In May 2020, one of the largest German streamers on Twitch was permanently banned from the platform. It is about Uwe “Flying Uwe” Schüder (34), who had violated the guidelines almost 2 years ago and was thus expelled from the platform forever – supposedly. Because now, on January 26, he has suddenly been unbanned.
Why was the streamer banned?
- Flying Uwe was often called by an anonymous number during a livestream. Because of these calls, the livestream kept getting interrupted.
- The streamer became so angry about this that he insulted and threatened the caller wildly. After that, the calls stopped.
- With the threats and insults, Uwe Schüder violated Twitch’s guidelines and was permanently banned from the platform.
- Flying Uwe then filed an appeal, but Twitch rejected the appeal. His Twitch colleague MontanaBlack called the ban a “mindfuck” for Schüder and hoped that his colleague could return to Twitch.
The Unbanning of Flying Uwe from Nowhere
After almost 2 years, the site StreamerBans suddenly shared the following message on Twitter: “Twitch partner ‘flyinguwe87’ has been unbanned after 1 year, 8 months, and a week.” Twitch itself has not yet commented on this spontaneous decision.
Although Flying Uwe was actually permanently banned, he is now allowed to stream on the platform again. Even he can hardly believe it and even forgot his Twitch name in the excitement:
Among the tweets, there are congratulations and mostly joyful reactions to the unbanning of the then big German streamer. He could at least entertain an average of 1,300 to 2,100 viewers on Twitch and has over 1 million subscribers on YouTube.
Here are the reactions under the tweets:
- crowie is over the moon: “Incredible, I wish you all the best! Welcome back, big guy!”
- Jeff also celebrates: “Finally! It was about time. I’m happy for you.”
- mondzahn hopes for soon streams: “Omg, soon ‘Mario Kart’ streams?”
Speaking of “Mario Kart” streams: His colleague MontanaBlack is also publicly excited on Twitter about the unbanning. He welcomes him back. The two have often streamed Mario Kart together in the past.
Viewers might look forward to a comeback. Flying Uwe has definitely not yet said how he wants to proceed now and whether he will actually start streaming on Twitch again. So, it remains to be seen.
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