Popular Twitch streamer Symfuhny has been at the centre of a storm over the past weekend. This has lead fans to ask wonder what happened and whether he has been banned from Twitch. Here's everything we know about the situation.
Who is Symfuhny?
Symfuhny is an incredibly popular Twitch streamer who holds Partner status. The streamer has amassed over three million followers and regularly streams Warzone. He also has a very popular YouTube channel where he uploads clips of his streams. The channel is closing in on one million followers.
What is the Symfuhny situation?
On Saturday, February 27, Symfuhny was streaming Warzone, when fellow streamer Ali ‘Myth’ Kabbani joined him. As Myth joined, Symfuhny was heard saying something which seemed to be an incredibly offensive racial slur. The moment was clipped out from Twitch and shared across the internet including Reddit and Twitter.
Following the moment, a bunch of Twitch streamers came to Symfuhny's support, including Myth himself. Myth said “This sounds bad - I can admit it, you can admit it, we can admit it. I have to tell you guys that Sym did not say the n-word. Even though we heard it, he didn’t say it." The general consensus amongst his friends and fellow streamers was that Symfuhny jumbled up his words, wanting to say one thing, before trying to say another and having a suspicious sounding word come out instead.
What has Symfuhny said?
Over the weekend, the streamer has vehemently denied that he used the racial slur. First of all, he addressed the situation live on Twitch, before later releasing a full statement via his
Regarding Saturday’s Stream
Read: https://t.co/GplH5LKP9Q— Symfuhny (@Symfuhny) March 1, 2021
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In his statement, Symfuhny says "I don't use the word. It's not in my vocabulary." He then goes on to condemn the use of the word.
Symfuhny ends the statement by saying: "Whatever you all decide about believing me, just know that I will continue to work hard to make sure that my stream (my dream job) is a place that welcomes everyone. I won't be perfect, but I'm going to keep doing my best to give you all my best. Gaming has changed my life, and one of the best parts about it is that it's a bunch of people from literally all over the world coming together and having a good time. I would never intentionally do anything to push someone away from that. Yesterday wasn't my best, but I'll try again tomorrow", before valiantly vowing to continue streaming. As of right now, he has not been banned from Twitch.
You can read the full statement here.