Dr DisRespect alleges Starfield's developer refused to work with him due to "past controversies"

During a livestream on September 1, 2023, YouTube Gaming streamer Herschel "Guy," popularly known as "Dr DisRespect," disclosed that Starfield's developer, Bethesda Game Studios, refused to work with him and did not provide Early Access to the game. While creating his Starfield character, the content creator decided to check out Bethesda Game Studios' head of publishing, Pete Hines' X (formerly Twitter) profile.

When he read the executive's bio and saw that his pronouns were mentioned, the "Two-Time Champ" remarked:

"'This is my personal account. Warning: I tweet about our games and many other random things. He/Him.' Got it! Okay. Now everything is starting to make sense. Everything is starting to make sense now. Got it."

A few moments later, the streamer detailed the conversation he and his team had with Bethesda Game Studios after they asked to collaborate. He said:

"We had our team reach out, 'Hey, can we work with you? Can we do something?' (Bethesda Game Studios' response) 'Due to past controversies, there is no way we can with Dr DisRespect.' How about... just let me play the game when some of the others are playing it? How about that? (Bethesda Game Studios response) 'Yeah, that's still the case.' Anyways, champs. We just had to get that off our chest."

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Community critical of Dr DisRespect's grudge against Starfield developer for not working with him

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Dr DisRespect's clip was a hot topic of discussion on the r/LivestreamFail subreddit, with thousands of fans weighing in on the situation. Redditor u/Imaginary_Unit5109 commented on the streamer's reaction after seeing pronouns on Pete Hines' X handle, writing:

One viewer believed that the YouTuber "fell off":

Redditor u/singh853 provided their take on Bethesda Game Studios' refusal to work with Dr DisRespect, saying:

"Bro is mad that Bethesda doesn’t want to work with him, as if it’s some privilege to be associated with this ghoul. The definition of a grown man malding over a video game."

Meanwhile, one community member wondered why it is "always" the FPS content creators who end up in the middle of controversies:

Here are some more pertinent responses from the streamer-focused subreddit:

Reddit community discussing the YouTube streamer's clip (Image via r/LivestreamFail subreddit)

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Dr DisRespect is a 41-year-old internet personality best known for livestreaming a wide range of first-person shooter games. He's been broadcasting on YouTube since he was mysteriously banned from Twitch in 2020.