Ivan Buhajeruk, known as Elspreen or just Spreen, is a Spanish-speaking Minecraft streamer with nearly six million followers on Twitch. Lately, he has been one of the fastest growing content creators on the platform. So when he was banned for 30 days, it took everyone by surprise, especially because Spreen hadn’t noticeably broken any of Twitch’s terms of service guidelines. He appealed, and ultimately the punishment was reduced to 14 days.
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Spreen stated that the platform had previously given him a warning, though it hadn’t specified that he needed to stop offering VIP status and Twitch channel subscriptions in exchange for points. However, others think that Spreen may still be misunderstanding the real reason he was banned, because Twitch listed VIP status and subscriptions simply as an example of some of the rewards he was offering in his “scheme.” Yet other streamers also offer up VIP status in exchange for channel points and are not punished. Perhaps, therefore, the Argentinian violated the platform’s terms of service by, more specifically, offering PS5s and other valuable items for channel points.
The entire situation may be confusing to more than just Spreen and his viewers. After all, Twitch’s channel points system is intended for streamers to offer followers perks in exchange for their loyalty. However, the platform’s web page explaining the feature lists more simplistic rewards like allowing viewers to change the stream’s background music or choose which Twitch channel to raid next. Either way, Spreen’s Twitch ban comes to an end on November 3, and in the meantime, there are plenty of other entertaining Minecraft streamers on Twitch, many of whom speak Spanish.
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Sources: Twitch, Dot Esports
