"On September 19, at precisely 3:20 p.m. EST, Rockstar Games posted a single message in the GTA Online section of the company's official Discord server. The message was simply Rockstar Games acknowledging a bug involving a GTA Online weekly challenge that was supposed to unlock a piece of in-game clothing for those who completed it, but wasn't working properly. Pretty basic GTA Online update. But for some reason, Rockstar Games followed that message up with an "@here.""
"For those who don't use Discord, dropping "@here" pings everyone in the server channel unless they specifically opt out of notifications. And most people don't do that, especially not in Rockstar's Discord server, where desperate fans cling to the hope that at any time, the studio could drop a new trailer for Rockstar Games has also not really done this before. So that random "@here" instantly caused around 68,000 fans to freak the fuck out."
On September 19 at 3:20 p.m. EST, Rockstar posted a short message in the GTA Online section of its official Discord acknowledging a bug with a weekly challenge that failed to unlock a clothing item. The post included an @here ping in a server of roughly 68,097 members, which notified nearly everyone in the channel. Many recipients interpreted the alert as a potential Grand Theft Auto 6 announcement because fans often watch Rockstar's server for big reveals. The notification displayed for some simply as "Rockstar Games - @here" with no additional context, triggering confusion, anger, and widespread excited disappointment in the chat.
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