
this is the problem with dating a controlling person. no matter how strong your boundaries may be once you give in to their 'somewhat justifiable' demand it slowly chips away at your agency and you feel the need to run everything by them. this shit ain't acceptable. use stories like this to pick up subtle manipulation and learn, instead of going gaga over some dumbfuck.

a hacker in the traditional sense or is it something else entirely in games?

So he didn't hack - there was a bug with the supply crate items, Sunset basically overloaded it and amplified the effect to crash every channel by activating the bug numerous times all at once, freezing and then killing everyone but himself since he set it off.
It's like the equivalent of using one grenade to set off ten nuclear bombs.
what exactly did their conversation solve
It's okay, they fucked!!