The German streamer Real_Bazzi became a popular influencer in the German Twitch cosmos in 2021 with GTA 5. Then he turned to casino streams. Within a week, his career collapsed. He received permanent bans on Twitch and Instagram. But he doesn’t want to let that stop him. Even if he himself says: Morally, what he is doing is absolutely unacceptable. He has fallen into a “different track.”
How Real_Bazzi became successful:
- The streamer became successful in 2018 with role-playing in GTA 5 within a few months.
- He was especially aided by his contact with the German star streamer MontanaBlack: Real_Bazzi played a fictional version of the 34-year-old in GTA 5, who at the gamescom caused a stir just by his presence.
- The German star initially found it okay, but later ended his contact with Real_Bazzi. The latter caused “too many headaches,” as MontanaBlack said, would speak poorly of him. There was no bad blood, but he wanted distance now (via youtube).
This was Real_Bazzi’s horror week: Although it was known that the German shooting star had been personally struggling with gambling addiction for 8 to 10 years, he started showing casino streams on Twitch about 2 weeks ago.
He apparently let himself be persuaded by the two major German casino streamers Scurrows and Orangemorange.
But it went terribly wrong. Both Twitch and Instagram permanently banned him from their platforms. As Real_Bazzi says: Without a real reason, just because he showed casino. He had never been welcome there.
Kick – “I’m opening my own amusement park – With Blackjack!”
This is what he is doing now: The ban came at just the right time, as the streamer simply switched to “Kick”: The streaming service has become a safe harbor for casino streamers and other controversial personalities.
The online casino Stake, after being banned by Twitch itself, simply opened its own amusement park – with Blackjack.
Real_Bazzi says: He is not a bad person, but he doesn’t find what he is doing okay
This is what the streamer says about how things will continue: Real_Bazzi says in an initial stream on Kick: He has landed there now. Here he feels welcome, and he received an immediate partner contract.
But apparently, the much criticism of the last days seems to be gnawing at him. In the stream he says (via youtube):
“I am not such a bad person that I would somehow screw over anyone or anything else. I am doing all this for my family and everything, brother. Do you think I am doing the casino and everything for me, brother? […] Even if it is not a proper step. Even if it is really morally unacceptable – I am doing all this for them. I know that it might not be morally justifiable. I know it…
Although he knows that it is not morally okay, he is still bothered by the fact that people were so gleeful about his ban. People wrote in the comments that he “screwed himself over.” That is true, but he is now trying to make the best of it.
He has been making role-playing and other content for years and has built a “hard” community. He wants to keep it. Although he has “fallen into a different track,” that doesn’t mean he won’t do something else in the future.
Twitch streamers build their careers with GTA 5, then monetize their reach with gambling streams
What is this about? This is a strange trend in Germany – Since 2018, role-playing in GTA 5 has been popular in German Twitch. Leading streamers included Orangemorange, Scurrows, and indeed Real_Bazzi:
- Scurrows was a successful GTA 5 streamer in 2018 until he was banned from Twitch.
- Orangemorange showed a lot of GTA 5 in 2020 and 2021, and his channel grew rapidly during this time.
- Real_Bazzi made his breakthrough in 2021.
But starting in 2022, Orangemorange and Scurrows began to monetize their popularity and reach that they built in GTA 5 through deals with the online casino Stake.
The controversial casino is said to reportedly pay handsomely for successful streamers to show their viewers how they play on virtual gambling machines.
Real_Bazzi seems to have joined the trend in 2023 after being told how much money was involved.
This whole connection between streamers and casinos is being viewed suspiciously by the rest of Twitch. Because streamers who show casinos are suspected of leading their viewers into gambling addiction and financial ruin.
These accusations are also more than clear to the former gambling addict Real_Bazzi, and he also feels the rejection that parts of Twitch and his former community are directing at him, but apparently he has set other priorities.
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