The streamer Sebastian “Forsen” Fors was given a permanent ban from Twitch, but has now returned. In a stream, he explained that he wishes for more appreciation from Twitch because he is more important to the platform than the numbers suggest. He used a comparison from WoW: Although he does not deal the most DPS in the raid, he buffs the damage of everyone by 30%.
This is the situation surrounding Forsen: The Swede Forsen (30) has been on Twitch since 2011 and is virtually a staple of the platform.
The special thing about Forsen is that he presents himself authentically as an old hand on Twitch and appears very different from the streamers who have become popular in recent years and present themselves particularly professionally, brand-friendly, and well-lit:
- Forsen’s facecam is not really directed at his face but only shows him from a low angle and a lot of his apartment.
- His Twitter account consists of short, terse messages.
- In the stream, he sometimes gets cereal in his beard and is just as he is.
- He plays what he feels like at the moment. Hypes don’t interest him. When everyone on Twitch plays Valorant, he doesn’t.
- Forsen is particularly known for his community, the “Forsenboys,” which is considered one of the most creative and trollish communities on Twitch and masters the art of establishing memes on the platform.
- Once Forsen said: Twitch is a job that only fulfills you if you don’t want to be successful, but simply do what you feel like doing.
Normally, Forsen is on air almost daily for about 6 hours, playing indie games or interacting with his chat.
But a reaction stream became his downfall at the end of November: He showed a seemingly harmless GIF in the stream, which after a few seconds turned into a picture showing an act of sodomy: a young woman had intimate contact with a horse.
For showing this sexually disturbing image, Forsen was banned from Twitch “indefinitely.” The ban was later set to one month. Forsen was able to broadcast again after Christmas.
Forsen thinks: He receives too little appreciation from Twitch
This is what Forsen says: In a stream after his return, he explains:
“To summarize, I feel a bit underappreciated. You know, I may not have the most viewers, and not the most subscribers, and I may not bring the most ad money or whatever to the platform, but I have a kind of aura effect. Okay, “aura” might be the wrong word.
What I mean is: 90% of the good memes and inside jokes come from this community and spread to other communities. So other communities have more fun, right? And then these viewers stay on Twitch longer.
He then listed a number of memes that originated from his channel:
- Peplaugh
- he doesnt’s know
- omegalul
- pepega
“I am the fucking shaman you only bring for Bloodlust”
This is the WoW comparison: Forsen illustrated his aura effect with a WoW comparison.
“So yes, basically, in the motherfucking Twitch raid, I don’t have the most DPS, but I am the damn shaman you bring because he has Bloodlust and everyone does 30% more DPS. So indirectly, I am the damn shaman who deals the most damage, not individually, but overall.”
This is how it goes for Forsen: Forsen is currently experiencing a rebound effect that other streamers have experienced after a ban. The interest in the first streams after a ban is much higher than in the streams before the ban:
- When he was regularly on air, Forsen had his regular viewers who always watched him: He had around 11,000 to 13,000 viewers on average
- Now, after being away for a month, he had 40,000 viewers on average in his first return stream, then still 27,000 in the second stream
Maybe the viewers appreciate the underestimated shaman from Sweden a little more now than before.
This is behind it: Forsen’s community is indeed known for coming up with and establishing emotes. However, they “establish them on Twitch” by spamming the emotes brutally often in other channels and sometimes annoying and irritating other streamers and communities with them.
Interpreting this as “30% more DPS for everyone” is already a generous view. Forsen’s community is not only considered creative but also extremely toxic.
But the WoW comparison is unique, just like Forsen, who stands out from the masses of big streamers because he seems so authentic.
There are also successful and big streamers in Germany: We have introduced the 5 most successful streamers in an article on MeinMMO. There are also some types that stand out from the crowd.
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