The 10th annual installment of the newly-released Awesome Games wrapped up yesterday, raising more than $ 3 million to donate and attract hundreds of thousands of viewers. But as the event grows, so do its arguments. This year, the decision by the GDQ organization to host a runner who pushes right-wing views on social media – and then blocks it shortly after the run – has stirred emotions. and forcefully dividing society.
The situation got worse on Tuesday night. A few hours before the runners Tojju, Muttski, and Luzbelheim (“Luz”) are scheduled to start an amazing nine-hour The final concept of VIII relay, screenshot of Luz & # 39; s Twitter profile started to go viral. He also highlighted his autobiography, "I hate feminism," and said he identifies as "deminonbinary," and said he preferred the pronoun "luz / luz." Speedrunner StebMcDreb, who posted the screenshot, also created a tweet in which Luz had previously endorsed Spain's ultranationalist Vox economic policy.
"As a disabled person on the line, seeing someone with these beliefs can be challenged by the community makes me embarrassed to participate in it," said StebMcDreb Kotaku This weekend. "I will not be able to attend events knowing I am sharing space with people who think my whole identity is a great joke."
That challenge came much faster, and with greater power, than he would have expected. The Twitter space resulted The prevalence of negative media through AGDQ, and the event organizers look like they're taking the message. Shortly after Luz The final concept of VIII To end it, says GDQ founder Mike Uyama pulled him aside and said, "we need to talk."
In conversation with Kotaku, Luz said Uyama said he would be suspended for his participation in the event. "You told me that, subject to the new GDQ policies, you were allowed to submit, (but) not to, & # 39;" said Luz. "I asked him why, and he told me, & # 39; I can't talk about it. New policies, we can't talk about that. If you want more information, you should email us after the event. & # 39;"
Luz said he continued to press Uyama until the GDQ founder finally admitted that the ban was due to Luz's Twitter, but that Uyama was not coming. Said Luz Uyama did not specify the length of the ban, but according to the GDQ website, 18 months is normal. When asked about this by Kotaku, Uyama confirmed that the agency spoke with Luz about concerns about his communication issues, but during our discussions, a GDQ PR spokesman prevented Uyama from commenting further.
Within the broader community of speed, the response to Luz's telecommunications work, as well as the GDQ's decision to issue a ban, is widely divided.
Stream and past Final concept IV speed climber Brossentia knows Luz from the speedometer RPG Limit Break, and has emerged as one of his most prominent critics. “If you look at the bio,” he told them Kotaku on the phone this weekend, "it's clear it's funny about women, it's really funny about trans people, and people have shown it over and over again."
Brossentia suggested that Luz, a Spanish-speaking non-native of Spain, did not give much thanks for what she wrote, but emphasized that she was given ample opportunities to change or apologize. "That's my problem with this situation," Brossentia said. "Not that he did it at first, but he refuses to see how it ends with discrimination."
In the meantime, those closest to Luz in particular have kept quiet or defended him. “He spent a lot of time with trans people and homosexuals,” she said Kyoslilmonster, a broadcaster that met Luz through The last thought the scene. I have never seen him so angry with anyone. I don't think Luz is an old-fashioned painstaking image designed to hurt anyone. ”
According to him, Luz told Kotaku that he is sympathetic to the notion that the GDQ may have felt pressured by an unhealthy society to take action against him, but wishes the organizers had been more realistic. "I would like to talk to people who have decided to stop me," he said. "I'd like to explain, or at least want to see if they too are sincere."
When asked to elaborate on his views, Luz said he believed he had been mistreated, telling Kotaku that he regarded himself as "deminoninary" and that he supported Vox only. Luz went on to say that, even though he uses male pronouns, he would like people who are not sure of his pronouns to use the abbreviated form of his nickname as an alternative to gender neutrality, which is why the term "luz / luz" is in his law.
Another friend of Luz, a speeding driver by the name of Bread, clarifies that the "I hate feminazis" line in Luz & # 39; s bio means trans-exclusiveary feminists (TERFs). "He doesn't hate women completely, only TERFs," Bread said. "He certainly can do a better job of conveying that."
No matter, for people who follow or know Luzbelheim, his condition was a classic. The interviewees pointed out that viewers were already in the spotlight brought Luz & # 39; s bio Twitter when the plan was announced in October — and that GDQ did not take action at the time.
When asked by Kotaku, GDQ representatives declined to comment on whether they had read about Luz's Twitter bio before the meeting. Kasumi Yogi, director of marketing and business development for GDQ, said event organizers are looking at speed communication communications before approving their submissions, but that some things are sometimes rejected. “We do our best as human beings,” he said. "When we find things that are against our rules, we try to be very consistent, and that doesn't matter."
Another spokesperson for the organization, Lizzie Killian, said the agency was trying to respond when issues arose that could be amended in existing laws. "Every GDQ is different, so sometimes it may be unprecedented, and this is where we have to adapt, you know, is this a problem for future events?"
Representatives of GDQ declined to comment on details of Luz's ban or to clarify which law violated it, expressing concern about his privacy. Instead they direct Kotaku in GDQ & # 39; s event rules The page, which recently added the category of "unacceptable behavior while broadcasting".
This is not the first time that GDQ's bad punitive policies have sparked controversy. In 2018, the speed BubblesDelFuego says it's banned sharing his medical marijuana with a friend. Other issues occur in between 2017 and 2016. Kyoslilmonster put it succinctly: “By the love of God, make clear and clear rules for fucking. There is a game like this every year. ”
Evan Malmgren is a freelance writer and researcher at Type Media Center. He's been trying to sell for years, but it doesn't seem like he's getting buyers.
