31-year-old Edwin “Castro1021” is the biggest streamer of FIFA 23 on Twitch. He has now been banned from the streaming platform. He says he was banned because of a comment about Manchester City. But the truth is a bit more complicated.
Who are the biggest streamers of FIFA 23? Since hardly anyone in the USA is interested in soccer, except for young girls and their mothers, most of the big streamers of FIFA 23 are German or South American. In the last 180 days, it looked like this:
- Castro_1021 was in 1st place – he has over 3.6 million followers on Twitch and has been streaming since 2013
- “Runthefutmarket” was in 2nd place
- Then come 3 German streamers with eliasn97, GamerBrother and TisiSchubech
Castro uses Twitch ban for self-promotion
What does Castro say he was banned for? In a tweet on the evening of April 13, Castro says he was banned on Twitch only because he stated that DallasUnited is better than Manchester City.
He posts the hashtag #FreeCastro.
Who are the clubs?
- DallasUnited is Castro’s own soccer team, which competes in a 7-a-side tournament for a million US dollars
- Manchester City is one of the most successful football clubs in the world. Recently, they defeated FC Bayern 3-0 in the Champions League.
Streamer was apparently banned for showing Champions League highlights
What was he really banned for? According to the US site Sportskeeda, Castro apparently received a ban for copyright reasons.
It is said that he watched Champions League highlights live on stream. It is generally assumed that this is why he received a temporary Twitch ban.
Twitch is required to delete and penalize such reported copyright violations.
His completely false views on Manchester City have nothing to do with the ban.
More about Castro:
Biggest Twitch streamer of FIFA 22 spent ridiculously a lot of money: ‘I love opening packs.’
