I didn’t make a speech. I didn’t call anyone out. I didn’t post a manifesto.
I just stopped using voice comms in public matches where women were present. Not because I hate women. Not because I wanted attention. Because I’d seen what happened to other streamers — guys who made one joke, one misread, one comment clipped out of context — and I wasn’t going to let it happen to me.
It wasn’t just about wanting to protect my stream, either. I wanted to protect my marriage and stand on values that are important to me. I didn’t want my family or the people close to me to see something about me online that was taken out of context, and get the wrong impression.
But that
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