Dr Disrespect is back at the tippity-top a year after his Twitch ban YouTube: Dr DisrespectDr Disrespect is back on the \u201ctippity-top of the mountain\u201d again \u2014 and only halfway up, remember \u2014 a year after his shock ban from Twitch ran him into the streaming doldrums in a big way in early 2021, and what a welcome return it is for the two-time, back-to-back Blockbuster champion. Let\u2019s face it; the internet is just better when the Doc is on his game. In terms of pure entertainment, gaming highlights, and of course incredible streaming production, few do it better than Guy Beahm\u2019s well-crafted character, Dr Disrespect. Tune into any broadcast from the two-time and you\u2019re sure to have a good time, whether he\u2019s roasting Warzone and Apex Legends, or simply \u201cdominating the competition.\u201d Even this Dexerto writer, whose job it is to watch the flamboyant Doc and his gratuitous and crowd-pleasing streams on a regular basis, still finds himself cracking a smile whenever Dr Disrespect gets on a roll mid-stream. That Dr Disrespect, the one who won hearts the world over with his cocksure, over-the-top personality, had been missing for the last twelve months. Beahm was logging on to stream on YouTube, sure, once he finally decided where he\u2019d be shifting post-Twitch ban, but something was off. You can\u2019t blame the man either. He\u2019d just had his Twitch empire ripped out from underneath him (allegedly without a reason why even hinted at either) and the door locked behind him. He was on-stream, but the two-time was clocking numbers. That is until YouTube landed a surprise sucker punch right on Twitch\u2019s jaw last month. The exclusivity war in streaming, seemingly all but over after Mixer\u2019s collapse, flared back up in a big way as first Benjamin \u201cDrLupo\u201d Lupo, then days later Tim \u201cTimTheTatman\u201d Betar, traded purple for red. Now, this is great news for any YouTuber \u2014 more big names mean more eyes on the platform, and that means Google has more reason to grow the streaming side of their multi-billion dollar video website. For Dr Disrespect, the defections meant so much more. When he had been banned from Twitch (who he is now suing), his empire took a hit, yes. But like we said, the Champions Club star also had the door locked behind him; Twitch has a policy of banning any stars who co-stream with suspended personalities, and that meant the Doc was left out in the cold. For Dr Disrespect, it wasn\u2019t the end of the world. Far from it \u2014 since moving to YouTube, the streamer has climbed to 3.6m subscribers on the site, and is right on the verge of hitting 250 million views across his back catalog. His signature energy, however (dubbed \u201cviolence, speed, momentum\u201d by the Doc himself, but really just an exceptional wit) had been robbed. It was evident, right from the beginning of his YouTube career, that the two-time had been very dependent on his co-stars. Playing with other streamers like Shroud, TimTheTatman, NICKMERCS, and Ninja hadn\u2019t given him extra fame, but they\u2019d given him something else; a partner in his escapades. When Dr Disrespect is at his best, he\u2019s joking with (and often at the expense of) his co-streamers, throwing barbs and laughing at them with the Champions Club. It\u2019s not malicious, and his frequent teammates all know that. Instead, it\u2019s the loud, red-and-black character Beahm has wrapped his streaming comedy in \u2014 \u201cThe Doc,\u201d willing to say anything and everything on his mind, and eliciting plenty of laughs from his loyal fanbase in the process. These past two weeks have confirmed this theory too. The Doc was already on the road back to his iconic Twitch best playing alongside Zack \u201cZLaner\u201d Lane, a Facebook streamer who had become Dr Disrespect\u2019s partner in crime these past few months. But YouTube\u2019s latest signings fired him back to life. Having Tim, CouRage, DrLupo, and a growing cast of other stars dip in and out of his broadcast seems to have truly re-ignited Beahm\u2019s streaming spark. In the past few weeks, the Doc seems to have come alive. He\u2019s tweeting more, throwing out more opinions on Apex Legends, Warzone, and Battlefield 2042 on-stream. He\u2019s roasting his friends \u2014 poor \u201cTimmy Tenders\u201d mostly \u2014 and even when he\u2019s playing alone, he\u2019s at his witty best again. Love to see @drdisrespect listening to @timthetatman’s exciting news \u2014 Dexerto (@Dexerto) September 23, 2021 Dr Disrespect\u2019s stats have shown the same thing too. The banned Twitch star has been growing his YouTube community over the past 12 months, but in September his new follower count exploded; he\u2019s raked in more subs this month than he did the three months before. On paper and in-stream the two-time is re-invigorated. Eight hours flies by watching his broadcasts, whether it be Warzone, Apex, or chatting to his fans. Once upon a time (or every stream intro, rather), Dr Disrespect claimed he was \u201cat the tippity-top of the mountain, but really he\u2019s only halfway up\u201d. That, more than ever, seems to ring true in the star\u2019s YouTube era as he looks to grow again. With TimTheTatman, CouRage, DrLupo, ZLaner, and plenty more flying as his wingmen now, Dr Disrespect is finally back on track to \u201cdominate\u201d gaming. He has his own title coming out soon, Vanguard, and a new Warzone map are all on the horizon, and we know he\u2019s going to entertain throughout it all. Who knew the key to the Doc was, in the end, his friends?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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