A Sea Of Thieves YouTuber who has brought thousands of players to the game, has had his entire channel permanently removed by Rare. Let's dive in and figure out why.
0:00 - Intro
0:49 - The Birth of Partner Privilege (Partners Abusing the Ban Hammer)
More videos and information on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iFMS4IgPWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr_gHOlG1oM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnypqSyfOWQ
https://www.reddit.com/r/Seaofthieves/comments/dbh4yt/ashbacon_situation_is_getting_worse_streamer_ban/
This is just the most known example of streamers, specifically SOT partners, abusing their power or influence to get people banned. Just watch any video of sinking streamers in this game and you will see how entitled some of them are. They will look for any excuse for being sunk other than getting outskilled and will take revenge in the only way they know how: getting you banned.
Banning people isn't the only power partners have though: https://imgur.com/a/pyGTbK0
SOT Partners have also abused the copyright system to hide evidence of them losing. *cough* Synicall *cough*
2:33 - The War On Toxicity (SayHeyRocco Ban Wave)
https://kotaku.com/sea-of-thieves-streamers-quit-the-game-in-protest-again-1845238513
Summit's reactions to drama and article:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2QNl8IEFQQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebxgAwgP1w8
SayHeyRocco's original Tweets: https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1srasv1
https://x.com/SayHeyRocco/status/1283429959080394757
Initial reactions to the banwaves and summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQK1n-YKHlw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZmGVNOXNek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM5QiE_nOgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDr9jXnJdQ
https://www.seaofthieves.com/community/forums/topic/122935/reaffirming-our-community-policies/2
"Creators within the Partner Programme are held to the same rules as players; we do not make exceptions"
5:20 - Theb's Original Ban
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EY53h07gfY
8:17 - Pay to Win Servers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2uOdTVFiIQ
10:49 - My Original Ban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Evzb_b-cPA
Summit talking about his own alliance invasions (starting at 11 min):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebxgAwgP1w8
Note: I got one thing wrong here, my first username was "Nooobface" back in early 2019 but this was long before any of this. I always had random funny usernames after that.
17:38 - My Invite To The Partner Program??
18:41 - Hypocrisy and Favoritism
Original LDSylvr clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Z99Asi-8s
"Summit Responds To Accusations of Toxicity In Sea of Thieves"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv4Ry5Xom1U
20:44 - Spawn Camping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuyScbzVeSE
I've seen people claim you can't get banned for spawn camping unless you're also toxic. The act of spawncamping itself is considered toxic in Rare's eyes: https://imgur.com/a/RiSOwzt
UPDATE: To add on to this, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFgHXXdzQKQ
22:53 - Bans, Bans, and More Bans!
25:20 - The Golden Child (happyf333tz)
https://www.seaofthieves.com/partner-directory
Full VOD 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-qLD-3YilU
Full VOD 2: (waiting for upload)
26:31 - SO MANY CHEATERS
UPDATE: Nothing has changed lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utRMkUItjC8
29:13 - The War On Theb
More videos worth watching on the subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnJI1_We-98
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZyDcekoe-c&t=611s
Golden's encounter with a "Rare Legend":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=129IHKf9vv8
Summit reacting to this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJnCO4PDbw
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
I figured I would put this here to answer some questions that have been floating around.
For whatever reason, there’s a common misconception that I got banned for using FOV.
Back in 2021, you could edit a config file to increase your FOV from 90 up to 120. That is when I used it. Then they patched this method so I haven’t used it since. Nobody got banned for this method. The only way to get FOV after this was to inject files into your game, which I have never done. So no, I did not get banned for using FOV. The funny thing is, you can just use a wide monitor for more FOV.
Also, some people think theb and I got banned for the funny launch exploit. But from the devs themselves, they said this is not bannable: (https://youtu.be/8Lim0NtF2vQ&t=380)
Sea Of Thieves is a sandbox game, and the most fun part of any sandbox is breaking it. Dolphin diving has been a thing since launch. Don't hate the player hate the game.
#SeaOfThieves #freetheb