The Hunt Direct Incident

The Hunt Direct Incident is a catastrophic event occurred on 27 March 2018 and initiated by the Bald Rumor Man, a major opponent to the Chat Members. The event began when a rumor initiated by the Bald Rumor Man spread into an outside fandom, gaining widespread attention and resulting in sheer chaos.

Background
The Bald Rumor Man had previously created a name for himself within the Chat Members' main fandom for the spread of rumors to the Western fanbase. In reality, these rumors were often in fact unfounded speculation by Japanese fans which were Google Translated by the Bald Rumor Man and treated as fact. Despite this, many to this day swear by the man's rumors.

The Incident
On 27 March 2018, the Bald Rumor Man posted a tweet "passing along the rumor" of new Pokémon news the following day. Surprisingly, this rumor would be picked up by a known news outlet and reported, causing it to spread like the disease it is to all corners of the internet.

By the early morning of 28 March 2018, the Bald Rumor Man's words had been reported by numerous sources. Chat Member Glenn reported back to the server with a number of YouTube videos which mentioned the Bald Rumor Man by name, some of which had actual fucking followings.

Impact on the chat
Dylan was the first member to react, declaring in advance that he would be "losing his shit" if the rumor got traction on YouTube. After Dylan's prediction turned out to be correct, Glenn, Yongou and Favio all expressed their disbelief at the incredible turn of events. The reaction was only made more severe after the discovery of a video from a Spanish-language user which, aside fro

m crediting rumors from completely disparate sources to the Bald Rumor Man, spoke about the latter saying "este ya ha acertado rumores que terminaron convirtiéndose en reales" (in English: "this man has already reported rumors which turned out to be true"), a demonstrable lie. This caused uproar among Spanish-speaking Chat Members Glenn and Favio; Of the event, Yongou declared "esto es el fin, hombre calvo con información falsa".