“This just in: I Twitched while checking out porn without realizing it.” Those were the words of Casey bigdogpckt5sJarzabek (pictured), who was promptly banned from Twitch for violating its Terms of Service. The incident came a few months after a poker player was robbed during a live streamand serves as a warning for those of you using Twitch. Read the thread.

Editor’s Note: After this article was published, Jarzabek’s Twitch ban was lifted.

PocketFives: Thank you for joining us. Where are you with Twitch?

Casey Jarzabek: Not a word. I have sent in my appeal explaining it was clearly an accident, but I have not heard from them at all.

PocketFives: Can you explain what happened and how porn ended up being streamed?

Casey Jarzabek: Sure. I started playing slightly before 7:00am. I woke up early and figured I would put in a morning session and play for about five hours. I then hosted a show. I preceded to go upstairs to have lunch and watched a little TV. I came back to my computer and I still had my Twitch chat popped out, so I un-hosted and closed the window.

My OBS, which is the operating system, was minimized and I had never failed to shut it off before. So now I’m just looking at my computer screen and it’s blank. I decided I wanted to check out some porn. It was a thumbs website where it gives you some images and you click on them and a movie pops up in a different browser. So, like 99% of men, I was watching some porn.

After a while, I started getting messages that my Twitch was live. I obviously did not know and immediately stopped it and then deleted the broadcast. That’s pretty much what happened. I know some people on the forums said =I was watching chloroform sex or whatever. It was one of the thumbs definitely, but I don’t apologize for that. I thought I was in the privacy of my own home.

I do, however, apologize to anyone who saw the content and was offended; for that I am truly sorry.

PocketFives: What did Twitch say specifically?

Casey Jarzabek: I received an email saying I was banned for violating their TOS, which I fully admit I did. It was 100% unintentional, but I definitely violated their TOS.

PocketFives: Talk about people in the poker community commenting on what happened.

Casey Jarzabek: The reaction has been 99% positive. There are people who are piling on calling me every name in the book, but I question the character of people who judge me for watching porn. It’s a violation of Twitch’s TOS, yes, but it’s not a secret that I watch porn. So does just about everyone.

Like I said, most people have been awesome and even publicly supporting me via social media. Like Jamie mmmWawa Kerstetter Tweeted something along the lines of, “At least someone I know and admire has the same fetish as me.” Those people I appreciate the most, putting themselves out there to come to my defense.

PocketFives: Do you think this serves as a warning of sorts for people using Twitch?

Casey Jarzabek: It should be a warning for others. The absolute bottom line, however, is I’m a complete idiot. Like it’s a pretty moronic mistake. I also think at the end of the day it happened to the right person because no part of me is upset and/or embarrassed about this. I committed no crime except stupidity.

The one thing I’m losing sleep over is possibly being permanently banned from Twitch. I’m a sincere person and it really bothers me that I have done this to the people who subscribe to my channel. I love those people literally, so I’m hoping Twitch realizes this was a mistake that I won’t make again and gives me a second chance.

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