Streamers get banned from Twitch every day, sometimes for behavior that clearly violates the platform’s terms of service and sometimes for more obtuse reasons. Occasionally, bots suspend accounts accidentally, like when streamers got banned from Twitch for playing Madden NFL during the Super Bowl. It’s not often, however, that a content creator’s removal from the platform is ironic like streamer TheGrefg’s was.

A Spanish YouTuber and Twitch streamer, David “TheGrefg” Canovas Martinez also owns the esports organization Team Heretics. One of its members, Brunenger, was banned from Twitch in May 2021, and TheGrefg brought the content creator onto his stream on March 10, 2022, to discuss the situation and critique Twitch’s ban policy. Although Brunenger wore a costume astronaut helmet with a dark visor the entire time, TheGrefg knew that he was taking a chance when he invited the banned content creator onto his channel.

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Not surprisingly, on March 22, TheGrefg shared on Twitter that he had received a three-day ban from Twitch for having Brunenger on his stream. Translated from Spanish, the content creator seemed to take the situation in stride, stating, “I knew I put myself at risk doing something like this, and this is the punishment. I’ll be back on Friday.”

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Brunenger has been unable to stream on Twitch for nearly a year now, and the platform has given him no date when he might return. It seemed important to TheGrefg to allow his friend to share his frustration about the seemingly arbitrary doling out of punishments that many streamers experience on Twitch. While some bans are clearcut, such as Twitch streamers participating in hate raids or avoiding paying taxes, others are not so obvious. During the stream, Brunenger expressed confusion about why some people get short bans and others receive longer or even indefinite bans for similar TOS violations.

This is the second time that TheGrefg’s Twitch account has been suspended, the first being in July 2020 after he showed an inappropriate video during a stream. That ban lasted only 24 hours, and the second suspension is likewise little more than a slap on the wrist when compared to Brunenger’s indefinite ban, who TheGrefg admitted had often streamed risky content.

The subject of unfair or excessive bans has been debated for as long as Twitch has existed, with many people feeling that popular content creators often go unpunished for questionable behavior while smaller streamers receive little to no leniency. On March 22, Twitch announced a new appeals portal for content creators to file an objection to their suspension and keep track of its progress. This will hopefully allow streamers who feel their accounts have been unfairly banned to more easily contact Twitch.

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