In case you missed it, YouTuber PewDiePie – real name Felix Kjellberg – has now welcomed his first child with wife Marzia Kjellberg. The couple first announced that they were expecting back in February. The streamer, aged 33, took to Instagram to reveal that they’d named their son Björn. Yes, like the singer from ABBA or the character from Vikings. Pick your pop culture reference. Putting a damper on the joyous mood though, PewDiePie has now been banned from Twitch again for the second time this year after a previous ban was enacted in May.

Back in May, PewDiePie – who is primarily a YouTube streamer – began restreaming old content on his Twitch channel. The ‘infinite’ content loop didn’t exactly go down well with fans seeing as it wasn’t a real return to Twitch. Days later, the channel was hit with a ban. Many assumed it was this ‘livestreaming’ loophole that led to the ban, but PewDiePie later clarified that he assumed it was due to some content contained in his restreamed 2017 videos.

Now, as reported by GameRant, the streamer has been banned for a second time this year. As is always the case with Twitch, no official reason has been given but seeing as the channel was still restreaming old content, we could have history repeating itself. Last time, the ban was lifted after a few days, so I’m sure the channel will be back up and running before we know it. It’s far less severe for Kjellberg than, say, a ban on his YouTube account. The last ban ran for three days.

Amouranth is one of the most popular female streamers on the platform with a whopping 6.3 million followers. Last year, Amouranth temporarily stepped away from the platform after alleging that she was in an abusive relationship with her now ex-husband, who had been dictating her content. After parting ways with him, Amouranth expressed an interest in streaming more games, more so than doing hot tub content which her ex-husband previously encouraged her to do.

The Twitch streamer didn’t give up her adult content completely though, adding that this would be ‘selfish’ to do. She did express that she felt much happier having total control over her Twitch channel. Now though, things have taken a turn for the worse as Amouranth is currently banned on Twitch.

As reported by Dexerto, Amouranth’s ban went live yesterday, on 4 May, and it’s the first time that this has happened since 2021. It’s not currently known why the Twitch star has been banned. Neither Twitch nor Amouranth have commented on the fact. The channel simply shows Twitch’s classic ban message which reads, “This channel is temporarily unavailable due to a violation of Twitch’s Community Guidelines or Terms of Service.”

Whether it be YouTube or Twitch, a streamer can leave the world of content creation for various reasons or at times, some may even decide to jump ship with the promise of more money. But what if a content creator decided to jump ship to a new kid on the block, and no, we’re not talking about the 80s/90s boy band.

Back in 2019, the Microsoft-owned streaming platform Mixer paid Fortnite content creator star Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins a reported $20 to $30 million to jump from Twitch to Mixer. Unfortunately for Microsoft, Mixer struggled to compete with the likes of YouTube and Twitch and on 22 July 2020, it closed its doors never to be seen again.

Owned by co-founders Bijan Tehrani and Ed Craven, Kick looks to compete with YouTube and Twitch by charging streamers less than its competitors and having more relaxed guidelines when it comes to moderation. How that formula will unfold and what it means for its quality/type of content remains to be seen. We would assume that those answers will be made more clear if Kick continues to grow in popularity.

Recently, Kick has acquired the exclusive services of Félix ‘xQc’ Lengyel, a popular Twitch streamer known for playing Overwatch in a deal reported to be worth $100 million, according to Kotaku. Well, as reported by Dexerto, the latest content creator to join Kick streaming is Kaitlyn ‘Amouranth’ Siragusa, leaving her 6.4 million Twitch followers seemingly in the dust.

In a tweet re-confirming that Amouranth is joining Kick, in her typical tongue-in-cheek humour, she alluded to xQc’s reported $100 million deal in a video asking “So, 100 million dollar deals have started… Can I get one of those?”.

In related news, Amouranth recently signed another deal to launch an ‘AI companion’ to help satisfy her passionate fans.

From Just Chatting to Makers & Crafting to the multitudes of games that people play for their audiences, Twitch is a place to create a community. Fans will be with streamers through thick and thin, from the high highs, to the dislocations, to the heated gamer moments, to the bans they accidentally incur. And earlier this week, quqco fell foul of the terms of service, though she said that she’s totally to blame in this situation.

Removing her hoodie, she revealed the fake breasts under her crop top, jumped up and down and pressed on them with her elbows. Obviously, this is an infringement of the company’s Community Guidelines and specifically its rules on sexually suggestive content. Streamers are not permitted any “content or camera focus on breasts, buttocks, or pelvic region, including poses that deliberately highlight these elements” or “groping or explicit gestures directed towards breasts, buttocks, or genitals.” Even though they’re fake breasts, quqco did violate the terms of service and that’s something she admitted to after receiving the ban.

“I deserved it – see you in 3 days,” she said on social media. quqco has been banned before by Twitch for a Chun-Li cosplay and for accidentally showing her underwear when she bent over while streaming live. Twitch usually uses a three-strikes system for permanent bans, however, there have been streamers who faced as many as six bans before being booted from their platform.