John Bates ("Psyche"/"Psycracks")

John Bates, known online as "Psyche" or "Psycracks," is a streamer who exists in the archive primarily through Alexandra Mayers's account of their conflict. He is documented as a figure positioned in opposition to Mayers within the ecosystem of overlapping streaming communities, and his presence in the archive is defined entirely by the dynamics of their documented antagonism.

Bates appears in the archive as a contested figure in Mayers's narrative of her streaming relationships. According to Mayers's recounting on EP.1856, Bates allegedly engaged in what she described as manufacturing a false romantic narrative involving her during a period when she was emotionally vulnerable following her father's death. This framing positions him as someone who, in Mayers's account, exploited proximity and emotional turbulence for relational or content purposes. The specific mechanics of how this narrative was constructed or disseminated are not elaborated in the archive evidence provided, leaving the details of their interaction largely shaped by Mayers's interpretation. He is presented as one of several figures (alongside Brandon and Tommy James) who operate within the gravity of Mayers's streaming presence—either as ally, protégé, or adversary—each illustrating different models of attachment and rupture within these micro-communities.

Bates's only documented relationship in the archive is his antagonistic dynamic with Alexandra Mayers. He does not appear to have direct recorded interactions with the host Psyche or other archive figures. His presence is entirely mediated through Mayers's characterization of him as an adversary, making him a peripheral but symbolically important figure in the broader examination of how streaming communities form allegiances and conflicts.