The Twitch streamer TimTheTatman is not a big player in CoD Warzone, but sometimes he has a streak. However, this will be ruined by his new arch-nemesis: A hacking stream sniper has set his sights on him.
This is the situation:
- TimTheTatman is one of the most popular streamers on Twitch. He is ranked 9th globally among followers. More than 37,000 people watch him when he goes live. He is known for his good-natured, sometimes a bit clumsy style
- In CoD Warzone, a stream sniper has been targeting him for several days. A guy named “Wolf” is trying to log into CoD Warzone so that he ends up in TimTheTatman’s games. The stream sniper watches him in the game through his Twitch channel and kills him on purpose. He apparently also uses cheating tools, like an aim-bot
- This time TimTheTatman was on an amazing round
Stream sniper kills Twitch streamer 3 times in a few minutes
This makes the kill so bitter: The cruel thing about this action this time was that the round was going exceptionally well for TimTheTatman. The 31-year-old is not usually an outstanding player, but he has his moments. A round in CoD Warzone was now going outstandingly well.
After about 15 minutes, TimTheTatman had 21 kills and was in a great mood. He was caught up in fantasies of omnipotence in the chat with his friends. He talked about how he would now kill the entire lobby and surpass his “personal record” of 29 kills in a CoD Warzone match.
But out of nowhere, he was shot by a sniper. His first reaction was immediately: “I’m going to sue this sniper. I’m not even joking.”
While his friends were laughing and reviving him, TimTheTatman shouted instructions in the chat on how to take down the sniper when he was killed a second time.
The Twitch streamer wanted to get serious now: It was his only mission to take out this sniper. His friends laughed even louder. A teammate noted: The sniper seemed to be only targeting TimTheTatman and ignored the other players.
The streamer thengot into a truck thinking he was safe: Seconds later he was caught by the sniper for the third time, who no longer allowed for a revival and killed him for good.
Stream sniper has been hunting him for 3 days
This was the realization: At that moment, TimTheTatman realized that the sniper was “the same guy” who had been hunting him for 3 days: A stream sniper who had it out for him.
He said he had already blocked the player named Wolf, but he keeps creating new accounts. Tim said: “I fucking hate you.”
It’s a half-serious mood he falls into: While his friends are just laughing and having a blast, TimTheTatman puts on a little show, banging on the table and shouting.
The scene starts around 15:27 minutes:
This is how it ended: TimTheTatman was just complaining about the cheater again when he apparently let himself be killed by the streamer’s teammates on purpose, thus giving the team – without him – the victory.
The streamer tries to put a brave face on the bad situation but already seems annoyed as his friends are amused.
This is how it’s discussed: In the comments on YouTube, some point out to TimTheTatman that his “personal record game” only looked so good because some “friendly stream” snipers threw themselves in front of his gun and allowed themselves to be shot by him, thus donating him kills.
It seems that such a popular streamer as TimTheTatman simply does not play “Call of Duty: Warzone” as a normal person does.
In any case, TimTheTatman seems to embrace his role and play it wonderfully:
Twitch streamer gets killed by CoD pro at event until he screams and whines
In general, the reaction to the video is very positive: People enjoy how TimTheTatman gets annoyed and worked up.
“Punching Bag” as a Success Model
What’s behind it: TimTheTatman is an interesting streamer because he often slips into the role of a “loser” or is put in that role.
He began his career by serving as someone who can be targeted by the big “pros” on Twitch:
- He became popular as the somewhat slower buddy of Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who couldn’t quite keep up with the hyper-competitive Twitch star
- Also asthe punching bag of Dr Disrespect he had to take a lot – from the self-proclaimed super macho, TimTheTatman had to endure his reputation as a “casual” player
His fans apparently love to see him suffer a bit because they can identify with TimTheTatman this way.
There are several examples of such a pattern in pop culture: Herbert Feuerstein had to serve as a punching bag for Harald Schmidt in the show “Schmidteinander”.
In any case, TimTheTatman seems to embrace his role and play it wonderfully:
Twitch streamer gets killed by CoD pro at event until he screams and whines
