The tiersexual label grew out of the fighting-game streaming scene around LowTierGod, a streamer famous for blunt, theatrical rants about tier lists and character loyalty. Fans clipped the insult as shorthand for players accused of caring more about a character's tier placement than actually playing well. It spread through meme soundboards, reaction videos and stream highlight edits, where the phrase works without extra context. Its staying power comes from tier-list culture itself, which keeps producing the exact stubborn debates the clip mocks.