Yandere Simulator creator and Twitch streamer YandereDev, real name Alex Mahan, appears to have been banned from the platform following last month's grooming allegations. It is currently unknown how long the ban will last, or whether it will actually be permanent, but many are surprised that this hasn't been done sooner after Mahan publicly admitted to flirting with a girl he knew to be 16 years old at the time.
Given the length of time between the allegations surfacing online and Mahan's Twitch ban, many have questioned what the creator did for Twitch to bring down the ban hammer, though it just appears to be a late reaction on Twitch's part. Even though the controversy didn't take place on Twitch itself, the platform will still ban creators for off-site behaviour that it deems unacceptable, unlike another video streaming platform that shall not be named.
It's also a little confusing as to why YandereDev wasn't banned long before these allegations came to light, seeing as though the game he and his team were working on had been banned from the platform entirely back in 2016. Mahan always contested Twitch's ban, claiming he was never given a reason for it, and chalked it down to "self-righteous ideologies" from those at the top. Now the creator himself has been banned too, wiping all traces of Mahan and his game from the platform entirely.
If this is the first you're hearing of the controversy, a little over a month ago, grooming allegations were made against Mahan after text conversations and audio of the creator speaking with an underage fan appeared online. A lot of what is said in these conversations was incredibly suggestive, and it led to several key developers and voice actors behind stealth title Yandere Simulator to leave the project entirely.
For a more in-depth explanation of the entire debacle, you can read our very own Rhiannon Bevan's excellent report about the situation here.
With this ban, YandereDev joins several other big name creators that have been banned from the platform in recent months, which has benefitted rival platform Kick. The site has managed to set itself up as a competitor to Twitch, taking on board controversial content creators such as Adin Ross and xQc, establishing a reputation as a haven for the worst that streaming has to offer due to its looser guidelines.
There's every chance that YandereDev could join Kick in an attempt to reboot his career, as he still has other active social media accounts such as Twitter, though something tells me the label of child groomer isn't going to be one that's easy to shake off.
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