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[Dead Prince]

and now thousands of people try to stream just hoping they get "trolled".

 

[NotLiquid]

I really have no sympathy for chargeback trolls after a friend of mine ended up in debt because of them. Fuck this guy, glad he got what he deserved.

 

[DoublePayje]

Got what he deserved... but side note, are all livestreamers that spastic with the weird popups and gifs and shit?

Jup they are, that is how twitch works.

 

[Fewr]

*donates money to Vex Krone*

 

[Gaz_RB]

Got what he deserved... but side note, are all livestreamers that spastic with the weird popups and gifs and shit?

The ones that make the moolah.

 

[oti]

What a way to ruin your life.

 

[Guevara]

just lol

 

[LCGeek]

Oh man. This is glorious. He basically screwed his financial life for good over a prank.

This. Normally I give sympathy to people in financial problems but this one was self induced for fucking LULZ.

 

[Rubius]

Feel kinda bad for the prankster. 50K of credit card debt is no joke really.

 

[Handy Fake]

What if it's some kid using his dad's credit card?

The kid's clearing leaves out of the guttering until his pension clears.

 

[Simply Sami]

He'd just do a chargeback with his credit card and PayPal will be the ones making a loss.

But good to see PayPal not always siding with the donator. Seen cases where the streamer has made big losses because of trolls like this.

 

[psynergylover]

Hold that L

 

[Makikou]

That's a lot of money. He should be able to get it back. Sure he was a dick, but he's a kid.

Umm no.

 

[idonteven]

twitch is all about who can sell out the most and get that money the last 2 years

 

[Xanathus]

Did some quick research on this and it looks like this happened all the way in January 2016 but there doesn't seem to be any actual info about whether or not the chargebacks were actually successful. The only news about it is Sodapoppin saying he'll try to fight the chargeback
https://www.reddit.com/r/sodapoppin...s_ninja_attempts_to_chargeback_the_thousands/

So there's no proof it ended "bad" for the scammer

 

[Darryl M R]

Sounds like lawyers will have to get involved. The family this kid stole from to troll these streamers deserve their money back; hopefully this kid is no longer to have internet access for a long time.

Umm no.

Assuming that it is his parent's money then they should be able to receive it back. There are safeguards in place for fraud like this.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Hahahahahahahahaha.

Ah, what a dumbass.

 

[backflip10019]

The poor parents.

But this is hilarious. I actually love the reactions.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

Good.

 

[impirius]

I feel terrible for that kid's parents. They could be sorting this shit out for a long time.

 

[AoM]

Got what he deserved... but side note, are all livestreamers that spastic with the weird popups and gifs and shit?

Yes, and can really take away from actually playing the game.

 

[SJRB]

Got what he deserved... but side note, are all livestreamers that spastic with the weird popups and gifs and shit?

Some streamers handle it more.. elegantly than others [Lirik for example deals with donations really well], but yeah.. There's no way around it, especially with the popular streamers you have to deal with donations popping up on screen very frequently.

 

[Recall]

Stupid people. Do stupid things. Then cry how they didn't know they were stupid.

 

[bjork]

Man, I should go on twitch. free money!

 

[Quonny]

Is this legit? Chargeback would mean he used a credit card but you're telling me fraud protection did not kick in almost immediately? No way.

Many, many banks aren't suspicious of PayPal transactions, even in large numbers.

To link a card/bank to PayPal you need to have access to a person's online bank account, physical phone (as almost all banks have ID verification through a text or phone call when you log into a new computer), and the person would have to not notice the two charges that PayPal charges when linking accounts.

Much more difficult to do PayPal fraud than just swiping a card number.

 

[Lashley]

Good. The little prat.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Umm no.

What kind of response is this?

What's the appropriate rebuttal from me?

Umm, yeah.

 

[Rellik]

Is this legit? Chargeback would mean he used a credit card but you're telling me fraud protection did not kick in almost immediately? No way. Regardless, even with PayPal denying the chargbacks he can still get back his money as it is up to the credit card company really. PayPal will come after him though.

He says on his Twitter that PayPal has banned him from paying out any money now.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

He can troll me if he wants.

 

[idonteven]

Some streamers handle it more.. elegantly than others [Lirik for example deals with donations really well], but yeah.. There's no way around it, especially with the popular streamers you have to deal with donations popping up on screen very frequently.

lirik is already stupid rich so its not that "special" anymore for him

 

[Already Torn]

I want to see a Breaking Bad style show where a kid has to turn to crime to pay for his Twitch donations.

 

[Crayolan]

damn those streamers made like 10k each. And the last girl is hilarious having trouble faking her excitement over the $5 donation right after the $1000 one.

 

[Wagram]

Welp. Got what he deserved.

 

[afreaknamedpete]

That's a lot of money. He should be able to get it back. Sure he was a dick, but he's a kid.

Yes seriously. Considering the large proportion of people living paycheck to paycheck 50k in sudden debt doesn't ruin lives it ruins families. If his parents aren't rich as fuck you're talking about losing homes outright. PayPal should definitely refund. If not the parents need to due out something.

 

[Gbraga]

Damn. I wish I had that much money to waste on stupid jokes.

 

[Simply Sami]

That's a lot of money. He should be able to get it back. Sure he was a dick, but he's a kid.

What?

This shit again. A so called kid with access to PayPal who wanted to troll the streamer and make sure they paying financially for it when he gets the money back. As PayPal charge the person who gets charge backed with fees.

 

[AdmiralSnackbar]

Was that guy just streaming Alladin while somebody was spamming the same emoji over and over in the chat?

Is there any kind of actual communication with viewers or do they just accept that its going to be incomprehensible and just do whatever and hope for money?

 

[Weebos]

Sadly, this is the exception and not the rule. Glad it came back to bite somebody at least.

 

[Corporal Hicks]

Oh man, wish I was streaming so I could of gotten some of that money. XD

 

[The Flash]

 

[~Cross~]

Someobe should come in this thread and say that's too harsh.

I mean this is the first time the guy did this, sure the guys that suffered the chargebacks would suffer the immediate impact of having thousands of dollars be charged back on them but Paypal should have given him a second chance, furthermore

/s

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Wow, serves him right. If I ever got that kind of donation I wouldn't even believe it if I saw the payment go through. I just wouldn't believe. Luck like that never comes my way.

 

[frontovik]

That's what he deserves for being an idiot.

 

[Neil_J_UK]

This incident aside, I just don't understand the logic of giving money to people who stream. I get it, you might enjoy watching them, but is that really all it takes to get you to throw money at them?

 

[Diddy Kong]

get rekt nerd

 

[Ray Wonder]

What?

This shit again. A so called kid with access to PayPal who wanted to troll the streamer and make sure they paying financially for it when he gets the money back. As PayPal charge the person who gets charge backed with fees.

I'm sure PayPal wouldn't charge them those fees when it's the fault of the prankster. There're special circumstances for cases such as this.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

What a dumbass. Don't play around with money like that.

 

[Quonny]

Was that guy just streaming Alladin while somebody was spamming the same emoji over and over in the chat?

Is there any kind of actual communication with viewers or do they just accept that its going to be incomprehensible and just do whatever and hope for money?

They're spamming because of the enormous donation. Whenever something "hype" happens Twitch chat goes nuts. It's not like that 90% of the time for many streamers.

 

[Korgill]

Sounds like lawyers will have to get involved. The family this kid stole from to troll these streamers deserve their money back; hopefully this kid is no longer to have internet access for a long time.



Assuming that it is his parent's money then they should be able to receive it back. There are safeguards in place for fraud like this.

Patents are responsible for their kids, they should get nothing back. If he was taking from his parents they should have noticed the money missing at some point.

 

[T.O.P]

What an idiot :lol