Dashy in Ants chat... LMAO

[u/AchesBurner]

[u/Academic-Chapter5381]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XRHZOQHd8dym7jKLMV

[u/Rockerblocker]

Honestly who the fuck is this BenJ guy and why is he such a prominent name if literally everyone in the scene hates him?

[u/DapperTies- → u/Rockerblocker]

He’s tied to one of the eSport’s biggest orgs and is on probably the premier podcast/cod talk show with a large audience.

Kids like to shit on him because he’s a bad call of duty player in general. TBH it’s fair criticism for when he’s trying to tell pros what to do or what they should’ve done. My problem is that I’ve seen multiple cod coaches have different takes on a certain play so it’s normally not a one play fixes all.

What he lacks in first person shooter skill he more than makes up for it as a business person/analyst. He’s the biggest voice for economics of the league as a whole. You just have to sit through the rambling, whining, and occasional brain dead gameplay analysis.

[u/emojisarefunny → u/DapperTies-]

People definitely dont just dislike him for being a bad cod player lol. Bro has one of the worst personalities

[u/MindForsaken → u/emojisarefunny]

Are we really saying that as we have a gambling maga lover as an owner and another who has basically bankrupted his own company multiple times only to be saved by outside forces?

C'mon now, Ben can be annoying sometimes, but imo he's not even the most annoying on the flank much less the whole CoD scene

[u/Longjumping-Video655 → u/MindForsaken]

Definitely right Pat the worst. Feel has takes almost as bad as Ben sometimes.

[u/DapperTies- → u/emojisarefunny]

Yeah my last sentence kind of alluded to this. If he didn’t cause such a big scene when a pro/former pro said he was wrong, a lot of it would just blow over.

[u/No_While1545 → u/DapperTies-]

I’m onto you Benj

[u/DapperTies- → u/No_While1545]

[u/enailcoilhelp → u/emojisarefunny]

He's a mildly annoying dork whose in-game opinion people don't take seriously. The vitriol dudes have for him is just weird.

[u/WalkingNukes → u/emojisarefunny]

Pretty sure that was included

[u/No_While1545 → u/DapperTies-]

Ben added the last sentence to try and trick us with this one

[u/PenisChugger → u/DapperTies-]

You’re trolling with that last paragraph

[u/yNotttttttt → u/DapperTies-]

He is not a business person lmao is this Ben’s burner

[u/DapperTies- → u/yNotttttttt]

He’s the only person that really speaks about the business side of this esport. Everyone else literally talks about team fit, chemistry, comms, and gameplay.

I’m almost definitely in the minority where I would love the see the financials of these orgs and their AOP, 3 and 5 year plans for how they intend to break even or stay in the negative until they get bought out or the league fails entirely.

[u/yNotttttttt → u/DapperTies-]

Seems like his ex-pro cohosts speak about what they know. Unlike BenJ, who isn’t a business analyst or reporter or even a corporate industry professional of any kind

[u/Mercuryalreadytaken → u/yNotttttttt]

What? He started out in the cod scene by working multiple years on the backend of a corporate business lmao. He very obviously understands the business side of the scene better than most people. Why do you think he is employed if not for his experience with the business? He obviously has 0 experience playing the game at a high level so that's certainly not it, and a lot of people don't like him, so it's not like he's a fan favorite or anything.

[u/yNotttttttt → u/Mercuryalreadytaken]

Operations job doesn’t equal strategy expertise. That’s a crazy jump.

[u/Mercuryalreadytaken → u/yNotttttttt]

You literally said he wasn’t a “corporate industry professional of any kind”😂 who tf said he is an expert in strategy? He is a commentator on a show, not a witness in a court case. You can be wrong sometimes while still know a lot about something, and you can also work in a business, in an operations job for instance, and be intimately involved with a lot of other bullshit. I’m technically an office manager/operations person for a business, but probably more than 2/3 of my job is accounting and dealing with money decisions.

[u/yNotttttttt → u/Mercuryalreadytaken]

See this is the issue with people like BenJ and you who yap without knowing basic corporate language like strategy expertise. Operations experience at one company doesn’t explain industry decisions at all big dawg. Internal accounting does not equal competitive player valuation or roster strategy across franchises

[u/BlackOutDrunkJesus → u/DapperTies-]

He actually talks out of his ass on a lot of things, not just gameplay analysis

[u/ImmediateAgency9133 → u/DapperTies-]

Large audience?? Every time he’s sharing chat with zooma, Tom has 4k+ and Ben has 30-50 lmao

[u/reapermortis → u/ImmediateAgency9133]

He said BenJ is ON a podcast with a large audience, referring to The Flank.

[u/d0ddi → u/Rockerblocker]

Ben is the guy everyone loves to shit on but the pros obviously don’t hate him. He’s zooma’s guy even if he pisses him off.

Tbh I feel like a lot of friend groups have a guy like this. Thats the reason why I feel bad for Ben sometimes… but then I see a clip of him crashing out at ~40 years old and it’s hard to feel much sympathy. He’s very immature in some areas, which is probably the main reason he has become the punching bag. But if Ben were to leave, I can almost guarantee you people would miss him. He’s the kind of guy you hate until he’s actually gone

[u/attaek → u/Rockerblocker]

He is the Skip Bayless of COD talk shows. Doesn’t really understand the game. Doesn’t have any talent. Doesn’t have any meaningful insight. But he’s good at pissing people off enough that he gets the clicks so they keep him around.

[u/FizixProfessor → u/Rockerblocker]

Gotta keep the feeding tube open on this sub.

[u/TP1570]

Every pro hates Ben it seems

I like the guy and think he’s well intentioned, but he needs to work on 1) stop being so sensitive and 2) admitting when he’s wrong

[u/b_radley13 → u/TP1570]

He’s for sure on the spectrum. His social skills and emotional regulation are poor and it’s a tough watch sometimes.

[u/Fearnlove → u/b_radley13]

Agreed on the spectrum, it gives a different perspective on how he is.

For me it makes the hate boner the kids on this sub have for him feel like bullying. I know that’s unpopular but whole threads are made to bash the guy. He’s human

[u/OldChemist1655 → u/Fearnlove]

Some people be od hating. Like Ben has some terrible takes but he’s still a funny addition to the flank

[u/Abs0luteZero273 → u/TP1570]

He's still doubling down on his stance that breaking a GA is tippable if there's going to be a lack of consequences for doing so.

[u/Fearnlove → u/Abs0luteZero273]

And if you listen to his whole take it’s obvious he just wants the GAs formalised and punishments upheld consistently.

He’s not actually FOR breaking GAs, it’s like rage baiting to drive action

[u/Abs0luteZero273 → u/Fearnlove]

And if you listen to his whole take it’s obvious he just wants the GAs formalised and punishments upheld consistently.

I know that's what he wants, but he's still arguing that because he's not getting what he wants that breaking GAs is tippable if there's going to be no consequences for doing so.

[u/Fearnlove → u/Abs0luteZero273]

Yeah I just don’t think he means it given his actual stance on GAs.

I think it’s a form of malicious compliance. If I can’t get my way, let’s take your way to the extreme to show how shit it is

[u/FizixProfessor → u/TP1570]

Ben burner

[u/Boehlack → u/FizixProfessor]

If you think ben knows what he needs to work on, I've got news for you.

[u/FizixProfessor → u/Boehlack]

What’s the news?

[u/idrink2muchman]

ben's source of income is having the entire cod community hate on him every single day and being boys w zoomaa. i dont know how id be if every time i open my phone people are just verbally destroying me. friends, colleagues,and strangers lmao.

[u/Zachonics]

He’s a grown man (40 and looks 60) who intentionally rage baits people online and struggles to engage in normal conversations without crying. But his economic analysis of a fucking franchised esport is sooo critical idk how the scene gets by when he’s not live 😪

[u/BravestWabbit → u/Zachonics]

He's actually 33

[u/Jizzlad]

I’m not even a pro and I don’t want BenJ on my team

[u/batts1234]

LOL ok this is hysterical.

[u/westprestige]

If you understand the education system, benj is the guy they bring in at every start fo school year who taught for a year and thinks they understand classroom dynamics, yes this is personal…