"We changed servers after we respawned," AJ said. "They stuck with it and even joked about how 'this is the strongest queer I've ever seen'."Įventually, NathanTheHicc and his friends killed AJ's character. "The game notified me that if I didn't fight back, they would do limited damage so I didn't fight back and hoped they would just get bored and leave," AJ said. Fallout 76's player versus player system employs an anti-griefing mechanic that means if you don't fight back, your attacker does negligible damage. He replied, 'I don't fuck with that homo shit' and left."ġ0 minutes later, NathanTheHicc returned with friends to harass AJ and his group. "The three of us were having a good time and talking to him and then one of us commented on his character or his characters outfit being cute. In a follow-up interview with Eurogamer, AJ said the harassment began slightly earlier, when NathanTheHicc approached the group to ask for a Disease Cure item.
This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. #Fallout #Fallout76 /zwPuz7AbsG- AJpls ? November 16, 2018 One of the victims, AJ from Chicago, took to Twitter to publicise the incident with disturbing video footage that has been viewed over 16,000 times.Ĭalled themselves the "gay eliminators" "cleansing the wasteland of the queers" "know what we did to your people back then, we killed them" THIS is the stuff said to us tonight when playing Fallout. Their ringleader, who goes by the username NathanTheHicc, is heard saying "queer down" and "decontaminate the aids". The group of high-level players proceeded to follow and kill the other group of players over a period of about 10 minutes.
This is by design - Fallout 76 is a multiplayer-only game that is meant to spark interesting player interaction. The move relates to an incident in which a group of Fallout 76 players targeted and harassed another group of players, saying over the proximity chat: "we have come to eliminate all gays."įallout 76 employs a proximity-based chat system which means, by default, you can speak to and hear other players when you're near them. The following contains language some may find offensive. Bethesda has banned a group of Fallout 76 players for life after a shocking in-game homophobic attack.
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