I have understood Slasher a long time as an internet acquaintance and I know two things. One is that his inside details is practically constantly right, and 2nd, that hes not frightened of spilling secrets, generally about big esports deals and such. However the fact that he will not state what he knows here is additional proof about the prospective severity of whats going on.
While Twitch is not validating the permanent ban, they have provided refunds to Dr Disrespects “Champions Club” customers. I can not remember ever seeing this happen before outside of when Ninja and Shroud left Twitch for Mixer.
I have actually seen two people in the market openly claim understanding of what Dr Disrespect has actually done to make this ban. The first is Slasher:.
While I would not really expect Twitch to state the precise nature of the offense publicly, they dont even validate the length of the restriction.
He was briefly prohibited from Twitch after streaming from a public bathroom. While Twitch is not verifying the irreversible restriction, they have issued refunds to Dr Disrespects “Champions Club” customers. The only reason I can believe of as to why this hasnt dripped yet is that something was shared privately with Twitch that was A) too traumatic to air openly in the past week of revelations and B) perhaps criminal.
All of this points to something rather dark. The only reason I can consider to why this hasnt leaked yet is that something was shared independently with Twitch that was A) too distressing to air publicly in the previous week of revelations and B) possibly criminal. Everybody is mentioning Dr Disrespects previous cheating as potentially coming up once again, however that does not appear like what this is. And if it is an ongoing criminal issue that potentially might have law enforcement included, it would quite make it clear why Twitch and even experts dont wish to state that publicly. But when you think about all the things that have come out about streamers this past week, your mind jumps to a couple of apparent prospects of what may have happened here, but again, its not wise to hypothesize on specifics. Though yes, this is likely to be much larger than DMCA drama or bathroom streaming, and it will not stay concealed forever.
Inspect back here for additional updates but for now, it appears clear this is extremely serious, provided Twitchs considerable action and the silence surrounding the specifics. Stay tuned.
Dr Disrespects previous problems are well understood. He was briefly banned from Twitch after streaming from a public bathroom.
However, the odd twist here is that Dr Disrespect was not the target of any such claims in this past week of revelations.
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Yesterday, Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm was banned from Twitch, apparently for great. No particular reason has actually been openly mentioned, and a small circle of those who apparently do understand whats going on arent talking.
Rod “Slasher” Breslau was the first to report that the restriction was permanent, and that no, in spite of early reports, it had absolutely nothing to do with DMCA problems.
This also can be found in the bigger context of many Twitch streamers, nearly all of them male, being accused of numerous levels of unwanted sexual advances and abuse in the past week, almost all of the survivors being female community members or fellow streamers. These offenses vary from unsuitable DMs to actual, in-person sexual assault. Twitch published a statement in the midst of this saying they would begin acting versus specific individuals, and we have seen a number of bans of some of the implicated in the past few days, likely those whose offenses could be shown or were admitted, or perhaps if the abuse had actually happened on the platform itself.
We have whats authorities, and thats simply a frustratingly unclear statement from Twitch:.
The other day, Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm was prohibited from Twitch, obviously for great. Twitch posted a declaration in the middle of this stating they would start taking action versus particular individuals, and we have actually seen a number of bans of some of the implicated in the past few days, likely those whose offenses could be shown or were confessed, or perhaps if the abuse had taken place on the platform itself.
The second person is ShannonZKiller, a banner who published and erased a tweet stating that she understood what had actually taken place, and that Dr Disrespect was done “not just on Twitch.” This was later offered additional credence once it ended up being known that Dr Disrespects Discord partnership likewise appears to have ended. So big things are happening behind the scenes.
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It would make little sense for Disrespect to get struck with a ban, much less an irreversible one, for something as basic as copyrighted audio. Dr Disrespect extremely openly re-signed a contract, likely worth millions, with Twitch as just recently as March 2020.
One last thing worth taking an appearance at is completion of Dr Disrespects last stream, caught on video. He appears to get a message on his phone, reads it, and his disposition completely changes prior to he abruptly ends the stream. Whichs the last weve seen of him. And might be the last we ever see of him on a streaming platform, if these rumors are real.
