How my idea became the biggest tournament in Minecraft

Scott says MCC was “regularly praised” when it began, but as it grew in size and ambition it brought new challenges.

Some Minecraft content creators, even Scott’s close friends, were on a waiting list for more than a year to get involved

“Suddenly it flipped and that was mentally taxing”, he says.

“Even though it’s just people online and it’s just words, eventually it does take a toll and it’s hard to only read the good comments.

“I got severe anxiety through the online space,” he said.

Scott attributes much of the criticism he received to the pressures of lockdown.

“I’m an openly gay content creator and I grew up in the west of Scotland, so I had pretty thick skin growing up,” he says.

“But suddenly there were these people who didn’t like me, and my existence was shown to them on a monthly basis.”