Twitch and the controversy surrounding Dr Disrespect and Ice Poseidon

More than 3 months since his permanent departure from Twitch, Dr Disrespect's expulsion still remains one of the most controversial bans ever issued in the gaming sphere. Joining Dr Disrespect now, is another controversial streamer - Ice Poseidon.

Paul "Ice Poseidon" Denino was an IRL streamer who got banned from Twitch back in 2017. It was only in June this year that Denino came forward with an open apology and statement to Twitch.

Open letter to Twitch (video and statement)STATEMENT: https://t.co/vol7cibgO6 pic.twitter.com/CQ3JY6ro3u

— Ice_Poseidon (@REALIcePoseidon) June 27, 2020

After being snubbed by Twitch, Dr Disrespect and Ice Poseidon chose other options

After his ban from Twitch, Ice Poseidon took his talents to a different streaming platform - Mixer. Although the community was skeptical of him in the beginning, Ice Poseidon did a fair job to win over his viewers with an improved outcome.

Many fans have come forward in his support, stating that he deserves a second chance for owning up to his mistakes, and in turn correcting them.

You had a really toxic community in the past but in the past year or so, especially on Mixer you’ve made a really honest attempt at reforming your community.It’s been 3 years i feel like you deserve a 2nd chance 👍

— Saysera (@Saysera69) June 27, 2020

I was skeptic when he arrived on Mixer. But many were convinced otherwise when he clearly memorized our rules and corrected his stream guests when they got near breaking them. People who own up to their wrongs open the path to change. This shows through his new mixer community.

— Jesuki (@TheJesuki) June 27, 2020

And as for Herschel "Guy" Beahm, a.k.a. Dr Disrespect, he chose to move back to YouTube after his ban from Twitch, which still remains a mystery after complete silence from the company on the matter.

The Doc marked his return to streaming with a bang as he broke Ninja's peak viewership with more than 334,000 people watching his intro.

He later went on to talk about his ban from Twitch with his viewers during a live stream in September. The Doc continues to say that he himself doesn't know the reason behind the ban, and that Twitch have kept mum on the matter at hand as well.

However, as both Dr. Disrespect and Ice Poseidon make their way away from Twitch and create their individual communities, the question that remains to be asked is can Twitch really afford to keep silent on the topic?

Yo Twitch is letting everyone come back, unless your Doc or Ice Poseidon apparently lol

— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) October 11, 2020

Looking at @Twitch & @YouTubeGaming viewership numbers for 2nd and 3rd quarters, I think @twitch @amazon better rethink that approach. They don't just exile one person, but entire large communities. I was all-in on @amazon products. Now I'm switching everything to MS & Google.

— RamboReality (@RamboReality) October 12, 2020

This being said, it remains to be seen what Twitch's response might be, if they choose to make one that is.

The fact that both the aforementioned streamers are doing well on their respective platforms is good news for the community, but the issue that seems to be looming on everyone's mind is the silence that is still being maintained by Twitch.