Youna “CodeMiko” Kang won the award for “Best VTuber” at the Streamer Awards 2022 on Twitch. The VTuber came up with something very special for her last stream for her viewers and went naked. Twitch banned her for the action.
What is a VTuber? VTubers usually use an anime-style avatar to express their emotions and character. The avatar serves as a replacement for a normal facecam in the stream.
Who is the streamer?
- The VTuber currently has around 895,000 followers, 2,800 average viewers, and 2,235 subscribers on Twitch. This makes her one of the top streamers on the platform.
- CodeMiko mostly operates in the “Just Chatting” category and chats with her fans about all sorts of topics.
- Recently, she played Skyrim, GeoGuessr, and Elden Ring. The latter even has fans not only in the VTube area, but also the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, plays the action RPG.
- Now CodeMiko has been banned by Twitch for the 4th time after her stream – no one was really surprised about it.
More sensational bans from Twitch can be seen in our video:
CodeMiko presents herself as a naked homeless person – Receives a ban
What was that stream like? In March, the VTuber presented her avatar with new hair and stylish clothes – for the most part, her fans celebrated the change. She completely took off this avatar’s new outfit and pixelated her breasts and genital area.
After that, she placed him in an alley, and her viewers could exchange bits to throw garbage, money, or bombs at the avatar, or start other actions.
If you want to see the entire stream, you can do so on archive.org. A Twitter user posted a screenshot of the stream:
we’ll be waiting for the queen’s return pic.twitter.com/42cXBPPZt7
— brrrrrrr ඞ (@tapiocasola) June 6, 2022
What are bits? A bit is the currency of Twitch that you can purchase for real money. 100 bits cost €1.47. For €11.75, viewers could, for example, force the VTuber avatar to vomit. The streamers then get a share of the bits used.
What happened then? CodeMiko titled her stream “CODEMIKO MIGHT GET BANNED TODAY”. She apparently knew she was acting outside the guidelines. And indeed, Twitch banned the streamer for the 4th time after the broadcast.
The VTuber heated things up on Twitter again when she posted “Perma???”. But Twitch colleague JustaMinx and TwitchSpy clarified in their responses that it was a temporary, 30-day ban.
Previously, CodeMiko received a ban because she used the word “Simp” in the livestream, which Twitch no longer allows on the platform.
What do Twitch’s guidelines say? Twitch does not allow sexually suggestive content from streamers. Nudity is, of course, included, and VTuber avatars are no exception.
Streamer unbanned after just one day – Streamer remains offline
Update 8.6., 10:47 AM: CodeMiko’s ban ended on June 7 at 22:03, as reported by the Twitter account “Streamerbans”. She was banned for just one day.
CodeMiko reached out on Twitter a few hours after her ban was lifted and said that someone she considers family has fallen into a coma. They will turn off life support at dusk. The streamer needs time. The last few days have been hard.
One can now speculate whether the streamer intentionally aimed for a longer ban from Twitch with her behavior, as she wanted to take a break anyway.
