Fortnite streamer knowingly cheats, gets banned, then cries about it

[Elvis Starburst]

Fortnite streamer "FaZe" Jarvis posted a video directly onto his channel showing that he installed an aimbot and was playing with it active while online. He also made it very clear in the video below that he chose to use an alternate account and even a second PC to not risk his main account from being banned. He even went as far as to play a few games without it on so the alt wouldn't get flagged as being too good at the game out of the gate. Of course, this blew up in his face terribly, because the result was him getting banned on both this alt and his main, permanently.

Womp womp.


Of course, he deleted the video, which is why the above one is a re-upload by someone else. A few days ago, Jarvis uploaded a video to his account saying "I'm sorry." It's the same expected YouTuber apology nonsense, like "I didn't mean it" and "I never imagined this would happen" or "I should've looked and paid attention to the ToS more" and even "Cheating in anything is just terrible, you should never do it." Of course, his audience all rushed to defend him. "But he doesn't deserve it! He didn't know what he was doing!" they cry out, keyboards clutched tight and lamas weeping. This guy pulled an Uno reverse card and said "I'm gonna end my own career."


Not to mention that this made news headlines. Not always from the most quality of sources mind you, but even CNN has a short video on it. And several YouTubers are questioning if the ban was too harsh. It's... really not. Cheat in a game where it's VERY clear you shouldn't, then expect your account to get sent to the moon.

Welcome to the real world, kid. Your actions have consequences

 

[BrawlMan]

Boo fucking hoo kid. You're already last week's news. Next.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

What is it with these LoL/Fortnite types.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Cheat in a game where it's VERY clear you shouldn't, then expect your account to get sent to the moon.

Not just cheating. Making a video where he basically spent 15 minutes advertising cheating by showing yourself having a great time doing it and explaining how to avoid getting your main account banned for it. And since the video was monetized, he made money off it to boot.

Welcome to the real world, kid. Your actions have consequences

Perhaps he thought he'd get off with a slap on the wrist since he has 2 million subs, and Epic has been pretty inconsistent about popular content creators acting like total shits. Of course, cheating can directly affect Epic's all-important bottom line, so that's probably the deciding factor here.

 

[Trunkage]

Cheat in a game where it's VERY clear you shouldn't, then expect your account to get sent to the moon.

Not just cheating. Making a video where he basically spent 15 minutes advertising cheating by showing yourself having a great time doing it and explaining how to avoid getting your main account banned for it. And since the video was monetized, he made money off it to boot.

Welcome to the real world, kid. Your actions have consequences

Perhaps he thought he'd get off with a slap on the wrist since he has 2 million subs, and Epic has been pretty inconsistent about popular content creators acting like total shits. Of course, cheating can directly affect Epic's all-important bottom line, so that's probably the deciding factor here.

I thought they were inconsistent when you threaten or bully some. I thought they've been really consistent when it comes to cheating

What is it with these LoL/Fortnite types.

In the West, there has been a big push towards liberty without consequences. Eg. Free Speech, Religious Freedom or Freedom to Discriminate. What do you thinks going to happen when you take consequences away?

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

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I thought they were inconsistent when you threaten or bully some. I thought they've been really consistent when it comes to cheating.

True, I just have this feeling that when the Jarvis kid offered the bullshit "I didn't know I could get banned for cheating" excuse, he really meant "I didn't know my popularity doesn't give me immunity". Could be wrong tho.

 

[BrawlMan]

Cheat in a game where it's VERY clear you shouldn't, then expect your account to get sent to the moon.

Not just cheating. Making a video where he basically spent 15 minutes advertising cheating by showing yourself having a great time doing it and explaining how to avoid getting your main account banned for it. And since the video was monetized, he made money off it to boot.

Welcome to the real world, kid. Your actions have consequences

Perhaps he thought he'd get off with a slap on the wrist since he has 2 million subs, and Epic has been pretty inconsistent about popular content creators acting like total shits. Of course, cheating can directly affect Epic's all-important bottom line, so that's probably the deciding factor here.

I thought they were inconsistent when you threaten or bully some. I thought they've been really consistent when it comes to cheating

What is it with these LoL/Fortnite types.

In the West, there has been a big push towards liberty without consequences. Eg. Free Speech, Religious Freedom or Freedom to Discriminate. What do you thinks going to happen when you take consequences away?

Big corps such as YouTube, Google, and Twitch are to blame for this shitty behvaior. I.E, Pewdiepie and Logan Paul. I hate to see people like them have children. Assuming they make that choice. I am so glad I fall outside the target demographic. I don't even see 16-19 yr old me following any of those guys. Plus, Fortnite is boring as fuck. The only time I watch videos involving it, is when Azzerz does voices. But he such a talented guy, that you can watch any of his non-Fornite videos and leave away more satisfied.

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I thought they were inconsistent when you threaten or bully some. I thought they've been really consistent when it comes to cheating.

True, I just have this feeling that when the Jarvis kid offered the bullshit "I didn't know I could get banned for cheating" excuse, he really meant "I didn't know my popularity doesn't give me immunity". Could be wrong tho.

Yet, he just another assholes that is too dumb to live. I'll quote Frank Grime for these types of people, "Had you been in any other country, you would have starved to death long ago.".

And another quote (this time from my great grandmother): See a fool, leave a fool.

 

[Squilookle]

Having read just the OP details, Jarvis sounded like a self-absorbed little shit.

Having given him a go and suffering through both those videos, I'm now fairly confident that Jarvis is indeed a self-absorbed little shit.

The rules are pretty simple on this one. He broke the rules. He got the well documented, standard punishment for it. End of.

 

[CritialGaming]

I feel no sympathy for anyone who blantly does something to fuck up their job and then acts shocked when they lose it. He will just end up streaming another game and move on. Or lose his audience and have to find another job. Oh well, sucks to be stupid sometimes.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

And another quote (this time from my great grandmother): See a fool, leave a fool.

That's pretty good. Reminds me a little of this one I've seen floating around: Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[Lufia Erim]

He makes more money a month than most people here make all year.

He's going to be okay.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

So wait, he created a new account, installed an aim-bot with the intention of getting banned, gets banned, then complains about being banned?

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

So wait, he created a new account, installed an aim-bot with the intention of getting banned, gets banned, then complains about being banned?

Not exactly. He created an alt account on a spare pc to cheat on, knowing full well he would probably get banned.But then he also decided to do a monetized video of his cheating, having a gay 'ol time doing it, while also explaining how to circumvent your main account getting banned. Basically advertising how fun cheating is and how to get away with it. To his audience of 2 million subs.

Which Epic then of course found out. So they slapped him with a lifetime ban, effectively ending his career as a Fortnite streamer.

 

[Wintermute_v1legacy]

What a dumbass.

I'll never understand how an idiot like this has 2 million subscribers.

 

[Lufia Erim]

What a dumbass.

I'll never understand how an idiot like this has 2 million subscribers.

how many subscribers do you have?

 

[Xprimentyl]

So wait, he created a new account, installed an aim-bot with the intention of getting banned, gets banned, then complains about being banned?

Not exactly. He created an alt account on a spare pc to cheat on, knowing full well he would probably get banned.But then he also decided to do a monetized video of his cheating, having a gay 'ol time doing it, while also explaining how to circumvent your main account getting banned. Basically advertising how fun cheating is and how to get away with it. To his audience of 2 million subs.

I forced myself to watch both videos because what I understood from Elvis Starburst?s synopsis sounded so meteorically ridiculous, I was sure I was missing something? but no; this is exactly what happened.

A sympathetic part of me wants to feel bad for a sobbing kid that made a victimless-if-egregiously-stupid mistake and has had something he apparently REALLY loves permanently removed from his life, but then the pragmatic cynic in me is like ?it?s just a fucking video game, that blubbering kid is a privileged idiot, and as long as twerking, guys in skinny jeans, mumble rap and Tide pod eating are a thing, people like this need to be made to cry and regret their actions as often as possible.?

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

So wait, he created a new account, installed an aim-bot with the intention of getting banned, gets banned, then complains about being banned?

Not exactly. He created an alt account on a spare pc to cheat on, knowing full well he would probably get banned.But then he also decided to do a monetized video of his cheating, having a gay 'ol time doing it, while also explaining how to circumvent your main account getting banned. Basically advertising how fun cheating is and how to get away with it. To his audience of 2 million subs.

Which Epic then of course found out. So they slapped him with a lifetime ban, effectively ending his career as a Fortnite streamer.

Is it weird I don't feel sorry for him? Like do a dick thing, get dicked over.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

I want to address a group of people. Not this kid. I agree with most of the sentiments of the forums.

But the defenders. The youtubers who say that this ban was overkill. I need you people to do something for me.

I need you guys to wake up. The only reason people are allowed to stream these things are because they become free advertising. And when you're free advertising, that works in some many different ways.

You can be like the Ninja of old and show how fun this game is to literally millions of people. Or you can serve as ultimate proof that fortnite isn't going to play around with cheaters. Even the stars aren't immune to punishment. Either or, there is no better press junket in this world than the social media influencer when it comes to video games. That makes them a powerful tool. And very often, they mistake that with invulnerability.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

A stupid person does a stupid thing and suffers the consequences. This is as it should be.

 

[Squilookle]

A sympathetic part of me wants to feel bad for a sobbing kid that made a victimless-if-egregiously-stupid mistake

His 'mistake' was only victimless if he were playing the game against bots instead of real players. Instead he played something like 5 rounds or so using hacks against real players. If he had gone all the way and won those games, that's potentially 500 people who had their games ruined through no fault of their own. Certainly not victimless, and certainly worthy of a ban.