Current YouTuber and banned Twitch streamer Dr Disrespect does not hesitate to live up to his online moniker, and recently he aimed his controversial comments at the mobile gaming community. With a single tweet, the popular video game streamer elicited thousands of comments, many of them supportive and more than a few offended.
Earlier this week, after boasting about his over-the-top gaming configuration, which includes three state-of-the-art monitors, a mechanical keyboard with Titan switches, and a $200,000 multi-PC setup, Dr Disrespect concluded by questioning how players have “the guts to tell me mobile gaming is a serious thing?”
Understandably, quite a few mobile gamers, many of whom play professionally and earn a good living playing on the platform derided by Dr Disrespect, were not happy about the comment. Among those to respond was Call of Duty: Mobile player Luke “iFerg” Fergie, who challenged the PC gamer to a 1v1 match for $100,000. Dr Disrespect would play on his top-of-the-line PC gaming rig while iFerg would face him on mobile. The mobile player clarified, “No aim assist 1v1 btw.”
Whether this challenge was originally intended to be taken seriously, it soon grew into a social media movement. Viewers began visiting Dr Disrespect’s channel as he streamed live on YouTube, leaving comments of “1v1 ferg” in the chat. The constant influx of comments eventually led to the streamer limiting his chat to members only. In response, iFerg tweeted: “What’s the problem, Doc, Mobile players getting the better of you?”
As of yet, there’s no indication whether Dr Disrespect will ultimately take up the gauntlet thrown down by iFerg, but it’s likely the goading from viewers supporting the face-off will continue until he responds in some definitive manner.
IFerg wasn’t the only mobile gamer to be riled up by Dr Disrespect’s comment either. The captain of XSET’s PUBG Mobile division, juicyfruitz, responded to the YouTuber by claiming that playing on mobile “is just to [sic] difficult for your old crusty ass fingers to navigate.”
Mobile content creator Elijah Jackson called out Dr Disrepect for his tweet as well, wondering why the PC gamer had spent $200,000 just to do something that a $600 mobile device could accomplish. Taking it one step further, he then also challenged Dr Disrespect to a Call of Duty: Mobile 1v1 match, offering up $10,000 for the pot. “Seriously, anywhere, anytime,” Jackson goaded. “Unlike you, I really can do that on my system.”
Perhaps provoking an entire subset of the gaming community is not the best idea, but it’s not the first time Dr Disrespect has shown disdain for mobile gaming and it likely won’t be the last. The long-time streamer has caused PC gamers to challenge him in the past as well. In September, after the YouTuber touted himself as one of the best Call of Duty Warzone players, three-time CDL champion Crimsix challenged Dr Disrespect to back up that claim with a “1 shot, 1 kill” sniping match.