Minecraft streamer Alex "Quackity" recently uploaded a picture of himself and fellow content creator Darryl "BadBoyHalo" with a caption insinuating it was taken in a basement.
The tweet essentially commemorated the first time the two met in real life. The post went viral on Twitter, accruing almost 150k likes in a day.
The picture got the Minecraft community going because BadBoyHalo is said to be especially close to streamer Zak "Skeppy." The caption resulted in many fans and streamers poking fun at the fact that BadBoyHalo seemed to have replaced him with Quackity.
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Skeppy himself replied to the thread, jokingly expressing disappointment and hoping that the picture was photoshopped for him and BadBoyHalo's sake:
Quackity then replied to him in a non-commital tone:
"Basement boyz": TinaKitten, Dream, GeorgeNotFound, and other Minecraft content creators react to Quackity and BadBoyHalo's Twitter pic
The Minecraft social media community is highly active on Twitter and has a tendency to enthusiastically engage in online banter.
Skeppy and BadBoyHalo are known to be very good friends. There is a running joke in the community that their relationship is more than "just friends." Therefore, the "basement" jab in the caption of Quackity's post created a frenzy among their fans and peers, who quickly took to Twitter to express their thoughts.
100 Thieves creator Tina Kitten's tweet about the post elicited a response from both streamers:
Big names such as Dream also got involved by mentioning Skeppy. This elicited a reply from BadBoyHalo and a wholesome GIF by fellow Twitch streamer VelvetIsCake:
YouTuber Vurb also joined in on the action:
Streamers GeorgeNotFound and Karl Jacobs got in on the banter. The former joked about being the photographer behind the picture, while the latter just expressed appreciation for the tweet.
Sapnap also jokingly insinuated that he was there when the picture was taken.
Quackity and BadBoyHalo hopped onto their alternate accounts to add to the banter:
Fans also shared many in-game moments between the two streamers in their reactions to the picture:
As mentioned before, Skeppy and BadBoyHalo met in real life for the first time despite having featured in each other's Minecraft videos and livestreams for years.
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