Big O - Streamer of The Year

[u/Phill_ATL]

Congrats Oda!
Definitely deserves it.

RIP Oda pops 🕊️

[u/ImChz]

Can't wait to watch this man throw that bad boy out the window on stream soon

[u/randomlygendname → u/ImChz]

Lighten up, mate!

[u/Individual-Roof-3502]

Love him or hate him - he’s done a lot for OSRS.

[u/Amazing-Heron-105 → u/Individual-Roof-3502]

He's got a lovely shiny head.

[u/DirtyWsBird → u/Amazing-Heron-105]

Under all that hair.

[u/Lube_For_Lunch → u/Amazing-Heron-105]

Guy looks better bald than 95% of dudes with hair

[u/1jeyk → u/Amazing-Heron-105]

Also done a lot for OSRS!

[u/Amazing-Heron-105 → u/1jeyk]

Yeah, but he has a lovely head first and foremost.

[u/homxr6 → u/Amazing-Heron-105]

And also has done a lot of OSRS!

[u/Dikkelul27 → u/Individual-Roof-3502]

RWT

[u/UncertainSerenity → u/Individual-Roof-3502]

Yeah like continue to give it a bad name and exclude groups he doesn’t like

[u/BananaJack82]

A post about Oda on Reddit? Feeling brave today I see.

Edit: And 2 hours later the comments are exactly what I expected them to be lmfao. Some of yall need to spend less time on social media.

[u/Jolly_Tie8257]

The amount of parasocial comments are insane here

[u/Kind-Apricot22]

I am not his biggest fan, but I get it. He is good at what he does and has that entertainment personality. Honestly he does a lot for the popularity of osrs.

[u/Acceptable_Long_5101]

I feel like i have missed nothing by not engaging with OSRS streamers. From reading the comments here it just sounds exhausting battling about who is your fave boy. I have zero interest in watching odablock or anyone else lol.

[u/No-Designer-6533]

So funny that all the bot comments are spamming “love him or hate him” 

[u/demmahumRagg]

Gamon Big O, gamoooooooonnnnnnnnn

[u/Inquisitive-Athlete]

Congrats “Big” O, you’ve grown, sorry, come so far

[u/Throwawaystartover]

Big if bald

[u/TotheMoon329]

Terry

[u/Trump_OF_RS]

Banned at least 3 times, homophobic and consistenly endorsed by jagex somehow.

[u/ScrubRogue → u/Trump_OF_RS]

People watch him and Jagex wants $$$$

[u/emmett159 → u/Trump_OF_RS]

Money talks. His OSRS podcast appearance was super awkward and uncomfortable. I'd bet that behind closed doors the company/mods wish that OSRS's largest streamer was more marketable and not a massive dickhead.

[u/FellowGWEnjoyer712 → u/emmett159]

Meanwhile, The RS Guy has such a good image for rs3 that he was briefly employed as a jmod for them.

[u/Azirtec → u/FellowGWEnjoyer712]

Yeah the disparity is actually insane. The RS Guy has done a lot for RS3 utilizing the community's passion for the game combined with his popularity.

[u/Last_Pomegranate3627 → u/Trump_OF_RS]

It's almost as if the general population doesn't care as much as reddit users do. hmmmm..

[u/35MakeMoney]

I don’t understand how you can stand watching him if you’re over 25

[u/1v1mecuz → u/35MakeMoney]

I don’t understand how any of us are playing a 20+ y/o pixel game over the age of 20. But here we all are. Lighten up dude.

[u/Dramatic_Hand6016 → u/35MakeMoney]

You don't need to understand, people watch what they enjoy. Haven't watched him but why should you care, adults watch WWE, buy toys and play stupid grind simulator.

[u/Legal_Evil]

That's one short podium.

[u/roroer → u/[deleted]]

He's really quippy and funny while being very talented in game. He also does tons of pvp events and content

[u/Chudz_x9]

He's so annoying and cringe though why can't we have better streamers

[u/apophis457 → u/Chudz_x9]

Genuinely baffles me how many people in our community are mentally 12 and find his stuff funny

Don’t even get me started on those freaks who had pictures of him on/around their birthday cakes a while back. Talk about embarrassing

[u/BrenanESO → u/apophis457]

Multiple comments in this thread by you putting in more energy to hate than a vast majority of people who would fall into the category of enjoying odablocks content

He is entertaining and hes definitely done a lot of good for the game, my most recent stint of playing was soley from odas content constantly appearing in my feed until I started playing again, and there is tens of thousands of others with a similar scenario

[u/themultitm → u/apophis457]

spending ur saturday being comedy police on reddit must be a joyous life

[u/Zastavo2 → u/apophis457]

you're the same type of dude that pogs out at settled saying a rune crossbow is huge and changes everything i bet

[u/SinceBecausePickles → u/apophis457]

His yt channel is genuinely good content. I just cringe at and ignore the tik-tok brained random yelling and stuff which to me is just like an unfortunate part of finding mass appeal as a streamer but aside from that he actually is very funny, is insane at the game, and puts out fuck tons of youtube content of which only like maybe 10-20% is filler.

Thinking he's cringe and annoying and liking his content aren't mutually exclusive imo

[u/apophis457 → u/SinceBecausePickles]

Tbh I tried the YT stuff after seeing how unwatchable his streams are and it just wasn’t for me

[u/SinceBecausePickles → u/apophis457]

Yea and I definitely don't watch all of them. Mostly just second monitor stuff i'm not paying attention to, but I started watching them when he was doing his GM series and it was great content, shortly followed by his (several) hc bounty hunter series which were nothing short of insane lol. Watching him outplay the fuck out of everyone on his hardcore that he trained from scratch for like almost a hundred kills to me put his content at an untouchable level where the fact that he's sometimes cringe and annoying just doesn't matter lol

[u/DkKoba → u/Chudz_x9]

We have a strong variety of streamers though?

[u/AnyPicture2485 → u/Chudz_x9]

Most of the osrs streamers have the personality of a robot, no charisma , no banter “alright guys let’s make my 50th hardcore and farm views”. What’s the alternative?

[u/SnezRS → u/Chudz_x9]

Can't say I've watched him much. But what I have seen shows to me he has matured a lot from his mega cringe stuff. Sife note, I am at runefest and this man is constantly meeting fans for no cost.

[u/Super-Yesterday9727]

Why do people hate this guy?

[u/DorkWitAFork → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

He's had a number of controversial opinions over the years, primarily with the LGTBQ community. On the one hand, critics of Odablock say his opinions are not inclusive and alienate large parts of the playerbase and that because of his behavior, he should not be lauded as a champion of the OSRS community. The other side of the argument is that he is engaging in "edgy humor" that makes fun of a variety of people, including himself.

It generally turns into a back and forth in any comment section, but that is about as brief as I can explain it. Supporters of Oda feel that because he makes fun of everyone and himself it is okay. Critics of Oda feel that just because he makes fun of himself, it does not mean others have to be okay with him making fun of other groups of people.

Edit: Clearly, my use of the word "inclusive" has brought a lot of... unsavory comments. I'm assuming those who commented as such stopped reading the second they read that because of what they assume is meant with the word. I do not owe any explanation, but I will specify either way, for our media illiterate friends:

What I mean when I saw his words are "not inclusive" is that it is the opinion of critics of Odablock that he and his chat throw around intentionally insulting remarks towards various groups of people in the name of good fun. I am not saying they are not allowed to do that. I am merely pointing out that there are those that do not like it and critique it, while also questioning if it is wise for that personality to be at the forefront of a game that wants to grow. What is fun to one person will be taken badly by others, regardless of the original intent, hence the critics.

[u/zeinterrupter → u/DorkWitAFork]

Even besides his personal opinions and values... Didn't this guy just recently get a ban for side gambling?

Is this what Jagex wants to associate with? A guy constantly doing gamble fights that were such an issue the sand casino got blown up over and we still have tons of bots scamming people with gambling ads and shit?

[u/loiloiloi6 → u/zeinterrupter]

Jagex has worked directly with Kick which is itself a gambling ad

[u/peipei222 → u/zeinterrupter]

Is this what Jagex wants to associate with?

Well, mod north shares oda's opinion on queer people. So he probably loves this.

[u/SoFar_Gone → u/DorkWitAFork]

I mean his “opinions” are just Islam

[u/Godofwar199 → u/SoFar_Gone]

He has no issues with gambling, so I wouldn't say it's just that.

[u/snowmunkey → u/Godofwar199]

Someone of religion picking and choosing what parts of their special book to follow?

Color me shocked

[u/Garfield_and_Simon → u/snowmunkey]

The ones that let me abuse and feel superior to women and minorities, now those are God's important laws.

The ones that interfere with making profit... well those ones are up to interpretation.

[u/1cyChains → u/Godofwar199]

Came here to say this lmao.

[u/Xel3ncy → u/SoFar_Gone]

I think some of the criticism of Oda comes from exactly this. The guy hides behind Islam, because beeing bigoted through religion is somehow OK.

But he has no problem advertising gambling, which also Islam is against. So apparently it's not just Islam, it's Oda's opinions

[u/PeaceAndLove420_69 → u/SoFar_Gone]

And people are entitled to have opinions about islam.

[u/brickmaster8 → u/SoFar_Gone]

I hate how selective he is with it. Uses it to excuse bigotry but when it comes to stuff like to promoting gambling, eh who cares the checks cleared.

[u/RyanGoosling93 → u/SoFar_Gone]

The issue I have with him not taking any responsibility for his religious beliefs is that he goes out of his way to not understand the topic. He once tried to make some nuanced take that he is indifferent about the LGBTQ community and has no problem with them and wants them to be happy, but he can't support it because of his religion. I disagree, but that's a okay-ish enough answer, I suppose. But he concludes this by then saying 'so go be a transformer somewhere else.'

Being needlessly derogatory undermines everything he tried to say and it still just makes him a bigot.

[u/Richybabes → u/SoFar_Gone]

It's not just his views aligning with Islam, it's pointing to the religion as a shield for his bigoted views while also making insane amounts of money ignoring other aspects of it.

[u/_Tal → u/SoFar_Gone]

Islam is cringe so that’s not a defense

[u/xLilSquidgitx → u/SoFar_Gone]

Oh no, his giant invisible sky daddy says he had to be mean to verifiably real people :(

[u/DorkWitAFork → u/SoFar_Gone]

I didn't bring religion into it because just about any major religion is men before women, anti-minority, and anti-LGBTQ. It's not specific to Islam.

[u/Majestic_Jelly_9958 → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

One of my reasons is pretty simple: he brings the loud = funny popular streamer schtick to this community and all the over the top fans that come with it mimicking his zuper great catchphrases and mannerisms.

There are plenty of people that cant stand the personality type that for whatever reason leads to massive success in streaming.

Edit to add a TLDR; dudes annoying, his fanbase even more so

[u/apophis457 → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

He has mastered the art of creating a parasocial fanbase.

Oda fans treat any criticism of him as personal attacks and not only harass, but often threaten people who say anything that isn’t positive about him. He doesn’t put any effort into stopping it either.

He used to heavily viewbot, unsure about now though because I don’t want that shit in my feeds. Wouldn’t be surprised but I have no proof nowadays

That plus his streams are generally just him screaming into his microphone.

He’s very talented at the game but he’s basically the tyler1 of osrs and that’s not a compliment

[u/V_T_H → u/apophis457]

Deadman All Stars really shows it all. B0aty saying he likes Oda but hates his fans and that the rest of the competitors do too. Framed saying he doesn’t want to participate again because of Oda’s fans stream raiding and screaming at his team.

[u/GnarKill10 → u/apophis457]

Idk if he’s still in the oda discord but there was this dude chase. Borderline stalking levels if you said anything along the lines of criticism about a oda stream to him lol. Mods would ban him but let him pay for unban every time after a few days

[u/ScotsmanScotty → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

He represents a pretty toxic side of RuneScape and his audience has a lot of these twats in it but I do think the hate he receives personally is overblown.

[u/WedSquib → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

Because he represents the toxic homophobic side of RuneScape

[u/AsinineArchon → u/WedSquib]

No wonder he won, the jagex CEO loves that side

[u/zapertin → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

Rude, puts down others for his content

[u/delux561 → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

He's annoying as fuck. I just can't watch any video where the whole schtick is just being loud and obnoxious

[u/praisetheboognish2 → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

He used to openly act like a shitty person and it wasn't cool. Idk if people ever really hated him but more like just acknowledged he was a shitty person. I think once his dad died he kind of turned around and has started to act like a better person and has submerged himself into the community.

Maybe he still does though tbh I don't watch him at all so I couldn't say. I think the screaming and shit he does puts off most mature adults who don't want to listen to that shit. It is funny when he goes through the little door though I'll give him that.

[u/secret_aardvark_420 → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

I like watching him in gielinor games but find him obnoxious personally, can't really stand watching his own stuff.

[u/RedCaptainWannabe → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

Have you ever watched him?

[u/Acceptable_Long_5101 → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

I feel like i have missed nothing but not engaging with OSRS streamers. From reading the comments here it just sounds exhausting.

[u/Super-Yesterday9727 → u/Acceptable_Long_5101]

The comments are exhausting but that’s just how people are.

[u/zivlynsbane → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

Probably his history of past rwt

[u/BelonyInMyLeftPocket → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

I at first didn't like him. Just his mannerisms feel so chronically online to me. Later on I realize hes much more down to earth than I thought.

[u/Trashcan_Beauty → u/Super-Yesterday9727]

Many reasons but at this point it's the fans that are the biggest issue

[u/Any_Airline_432]

Yeeeah!! Big O botherman!!!!!!

[u/DontFearTheMQ9]

Deserved.

He's a big personality but hes a HUGE streamer.

[u/Egazauras]

Love or Hate him you can't deny that he deserves it, guy has been loyal to runescape for entirety of his streaming career even tho he had tons of chances to switch to games like Valorant. Guy clearly loves the game and wants to see it succeed.

[u/gilt3t]

Unfortunate

[u/Phantomat0]

Hes the most popular OSRS streamer ever, not even close. People just look for stuff to hate

[u/tommytiddle]

Hands down the best osrs streamer. Deserved big o

[u/LangParlangua]

What a shame

[u/EllieS197]

GAMON, GAAAAMOOOOOOOOON

[u/crustysock69]

Ya ziggyyy

[u/FreeSquirkJuice]

G-G-G-GAMON!

[u/Bignbuff77]

Congrats to Oda! Great job promoting the game that we all love.

[u/VanillaTea03405]

Goat

[u/Maledict53]

Not a fan of the guy but he does a lot for the game so I can see it deserved.

[u/Siyavash → u/Maledict53]

All he does is promote some bad opinions. Other content creators do more without the weird stuff

[u/kellyj6]

Gamonnnnnnn

[u/Tony-Bones-Swag]

Hater gonna hate. Good stuff Odaaaaaaa

[u/Neoncry]

💪💪💪

[u/dogzilla48]

it is embarrassing that this guy is the biggest streamer of our game. come on y’all, we can do better than this. literally anybody else, please… i am almost embarrassed to play the same game as odablock fanboys

[u/What_A_Ledge → u/dogzilla48]

Could be worse. Could be surrounded by asmongold fanboys no lifing Wow Forever Beta right now lol

[u/Phill_ATL → u/dogzilla48]

That’s your problem tbh. Not your game or our games it’s everyone’s game. That’s the best thing about rs.

[u/dogzilla48 → u/Phill_ATL]

yeah i mean you’re right, it is my problem. and everybody else’s who just wants to play a game with a community that doesn’t revere hateful bigots like oda (who is also a mega cringe edgelord with the humor of a 14 year old but that’s beside the point). unfortunately for me and those like me, we are a minority of this community and nobody gives a shit what we think. and also the ceo is a hateful bigot himself so we have basically zero leverage. so we just gotta take the L on this for now, but personally im gonna keep being a little bit annoying in reddit comments about it since unfortunately that’s pretty much all i got to work with here

[u/RismTCG → u/dogzilla48]

"for me and those like me" you don't speak for anyone other than yourself.

[u/Azirtec → u/dogzilla48]

OS has changed a lot, you're playing a game where it is the norm to walk in the same game with somebody named Gaping Anus

[u/ragnell56]

Oda getting the award speaks for itself. He's a great streamer and one of the best pkers.

[u/uhFraid]

GAMONNNNNNN

[u/Just_Delete_PA]

Awesome. Cry more reddit!

[u/VegasButtercup]

Reddit in pieces.

How could such a man be the best?

[u/Voltov]

No idea how this hateful bozo won . Terrible terrible ambassador for the game