“How can something like this happen again?”

The developers of the hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov have been banned for the second time on the Twitch streaming platform.

Twitch Bans EFT Developers: The hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov (EFT for short) is a regular hit on Twitch. Whenever a wipe has taken place in the game, i.e. the entire progress of the players is reset, the number of viewers on the streaming platform increases massively.

From December 27th to 29th alone, the numbers jumped from 49,000 to 509,000 viewers at Peak (via sullygnome.com).

For many players, wipe day is the perfect moment to play, stream, or at least watch a stream of Espace from Tarkov. In some cases, Twitch drops continue to boost viewership, as they have in the past few days (via escapefromtarkov.com)

But the developers of all people are currently not allowed to participate in the streaming success of their shooter, because the official Battlestate Games account was banned on Twitch – for the second time. Reason enough for fans of the shooter to ask on reddit: “How can something like this happen again?”

What is this ban? On the StreamerBans Twitter channel, viewers can find out when a streamer has been banned.

This happens again and again and can have a variety of causes, as we can see in the example of streamer HasanAbi, who was recently banned. He suspects political reasons for his ban.

In general, however, one can only speculate about the reasons for a Twitch ban. So also in the case of the developers of Escape from Tarkov. An official reason is not known.

The Battlestate Games Twitch channel was banned from Twitch for the second time on January 1st. It is also not yet known what kind of ban it is and when the developers will be allowed to stream again. When Battlestate Games was last banned almost exactly 3 years ago, the channel was unbanned after 14 days.

Fans are puzzled as to what could be the reason for the ban

What is the speculation? There is some speculation from players on Twitter and reddit as to what could be the reason for the ban. Twitter user wallytreats writes that specifying the wrong streaming category could be related (via Twitter).

During a Battlestate Games stream, the developers showed the broadcast of DJ “John B”, but are said to have given “Escape from Tarkov” as the category. John B also confirmed on Twitter that his appearance was shown on the developer’s channel.

Another speculation from players is that the developers were jokingly pointing a gun at people during a stream. Even if this is not real or functional, the threat violates the TOS of the platform (via Twitch.tv).

It is currently unclear whether the developers actually pointed a (non-real) weapon at someone. There is no clip of the scene in question and the VoD is also not viewable due to the ban.

If a video appears that shows the possible reason for the ban or detailed information about the background becomes known, we will update the article.

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