The Twitch streamer “j0beats” is primarily out in the real world with Pokémon GO. Recently, she had an unpleasant encounter with a stranger.
What was the situation? j0beats was out with her viewers playing Pokémon GO when she encountered two older gentlemen who appeared to be somewhat tipsy. The men initially approached her about her camera and then appeared on the screen themselves.
What started as harmless small talk quickly took an uncomfortable turn.
How did the conversation go? j0beats spoke with the men, who introduced themselves as Glen and Barry from Sheffield, and tried to explain Pokémon to them. After introducing herself as Jo, one of them commented that his wife would also have that name.
His companion seemed to already sense the direction the conversation was headed and tried to urge him along with a “Let it go, Glen.” However, Glen appeared unfazed and began to comment on the Twitch streamer’s false eyelashes.
When j0beats complied with his request to close her eyes so he could get a closer look at her eyelashes, he attempted to kiss her. The Twitch streamer barely managed to dodge and quickly moved away from the men.
She commented on the incident to her viewers: “A sexual assault live on stream, okay, I didn’t like that. Damn, that was close.” We have embedded the associated clip for you here:
However, j0beats was not intimidated by the encounter and continues to regularly go out with her viewers to catch Pokémon.
The special thing about streams of Pokémon GO is that unlike most other games, they are not played in dimly lit streaming rooms, but outside, in “real life”.
The unpredictable encounters with strangers often make the appeal of these IRL streams, but they also lead to uncomfortable situations:
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