Unepic(gamingbeasts.com)

On the screen, Fenris_the_Slayer stopped mid-charge. He didn't take cover. He didn't fire. He simply began to walk slowly, helplessly, into a brick wall. The chat log exploded: WTF Fenris? Is he lagging? GamingBeasts? More like GamingBambi. UNEPIC FAIL.

"You know," Arthur said, sighing as he opened the GamingBeasts forums to see a meme of his character walking into a wall already trending. "They say every beast has a weakness. I just didn't think mine would be a Dorito." UnEpic(GamingBeasts.com)

Arthur sat in the silence of his room, the smell of spicy nacho cheese hanging heavy in the air. He looked at his sticky keyboard and then at Dave, who was currently trying to scrape cheese off the carpet with a ruler. On the screen, Fenris_the_Slayer stopped mid-charge

In slow motion, the nachos took flight. A glob of molten, synthetic orange cheese landed directly in the center of Arthur’s mechanical keyboard. The 'W' key—the key required to move forward—stuck instantly. He simply began to walk slowly, helplessly, into

The neon sign for flickered, casting a sickly green glow over Arthur’s cramped apartment. In the digital world, Arthur was Fenris_the_Slayer , a Level 99 Paladin with a sword made of captured starlight. In the real world, Arthur was a guy who had just realized he was out of clean socks and his internet provider was about to throttle his bandwidth.

The match started. It was a 5v5 tactical shooter. Fenris moved with lethal precision, flanking enemies and racking up headshots. The commentary on the live stream was electric: "Fenris is playing like a literal beast! GamingBeasts.com has never seen anything like this!" But then, the happened.