During a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 live stream, Doug ‘Censor’ let his frustration out and said the f-word. Following this, he almost instantly made a video apologizing for his behaviour. As it happens, he let someone get to him, and that’s how he ‘slipped up’. He feels terrible about what has happened, and has explained how behaviour like this might be mimicked by the community because ‘it’s okay for him to do it’.
The online gaming/competitive community has a reputation for such a kind of ‘toxicity’, and it’s not news for us to see people behaving harshly toward one another. Furthermore, it seems like Censor is not new to this kind of controversy.
Censor has apologized after using a homophobic slur while playing MW2 last night
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) October 17, 2023
Saying it’s not in his vocabulary and was a slip of the tongue, is not acceptable to say, and taking fully accountability for what happens next pic.twitter.com/bXxpSMJlHp
Censor Made an Apology Video Following the Incident
While playing the popular first-person shooter, Censor used the f-word when his character was killed off at the hands of a familiar opponent. He even accused them of cheating. Up till now, Censor has gained quite the name for himself in the Call of Duty community. However, after this strife, he made a video expressing his guilt regarding the entire to-and-fro. Censor explained:
I want to make this video because if I don’t do this right now, the internet in 2023 will be undefeated and with a snap of the finger… If I go to sleep tonight, I am going to have this on my mind all night, I’ll not be able to sleep well, I’m going to feel terrible.
I cringed when I did it because I knew it was wrong and it’s not something that I stand for. And yet I did it anyway. So, I am really disappointed in myself, and I am upset because people are going to see it and they are going to think that they could do this too because I did it. And that’s not okay, it’s not right. It’s just wrong.
Censor went on to express his accountability. He claimed that the only thing he can do right now is apologise and be honest with the community. After that, it’s up to everyone else how they interpret things.
Some users in the thread have claimed how one needs to ‘grow a thicker skin’ or just turn a deaf ear to such slurs, it doesn’t take away the fact that games like Call of Duty often harness a toxic environment created by players who cannot handle their frustration during competitive gaming. Ongoing controversies like this make us wonder if things will ever change.
Whether or not his apology is sincere, it will take time for Censor to garner positive attention from his fans again.
This Wasn’t Censor’s First Controversial Behaviour in the Community
Some time ago, Censor claimed that he was banned from a $100K Call of Duty tournament by Activision. Apparently, he had cheating accusations against Nadia (another popular Call of Duty streamer). However, these accusations took a weird turn in the events that followed.
In response to Call of Shame, Censor tweeted about his intentions regarding the video. It ended in an out-of-the-blue proposal to Nadia. The video comments expressed their disappointment since Censor had turned heads in hopes of exposing whether Nadia was truly a cheater or not. In the tweet, he expressed:
I wanted to make a troll video and validate Nadia as the content genius she has been over these last few months. Sorry if this makes the catch-a-hacker community upset, but I’m really not that sorry.
After these events, Censor’s reputation has been taking a massive hit. His online presence is now being viewed as trolling or click-baiting. The streamer used to be a part of Boston Breach’s Call of Duty roster. But ever since the video and the heated conversations that followed, he has been debarred from taking part in the event.
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