The streaming platform Twitch has permanently banned the streamer Sebastian “forsen” Fors (29). He is one of the 100 largest streamers on Twitch and a cornerstone of the platform. The reason for the ban is a picture that shows sodomy. Apparently, Forsen was set up by a troll. Fans criticize the ban and accuse Twitch of being inconsistent.
Who is Forsen? With 1.4 million followers, Forsen is one of the 100 largest streamers on Twitch. He is also an influential streamer: he has been on the platform since 2011. Many memes of Twitch culture have originated from his channel.
Forsen became known as a strategy gamer, but now he mainly showcases indie games away from the mainstream and does his own thing. He is known for his aggressive and trolling community. They have already driven other Twitch streamers like Dr Disrespect to despair. Now they have caused Forsen’s own downfall.
Forsen shows an innocent picture that becomes pornographic
What was Forsen permanently banned for? Forsen held a “React stream”. There, viewers send him links which he then watches and reacts to live. He clicked on an imgur link that was apparently sent to him by a fan.
This Imgur link actually shows an innocent meme but switched to a pornographic image after about 9 seconds, depicting a sodomitic act. The image featured a young woman and a horse.
You can see the incident with the image here. The image is censored here; otherwise, it would have been removed from YouTube:
Forsen immediately closed the link and said, “That’s why we can’t have nice things,” meaning, “You ruin everything here.” But although it was only for a short time, he apparently received the permanent Twitch ban for showing this image, as he later confirmed on Twitter.
Forsen says: The ban came due to the “horse image.” The ban has no set end. He considers it “unlucky” – “bad luck.”
Accusation: Twitch measures with double standards
This is the discussion: There is a discussion about this Twitch ban: Most of Forsen’s followers on Twitter feel that the ban is not justified.
Twitch CEO Emmet Shear has pointed out how important the context is in which a ban is issued.
Forsen did not show the image intentionally. Furthermore, Twitch is said to measure with double standards.
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The streamer Pokimane accidentally showed porn on her channel and was only warned. However, Forsen was permanently banned. At Twitch, only “simps” seem to work.
One user says: It cannot be that Pokimane and Alinity are free while Forsen is banned.
The streamer Alinity has been accused of being too intimate with her dog.
“Horses don’t wear clothes!”
The perhaps best reaction came from the WoW streamer Asmongold.
He apparently didn’t know what the image really showed and assumed it just showed a naked horse. He then exclaimed: This is totally normal: “Horses don’t wear clothes.”
When he later found out what the image was really about, he laughed and remarked: “Well, that’s a bit different.”
Reaction streams as a permanent ban risk
This is what’s behind it: These reaction streams on Twitch work such that viewers send the streamer a link, and he clicks it, shows the appropriate material to his viewers, and reacts to it live.
Trolls repeatedly try to slip poisoned links to streamers, which then lead to trouble with Twitch. Streamers are aware of this and check the links beforehand or have them checked by mods.
The gif in question was a kind of ticking bomb that only activated after 9 seconds and went off. Apparently, Forsen was outsmarted this way.
Forsen has been banned more frequently lately. He feels he has been treated unfairly. The last time he said, he was banned just because of his Swedish accent.
So far, Forsen has only received temporary bans. This time, the “endless” ban is a different level.
The most well-known “reaction” streamer on Twitch is xQc. He is also constantly at risk of being slipped a “poisoned” link by fans. In June 2020, xQc was banned for something similar to what Forsen is facing now. He had briefly shown two gorillas having sex:
