6-year-old \u201cbanned\u201d streamer RowdyRogan confirms Warzone ban was staged Instagram: RowdyRoganYoung internet personality RowdyRogan and his family have confirmed that their highly-publicized bans from Warzone and TikTok were part of an elaborate stunt. In a YouTube video uploaded to RowdyRogan\u2019s YouTube channel, the family confirmed growing speculation that the youngster\u2019s ban from Warzone was part of their submission to Faze5\u2019s latest Top 20 challenge, which instructs finalists to make a \u201cviral video\u201d. They vlogged the entire process of the stunt, from the moment RowdyRogan appeared to think of the idea himself, to the moment that their \u201cban\u201d played out on Twitch. When RowdyRogan suggested a \u201cban\u201d for the viral video challenge, his mom predicted that \u201cpeople are going to go nuts\u201d \u2013 and recent days have shown that she was definitely right. In the final moments of the video, the youngster\u2019s mom and dad both addressed the camera. While RowdyRogan\u2019s dad acknowledged that \u201csome people won\u2019t be happy\u201d when they find out that this was a stunt, he nonetheless thanked fans for their \u201cphenomenal\u201d support. Explaining their reasoning for going ahead with the challenge, RowdyRogan\u2019s mom explained said they wanted to show Faze that \u201cthe world was ready\u201d for young gamers like her son, and also suggested that RowdyRogan getting to be part of the Faze Clan could \u201copen the gate for young gamers\u201d. Read More: xQc slams Among Us game awards win – Both parents also thanked Activision for their support and apologised for the backlash they had received from fans in the wake of their son\u2019s \u201cban\u201d. How did it all start? Fans were shocked when the Call of Duty prodigy had his Warzone account banned in the middle of a stream with his father, Harry Drew, on December 9. Read More: Gamers give tips on \u201cdry ass phones\u201d – While his father vowed to get his account back, with a #FreeRogan hashtag circulating among fans on social media, it appeared that the young star\u2019s TikTok account, which had a 60k-strong following, also bit the dust. As some of you know, Rogan was banned from Warzone on stream tonight. The Team and us are currently trying to handle the situation and will keep you guys updated. Thank you for all the support. #FreeRogan pic.twitter.com\/df1B28Fa8R \u2014 RowdyRogan\ud83e\udd88 (@RowdyRogan) December 10, 2020 Although plenty of fans rallied around RowdyRogan and his father after the shocking ban on his Warzone account was instated, some fans were more skeptical, theorizing that the youngster\u2019s ban and the attention around it was all part of Faze5\u2019s challenge. Well, it seems like they were right all along! It remains to be seen whether this stunt was enough for RowdyRogan to pass Faze Jarvis\u2019 challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
6-year-old \u201cbanned\u201d streamer RowdyRogan confirms Warzone ban was staged Instagram: RowdyRoganYoung internet personality RowdyRogan and his family have confirmed that their highly-publicized bans from Warzone and TikTok were part of an elaborate stunt. In a YouTube video uploaded to RowdyRogan\u2019s YouTube channel, the family confirmed growing speculation that the youngster\u2019s ban from Warzone was part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}