Key Takeaways
- Twitch streamer HydraSZN has pleaded with the platform to lift his recent permanent ban, acknowledging his offensive joke while highlighting other streamers with worse offenses who haven't been banned.
- HydraSZN had 20,000 followers on Twitch before his ban, primarily known in the Fortnite community, and hopes for a second chance as his channel had been gaining success.
- In the absence of an unban, HydraSZN plans to move to Twitch competitor Kick, which offers better revenue splits but has faced criticism for security issues and its association with gambling platforms.
Twitch streamer HydraSZN is asking the platform to reconsider his recent permanent ban from the site, following backlash from an offensive joke during a stream. The massive Amazon-owned streaming platform has not been afraid of throwing out significant bans to notable creators in the past, with many well-known streamers on the receiving end. Popular streamers like Adin Ross and Fousey have been hit with bans from Twitch, with some even jumping ship to competitor platforms. Now, another popular streamer is making a plea for Twitch to revoke his ban.
Boasting 20,000 followers on his Twitch channel before his ban, HydraSZN has been a popular figure within the site's Fortnite community. However, not long after reaching the subscriber milestone, HydraSZN would be hit with a permanent ban from Twitch for an offensive joke made during a stream. During a match of Fortnite, Hydra baffllingly made a sexualized joke about children while being killed in a match, cited as the main reason for his ban by Twitch. Now, Hydra is hoping Twitch will give the streamer a second chance.
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In a tweet remarking on the clip that would see Hydra banned from Twitch, the streamer makes a plea to the platform to reconsider. Hydra accepts that he "deserves the hate" he has received for making the insensitive joke during the stream. However, Hydra also refers to several other streamers he feels have made worse offenses on Twitch who have not received similar punishment, feeling he "doesn't deserve an indefinite ban." He also alludes to how his channel had begun to see success in recent months, eclipsing the previously mentioned 20,000 followers milestone earlier in August.
While Hydra's future on Twitch remains uncertain, the streamer has already made his plans clear in the absence of his channel being unbanned. Hydra held a livestream on Twitch competitor Kick not long after the banning to explain his plans for the future. Hydra would not be the first banned creator to move to the controversial Kick, with popular streamers like the previously mentioned Adin Ross and chess streamer Hikaru Nakamura moving to the platform.
Hydra's move to Kick comes as the platform co-founded by popular streamer Trainwrecks has made waves within the streaming community in recent months. Kick notably offers significantly greater revenue splits for creators using the platform, with streamers benefiting from a 95/5 split and big creators like xQc migrating to Kick. However, opponents of the new streaming platform have cited both poor security measures and the site's link to gambling platforms, backed by gambling site Stake. Hydra and his fans will hope that Twitch reconsiders the creator's ban from the popular platform.
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