Streamer claims he was banned for Twitch-approved emote OgRobx, Instagram \/ Wikimedia commons \/ AppleWhile it\u2019s one of the most popular live streaming sites on the net, Twitch is not without controversy, seeing such debacles as harassment, hate speech, and even fist fights throw down in real time. However, one streamer claims he was banned from the platform not because of an on-stream scandal, but because of his custom emote \u2013 which the site approved, itself. Twitch allows Partnered and Affiliated streamers to create their own custom emotes, which must undergo an approval process to be cleared for use. 600 Twitch\u2019s policies prohibit emotes that promote hateful conduct, threats of violence, nudity, obscene content, and other such breaches of service \u2013 but streamer \u201cOG Rob\u201d doesn\u2019t feel that his emote was worthy of a ban. According to Rob, Twitch banned him for his custom \u201cNigerian\u201d emote, which he claimed did not breach the site\u2019s \u201chateful conduct\u201d guidelines. 600https:\/\/help.twitch.tv\/s\/article\/subscriber-emoticon-guide?language=en_US\u201cConfirmed that my emote with my face got me banned as \u2018hateful,\u2019\u201d Rob wrote in a Tweet on August 21. \u201cI\u2019m Nigerian by the way\u2026 but let a white girl say **** live on stream, it\u2019s all sunshine and roses. LOL how ridiculous.\u201d \u1d04\u1d0f\u0274\u0493\u026a\u0280\u1d0d\u1d07\u1d05 \u1d1b\u029c\u1d00\u1d1b \u1d0d\u028f \u0274\u026a\u0262 :flag-ng: \u1d07\u1d0d\u1d0f\u1d1b\u1d07 \u1d21\/ \u1d0d\u028f \u0493\u1d00\u1d04\u1d07 \u0262\u1d0f\u1d1b \u1d0d\u1d07 \u0299\u1d00\u0274\u0274\u1d07\u1d05 \u1d00s “”\u029c\u1d00\u1d1b\u1d07\u0493\u1d1c\u029f”” (\u026a\u1d0d \u0274\u026a\u0262\u1d07\u0280\u026a\u1d00\u0274 \u0299\u1d1b\u1d21)\u2026.\u0299\u1d1c\u1d1b \u029f\u1d07\u1d1b \u1d00 \u1d21\u029c\u026a\u1d1b\u1d07 \u0262\u026a\u0280\u029f s\u1d00\u028f “”N\u026a***”” \u029f\u026a\u1d20\u1d07 \u1d0f\u0274 s\u1d1b\u0280\u1d07\u1d00\u1d0d \u026a\u1d1bs \u1d00\u029f\u029f s\u1d1c\u0274s\u029c\u026a\u0274\u1d07 & \u0280\u1d0fs\u1d07s :person_facepalming::skin-tone-5:\u2642\ufe0f LOL H\u1d0f\u1d21 \u0280\u026a\u1d05\u026a\u1d04\u1d1c\u029f\u1d0f\u1d1cs @TwitchSupport pic.twitter.com\/FOQUxRQlxf \u2014 \u1d0f\u0262 \u0280\u1d0f\u0299 :wilted_rose: (@OGROBx) August 20, 2019 Rob\u2019s Tweet references two separate incidents on Twitch in the past month, with popular streamers \u201cAlinity Divine\u201d and \u201cAmouranth\u201d receiving massive backlash for appearing to say racial slurs on stream \u2013 although both streamers denied having said such slurs in wake of the drama. How does @AlinityTwitch get away with saying the n word and abusing her cat? pic.twitter.com\/ILSNjHGdaq \u2014 Spaz (@Spaziox_) August 12, 2019 This wouldn\u2019t be the first time a Twitch emote has stirred up controversy, by far: multiple top streamers have spoken out about Twitch\u2019s \u201cCmonBruh\u201d and \u201cTriHard\u201d emotes, which are often used to make racist jokes by toxic viewers. Although it is sometimes used to call out racism during live streams, the \u201cCmonBruh\u201d emote has since taken on a double meaning, with racist viewers spamming the emote any time they hear a word resembling a racial slur \u2013 or even other insulting terms. 600Twitch has since responded to Rob\u2019s Tweet in an email, claiming that they suspended his account \u201cdue to a mistake,\u201d but have \u201cretroactively declined\u201d his emote, as it contains \u201cinappropriate terms in the emote code\u201d \u2013 likely due to it\u2019s name, \u201cogrobNig.\u201d LMFAOOOOOOOOOO \u026a \u1d04\u1d00\u0274\u0274\u1d0f\u1d1b \u0299\u1d07\u029f\u026a\u1d07\u1d20\u1d07 \u1d1b\u029c\u1d07 \u1d07\u1d0d\u1d00\u026a\u029f @Twitch \u1d0a\u1d1cs\u1d1b s\u1d07\u0274\u1d1b \u1d0d\u1d07. \u026a\u0493 \u1d1b\u029c\u1d07\u028f \u1d1cs\u1d07 \u1d1b\u029c\u026as “”s\u1d1b\u0280\u026a\u1d0b\u1d07”” \u1d1b\u1d0f \u1d05\u1d07\u0274\u028f \u1d0d\u028f \u1d18\u1d00\u0280\u1d1b\u0274\u1d07\u0280s\u029c\u026a\u1d18 \u026a\u1d0d\u1d00 \u0299\u1d07 \u1d1b\u026a\u0262\u029c\u1d1b \u201c\u029c\u1d00\u029c\u1d00\u029c\u1d00 \u1d0d\u028f \u0299\u1d00\u1d05 \u1d0d\u028f \u0274\u026a\u0262\u0262\u1d00 \u1d0f\u1d0f\u1d18s \u029f\u1d0f\u029f”” :clown_face: pic.twitter.com\/YLvwwT2igp \u2014 \u1d0f\u0262 \u0280\u1d0f\u0299 :wilted_rose: (@OGROBx) August 21, 2019 While Rob worries that this \u201cstrike\u201d could impede his Partnership with the site, Twitch owned up to its mistake \u2013 but it looks like his emote is canned until he uses a different code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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