Since the end of last month, Jungkook has started a daily livestream series on Weverse Live with the goal of playing games with fans. During these several-hour-long broadcasts, he continuously plays various games such as Party Animals, Poppy Playtime, and PUBG with fans.
The endlessly funny and chaotic moments between the idol and fans have become increasingly captivating. At its peak, one of his livestreams reached over 9 million concurrent viewers and nearly 80 million real-time likes. Following streamer Jungkook’s sessions, all the games he played saw a 100% surge in worldwide Google searches. He also ranked as the #1 Breakout and top rising topic across all categories.
While most fans love Jungkook’s gaming livestreams, they couldn’t help but make a “small comparison” with V’s gaming livestream on Weverse Live back in November 2022. That was a one-hour broadcast where he played games such as Fall Guys and Goose Goose Duck.
Why the comparison, even though they played different games? It stems from how fans perceive the difference in the way ARMYs treat the two idols during gameplay. Amusingly, even though both are deeply loved, it seems that V tends to be “blatantly favored” by fans compared to Jungkook in gaming matches.
Specifically, some fans pointed out that during V’s 2022 livestream, experienced players intentionally helped him win the rounds. They also noticed that ARMYs seemed to protect and cooperate with him more than attack him.
In contrast, during Jungkook’s gaming sessions — especially in Party Animals — the competition between the idol and fans is completely ruthless. Fans often use explosives or directly knock him out without hesitation for even a second. Jungkook is practically in a one-versus-all battle every time.
Even when taking commemorative in-game group photos, Jungkook, despite being the winner, could barely find a proper spot for himself because he was swarmed by the crowd of fans — leaving him helplessly giggling.
Many fans have started joking about ARMY’s “unfair treatment” toward Jungkook, humorously demanding justice for the youngest member. Others explained that this difference comes from the distinct nature of their relationships with fans.
Jungkook approaches gameplay with a more competitive spirit and comes across as a gaming buddy to ARMYs. Meanwhile, V has a “sweet,” gentler approach, leading fans to “pamper” and go easy on him. Even the motivation behind teasing V feels different — more like playfully teasing someone you have a crush on rather than a best friend.
This topic has sparked a wave of humorous comments from ARMYs all around the world:
- not armys turning into bts when it comes to defeating jungkook in games
- They have no mercy with JK lol. Justice for our maknae
- It made me laugh during the live It was so funny and the moment he got нιт by a banana when he was hiding omg i can't control my laugh at that moment
- jungkook is our best friend and taehyung is our crush so...sorry
- Jk is super competitive so he makes us super competitive... Taetae is so sweet with us so we are sweet right back!!
- Well winning against jungkook is like winning a world cup
- They say we reflect our biases. So if TaeTae is sensitive and sweet he gets fans that wait for him to finish the game. If JK is competitive with peers he gets fans pulling his character's hair, smacking the character in games. Hahahahha
- Because Taehyung is our bestie and Jungkook is our bro. Lmfao
- I think Army let everyone win except Jungkookie and Jin cos we have to match their competative αѕѕes + I love listening to Jin's whining sound when he tries not to ¢υяѕє
- thv keeps sushing us even when we call his name out loud whereas JK threw dynamite on an army who was just standing there in the game bruh
- I watched this part, I was laughing my *ss off. But I require justice for my Jungkook, guys
- I think it's a testament to how well army understands their different personalities.
- Hyung is hyung nd maknae is maknae. Youngest way more tempting with comments, competitions ,rage baiting, fιgнтing annoying eo
- I am crying its just us dealing with the boys the way they like this is so funny HELPPPPPP
