How A Peanut Started A Full On Faction War
If you have seen the words Bungulators and Arc Raiders flying around and had no clue what was going on, you are not alone. It sounds like made up lore from a sci fi comic, but this whole thing is very real and playing out live on Twitch.
At the center of it all is TheBurntPeanut, a streamer who literally mocaps as a peanut. He first blew up in Escape from Tarkov, then expanded into Arc Raiders and some Battlefield 6 Redsec. His community is intense in the best and strangest way possible.
Arc Raiders itself is already one of the hottest extraction shooters around, so Twitch naturally flooded in. Big names like Shroud, Ninja, xQc, TimTheTatman, Myth, summit1g and more are all dropping into the same universe. That is the perfect recipe for chaos.
The spark that set everything off was surprisingly small. A random Arc Raiders player managed to down streamer HutchMF in game and yelled that it was “for the Bungulators” before doing it. HutchMF posted the clip and answered with three words that instantly escalated things.
“This means war.”
That was the moment the Battle of the Bungulators began.
Bungulators vs FMF: Picking Sides In Arc Raiders
From there, the whole thing snowballed into a full scale community event. Streamers started choosing sides like they were joining guilds in an MMO. The internet decided this turf war would be known as the Battle for Speranza.
Here is how the teams currently line up.
- Team Bungulators led by TheBurntPeanut with cloakzy, Myth, summit1g, RNGingy, Shroud and now Ninja.
- Team FMF led by HutchMF with TimTheTatman, Nadeshot, Symfuhny and NickMercs.
HutchMF even posted an “official map” of the conflict showing which side controls which part of the Arc Raiders world. It is totally community made, but that is the charm. It feels like an old school clan war, just with millions of viewers and giant creators involved.
The wildest twist so far is how Ninja decided which side to join. In a TikTok, he explained why he refused to go against TheBurntPeanut and his community.
He points out that TheBurntPeanut’s AFK channel alone pulls around four thousand viewers. Not his main stream, not a live event. Just an away from keyboard channel. Ninja jokes that he is not about to declare war on a fanbase that powerful, because he does not want to get endlessly stream sniped by people who are loyal to a peanut avatar.
The conclusion of his rant is simple. He is joining the Bungulators. He is not fighting the Peanut.
That might sound like a meme, but it makes sense. TheBurntPeanut’s viewers are clearly dedicated to the bit and ready to take this in game war seriously.
Skins, Dress Codes And The Final Showdown
This is where it stops being just a streamer beef and turns into a full community wide roleplay event. Both sides now have official dress codes in Arc Raiders so players can rep their faction in game.
- Bungulators: Follow TheBurntPeanut’s order to wear “clothes stained with the blood of the enemy.” In practice that means a specific messy look that fans are copying so they can recognize each other and swarm enemies.
- FMF: If you want to roll with HutchMF’s crew, you need the Torpedo skin in red, helmet on, mask on, sleeves off and goggles on.
- The neutrals: xQc has not officially picked a side, but of course he still wanted in. He declared his community a neutral third group. His fans run the origin skin in blue with headgear on, acting as their own faction in the middle of the chaos.
Because this war is mostly about vibes and viewer energy, there is no proper score system. There is no official leaderboard telling you who is winning. The only real metric is how many fans are willing to jump into games, follow the outfits, and make life difficult for the opposing streamer.
That could drag on forever, so both sides agreed on a way to settle things properly. They are planning a final showdown this Saturday on the Spaceport map. The time is set for the evening in North America which lands as a late night slot in Europe. It is framed as the last big clash between the Bungulators in the north and the FMF in the south.
The outcome will not change the actual Arc Raiders world. There are no official in game rewards on the line. But in terms of community bragging rights and internet history, this is the kind of event people will remember: a streamer who mocaps as a peanut leading an army of viewers against another massive crew in a sci fi extraction shooter.
Who is likely to win? The article puts its money on TheBurntPeanut. He comes from the brutally competitive world of Tarkov, he has a fanbase that watches him even when he is not there, and his whole brand is so cursed that it somehow loops back around into being unstoppable.
Whether you care about Arc Raiders or just love watching the streaming world invent new levels of absurd drama, the Battle for Speranza is a perfect snapshot of gaming culture right now. Player creativity, streamer ego, community memes and a lot of people taking a peanut way more seriously than anyone expected.
