Lil Nas X, KSI, Doublelift & more roast Ninja\u2019s divisive gaming tweet Instagram: Lilnasx \/ Twitter: NinjaTyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins\u2019 recent inspirational gaming tweet has caught a great deal of backlash, and even led to other marquee internet celebrities clowning the controversial post. Sharing his thoughts on losses in gaming, Ninja argued players should always maintain a sense of frustration and anger or else they\u2019ll never improve. Regardless of where you stand on the topic, it\u2019s clear Ninja struck a nerve within the community and his controversial post has made him the target of countless jokes since. The phrase \u201cit\u2019s just a game\u201d is such a weak mindset. You are ok with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When you stop getting angry after losing, you\u2019ve lost twice. There\u2019s always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle. \u2014 Ninja (@Ninja) February 18, 2020 The Mixer streamer\u2019s February 18 post outlines his position on losses while gaming. Rather than simply accepting defeat, he argues gamers should always maintain a sense of anger in order to strive for improvement, and learn from losses. \u201cThe phrase \u2018it\u2019s just a game\u2019 is such a weak mindset,\u201d he stated. \u201cYou are ok with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When you stop getting angry after losing, you\u2019ve lost twice. There\u2019s always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle.\u201d Shortly after, the comment caught the eye of gaming and internet celebrities around the world, and Ninja\u2019s post became the brunt of countless jokes. Fellow content creation celebrity KSI snuck in a cheeky comment, joking that Ninja will \u201cbe a scary dad\u201d due to his steadfast opinion on gaming losses. Attracting the attention of even the most accomplished stars of the esports industry, Team Liquid\u2019s Yiliang \u2018Doublelift\u2019 Peng chimed in with a League of Legends joke of his own. \u201cWhen your friends drag you into a quick ARAM,\u201d he responded, joking that even League\u2019s completely randomized mode is more than just a mere game to him and that he will never settle for a loss, even in the least meaningful playlist. Not just copping flak from prominent gaming personalities alone, however, Ninja\u2019s tweet also set him in the sights of 2019 Grammy winner Montero Lamar \u2018Lil Nas X\u2019 Hill, who joked about the level of games people would be getting angry at. \u201cMe playing papas pizzeria on coolmath,\u201d the rapper joked, sarcastically implying that he holds the same angry mentality when playing flash games on his PC. when your friends drag you into a quick ARAM https:\/\/t.co\/aahMKm0qtn \u2014 Yiliang Peng (@Doublelift1) February 18, 2020 Expanding on his thoughts after facing ample criticism for his opinion, he emphasized that the backlash is due to \u201cthe way [others] perceived the message.\u201d Perhaps the streaming star could have worded the sentiment a little better to avoid the hostility and criticism online. Ultimately there\u2019s no doubt he\u2019ll learn from the situation however, as he said it best, \u201cthere\u2019s always something to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lil Nas X, KSI, Doublelift & more roast Ninja\u2019s divisive gaming tweet Instagram: Lilnasx \/ Twitter: NinjaTyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins\u2019 recent inspirational gaming tweet has caught a great deal of backlash, and even led to other marquee internet celebrities clowning the controversial post. Sharing his thoughts on losses in gaming, Ninja argued players should always maintain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}