Verified co-streamers of the Overwatch World Cup call out trans game caster in distasteful slur.
Yesterday's Overwatch World Cup match Saudi Arabia vs Poland came with unpleasant comments from co-streamers who insulted the game caster with transphobic comments.
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Transphobic Comments At Overwatch World Cup
The Overwatch World Cup is in full swing with the occurring online qualifiers. Yesterday, Saudi-Arabia and Poland competed in a thrilling match. But the match had a disgusting aftertaste to it since co-streamers from the UAE threw transphobic slurs at the game caster.
"Why is a pig casting the game?"
Massive shoutout to my team's staff for provoking angry little people over such a small joke, also the fact that verified Saudi streamers comment shit like this about casters cause they r trans is just disgusting, but hey it's not like anyone is gonna do shit about that. https://t.co/HZ56tjnVA0 pic.twitter.com/MOzAUiLLON
— (@Kapey774) June 24, 2023
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A provoking joke turned into disgusting and transphobic insults at yesterday's Overwatch World Cup match. Team Poland decided to change their profile icons into pride flags, which apparently was provoking enough for these co-streamers to throw around insulting comments towards the trans game caster.
Not only are these disgusting comments incredibly insulting, but also unacceptable behavior for VERIFIED streamers.
Blizzard portrays itself as a welcoming and inclusive community for everyone, including the LGBTQ+ community. That is why they have immediately taken action by removing the co-streamer from all future Overwatch Esports programs.
— Overwatch Path to Pro (@owpathtopro) June 26, 2023
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