That Marathon streamer NAPainter_ straight-up ruined a team's hard-earned Compiler clear in Cryo Archive by glitching out of bounds and camping the loot room like a total coward. The clip went nuclear on X, with players calling it the most heinous shit they've seen in the game yet, and Bungie didn't waste time slapping him with a 30-day ban for deliberately wrecking the experience.

NAPainter_ owned up quick on his X post, straight admitting 'I made a mistake and did something fucked up. I’m willing to take this' without any bitching or excuses. He even said he should've just let the team self-revive instead of gloating and looting their stuff, which is the least he could do after turning their victory into a straight-up ambush.

The whole thing forced Bungie to patch the exploit before Cryo Archive rotates back in and rethink their out-of-bounds policy after previously letting slide-by bugs fly. Affected players got compensated, but the damage to the game's rep is already done -- nothing kills hype faster than viral clips of this level of griefing.

Reddit's r/Marathon thread is full of players demanding permanent bans and roasting how toxic this move was on what was supposed to be a fresh raid clear. Marathon's still finding its feet as Bungie's extraction shooter, and moves like this just hand the haters more ammo.