Twitch has given MMO streamer Quintin ‘Quin69’ Crawford a two-week ban. The reason is a statement that can be seen as ‘hateful towards women.’ Quin69 is arguably the most important streamer of Path of Exile on the streaming platform but has repeatedly had issues with the ban rules. However, after Quin69 described his situation, Twitch apologized and lifted the ban.
Who is Quin69?
- Quin69 is the biggest streamer of ‘Path of Exile’ and indeed an MMO junkie. The New Zealander also maintains a unique relationship with his community, where they passionately love and hate each other. He once had a special idea on how his viewers could ‘torture’ him.
- Recently, he primarily plays League of Legends: It’s affecting him mentally – like virtually everyone who plays LoL.
- Despite Quin69’s success, he repeatedly faces problems with Twitch’s rules: In January 2022, he received a ban for saying that women ask to be sexually harassed with their clothing. Shortly after, another ban came for showing NSFW content during a Media Share stream.
What was he banned for now? Quin69 was banned for ‘hateful behavior towards women for 14 days.’
He showed a clip on Twitter for which he was banned on Twitch. Although the clip has since been deleted, there are recordings of it. He says in the clip:
The problem with women is that ‘nobody hits them in the face.’
Quin69 apparently has also seen this comedy routine and quoted it, but it went horribly wrong for him.
‘I’m not a crazy woman-hater; I’m just proposing a two-part hypothesis!’
This is what Quin69 says: He feels misunderstood. He admits that the call to hit women looks really bad without context.
From the context, it should be clear how he meant it. He is not a crazy woman-hater but has proposed a two-part hypothesis on why women tend to turn into ‘demonic Karens,’ terrible human beings:
It wasn’t meant to be sexist. It was meant as a meme, but also somehow true. Hopefully, this clears things up: I don’t hate women!
Quin69
So he believes that seen from the ‘context,’ his statement is clearly to be understood as a joke.
Users say: Looks even worse with context
How do others see this? Overall, people shake their heads at Quin69’s behavior. One user on reddit says: Quin is one of the few streamers where things actually get worse when you know the context of his statements.
Another adds: Quin69 simply doesn’t understand Twitch. Whether with or without context, the statement is harmful to him.
Yet another user kindly says that Quin69 should please try not to get banned by Twitch constantly. He is looking for a streamer to follow daily.
Twitch unbans streamer 11 days earlier than expected
Update 26.4.: Twitch has ended the ban after only 3 days and 7 hours. Originally, the ban was set for 14 days. Quin69 is even surprised by the sudden pardon.
According to a letter that the streamer shares, Twitch apologized to Quin69 and acknowledged ‘own mistakes.’
Twitch is trying to fight against a misogynistic image:
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Quin69 says this is a reference to another scene of his. He had a dispute at a gas station between two men, commented with:
This is a classic case of ‘This guy hasn’t been hit in the face, OK. He needs a little negative reinforcement to learn from the experience.’
Quin69
What’s behind it: There is a standup routine by comedian ‘Bill Burr,’ in which he argues that women enjoy a certain immunity because it is socially forbidden to hit them. Therefore, they could scratch a man’s car and proudly stand beside their work because they know nothing will happen. While men who go too far must always expect to get hit in the face.
Burr explains that he has always learned lessons from the ‘beatings he took’ and adjusted his behavior. He urges women to hit each other once in a while to correct their behavior.
This is a controversial routine, where Burr often hints at how sensitive the topic is and relativizes his statements (via YouTube). Burr plays with the outraged reaction of his audience, which is one of his trademarks.
Quin69 apparently has also seen this comedy routine and quoted it, but it went horribly wrong for him.
‘I’m not a crazy woman-hater; I’m just proposing a two-part hypothesis!’
This is what Quin69 says: He feels misunderstood. He admits that the call to hit women looks really bad without context.
From the context, it should be clear how he meant it. He is not a crazy woman-hater but has proposed a two-part hypothesis on why women tend to turn into ‘demonic Karens,’ terrible human beings:
It wasn’t meant to be sexist. It was meant as a meme, but also somehow true. Hopefully, this clears things up: I don’t hate women!
Quin69
So he believes that seen from the ‘context,’ his statement is clearly to be understood as a joke.
Users say: Looks even worse with context
How do others see this? Overall, people shake their heads at Quin69’s behavior. One user on reddit says: Quin is one of the few streamers where things actually get worse when you know the context of his statements.
Another adds: Quin69 simply doesn’t understand Twitch. Whether with or without context, the statement is harmful to him.
Yet another user kindly says that Quin69 should please try not to get banned by Twitch constantly. He is looking for a streamer to follow daily.
Twitch unbans streamer 11 days earlier than expected
Update 26.4.: Twitch has ended the ban after only 3 days and 7 hours. Originally, the ban was set for 14 days. Quin69 is even surprised by the sudden pardon.
According to a letter that the streamer shares, Twitch apologized to Quin69 and acknowledged ‘own mistakes.’
Twitch is trying to fight against a misogynistic image:
Twitch star MontanaBlack compares women to dogs – here’s how it happened
