The Twitch leak from last week is sprouting new blooms: Now a list is circulating with some streamers who apparently enjoy special treatment. People like Ricegum and Tyler1 (League of Legends) cannot simply be banned, but only after consultation. The German channel “Rocket Beans TV” also appears on the list with a special regulation for two days. However, it seems that the list is already several years old.
This is the situation:
- On Wednesday, October 6th, there was a major leak about Twitch. Unknown individuals posted 125 GB of sensitive data from Twitch online, including a list of streamers, who receive the most money from Twitch.
- In recent days, more and more of this sensitive data is being evaluated: This data is published in excerpts and out of context, causing discussions.
- The streamer Destiny has now shown the excerpt of a list of streamers who enjoy special rules regarding bans. Twitch subsequently banned the streamer.
Where is this list from? An excerpt of the list was posted on October 7th on reddit by Asmongold.
Tyler1 and Ricegum appear on Twitch’s “Do not Ban” list
Who is on this “Don’t just ban them” list? Two well-known names on the list are the streamers Tyler1 and Ricegum. Both are known for their controversial content:
- Tyler1 is a LoL streamer who is often noted for his verbal outbursts. Between April 2016 and January 2018, he was permanently banned from playing LoL
- The streamer “Ricegum” is also known for controversial actions: He participated in “Strip Fortnite,” where a woman sitting next to him removes a piece of clothing for every kill he gets in Fortnite
For both accounts, it is stated: They should not be banned, but the case should be forwarded to a specific Twitch employee.
These names are still on the list:
- The account “Sarbandia” is also on the list, belonging to Twitch CEO Emmet Shear. For him, it says: “CEO – Absolutely do not ban.”
- The German channel Rocket Beans TV is also on the list, here a two-day exception is to be made because “a non-gaming festival is taking place there.”
- There are also some further notes on the list, such as that a streamer “jobranal327” should not be banned for an inappropriate name: The instruction was probably necessary because the letter sequence “anal” appears in his name.
Streamer believes in special treatment – Is banned by Twitch
This is the impact the list has already had: The Twitch streamer Destiny believes the list shows that some streamers receive special treatment that good management has negotiated for them.
Ricegum is therefore not simply banned, but only after consultation with another person, perhaps with his account manager.
The streamer Destiny was banned by Twitch after the stream in which he said this: Apparently because he mentioned the email address of the person responsible for Ricegum.
This is what’s behind it: The list seems somewhat mysterious at the moment, and the excerpt appears to be just a fragment of a larger document. Apparently the list is also already 5 years old:
- The list partially reads like logical instructions: “Do not ban him for his name – that has been clarified” or “It’s okay if this gaming channel doesn’t focus on gaming for once – that has been agreed with us”
- On the other hand, it also seems arbitrary: “Why do different rules apply to Ricegum and Tyler1 than to everyone else?”
Because the list is a fragment, it is unclear what larger context the list was part of, which names still appear on the list, and whether such measures are still relevant today.
The list is therefore so explosive because it confirms a suspicion that many Twitch users have: There seems to be special treatment for some that is not comprehensible from the outside.
In fact, there have already been some Twitch streamers demanding this “special treatment” listed here for all users. No streamer should be able to be banned “just like that,” but always only after consultation to clear up misunderstandings:
WoW veteran banned by Twitch after 10 years: ‘I feel like a criminal’
