The Overwatch YouTuber “ohnickel” became a victim of a troll attack. The particularly bold approach is causing the “scandal of the month” on Reddit.
Thanks to the wonderful freedom of the internet, some users develop rather dark traits aimed solely at leading others into ruin. Trolls have been on the rise for years, ruining the sensible person’s enjoyment of the World Wide Web.
In recent days, it hit the YouTuber ohnickel, who with his currently more than 770,000 subscribers is one of the larger Overwatch YouTubers. Almost “overnight,” hell broke loose for him, as he became a victim of a rather shameless troll attack that cost him numerous subscribers and brought a lot of hate.
But what had happened?
Ohnickel has, thanks to his large reach, repeatedly held small giveaways where he gifted games to members of his community.
Troll pretended to be a winner
The troll checked the list of winners from the numerous giveaways and made sure which individuals did not have a Reddit account. He quickly created an account himself and claimed – while posing as a “winner” – that he had never received the corresponding games from the giveaways. He repeated this by creating additional accounts “in the name of the winners” and confirming himself. This was fed with fake screenshot evidence.
This “scandal” had direct consequences for Ohnickel. On Twitter, he received hundreds of insults, ranging from “Die, you traitor” to “You are human trash.”
Ohnickel addressed the allegations in a new video and explained, that it is all a fake. He stated that he had handled each of his giveaways properly and contacted the winners. The actual winners have since spoken out and shown that they indeed received their games and that Ohnickel is merely the victim of a troll here.
Troll attempt causes financial losses
A loss of reach and subscribers also means for a YouTuber a loss of income – thus a real financial damage.
Especially annoying: The whole incident occurred at a time while Ohnickel was sleeping. Just 8 hours later, hell had already broken loose, and the effects of the troll were hardly containable.
Fortunately, the “internet magic” works the other way too: The clarification thread has now received more than 52,000 upvotes. A rarity in the Overwatch subreddit.
Cortyn states: Another exemplary incident of how quickly “the internet” can fixate on something and act without checking and thinking thoroughly. One can only hope that such idiots will eventually be brought to justice and get a taste of their own medicine. But for a bit of attention and a wave of hate, some seem to know no boundaries.
Have you seen our PotGs of the week? Some Mei could take a page from that!
