Tyler “Trainwreckstv,” a well-known slots streamer, has taken to his Twitch channel to criticize the service for its most recent gambling stream policies.
For those who are unaware, the Amazon-owned platform appears to have outlawed fully sponsored gambling streams as a result of several complaints. The controversy started when ItsSliker, a streamer, was discovered to have scammed multiple people out of thousands of dollars to support his addiction to sports betting.
Tyler, though, thinks there is more to the tale. The 31-year-old streamer claims that because of him, Twitch deplatformed gambling streams. He explained on his most recent stream: “This had nothing to do with gambling.”
Streamer-cum-gambler Trainwreckstv made the contentious claim after alleging that Twitch singled him out because of his positioning on the site. He said on a stream that was posted today: “You know these virtue signaling mother f**kers that are real loud, you know what I’m saying? I’m telling you like, you can call me delusional, call me crazy, but I’m telling, this has nothing to do with gambling, this has to do with Trainwreckstv. No f**king bullsh*t!”
In this case, virtue signalers are most likely referring to someone like Mizkif, who was one of the prominent streamers to speak out against gambling after the ItsSliker issue. Tyler made further allusions to the lengthy contract he has been under for the past few months. A recent video of him admitting that he made $360 million in the previous 16 months went viral. He mentioned it by saying: “I think my post about 360 (million), the clip on Poke’s stream, the 360 million, I think that proves that. You know what I’m saying? It’s like, if all of your arguments are consistent, in my opinion, this is my opinion, if all your arguments are consistent with it just being a gambling thing, right, why the f**k does what I make, or my contract or whatever the f**k, why does that (matter)…”
He expressed his confusion by Twitch’s abrupt shift in focus as he put a cap on his remarks. He stated: “It’s super weird to me, super, super weird.”