IRL streamer issues warning to troll harassing him at restaurant TheUrbanZebra, Twitch \/ FreepikThanks to the ever-growing popularity of IRL streaming, internet personalities can broadcast their daily lives for all to see \u2013 but sometimes, these streams can end in disaster. Although popular, IRL (in real life) streaming can lead to some risky situations, with obsessive fans and internet trolls able to track down streamers\u2019 locations to potentially harass them without warning. One such incident occurred during IRL Twitch streamer \u201cTheUrbanZebra\u2019s\u201d August 22 broadcast, while he was out getting pizza with a friend. In the middle of his meal, the streamer was interrupted by a member of the restaurant\u2019s staff, who told him that his \u201cboyfriend\u201d had called the location and asked him to wait there. TheUrbanZebra was obviously not buying the story, with his friend exasperatedly joking that \u201cTim is calling again.\u201d \u201cTimothy needs to leave me alone,\u201d the streamer bluntly stated, looking directly into the camera. \u201cI\u2019m really, really tired of him calling me all the time. Timothy, stop it. \u2018Kay? We are over. I\u2019m really, really tired of you calling me all the time.\u201d While TheUrbanZebra was obviously playing along with the troll\u2019s joke, his statement held a note of warning, appearing to ask \u201cTimothy\u201d to respect his privacy behind the humor. This wouldn\u2019t be the first time an IRL streamer has been harassed by trolls on camera, by far: in fact, popular IRL streamer Paul \u201cICE_POSEIDON\u201d Denino was swatted off a plane after streaming inside an airport in April 2017. Denino, known for having a toxic community, was escorted off the plane after a troll called in a bomb threat in his name, later stating that he was \u201cafraid\u201d to stream his Dreamhack experience due to the issue. \u201cIf someone\u2019s willing to do that on a fucking plane, what\u2019s to stop them from doing it at Dreamhack?\u201d POSEIDON said of the scandal. While not as serious, TheUrbanZebra\u2019s joking response to \u201cTimothy\u201d marks the latest incident of IRL streamers being followed and harassed without consent \u2013 an issue that will likely continue as streaming continues to grow in popularity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IRL streamer issues warning to troll harassing him at restaurant TheUrbanZebra, Twitch \/ FreepikThanks to the ever-growing popularity of IRL streaming, internet personalities can broadcast their daily lives for all to see \u2013 but sometimes, these streams can end in disaster. Although popular, IRL (in real life) streaming can lead to some risky situations, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}