The Bully Hunters held a livestream this past Thursday, April 12, in an attempt to show how it can help female gamers that are being harassed online, specifically in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The concept behind the Bully Hunters is that someone who is being harassed can request help from the organization, and they will then be connected with a “Bully Hunter” on Steam. That Bully Hunter will then somehow join the victim’s in-progress Counter-Strike: Global Offensive match, kill the bully once, and leave a message stating harassment will not be tolerated.
There were a couple of examples of this shown during the Bully Hunters livestream on Twitch, though they appear to be staged incidents. Check out the full Bully Hunters Twitch livestream right here:
Since airing the controversial stream, Bully Hunters has shut down its website and social media accounts. Sponsors SteelSeries, Vertagear, and the Diverse Gaming Coalition have all pulled support from the Bully Hunters, releasing statements that suggested as though the organization started as something much different than what was shown in the stream.
Popular Twitch streamer ZombiUnicorn, who co-hosted the stream, is remaining with Bully Hunters as a consultant. She believes that the organization has done some good, despite the widespread negative reaction to the stream.
Whether or not Bully Hunters will regroup and try again remains to be seen.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is available now for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
Source: Kotaku
