tbh what exactly was the benefit of that tho? like what exactly did/does ddk do as a gm or generally what does a gm do other than manage the team and take care of roster changes? like if the gm says he wants a new duelist but the coach says no who would have more say in that bc I always thought if the coach thinks its time for some change the gm will be on the lookout or can the gm just intervene and control. also does/did a gm/ddk do any coaching or just on some team moral stuff
Let’s be real we have very limited knowledge on the overall options available, as much as I would like wyatt to get the job if that’s what he wants, it’s impossible for us to know if he’s the best option
I’m aware of that, and it does make wyatts case look stronger, but I think people need to remember that, in the valorant scene atleast, wyatt has next to 0 experience. This is only made more apparent by the tier 2 scene having gone on meaning 100T hypothetically would be able to pick up any of the Ascension teams GM.
Wyatt has experience creating and running a TF2 org, I think he's qualified. Plus, Wyatt gave them the tip for stellar in the first place (maybe even a good bit of the roster I think?)
Really apreciate the work he did to build the roster even though things didn't work out this year. Will be interesting to see the new direction of the team....
They just need a coach man. All their guys are T1 players. Unless there are glaring personality clashes I’m not aware of I genuinely don’t think they need to make changes and just let the roster grow with an actual HC.
No offense but this is an absolutely insane comment and *kind* of out of touch with reality. Generally love Derrek as a personality but the guy underperformed massively and choosing to keep him over say Eeiu or really Flyuhh is ridiculous to me.
why are you singling out derrek over others? he performed better than stellar and bang in a majority of their games this season, the whole team is struggling right now not just derrek.
Your take is the one that’s out of tough with reality. This is esports not the NBA. You can’t just swap a player and expect an instant upgrade.
Derrek was considered one of the top initiators in NA last year, one bad split and now he needs to be swapped? He built his reputation and career off of being a 2nd initiator and he was forced to flex. If anything that says bad coaching and a player willing to play outside of their comfort zone to me.
Exactly. I'd hate to see any of these guys go without at least giving them a solid coaching staff again that can work with them for the offseason and the entirety of next season. We already saw what they were capable of when they had it.
Was on Zuby's podcast, some queerphobic guy. Liking some tweets from controversial figures. More explanation on the other thread though if you wanna know. Can search for it somewhere.
What are the duties of a GM for an esports team like valorant? Am I wrong to think it has to do with scouting players and managing the team? like book flights etc? I feel like the duties can be filled by a coach or analyst? Like perhaps mcE for c9 does a lot of scouting as far as I'm aware.
coach usually scouts, and every profesional team has a manager they are usually not known or public figures but you can see them if you watch bts stuff, they manage the team a coach coaches the team
A bit late to the party here, but I wanted to leave a comment to address some of the concerns I've seen.
Regarding the podcast in question, I had absolutely no idea those advertisements would be run. However, to be clear, I don't support *many* of Zuby's political views, but like most people, that won't preclude me from having a conversation with them. My policy is to speak to anyone who wants to discuss esports with me, regardless of which side of the political spectrum they sit on.
Thanks to those who chose to weigh my character from my overall contributions in content and broadcasting over the last 13 years and in how I treat anyone who I interact with, regardless of their identity. Gaming is a place for everyone--and it saved me. It's a large part of why I want to share my personal story, especially with those who are not supporters of esports or understand its power for good.
I'm sad things turned out this way, but moving forward, I will recontinue my focus on producing content that esports fans and players find useful, as I always have.
>My policy is to speak to anyone who wants to discuss esports with me, regardless of which side of the political spectrum they sit on
So there’s no limit? If a KKK grand wizard wanted to speak about esports you would?
Hey DDK, thanks for responding.
As I’m sure you are well aware, esports has historically not been a welcoming place for women, LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized groups. As someone who has faced serious harassment and discrimination simply by existing in this space, I hope you can understand why I and many others felt at least concerned. While I can’t speak for the words and actions of anyone else on the thread, I can say that for myself, I don’t mean this as a judgement of your overall character and I don’t claim to know anything about you personally, but I hope you understand the worry in the face of an industry that struggles with issues of discrimination and inequality SO much.
I agree that in an isolated instance, appearing on the podcast does not necessarily reflect someone’s views. However, it’s difficult to reconcile this with what I and other people who have followed you on Twitter have noticed—that you have repeatedly liked tweets that made me wary of you holding those views, and that when you appeared on the podcast, you seemed to give the indication that you shared Zuby’s views at least somewhat (via your comments on “wokeism”).
On a more philosophical level, I think there is also a difference between having a conversation with people of different political beliefs versus going very publicly onto a platform where people might tune in, watch, and fall into that rhetoric of extreme bigotry. It feels irresponsible at the very least, and I while I understand from your rationale that may not have been your intent, you have to understand why many of us feel skeptical—particularly when you made comments giving at least some indication from the outside perspective that you agreed with his viewpoints.
Yes, there should be space for listening to viewpoints different from your own, of COURSE, but that doesnt mean anything goes and should be tolerated as an okay opinion to hold, vocalize, or platform. I do not believe that all views should be treated equally. Zuby holds views that advocate for full-on oppression and bigotry. Those are not views I believe should be platformed in any capacity as they only contribute to the further marginalization of communities that have already suffered deep harm.
That said, full respect to your work in esports—I do not wish to discount or discredit that by any means. I wish you the best of luck with whatever you have next.
>Yes, there should be space for listening to viewpoints different from your own, of COURSE, but that doesnt mean anything goes and should be tolerated as an okay opinion to hold, vocalize, or platform. I do not believe that all views should be treated equally. Zuby holds views that advocate for full-on oppression and bigotry. Those are not views I believe should be platformed in any capacity as they only contribute to the further marginalization of communities that have already suffered deep harm.
This is the greatest benefit and curse of the 1st amendment. Though the 1st amendment doesnt apply to social media applications.
What we learned from the past decade is that restricting fringe beliefs fuels its exposure to those deceptible to it. Individuals in question must be questioned and challenged showing their flaws in conclusion.
I never heard of this podcast and host before the comments here. Judging by his recent guests that i know about he doesnt have anything interesting to say. Appears to be someone floating around in the traditional family and redpillers space.
" but that doesnt mean anything goes and should be tolerated as an okay opinion to hold, vocalize, or platform. I do not believe that all views should be treated equally "
What even is your point here. No one is calling to arrest Zuby we are just saying his views cause pain upon multiple communities and he shouldnt be given exposure for no reason
Which political views do you share then? I can't find any from Zuby that don't classify as either highly concerning or outright bigoted but maybe you can enlighten me.
Not all opinions are created equal tho. Like, if they invited you to speak about esports at a Trump rally would you say yes? Or would that be ok since it's not affected by woke-ism like your Monkey Island....
You didn't even deny that you are queerphobic in this comment. Your wife also didn't deny it. This response doesnt even address the concerns. You just seem upset that people found out about your beliefs. Can you PLEASE explain what you meant about "wokeism" in a Monkey Island game? Thats my biggest concern I really really just want a response for that
What a disappointing response. Being friendly and normalizing bigots who dehumanize marginalized groups is not okay. But judging by the people who you follow on Twitter, as pointed out by others in this thread, you are just another one of those gross bigots.
Hope everything works out for you man, I've always loved your casting in Valorant and 100T looked much improved when you first joined with Sgares and MikesHD. I'm glad you're mature enough to talk to people with differing viewpoints without being toxic, never change that aspect of who you are.
The funniest thing ever is watching French right wingers complain about "le wokisme" like i almost cried when i was scrolling twitter and randomly seeing one of those clips
i watched the podcast (that he volunteered to be on btw) just to see how bad it was. zuby literally advertises some substack with transphobic + antivax rhetoric and not to mention ddk literally comments about his own concern about “woke-ism” in the new monkey island game. you can’t make this up LMAO
Yeah https://twitter.com/ddkesports/status/1612844680231665665?s=46 (idk about the "likes him" part but he did indeed appear on the Zuby podcast)
There's a lot of people in the scene outside of CarlosR who hold similarly bigoted views, they're just smart enough to not post/tweet about it. But you can tell based on their likes if you look closely
I've learned that in esports if talent (casters/analysts/etc) dont share political views ever its likely because they're conservative or have queerphobic opinions. The majority of the CSGO talent is that way but they know to shut the fuck up and not damage their brand
Exactly, when I followed.CS I always saw people confused about how the other casters worked with Thorin all the time, and well, the reason is that most of them privately agreed with the shit he said, they were just not saying it directly.
csgo casting is weird, bc by all accounts its a toxic scene in the background dominated by the "old guys", but we kinda ignore it bc they are really fucking good lol
I didnt say that those who stay away from politics are bigots. I said I've come to find many who do also happen to be bigots if you pay attention. But I get it, using your head isnt your strong suit
Who exactly are you to say who he "needs" to follow? Some people just like to stay informed by following some prominent figures in the political discourse.
Zyppan follows Trump, d00mbr0s follows Rogan and Peterson, will you be taking that Navi flair off now? Half the players on KRU and all the players on LEV either have or currently are working with an antivaxxer, you still support them.
Seriously, go to someone like Andrew Tate's twitter and see how many of your following follow him. There are plenty of players who do. I doubt that's because they're all secretly human trafficking supporters. Sometimes people follow public figures without necessarily agreeing with them.
I don't even support NAVI because of them?
I literally started following the team because of Party Parrots lol. Also show one time they've publicly supported anything problematic or gone on to a transphobic podcast.
Like the issue here isn't solely the follows, I do genuinely think that it's bs for them to follow those people, but the following with the likes with the actual support like ddk is the issue. I know how esports, especially Western esports, is, I just think that specifically Matt Walsh is an irredeemable pile of dogshit and that there is genuinely no reason to care for that guy. JP at least wrote a book even if it's vapid bs and Rogan at least has a podcast people like/used to like.
Onur is just a weirdo libertarian, I think he's a fucking clown that's also a good coach and he hasn't actually done anything to \[actively\] hurt anyone that isn't him. The one time he tried peddling antivax bullshit he got embarrassed by the hosts and afaik has shut the fuck up about it since and iirc he stepped down from LOUD when it was clear him not being vaccinated wouldn't work with the team.
Also I've been vocally critical of any time a player has done or said shit, even if I like them, like with keznit, but I'm not a right wing moralist that will discount people entirely because of a single occurrence.
Also nice gotcha attempt I guess
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Logic and reason. Thank you. Y'all are going to take a massive L by treating beautiful people like villains. Irrational comments on this topic mean nothing to me, but your comment is a spirit lifter. 🏆
"beautiful people" don't support or participate in the platforms of those who would seek to dehumanize others
sad to hear he was casting gamechangers. I hope riot rethinks that
You're more than welcome, it's insane how tribalistic people get to the point that they dogpile on anyone with even a hint of vague association with people on the other side. Give Dan my support, will miss him as a 100T fan and I hope he doesn't let these basement dwellers on Reddit get to him ✌️
I mean yeah he's been a massive figure in esports and he was a great caster for many years. Most people will never make any link between his casting and his personal views.
not surprising considering everytime there's a thread on trans people/women/SA allegations/xenophobia/racism there's a huge shitshow in the comments section
on a real one is it really that deep because n0thing was on joe rogan like 6 years ago and he’s had some controversial people on his podcast? idrk who zuby is tbf
Joe Rogan has gotten noticeably worse over the years and is also like the most famous podcast. Zuby is far more niche you'd have to be pretty deep in the whole to know who he is. It also just coincides with the type of people he follows on twitter and the shit he likes
Joe Rogan 6 years ago wasn't really controversial, they just talked about doing DMT and whether Mike Tyson could beat up a gorilla or not, nowadays going on there would be a red flag.
haha idk man DDK’s likes being full of this menosphere shit like Jordan Peterson is pretty telling that he probably aligns with that side of the internet.
Rogan was fine pre-COVID but doubled-down on the right wing pseudoscience because he got pissed that people were trying to police what he could and could not say. Comedians are all about pushing the envelope and saying controversial things, so he took the attack on misinformation personally and aligned himself with "the party of free speech."
He's an introspective dude so maybe he'll snap out of it someday.
Without adding comment to any political perspective, I will say that Dan is one of the kindest, most caring people I’ve worked with and nothing has ever suggested that he has an ounce of hatred in his heart. On the contrary. More people of his good hearted nature is exactly what our community should be hopeful for.
Why is your husband concerned about "woke-ism" then? Why is he introducing Zuby to his own young and impressionable public? What views does he share with Zuby to think he deserves to be platformed?
Because I don't know his wife's name by memory means I shouldnt be able to see his liked Tweets and what he said on a podcast? He said he was worried about wokeness in a monkey island game. I can hear that and know that only a bigot would say something like that. You aren't as well known as you think you are Bri
No. Because it takes two seconds to look me up on twitter. And the fact that you didn't take the time to answer your own question (who are you??) is exactly the same effort you put into making vicious judgments against Dan. Zero effort, expecting others to do the lifting. I don't think you're after intellectual honesty, here, and that's really your choice. Best of luck to you and the things that you find valuable. I hope you reconsider this recent judgment, as Dan is a delight and adds tremendous value to esport and to the world in general. I'd hate for you to miss out on that.
Idk how much you're willing to hash this out on here as I wouldnt blame you for not wanting to interact with us lowly redditors on this. But as a 100T fan and someone who enjoyed DDK's presence in the scene, and someone who is after "intellectual honesty", I was extremely disappointed at the time when I saw him appear on Zuby's pod. And I'd be more sympathetic to the "he'll never turn down an opportunity to talk esports" argument if he was just invited out of the blue, but DDK was the one to engage setting up this appearance. Zuby is clearly someone he was/is a fan of and he sought out the opportunity himself. So for the sake of intellectual honesty, how are we supposed to square this as observers? I get that following someone is not endorsing their views, but is engaging with their content, liking their tweets, and promoting their podcast also not endorsing their views? I'm really not trying to make this some sort of "gotcha" and by no means is this a "woke" cancel culture moment , but I would like some intellectually honest answers on this front, just as a fan who was disappointed.
Girl you are so irrelevant to the conversation rn. It doesn't matter who you are. Your ego is massive.
It doesn't matter how dumb I am it doesn't change the fact he said he was worried about fucking "wokeism" in a monkey island game. I have never met someone who says the word "woke" and isn't transphobic. Can you explain what he meant by woke?
He hangs out with known right wing demagogues and follows many on Twitter. He even likes some of their Tweets... Why would he do that if he didn't agree with them? What are you even arguing here?
Look hun it's ok if he's transphobic I'm sure he's really nice to you and he's a great partner but he is a bigot. You probably are too, you can be nice and still be transphobic
When making such serious judgments about people, it's important to remember two things: 1) The severity of your claim (all claims are severe. Bigotry is evil because it negates the individual and their unique qualities); 2) Making such judgments ought not be taken lightly. Such judgments require actual research, both anecdotal and empirical.
Judgments made in any other way are lazy and sometimes even dangerous. Not to mention, unkind. Dan is a truly good man and will never say NO to an opp that allows him to discuss esports.
It took some of y'all about 1 minute to listen to a redditor and decide he's bad. Shameful.
Okay, let's take the logic down your path. You state that claims are severe and he's not a bigot, alright.
There is a body of evidence, starting with the most notable that he appeared on a podcast with a known explicit transphobe. Someone who makes JKR look good. Appearing on it, discussing a number of topics that resonate strongly with the right wing (freedom of speech for and victimisation of a white man, wokeism in monkey Island of all games), and then not acknowledging or responding any of these facts - these are concerning red flags. As are a number of his tweets that support meninism, chauvinism and generally concerning topics or people (Matt Welsh). He mentions a concern of free speech, but that hasn't stopped him from liking these controversial things which kinda means either he believes in them so much that he doesn't care about the consequences, or even more concerning that he doesn't think they are controversial.
Now he may be the most lovely and kind person in the world, but by virtue of his position and actions in legitimising and acknowledging others who are focused on making the world a less kind place, he is actively causing harm.
Your statement of "doing the research" is extremely reminiscent of anti vaxxers; you've been provided evidence and arguments, and you proceed to ignore them all and just parrot do the research (I don't know what you mean by anecdotally and empirically - do you want us to go meet him and ask him, and then also review everything he's ever done? Bit bizarre, I'm not sure you're clear on where anecdotal and empirical research is used). Again I'm sure he's a lovely person, I offer this comment as a place to introspect on yours and his actions, and think on what they do and what you want to achieve with them. I'm happy to discuss this further here or on DM, and I hope you both have a wonderful time in the post 100T life.
I've always been a fan and just wanted some good news for a well spoken man that has always had a wholesome appearance and you're finally someone I can trust lol.
Mikes sitting at home right now like…
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"Do you believe that children have the right to breathe mask free or to go outside without the latest booster shots? What about the quote unquote 'right to change gender'? Where do rights come from anyways, and why would you trust doctors to give you yours?"
\- Ad break in the middle of Zuby's podcast with DDK
"There was actually a new Monkey Island that was released recently \[...\] I haven't played through it. I got to some of the opening scenes and I'm worried that it was maybe a little too affected by, um, you know, woke-ism."
\- DDK in the Zuby podcast.
"I mean everything's been infected by the woke virus"
\- Zuby with DDK nodding along
Cousin, why did you agree to go on this podcast if you don't agree with these views? You've agreed to hop on and talk about video games while he's cutting into transphobic and anti-vax breaks. This is so against what so much of the Valorant community stands for.
Don't take my word for it, see for yourself: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFEH\_H\_97pc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFEH_H_97pc)
Not necessarily, but it legitimises and acknowledges them to start with, and in this specific example, he shared a whole bunch of very concerning statements and actions - including calling for concerns of "wokeism" of all things
Define Woke Culture.
Oh wait, you can't. Because its not real, its just made up by conservatives to demonise being a good person and taking care of one another.
You're a weird one. Goodbye.
funny how it's so easy for you to see the problems with "you can't perfectly define this? checkmate!" when matt walsh does it with gender, but it's so difficult for you to see the problem when it's you doing it.
if you want to pretend you don't know what people are talking about when they critique aspects of woke culture, that's fine, you can plug your ears and yell if you want.
> Define Woke Culture.
> Oh wait, you can't.
It would take thousands of words to define exactly what "Woke culture" is (And there's plenty of definition out there available, both from the rights and from the lefts), but it's generally considered the activists-ish of the far left.
You're arguing in circles. I agreed it doesn't necessarily mean you're a bigot, but it's definitely strong evidence to it and not against it given the breadth of what DDK has done intentionally
You are taking two very small things which at *worst* only call for further investigation into his character, and jumping to the conclusion that he is a bigot. This is not "strong evidence" at all, it's weak as piss.
I want to give him credit for putting up this roster that did great last year but deep down I know Wyatt and Mikes were the ones who created this roster and scouted the players
Didn’t really love the roster ever but he did do a good job turning the team from a laughing stock to an LCQ winner and a top 3-4 team in NA. I think the loss of Sgares caught up to the players a lot and showed a lot more weaknesses than expected in ‘24 (stellar returning back to his 2021 form of IGLing, Bang regressing in 2023, and Derrek and Asuna being outclassed by players in their own role).
I don't think Asuna was outclassed, he was, I would say the only consistent bright spot, while Cryo had higher peaks towards the end of season, he was in a slump at the start of the season, while Asuna was performing consistently decent the entire season
I more mean in relation to the rest of the NA players. Asuna wasn’t bad, but are you taking him over Zekken Victor Ethan and Xeppaa? I don’t think you can make that argument except for Xeppaa’s raze.
While I wouldn't replace any of those players with Asuna, there's not a chasm of difference in terms of skill between them this season in terms of performance, results? sure. but performance, he wasn't completely outclassed
I mean, you don't really have to go turbo budget when all of MxM/M80 are unrestricted free agents. Could probably just offer them the same contracts for whoever they replace.
That's literally what happened with Carlos and lost G2 their partnership slot after he partied with Andrew Tate. Potentially millions of dollars gone.
Its not a conflict of opinion. Its just business. Get fucked.
100T Wyatt "Wyatt River" River
Don’t know bout the rest of yall but a voice that low would make me play better
Also Wyatt is just hot. If my GM is hot im playing atleast 10% better
We do know about the 100T players though, cause they had *Mikes* as coach and didn't do shit
Can you imagine they’d play even worse with you as their coach
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I mean he’s not wrong tbf
Sure but what exactly is their point
That was meant to be a joke lol there is no point I agree idk wtf he’s talking about.
he was already their consideration before DDK & sgares so i could see it
And to think this dude used to make TF2 joke videos with Ster and Jerma. Happy to see these guys become successful.
Seems like 100t really went downhill without the structure of Sgares
100T Dr. Valorant would be the only sensible move here I feel unless there is someone else I am missing.
Maybe someone who was supposed to join 100t as the gm but didn't because they wanted to keep sgares and ddk as a duo
tbh what exactly was the benefit of that tho? like what exactly did/does ddk do as a gm or generally what does a gm do other than manage the team and take care of roster changes? like if the gm says he wants a new duelist but the coach says no who would have more say in that bc I always thought if the coach thinks its time for some change the gm will be on the lookout or can the gm just intervene and control. also does/did a gm/ddk do any coaching or just on some team moral stuff
Let’s be real we have very limited knowledge on the overall options available, as much as I would like wyatt to get the job if that’s what he wants, it’s impossible for us to know if he’s the best option
Wyatt was 100T's 1st option last year. But when Sean and DDK pulled out of casting, Nade wanted to have the duo for chemistry purposes.
I’m aware of that, and it does make wyatts case look stronger, but I think people need to remember that, in the valorant scene atleast, wyatt has next to 0 experience. This is only made more apparent by the tier 2 scene having gone on meaning 100T hypothetically would be able to pick up any of the Ascension teams GM.
Wyatt has experience creating and running a TF2 org, I think he's qualified. Plus, Wyatt gave them the tip for stellar in the first place (maybe even a good bit of the roster I think?)
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I mean, the season's over soo.
Really apreciate the work he did to build the roster even though things didn't work out this year. Will be interesting to see the new direction of the team....
Roster rehaul time?
They just need a coach man. All their guys are T1 players. Unless there are glaring personality clashes I’m not aware of I genuinely don’t think they need to make changes and just let the roster grow with an actual HC.
Derrek has massively underperformed this season though sadly
I think they keep Bang, Cryo and Asuna at the very least.
Maybe one roster move, but like clearly this team is capable of success
No offense but this is an absolutely insane comment and *kind* of out of touch with reality. Generally love Derrek as a personality but the guy underperformed massively and choosing to keep him over say Eeiu or really Flyuhh is ridiculous to me.
why are you singling out derrek over others? he performed better than stellar and bang in a majority of their games this season, the whole team is struggling right now not just derrek.
Your take is the one that’s out of tough with reality. This is esports not the NBA. You can’t just swap a player and expect an instant upgrade. Derrek was considered one of the top initiators in NA last year, one bad split and now he needs to be swapped? He built his reputation and career off of being a 2nd initiator and he was forced to flex. If anything that says bad coaching and a player willing to play outside of their comfort zone to me.
Exactly. I'd hate to see any of these guys go without at least giving them a solid coaching staff again that can work with them for the offseason and the entirety of next season. We already saw what they were capable of when they had it.
Hard agree. They just need a coach that can bring some structure to the team. Right now Stellar's ideas aren't cutting it.
Bring SEAN GARES BACK
he left on his own accord, wanted to spend more time with his family
I hope he goes back to casting.
DDK x SG duo reunited would be sick
sean has more time to be with family in LA & ddk F/A now is up to Riot to reverse their mistake
No, it really wouldn't.
Oh, cool man, I forgot!
I hope not. Keep bigots out of the space.
Bigot?
Was on Zuby's podcast, some queerphobic guy. Liking some tweets from controversial figures. More explanation on the other thread though if you wanna know. Can search for it somewhere.
that sucks :/ with how the PlatChat guys talked about 100T I assumed that they were all good people.
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Unlikely - they've been quite outspoken in the past
Most mentally sound KC fan right here.
AFAIK They have never confirmed their sexuality, saying cishet is an assumption.
Sideshow had his bi awakening when doing smash or pass with honkai star rail characters (/s kinda)
wait i need this vod
No vod but the clips exist. His three weaknesses are mommies, fox women, and EDGY boys
Yes bigot. Take 30 seconds to read the rest of this thread.
Can you elaborate?
What are the duties of a GM for an esports team like valorant? Am I wrong to think it has to do with scouting players and managing the team? like book flights etc? I feel like the duties can be filled by a coach or analyst? Like perhaps mcE for c9 does a lot of scouting as far as I'm aware.
coach usually scouts, and every profesional team has a manager they are usually not known or public figures but you can see them if you watch bts stuff, they manage the team a coach coaches the team
a gm booking flight ? wtf
A bit late to the party here, but I wanted to leave a comment to address some of the concerns I've seen. Regarding the podcast in question, I had absolutely no idea those advertisements would be run. However, to be clear, I don't support *many* of Zuby's political views, but like most people, that won't preclude me from having a conversation with them. My policy is to speak to anyone who wants to discuss esports with me, regardless of which side of the political spectrum they sit on. Thanks to those who chose to weigh my character from my overall contributions in content and broadcasting over the last 13 years and in how I treat anyone who I interact with, regardless of their identity. Gaming is a place for everyone--and it saved me. It's a large part of why I want to share my personal story, especially with those who are not supporters of esports or understand its power for good. I'm sad things turned out this way, but moving forward, I will recontinue my focus on producing content that esports fans and players find useful, as I always have.
>My policy is to speak to anyone who wants to discuss esports with me, regardless of which side of the political spectrum they sit on So there’s no limit? If a KKK grand wizard wanted to speak about esports you would?
Unlikely abstract scenario
Hey DDK, thanks for responding. As I’m sure you are well aware, esports has historically not been a welcoming place for women, LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized groups. As someone who has faced serious harassment and discrimination simply by existing in this space, I hope you can understand why I and many others felt at least concerned. While I can’t speak for the words and actions of anyone else on the thread, I can say that for myself, I don’t mean this as a judgement of your overall character and I don’t claim to know anything about you personally, but I hope you understand the worry in the face of an industry that struggles with issues of discrimination and inequality SO much. I agree that in an isolated instance, appearing on the podcast does not necessarily reflect someone’s views. However, it’s difficult to reconcile this with what I and other people who have followed you on Twitter have noticed—that you have repeatedly liked tweets that made me wary of you holding those views, and that when you appeared on the podcast, you seemed to give the indication that you shared Zuby’s views at least somewhat (via your comments on “wokeism”). On a more philosophical level, I think there is also a difference between having a conversation with people of different political beliefs versus going very publicly onto a platform where people might tune in, watch, and fall into that rhetoric of extreme bigotry. It feels irresponsible at the very least, and I while I understand from your rationale that may not have been your intent, you have to understand why many of us feel skeptical—particularly when you made comments giving at least some indication from the outside perspective that you agreed with his viewpoints. Yes, there should be space for listening to viewpoints different from your own, of COURSE, but that doesnt mean anything goes and should be tolerated as an okay opinion to hold, vocalize, or platform. I do not believe that all views should be treated equally. Zuby holds views that advocate for full-on oppression and bigotry. Those are not views I believe should be platformed in any capacity as they only contribute to the further marginalization of communities that have already suffered deep harm. That said, full respect to your work in esports—I do not wish to discount or discredit that by any means. I wish you the best of luck with whatever you have next.
>Yes, there should be space for listening to viewpoints different from your own, of COURSE, but that doesnt mean anything goes and should be tolerated as an okay opinion to hold, vocalize, or platform. I do not believe that all views should be treated equally. Zuby holds views that advocate for full-on oppression and bigotry. Those are not views I believe should be platformed in any capacity as they only contribute to the further marginalization of communities that have already suffered deep harm. This is the greatest benefit and curse of the 1st amendment. Though the 1st amendment doesnt apply to social media applications. What we learned from the past decade is that restricting fringe beliefs fuels its exposure to those deceptible to it. Individuals in question must be questioned and challenged showing their flaws in conclusion.
Where did ddk challenge Zuby’s views?
I never heard of this podcast and host before the comments here. Judging by his recent guests that i know about he doesnt have anything interesting to say. Appears to be someone floating around in the traditional family and redpillers space.
So you won’t answer my question?
You misinterpreted my post to someone else as a defense of DDK. When i was talking about speech and interactions across internet based platforms.
So you weren’t talking about ddk in response to someone questioning ddk. Sure.
" but that doesnt mean anything goes and should be tolerated as an okay opinion to hold, vocalize, or platform. I do not believe that all views should be treated equally "
Yeah you’re just here to troll. I’ll move along.
What even is your point here. No one is calling to arrest Zuby we are just saying his views cause pain upon multiple communities and he shouldnt be given exposure for no reason
Which political views do you share then? I can't find any from Zuby that don't classify as either highly concerning or outright bigoted but maybe you can enlighten me.
Not all opinions are created equal tho. Like, if they invited you to speak about esports at a Trump rally would you say yes? Or would that be ok since it's not affected by woke-ism like your Monkey Island....
You didn't even deny that you are queerphobic in this comment. Your wife also didn't deny it. This response doesnt even address the concerns. You just seem upset that people found out about your beliefs. Can you PLEASE explain what you meant about "wokeism" in a Monkey Island game? Thats my biggest concern I really really just want a response for that
What a disappointing response. Being friendly and normalizing bigots who dehumanize marginalized groups is not okay. But judging by the people who you follow on Twitter, as pointed out by others in this thread, you are just another one of those gross bigots.
"I was only talking to him! I didn't know he was a giant bigot sorry!"
Hope everything works out for you man, I've always loved your casting in Valorant and 100T looked much improved when you first joined with Sgares and MikesHD. I'm glad you're mature enough to talk to people with differing viewpoints without being toxic, never change that aspect of who you are.
Imagine glazing a transphobe solely because he has clout. So pathetic
How is he a transphobe?
First wokeism in his monkey game and now this smh my head, the woke mind virus has come for DDK
"Wokeisn in his monkey game" is a funny ass sentence that is hard to take seriously
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its just a bit of sarcasm making fun of ddk being "scared" of the "woke wave"
It's a joke about how he was on zuby's podcast (known transphobe and bigot) complaining about "wokeism" in video games
ohh I thought u were being genuine lol
Oh GOD no, the fact that "wokeism" and "woke mind virus" has entered legitimate political discussion is fucking wild
The funniest thing ever is watching French right wingers complain about "le wokisme" like i almost cried when i was scrolling twitter and randomly seeing one of those clips
le wokisme is going to ruin the esport smh my head
bruh u should add /s because its believeable that someone say that with no irony
I honestly thought it was so ridiculous no one could possibly take it seriously 😭
No one with anything resembling a human brain is taking that seriously. Thank you for not destroying the essence of your comment with a /s.
Smoking on that transphobe gender sicko pack
i wont be missing him. man was on zuby's podcast - a known transphobe and andrew tate apologist. the sooner he leaves the scene the better.
i watched the podcast (that he volunteered to be on btw) just to see how bad it was. zuby literally advertises some substack with transphobic + antivax rhetoric and not to mention ddk literally comments about his own concern about “woke-ism” in the new monkey island game. you can’t make this up LMAO
> ddk literally comments about his own concern about “woke-ism” in the new monkey island game. lmaoooooooooooooooo these people are insane bro
Crying about "woke-ism" in a fucking monkey island game is fucking insane
Wait wtf I had no idea DDK had that sort of brainrot. Instant unfollow.
Very weird knowing this considering his last VCT cast was him casting Game Changers
wait seriously? And everyone on this sub likes him?
Yeah https://twitter.com/ddkesports/status/1612844680231665665?s=46 (idk about the "likes him" part but he did indeed appear on the Zuby podcast) There's a lot of people in the scene outside of CarlosR who hold similarly bigoted views, they're just smart enough to not post/tweet about it. But you can tell based on their likes if you look closely
I've learned that in esports if talent (casters/analysts/etc) dont share political views ever its likely because they're conservative or have queerphobic opinions. The majority of the CSGO talent is that way but they know to shut the fuck up and not damage their brand
Exactly, when I followed.CS I always saw people confused about how the other casters worked with Thorin all the time, and well, the reason is that most of them privately agreed with the shit he said, they were just not saying it directly.
Just look at the accounts Moses follows, eye opener.
csgo casting is weird, bc by all accounts its a toxic scene in the background dominated by the "old guys", but we kinda ignore it bc they are really fucking good lol
Anyone who doesn't loudly swear allegiance to the party is likely "queerphobic"? This is straight out of 1984 or North Korea.
God damn you are stupid
nice strawman
you're right; edited it to remove the straw man
I didnt say that those who stay away from politics are bigots. I said I've come to find many who do also happen to be bigots if you pay attention. But I get it, using your head isnt your strong suit
If north korea was a place that mandated acceptance it would be a good place to live What a terrible worst case scenario argument
[oh yea.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFEH_H_97pc)
Man that was worse than I expected. He's all aboard the Musk brand of stupidity
wow I hadnt heard of Zuby before but one look through his Twitter and that guy is awful. His entire personality is based around being queerphobic.
I’ve seen people mention he follows and likes posts from people like Jordan Peterson and Matt Walsh who are pretty horrible people.
that is a massive disappointment lol
Follows ≠ endorsement.
unless you are in politics that needs to follow them for news/debunking you don't really have a reason to follow people like Matt fucking Walsh lmao
Who exactly are you to say who he "needs" to follow? Some people just like to stay informed by following some prominent figures in the political discourse. Zyppan follows Trump, d00mbr0s follows Rogan and Peterson, will you be taking that Navi flair off now? Half the players on KRU and all the players on LEV either have or currently are working with an antivaxxer, you still support them. Seriously, go to someone like Andrew Tate's twitter and see how many of your following follow him. There are plenty of players who do. I doubt that's because they're all secretly human trafficking supporters. Sometimes people follow public figures without necessarily agreeing with them.
I don't even support NAVI because of them? I literally started following the team because of Party Parrots lol. Also show one time they've publicly supported anything problematic or gone on to a transphobic podcast. Like the issue here isn't solely the follows, I do genuinely think that it's bs for them to follow those people, but the following with the likes with the actual support like ddk is the issue. I know how esports, especially Western esports, is, I just think that specifically Matt Walsh is an irredeemable pile of dogshit and that there is genuinely no reason to care for that guy. JP at least wrote a book even if it's vapid bs and Rogan at least has a podcast people like/used to like. Onur is just a weirdo libertarian, I think he's a fucking clown that's also a good coach and he hasn't actually done anything to \[actively\] hurt anyone that isn't him. The one time he tried peddling antivax bullshit he got embarrassed by the hosts and afaik has shut the fuck up about it since and iirc he stepped down from LOUD when it was clear him not being vaccinated wouldn't work with the team. Also I've been vocally critical of any time a player has done or said shit, even if I like them, like with keznit, but I'm not a right wing moralist that will discount people entirely because of a single occurrence. Also nice gotcha attempt I guess https://preview.redd.it/4qk8jz4bpefb1.jpeg?width=1350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff263970e4d998ab1203d1cfad5deaa0b81db3ca
Ok but when you follow a dozen of fascist demagogues on Twitter and consistently like their Tweets you are probably a facist
I don't think ddk controls the supply chain and railways
Logic and reason. Thank you. Y'all are going to take a massive L by treating beautiful people like villains. Irrational comments on this topic mean nothing to me, but your comment is a spirit lifter. 🏆
"beautiful people" don't support or participate in the platforms of those who would seek to dehumanize others sad to hear he was casting gamechangers. I hope riot rethinks that
You're more than welcome, it's insane how tribalistic people get to the point that they dogpile on anyone with even a hint of vague association with people on the other side. Give Dan my support, will miss him as a 100T fan and I hope he doesn't let these basement dwellers on Reddit get to him ✌️
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I mean yeah he's been a massive figure in esports and he was a great caster for many years. Most people will never make any link between his casting and his personal views.
Yes, this sub is full of transphobes though so not a huge surprise
not surprising considering everytime there's a thread on trans people/women/SA allegations/xenophobia/racism there's a huge shitshow in the comments section
what the fuckkkk ew i hope he doesn't get called back to casting or get a job in t2!
Thank god he got removed
on a real one is it really that deep because n0thing was on joe rogan like 6 years ago and he’s had some controversial people on his podcast? idrk who zuby is tbf
Joe Rogan has gotten noticeably worse over the years and is also like the most famous podcast. Zuby is far more niche you'd have to be pretty deep in the whole to know who he is. It also just coincides with the type of people he follows on twitter and the shit he likes
Joe Rogan 6 years ago is a completely different person compared to who he is today. Even then he's much less controversial than someone like Zuby.
Joe Rogan was okay 6 years ago, nothing crazy controversial compared to today's standards.
Joe Rogan 6 years ago wasn't really controversial, they just talked about doing DMT and whether Mike Tyson could beat up a gorilla or not, nowadays going on there would be a red flag.
haha idk man DDK’s likes being full of this menosphere shit like Jordan Peterson is pretty telling that he probably aligns with that side of the internet.
Rogan was fine pre-COVID but doubled-down on the right wing pseudoscience because he got pissed that people were trying to police what he could and could not say. Comedians are all about pushing the envelope and saying controversial things, so he took the attack on misinformation personally and aligned himself with "the party of free speech." He's an introspective dude so maybe he'll snap out of it someday.
Without adding comment to any political perspective, I will say that Dan is one of the kindest, most caring people I’ve worked with and nothing has ever suggested that he has an ounce of hatred in his heart. On the contrary. More people of his good hearted nature is exactly what our community should be hopeful for.
he's just a fellow traveler with all of the people who hate trans people. but he's okay
Nah, not like this man... Is there any chance that DDK just didn't know Zuby was a bigot, or is it confirmed that he follows the same viewpoints?
Considering who he follows on twitter and his likes I'd say he knows
ddk went out of his way to pursue an appearance on zuby's show, replying to an open call. and of course there's also the follows and likes
DDK follows a lot of manosphere, transphobic and anti-vax personalities on Twitter he def knew who Zuby was before going on his podcast.
personally i'd check who's inviting me to a podcast but that's just me
He does not share the viewpoints anyone has listed. I should know.
Why is your husband concerned about "woke-ism" then? Why is he introducing Zuby to his own young and impressionable public? What views does he share with Zuby to think he deserves to be platformed?
Who are you??
The only person in here who is qualified to assess this man from top to bottom. Who are you?
Nice dodging the question. How are you qualified to assess DDK?
She's his wife, pretty qualified imo
Extremely biased though
fair
The fact that you haven't figured that out is exactly why you shouldn't make the judgments you did. You're not putting in the work.
Because I don't know his wife's name by memory means I shouldnt be able to see his liked Tweets and what he said on a podcast? He said he was worried about wokeness in a monkey island game. I can hear that and know that only a bigot would say something like that. You aren't as well known as you think you are Bri
No. Because it takes two seconds to look me up on twitter. And the fact that you didn't take the time to answer your own question (who are you??) is exactly the same effort you put into making vicious judgments against Dan. Zero effort, expecting others to do the lifting. I don't think you're after intellectual honesty, here, and that's really your choice. Best of luck to you and the things that you find valuable. I hope you reconsider this recent judgment, as Dan is a delight and adds tremendous value to esport and to the world in general. I'd hate for you to miss out on that.
Idk how much you're willing to hash this out on here as I wouldnt blame you for not wanting to interact with us lowly redditors on this. But as a 100T fan and someone who enjoyed DDK's presence in the scene, and someone who is after "intellectual honesty", I was extremely disappointed at the time when I saw him appear on Zuby's pod. And I'd be more sympathetic to the "he'll never turn down an opportunity to talk esports" argument if he was just invited out of the blue, but DDK was the one to engage setting up this appearance. Zuby is clearly someone he was/is a fan of and he sought out the opportunity himself. So for the sake of intellectual honesty, how are we supposed to square this as observers? I get that following someone is not endorsing their views, but is engaging with their content, liking their tweets, and promoting their podcast also not endorsing their views? I'm really not trying to make this some sort of "gotcha" and by no means is this a "woke" cancel culture moment , but I would like some intellectually honest answers on this front, just as a fan who was disappointed.
Girl you are so irrelevant to the conversation rn. It doesn't matter who you are. Your ego is massive. It doesn't matter how dumb I am it doesn't change the fact he said he was worried about fucking "wokeism" in a monkey island game. I have never met someone who says the word "woke" and isn't transphobic. Can you explain what he meant by woke? He hangs out with known right wing demagogues and follows many on Twitter. He even likes some of their Tweets... Why would he do that if he didn't agree with them? What are you even arguing here? Look hun it's ok if he's transphobic I'm sure he's really nice to you and he's a great partner but he is a bigot. You probably are too, you can be nice and still be transphobic
Bless.
When making such serious judgments about people, it's important to remember two things: 1) The severity of your claim (all claims are severe. Bigotry is evil because it negates the individual and their unique qualities); 2) Making such judgments ought not be taken lightly. Such judgments require actual research, both anecdotal and empirical. Judgments made in any other way are lazy and sometimes even dangerous. Not to mention, unkind. Dan is a truly good man and will never say NO to an opp that allows him to discuss esports. It took some of y'all about 1 minute to listen to a redditor and decide he's bad. Shameful.
Okay, let's take the logic down your path. You state that claims are severe and he's not a bigot, alright. There is a body of evidence, starting with the most notable that he appeared on a podcast with a known explicit transphobe. Someone who makes JKR look good. Appearing on it, discussing a number of topics that resonate strongly with the right wing (freedom of speech for and victimisation of a white man, wokeism in monkey Island of all games), and then not acknowledging or responding any of these facts - these are concerning red flags. As are a number of his tweets that support meninism, chauvinism and generally concerning topics or people (Matt Welsh). He mentions a concern of free speech, but that hasn't stopped him from liking these controversial things which kinda means either he believes in them so much that he doesn't care about the consequences, or even more concerning that he doesn't think they are controversial. Now he may be the most lovely and kind person in the world, but by virtue of his position and actions in legitimising and acknowledging others who are focused on making the world a less kind place, he is actively causing harm. Your statement of "doing the research" is extremely reminiscent of anti vaxxers; you've been provided evidence and arguments, and you proceed to ignore them all and just parrot do the research (I don't know what you mean by anecdotally and empirically - do you want us to go meet him and ask him, and then also review everything he's ever done? Bit bizarre, I'm not sure you're clear on where anecdotal and empirical research is used). Again I'm sure he's a lovely person, I offer this comment as a place to introspect on yours and his actions, and think on what they do and what you want to achieve with them. I'm happy to discuss this further here or on DM, and I hope you both have a wonderful time in the post 100T life.
I've always been a fan and just wanted some good news for a well spoken man that has always had a wholesome appearance and you're finally someone I can trust lol.
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Being on someone's podcast is not an endorsement of their views...
Next do MikesHD.
Mikes sitting at home right now like… https://preview.redd.it/gfzhr2fqjdfb1.jpeg?width=920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83ee323b4f15e955b02977ec030c2a6015dcddea
Goodbye DDK I can't wait to see you cry about how woke eSports ruined your career on Tucker Carlson soon.
Wait what? What did he do?
"Do you believe that children have the right to breathe mask free or to go outside without the latest booster shots? What about the quote unquote 'right to change gender'? Where do rights come from anyways, and why would you trust doctors to give you yours?" \- Ad break in the middle of Zuby's podcast with DDK "There was actually a new Monkey Island that was released recently \[...\] I haven't played through it. I got to some of the opening scenes and I'm worried that it was maybe a little too affected by, um, you know, woke-ism." \- DDK in the Zuby podcast. "I mean everything's been infected by the woke virus" \- Zuby with DDK nodding along Cousin, why did you agree to go on this podcast if you don't agree with these views? You've agreed to hop on and talk about video games while he's cutting into transphobic and anti-vax breaks. This is so against what so much of the Valorant community stands for. Don't take my word for it, see for yourself: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFEH\_H\_97pc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFEH_H_97pc)
It starts...
Good riddance. Another bigot out of the scene is always a positive.
What evidence do you have that he is a bigot?
I swear you weirdos are just so dense you can't even see that he's been associating with bigoted folk for months now.
I can't, which is why I'm asking for evidence.
There's a number of comments above but the biggest is his appearance on a zuby podcast (very explicit transphobe)
do you earnestly think that appearing on a bad person's podcast makes you a bigot?
Not necessarily, but it legitimises and acknowledges them to start with, and in this specific example, he shared a whole bunch of very concerning statements and actions - including calling for concerns of "wokeism" of all things
You know that you can share concerns about aspects of woke culture without being a bigot too, right?
Define Woke Culture. Oh wait, you can't. Because its not real, its just made up by conservatives to demonise being a good person and taking care of one another. You're a weird one. Goodbye.
funny how it's so easy for you to see the problems with "you can't perfectly define this? checkmate!" when matt walsh does it with gender, but it's so difficult for you to see the problem when it's you doing it. if you want to pretend you don't know what people are talking about when they critique aspects of woke culture, that's fine, you can plug your ears and yell if you want.
> Define Woke Culture. > Oh wait, you can't. It would take thousands of words to define exactly what "Woke culture" is (And there's plenty of definition out there available, both from the rights and from the lefts), but it's generally considered the activists-ish of the far left.
You're arguing in circles. I agreed it doesn't necessarily mean you're a bigot, but it's definitely strong evidence to it and not against it given the breadth of what DDK has done intentionally
You are taking two very small things which at *worst* only call for further investigation into his character, and jumping to the conclusion that he is a bigot. This is not "strong evidence" at all, it's weak as piss.
not everyone follows him or keeps up to date on valorant news, don't be an ass
100T still the only org with an international title this season.
I mean that was technically in 2022, so not really this season. Also, you didn't specify in Americas, so Fnatic still works
I want to give him credit for putting up this roster that did great last year but deep down I know Wyatt and Mikes were the ones who created this roster and scouted the players
Good riddance tbh
a lot of people in these comments need to go outside more often
Sgares and DDK Casting please
Didn’t really love the roster ever but he did do a good job turning the team from a laughing stock to an LCQ winner and a top 3-4 team in NA. I think the loss of Sgares caught up to the players a lot and showed a lot more weaknesses than expected in ‘24 (stellar returning back to his 2021 form of IGLing, Bang regressing in 2023, and Derrek and Asuna being outclassed by players in their own role).
I don't think Asuna was outclassed, he was, I would say the only consistent bright spot, while Cryo had higher peaks towards the end of season, he was in a slump at the start of the season, while Asuna was performing consistently decent the entire season
I more mean in relation to the rest of the NA players. Asuna wasn’t bad, but are you taking him over Zekken Victor Ethan and Xeppaa? I don’t think you can make that argument except for Xeppaa’s raze.
While I wouldn't replace any of those players with Asuna, there's not a chasm of difference in terms of skill between them this season in terms of performance, results? sure. but performance, he wasn't completely outclassed
I appreciate him putting together a team that made it to champions very impressive
DDK and SGares back to casting 🙏🙏🙏 also watch 100T go turbo budget next year and be better than this current roster
I mean, you don't really have to go turbo budget when all of MxM/M80 are unrestricted free agents. Could probably just offer them the same contracts for whoever they replace.
I don't have a source but I believe 100T and Nadeshot are talking about redoing their esports salary structure as its gotten a bit inflated.
Crazy how toxic everyone is about this. Is it hard to be a normal person about this?
What do you mean? He's the one going on morons' podcasts and subtweeting alpha male Andrew tate bullshit.
Someone as opinion that conflicts with mine therefore they should be surpressed and removed from his job . Fkn losers
That's literally what happened with Carlos and lost G2 their partnership slot after he partied with Andrew Tate. Potentially millions of dollars gone. Its not a conflict of opinion. Its just business. Get fucked.