In GTA 5 Online, there is a vibrant scene of role players who play on private servers. The most well-known role-playing server is called “No Pixel.” It is especially popular among Twitch streamers, who fuel their careers this way. No Pixel had opened a variant for the Arab region, but conflicts arose there.
This is the situation:
- GTA 5 Online is a 10-year-old MMO – the online version of GTA 5. In 2013, the game brought online games into the console mainstream on PS4 and Xbox One.
- For several years now, there has been a role-playing scene that is especially popular among Twitch streamers: GTA 5 is considered an ideal career springboard. Streamers take on roles, interact with each other, play cops and robbers or start their own businesses. This has suddenly made GTA 5 one of the most successful games in the world on Twitch.
- The most successful of these servers in the English-speaking world is called “No Pixel” – they had also opened a server for the Arabic-speaking region.
Support for LGBTQ on server “strictly prohibited”
This has recently occurred: The Twitch streamer “dantexstar” from Istanbul played a character who wore a rainbow-colored bracelet on their right wrist. A sign of solidarity for the LGBTQIA+ community.
He was contacted by an administrator of the server, who told him to take off the bracelet as it was “strictly prohibited.”
The Twitch streamer then received another message through the server’s Discord:
As you know, most Arab countries are Muslim, so it essentially violates our religious beliefs and our culture to openly support the LGBTQ community. We cannot endorse any LGBTQ actions, both within and outside of role play in connection with Arab No Pixel.
Main server shuts down the Arabic offshoot
What were the consequences? The central “NoPixel” server then decided to cut all ties to the Arabic NoPixel and close it permanently.
This decision was made after internal discussions. They were willing to make concessions, but at this point, they decided it was in the best interest of the community to completely end the matter.
More about role-playing in GTA 5:
Twitch streamer quits GTA 5 RP because played job is becoming real: “It’s brutal”
