He called me out. It instantly backfired.. | Asmongold TV

The central conflict of this episode is a public feud between streamer Asmongold and Andy Cortez, a personality from the gaming media company Kinda Funny. The argument, as Asmongold frames it, is not a simple squabble but a clash between two opposing forces in gaming culture: the "corporate shills" who push unpopular, ideologically-driven games onto audiences, and the gamers who reject that content. When Cortez called Asmongold out for his fans' harassment, Asmongold argues it instantly backfired, exposing Cortez's hypocrisy and revealing a pattern of media figures who cannot handle the criticism they dish out.

The Dispute and the "Victim" Card

The episode opens with Asmongold reacting to a tweet from Andy Cortez. Cortez had complained that Asmongold's viewers were flooding him with racist and homophobic slurs after a segment on the Kinda Funny show. Asmongold’s response is dismissive and aggressive. He points out that Cortez had no problem insulting him personally—calling him a "racist rotting subhuman that's ugly as heck"—but then played the victim when his own audience retaliated. Asmongold’s core counter-argument is that you cannot attack someone and then claim a monopoly on victimhood when the blowback arrives, especially when you frame that blowback as uniquely racist or bigoted.