A gaming influencer refusing all forms of compensation to attend this type of event from the event organizer would be classified as media for the event. Way such a gaming personality typically tries an offset their content production costs is by seeking out another sponsor. Which is typically a non-compete games industry endemic sponsor.
Its a similar circumstance to when LTT visited Nvidia for a guided tour a few months back. They were invited as media with a MSI content sponsor, not Nvidia.
You repeatedly introduce completely fabricated claims out of your ass for which you provide no evidence to substantiate your claim. Eventually, because you're not a very smart person, your can't keep your lies straight, and they end up contradicting each other.
Now that you've directly contradicted yourself, rather than address this direct contradiction, by explaining how someone could both preemptively refuse and expect compensation simultaneously, or even address the fact that you haven't substantiated the basis of your invented contradiction, by showing us that: (1) this man "Macro" attended the event as a press member, when journalistic reports explicitly say he attended as a content creator; or (2) press at the event weren't offered any courtesies (that don't even constitute a sponsorship in the first place), such as freely provided food concessions, which are pretty common at large events for attending professionals everywhere, well, what do you do?
You invent a completely new claim with no evidence to support it! No, a gaming influencer refusing all forms of compensation (while expecting compensation, LOL) does NOT indicate that person is attending as media. Another imaginary Kanefact.
I don't even know why you're talking about an LTT video.
LTT visiting NVIDIA's Nyx data center upon the special invitation of NVIDIA for an exclusive tour isn't a game launch event, and not remotely similar for the simple reason nobody else is attending, so how would LTT arrive with a special badge as a "content creator" instead?