21-year-old Rani “Stable Ronaldo” is a gamer and successful Twitch streamer in the online shooter Fortnite. As of January 2024, he treated himself to a Porsche 991 GT3 for €200,000. Now, in March, he has been banned from Twitch. In a video, he appears desperate and talks about having to look for a “real job.”
Who is Stable Ronaldo?
- The 21-year-old American is known for playing Fortnite. As a gamer, he is only moderately successful, having earned nearly $73,000 (via esportearnings).
- However, the 21-year-old can generally make a good living from his large Twitch channel. There, he has an average of 6,000 viewers and nearly 3 million followers. There should be enough money coming in, unless a Twitch ban dries up his income.
- In January 2024, we last reported on Ronaldo on MeinMMO. He was at the top. He treated himself to a sports car for €200,000 as a reward for his 21st birthday. The streamer said it had been his hardest year yet; he had struggled with depression.
The streamer Clix is close friends with Ronaldo, and he also treated himself to a sports car:
Streamer says: “I don’t know what to do”
What he says now: Stable Ronaldo was banned from Twitch on March 14, 2024, as the automatic ban notification reveals.
The Twitch streamer himself says that he does not know why he was banned or for how long.
In a video where he reacts to the ban, the 21-year-old says he is desperate and does not know what he can do:
“I don’t know if I need a real job now. I haven’t shaved in four days. I look like crap. Sorry, guys, I don’t know what to do. I don’t know why I was banned and for how long. I don’t know when I will be unbanned.
I already applied for jobs today. I applied for things that really interest me: like going to the gym, therapy, I want to give people therapy … and McDonald’s.”
He hopes for support from his fans and that the ban will be short.
Ronaldo is also having a conversation with his mother, who complains that “so many people are running around naked on Twitch, but her son is getting banned.”
What’s behind this: Ronaldo is known as a troll. The ban is certainly real. But that Ronaldo “doesn’t know when it ends” seems strange. Twitch informs people of this in the ban notification. There are “bans without expiration dates,” i.e., permanent bans, but those are relatively rare and only occur for serious violations – except in the case of DrDisrespect.
That someone applies to “McDonald’s” immediately on the day of their ban is likely meant ironically.
Ronaldo seems to be playing with the typical clichés directed at successful young streamers like him, such as “Just get a real job first.”
If he is indeed permanently banned and needs money, he can sell the Porsche and use that to fend off flipping burgers at McDonald’s for a few years.
Update March 18, 1:57 PM: We now know why Stable Ronaldo was banned and how he got out of the ban:
Fortnite: 21-Year-Old explains how he escaped a long ban from Twitch
