The YouTuber DrDisrespect became a star on Twitch until his ban in June 2020. However, even though he has since established himself as a major streamer on YouTube, the ban still affects him negatively. It seems that the ban prevents DrDisrespect from participating in a lucrative tournament in CoD Warzone.
What kind of tournament is this? It is the “Toronto Ultra $100k Payout”: A tournament organized by a Canadian eSports team, in which professionals and streamers participate. It takes place today, March 1, and tomorrow.
36 teams are competing in the tournament for a total prize pool of $100,000: This is one of the largest tournaments for “CoD Warzone”.
The teams compete in public lobbies and must collect as many points as possible. Points are awarded for kills and placements: It is a type of competition about which streamer and which pro can take down the most “regular players” in a set amount of time.
In doing so, the organizers are probably hoping that the participants do not encounter too many cheaters – because hackers have frequently ruined tournaments in CoD Warzone.
This is the problem with DrDisrespect: The YouTube streamer Zlaner had actually planned to compete in the tournament alongside DrDisrespect. But he says: It cannot happen.
According to Zlaner, while he is allowed to participate in the tournament in Toronto, the Doctor is not permitted.
I received a message from the organizers, from Toronto Ultra and Call of Duty: And the Doc is not allowed to participate.
I assume it has something to do with the Twitch ban. I contacted the Doc right away and asked: Bro, can you do anything about it?
Zlaner
But the Doc replied: “Unfortunately not. It’s strange that they won’t let me participate in this thing.”
Twitch ban annoys even when you’re on YouTube
Why can’t he participate there? It is unclear why the organizers are prohibiting the Doctor from participating. However, Zlaner and many fans suspect: It’s due to the permanent Twitch ban that DrDisrespect received in June 2020.
A nasty detail of a Twitch ban is that you are also not allowed to appear in the streams of other Twitch streamers, otherwise, they receive penalties and can even get banned.
The rule is meant to prevent someone from circumventing their own Twitch ban by simply appearing as a co-streamer for someone else:
A Twitch ban essentially makes a banned player a “leper” with whom no one is allowed to have contact. Twitch takes this quite seriously: streamers have already been banned for streaming with one of these “lepers”.
Since there will likely be many Twitch streamers at the tournament and DrDisrespect would be in the streams of others, this could lead to a problem.
Conversely, this means: Anyone who has received a Twitch ban will have difficulties participating in large tournaments, even if they are no longer on Twitch.
Twitch ban turns streamers into lepers
In September 2020, Twitch adjusted its rules specifically to respond to DrDisrespect’s ban. Twitch instructed its streamers to remove banned streamers from conversations, mute them, or restrict interactions.
The Twitch ban of DrDisrespect stirred the gaming community in the summer of 2020. Because it was unclear why DrDisrespect was banned from Twitch. He believes they might have wanted to save money and get out of the huge contract they previously signed with him:
