Thanks to the latest rule change, DrDisrespect can be seen on Twitch again – but he is not allowed to appear

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Herschel “DrDisrespect” Beahm’s Twitch ban is still infamous to this day. Thanks to a new rule change, streamers are at least allowed to show the doc again – but he’s not allowed to go back.

What are these new rules? On the evening of April 4, 2024, Twitch announced on From now on, streamers are allowed to show videos and streams of their banned colleagues and react to them.

However, the prerequisite is that you actually react to the content shown and comment on it. However, shared Twitch streams with banned streamers are still prohibited.

This rule change is interesting in that Twitch has really had little fun so far when it comes to circumventing bans:

  • These rules are intended to prevent streamers from circumventing their bans by broadcasting on another channel or appearing on a friendly content creator’s stream
  • Anyone who brings a banned colleague into their stream can be blocked themselves and thus risks losing an important source of income
  • Streamers were even encouraged to “use the best of their ability” to keep banned users out of their streams, mute them or limit interaction if they happened to be encountered – for example at a third-party gaming tournament

    • In a comment, Twitch explains that it would adapt to the constantly evolving content on the platform (via X.com).

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    How does DrDisrespect come into play? The infamous streamer is the reason Twitch tightened ban bypassing rules in 2020. His perma-ban is also probably the most famous and mysterious in the history of Twitch.

    To date, neither he nor the streaming platform have publicly explained why one of the then biggest streamers on Twitch was surprisingly banned in June 2020. However, there is plenty of speculation about the reason for the ban, fueled by suggestions such as those recently made by Twitch boss Dan Clancy.

    While Amouranth is currently calmly sitting out her 10th temporary ban and even the controversial YouTuber IShowSpeed ​​was allowed back on Twitch, the Doc has been away for almost 4 years.

    Now it can officially flicker across the screens of Twitch viewers again.

    What does DrDisrespect actually do? He has been streaming on YouTube ever since he was banned and has done so quite successfully. However, it has a big disadvantage there: YouTube lured successful streamers away from Twitch for a lot of money, but they got the Doc for free. So while others landed lucrative exclusive contracts, he came away empty-handed.

    When the new competitor platform Kick distributed million-dollar deals in the summer of 2023, the Doc also wanted a piece of the cake and brazenly demanded $50 million.

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