Twitch bans controversial streamer for the 2nd time in a month – he doesn’t understand why
Dimitri “Greekgodx” Antonatos is one of the veterans on Twitch and has been streaming since 2011. He has repeatedly been the subject of controversy and has now been banned again because he suddenly Made noises that the community perceived as racist.
Who is the streamer?
- Greekgodx is one of the big streamers on Twitch. He has an average of 5,628 viewers and has been able to generate over 1.6 million followers on his channel so far.
- Antonatos mainly moves in the area of just chatting, but also streams games like Apex Legends, CoD: Warzone or Fortnite in between.
- He was able to gain additional notoriety because he was a good buddy of loud Tyler1 for a while and always had funny jokes ready.
- Now Greekgodx has been banned from Twitch for the 2nd time in 30 days.
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Greekgodx makes racist noises
What was the streamer doing? In one clip, Antonatos walks past a family who is talking to each other. Then he suddenly made noises, which some interpreted as meaning that he was making fun of them.
First went up Twitter around that the family is of Asian descent and the community felt that Greekgodx’s sounds sounded like he was trying to mimic them in a derogatory way.
Afterwards, however, it turned out that it was a Greek family that also communicated in their language. Despite this, many considered Greekgodx’s behavior to be racism, saying he was trying to silly imitate people of Asian descent.
“Why should I be racist towards people who raised me?”
What did Greekgodx say? He was stunned by the allegations and said he was just making the noise for fun and all of a sudden. There was no deeper meaning behind it and he asked what was wrong with the world if something like that was considered racist (via Twitter).
He also said it was racist to assume the family was of Asian descent based on his noise. “My family members are Asian, why would I be racist to people who raised me,” he added (via Twitter).
Although Greekgodx lives in England, he has Greek roots.
What did Twitch do? They didn’t hesitate and banned the streamer. Neither the platform nor Greekgodx itself has revealed how long this should last.
His other ban was not lifted until July 1st. He got it because he probably twerked on the stream and shared his wisdom about women. You can read all about it here: Twitch bans streamers who explain for 55 seconds that their wife belongs in the kitchen
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