Popularly known as Stillgray, Ian Miles Cheong is a well-known figure in the world of news reporting and writing about gaming. Despite the fact that Cheong has a varied career, his life has been marred by numerous controversies.
Who is Ian Miles Cheong?
Ian Miles Cheong is a famous Malaysian reporter, journalist, and writer in the gaming industry. He has become a well-known figure due to his Twitter presence and his involvement in right-wing conversations about U.S. politics. Cheong has been in the gaming news field for a while now and is highly regarded.
Prior to his involvement in US politics, Cheong was well-known as a gaming journalist and held a position of great influence as a moderator on Reddit.
Cheong’s participation in the Gamergate controversy is significant, a situation involving mainly male gamers and women game creators that evolved into a wide-ranging harassment campaign in 2014.
At first, Cheong, who had formerly described herself as a “turbo-feminist”, was a staunch advocate for female game developers such as Zoe Quinn. Nevertheless, with time, Cheong’s political views progressed towards the extreme right.
Ian Miles Cheong has adopted attitudes that are characterized by opposition to liberal perspectives, an emphasis on long-held standards, hostility toward immigration, and partiality to limited government interference.
Additionally, he has backed ideas and stances that are more extreme and located further to the right on the political map.
However, Twitter users who voiced their disapproval of Ian Miles Cheong began to make the claim that he wasn’t actually living in the US, but rather in Malaysia, a country located in Southeast Asia.
Cheong expressed his disbelief in climate change while speaking of his experience living in Malaysia in 2019.
“Some idiot asked me why I’m not part of the climate cult because ‘Malaysia experiences typhoons so you’re directly affected by climate change’.
“Hey, you numpty, typhoons have been lashing the peninsula for millions of years. A few decades of industry won’t change that.”
A journalist recently highlighted Malaysia in relation to Cheong, suggesting that he stop trying to dictate how American citizens should act in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
This caused a wave of criticism towards the conservative figure, with many people responding to Cheong’s tweets urging him to stay away from American politics.
Career
Ian Miles Cheong is widely recognized as a political commentator on Twitter, but he has not pursued any particular career. Along this path, Cheong has become embroiled in several major controversies.
In 2012, a stir was created when Cheong was barred from Reddit after it was uncovered that he was advertising his websites on some of the major subreddits without revealing his involvement.
In 2014, some of Cheong’s past chat logs were uncovered which showed a positive opinion of Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler. This caused a stir of controversy and Cheong explained the reaction as being a product of the “toxic gaming community”.
Despite initially supporting female game developers during the Gamergate controversy, Cheong eventually took a different stance in order to appeal to his expanding far-right following.
Cheong now contributes to the running of the YouTube channel he co-founded, called “Hype Break,” where he gives voice to the same ideas about the gaming industry that he once disapproved of.
Ian Miles Cheong’s Net Worth
An estimation of Ian Miles Cheong’s net worth is between $1 million to $5 million. He earns most of his income from his online presence on social media websites.
