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Dr Disrespect’s NFL appearance leaves football fans confused

“I have no idea who this guy is.”

Marco Wutz

Dr Disrespect’s NFL appearance leaves football fans confused
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Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm might be one of the most recognizable people on the internet, ranking among the top YouTube streamers, but his latest appearance on mainstream media left viewers more than a little confused. Usually known for broadcasting himself playing shooters, the former Call of Duty developer showed up at the NFC wild-card game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks to get the crowd hyped up for the match.

This wasn’t his first collaboration with the 49ers, officially announcing a draft pick for his home team in 2022. While his own fans were happy about the Doc’s stadium appearance, the rest of the audience was a bit bewildered by the choice.

The prevailing opinion among mainstream fans seemed to be: “I have no idea who this guy is.” Which is fair, given how much of a niche video game streaming still is compared to something like the NFL. Others commented about how nobody seemingly cared about “this dude” and that the “49ers gotta do better!”

There have also been unflattering comparisons with Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ infamous TV cameo on New Year’s Eve 2018 that got meme’d to death – though Dr Disrespect certainly got a bit more "movement" out of the crowd than Ninja did back then despite the bad weather conditions.

It may not have been the most impressive public appearance by Dr Disrespect, but at the end of the day he got the job done and the 49ers claimed a 41-23 victory over the Seahawks, advancing into the Divisional Round – and no faithful of the Niners should have a gripe with that.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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