His now negative attitude towards the Reddit community is shown in the following clip. There he talks about how little he thinks of the users on the site.
As the streamer reports, the Reddit community completely missed that his viewers wanted to help him intentionally and supported his way to legend. Instead, they only saw the other players with lower levels who were fetching his loot. When he was also afk shortly before reaching level 50 (the highest level in Sea of Thieves), it gave even more material for discussion.
“People really believe that I just got free loot from level 1 to level 50. I was afk and people judged just based on that situation. It turned into a much bigger deal than it actually was.”
On Reddit, user TehPuppy calculated that Prod1gyX boosted just under 22% of the game. This is what the streamer relies on, stating that he played a large part of the game alone.
Reddit prefers to celebrate a new legend
In the Sea of Thieves subreddit, they prefer to focus on another player who is now being celebrated with the hashtag #MyPirateLegend. SniperNamedG played for 21 hours straight last weekend to finish the last step to become a Pirate Legend. The viewers are satisfied with this legend because they see his run as legitimate.
That Sniper enjoys a significantly more positive reputation on Reddit does not bother Prod1gyX. “Sniper has more viewers than I do […] but my community also makes me feel like their Pirate Legend. At first, it was still awkward to be addressed that way by people. But my plan was to become a legend and do something great with the community.”
Now Prod1gyX helps other players to complete the Legends quests. To start these quests, a Pirate Legend must be a crew member. Although players still occasionally stumble into his chat and insult him, he feels good about what he has achieved.
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He was heavily criticized for his title in Sea of Thieves, but the streamer doesn’t care much about this drama. He sees himself as the first Pirate Legend.
As the first player, Prod1gyX reached the Pirate Legend status in Sea of Thieves, sparking intense discussions in the community. Many do not grant him the title because the player had help from his community.
But his plan was to become a Pirate Legend. And he achieved that.
Much criticism came from Reddit
In recent days, streamer Prod1gyX received a lot of criticism from the Sea of Thieves community. He achieved the title of Pirate Legend in the new pirate adventure with a tactic that many other pirates do not like. His viewers gathered chests for the streamer, which he then only had to turn in to collect the reputation points. This saved him a lot of grinding time. With the hashtag #NotMyPirateLegend they protested against his title.
This is a reference to the protest against Donald Trump – at the beginning of 2017, the hashtag #NotMyPresident went around the world.
But the streamer does not let himself be overwhelmed by the criticism. In every game, there are positive and negative aspects, he explains to Polygon. But from his side, everything would be 100% positive. He does not bash the game and does not speak ill of other streamers. The source of the drama is Reddit.
Shortly before reaching his Pirate Legend status, more and more viewers tuned into his stream. When a player is about to achieve such a big event, it attracts an audience. Prod1gyX says that the new viewers quickly made claims. Without help from other players, he would not have gotten this far, they say.
“When they heard something about ‘boosting’, they criticized my playstyle,” says Prod1gyX regarding the Reddit users and new viewers in his stream chat. “They only heard ‘boosting’ and immediately started twisting my words. ‘He completely got boosted’ and people tweeted me ‘Cheater, Cheater, not my legend’.”
His now negative attitude towards the Reddit community is shown in the following clip. There he talks about how little he thinks of the users on the site.
As the streamer reports, the Reddit community completely missed that his viewers wanted to help him intentionally and supported his way to legend. Instead, they only saw the other players with lower levels who were fetching his loot. When he was also afk shortly before reaching level 50 (the highest level in Sea of Thieves), it gave even more material for discussion.
“People really believe that I just got free loot from level 1 to level 50. I was afk and people judged just based on that situation. It turned into a much bigger deal than it actually was.”
On Reddit, user TehPuppy calculated that Prod1gyX boosted just under 22% of the game. This is what the streamer relies on, stating that he played a large part of the game alone.
Reddit prefers to celebrate a new legend
In the Sea of Thieves subreddit, they prefer to focus on another player who is now being celebrated with the hashtag #MyPirateLegend. SniperNamedG played for 21 hours straight last weekend to finish the last step to become a Pirate Legend. The viewers are satisfied with this legend because they see his run as legitimate.
That Sniper enjoys a significantly more positive reputation on Reddit does not bother Prod1gyX. “Sniper has more viewers than I do […] but my community also makes me feel like their Pirate Legend. At first, it was still awkward to be addressed that way by people. But my plan was to become a legend and do something great with the community.”
Now Prod1gyX helps other players to complete the Legends quests. To start these quests, a Pirate Legend must be a crew member. Although players still occasionally stumble into his chat and insult him, he feels good about what he has achieved.
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