DERPTrolling

DERP is a group of crackers (or hackers, because the media is ignorant) that are friends with Phantom Lord (Powerword: James Varga). He supports himself by livestreaming from the comfort of his home which means he doesn't get out often. Noticing their comrade was spending way too much time indoors, DERP decided to encourage PhantomL0rd to enjoy some fresh air for a change.

Dota 2

On December 30th, PhantomL0rd was earning a paycheck by playing Quake Live as fans watched online. His game was interrupted when DERP launched a DDoS attack, crashing the game's server. On Twitter the crackers taunted James who decided to test their skills by playing a different game. In the middle of a Dota 2 match, DERP told Phantom Lord that if he lost, which he did, they would crash the game's server, and they did. At this point most people would take a hint, but James had 140,000 people watching him on Twitch, and he didn't want to disappoint them. What he didn't know, was that 77% of those viewers was nothing more than DERP's botnet.

Pizza deliveries and hostages

It wasn't difficult for DERP to know PhantomL0rd's every move since he was still livestreaming, the crackers announced on Twitter what server was their next target before taking it offline. Even after his real life information was posted and several pizza delivery guys showed up at his front door, James still didn't take a hint. Twitch was aware of the situation but didn't intervene by shutting down the stream on James' behalf, possibly because they didn't want to lose advertising dollars from those 140,000 viewers or to piss off DERP. Phantom Lord then proved he lacked any common sense when he ignored warnings from the crackers that the authorities were on their way. Only after he noticed police cars arriving at his home, something about a possible hostage crisis, did he finally get off the damn computer and worry about his safety. He opened the door and attempted to explain the situation, but instead was greeted with a semiautomatic as his place was searched.

No fault

With the encouragement of Phantom Lord, games of League of Legends, Club Penguin, World of Warcraft, Dota 2 and World of Tanks were interrupted. League of Legends had received the most attention, leaving servers and forums were inaccessible most of the day. While this had been happening, James asked DERP what their main objectives were, to which they replied, "For the lulz." Electronic Arts, Blizzard and Riot weren't laughing, but they're greedy corporations so nobody cared. Later the the Twitch streamer was interviewed and asked if maybe he shared any responsibility since he wouldn't stop streaming, obviously the answer was none whatsoever. He also denied that he was ever scared which is bullshit.

Hackers, crackers, fanbois and donations

The media is unable to distinguish hacker from cracker, so headline across the Internet read something like, "Game streamer shares his ordeal of hacker attacks and a terrifying police raid." His fanbois rallied behind him, complaining the "hackers" were hurting them and not the greedy corporations. Some of them claimed that any 12-year-old computer illiterate could rent a botnet and get the same results, others stated DDoS attacks and hacking wouldn't be possible if everyone used Linux, failing to understand it must be configured properly. Justin is naturally exploiting this to the fullest, soaking up the attention on Facebook and crying like he is a victim during interviews, hoping for additional $100 donations from his fans. And don't worry, he didn't forget to take picture of the police at his place.