Twitter is een prachtig medium voor developers om met hun publiek in touch te blijven, maar het trek ook de trollen en drollen van het internet aan die zich geroepen voelen om mensen te bedreigen. Dit is wat Shaun Himmerick de developer van Mortal Kombat X ook is overkomen, want hij werd bedreigd dat zijn vrouw en dochter verkracht zouden gaan worden en daarom heeft hij begrijpelijk zijn Twitter verwijderd. Dit soort shit maakt me fookin pissed off, want Himmerick is de developer van een zeer geliefde franchise en doet zijn best om naar de fans te luisteren en vervolgens is zijn familie doelwit van morons. Mja... welcome on the internet.

On March 26, Himmerick posted a threatening message [NSFW] he received from a fan regarding his wife. At this time, Himmerick announced he would be leaving Twitter, and he also changed his Twitter handle to "come on people."

Across a series of follow-up tweets, Himmerick went on to offer more insight into why he's decided to quit Twitter. It's not because he's inundated with messages from fans asking about new Mortal Kombat characters and other details about the game. He says he understands this passion and it's what drives him at work, too. Instead, he's stepping away because he won't stand for threats against his wife and daughters.

So to be clear. The reason I don't want to do this twitter anymore is not fans asking for characters or hints or whatever. I get that ->

That is passion and love for the Mortal Kombat and I also have that. So I get it. No problem. I'm glad people care about their favorites ->

I used to be thick skinned enough for the random personal attacks. I'm a big boy I can handle it. I've been in my share of fights. ->

However I cannot deal with the threats of violence to my wife and now young daughter. threats of sexual violence are even more disturbing ->

You wanna fight me for Any reason. I'm probably willing to go, verbally or physically. I can hold my own. But threats on my ladies? No