Twitch has banned streamer Sebastian “Forsen” Fors (29). He is considered a unique streamer on Twitch. The peculiar thing is: Because Forsen is silent, no one really knows why Twitch banned him. It is rumored that it could be related to his behavior in Valorant . The rise in ranked play was apparently too much for the Swede.
This is what makes Forsen so unique on Twitch: The 29-year-old Swede was originally known as a player of Starcraft 2 and Hearthstone. Over the years, however, his channel has drifted in a strange direction. You see Forsen from a weird angle as he plays or even devours a bowl of cornflakes while his chat rumbles on.
Forsen’s channel has become a sort of breeding ground for insider jokes and emotes on Twitch. Forsen’s chat is essentially the “prototypically absurd Twitch humor” at its core.
His community is considered wild, unrestrained, and masters at creating absurd memes and trolling people.
With a Twitch emote, they drove Dr Disrespect insane in May 2018. This emote alluded in a bizarre way that the streamer had been unfaithful to his wife. How much that affected Dr Disrespect over time can be seen in this clip:
Forsen, with 1.28 million followers, is quite a figure on Twitch. In the past 30 days, he was, like many streamers, primarily active in Valorant. There was substantial money to be made in recent weeks.
Ranked ascent in Valorant supposedly led to drama
Why was Forsen banned? No one really knows. Twitch itself does not publicly disclose the reason for the ban. Normally, the streamer addresses this on social media. But Forsen is simply silent. Thus, it is also unclear how long Forsen will remain banned from Twitch.
It is suspected: One possible reason for the ban could be that Forsen called some Russian teammates “retarded” in Valorant. This is at least what people believe on reddit (via reddit).
Forsen was on the way to “Immortal”, a high rank in the new ranked mode of Valorant, when he was overwhelmed by tilt.
His fans seemed to be content with Valorant anyway. Many of his Twitch viewers prefer when Forsen plays other games instead of what everyone is currently playing. However, Forsen has proven to be a solid to very strong Valorant player and has been primarily playing the new tactical shooter for the last few weeks.
Forsen banned for 2 weeks for insults
Update 12.5. 9:53 AM: It is now known why Forsen was banned from Twitch and for how long. He has been banned from Twitch for 2 weeks.
He actually insulted Russians as “retarded”, as previously suspected.
He says he did this because they were not in voice chat. Politically correct would have been to not call them “retarded”, but rather “people who cannot participate in voice chat in Valorant for legal reasons.”
Forsen then mentions his Russian half-siblings to clarify that there is no racism at play.
Solo Queue in Valorant and LoL: Sure pathways to madness
In Valorant, Forsen played in the solo queue. This is considered particularly prone to triggering rage fits. Because here, you are only with randomly selected teammates, known as “randoms”.
Just like Forsen, one of the largest LoL streamers, TF Blade, repeatedly faced challenges. He aimed to achieve the highest rank in LoL in the solo queue worldwide. However, during the ranked ascent, his temper repeatedly got in the way and the Twitch ban befell the LoL streamer.
As a streamer, obsessively trying to achieve a high rank and thus “having to win” seems a sure way to become stressed and toxic. Then, a ban on Twitch is not far away.
