The Twitch streamer and YouTuber FaZe Sway (17) has permanently lost his content creator code for Fortnite . Epic has taken it away from him. However, Sway emphasizes that the loss of the code has nothing to do with a tweet in which he expressed his enthusiasm for the comic hare “Lola Bunny” in Space Jam 2.
What does he exactly lose? Epic Games has permanently revoked FaZe Sway’s “Content Creator” code for Fortnite. This is a highly lucrative source of income for Twitch streamers and YouTubers. Every time a player purchases the virtual currency “V-Bucks” in the Fortnite shop and uses their favorite creator’s “code”, that creator earns money. They receive 5% of the revenue.
During the peak of Fortnite, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins earned around $5 million a month solely from income from his code.
Why does FaZe Sway lose his code? He stated on Twitter that he lost the code because he engaged in “account sharing”.
Apparently, FaZe Sway played with the accounts of his viewers to grant them higher ranks in Fortnite. This is against the rules.
Sway is particularly upset about the loss of the content creator code because right now the Fortnite skin “Dark Bomber” just came to the shop: He assumes that a lot of V-Bucks will be bought now to obtain the coveted skin.
FaZe Sway is keen to emphasize that he was banned specifically for this and nothing else. It’s suspicious that he emphasizes this so much.
Wild tweet about Space Jam 2, Lola Bunny, and LeBron James
For what else could he have been banned? FaZe Sway posted a tweet on July 18 (via twitter), in which he wrote that he watched Space Jam 2 and began to masturbate to the comic hare Lola Bunny. But in the end, he accidentally ejaculated to basketball star LeBron James.
The tweet has since been deleted.
It was then fans’ speculation: Epic might have seen this tweet and taken away FaZe Sway’s content creator code for it, as LeBron James is currently part of Fortnite and the tweet is anything but “brand-safe”.
In the past, Epic Games had revoked the codes of young Fortnite creators with a large reach after they behaved offensively on social media.
But FaZe Sway seems to be keen to clearly emphasize: He was not punished for the tweet – only for account sharing. An apparently much more honorable reason to lose his content creator status and thus a lot of Fortnite money.
Epic has recently used the withdrawal of content creator codes more frequently as educational measures against its teenage content creators:
Fortnite blocks Twitch streamers from accessing the money trove – due to a terrible joke
