He literally went ouf of his way to try to shield his main account by using an alt account to cheat on. He knows cheating is against the rules, children know cheating is against the rules.
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Richard Tyler Blevins (Ninja) believes bans for games shouldn't happen to content creators (Update: He regrets saying that)
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He literally went ouf of his way to try to shield his main account by using an alt account to cheat on. He knows cheating is against the rules, children know cheating is against the rules.
Seriously. If you arent a dumb ass in this world, power and money protects power and money and all you powerful and or monied fucks win.
He DID do that. He was banned on-stream (as far as I know) on that alternate account, and then went right into another one to continue making these videos of aimbotting - I'm basing this off of what I've read in this thread, so I could be wrong about it. Either way - he made an alternate account in the first place because he was afraid of his main account getting banned. He knew what he was getting into. His claims in his apology video of "if I had known the consequences..." - he did.
And him getting banned from Fortnite wasn't him losing his job. His job is still intact, which is being a Twitch streamer. ANYONE will be banned for cheating on Fortnite, HE chose to make his living playing that game specifically, and did the videos knowing full well what could happen. To me, if I can get banned for cheating, so could he - it just so happens that I only play for fun whereas he was making all of his money off of doing it. Why should our punishments be different for the same crime simply because we chose to play the same game for different reasons?
I'm referring to how passionate people on this forum are that he never be allowed to play again. He just made a silly mistake in a video game, who cares.
You could literally use the same line of thinking to explain why him getting banned from a video game is no big deal.
lol. What a joke. I'm guessing the majority of his fans are children? Adult fandom can't possibly be true. Brb going to go buy his book. Jesus, this reality...
I think a lot of people care if others cheat in a competitive game. You probably know this as well, so it's odd that you find it silly and meaningless.
can you tell me where in the quoted text he says the streamer shouldn't have been banned? He just says the effects of banning someone who makes a living off of the game is different than someone who doesn't, which is inarguably true.
the only place it says he shouldn't get banned is the video and thread title
Considering how bonkers a lot of kids are for Fornite, that's the impression I get. I never got into watching streams aside from when I need a walkthrough for a portion of whatever game I happen to be playing.
It is no big deal. Yet people here are so passionate about it happening. I've seen it spread all over the internet too. It's absurd.
Did you watch the video?
Even if he doesn't outright say what you're looking for, it's very heavily implied lol.
Not sure about the facts of making a second alt so I won't comment on that. If you're right that probably alters my thinking somewhat.
I think my final point on the matter is that yes he's still a streamer (though that sidesteps the fact that he was a competitive Fortnite player too) but the punishment is a bit more severe because he cannot play Fortnite again, whereas a casual player could create a new account with relative ease. So the punishments aren't really the same, and if we care primarily about an effective punishment for cheating, this doesn't really seem like one. Again, I think this comes down to perspective. Appreciate you chatting it through with me, though!
It's completely fucking absurd, man - I won't argue with you there. But you're also on a video game forum where people very passionately discuss anything related to video games. One could easily say that's absurd, too.
For sure. One final thing I want to say about the bolded text here: I've (very stupidly, no good explanation for it as there isn't one) spent my hard-earned cash on skins and stuff in Fortnite - which I'd lose if I was caught cheating and my account was banned. Although that's not quite the same as losing my livelihood, there's still a pretty big loss for me there - especially since I'm not a 17-year old millionaire lol.
Nice chattin'.
He didn't do this on Twitch b/c twitch would have also banned him. It's against their ToS to cheat in online multiplayer games.
A person who promotes cheat programs by streaming it to possibly millions of people doesn't deserve the ban as much as some nobody playing the game? Ok, Ninja.
I did and he said explicitly he thinks he should have been banned, but he didn't it should be permanent
which again, is up for debate but not the way his statement is being represented in this thread or the video title
He literally implied that jarvis should not have gotten a permanent ban but its fine if normal players that aimbot get permanent bans, he even called them 'pieces of shit'. As if being a famous steamer absolves someone of cheating.
You didn't answer my question. Again, if it's an accurate quote, it's pretty easy to see what he's saying from that.
He didn't make a mistake, it was deliberate. He knew what he was doing, tried to be sneaky, and offended again. Perma ban worthy. I don't see how you can argue against that given the full details.
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He's stating average people get banned on no poor then but then flips it and says but Jarvis is different. Why should he be excluded? Oh he's 17, nope not a good enough excuse at that age you should know what's right and wrong. Every game has an agreement you must accept before playing and if you cheat you are held accountable. Even at 17 you make dumb choices but they still have consequences and it's a life lesson for him.
Riiiiiiiiight right, thanks.
So that just goes to show how much he knew that what he was doing was bad lol.
oh, I understand that. I wasn't supporting Ninja, good heavens no. I was just talking to the other poster about where specifically Ninja's audience comes from.
any1 rember the kid what cheated on either pubg or fortnite and got sue by bluehole or epic?
wonder how that case turn out. if i remember correctly, that kid went and spread the cheat information on yt video which catches the dev attention. then the kid' mom got involve or something.
wonder how that case turn out. if i remember correctly, that kid went and spread the cheat information on yt video which catches the dev attention. then the kid' mom got involve or something.
When your entire audience is basically children, you tend to think like a child because you're performing for children.
No one will be speaking his name within a decade and he'll be forgotten, so...just forget about his shit takes, lol.
No one will be speaking his name within a decade and he'll be forgotten, so...just forget about his shit takes, lol.
I mean, good for him if he can make his money now and invest it wisely. But I hope he knows this shit ain't gonna last.
The true irony, the people saying his livelyhood is ruined. He had publically said he already made 2 million from streaming and fortnite. At 17 he is more set the most people on the planet and yet he has people crying for him.
I'm not trying to knock his hustle, I'm just saying no one should really take any of his opinions seriously in any manner. If you spend the majority of your time being "on" and performing like an idiot, well, your brain effectively begins to adapt and it becomes who you are.
People are weird. Shit has only gotten more bizarre since the rise of social media.
He is a 17 year old millionaire that got banned from one game, i think he will be just fine.
Don't know much about this guy, but I wasn't aware that 'Ninja' could be spelled A-S-S-H-O-L-E.
Congratulations Ninja on entering the "Worst take hall of fame". This is so insanely wrong its almost unbelievable. As many here have said, as a role model you should be MORE responsible and receive more punishment or at the very least the same.
If he'd have said it seems like those with more followers or popularity receive less punishment currently he'd be spot on, but that's not how it should be, we should be actively fighting that.
If he'd have said it seems like those with more followers or popularity receive less punishment currently he'd be spot on, but that's not how it should be, we should be actively fighting that.
Boo fucking Hoo. The games developers create arent there to be your fucking money making platform. Companies are already dogshit at moderating users who violate their own ToS, so if you are so bad that even they notice and take action than suck up and move on. If your content is nothing more than glorified cheating and toxicity than you deserve to lose your revenue anyway.
Yup. Literal, factual, and fair. So it's pretty simple.
Next time, if you want to keep your job - don't violate the TOS.
