Dellor (gamer)
Dellor | |
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| Born | Matt Vaughn March 31, 1988 |
| Occupations | |
| Organizations | Toronto Esports (2016–2017) |
| Twitch information | |
| Channel | |
| Genre | Gaming |
| Followers | 756 thousand |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Genre | Gaming |
| Subscribers | 853 thousand |
| Views | 75.7 million |
| Last updated: August 21, 2025 | |
Matt Vaughn (born March 31, 1988), better known as Dellor is an American streamer and former professional gamer. Initially signed as an Overwatch player to Toronto Esports in 2016, Vaughn was released in 2017 following a racist rant in-game, since pursuing professional streaming and content creation on Twitch and YouTube, where he is known for rage, such as destroying keyboards. Vaughn has streamed several titles, such as Overwatch, Fortnite Battle Royale, Apex Legends and World of Warcraft.
Career
Professional esports
On September 6, 2016, Vaughn was announced as one of the first six Overwatch players to represent esports organization Toronto Esports.[2]
While playing and streaming Overwatch on April 22, 2017, Vaughn went on a racist rant, repeatedly using the word "nigger" for approximately 30 seconds, after being killed in-game and criticized by both teammates and opposition for his performance. Following the incident, Vaughn was released from Toronto Esports for breach of contract. Vaughn's Twitch account was also taken down as a result of the incident. In his apology, Vaughn quit esports, as well as vowing to go to a doctor to get help.[3][4][5]
Content creation
After ending his esports career, Vaughn gained fame through compilations of his rage playing video games, such as Fortnite Battle Royale,[6] with such compilations gaining millions of views on YouTube.[7]
In April, 2019, Vaughn told his female teammate: "go fucking cook a fucking sandwich you fucking bitch" while arguing with her,[8] for which he was banned from Twitch for one month. On May 30, 2019, in celebration of his ban being set to be lifted two days later, Vaughn published a YouTube video of himself breaking multiple keyboards in various ways, although he was later disappointed to find his Twitch account demonetized upon the lifting of the ban.[9] In October, 2019, on the day he was set to regain his Twitch monetization, he was permanently banned from Twitch from breaking a keyboard over his head, which was considered self-harm. This ban, however, was widely criticized as another streamer, Alinity, had avoided punishment after flinging a cat and trying to feed it vodka.[10] After this, head of YouTube Gaming Ryan Wyatt publicly expressed sympathy towards Vaughn and offered to help his career "back on track"; thus, Vaughn continued to stream on YouTube.[11] Following a September 2020 public apology to Twitch from Vaughn,[12] he was unbanned in October.[13]
In 2023, Vaughn was stalked by a viewer in real life on multiple occasions, on one instance getting eggs thrown at his house.[14] In response to the latter incident which took place on October 16, 2023, Vaughn doxxed the stalker, which gave Vaughn another Twitch ban. Explaining his actions on Twitter on October 18, Vaughn admitted his actions were "stupid" but claimed to have been stalked for four years, swatted three times and held at gunpoint, expressing displeasure in the lack of help from law enforcement despite having reported the incidents. In response, several users and personalities expressed sympathy for Vaughn.[15]
Personal life
According to his own X page, Vaughn suffers from autism spectrum disorder, and was in debt and addicted to methamphetamine and Adderall prior to 2018. His mother raised him and his brother alone.[13][16]
References
- ^ "Matt Vaughn (dellor) on Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ^ "Toronto eSports Club". www.torontoesports.gg. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ^ Mascarenhas, Hyacinth (2017-04-25). "Overwatch pro Matt 'Dellor' Vaughn torpedoes career with racist rant on Twitch stream". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ^ "Professional Overwatch player quits after racist rant". BBC News. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ^ AshbourneWriter, Nick (2017-04-25). "Canadian esports player goes on career-ending racist rant". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ^ "Former Overwatch Pro Dellor Has Sexist Meltdown on Stream". GNL Magazine. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ^ DELLOR FORTNITE MEGA RAGE COMPILATION 1. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2025-08-21 – via YouTube.
- ^ Cliperino (2019-04-24). Apex Legends - dellor - Go cook a sandwich. Retrieved 2025-08-16 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Unbanned Twitch streamer in tears over partnership removal, pleads for reinstatement". Blasting News. 2019-05-31. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ^ "Dellor Has a Breakdown Following Twitch Ban". Esports Talk. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ^ "Dellor Moves to YouTube Gaming". Esports Talk. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ^ Periwal, Saahil Agnelo (2020-09-07). ""I just want to be able to play and collaborate with my friends": Dellor seeks to revoke his Twitch ban". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- ^ a b Schuhmann (2020-10-07). "Twitch entbannt wütenden jungen Mann, den man für immer sperrte". Mein-MMO. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ^ Mukherjee, Shreyan (2023-10-12). "Twitch streamer Dellor harassed by alleged stalker during livestream, latter throws eggs at windows". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ Martinello, Eva (2023-10-19). "Twitch streamer banned for doxxing alleged stalker despite pleas for help". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- ^ "dellor (@dellor) on X". X (formerly Twitter). Archived from the original on 2024-10-02. Retrieved 2025-08-16.