{"id":545550,"date":"2026-01-26T23:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/545550\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T23:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:48:10","slug":"drdisrespect-lies-about-being-invited-to-highguard-preview-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/545550\/","title":{"rendered":"DrDisrespect Lies About Being Invited To Highguard Preview Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once-ubiquitous online game streamer Herschel \u201cDr Disrespect\u201d Beahm, who was banned from Twitch after sending \u201cinappropriate\u201d messages to a minor in 2017<\/a>, posted a photo of a media badge on January 26 and said he had been invited to a pre-release hands-on event for the newly released, free-to-play raid shooter Highguard. However, multiple people who attended the event denied seeing him there, and some Reddit users believe his photo was faked with gen AI or Photoshop. And Highguard\u2019s creator manager says he wasn\u2019t invited and didn\u2019t attend.<\/p>\n

On Monday, ahead of the launch of Highguard, DrDisrespect posted an image of a keyboard, a can of energy drink, a personalized controller, and a Highguard media badge with his name on it to his X account. He claimed to have played Highguard at a recent media event in Los Angeles. \u201cLast week we took the Lambo to LA to check out #Highguard,\u201d he wrote. \u201cMonday, January 26th at 10am PST, we enter another dimension! Yayayaya.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Last week we took the Lambo to LA to check out #Highguard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Monday, January 26th at 10am PST, we enter another dimension!<\/p>\n

Yayayaya pic.twitter.com\/kQ56GEfonB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dr Disrespect (@DrDisrespect) January 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Immediately, people online began sharing the post and claiming the PR team behind Highguard had made a huge mistake inviting someone like DrDisrespect to the event. The streamer was suddenly banned from Twitch in June 2020<\/a> and then later lost sponsorships and other business deals after confirming he\u2019d once sent messages that were \u201cinappropriate\u201d but not \u201cillegal\u201d to someone else on the platform who was under the age of 18. He now streams exclusively on Rumble and YouTube, which allowed his channel to be monetized again after a multi-month review of the allegations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cChoosing to work with a self-admitted pedophile to market your game is certainly\u2026A choice,\u201d posted a game dev and writer.<\/a>\u00a0 \u201cNever heard of Highguard. Is it good marketing to have the first news about your game that some people hear be that you invited a pedophile to your preview event?\u201d posted someone else on BlueSky.<\/a><\/p>\n

But, not long after the post started going viral online, creators came out to deny that DrDisrespect was ever at the event, claiming he was lying about being invited.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Disrespect was not invited to the early access event,\u201d posted creator Macro on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cI know this because I WAS THERE, and I promise you, everyone would\u2019ve noticed that pedo a mile away. There\u2019s so many valid things you can criticize Highguard for, but this isn\u2019t one of them.\u201d Kate S\u00e1nchez, the EIC of ButWhyTho, also denied he was there, adding<\/a>: \u201cI literally did not see him there \u2013 unless creators had a different day.\u201d Another content creator, Kinda Funny\u2018s Blessing Adeoye Jr<\/a>., also believed DrDisrespect was not at the LA event, but said there was a second day for creators only. S\u00e1nchez and Adeoye Jr. didn\u2019t attend the creator day.<\/p>\n

Highguard creator manager Chin Pua<\/a> replied to a viral tweet about DrDisrespect and confirmed that he<\/a> \u201cwas not invited to any Highguard event past or present, and the badge was not an official badge.\u201d\u00a0Kotaku has reached out to Highguard PR but has yet to hear back.\u00a0 A freelancer Kotaku sent to the event didn\u2019t see DrDisrespect at the press day either.<\/p>\n

Over on the Highguard subreddit, some players are theorizing that DrDisrespect faked the image<\/a> using AI tools or Photoshop. The evidence involves how the media badge looks compared to other real, confirmed badges from the event. It does seem like, if he were there, he was given a somewhat unusual badge with a different layout than other attendees. If DrDisrespect didn\u2019t attend, he has yet to publicly confirm that on social media or elsewhere. He also streamed the game on Rumble and YouTube<\/a> on launch day.<\/p>\n