Felix Kjellberg (34), better known as “PewDiePie”, was for a long time the biggest YouTuber in the world. Since March 2023, the content creator has also been seen again on the streaming platform Twitch. However, the account has now disappeared as suddenly as it appeared.
PewDiePie streams on Twitch? Actually, the legendary gaming influencer is better known as a YouTuber, but PewDiePie actually has a Twitch channel. However, it has barely been used for years.
In March 2023, there was great surprise when PewDiePie’s Twitch channel suddenly went live again. Instead of livestreams, there was only a continuous loop of his old videos – and strangely enough, whole episodes of the Canadian comedy series “Trailer Park Boys”.
What was going on with the channel? Initially, fans suspected that the channel had been hacked, like what happened to the German YouTuber HandOfBlood. His account suddenly had the name “Tesla Twitter” and posted news about Elon Musk.
However, behind it was the company CoPilo Media, which according to their website “creates value by bringing existing content collections to a new audience.” This means in plain terms that they take over accounts from influencers like PewDiePie in order to broadcast certain media on them, such as the Trailer Park Boys or old videos from a creator.
For now, however, neither Trailer Park Boys, nor ALF or the cult film The Room will be seen on PewDiePie’s channel. For unknown reasons, the channel has been banned by Twitch. Fans are eagerly speculating what could have triggered the ban.
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What do fans suspect? After the news of the ban spread from the automated Twitter account StreamerBans and shortly thereafter through the streaming subreddit LivestreamFail, speculations quickly arose.
One Twitter user suspects that the entire channel concept may have violated Twitch’s guidelines (via Twitter). However, this seems unlikely, as German streamers like Gronkh and MontanaBlack also operate such 24/7 channels with old content.
Others suspect that the shown content may have triggered the ban – as some of PewDiePie’s old videos would violate Twitch’s rules:
- In 2015, the YouTuber released a video series about the infamous “Yandere Simulator”. In the game, you control a schoolgirl who tries to win the favor of her classmate and isn’t afraid of murder. The game is on Twitch’s “black list”.
- In a 2017 livestream, PewDiePie used the “N-word” while getting upset about a teammate during a round of PUBG. Fans still know the incident as the “Bridge Incident”, as the YouTuber was on a bridge in-game when he used the racist term.
The “Bridge Incident” should no longer be found on PewDiePie’s channel, but it would definitely be a reason for a ban for Twitch. The videos about the Yandere Simulator are still available on the 34-year-old’s YouTube channel. So it’s quite possible that they could have found their way into the continuous stream.
As usual, Twitch does not comment on the ban, so the reasons can only be speculated about. PewDiePie has also not yet said anything about the brief comeback of his channel. Apparently, there are other priorities for the YouTuber, who is expecting his first child with his wife Marzia.
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