The PvP nature of multiplayer extraction shooter Arc Raiders has been contentious for the reason that recreation’s launch. There are a lot of who see the flexibility to kill and be killed by different gamers are important for the sport’s pressure and delight. There are others who argue it’s antithetical to the conventions of a recreation during which a scant, courageous few try to carry again sources to these dwelling underground. Both approach, Arc Raiders gamers have reached a captivating and fragile understanding during which most individuals, more often than not, don’t kill. So when a retired professional gamer reveals up and simply begins slaughtering all the things, it’s…nicely, it’s simply impolite!
As IGN reviews, Taylor “THump” Humphries—a former professional at video games like Apex Legends, Rocket Area, and H1Z1—has determined to spend his spare time taking out as many “informal” gamers as he can in Embark’s breakout hit recreation. On latest Twitch streams, THump has been broadcasting himself griefing in Arc Raiders for, seemingly, his lone amusement. His most up-to-date stream, a grueling 13 hours lengthy, is primarily the man killing different gamers in a recreation during which most individuals choose to be peaceable.
The difficulty with THump’s murderstreams is that your entire train is the online game equal of shitposting. His commentary is incessant irony, with him laughing as he makes different folks unhappy. And, I dunno, I’m too previous and drained to search out that shit humorous. By some means that is proving entertaining sufficient to the streamer that he’s doing it night time after night time of late, most not too long ago delighting in lobbing grenades.
Logging in with a full stock of set off nades and killing everybody attempting to get re-looted after the expedition is a pleasure. Set off nades do NOT want a nerf! Residehttps://t.co/hiY3uPb3e7 pic.twitter.com/DuaFRCGlUi
— THUMP (@THump) December 22, 2025
A couple of days again, it was this submit on X that basically riled folks up, as THump dropped a clip of his killing a celebration of 4 on the very begin of a run, once they didn’t even have any loot to steal. “We simply began, I’ve nothing,” stated the primary particular person he killed. “What scum man,” they added after the second kill.
I like killing grown males which have jobs and youngsters as they’re attempting to get 5 million credit for the expedition. Killing all teamers in solos, reside now.https://t.co/hiY3uPb3e7 pic.twitter.com/ncHTgNMT1x
— THUMP (@THump) December 18, 2025
Given THump’s a troll, his responses to these objecting—comparable to “I come from a spot the place PvP isn’t non-compulsory…it’s a lifestyle. You need non-compulsory PvP go play WoW“—are clearly insincere. When one particular person calls him “one other poisonous streamer,” and suggests he’d have a greater time serving to different gamers slightly than killing them, he replies, “Id slightly destroy others time than have enjoyable myself.”
However, once more, he’s not doing something unsuitable. Whereas THump’s repeated claims of innocence, that he’s simply killing different gamers “in a PvP recreation,” are clearly disingenuous, there’s no arguing that Arc Raiders isn’t designed to facilitate it. Actually, as a lot as seeing somebody do that for clout is embarrassing to observe, I take enormous solace in understanding that his actions are one thing that stands out amongst gamers. I actually slightly love that this ostensibly PvP recreation has one way or the other engendered a participant base that, 90 p.c of the time, opts to not kill, even when there’s private acquire in doing so. In 2025, that seems like a beacon of hope, and a douche like THump exploiting it solely highlights how helpful it’s.
