The top streamer Disguised Toast recently caused a stir online. In a tweet, he mentioned a month off, leading some to conclude that he was banned for 30 days. Now the streamer claims that this was all staged to troll the Twitch community.
What is the background? In light of the recent bans of Twitch stars like Pokimane and HasanAbi, who streamed copyrighted anime series live, it seems that streamer Disguised Toast was also affected. He was suddenly banned during the final episode of the series Death Note.
On Twitter, he then shared that he would take a month off. Many were shocked, assuming that the streamer had been banned for 30 days.
But now it turns out: This was all staged and the 30-day ban was a red herring. But why would Disguised Toast do such a thing?
Toast likely staged everything to expose the naivety and gullibility of the Twitch community
What exactly did Toast do? According to a chat log, Toast claims he asked a friend to file a DMCA report against him on January 5. This is a report for a copyright violation.
Meanwhile, Toast continued to stream the series Death Note cheerfully while waiting for a reaction from Twitch. That came about a week later, just before he finished streaming the whole series.
The ban was indeed real, but it only lasted 48 hours. During that time, he posted on Twitter that he had to take a month off, causing many fans and colleagues to be upset.
What was the big revelation? But hardly had Toast’s ban ended after 2 days when he appeared back on stream and fooled everyone:
People really believe everything they see and hear, don’t they? I said you would see me again in a month, and everyone believed it. I didn’t say why I was banned, and people just made up reasons.
The ban lasts a month? Or he must have gotten several strikes. People said: Oh damn, this Toast guy surely didn’t expect to get a DMCA strike for watching anime. Well, the DMCA strike was what I actually expected. The only unexpected thing was how long it took.
At the end of his stream, Toast revealed another reason for his behavior.
Why did I do this? I think I was bored. I just don’t have anything new to offer.
Then Toast stands up, stretches exaggeratedly in front of the camera, and “accidentally” reveals a gray hoodie with his toast logo subtly displayed on it.
His fans congratulated Toast on the successful trolling, and he may also sell a few hoodies as a result.
By the way, streamer Ludwig warned long ago that anime streaming could lead to serious problems.
