Twitch streamer Shroud is well-known for his incredible skill in video games, which he has used to not only compete in video games at a professional level but also to launch a wildly successful streaming career. Shroud's popularity was enough that he was one of the streamers that Microsoft signed to a Mixer exclusivity contract, and now that he's back on Twitch, Shroud is still entertaining his fans with impressive plays.
Shroud's high-level of play is well-known in the streaming community, so that's why a clip of him being killed fast by a self-described "controller player" is going viral on TikTok. In the clip, Shroud is shredded in a game of Apex Legends by a player known on Twitch as gruffysnuggles. In the clip, Shroud expresses surprise at how fast he was killed. He calls gruffysnuggles a "legend" and says that is the fastest that he has ever died in the game.
Here is the clip of Twitch streamer Shroud getting killed by gruffysnuggles in Apex Legends:
Gruffysnuggles also uploaded the clip of her killing Shroud from her own point of view. The clip shows gruffysnuggles doing the usual Apex Legends looting and then casually killing Shroud, not realizing that she was going up against one of the top Twitch streamers. Some time goes by, and then gruffysnuggles' chat informs her that she just killed Shroud, which she responds to with disbelief.
For those confused by the terminology, a "controller player" is someone that, obviously, uses a controller when playing a video game, but it's meant to carry a negative connotation. The general consensus is that playing with a mouse and keyboard on PC is superior to playing with a controller, requiring a bit more skill but also making it possible to be more accurate. Games try to make things more even with things like aim assist on controllers, but generally those who choose to use controllers instead of mouse and keyboard are criticized by some in the PC gaming community, so "controller player" is used as an insult.
Shroud remains one of the world's top Twitch streamers, and so this moment should go a long way in boosting gruffysnuggles' own following. The clips of Gruffysnuggles have gone viral on TikTok, amassing over 100,000 likes on each video and a combined total of over 2 million views at the time of this writing. This is the kind of moment that smaller Twitch streamers keep their fingers crossed for, so it will be interesting to see if gruffysnuggles successfully capitalizes on this newfound attention. She has around 670 followers at the time of this writing and is currently streaming Apex Legends.