In July 2023, Bungie banned the largest German-speaking Twitch streamer from Destiny 2 : Luis, known as Lachegga, was banned for toxic comments in Destiny 2. He believes these reasons are just a pretext. He was banned for openly criticizing Bungie. Although Luis still streams as much as before, his audience on Twitch has significantly shrunk in the last 90 days.
Who is Luis on Twitch?
- The Twitch streamer and YouTuber Luis, known as Lachegga, has been active on Twitch since 2013.
- He has always been an active streamer of Destiny: In 2016, he showed 141 hours of Destiny, but at that time had hardly any viewers, averaging about 1 viewer.
- Over the years, his channel grew, and many other German streamers of Destiny 2 stopped streaming: As of the time of his ban in July 2023 , Luis was the German Twitch streamer with the most viewers. In May 2023, he had 140 viewers and 18,748 hours watched.
Ban from Destiny 2 leads to a drop in viewership
How have his viewer numbers developed after the ban? After being banned from Destiny 2, Luis primarily streamed Valorant on Twitch, but was able to reach much fewer viewers with Riot’s shooter than he did before with Destiny 2:
- His average viewers dropped from 106 to 19 – that’s a decrease of 82.1%
- He spent almost the same number of hours streaming as in the previous 90 days
- That people want to see him play Destiny is shown by an attempt to play Destiny 1, during which he had an average of 94 viewers
Permanent ban from Destiny 2 due to toxic behavior
Why was he banned? As Bungie even stated in a tweet, Luis was banned for “ongoing violations of the code of conduct, particularly regarding harassment of players, other creators, and Bungie employees.”
The ban will also not be lifted.
This is what Luis says about the ban: The German creator considers this reason to be a pretext. No one in Bungie’s history has ever been banned for in-game toxicity.
Bungie is simply getting rid of annoying critics with this ban.
Successful with hate – but you still have to show the game
What’s behind this: It is well known that some streamers become very attached to a single game and lose viewers when they switch games or the game’s popularity wanes.
The example of Luis is thus interesting because he has long been characterized by a critical stance towards Destiny: Even though he found nothing good to say about Bungie and Destiny, he was nonetheless relatively successful with the content about Destiny. People watched him play Destiny games, especially in PvP, even though or because he constantly criticized the game.
Apparently, people also enjoyed it when Luis complained about “Destiny retirees” or weak PvP players.
One might have assumed that Twitch viewers, who view Destiny so critically, would stay with the critic even if he shows another game. But apparently, it is necessary to show the game in gameplay that one assesses so poorly in order to retain one’s viewers.
We have critically dealt with the streamer and his community on MeinMMO in August:
For parts of the German community regarding Destiny 2, one has to be ashamed
