Cody “Clix” Conrod, one of the most gifted competitive Fortnite players, better known as Clix was recently banned on Twitch permanently.
amazing stream today peaked at 108k viewers fucking nuts, I got the vod back & downloaded! Video will be up on how we won tomorrow afternoon. Love you guys, played insane today. Appreciate any new followers / subs today ❤️💪
— Clix (@Clix) February 15, 2021
Just a few days ago Clix celebrated the feeling of receiving over 80k viewers on his FNCS tournament stream. He followed it up by pulling 108k in the recent FNCS qualifier stream. However, the satisfaction didn’t last too long, as Twitch officials decided to ban Clix, for the third time in his career.
qualified, sweaty sands all weeks griefing anyone that pulls up pic.twitter.com/gT9S8mrHtA
— Clix (@Clix) February 13, 2021
February 15th would go down in history as a dark day for Clix fans as his tweets about “perma ban” comes right after his qualification in FNCS. Naturally, his fans have started their own movement with #freeclix trending on Twitter.
bro what the fuck i'm banned on twitch
— Clix (@Clix) February 15, 2021
While this may confuse the regular Fortnite enthusiast, an in-depth discussion about Conrod’s ban raises several questions about Twitch and its policies.
Clix banned on Twitch for the third time after qualifying for FNCS
This “indefinite” ban comes after two similar incidents that plagued Conrod’s burgeoning career on Twitch before. The first ban included another streamer who was permanently banned on Twitch. The second time he got banned was due to the recent DMCA clause.
BACK 🔛🔝
@ClixHimself ends the weekend on a high note as his trio is your NA East FNCS Week 1 Champions! #NRGFAM 🏆 pic.twitter.com/dZVAlXdmr5
— NRG (@NRGgg) February 15, 2021
With his professional career at stake, the Fortnite community is patiently waiting to see how the young pro can escape his predicament, and get back to pulling massive numbers on Twitch.
You’re fine, prob temp. lemme know if u need anything
— cloakzy (@cloakzy) February 15, 2021
Conrod’s latest ban was exceedingly sensitive in nature as it includes nudity. During his live stream, Clix accidentally opened one of his private folders which had a nude image of fellow NRG superstar Ronald “Ronaldo” Mach.
https://twitter.com/PadilllaFN/status/1361179819120201728
The picture featured Ronaldo’s butt and it was displayed on stream for a few seconds. Clix realized his mistake soon enough and deleted the VOD from Twitch. However, that did not help too much as with moments Clix was served with a ban notice.
wow i can't believe #freeclix is #1 on trending, thank you guys for the insane support and hopefully I somehow get unbanned soon 🙏
— Clix (@Clix) February 15, 2021
Conrod went on to post a number of tweets to justify his stance on the matter. He posted: “perm ban… on everything I love.”
His posts received massive support on Twitter, from both the competitive Fortnite and the streamer community. This incident triggered the currently trending #freeclix on Twitter, and it revealed the subtle bias in Twitch bans.
Massive support from fans highlighting Twitch bans are biased
if it was ron’s ass it would’ve have been susd for like a week, for example a girl showed her pussy on stream and got a 1 day ban
— Clix Hypeman (@ClixHypMan) February 15, 2021
This episode adds to the laundry list of innocent mistakes the sixteen-year-old has committed on stream before. But, it also highlights the scathing double standards of Twitch.
i forgot this was acceptable on twitch my bad bro 😐 pic.twitter.com/Eu44sgaspc
— yoxic (@yoxics) February 15, 2021
Some of the comments reflected how Twitch bans male streamers to make an example out of them.
https://twitter.com/issa/status/1361272111755632642
Male Twitch streamers are targeted more often than women, when it comes to nudity and permanent bans.
https://twitter.com/ClaytonEblin/status/1361332837161517057
https://twitter.com/SerpentAU/status/1361273619620397062
The support for Clix echoed the unyielding truth that there is an invisible bias that exists in the online gaming community.
bruh i’m literally done with twitch. some random girl showed her a**hole on stream (not by accident), played with it, and gets a 3 day ban.. meanwhile we have my boy clix here that accidentally shows a pic of ron’s a** for literally 0.3 secs and gets perma banned.#freeclix 🤦♂️
— Absorber (@AbsorberYT) February 15, 2021
Highlighting a few of these comments would vivify this bias, which is often denied by the Twitch authorities.
@AbsorberYT said: “bruh I’m literally done with twitch. some random girl showed her a**hole on stream (not by accident), played with it, and gets a 3-day ban.”
— NRG (@NRGgg) February 15, 2021
NRG CEO, Any Miller, was not going to back down from reinstating Clix on Twitch, as she responded swiftly to the Twitter post. A subtle “We on it!” was enough to reassure the Fortnite community that Clix’s “perma ban” will not be permanent.
We on it!
— Andy Miller (@amiller) February 15, 2021
The massive support for Clix definitely highlights several nuances in Twitch’s ban regulation. Conrod’s 3.55M followers waiting on Twitch for the streamer to be reinstated. But, only time will define the longevity of his “indefinite ban.”
