‘Battlefield 6’ player claims the game sent him a humiliating message. Not everyone is quick to grasp what really happened

A Battlefield 6 player claims they received the most humiliating on-screen warning ever after logging a marathon gaming session, telling them point-blank to “TAKE A SHOWER.” This story is absolutely exploding across the internet right now.

A gamer known as @MegSarahX on X shared a screenshot that allegedly popped up mid-session in Battlefield 6. If this is real, it’s one of the funniest anti-grind notifications we’ve ever seen. The player joked, “So this happened 🤣,” and the post immediately caught fire across gaming circles. The alleged message was crystal clear, telling the player they had to stop because they had been playing for a staggering 16 hours straight.

That is a seriously intense session, even for the most dedicated players. As found by Daily Dot, the full text of the warning is pretty aggressive, which is why it’s generating so much chatter. The message supposedly read, “TAKE A SHOWER. You have been playing for 16 hours straight we cannot allow you to continue onto Battlefield 6 servers. We have restricted your account for a few hours please take a break. We have an obligation to keep our players and community safe. This ban is only temporary please try again soon. Scan QR code to learn more or get additional assistance.”

This likely isn’t a real message

Naturally, the community response was mixed, but the initial reaction was pure comedy. Many users instantly dubbed it the “get a life warning,” which is just brutal but hilarious. One user commented, “At least your [sic] dedicated,” which is a truth of being a gamer.

However, the tide quickly turned toward skepticism. Many gamers just don’t buy that EA would ever send out a message using such informal and frankly rude language. I mean, “TAKE A SHOWER”? That just doesn’t sound like the corporate, PR-speak tone we’re used to seeing in official warnings from major publishers.

It was quickly taken apart on Reddit. This type of joke might have been believable back in the early 2000s, but today’s games are so polished and injected with corporate public relations speak that a message like “take a shower” would never make it to the live version of a game.

The biggest proof that the image is likely faked comes from the internet’s grammar police and technical experts. When they zoomed in on the screenshot, they found a ton of errors that point directly to manipulation.

One Redditor, u/Syilv, listed several problems, noting that the text is “riddled with grammatical errors that make it painful to read.” They highlighted issues like strange wording and missing punctuation. For instance, there’s an extra space before the word “You,” and there’s no punctuation after “straight.” They also pointed out that the word “We” isn’t capitalized in the next sentence.

What’s more is that the user themselves admited that it was all fake. They made another post with “You all got rage baited. That is all xo.”