Well, at least he knows why, now.
It’s been a year since Dr Disrespect (real name Herschel Beahm IV) got a permanent ban from Twitch. The move was as swift as it was impenetrable. And while the general public still doesn’t know the actual reason for his ban, well, he’s managed to find out.
And he’s not happy about it. As a matter of fact, it has cost him a considerable amount of potential sponsorship deals. Per the video above:
I make probably a fourth, a quarter of what I was making on Twitch. A year later from being banned from the platform, well, a lot of people think ‘Hey Doc, you did good, you’re incredible.’ Listen, we’ve certainly tried to maximize the most of what we have to work with […] but the Twitch ban, how it’s really affected us, not just from a financial standpoint but from a networking standpoint, in terms of relationships we’ve built over the past five years, in terms of Activision and EA, everyone all the big sponsors the partnerships, they have to question: why did you get banned?
Dr Disrespect
And so, as he puts it, he’s going to sue the fuck out of them.
A lot of people ask, do you know the reason—I do know the reason why now. I’ve known for months now, the reason why. I’ll just say this right now champs: there’s a reason why we’re suing the fuck out of ’em [Twitch]… I don’t know how else to put it… the amount of damages and you just don’t know… know, um…
What’s the first thing you see when you type the name in on Google? […] You see Lamborghini, I get it, but you also see ‘Dr banned from Twitch’, no reason why. You think a big-time company like Nike is gonna want to work with that question mark? Or a Disney? It fucking sucks, it fucking sucks. I don’t know how else to put it man, it’s affected us in so many different ways.
Dr Disrespect
In essence, the point he’s trying to establish is that the ban, and the lack of public reasoning for it, has hurt his earning ability in a way that exceeds simply having his contract dumped from Twitch. Because there’s no reason for it publicly, other companies don’t want to deal with an unknown variable. And since he’s likely not allowed to make it public due to the contract (or similar circumstance) it hangs over his head like the sword of Damocles any time a company looks him up.
Granted, it’s highly likely that, even if he proceeds in this course, it’ll never actually hit a courtroom. Companies, in particular, love to settle these things out of court. It’s probably best to see how things develop over time.
Source: PC Gamer
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