Child Gamer Apologizes for Harassment of Pokimane During Fortnite Stream 12-year-old gamer \u2018Toxic\u2019 made an apology video following a negative interaction with Pokimane during a Fortnite stream. Notable streamer and gamer Pokimane was confronted with an uncomfortable situation during a Fortnite stream. Over voice chat, a fellow player revealed himself as a huge fan \u2014 and a twelve-year-old boy. While Pokimane was initially pleased and surprised at his enthusiasm, that surprise quickly turned to shock and disgust at the kid\u2019s following statements. \u201cAre you down to sixty-nine?\u201d he asked, making slurping noises over the mic. Pokimane left the game following an especially racist remark, where the child yelled \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d during the match. The child\u2019s sexist and racist comments were enough to drive viewers to report him, leading to the deletion of his YouTube channel. The streamer, appropriately named \u2018Toxic,\u2019 uploaded an apology video preceding the ban, where he expressed remorse for his behavior. \u201cI was in Pokimane\u2019s game recently and there was some negative energy,\u201d he admitted. \u201cI wanted to come out and say I\u2019m sorry about all the inappropriate things.\u201d He went on to say that his comments were meant as a joke, and that his words were badly received by viewers. Toxic\u2019s comments caught the attention of Ninja, who recognized that the internet\u2019s anonymity can lead to inflated confidence for pubescent boys trying to interact with women in gaming. \u201cFor some reason, kids just think that they can be the most disgusting people in the world,\u201d he said during a stream. \u201cIt\u2019s the anonymity. There\u2019s no punishment.\u201d Since his YouTube account has been suspended, Toxic\u2019s apology is not longer available for users to see. Toxic\u2019s apology video serves as a milestone for his personal growth \u2013 and a major lesson to those looking to make dehumanizing comments to female streamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Child Gamer Apologizes for Harassment of Pokimane During Fortnite Stream 12-year-old gamer \u2018Toxic\u2019 made an apology video following a negative interaction with Pokimane during a Fortnite stream. Notable streamer and gamer Pokimane was confronted with an uncomfortable situation during a Fortnite stream. Over voice chat, a fellow player revealed himself as a huge fan \u2014 […]<\/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-71723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71723","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=71723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}