"What have you just done?": British streamer Zoil breaks monitor while playing VR boxing on Twitch
British Twitch streamer Zoil ended up breaking his monitor while playing a VR game during a recent stream. The moment caught on stream has gone viral and accrued over 60K viewers on the purple platform.
The streamer was playing a VR boxing simulation game called Creed: Rise to Glory. Unfortunately, playing video games using a VR headset severely impaired the streamer's ability to sense his surroundings in the real world.
Zoil stepped too close to his desk while punching his opponent in the game and accidentally punched one of the monitors in his streaming setup. The noise and outcry from the streamer immediately signaled that things had gone wrong, despite the damage not being visible on camera. One of his friends could be heard exclaiming:
Although the VOD was not available, the clip was widely shared on social media. The streamer even took to Twitter to showcase the damage he had inadvertently dealt. He posted a sarcastic tweet captioned "Good stream" and attached a picture of the damaged monitor.
VR streaming is fraught with danger when surrounding furniture is not accounted for. Back in March, something similar happened to a streamer called mekise, who hurt himself while playing the VR game Budget Cuts.
Virtual reality is meant to be an immersive experience, and players occasionally get themselves into sticky situations because of it.
The incident is a great example of a failed stream, and the streamer oriented (and aptly named) subreddit r/LivestreamFail was quick to latch on to the clip. The post has seen a lot of traction, with Redditors making jokes about whether Twitch would consider this a violent action against the audience, referring to the widespread sentiment in the community about the recent ban enforced on
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