The former Blizzard developer Jason “Thor” Hall (37) has had a great year on YouTube and Twitch as Pirate Software. His growth has been massive: he presented the wise and relaxed world-explainer who has a sovereign answer to everything. But that image is currently going down the drain, revealing another side in MMORPGs like WoW Classic and Ashes of Creation.
This is how Pirate Software presents himself: The 37-year-old Jason “Thor” Hall has had a successful year. On YouTube, he has 2.7 million subscribers as Pirate Software, while on Twitch an average of 17,250 people watch him.
Using clever methods by exploiting the algorithms of the platforms, he has quickly become a successful influencer. In the last 365 days, his average viewers on Twitch have increased by 660% (via sullygnome).
In his videos, he appears as a relaxed and experienced man who provides his viewers with answers to the questions of life or career that plague them. For every complicated question, Pirate Software has a coherent answer which he delivers in a calm voice while drawing a diagram on the screen:
- This is how monetization in video games works
- This is how you provide yourself with cheap groceries
- This is how video game companies fight against the ubiquitous bots. He knows everything.
As a man in his mid-30s, Pirate Software, with his sonorous voice and composed manner, is the voice of reason among the young, hyperactive influencers around. Moreover, he is a die-hard gamer and an insider – after all, he has worked for Blizzard, as he always emphasizes.
Jason Thor Hall is the son of the man who inspired the “nerd” in South Park:
A bad pull in WoW is the beginning of the crisis
What is the problem? At the beginning of 2025, this casual image of the experienced player who knows everything and always remains calm is going down the drain.
We have reported on MeinMMO about his performance in WoW Classic, where he abandoned his group as a magician during a pull and fled, apparently out of fear for his character. In the action, 2 of his teammates permanently lost their characters.
Ultimately, Pirate Software was kicked out of the guild OnlyFangs because he couldn’t take responsibility for his mistakes.
Pirate Software is also facing more trouble in the MMORPG “Ashes of Creation”.
There is currently a video circulating from the streamer Quin69, showing Pirate Software as he:
- teabags opponents – which is considered a “very unsporting and unrefined” action
- threatens an opposing guild to “sweep them off the server”
- behaves like a schoolyard bully
- makes megalomaniac statements like “Do you even know who I am? I will get you banned!”
The video comes from the opposing guild “The Federation” and paints a picture that completely contradicts the image that Pirate Software has built. He does not seem at all like the calm, composed dude who has an answer to everything.
Comments say:
- “You can immediately see that he worked for Blizzard. He takes 0 feedback from the community.”
- “It’s really fun to watch a streamer ruin his career live instead of experiencing it years later in retrospect.”
- “He is such a vengeful person who disguises himself as a nice guy. I love it.”
The New Zealander Quin69 is visibly enjoying making fun of Pirate Software. The video currently has 165,000 views.
Another pull in Ashes of Creation goes horribly wrong
This is the current incident: After he was already accused in WoW of talking big and setting high standards that he then fails to meet in the game, it seems that something similar is happening to him in Ashes of Creation (via reddit).
A video is currently circulating showing him wiping his raid due to a failed pull and simultaneously blaming someone else for the mistake he himself made (via azure.io).
When it is then proven to him that he made the mistake he criticized, he again denies responsibility for the wipe.
This is also a feast for those who are currently keeping an eye on him.
Pirate Software – A man under fire
What’s going on: One should not take all of this too seriously. Of course, Pirate Software has an ego. He is a “typical MMORPG player” who is currently expressing dark sides of his character in PvP – that somehow belongs to it.
Many had already been keeping an eye on Pirate Software because he was so omnipresent through YouTube Shorts and seemed so confident. The failed pull in WoW was the chink in the armor that those people had been waiting for to take a closer look at him. And now they are pouncing on him.
Pirate Software is showing nerves in this unfamiliar situation and reacts defensively. He doesn’t want to take anything lying down, reacts domineeringly, threatens to ban people, and plays up his power and contacts – all of this doesn’t sit well with his opponents.
Probably the best thing would be for him to take a few weeks off to let the fuss about him die down.
It is noticeable that there is a lot of mockery and schadenfreude directed at him because he is currently being violently dragged from the high moral horse he has elevated himself onto through his behavior.
From a distance, it’s easy to say: But here a bit of self-irony would surely do him good. Because many of his viewers, being MMORPG players themselves, surely also understand that one can have a bad day in a raid or behave like a jerk in PvP: Streamer abandons his group in Hardcore WoW, gets kicked from the cool Twitch guild – This is his statement
