The Twitch streamer Kilian “Tanzverbot” Heinrich says that he has already fallen victim to so-called swattings more than 50 times. He even lost his first apartment due to the constant police deployments.
Who is the streamer? The Berliner Kilian “Tanzverbot” Heinrich is a streamer and YouTuber who mainly operates in the “Just Chatting” category on Twitch. He became known for videos in which he made “announcements” to well-known content creators.
In general, the 26-year-old rarely holds back when he criticizes. In 2022, a conflict with streamers Orangemorange and Scurrows, whose gambling content he criticized, escalated into a physical confrontation at gamescom. The dispute continued in 2023 with an address leak.
When the addresses of Twitch streamers are made public, it often has consequences: ranging from relatively harmless pranks, like sending food delivery people to the content creator’s house, to police deployments, known as “swatting”.
In an interview, Tanzverbot now talked about this dark side of fame.
Streamer says: He lost his apartment due to constant deployments
What experiences does Tanzverbot have with swatting? In the podcast “Henke’s Corner”, Tanzverbot talked about his swatting experiences. It all started when he had just moved into his first own apartment. He is still glad about that: If it had happened at his mother’s place, it would have been even worse.
At that time, the 26-year-old said he was not as self-confident as he is today and let himself be easily intimidated. He reports how 4 or 5 police officers came into his small, messy apartment because someone had claimed that teenagers were being held there.
Overall, he has now experienced around 60 such deployments. He is not entirely sure, as he only counted up to 50, says Tanzverbot. Additionally, there were numerous false food deliveries made in his name.
The Twitch streamer lost his first apartment due to the constant deployments. Fortunately, his uncle was able to find him a new apartment, where he still lives today.
Twitch streamers are a popular target for this practice, as the perpetrators hope to be able to follow the police deployment live in the stream. Swatting is not a prank, but a criminal act, that can end fatally.
For those affected, these deployments can also represent a psychological burden and be traumatic.
“Fans” are said to have even considered breaking down his door
What is the situation today? Tanzverbot reports how the situation has developed since the streamer Orangemorange made his address public in the spring. He says that, apart from the police deployments, he has actually been quite undisturbed there.
However, there are now increasingly supposed fans standing in front of his door. This has become a real trend and is now quite annoying. The 26-year-old says he cannot go out because he does not want to give the uninvited guests the confirmation that he really lives there.
Additionally, he does not want to be filmed while he runs after teenagers to scare them away. Once, people even discussed breaking down his door in front of his door, Tanzverbot reports.
Although he did not really take the “fans”‘ plan seriously, he always stays ready in case something happens, says the streamer.
You can watch the entire episode here; the discussion about swatting starts at 0:19:14:
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Host Henke seems to have a specific prey pattern with the guests of his podcast: freshly banned Twitch streamers. LetsHugo was freshly banned at the recording of his interview, and Tanzverbot has just gone through a ban. Perhaps that is why they had time for Henke’s Corner.
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