The streamer Brandon “Atrioic” Ewing has been active on Twitch and YouTube since 2011 and has built up his channels over the years. But Twitter users have now caught him clicking on a page in a stream that featured paid “deepfakes” from Twitch streamers. That ruined his reputation and career.
What was the streamer caught doing?
Twitch streamer emphasizes that he is actually very different, that he is committed to women
This is what the streamer says: In a Twitch stream, Atrioc explains his situation. The Twitch streamer says he’s been trying to make women feel comfortable on Twitch for years.
He has always campaigned against sexist things, does not tolerate that, bans sexist sayings as soon as he sees them.
First researched deepfakes, then clicked the fake ad on the porn site
Then how did the incident happen? The matter was now a one-off event. It was 2 a.m. and the girlfriend was out of town:
It was 2am and I’ve been reading so shitty stuff about artificial intelligence, deepfake music, deepfake art and I’m on these damn discords. It’s all so embarrassing. I was on the fucking Pornhub site, on a regular website, and there was an ad, it was that ad on every fucking video – so other people must be clicking on it because it was on every video.
The streamer insists he’s the “most vanilla guy,” the “most normal guy,” and would never do anything like that again. I’m so sorry.
Atrioc’s girlfriend, who sat crying next to him in the stream, adds: A paywall would not stop her boyfriend, it’s normal for him to buy through such walls – that doesn’t mean anything.
When her boyfriend says he’ll never do it again, she believes him.
Twitch streamer closes the page – Atrioc wants to pay for it
What about the website? As the Vice website writes, the operator of this website has meanwhile taken the content offline and published an apology. It is said that it was “eye-opening” how Atrioc fared after being caught. It was only then that the operator of the site apparently realized what exactly he was putting on the internet…
Atrioc himself explains (via twitter) that the closure was probably not as voluntary as the operator portrays it. The website was closed through the use of the streamer QTCinderella and a law firm.
Atrioc says it will cover the costs of the closure and will also provide financial support to women who need legal help.
To show that he wants to focus on that, he will stop producing content. At least for a while.
How is this discussed? Many streamers and content creators have now addressed the case. From Forsen to xQc to bodybuilders Knut and HasanAbi, many streamers have commented on the clip.
The affected streamers have also spoken about being portrayed in this way, especially QTCinderella.
During the discussion, it is noticeable that controversial content creators like Keemstar seem to be happy that Atrioc, an “actually nice guy” with something like this, is now being noticed (via Twitter).
It then means: The people who pretend to be friends of women are actually the perverts on Twitch.
Atrioc says: Some people would also have promised him their support in the matter. What he did wasn’t wrong at all, he didn’t have to apologize for it. He wants to say to people: “Fuck you. Honestly, I don’t want your support. I’m not on your side.”
Atrioc’s behavior shocks so many – including himself – because it was not at all expected of him. For other streamers, career collapse seemed only a matter of time:
Streamer apparently ruins 11 years of career in 14 seconds – Twitch permanently bans him
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