2020 has already been an absolutely wild year for the streaming community. Dr DisRespect was mysteriously banned last month, with viewers still wondering what on earth the eccentric Twitch personality did wrong, while?several high profile streamers?such as Alinity and Ninja have had dramatic Twitter disputes over recent weeks.
However, In lighter news, there have also been some majorly funny streaming mishaps, such as a Twitch streamer's mom hijacking his broadcast while he was absent and TimTheTatman's?son?unplugging his mic during a stream. Another of these funny scenarios occurred yesterday, when Lynchy, an Australian streamer, got attacked by a particularly vicious Magpie while he was live on air.
The clip that surfaced of this hilarious moment sees Lynchy playing Valorant?with his friends. During the game, a Magpie swoops through the streamer's window next to his desk, knocking over some items in his room before barreling into the wall. Naturally, this makes Lynchy jump, as he turns around and yells "oi, get outta here" in true Australian fashion. The bird clearly doesn't get the message, as it violently attacks the streamer as he returns to his chair, flying at his face and knocking his headphones off. Lynchy laughs, instinctively asking his viewers to "clip that" once he manages to regain his composure.
The whole ordeal is definitely a hilarious moment to catch on stream, especially with how?clearly the camera picks up the Magpie and Lynchy's encounter. Magpie's are known to have an aggressive side when provoked, with several people documenting their?intense encounters with the birds.?As one of the most intelligent mammals in the worlds, Magpie's have the uncanny ability to memorize faces and can be quite violent creatures if humans end up on their bad side. Much like in the Lynchy clip, they usually target a person's face, with many recalling nasty injuries sustained when a Magpie has swooped down from above to attack someone head-on. Ironically, they've actually been voted one of Australia's most popular birds, which only makes Lynchy's bizarre encounter all the funnier.
The clip itself joins a large library of bizarre moments that happen live on air during streams, with some solid recent examples being Alinity getting savagely bitten by her cat, Amouranth getting confronted by a Goodwill employee for a revealing outfit midstream, and a Rocket League shoutcaster's house getting struck by lightning during a game. Overall, Lynchy clearly wasn't hurt, and it's great to see the Twitch streamer laughing at the strange series of events on Twitter with his followers.