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A controversy between two streamers in the game Arc Raiders, developed by Embark Studios, has caused a lot of backlash in the gaming community over the past few days. This situation, often called the “Peach streamer controversy,” involves Twitch streamer peaachxo(Peach) and another player and streamer, NessieDoes. It started as normal gameplay but quickly turned into reports, a ban, a copyright strike, and even talk of police action.
Arc Raiders is a PvPvE extraction shooter where players can act friendly and then betray others. This kind of gameplay, often called “ratting,” is a common and intended part of the game, but it was also what sparked to this controversy.
According to stream records, the inciting incident was on March 4th.
In-game, Nessie approached Peach and asked her for help. “This is like really weird, but my friend is like completely stuck“, he said and guided her to a room to lock her in and eliminate her character with his friend. This is a common story in Arc Raiders and similar PvPvE games like Rust or DayZ, and makes up a portion of Nessie’s Youtube videos.
Video from Peach’s stream show her calling him a “f-cking loser”, and leaving an angry comment on his Steam profile, saying “wow i can smell the stank from here, loser and ty for the free content. suck a fat one”. The situation continued when Nessie joined Peach’s Twitch chat to say “Hey gg from before!”. Once Peach remembered Nessie, she said “Oh, so you’re the arsehole from before”. The situation continued from there, as Nessie asked Peach why he was “called an asshole”.
Things escalated further when they met again in-game and Nessie killed her a second time. Peach recognized him and claimed to have mass-reported him across multiple platforms (including Arc Raiders, Sea of Thieves, and Twitch). She also brought an Embark community manager named Ossen into her stream and accused Nessie of stalking and harassment, which lead to a 30-day Arc Raiders ban for Nessie.
Nessie appealed the ban and shared a full timeline of events. After about five days, the developer removed the ban, calling it an “incorrectly applied In-Game Ban.” However, they added a condition that Nessie must avoid interacting with Peach on OCE servers. Many players criticized this, saying it effectively forces him to play with high ping or use a VPN.
On March 19, Nessie uploaded a YouTube video explaining his side of the story, with clips and evidence. The video got over 200,000 views and claimed he did not threaten Peach, and was only playing as the game allows.
After this, Peach filed a copyright (DMCA) strike against the video. Because of YouTube’s rules, Nessie had to submit personal details like his name, address, and phone number to file a counterclaim. These details are shared with the person who made the claim, which raised concerns about doxxing. The video was taken down for about two weeks.
The situation escalated again when Peach reportedly said she would file a police report using this information. She called the video a “hate video” and claimed harassment and death threats, though Nessie and many in the community say there is no proof of this.
Since then, Peach has deleted the majority of her online presence.
Embark Studios has faced heavy criticism for how it handled the situation. Online, people have said that they believe the ban was given too quickly, especially since a community manager was involved in her stream. Even though the ban was later removed, the added condition has also been widely criticized. Online, players have said this caused them to unistall Arc Raiders, to lose interest in trying the game, or to stop supporting Embark Studios in future.
Now, with Peach having “left the internet”, the matter seems closed. That said, this Peach/Nessie situation in Arc Raiders isn’t the first bit of drama around the game. Just a few days ago, Embark Studios co-founder and Chief Content Officer Rob Runesson left the company after sexual misconduct allegations.
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SITHRAK! notes:
TL;DR- foid goes nuts when killed in a game, rallies the simps, and engages in a campaign of harassment across multiple games and even to the point of potentially filing a police report, all while crying victim.
The linked article is shallow, infested with ad spam, and completely fails to capture the insanity of the situation.
For a better rundown, please check out this video:
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT SOME INSANE TWITCH FOID?
Well as per this thread covering Liz Fong-Jones and her malicious actions against Kiwifarms, DMCA takedown requests may force the accused or their hosts to provide their full details to the accuser. Name, address, email, phone number, the whole shebang.
And once the person who’s lodged the takedown has this information, they are free to use it for purposes unrelated to the DMCA takedown itself. False police reports, swatting, firebombing homes, nuisance pizza deliveries, you name it.
If PeaachXO’s actions and their outcome seem unfair to you, I urge you to read the linked thread above.
A controversy between two streamers in the game Arc Raiders, developed by Embark Studios, has caused a lot of backlash in the gaming community over the past few days. This situation, often called the “Peach streamer controversy,” involves Twitch streamer peaachxo(Peach) and another player and streamer, NessieDoes. It started as normal gameplay but quickly turned into reports, a ban, a copyright strike, and even talk of police action.
Arc Raiders is a PvPvE extraction shooter where players can act friendly and then betray others. This kind of gameplay, often called “ratting,” is a common and intended part of the game, but it was also what sparked to this controversy.
According to stream records, the inciting incident was on March 4th.
In-game, Nessie approached Peach and asked her for help. “This is like really weird, but my friend is like completely stuck“, he said and guided her to a room to lock her in and eliminate her character with his friend. This is a common story in Arc Raiders and similar PvPvE games like Rust or DayZ, and makes up a portion of Nessie’s Youtube videos.
Video from Peach’s stream show her calling him a “f-cking loser”, and leaving an angry comment on his Steam profile, saying “wow i can smell the stank from here, loser and ty for the free content. suck a fat one”. The situation continued when Nessie joined Peach’s Twitch chat to say “Hey gg from before!”. Once Peach remembered Nessie, she said “Oh, so you’re the arsehole from before”. The situation continued from there, as Nessie asked Peach why he was “called an asshole”.
Things escalated further when they met again in-game and Nessie killed her a second time. Peach recognized him and claimed to have mass-reported him across multiple platforms (including Arc Raiders, Sea of Thieves, and Twitch). She also brought an Embark community manager named Ossen into her stream and accused Nessie of stalking and harassment, which lead to a 30-day Arc Raiders ban for Nessie.
Nessie appealed the ban and shared a full timeline of events. After about five days, the developer removed the ban, calling it an “incorrectly applied In-Game Ban.” However, they added a condition that Nessie must avoid interacting with Peach on OCE servers. Many players criticized this, saying it effectively forces him to play with high ping or use a VPN.
On March 19, Nessie uploaded a YouTube video explaining his side of the story, with clips and evidence. The video got over 200,000 views and claimed he did not threaten Peach, and was only playing as the game allows.
After this, Peach filed a copyright (DMCA) strike against the video. Because of YouTube’s rules, Nessie had to submit personal details like his name, address, and phone number to file a counterclaim. These details are shared with the person who made the claim, which raised concerns about doxxing. The video was taken down for about two weeks.
The situation escalated again when Peach reportedly said she would file a police report using this information. She called the video a “hate video” and claimed harassment and death threats, though Nessie and many in the community say there is no proof of this.
Since then, Peach has deleted the majority of her online presence.
Embark Studios has faced heavy criticism for how it handled the situation. Online, people have said that they believe the ban was given too quickly, especially since a community manager was involved in her stream. Even though the ban was later removed, the added condition has also been widely criticized. Online, players have said this caused them to unistall Arc Raiders, to lose interest in trying the game, or to stop supporting Embark Studios in future.
Now, with Peach having “left the internet”, the matter seems closed. That said, this Peach/Nessie situation in Arc Raiders isn’t the first bit of drama around the game. Just a few days ago, Embark Studios co-founder and Chief Content Officer Rob Runesson left the company after sexual misconduct allegations.
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SITHRAK! notes:
TL;DR- foid goes nuts when killed in a game, rallies the simps, and engages in a campaign of harassment across multiple games and even to the point of potentially filing a police report, all while crying victim.
The linked article is shallow, infested with ad spam, and completely fails to capture the insanity of the situation.
For a better rundown, please check out this video:
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT SOME INSANE TWITCH FOID?
Well as per this thread covering Liz Fong-Jones and her malicious actions against Kiwifarms, DMCA takedown requests may force the accused or their hosts to provide their full details to the accuser. Name, address, email, phone number, the whole shebang.
And once the person who’s lodged the takedown has this information, they are free to use it for purposes unrelated to the DMCA takedown itself. False police reports, swatting, firebombing homes, nuisance pizza deliveries, you name it.
If PeaachXO’s actions and their outcome seem unfair to you, I urge you to read the linked thread above.
