PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds-spillere oplevede en del drama for nyligt da en streamer kaldet Dr. DisRespect, der er blandt de mest populære streamere i skrivende stund, blev banned for at have dræbt en holdkammeraet.
Dr. DisRespect og Brian Greene, der er skaberen bag spillet, havde en længere åben debat på Twitter, hvor DisRepect kommentarer banningen af drabet på sin holdkammerat: "break the rules anytime, anywhere", hvorefter Greene svarer: "you follow the rules, or you GTFO!".
Tydeligvis var stemningen god mellem begge parter, men Greene blev tilsyneladende påvirket af DisRepect's næste besked, der lød: <i>"If I could do the splits I'd roundhouse kick you in the next. But since I can't, I'll just front kick you in the chest instead.", hvorefter Greene hårdt og kontant svarer "Suggesting violence is the best way to solve a disagreement is just wrong, even if you are playing a character...
Greene er blevet kritiseret af spillets fans for ikke at kunne håndtere en fredelig joke, og Greene har i et interview hos Twitlonger valgt at forklare hvorfor han fandt kommentaren så alvorlig:
"When I was in college, many years ago, I had a disagreement with my flat mate. Instead of talking it out like men, he decided to get aggressive and while I was backing away from him, he kicked me in the chest and put my head through a plate glass door. Thankfully, I don't suffer from any ill effects due to this experience.
The point of that story is to attempt to explain why I think even the threat of violence is not something that should be joked about. Given my experience in college, and the fact that The Doc's threat, even as a joke, synced up closely to a bad experience I endured, it could have brought up bad memories, triggered a panic attack or had other consequences The Doc might not have intended when composing the tweet.
All I ask from anyone that reads this is to consider that your words, however flippant they may be, could have unintended effects on those reading them."
Gik Dr. DisRespect over stregen med sin fiktive karakterer, eller burde Greene være bedre til at skelne mellem alvor og sjov?