Fans react as PowerGPU gets swatted on livestream on the last day of charity operations
PowerGPU's charity stream took a scary turn when an unknown person called the police on the team. The pre-built PC company was continuing their Operation Giveback stream at the time, where they were building PCs for people who did not get their refunds from now-defunct PC company Artesian Builds.
Such incidents have happened in the past as well, where viewers call the police and inform them of fake emergencies at the streamer's residence. These incidents are termed "swatting." Although it is not known exactly what the callers exactly say to the police, there have been incidents where SWAT teams have jumped into a streamer's room with automatic rifles.
Read on to find out how the PowerGPU team handled the situation and how the streaming community is taking the news.
Artesian Builds was a similar brand that sold pre-made PCs well known in Twitch circles; they often gave away free products to streamers. Ironically, this led streamers to find out about the company's unethical giveaway practices. Soon after being called out for the same in early March, Aretesian Builds closed shop.
The most affected people were the customers who had already placed fully-paid orders with the company. Needless to say, none of them received any refunds from the company, and the company refused to fulfill their orders. Luckily, PowerGPU came to the rescue of some of those in this plight and pledged to assemble and give away 50 PCs to these Artesan Builds customers.
The last stream of Operation Giveback was marred by the team getting swatted, but users can still donate towards the cause on the official website of Operation Giveback. Moreover, any reader who has lost their money due to the crash of Artesian Builds can also fill out an application form
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