▁on ▁the ▁streaming ▁website ▁Tw itch . ▁Ph antom L 0 rd , ▁whose ▁real ▁name ▁is ▁James ▁V arga , ▁is ▁a ▁ 2 5 - year - old ▁professional ▁g amer ▁who ▁regularly ▁streams ▁game plays ▁on ▁his ▁Tw itch ▁account ▁and ▁gets ▁paid ▁to ▁play ▁video ▁games . ▁Red dit ▁summar ized ▁the ▁report ▁by ▁saying ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁planned ▁to ▁use ▁distributed ▁den ial ▁of ▁service ▁attacks ▁to ▁flo od ▁traffic ▁on ▁various ▁high - profile ▁g aming ▁websites ▁associated ▁with ▁Ph antom L 0 rd , ▁including ▁League ▁of ▁Leg ends ▁and ▁Bl izz ard ▁Entertainment ' s ▁Battle . net . ▁According ▁to ▁The ▁Esc ap ist , ▁the ▁ha cker ▁also ▁issued ▁a ▁threat ▁to ▁take ▁down ▁D ota ▁ 2 ▁if ▁Ph antom L 0 rd ▁were ▁to ▁lose ▁his ▁game , ▁which ▁the ▁ha cker ▁carried ▁out . ▁However , ▁he ▁only ▁crash ed ▁Ph antom l 0 rd ' s ▁game , ▁while ▁other ▁games ▁in ▁Do TA ▁ 2 ▁were ▁running ▁normally . ▁ ▁When ▁Ph antom L 0 rd ▁asked ▁the ▁ha cker ▁why ▁he ▁was ▁attack ing ▁these ▁sites , ▁he ▁respond ed ▁by ▁saying ▁it ▁was ▁" for ▁the ▁l ul z " ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁partially ▁out ▁of ▁dis like ▁for ▁" m oney - h un gry ▁companies ." ▁He ▁also ▁persu aded ▁Ph antom L 0 rd ▁into ▁playing ▁Club ▁P engu in ▁while ▁simultaneously ▁man aging ▁to ▁take ▁down ▁Electron ic ▁Arts ▁website