Twitch bans "Call of Duty" prodigy – 7-year-old now wants to stream on Kick

In the first-person shooter Call of Duty, a young boy causes tears and criticism. He has been banned from the streaming platform Twitch, but dad has new plans.

Hamburg – The shooter CoD: Warzone 2 is for ages 18 and up, but that doesn't bother a 7-year-old from shooting his way to the top. However, the way into the professional league is now being hailed by the streaming platform Twitch. But there is already a plan for how the career of the "prodigy" at Kick should continue. On Twitter, the little boy presses on the tear gland, but dad enrages the critics.

7-year-old 'prodigy' banned on Twitch, but not because he played brutal shooters

First-person shooter career at 7 years old: In Call of Duty, the little boy Joey "JoDog" is one of the greats. He is sometimes called a "child prodigy", sometimes just a "miracle" in the first-person shooter scene. In the tough ranking, he is in the top 10%. On Twitter, the Briton, born in 2016, poses with a cute dog and prophesies himself as a "future CoD Pro".

On the streaming platform Twitch, he shoots side by side with his dad. The father-son duo is watched live by an average of 1,000 people. But for the 7-year-old, it has come to an end, Twitch has struck with the ban club. However, the ban was not available for playing the first-person shooter with a release from the age of 18.

"JoDog" is also called the "Call of Duty prodigy" because he is currently only 7 years old. (Symbolic image)

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Twitch ban, that's what's behind it: Twitch seems to have had enough of the clearly underage streamer violating the terms of service. Here is a summary:

• On May 7, 2023, JoDog sadly announced via Twitter that the streaming platform Twitch had imposed an indefinite ban on him. There were also lots of broken heart smilies and crying emojis.
• The well-known e-sportsman Jake Lucky then classifies the Twitch ban more precisely on Twitter: Twitch generally prohibits under-13-year-olds from showing themselves in any way on the platform. What they play or do doesn't matter, according to the streamer.
• The 7-year-old tried (consciously or unconsciously) to circumvent this rule by officially running the Twitch account through his father. The main attraction, however, was clearly the talented son, but dad was always present with a watchful eye, they say.
• Despite the ban on Twitch, a YouTube video of the "prodigy" fluttered up the very next day, showing the 7-year-old with a submachine gun on the cover. The father is showered with plenty of criticism. Similar to this case: Nothing with FSK18: Mother lets baby play Call of Duty.
• JoDog dutifully thanked for the support, which has been completely "wild" since the professional Jake Lucky spoke about the topic. Many demand that the son be allowed to continue working on his streamer career. Of course, there is also a hail of criticism, just like another 7-year-old who plays Call of Duty like a pro.

But despite all the (questionable) support, Twitch has not yet relaxed the ban. Connoisseurs assume that this will not change in the future. But the 7-year-old has already made new plans together with dad and continues to tinker with his professional career, just not on Twitch. Here's the 7-year-old announcing the move:

Support coming through is wild! @JakeSucky is a Hero! JOEY has already come so far and managed to build this awesome Set-up, we will continue to stream on Fb and have also started a Kick account you'll be able to find them both searching Jodog! pic.twitter.com/WHDkW0mU75

— JoDog🐶 (@JoDog2016) May 9, 2023

No Twitch, no problem: 7-year-old switches to wicked competition Kick

Here's how to continue streaming: For JoDog, streaming now continues seamlessly on Facebook and on Kick – but on Kick, the prodigy has only 37 followers so far. However, Kick in particular is enormously controversial. Many casino streamers have recently been fleeing to the fairly new streaming platform, as Twitch tightened the rules against gambling. Kick is even funded by Stake.com, a gambling site.

The switch to the dubious Twitch competition is, of course, further oil on the fire of the critics. Kick is said to poach young streaming talents from Twitch with insane sums of money. When you ask about the background, you usually come across surprising numbers that even brought big German influencers trouble with kick streamers.

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