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Some players prominently featured in the documentary such as {{Sm|Mango}} and {{Sm|Leffen}} publicly criticized it for not adequately providing the view the context of the time period and how old the players were during filming. Critics argued that their depictions in the documentary were biased with the editing and music choices that over villainized the players. Critics also argued that it did not focus equally on all of the featured players, depicting {{Sm|PPMD}} as the "protagonist" who received the most attention while only identifying {{Sm|Mew2King}} and {{Sm|Hungrybox}} as "gods" and giving them comparatively little screen time. | Some players prominently featured in the documentary such as {{Sm|Mango}} and {{Sm|Leffen}} publicly criticized it for not adequately providing the view the context of the time period and how old the players were during filming. Critics argued that their depictions in the documentary were biased with the editing and music choices that over villainized the players. Critics also argued that it did not focus equally on all of the featured players, depicting {{Sm|PPMD}} as the "protagonist" who received the most attention while only identifying {{Sm|Mew2King}} and {{Sm|Hungrybox}} as "gods" and giving them comparatively little screen time. | ||
Beauchamp responded to criticism of the initial screening by removing some scenes and giving a stronger censor pass for offensive language. These changes were reflected in final cuts released in 2021. Though Beauchamp could not change the narrative structure of the original 8 episodes, he also produced a special bonus episode called 'God Slayer' featuring Leffen and filmed one-on-one interviews with each god for a special 'gods respond' event which was also viewed more than 1 million times. | Beauchamp responded to criticism of the initial screening by removing some scenes and giving a stronger censor pass for offensive language. These changes were reflected in final cuts released in 2021. Though Beauchamp could not change the narrative structure of the original 8 episodes, he also produced a special bonus episode called 'God Slayer' featuring Leffen and filmed one-on-one interviews with each god for a special 'gods respond' event which was also viewed more than 1 million times. 'Godslayer' was released in June 2021 and provided Leffen's view of the time period and events covered in Metagame. | ||
Final cuts of the series are being reviewed favorably on IMDB with a rating 9.5. Metagame Documentary was a finalist for 3 esport awards in 2021 including esport content series of the year, esport content piece of the year, and esport video production team of the year. Metagame ultimately was named and won esport content series of the year for 2021. | Final cuts of the series are being reviewed favorably on IMDB with a rating 9.5. Metagame Documentary was a finalist for 3 esport awards in 2021 including esport content series of the year, esport content piece of the year, and esport video production team of the year. Metagame ultimately was named and won esport content series of the year for 2021. | ||