In the Hardcore mode of WoW Classic, there is currently a big drama surrounding the streamer guild OnlyFangs and the content creator Jason Thor “PirateSoftware” Hall. After an unpleasant situation in a dungeon, the YouTuber faces hatred. Now, he speaks about it.
This is the whole drama:
- Jason Thor Hall, better known as PirateSoftware, is a former Blizzard developer who quickly became huge with YouTube Shorts.
- In recent weeks, he has mainly been playing WoW Hardcore Classic. In this mode, death is permanent. Hall fled during a dungeon run, and two group members died in the process.
- The situation escalated so much that the guild leader Sodapoppin eventually kicked Hall out of the guild. However, the trouble is significantly greater for PirateSoftware.
This is what Hall says now: In a new post on X, the streamer explains the situation from his perspective. He says: People are going too far regarding this whole matter. He made a mistake – but the entire situation is not solely his fault.
As a result of the situation in the dungeon, he received tens of thousands of messages, in-game, on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, Reddit, even via voice. Hall says he received death threats and shows examples on X.
There are messages visible from players who whisper to him and promise to “stab him” at the next BlizzCon. Others threaten his family, saying they would serve him his father’s head on a silver platter.
Hall and his team have started to report these people. As a former Blizzard developer, he still has contacts within the company and can directly file such reports – threats like these are simply not to be taken lightly.
“The whole thing is annoying”
Hall also explains in his post that the whole situation with OnlyFangs annoys him. OnlyFangs is a hardcore guild of streamers and content creators that mainly want to create material that entertains viewers. With that, the guild is quite successful, OnlyFangs makes WoW one of the biggest games on Twitch.
The streamer criticizes that this idea has long been taken to absurdity. When he was in a group with another streamer after the situation, that streamer reacted extremely aggressively and wanted to argue with Hall in voice chat “for the content.” Hall writes:
This [OnlyFangs] posed as a “content guild,” which meant that we created stories and narratives around our characters and achievements. Not content at all costs – which it has clearly become now.
PirateSoftware on X
In the comments, the drama polarizes enormously. Many users support Hall and say they only watched the guild because of him. They predict the downfall of OnlyFangs. Others criticize that Hall still has not publicly apologized for his mistake.
Things are quite chaotic within the streamer guild itself. The former guild leader Sodapoppin has dueled with Twitch bully Tyler1 – and bitterly lost. A lot was at stake: Twitch streamer loses his guild, then his dignity in a duel in WoW, and 430,000 are watching
