Asmongold has taken aim at Twitch and its suspension policies, calling for the Amazon-owned platform\u2019s admins to use \u201cway more common sense\u201d when it comes to banning streamers\u2060\u2014big and small\u2060 alike\u2014after one of his profiles was blocked from the site<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>
Even worse, he added, Twitch often fails to stick to its guns.<\/p>
\u201cI got suspended because they think I allowed racism in my chat, then I make a video and it gets popular and they change their mind and were like, \u2018The racism isn\u2019t that bad\u2019,\u201d the disgruntled streamer said during his latest Twitch stream<\/a> on June 15. \u201cSo what is the logic there? What are you trying to say?\u201d<\/p>
Related: Asmongold claims Twitch could \u2018change the rules\u2019 on gambling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>
When the 32-year-old was barred from the platform<\/a> via a suspension on his secondary account<\/a>, Zackrawrr, he appealed. Asmongold was informed it was due to \u2018racism in his chatroom,<\/a>\u2019 which he believes he has little control over.<\/p>
He believes a simple phone call would have resolved the situation.<\/p>
Twitch has recently started making efforts to keep streamers in the loop with curated ban notifications via email<\/a>, though it is\u2060\u2014for now\u2060\u2014still post-suspension.<\/p>
The Amazon streaming titan has also added an automated \u201cappeals portal<\/a>\u201d which is designed to give streamers a right of reply. These appeals are tied to ongoing suspensions and can be submitted by any creator through the backend system. Twitch admins will then review the ban and re-assess the block.<\/p>
The MMO star was originally rejected via the appeal system<\/a>. \u201cI wrote 4,000 words to write this appeal, and the appeal was denied,\u201d he said. \u201cThe system said it wasn\u2019t going to unban me and said they were upholding the strike.\u201d<\/p>
He was, however, manually unbanned<\/a> by Twitch just 24 hours later.<\/p>
