After a month-long break from YouTube, the platform's biggest independent creator, PewDiePie has resumed making daily videos. However, new drama has already returned with PewDiePie's daily uploads. As the YouTuber caught up on the memes and controversies that happened in his absence, he took aim at Ninja, a popular Fortnite streamer.
During PewDiePie's month-long hiatus, Ninja released a tweet criticizing casual video game players. In the highly criticized post, he argued that players should take in-game competition more seriously, saying that people who weren't concerned with their losses suffered from "a weak mindset." Since its release, social media users have criticized Ninja's take and responded with memes about the original tweet.
In his first YouTube video back, PewDiePie introduced the Ninja controversy, asking if his audience had seen the Mixer streamer's latest hot takes. After reading the offending tweet aloud, the YouTuber proceeded to show replies to Ninja's thoughts. As one video refuted Ninja's assertion that athletes like LeBron James understood his competitive mindset with a news clip of James refusing to be a sore loser, PewDiePie laughed at it before moving onto memes that poked fun at the streamer's irritation.
While the controversial YouTuber never stated his own thoughts on Ninja's tweet, his amused reactions to the ensuing mockery seem to indicate that he also thought it was ridiculous. Either way, PewDiePie's opinion was probably never going to start a feud between the two massive creators. Since the initial drama, Ninja has mostly ignored the controversy, only retweeting a few memes, or issuing blocks. If any drama involving the two richest video gamers ensue, the conflict would likely be a clash of communities rather than a personal spat.
It is surprising that PewDiePie did not verbally weigh in on the Ninja controversy, as the YouTuber has never shied away from drama and controversy before. However, in this particular scenario, Ninja's toxic opinions on losing seem to speak for itself. Perhaps the YouTuber thought there was no more humor to be wrung from the situation. Alternatively, he might not have seen the point in stirring the pot on a controversy that had already ended. Moving forward, as the influencer tackles new controversy, it will be interesting to see how he comments on them
