In the game Tibia, there was an incident of a special kind. One of the top players made a mistake and was subsequently lynched by a mob. In the process, he lost all his items and is understandably frustrated.
What happened? The player Bugado experienced a pitch-black day in Tibia, which is one of the oldest still playable MMORPGs. His best character died while fighting a mob of players, while he himself had a Black Skull.
A Black Skull means that he has attacked many other players and may be killed without penalty. Characters with a Black Skull also lose all carried items.
On reddit, it is speculated that he had items worth 400-500kk of in-game currency on him. That’s a lot of playtime and causes a correspondingly long face for Bugado.
He streamed the whole action live on Twitch:
Error caused Black Skull
How did the incident occur? Bugado apparently did not receive the Black Skull intentionally by killing other players, but accidentally.
A YouTuber explained the situation in a video like this:
- Bugado first switched from an Open-PvP to a classic server that Tibia has newly introduced.
- There, he changed his keybindings and moved an AoE skill to a different key.
- However, then his client crashed. The file with changed keybindings only saves if the client was properly closed. As a result, the settings reverted when restarted.
- Back in the world, Bugado used an AoE skill in the middle of other players.
- You already get a Black Skull for attacking many players. You don’t necessarily have to kill them.
- Surrounded by so many players, Bugado had no chance to escape and opted for an offensive strategy. In the process, his character died.
What happened after the stream? As reported on reddit, some players returned the found items to Bugado out of pity. Others donated to him, so that an hour after his death he had:
- Some of his items
- About 10k in-game currency
- 700 dollars real money
returned. You can also follow the complete story of the incident in Spanish in this video.
What happened to his stream? After the incident, Bugado received a ban on Twitch. This apparently relates to his reaction to the character’s death and the subsequent livestream. However, this can no longer be retraced.
According to his own statement, Bugado also cannot understand the ban.
The future of Bugado regarding livestreams is uncertain. Tibia itself is, however, a successful game on the streaming platform.
Tibia was released in 1997. However, there is an MMORPG you can still play today, even though it is even older:
