Popular content creator and streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has been banned fromApex Legends, but he doesn’t know why. Ninja attempted to jump into a game ofApex Legendslive on Mixer (his new streaming platform aftermoving from Twitch) but discovered that he could not access the servers.
At present, it is unclear why Ninja was banned byApex Legends. Because it has been so long since Blevins has played the Battle Royale game on stream, there aren’t a lot of videos to try to search for clues.
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To Ninja’s knowledge, his experience has been extremely positive with the game. He was among the group of streamers that first streamed Apex Legends when it debuted, helping build interest in the Battle Royale game before it reached the public. Electronic Arts reportedly evenpaid Ninja $1 Millionfor theApex Legendsstream, so it seems odd that the company would then ban one of their partners.
Even more strange is the fact that Ninja was the presenter at The Game Awards who gaveApex Legendsits award forBest Multiplayer Game of 2019. It was a big night forApex Legendstoo, with the Battle Royale game also debuting its Holiday event live during the show. Presumably, Ninja was jumping intoApex Legendsto check out the Holiday event and the new mode, but it seems that will have to wait.
Given Ninja’s popularity and the news cycle that follows him, it’s very likely that his account will be unbanned quickly, if it hasn’t already. During his Mixer stream, Ninja decided to switch to a different game rather than try to work out his ban. Had this been Fortnite that banned him, he might have worked a little harder to figure out the situation.
Since moving to Mixer, Ninja has had a lot more freedom to branch out into other games, take days off to pursue other business opportunities, and he’s a lot less concerned with situations like these. Obviously, thelucrative Mixer contracthelps ease that worry, but his ability to help foster a growing streaming platform is part of that too.
Still, he is very popular and when a big name streamer is banned by your game, developers tend to act very fast and figure out the situation. It wouldn’t be surprising tosee Ninja tryApex Legendsagaintomorrow and find that his account is back in good standing – assuming that it wasn’t rightfully banned in the first place.
