The YouTuber Kilian “Tanzverbot” Heinrich (25) makes no secret of his aversion to gambling on platforms like Twitch. Now he was spotted having dinner with Ron Bielecki, one of the biggest German slots streamers.
What is Tanzverbot’s relationship with gambling? Tanzverbot has long been known as a critic of gambling streams on Twitch and even confronted MontanaBlack because of it. After all, streamers have a role model function for their younger viewers.
When the big German streamers like MontanaBlack and Knossi stopped gambling because it became too risky for them, a gap was created. In this gap, streamers Kevin “OrangeMorange” Bongers and Theo “Scurrows” Bottländer stepped in and thus came into the crosshairs of Tanzverbot.
In August 2022, the simmering conflict between the parties escalated and ultimately led to a physical altercation at gamescom:
In social media, the warring content creators continue to provoke one another. Now Tanzverbot is being accused of hypocrisy, as he was seen on Instagram with Ron Bielecki, one of the biggest German gambling streamers (via sullygnome).
Spontaneous dinner causes shitstorm
Where does the excitement come from? On January 18, an Instagram story of the gambling streamer Ron Bielecki circulated, in which he filmed Tanzverbot in a jewelry store. He joked that he had thought he could afford quite a bit with his casino winnings.
Afterwards, the two apparently went out to dinner together and also posted about it in their respective stories on Instagram.
What did the criticism look like? Scurrows and Orangemorange shared screenshots of the Instagram stories on Twitter. For the two, the shared dinner proves the double standards that they have long accused Tanzverbot of.
Scurrows wrote that Tanzverbot publicly labels casino streamers as disgusting but then goes out to eat with them privately – he is such a hypocrite.
What were the reactions? They were quite mixed. Some fans could certainly understand the accusations, but numerous comments on Twitter indicate that Scurrows has a rather unhealthy obsession with the Berlin YouTuber.
Nevertheless, Tanzverbot apparently felt compelled to issue a statement on the situation.
Tanzverbot: “Casino is still garbage”
How does Tanzverbot respond to the accusations? He wrote a short statement in which he explained that Ron Bielecki is simply a likable person, unlike “the others.” Nevertheless, he condemns his casino streams and lets him know that “it feels like every 5 minutes.”
However, casino is still garbage, according to Tanzverbot.
Separation between private person and public appearance
What other opinions are there? The YouTuber Rutkay discussed the situation surrounding the dinner between Tanzverbot and Ron Bielecki in a video.
Rutkay understands that Tanzverbot makes a separation between the private person and his appearance as a casino streamer, but views it critically as well. After all, Tanzverbot is a public figure and has a large reach – he needs to consider whom he offers a platform in his stories.
Particularly problematic in this regard is that Ron Bielecki announced his next casino stream on Instagram just about 20 minutes after the shared Instagram story with Tanzverbot.
It seems to some that he is using Tanzverbot’s reach to promote his gambling streams, which he further supported by sharing in his own story.
The discussion makes it clear that the casino topic is not yet off the table, even though Twitch introduced new guidelines for gambling on the platform in October 2022. Many streamers continue to play on a new platform.
