There was excitement on Twitch and YouTube over a decision by NexusMods, the largest PC game modification site on the Internet. NexusMods has banned a modification that incorporates Donald Trump into the current Steam hit Marvel Rivals. Twitch streamer Asmongold’s modding site has been accused of having completely wrong moral standards. The site responds.
This was the accusation: Twitch streamer Asmongold accused the site NexusMods of hypocrisy and false moral standards in a video from January 6th:
Asmongold explained that modding stands for player freedom. There is no need for an authority that restricts players’ freedom. Original sound Asmongold:
Your priorities are completely wrong. You shouldn’t have administrative control over anything. If this is your tier list of values, something is wrong with you.
Asmongold via youtube.com
His editor added: There has always been hypocrisy on the NexusMods site, so there have “always” been mods about left-wing politicians that have been ignored by the moderation, and mods that openly make fun of Trump have also been tolerated.
The YouTube video “This is so f*cking stupid” reached 1 million views in 2 days.
In the comments on YouTube, everyone agrees that the NexusMods site has always been “overly political,” and that they have a clear turn to the left.
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Page says: They also removed this exact mod for Joe Biden
This is the site’s reaction: In a statement on reddit, the NexusMods community manager made it clear: The exact same mod with Joe Biden was removed from the site on January 2nd:
There is no political bias. We have no interest in crazy people coming out of the woodwork every time such mods appear on our site.
The community manager adds that he finds it funny that none of the “Outrage Bait” YouTubers mentioned that the Biden mod was also removed.
Death threats and pedophilia accusations after YouTube video
Today, a lot of crazy people would come again and send them death threats and call them pedophiles because “some YouTubers told them that they were only removing the Trump mods.”
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It’s so stupid, people are so fucking stupid, that I really don’t want to deal with it. I don’t expect my employees to interact with them beyond showing them the exit door.
Although NexusMods does not explicitly mention the name “Asmongold”, that is probably the thrust of the criticism against outrage YouTubers.
“A lot of misinformation circulating”
Today, January 8th, an even more factual statement was released by NexusMods (via x):
This is what lies behind it: NexusMods has often been criticized by US YouTubers for removing mods from the site that removed diversity symbols such as the LGBTQ pride flag from games. Or who took out the pronouns in Starfield. The site apparently wants to stand for diversity and tolerance. From a European perspective, it is difficult to see this as an “extreme left-wing turn”. Different standards probably apply in the USA, which are confusing for the British.
However, the community manager’s reaction clearly shows the huge waves that such videos from opinionated YouTubers like Asmongold make: his statements are believed unchecked and are adopted and passed on by his fans.
If you then accuse sites as collateral damage, as collateral damage, that they approve of pedophilia and that 1 million people see it, some of whom make death threats, you have to ask yourself whether you are living up to a certain level of responsibility becomes.
Maybe Asmongold should remember that just a few weeks ago he said he had turned into the worst version of himself and now wanted to change. Apparently there isn’t much left: Asmongold is back on Twitch and regrets some of his worst statements – to the horror of some fans