"Damn! Piggie's going hard!"
"Wild! Dropped over a grand in minutes!"
'Free game, huh?'
"Haha, five minutes of spending could buy six Titanfall copies!"
"Most players don't need to whale. Grab the $38 pass, play slow, have fun."
"Who you calling slow? I'm DragonSlayer69, I don't wait!"
'Gotta spend big, no patience for seconds!'
'Let him cook! Let him cook!'
'…'
Fans knew Ethan "Piggie" Vance's vibe—a pure whale who throws cash at games.
The Twitch chat was electric, hyping Piggie's wallet while waiting for the unboxing show.
A hundred boxes, bought in a snap.
Click!
Piggie hit Open Combo Pack. The screen flashed, dropping him into a massive abandoned factory.
The scene hit like a memory.
"Oh—yo, this is the spider-bomb level from Titanfall's Blood and Rust!?" Piggie said.
That hellish level still haunted him.
So many deaths back then.
Now, revisiting it? Kinda nostalgic.
Before he could dwell—
Buzz!
A hum cut through. Piggie turned, spotting a small drone hauling an explosive spider.
Unlike Titanfall's killer bots, this APEX spider had a three-sided conical head, non-hostile.
Clank! It landed, head spinning.
Zoop! Three lights—two white, one blue—burst from its sides!
Pop! Pop! Pop!
Three holographic rewards dropped: two common outfits, one camo gun skin.
"This unboxing is lit!" Piggie shouted, floored by the flair.
Chat lost it—
'So slick!'
"WindyPeak built a whole map for unboxing? I'm crying!"
'Feels like home!'
'Beats the lazy crap some games pull.'
'@NebulaGames, learn what a real draw looks like! Ditch your janky Flash wheel scams!'
'LMAO!'
"Haha, savage…"
'Basic shade, max vibes.'
'Ruthless.'
"Odds look solid. Forty boxes in, two Legendary golds already."
'Double yolk pull, I'm shook!'
"Don't jinx it. That's your heirloom luck talking."
'Hiss…'
As chat buzzed, Piggie's boxes dwindled. Only the last one remained: "Alright, y'all, no epic pulls yet. Last box—time for a ritual!"
Piggie crossed his hands, waving wildly, muttering: "By the power of the cosmos! Whoosh! Stars align! Luck unbound!"
"Gimme that glow-up, universe!"
The goofy moves and nonsense chant had chat rolling.
Even Gus Harper, chilling on the sofa, cracked up: "He's gone full mystic. Like that'll spawn an heirloom…"
Before he finished—
"OPEN!!!"
Piggie roared, triggering the box!
Zoop! Zoop! Zoop!
Three red beams erupted from the spider!
Gus froze.
"YO! YO! YO!!!" Zoey Parker screamed louder than Piggie, leaping onto the couch!
Gus nearly yeeted his cola in panic.
"Weren't you just 'wiped out'?" he asked, spooked.
"Did Speed King juice you up?"
"No! No!" Zoey stood tall, pointing at the screen. "It dropped! It dropped!"
She cackled, hands on hips.
0.2% odds? 500 boxes? Pfft!
A hundred boxes, and it's out!
$500, halted! No more wallet sins!
Perfect!
She thought she'd bleed cash tonight, but it stopped here!
But!
Before her victory laugh faded, Gus shrugged: "Yeah, but… Piggie didn't get the butterfly knife…"
"Haha—huh?" Zoey's joy crashed.
On-screen, a barbed recurve scimitar spun before Piggie, glowing like molten lava, heat waves twisting the air.
Bangalore's heirloom, complete with voice lines and unique moves.
"Yo, I'm cracked, y'all! Last box, and it's an heirloom—but it's Smoke Queen's!" Piggie said.
He grabbed the scimitar.
Clang! It turned solid from hologram.
Shing!
He drew it, the blade's sharp hum music to his ears.
A casual swing carved a shimmering arc, air warping from the heat.
"Dude…" Piggie gasped. "This heirloom's fire. The texture's unreal!"
Chat agreed—
"That molten blade effect? Chef's kiss!"
"It's heirloom-tier, no cap."
"Every one's a banger. Why's my wallet sobbing?"
'Broke! My phone auto-scanned the QR code!'
"Haha, this is wild…"
"But real talk, Bangalore's heirloom is a steal for newbies. She's got speed, fists, smoke, and missiles."
"Solid pull! No loss!"
"Big win!"
"Profit…"
Zoey gritted her teeth at the chat.
What're you saying?!
Whales hyping whales!
Chat's just egging Piggie to burn more cash!
Enough!
Twenty minutes, over a grand spent on passes and boxes!
How's this gonna end?
But!
Before her mental rant settled, Piggie's voice boomed: "Hell yeah, worth it! Round two! 500 boxes this time!"
Gulp!
Zoey's brain short-circuited. She collapsed onto the sofa.
Gus: ?
"You… good?" he asked, pointing at his head.
"Just… tired again!" Zoey snapped, yanking her blanket over her, flopping like burnt toast on the sofa arm.
Beep! Payment confirmed!
$2,500 charged, 500 boxes ready!
Zoey's heart bled!!!
$2,500 × 80% × 11 = $22,000 lost from her rebate pool!
She clenched her fists, slumping harder, summoning strength to cope.
"What's up?" Gus asked, eyeing her struggle. "Piggie's unboxing, not you. Why the meltdown?"
"You don't get it!" Zoey growled, thinking: Not my money, but my rebate pool's taking hits!
"I'm just big-hearted! Can't stand seeing players miss out. Cheering for Piggie's a crime now?!"
"Nah, nah," Gus surrendered, hands up. "You're wild. Most fans want streamers to crash and burn on boxes, but you're rooting for him."
"'Cause I'm kind!" Zoey huffed.
"You're the shady one!"
"Alright, I'm shady," Gus said, mimicking a shrug, then leaned back. "I'll just keep watching the show."
The show kicked off.
Maybe the first heirloom dropped too easy.
Next 500 boxes? No heirlooms.
Chat chanted "next box, for sure!" as Piggie grabbed another 500.
Finally, an heirloom—but it's Lifeline's shock sticks!
"Man…" Piggie groaned, half-laughing, half-raging. "Again! I'm not stopping today!"
He waved his hand.
Too slow? A drone transport flew into the factory!
Click, click…
Ten explosive spiders dropped, circling Piggie.
"OPEN!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Ten spiders popped, rewards scattering like confetti!
Blue skies, white clouds—nothing big.
"No dice, again!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Another ten, gold flickers, but no butterfly knife!
"Still nothing? Keep it coming!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Open! Open! OPEN!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The factory echoed with spider blasts!
Wave after wave, reward after reward!
Chat was hyped!
"YO! This is insane!!!"
"Ten-pulls are clean!"
'Too dope!'
"Piggie's built different!"
"WindyPeak, make a 100-pull mode for Piggie!"
"Wild visuals, but Piggie's fuming…"
Yup!
499 boxes, no heirlooms!
Piggie's blood was boiling!
Beep! Payment confirmed!
More boxes!
Everyone knows—you don't get cocky.
Get too hyped, and your cool crumbles.
Piggie was there.
That Speed King butterfly knife was dodging him, refusing to drop!
His blood pressure spiked, vibe shifting from chill to chaos!
Later, it wasn't even about the knife!
This was pride, a full-on gambling abyss!!!
"Nope! Again!"
"Red glow! Robot gloves?!"
"You're hiding, huh? I'll spend 'til you drop! 1,000 boxes!"
"This thing's that rare?!"
"Snake-skin hammer! Open! Open! OPEN!"
"Keep going! I'm not stopping 'til that butterfly knife's mine!"
"Another 1,000! Full send!!!"
"ARRGH…"
From 500 boxes to 800, 1,000 to 5,000!
Box count exploded!
Hundreds to thousands, thousands to tens of thousands of dollars!
Piggie's prayers went from Lastimosa to Gus, from saints to superheroes!
BGM flipped from epic anthems to random hype tracks!
Boom! Zoop!
Rewards rained—money blooming, banknotes flying!
Red flashes fueled adrenaline, pure poison!
Bloodhound's Raven's Bite axe, Mirage's Oscar statue, Gibraltar's flaming club, Valkyrie's spear—heirlooms galore, dazzling chat!
One! Two! Three!
Five! Seven! Nine!
From 8:30 PM to 12:30 AM!
Finally!
Box 7,892—Zoop! Zoop! Zoop!
Red light flared, and the butterfly knife dropped!
Piggie wailed, grinning like a 300-pound kid!
Nearly 8,000 boxes! Four hours! $40,000 spent!
A $40,000 heirloom!
Speed King's butterfly knife completed Piggie's APEX skin collection!
Avatars, taunts, outfits, gun skins, trails, charms, banners, animations, heirlooms—he had everything!
Whale mode: maxed!
Chat detonated!
Insane! Wild!
Piggie's spending spree! Fans losing it! Gus cackling!
Zoey? She's done!!!