Dr Disrespect Rumble deal has fans divided over joining “banned” platform
Dr Disrespect’s decision to join rising streaming platform Rumble and lead its Gaming section has some fans excited – but others are abandoning the creator.
On November 25, after weeks of teases and hints,Dr Disrespect, real name Guy Beahm, confirmed that he hadjoined Rumbleas part of an agreement that includes equity with milestones as a majority of its compensation.
The free speech platform has been making waves recently after its groundbreaking election night coverage that evensurpassed Kick in terms of peak viewership.
Dr Disrespect viewers abandon streamer over Rumble
When Doc’s Rumble announcement was confirmed, his community was instantly mixed. Some welcomed the change while others opposed it, convinced that YouTube was a better place to watch his content. Somenotedthat the platform has beenbanned in certain countries, such as Brazil, over regulations regarding content control.
“Rumble is not it. See you around, Champs!” onesaid. “I’m a fan. But I dislike Rumble a whole lot more.”
Oh, I’m a fan. But I dislike Rumble a whole lot more.I’m sure I’ll be OK without his content in my life.
“I will be doing my best to watch, but if he don’t multi-stream then f**k, it was a good 5 years,” another wrote onReddit.
“This is the end of the line for me more than likely. Things have been off pretty much since theallegations, but things will never gonna go back to how they were,” someone else chimed in.
Loyal Dr Disrespect followers flock to Rumble
However, others are embracing the change and have welcomed the switch to Rumble with open arms.
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“It’s time to Make Gaming Great Again! Congrats Doc!” onepraised.
“And I’ve already got a leather seat with my name on it, right there on the front row of the arena,” anotherremarked.
Streamer Arctix was extremely positive about the switch and spoke highly of Rumble: “Change always feels different, but I have full confidence in the Champions Club & their ability to be part of this new, powerful, important movement happening on Rumble. This is ONLY the beginning. Welcome to Rumble, Dr Disrespect!”
📢: I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again: People are waking up, frustrated from this imposed norm of constant bias & never-ending censorship. They’re tired of not being able to get things as-is, because free, non-biased, unfiltered, legitimate truth & not forced ideology, is…https://t.co/F0ThEGRnOJ
“No matter where Doc goes, the Champs will be there! I’m ready to rumble!”supportedsomeone else.
So far, the switch seems to have been a positive one for the platform from a business perspective. As reported byBloomberg, since announcing his signing, Rumble’s shares have gained as much as 17%.
Doc’s decision to join Rumble comes after YouTubedemonetized his channelover messages he had sent an underage individual on Twitch, which resulted in his ban from the platform in 2020.
Beahm has since claimed the DMs were taken out of context, arguing that Twitch staff had a vendetta against him and hadorchestrated the ban.
In a post on X, Docexplainedthat Rumble “represents the type of values I’m aligned with” while calling out Twitch for creating a “false, exaggerated narrative about something from almost a decade ago.”
Dr Disrespect’s first Rumble broadcast isscheduled for December 2. At the time of writing, he’s already secured 17.7K followers on his new channel.
