Twitch streamer Forsen has a unique relationship with his audience. His Twitch chat and the community built around it do increasingly outrageous things to try and illicit a reaction from Forsen, and Forsen plays along, downplaying his viewers' ridiculousness. Sometimes this relationship can lead to frustrating situations, though, which is the case with Forsen's recent experience playing PUBG: Battlegrounds. On Friday, Forsen was banned for the second time from PUBG: Battlegrounds, all but certainly for reasons outside his control.
A clip of Forsen's latest PUBG: Battlegrounds stream showed the Twitch streamer getting banned once more. Forsen was loading into PUBG, waiting for the server to connect, when a message popped up informing him of his ban. "You have been banned from PUBG until 2022-05-15 due to abusing," read the message. No further information regarding the nature of Forsen's ban was provided.
While it's always possible that Forsen did something that broke PUBG's Terms of Service, whether on-stream or off, it's much more likely that something else happened. This isn't the first time Forsen has had to deal with bans, after all. What likely happened is that Forsen's community, or perhaps a rival community, reported Forsen in PUBG enough for the game's auto-moderation tools to trigger and ban him without review. In other words, Forsen was banned for the laughs.
What makes the situation particularly funny is that, as previously noted, this is the second time Forsen was banned in less than a week. He was banned on April 8 but was able to get his account reinstated due to the nature of the ban. It seems PUBG Corp. did not make any changes to ensure the ban wouldn't happen again, however, leading to Forsen being banned once more. It's unclear if PUBG is able to make such changes, but if the developer wants the attention that Forsen brings to PUBG, then the issue might be worth revisiting.
To Forsen's credit, getting banned by PUBG didn't cause him to miss a step. He said, "That's that," and immediately opened Steam to search for a new game to play. His chat, after laughing to see the ban, was quick to shift gears and begin recommending other games for Forsen to play.
Forsen's situation isn't unique, of course. Popular Twitch streamers and content creators face false reports in every game they play. Many games have systems that ensure waves of false reports don't lead to automatic bans, but Forsen's popularity makes him a unique case. As for whether Forsen will be playing PUBG again, it probably depends on how quickly his ban is overturned.
PUBG: Battlegrounds is available now on PC, PS4, Stadia, Xbox One, and mobile devices.