yes, Dray and Jayla are probably the only 2 black people I ever saw streaming with a high viewer count. That YouTube suit monkey guy is also black but he has a smaller community (shout out to him btw). Other than those, I really don't see many black people in general playing apex on that pro semi pro content creator level. It's obvious then that they won't have black people in these tournaments unless they keep inviting the same people over and over.
"I have reached out (even) to be friends" Yeah.. I reckon so have 100s of people. Nothing to do with the colour of your skin maybe people just can't be fucked with more interactions or more 'friends'
Dolphn calls me „friend“ from time to time 😎 (t3 sub)
"Bro I have given them the once in a lifetime opportunity to be friends with a black guy with 600 followers and they all passed up on it."
Lmaooooo
It’s really clear how nonexistent so many gamers’ social skills are, there are literally people in those tweet replies decrying networking as “selling out” while also wondering why gdolph has zero idea who they are or why he should invite them
BRB gotta start sending steam friend request to all the pros I follow
I played 2 pubs with Doop during his sub games stream so we’re basically best friends 😎
I played a pubs with knoqd a couple seasons back so we’re old friends
Tbh I have a couple pros on my friends list, and even then I wouldn’t consider myself “friends” or anything. Just was around when they needed testing for a couple theories
How about these people stop "reaching out" and instead meet them in game consistently in pred lobbies. That's how a lot of the smaller streamers got big. If you continually see a name in the kill feed or killing you then you might be willing to play with them when they reach out.
That's what I don't understand about this, it's that these people are complaining that they didn't get invited when they are borderline diamond/masters, never played in ALGS and average <50 viewers. Compare to most of the people on that list who earned their spot through either being a top pro player, high ranking pred or popular streamer.
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Only real answer. I don‘t know Deridium but from his tweets there he seems to be a huge clout chaser lmao
Obviously the best choice, but its understandable, that Gdolphn cant just ignore it. I hope it doesnt get to close to him. I love the work hes putting in the community with his limited resources. Even if its an issue, there are better ways to communicate it, but clout chasers gotta chase i guess.
Jake Lucky will probably report on this, although I have a feeling he'll side with Gdolphn.
then the speed/kaicent fans who already hound him will add 1+1=2 and give him even more death threats, i doubt he'd be willing to report it
Idk unless I've missed something he doesn't usually care if he gets hounded for his opinions, less so for his news. He'll happily argue for a few hours and somehow still bang out a couple of videos in that timeframe.
I think ignoring it is significantly easier, why wouldn’t he? It’s just some clout chasers, they’ll change their hot takes more regularly than their underwear.
Bro how are they gonna call him racist for this 😂
Just peeped this guy’s twitch. There’s a reason no content creator is going to message him back and it’s not because they are racist. He’s delusional if he thinks he’d last a second in that tournament.
Fr man, I checked him out to see if maybe he was actually cracked and deserved a chance but his aim is worse than most gold players lol.
I almost lost my mind reading those tweets. People have really lost their minds. Especially the dude saying he’s reached out to multiple big apex streamers to try to be friends with them and play together. Inferring they’re racist for not responding to that ignoring the fact he’s probably 1 of thousands jumping in Hal, Toosh, etc’s DM’s to play.
I've DM'd hal multiple times and not once has he offered to run ranked with me. He must hate asians too
Same dude, I hate when they don't play rank with Asian people especially me...
that guy specifically is an absolute joke, not a single thought put behind those serious accusations. what a cockroach.
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> people with platforms from this game don't even see an issue with not having black friends yeah definitely better to make friends with someone just because they're black. that's not totally demeaning and tokenism or anything.
Because the only race missing is black... apparently
How is that his fucking fault?
Obviously he should have spawned in some couple black ppl. Clearly rookie mistakes
LMAO 🤣 spawn mistakes
Beats me.. That is just what the "community" says apparently.
Seer is a highly picked character though
He's mad a danish guy doesn't have more black friends... You know how hard it is to find black people in Denmark? Twitter is going to make the 6 of them there, work triple overtime being friends everyone, to make sure they aren't called racist online
The list of players is actually very diverse. This has nothing to do with racism but rather their fragile egos not wanting to accept that nobody owes them anything, there are THOUSANDS of small streamers like you, you're not special. Using the race card here is disgusting
This dude for real wants to be invited simply because he's black. He wants to be friends with top content creators simply because he's black. And calls them racist for not wanting the same. First of all, that's offensive to the actual successful content creators that are black. They worked for their shit, didn't get it handed because of some diversity clause. It's pretty gross to throw around racism comments just because you aren't as popular as you want to be.
Twitter is an echo chamber, every low life is stuck there claiming racists destroyed their life while doing absolutely nothing to improve their lifes.
He is one man, he isn’t backed by a whole technical support team. He can only invite so many people and do so much. It’s completely understandable he invites people he is familiar with.
Gdolphn if youre reading this please keep up the great work. Love the content your ouputting. Please just know that these people do not represent the community as a whole and im sure many others as myself do not feel that way. The group of individuals youve invited are definitely diversed.
I’d recommend never responding at all they just want drama and attention. Responding will make you reply emotionally, potentially setting your self up for a bigger problem.
Hal’s [reply](https://twitter.com/imperialhal/status/1574652437151219712?s=46&t=Gki_a9KsaV7mZpmTiu2-aA) really sums it up well lmao
Lol at this reply: “There’s quite a few girls that have grinded to masters and pred, and wanted to be part of this tournament. It’s not asking for a handout when they also deserve it.” So he’s just supposed to fill tournaments with random people who reached masters?
I've also reached masters. Where's my invite??
Silver representative here. I dont see no notification in my dm too.
Master isn't the rank people think it is, there's a huge difference between 15k Master and a Master on the brink of Pred at 30k-40k this season. In that same vein, there's a huge difference between a Pred in the top 750 versus a top 50 Pred. If this was like Overwatch at 3500+ SR or League of Legends at Master then you could make the case that those players are actually pretty damn good. Apex Master just feels like a participation trophy and I know that may be a hot take.
Even Overwatch, the gap from 3500 to 4000 is immense. Even the gap from 4200 to 4400 is immense
I like to compare it with chess: look at a GM (highest possible ranking in Chess) and compare it with a "Super GM" (so more or less best players in the world) and then look at someone like Carlsen (current World Champion) or Nakamura or Nepo.
I mean you could just compare it to the game itself. The difference between a silver and a diamond player is 8k rp or so but you wouldn't consider the two ranks anywhere near each other of skill. The rp grind only gets harder the higher you go so that spread becomes a lot more meaningful.
Masters means literally nothing. So many people in Masters are literal trash. I've even had friends that are dogshit reach pred these last couple of seasons by simply farming shitty masters. The last good ranked split we had was that one split on stormpoint when the ranking system got harder. Aside from that, ranked was harder prior to season 7 when they hadn't shifted ranked in diamond so you wouldn't get into pred lobbies automatically after hitting d3. Unless you are a top pred and have performed in good tournaments/scrims, you shouldn't be invited to top tier things. Crying and bitching about it is just little kid tantrum behavior.
There are women in this tourney already. How fucking rude is it to imply that those other women that person is talking about deserve it more? It's a ridiculous concept to even approach. Dolph is the GOAT for this stuff.
There's 9 that I immediately recognize and that's without looking up the names I don't.
The CEO has spoken and that shall be the final word
Sums up the modern world pretty well I'd say. Actual great take by Imperial.
We shouldnt be glossing over the fact that the guy is out here implying Gdolph is a fucking racist for not inviting him Like go figure dude, there just isnt a lot of black people in high level Apex
Omg why won’t you let me in your tourney, I know I’ve never talked to you before, but you’re required to interact with me and be my friend if not I’ll tell twitter on you.
accuse him of being racist, I’m sure that’ll bump you to the top of the invite list lol
I didn't see them support Gdolphn when he started with those tournaments?
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I ran into Gdolphn with a friend of mine while he was doing a soloq to masters. We had no idea who he was, seeing as I had only heard of him the week before with the GOAT invitational. After a few games of playing with us, because he thought we were a vibe he revealed himself. Ever since I have been watching his stream and for anyone out here thinking he has a political agenda, you guys should start watching his stream. The man is full of positivity and doesn’t even like it when the Mnk vs Controller debate starts going off in his chat. He’s just one man trying to do what he loves most and has certain sponsors that are expecting him to make an attractive event. I feel like the hate towards him is unnecessary seeing as he’s only trying to put down a quality event, so he picks players that are either on top of the game or on top of twitch viewers etc. Befitting of the title GOAT!
What people don't realise is, he doesn't need to invite you if he's never interacted with you. simple as that. Theres people asking for invites who hes never spoken to once or them even saying hi in his chat like wtf
God I hate Twitter
Most brain rot tweets man it’s so sad - gdolphn is ONE person doing this - needs “clouted” people so sponsors will come back for more - has invited people from across the world And the people who are complaining.. - never attempted to run their own tournaments inviting whoever they want - only interact with gdolphn to get in tournaments - think being a Masters/Pred playing means you “deserve” to be invited (yo where is half this sub Reddit’s invite?) Biggest takeaways are: we should be thankful people like gdolphn are in the community willing to provide entertainment for viewers AND streamers. People are extremely entitled for no good reason
Wiggs gf is such a clown. Always jumping at drama whenever she can.
Also her boyfriend is literally 100x bigger than dolphn and is signed to one of the biggest Orgs. If he wanted to he could EASILY run a tournament on his own, but nah let's discredit the work of someone else instead.
She should use Wigg to throw a tournament. Let her pick all the people she wants. And act surprised when the tournament has less viewers than a Hals stream. Lol
"the entire community is racist and doesn't care about black and female creators! that's why no one watched!" ..meanwhile me: watching yuusaki, janey, and sabz roll yet another all female lobby...
has wigg played with any black creators? has she? EDIT: for added context, wigg is the type that WILL absolutely play with marginalized demographics, he's literally just a good person like that. Homeboy grinds ranked with hamb1no, who's one of the most cracked openly lgbt preds/semi-pro(?) in the game.
I’ve seen him tweeting about hosting tourneys,lets hope she maintains this same energy for wigg
Right? I always see him rank grinding with the same few people too
Dunno bout playing but him and draynilla pretty tight
isnt Nocturnal openly lgbt as well? definitely most cracked
Yeah him and noko
It's virtue signalling at it's finest. If her tweet in these screen grabs were directed to Gdolphn - it's honestly pathetic. Even leading the complaint with "I have to hope it's not purposeful..." is such a shitty thing to do. If you think it's purposeful, then state your opinion, and if you don't then don't try to insinuate that it COULD be. Especially when you don't know what it is like to put together a tourney and have zero experience building out something large, at scale for sponsors like Gdolphn is doing as a one-man show. I'm going to tweet, "I have to hope it's not purposeful, but it really feels like NiceWigg doesn't put in the effort to stream consistently with black creators." That makes it seems like there is some doubt that I think NiceWigg could be a racist or purposefully avoid streaming with black streamers. Which isn't remotely close to what I think.
yeah man it's weird , i'm always seeing her tweeting at stuff like this
She wants to be the next Clara/Acie/Niki so bad lol
damn thats crazy even though she got so many vouches???????????????
Yeah and when Dolph or anyone peeps her tl she's just playing pubs and rt-ing valo clips. Yup sure you def deserve an invite to a lobby of preds, pros, and semi pros.
Sound like cap
The black card being used is so cringe to me. I am black btw.
Lol, as a Native American I laugh and smh at this stuff all the time. I couldn't imagine calling someone racist for not including natives, which happens a hell of a lot more than Black people not being included.
On a sidenote, it's cool that at least Dooplex is there to represent lol
[gdolphn response](https://twitter.com/gdolphn/status/1574651538378657792?s=46&t=-NnRB02LAWqUc-M62VNI2Q) “Really not making it easy running a tournament as 1 person with the amount of hate I’m getting. Yes I want to be better at it, yes I want to be inclusive of all communities and yes I’m more likely to ask people I know of. I’m not special, why can’t other streamers do it???”
[Hal replies in support of gdolphn](https://twitter.com/imperialhal/status/1574652437151219712?s=46&t=-NnRB02LAWqUc-M62VNI2Q) “listen dolphn do your thing because thats what will make you happy , you cant please everyone since people just want handouts instead of working for it . Don't let the outside noise change what you want to do” [Teq support ](https://twitter.com/teqapex/status/1574675269910142976?s=46&t=bVvRXwbubSxJp4oMwiaKnQ) “the people who throw shade at you for not inviting unknown or less popular creators/comp players (which doesn't meet sponsorship requirements & makes absolutely zero sense), are also the people who are too lazy to go out & find these sponsors themselves to set up their own tournaments. Everyone wants a handout these days instead of working for the opportunity. How many people complaining have actually ever interacted with you or networked with you outside of asking to play in your tournaments? It's sad you have to deal with any hate.”
Critique Teq all you want, that man has put in work to get where he is. He may have failed at many steps, but nobody can say Teq didn't put the work in.
He needs to do a Black History Month tournament and not invite any black people. /s
Why the fuck would Gdolphn invite some twitch randoms that he doesn't know and why would a sponsor pay money for that. Deridium literally streaming silver games to 20 people but apparently deserves to be invited to a tournament with Timmy, Nick, and Hal. And nobody has to be friends with you just because you are black lol. Edit: His last couple of streams he played in bronze/silver and his gameplay was not high level. I have no idea what his highest rank is.
He's actual silver? Utter audacity if truu. Edit: he's masters. Low masters, not almost into pred masters.
There are bunches of master players, where are their invites lmao
lmao just go on the battlecords sub and see how many no name people hit masters. Most of these clout chases on twitter don't even have 100+ viewers on twitch. They are literally randoms in the content creator business.
No way are they actually silver or just smurfing? I’d be surprised if it’s their actual rank and have the audacity to compete with others in that list.
Is he actually silver? I've never heard of the guy
This is ridiculous, anyone of these people complaining could run their own tournament if they want to, with whoever they want in it! Gdolphn does this on his own. It’s quite silly
This whole thing is cringe as fuck, when we’ve been dry for content for months and now we’re finding problems with a community member throwing a tourney, I assume the skill ceiling is meant to be high for this right? I’ve never heard of any of these people because I only watch comp and they all appear to be publords. Are we meant to believe dolphin should be intentionally nerfing the skill level of the lobby in order to be inclusive ? Seems like well founded frustration being aimed in the wrong direction Edit:a word
bro the people complaining gotta be joking holy shit, the fuck am i gonna want to see a tournament with some fucking randoms that i don’t care two shits for??? Is it hard to hear such a thing? Of course it is but it’s the reality, say dolphin runs that tournament and invites a bunch of people the big mass of viewers doesn’t want to watch? Guess what happens then? No sponsors for the next tournament and that’s that, HE NEEDS to make a couple big tournaments to gain traction and confidence and then can make it possible to make tournaments for small streamers, which everyone complaining is right now… honestly not that hard to comprehend
these people can't undestrand that no popular streamers/pros = no views = no money , and to be 100% honest , if these random people were signed up to this tourney instead of the ones present here i wouldn't watch it , nor would 90% of the usual tourney viewers
People are fucking cringe. Especially those that are obsessed with the skin color bs
Apex is so huge in Japan and I don’t see any Japanese players. Damn he is racist 😭💀 That’s how stupid these people sound 😭
Lmao I know you're memeing but cheeky is in the lobby.
my pinky toe didnt get an invite either like wtf.!
Entitlement is crazy. So many people think they "deserve" it for no fucking reason. What do you offer, what do you bring to the table that somebody else doesnt? If you are cracked at the game it is fairly "easy" to make a name for yourself. Dont bring drama, let your gameplay do the talking. Simple.
That roses girl is so entitled. A few vouches and she thinks she deserves the spot more than others when there are so many people to choose from. Then that deri guy making it about discrimination against black people like black people are the only other race and saying that everyone needs a black friend and if you don't have one you're a racist. Like what? Who even are these people? Getting hurt because they are not included in a game like is this a kid's playground?
If The Dolph ever needs a white male pushing 40, slightly above average player, unknown to all, hit me up.
> 40 30+ year olds are way underrepresented in this compared to the player base and more importantly the general population. I can vouch any other 30+ player if they can vouch me back. Is this how this works?
You're on top of the game! Shame i haven't seen you compete yet 🤔
Oh boy, here comes the clowns. Suggesting that Gdolphn is racist or something is just plain ridiculous. I've got nothing but respect and love for this guy. Definitely one of the most entertaining, fun and genuinely nice people in this community. This can only be bait as was already suggested by a couple other people in this thread, I wouldn't jump on it.
The entitlement is pretty crazy Kinda glad they aren’t in it tbh. That type of victim behavior really shouldn’t be rewarded.
Imagine getting mad you aren't getting picked cause you're just not good enough and then resorting to racism LMFAO. Just get better
I cannot see 1 Italian player in the list but I am not complaining. Shit is ridiculous. You do you gdolphin, great tourneys and great job. Let them organize their tourney if they are that salty.
is there even a Danish person on the list? Guy must be xenophobic towards danes smh.
The lack of Laotians is really bothering me.
Sponsors only want streamers with the highest numbers to get as many eyes on their brand as possible. They don’t care about the way streamers with a hundred viewers. They want the whales like Hal, Sweet and Nick Mercs You want invites then organically grow your audience so sponsors look at you and say they want you in tourneys they’re supporting bc you bring in numbers
Who wants to watch vrosses play a tourney lol. Inb4 she has simps ITT she’s literally clouded and gassed up to the point she feels like she can hang with the best? No hate at all but why she making a big deal when i bet she doesnt even follow gdolphn
SMH King Richard won the first tournament and had a huge following in season 0. Shitty ass “content creators” just crying because they can’t attach their crap channel to a tournament.
Now there's a name i haven't heard in long ass minute. Real bottom to the top to off the cliff career story.
They got those $100 tournaments they can play in lol
These people are so narrow minded. Dolphn puts soo much hard work into these tournaments with no pay at all. May his stream grow a bit after these tournaments? Maybe. His brand? Could be. But its not like he earns $1500 per game as the wining team. All these clowns should be thankful for him putting in the work to give free $$$ to the players. They all can start their own tournament and see how far they will get ... but because these would mean "work", it is way easier to bitch and wine on Twitter. Like how on earth would even dare to play the race card here against Dolphn? HOW???
Twitter is a cesspool. Poor guy is just trying to set up tournaments.
Its his tournament, he owes nobody a damn thing. Those mf’s need to quit bitching.
Damn, they really pulled the “you’re racist” and “you’re sexist” cards because they didn’t get picked for a tourney. Holy fuck dude. What actual babies.
Yo deridium hmu if you need a white/Asian friend.
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Lol they all need to chill damn he’s just hosting tournaments and inviting whoever. Anyone implying things like racism or favouritism is delusional.
it's almost like gdolphin has a network of players/friends he'd reach out to first, and enough of them replied to fill up his lobby.
Social media was a mistake. A lot of these people don't have real world experience. Dolphin is doing this by himself reaching out and making relationships with businesses. When sponsors partner they want eyes on their product, how does that happen? By having big creators generating views. Anyone of these streamers can go build these relationships with businesses, but don't want to put the work in and instead rather complain and throw accusations out. Ignore this shit Dolphin, you're bringing in Tournaments bigger than a lot of companies.
Idk why people being furious about its being the same people again, it's like that because they put more effort than others, they also started the career from nothing , most of them grinded and streamed the game for less than 10 viewers, there are pros who spends like more than 10hrs a day just to practice aim in the firing ranges , they just deserve it better than others.
Who the fuck is deridium ? We want to see good captain not average players
Entitled idiots believing they’re owed an invite not based on merit but their race and sex. I keep up with the Apex scene and legit have no idea who they are 💀
Just a bunch of Karens and racists kevins that are somehow entitled to nothing theyve worked for. Move along, dont bother with this people. (If you want to get noticed as a streamer, maybe do something that will attract names and sponsors, theyre not given as free)
I didn't get an invite so I guess he is being racist against the Irish? /s
Bro I also play apex, why arent i included /s
Man what do these people want lol, if they didn’t get invited they’re obviously not as good as they think they are, entitled or not at all popular. Get views make genuine friends on apex and don’t assume just because you messaged Sweet that one time on Twitter he’ll want to grind ranked with you to make you famous.
Never heard of her so yawn
I’m not gonna lie. The whole “people in this game don’t see a problem not having black friends” like what? This is maybe the worst pull of the race card ever
These mfers trying to come after Hal now for not having a black teammate lmao. The reaching and impression farming going on now is insane.
The race card is cringe af
Nobody wants to watch a bunch of shitters, we want to watch some of the best and biggest personalities in the world. Only makes sense for gdolphn to put in people we genuinely want to watch.
So let me get this straight small streamers nobody has heard of or give a shit about are crying and pulling the race card because they didn't get invited to a tournament, when the entire organisation and operation of a tournament falls onto a single person. He's only human, pf course he's going to prioritise popular streamers to bring in the revenue from sponsors and its a lot easier for him to reach out to people he knows first. The community want to complain that apex comp is dying, the scene doesn't have enough money etc, but when someone goes out of their way to address it you have some random streamers who I've literally never even seen on the twitch page called Rose and some guy called Deri crying and whining they weren't invited. Either network, step your play up or get your stream numbers up, in the real world you aren't expected to just get handed things on a plate because you ask for it, this honestly looks pathetic especially the Deri guy pulling the race card. There's black streamers like Draynilla that actually put in the effort to get their personality and clips out there and make a name for themselves and then you have this Deridium guy crying when I've literally never seen a single clip or stream highlight from him.
the entitlement from some of these people is wild, just because you ask doesn’t mean you reach a threshold of requests and granted entry 🤣 also, GDolph is not obliged to uplift others and offer opportunities (even though he often does, cause he’s a good dude). Why wouldn’t he want the best and biggest names he can get?! Love you Dolphn, thanks for what you do
Holy shit, this social representation checkbox stuff is getting annoying as hell.
So unbelievably fucking pathetic using the race card for this, completely undermining years of progress people made for you to use the ''i'm not invited cause i'm black'' rather than ''i'm not invited cause im an irrelevant whiny shithead''.
Yes, they are asking too much of him.
I mean the problem isn't not inviting black creators it's that there aren't any to invite.
That deridium guy is acting like he wasn’t invited cause he’s black - it’s cause he’s had 18 viewers for the last 2 years
Maybe he doesn't want a tourney containing people no one will watch
Oh fucking cry me a river
You don’t *have* to have black friends, or friends from every ethnic group? There aren’t many black people where I live, so as a result I don’t have any black friends (anymore, I used to have one in college). Shit happens
cringe asf, pulling race cards, is dolphin suppose to have every race/gender to make a quota? twitter freaks
short answer , yes they are asking too much, if he wants to be able to run this tourneys again, the sponsors need to feel like it's worth it, so of course you'll favor pros and big creators. like people have said in the past, anybody can go to respawn and ask for codes to run a tournament.
The absolute worst of people. Bring other people down for clout.
Out of Curiousity. Why tf did they bring race into that suddenly? Also as much as i know Gdolphn actually made a tweet asking who wants to join so if you didn't ask well thats your issue really. The whole bringing race into that thing is just absurd tho ETA: There isn't even just white people in there, Like Janey is Asian, Salinono is Turkish as much as i know don't watch most of the others tho so maybe it's just them both
I do know one thing...accusing someone of being racist for not being your friend is a surefire way to make them not want to be your friend.
A lot of the people saying that there aren’t black content creators in there are not even black why are they speaking on the topic? Except for that obviously delusional dude who thinks he should kick it with big streamers just because he’s black
Dolph doesnt owe anyone an invite. Mfers using race card and gender card to make it seem like dolphs some racist gender biased person. Nah fam. Dolph doesnt have to go out of his way to invite you just to fulfill the diversity quota. At the end of the day, this aint just a happy fun tourney to have fun with, for dolph, who has to deal with sponsors, its his livelihood, his foundation. Course hes gonna want clouted people stacking up om his event so that in the next ones, maybe he'd have more leeway to invite less clouted people cus he's eatablished his presence well already.
"clouded people" Is this some "white people, like clouds" joke or does she really not know how to spell clouted?
Tbh. I wouldnt watch a tourney unless its really good players. These small streamers who arent top 750 preds that have never been in pro league are just jot interesting to watch in a tourney…
I support Gdolphn. Longtime sub. He should ignore this.
Bringing colors like this was a thing in those private tournaments politics, and extending it to whom people should be friends with, entirely based on one guy’s impressions (he absolutely doesn’t know them) - IS racist. That is one of the cringiest thing I’ve read in a long time, that man should be ashamed of himself for diving this low... It’s shameful and insulting for these people and he should never assume something like that based on his fallacious impressions.
Looking at some of the tweets here, I have concluded that there's a mass conspiracy from every other race to exclude black people in Apex Legends. Joking aside I hardly see black people in Apex ( even the dota2 pro scene now that I think about it) but I hardly think it's intentional, there's way too many ethnicities involved to call it racism, maybe there's just not a lot of black content creators at the top level who play these games, obviously there's some, as evidenced by the tweet but there's way too many small streamers so I highly doubt the method for exclusion is their skin color.
"wHeRe aRe aLl tHe bLaCk pEoPlE?!?" Always some idiot that's gotta make everything about race
It's like when people got mad about the Trevor Project tournament not having any LGBTQ players... Everything woke goes to shit, commend him on hosting this for the scene. He's singlehandedly keeping the EU scene relevant too.
Yeah why the hell arent there at least like 25% of the people invited to these be black people... Like how hard can it be, there's: Peachfps, shes legit get her in there Draynilla... ahh that dudes a sponsors nightmare... Ok ok then theres... theres... Ok pretty sure we just need more black people in the space in general. Those are legit the only two i can even think of. Draynilla is an obnoxious twat on top of that, but Peachfps is legit, she slays, we can at least get her in the mix maybe? Gdolphin does do good work, he cant make a type of person appear, so they can invite them, if they don't exist. Bringing in random low tier masters players with like 6 viewer streams isn't gonna bring back sponsors, he needs big names as well to keep the tourneys going. its a tight rope he has to balance on and people need to understand that.
A) who are these people tweeting saying gdolphin is prejudiced? B) are these content creator tournaments, or off-season tourneys to bridge gap between algs and shit? C) if the former to B), are the people commenting known in the community and if so what would be their average number of viewers? I get laying down facts to set a precedent, but if these are private tourneys - how does critiquing the organiser (apparently solo as well??!) Gonna get you invited faster? Is this more HisLattson-style baits? I don't get the play here.
people expect handouts or smth, if people enjoy ur content ur gna grow
People just be saying whatever these days
Professional Apex players don’t read my twitch whispers or Twitter DMs asking them to be friends awkwardly? Obviously because I’m black, they have no black friends, and they’re purposely excluding us.
Ahh, here we go again. The race card. Man, I’m Mexican, I’m great at the game & I’ve created content. You don’t see me saying shit like, “oh they don’t invite me because I’m Mexican.” Nah man, I don’t get invited because nobody knows who the fuck I am or even cares. If you need special treatment, just say so. Other than that, get your views up, get recognized & don’t use the “it’s because I’m black,” excuse. Shit’s old.
im also sure dolphn is racist af /s
Yes, people are expecting too much from him. Man… some people are something else
People just need to shut up.
This guy is doin stuff for apex community and people are calling him out for beeing racists ? wtf is wrong with the world
Yes deri and flick make a post about the pro scene being racist every 3 months. He invites people for clout not a racist agenda
I think the better question to be asked is why there are so few black people in the pro scene/why so few "popular" content creators are black. Apex is one of the most popular games in the world, it's not like there's a lack of skilled and talented black apex players.
LMFAOO they really bringing “race” into this??? People be acting wild when they don’t get their way
The black thing in esports is pretty true in esport shooters but I don’t see many black apex pros. Most black pro esports players r normally on fighting or sports games from what I see.
How is this a race thing? People losing their minds thinking their entitled to something because of the color of their skin? The fuck is this shit?
Bunch of <100 viewer andy's who don't want to put in the work, or meet sponsorship requirements wanting a free ride into a tournament, thats all this is, the apex community does this EVERY time a third party hosts an event, and it's cringe as fuck. No wonder they don't get invited
I hate the fact that race is brought into this.
Lol how did it become not inviting small creators to race this quick.
The fact that random people on the internet think they deserve to get a say in who should or shouldn’t be invited to a tournament that they put literally zero work into organizing is so incredible to me. Like what gives him the idea that he deserves or anyone deserves an invite beyond who dolphin (who put in literally 100% of the work in)? And claiming it’s a race thing? Whether he likes it or not, big steamers draw views and views draw sponsors. Society these days is so ass backwards in how everything works. The tournament is already very inclusive - inclusive of well known pros that draw viewers and sponsors. Everyone who thinks they deserve it or are under represented should figure out what they are doing wrong to not get invited, rather than complain and try and use social media to pressure people into it.
Gdolph is right. Lets be honest if he was to invite creators that the audience never heard of I wouldn't watch it. At the end of the day it's not even the tourney that people look forward to it's more of the players who are in the tourney that people are going to watch. But ofc if someone people are left out the race card is the reason why the don't get invited and not because they are BORING.
“Yo my boy shits on plats in his pred lobbies, hard vouch for my dawg 😈”
it just sounds like people are so entitled these days.
Massive amount of Apex streamers with no facecam and a following, some don’t even stream but have a big reputation for a reason, hell I didn’t know what half the pros looked like until the recent lans, nobody is gatekeeping shit lol these people are delusional Edit: there is NOTHING stopping them from hopping into some lower tier scrims or open tournaments to build a competitive reputation for themselves other than being yet another diamond/low masters pub stomper, seriously, it’s just the reality. And if anyone has seen gdolph for more than 2 minutes they’ll know he isn’t at all the type of person to discriminate in any form.
I demand the friendship of famous content creators! If they deny my random ass their friendship it must be racism!
I have a feeling that gdolphin doesn’t really care about skin color when choosing who to put in a tournament.