24-year-old Brit Adrian “Jamada” Wharlton-Thorne (24) has a serious problem: He is a professional caster for League of Legends, but he cannot perform his job because he was banned by Twitch and is not told why. He is missing the European Cup of LoL, an important source of income.
Who is he?
- Jamada has previously worked as a coach in League of Legends, but is currently earning his money as a caster, commenting on games live.
- He specializes in the Chinese LPL league and the EMEA region: Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
- Originally, Jamada would cover the LoL tournament “EMEA Masters” in August and September, essentially the “Champions League of European teams,” but there is a problem with that.
Wishing to win the European Cup, Eintracht Spandau:
Twitch ban on personal channel prevents job appearance
What is the problem? Jamada states (via reddit): He was given a 14-day ban for “hate speech” on his personal Twitch channel on August 10.
This ban prohibits him from appearing on Twitch: He cannot pursue his job as a caster at the LoL tournament.
For the first time in 3 years, I might miss the group stage of a tournament where I am a core member and for which I have a lot of passion to participate. At the moment, these are the only workdays I have been hired for this month, and through further personal messages I have recently received, it would be incredibly difficult to lose this income.
Caster runs into a wall of silence at Twitch
What was he banned for? That’s the absurd part: He doesn’t know. He was simply informed that he was banned for “hate speech.” He doesn’t know the details.
An appeal was rejected without comment.
He has spent days trying to find someone to talk to at Twitch, but he can’t reach anyone: He just can’t get through.
Even the Reddit thread in LoL with over 8,300 upvotes and 190 comments went unanswered.
What’s behind this: Twitch’s ban policy has long been viewed as opaque and arbitrary: Streamers often cannot understand exactly why they were banned.
This “hate speech” is the same reason German Twitch streamers Scurrows and Orangemorange were banned from Twitch for 2 weeks without any details. They have appealed against the ban and indeed, Orangemorange is now not to be banned from Twitch in such a manner until 2026 (via Twitter).
Orangemorange won the legal battle while Scurrows lost it.
Maybe the way to court would also be an option for the unfortunate and desperate caster. The LoL tournament has already started. Without him.
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