The streaming service Twitch has banned the streamer Quqco after she appeared in cosplay as Chun-Li from Street Fighter. Twitch accuses her of sexually suggestive behavior. The streamer finds this unfair and believes that trolls have her in their sights. She has been branded a “slut streamer.”
This is the ban: The streamer herself shows the email she received from Twitch. It is a 3-day ban for “sexually suggestive content or activities.”
Quqco streamed on September 15 in the outfit of Chun-Li, interacting with fans in this costume. She cannot understand what is sexually suggestive about this outfit.
This is the second ban that the streamer receives. She already received one in August. At that time, she was dressed as Mai Shiranui and had painted.
Quqco believed during the first ban that people in the subreddit “Livestreamfails” were targeting her. The Mai outfit was apparently much more revealing than Chun-Li now.
Twitch streamer believes: Trolls have her in their sights
This is what the streamer says: In an email to Kotaku , Quqco says that she was consciously careful not to make the outfit as Chun-Li too revealing. She bought the outfit a size larger on purpose. The cut of the dress is deeper than some shorts she owns.
She believes the ban now comes because of a “group of trolls who have me in their sights and file massive reports. I get reported immediately because I am considered a ‘slut’ (Thot).”
This is probably the conflict behind this ban. Twitch’s guidelines on “sexually suggestive content” are relatively vague. The video of the “Chun-Li” incident has already been deleted.
Quqco says that certainly other girls have the same problems as she does. There are so many trolls around who team up to report streamers.
As Kotaku reports, there was also this time a comment on Livestreamfails, where a user said: “Hahaha, saw her again today and reported the slut immediately.”
A moderator of the forum says that the subreddit has nothing to do with this. The thread was only opened after the Twitch ban.
“Thot Streamer” in the spotlight
What’s up with “Thot?” Thot comes from “That hoe over there,” referring to the prostitute over there. In German it corresponds to the unrefined terms “slut” or “flirt.”
Some streamers on Twitch are known to use their female attributes to generate views and subscriptions: They stream in revealing outfits, highlighting their breasts and sexuality.
There are some who criticize this sharply. To them, these are “Thot streamers” (slut streamers) and they want to counter this by reporting these streamers and causing them problems.
This is probably the conflict behind this ban. Twitch’s guidelines on “sexually suggestive content” are relatively vague. The video of the “Chun-Li” incident has already been deleted.
