There have been many discussions within the games industry about handling toxic fanbases lately. Apex Legends developer Respawn spoke out about harassment of its development team last week, and that statement seems to have caught the attention of rapper T-Pain.
On Saturday, T-Pain addressed the Apex Legends community with a straightforward insistence that they should settle down.
“Bro, y’all have to chill out. It’s a game, my dude. Play something else if you hate it so much, bro,” T-Pain said on Twitter. “Walk away from your pc/console if you’ve become so consumed by a game that you feel the need to threaten the ppl that work hard to make it. Chill, bro.”
T-Pain plays Apex Legends pretty often and regularly streams matches via his Twitch channel. So it’s not all that surprising that he would speak about the statement from Respawn.
Keep in mind that fan feedback in games often turns ugly quickly. Destiny 2 studio Bungie had to take legal action against a player that was threatening an employee with violence. It’s becoming an all-too-common occurrence within games, and many developers are getting fed up.
Respawn still hasn’t publicly explained what prompted all of this, but not much else needs to be said. Be nice, folks.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.