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Leapfrog with bans TraVoMaN

Timur TraVomAN Khafizovis perhaps one of the most talked about Dota 2 streamers in 2023. Over the course of a year, he managed to become the hero of Morf Designer’s investigation about account boosting and buying new accounts, and was one of the reasons for the disbandment of the roster. forZe, to conflict with Nikita Daxak Kuzmin and subsequently fall under a flurry of threats from fans of the esportsman, as well as twice get banned on Twitch because of a set-up from a viewer who, through a donation, offered the streamer to change the nickname, which turned out to be homophobic. However, the most “exciting” relationship TraVoMaN had in 2023 was with Valve.

The increased media activity of Khafizov this year increased not only his audience, but also the army of haters, which also included many media personalities and professional players. And if Daxak offered to throw TraVoMan into the dodge list so as not to get caught with him in the game, many went further and decided to throw Hafizov with reports in Dota 2. This led to the fact that at the end of the year the main Techies of all CIS began to receive an account blocking a little if not every week. According to TraVoMaN itself, both rivals and allies complained about him, and even after winning matches. And all because of the great dislike of the community for Miner.

Khafizov even approached Valve’s support with a request to grant him immunity from bans, however, apparently, Techies are not favored there either, so the streamer was refused and sent to look for help on reddit. By the way, there TraVoMaN once got a block because he created a topic and sent a link to it to his subscribers. The administration of the site saw a cheating of votes in this and deleted the post. However, even despite the ignorance on the part of Valve and the activity of haters, Khafizov, thanks to the presence of additional accounts, continues to release content even during blocking. And, apparently, this story will continue in 2023.

Cyber ​​Legacy got banned by Parimatch

In early 2023, Freedom International Group invested $ 5 million in the creation of an esports organization. Cyber ​​legacy… The club had ambitious plans – several lineups, its own studio and tournaments. The organization has even invited eminent players such as Cooman and seized, but the results were not to be seen.

The Dota 2 roster was doing so badly that it seemed as if it couldn’t be worse, but then Stepan Shulga knocked on the door. On November 22, Parimatch banned the Cyber ​​Legacy roster on its platform after a fight with ViKin.gg… According to Shulga, the bookmakers noticed anomalous activity in the bets for this meeting, so they decided not to open lines for the team’s matches anymore. Representatives of the roster later stated that it was not worth looking for a hidden meaning in their defeat – the players simply performed poorly and did not practice. As a result, the roster was disbanded in early November.

In the same period, the second lineup of Cyber ​​Legacy, performing on the CS: GO stage, fell under the suspicion of the community. After the investigation, the bookmakers did not ban him, but this was not necessary: ​​a few weeks later, the club announced that it was temporarily leaving the discipline.

Ban Newbee players for participating in fake matches

In the Chinese professional Dota 2 scene, a scandal erupted again in 2023, and again titled esportsmen were at the center of it. On May 15, the largest tournament operators in the region announced a permanent ban on Newbee’s roster. The players were suspected of participating in fake matches typical of the region. Prohibition touched Xu Moogy Han, Yin Aq Rui, Wen Wizard Lipeng, Yang waixi Xiao and The International 2012 champion Zeng Faith Hunda.

Newbee, of course, denied any match-fixing. The club contested the decision of the Chinese Dota 2 Teams Association (CDA) to ban all local leagues. However, this did not bring results. In addition, the three former participants of the roster – Aq, waixi and Wizard – did not prevent them from starting their joint performance at local competitions in a few months. In October, they were spotted at an online event from the tournament operator Perfect World.

Ban for a year, jail for ten?

Ban is not always the worst punishment in eSports. This was done by Australian CS: GO players. The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has banned them for 12 months for participating in match fixing. Players participated in the local Mountain Dew League Australia. The tournament is far from the largest, but through it you can even qualify for the ESL Pro League. Against the background of the massive ban of trainers or the permanent blocking of Jamppi, the punishment for the Australians does not seem so terrible. However, ESIC transferred all the collected information to local law enforcement agencies, and now esports players may start having problems.

The fact is that in Australia there have already been cases when the local police actually took violators into custody and brought charges against them. For fake matches, they can be imprisoned for a maximum of ten years! Probably, such a period does not threaten new suspects who have already repent, but they will pretty much get their nerves, so in the coming year they will definitely not have time for CS: GO.

Twitch vs. DrDisRespect

The most mysterious and unexpected ban of the year was the permanent blocking of the account DrDisRespect on Twitch at the end of June. The administration of the service has not yet named the reasons for the ban, even to the streamer himself – at least, he claims so. At the same time, literally a few months before the ban, Baim signed a new exclusive contract with Twitch.

DrDisRespect is a rather shocking streamer: once he was broadcasting from the toilet, for which, by the way, he received a two-week ban, and in 2017 on the air he confessed to his wife of treason. At the same time, immediately before the ban, there were no scandals around Baim that could explain the blockage. DrDisRespect later said it had no plans to return to Twitch and was considering taking the company to court. Baim is currently broadcasting on YouTube.

Twitch banned guitarist for using his own music

In 2023, Twitch began to seriously enforce the DMCA, the copyright law. The platform warned streamers that now the use of someone else’s intellectual property, primarily music, can lead to a permanent ban of the channel. Content-makers had to delete even all their archived broadcasts, since they could also “fly in” for them.

However, Twitch got so caught up in copyright protection that it went overboard rather comically. The platform administration issued a ban to the guitarist of the DragonForce power metal band Herman Lee. Only he, unlike other streamers, did not use other people’s music, but played his own. Probably, this situation happened due to bureaucratic overlaps, since formally the rights to DragonForce’s music belong to Universal Music studio. However, the problem was soon resolved – after three days, Lee’s channel was unblocked, and he continued to perform songs of his group.

Banned Maincast during the tournament

In 2023, Twitch was banned not only for “wrong words” or “wrong music”, but also for “wrong people.” This happened with the Maincast – the studio’s CS: GO channel was blocked during the group stage of the DreamHack Open Summer 2023 tournament.

As it turned out, Twitch did not like Alexander’s appearance on the broadcast s1mple Kostyleva, Daniil Zeus Teslenko and rapper Kyivstoner. All three at that time had blocks on the streaming platform, so, according to the rules, they could not appear on other people’s streams. Maincast filed an appeal, and three days later, right to the playoffs, the channel was unblocked. The ban raised even more questions to the Twitch administration and put future esports tournaments at risk. What happens if before The International one of the participants gets banned? Will he have to be disqualified or hidden from cameras? In any case, Twitch gave us another curious precedent, which rightfully takes its place in the top bans of 2023.

Don’t mess with China

Everyone in the video game industry knows that China has a pretty tough censorship that forces publishers to adapt Western titles to the local market. And as practice shows, the developers are not ready to enter into confrontation with the government of the PRC, so they make all the concessions.

All the more surprising was the mistake made by Activision during the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War promotional campaign. The first teaser of the shooter showed footage of the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing – one of the most tragic events in the history of modern China, which the government is trying not to advertise. Because of this, the teaser for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was blocked in the PRC. Activision did not dispute this decision, but removed the footage associated with Tiananmen Square, and cut the total length of the video in half. Moreover, the updated teaser was released not only in China, but all over the world, which caused a new wave of discontent, but already among the Western audience.

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