According to the earliest traditions, pizza as we know it today originated in Italy and was produced and even delivered around 1880. Back then, the first cardboard box went to the Italian queen. Who would have thought it?
The dream come true of tasty ingredients like cheese, meat, vegetables and strong spices on a rolled out piece of dough... and the whole thing deliciously baked on a hot stone... Hmmm... Pizza! Admittedly, now that I'm typing this, I'm a little hungry... typical gamer. But what happens when there's a "lore" (in the truest sense of the word) and "the pizza" turns unroyally into a nightmare? And you're not hungry at all because you've already eaten before the stream?
Confusion on three sides
Planet Zoo has lost its relevance in the meantime, so I was delighted to welcome around ten new viewers. They stood out in particular for their extremely friendly manner... and the doorbell rang promptly.
Of course, "the pizza" and its suppliers are not entirely unkempt... and unfortunately not even when they are at the door several times within an hour, delivering and wanting to be paid. This naturally raises a lot of questions, especially when the doorbell rings on a Sunday during my livestream. And that's exactly what happens.
I opened the front door and there was a delivery man on my left and on my right (the first two... exactly like that). Each was carrying goods worth about 40 - 50 euros in a hot box. Nice present! I immediately realized what had happened.
And my community in the chat wondered where I was... because they don't know long break screens from me.
Why did this happen?
Basically, you can say that there are legal regulations that affect everyone if you use one or more platforms for business purposes. So does mine Twitch channeland my YouTube channel or my website that you are currently on.
In short: The imprint obligation applies to me and many others! My private address was therefore publicly available on the Internet.
So the new users must have been watching for quite a while. I guess they belong to a group that makes "fun" of seeking out streamers who adhere to the imprint obligation or (have to) allow loopholes that can be exploited to the detriment of the creator.
Everything a bit mixed up - what else has happened?
The pizzas and all the other goodies are on their way and my smartphone is vibrating at the same time. In addition to the flood of suppliers, I receive disturbing messages - I was that clever back then, #KeinKummerMitZweitnummer. A total of 13 different messages poured in from various senders from abroad, as far as I could tell, via WhatsApp, via Discord and via Telegram.
Here are the highlights in a nutshell (but there were many variations, and I've paraphrased them a bit for this post):
- Someone wants to have sexual intercourse with my mother.
- I - an obese child, a sun-bathed rear end of the female form of Sus scrofa domesticus - should enjoy my pizzas.
- My pen*s is small! (But I drive a small car to compensate for the opposite...)
You can imagine: My Sunday was ruined!
Keep calm - there is a lot to do!
Ideally, you should have a pause screen running while you have interrupted the stream and are not at your seat. After you have spoken to the couriers, ask them to give you the order number (or take a photo of the delivery bill with your cell phone), which you will need to provide to the delivery service, e.g. Lieferando.
And don't worry: the bitter truth is that pizza delivery drivers already know this well enough.
Rarely is food ordered directly from the restaurant or delivery service, but with public data via delivery distribution services, as in my case with Lieferando.
Your to-do list:
- Call the delivery service provider Lieferando and have the address temporarily blocked
- Collect screenshots from the affected platforms (from the Twitch chat, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.)
- Make a note of the course of events / keep a log directly in parallel, with times and the respective "events". Don't postpone or do it later, do it straight away! The best law enforcement officers can't do anything with "maybe, should, could, should".
- STAY COOL and end the stream skillfully!
- Call the police and get information on what to do. As a rule, you can file a complaint directly online (you must also list all the evidence there)
- Hire an imprint service to replace the private address
Do not offer a platform
It's very important that you don't give the trolls any satisfaction. Stay calm and don't make jokes about the fact that someone "ordered a pizza for me... hahaha". More importantly, don't rant, rave, insult or do anything that might make you look like a joke. Because that gives the trolls a stage! True Fact: In the course of the whole mess, the trolls tried to incite other viewers in the chat and create a mood (against me). You don't even notice that in the excitement!
Out of this situation, I didn't let on after the first few deliveries, but after another interruption, I ended the stream without addressing the situation and without doing a Twitch raid. I told my community everything later on Discord because I didn't want to risk the situation being discussed publicly and uncoordinated on my social media platforms afterwards and possibly triggering something else there.
Conclusion, No. 1
I really have to admit: I've never experienced anything like it and I never expected it.
If free pizza delivery were not permitted by the pizza suppliers and Lieferando, the expense for the restaurants, the suppliers, for the police and for me would not have arisen in the first place. We also don't need to talk about the unnecessary waste of food. My grandma taught me that food should not be thrown away and that it should be handled sensibly... far from it and I apologize that I didn't just have about 600 euros to spare and an inhumanly large appetite for over 20 pizzas, salads, 10 liters of cola and many other small things... as mentioned above, I had already eaten...
Many streamers and YouTubers have already had this problem, and it doesn't seem to matter how many followers you have. If you become the target of trolls, you unfortunately have to go through with it. However, it's important to stay calm and not give the aggressors a platform. So please don't freak out, rant or bang on the keyboard, and for heaven's sake don't point your finger at the community and hyperventilate... The most famous recent example, "Dragon Lord", has shown how far a wave of trolls can go. Bullying can go.
Conclusion, No. 2
You can certainly breathe a sigh of relief after a few hours of effort - collecting the data and reporting it - but it still feels strange that someone has played such a prank on you. As it is far from funny and wastes working time, resources and money, there is no need to discuss it any further. It should also be clear to everyone that this is not a trivial offense. Heavy fines and even imprisonment can be imposed for data misuse if you are caught... and besides, we're talking about pizza here!
In my case, the complaint unfortunately came to nothing and the police closed the investigation. Nevertheless, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my colleagues at Bonn policewho have supported me here.
Last but not least, I'd like to thank my wife, who immediately notified Lieferando and the police while I was comparing the data with the pizza delivery men... and of course my moderators at the time, who logged the chat histories directly and banned the people concerned within a few minutes via "derivation" and "reminder"... The streamer is only as good as the team behind it. <3
