Twitch has banned the two German casino streamers Scurrows and Orangemorange for 14 days each due to hateful behavior. Both are threatening to take legal action immediately. Scurrows says he has applied for a temporary injunction today.
Who has been affected?
- Kevin “Orangemorange” Bongers built a community on Twitch with GTA 5 but mostly streamed slots. Since Twitch banned the online casino Stake, his channel has rapidly lost relevance.
- Theo “Scurrows” Bottländer also built a community on Twitch with GTA 5, was then banned for a long time until he sued to return to the platform. His channel had actually been struggling in 2023. However, in recent weeks, Scurrows experienced a surge on Twitch after a confrontation with streamer Shurjoka.
- Both are connected to the competitor platform Kick. The platform is backed by the founder of the online casino Stake.
Dance Ban is considered an opponent of both:
14 Days Ban for “Hateful Behavior”
What is known about the bans? Both streamers were banned on the evening of July 19 for 14 days each. Based on their reactions on Twitter, it seems both bans occurred almost simultaneously.
Orangemorange says he was just active on Twitch again on July 9 and had “ONLY” done roleplay in GTA 5. Twitch has apparently banned him for “hateful behavior” but has not specified the misconduct that led to his suspension.
Scurrows was banned for the same reason for 14 days.
“Twitch is really just the worst”
How do the two plan to react? Orangemorange has announced he has already contacted his lawyer.
Scurrows goes even further: He wants to return to Twitch with a temporary injunction. “His law firm” has already sent out a temporary injunction today, on July 19.
Scurrows says: “Twitch is really the worst” – but apparently still wants to return to the platform as soon as possible.
He criticizes that Twitch has not provided a sufficient justification for the ban.
What is behind it: Apparently, both streamers believe they are now unwanted individuals on Twitch because they are streaming and promoting on the competitor platform Kick.
The international equivalent of their ban is likely the permanent ban of the streamer “Adin Ross” who switched to Kick: He was banned for life from Twitch for transferring his Kick chat to Twitch, which, in Twitch’s eyes, was “unmoderated”.
Ross said that this is just an excuse, as no one would be banned for such reasons.
Scurrows and Orangemorange also seem to believe that they were banned not for specific behavior but because Twitch wants to get rid of them. This is a well-known legend surrounding DrDisrespect.
It is quite striking that both streamers were banned almost simultaneously and without a clear reason as to why they were targeted.
Ban hits Scurrows in the middle of a surge
The ban will particularly affect Scurrows, who recently had more viewers on Twitch than ever before, even if he achieved this by difficult means.
Scurrows had just won a victory a day before his ban, after successfully threatening the YouTuber HerrNewstime with a cease and desist (via twitter). He withdrew the cease and desist after HerrNewstime deleted videos about the “gamescom incident” which Scurrows had called “full of lies”.
The fantasies of omnipotence are currently facing a setback:
What is the reaction? Both streamers are controversial. On “Streamer bans”, the ban of Orangemorange has caused some excitement;
- There is hope that the ban is “permanent”.
- One user says: “The best thing Twitch has done in recent weeks”.
- Many comment with “W”, seeing it as a victory for Twitch.
