Twitch streamer\u2019s gaming monitor stops bullet and keeps working Twitter \/ @ericgan98A Twitch streamer was protected by his MSI gaming monitor, after multiple shots were fired at random and pierced the walls of his room \u2013 and the monitor continued to function after. On March 4, gamer Eric Gan and his housemates endured a barrage of bullets being fired at their rooms, five shots in total, by a stranger, in what police say was a random incident. Gan wasn\u2019t playing or streaming at the time, with bullets fired at around 4AM, but the monitor could well have saved his life, as it remains intact, and in working order, despite having a bullet lodged in it. House just got shot by random stranger from the street. Msi monitor got hit and blocked the bullet and still functioning. What a day.. shout out to @msiUSA @msitweets pic.twitter.com\/IhwVH2BO0O \u2014 Eric Gan \u989c (@ericgan98) March 4, 2019 The monitor, an MSI Optix G27C2, likely wouldn\u2019t have faired so well if the bullet hadn\u2019t lost most of its momentum by travelling through the wall first, but still, it\u2019s impressive nonetheless. Other bullets penetrated both the dry wall and then the ceiling, but the device appears to have stopped the projectile dead in its tracks. Most of the shots penetrated through the dry wall and ended up on the ceiling. (Basically penetrated through two surface). However one of the bullet ended up penetrating the wall and hit the back of my monitor. Didn\u2019t end up penetrating the monitor and monitor turns out fine. \u2014 Eric Gan \u989c (@ericgan98) March 5, 2019 After Gan\u2019s post went viral, MSI USA reached out the gamer and streamer, and are now sending him a replacement \u2013 although there is no word on whether this one is bulletproof too. Team MSI has reached out to me on reddit and they were really cool by sending me a new monitor! :sob::pray::skin-tone-3: Thanks @msiUSA @msitweets pic.twitter.com\/4rkZNwCwuo \u2014 Eric Gan \u989c (@ericgan98) March 5, 2019 In the meantime, Gan is still streaming with his bulletproof monitor on Twitch, and his story going viral helped his channel gain some new followers too. Thankfully, neither Gan nor his housemates were hurt in the incident, with all other bullets connecting only with the walls and ceiling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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