What Does It Take to Get Banned From Twitch for 9 Years? Definitely Not Almost Crashing Your Car Live on Stream and Getting Back in a Day

On June 28, one of Twitch's most popular IRL streamers, ExtraEmily (Emily Xuechun Zhang), was broadcasting live from behind the wheel of her Tesla — and nearly caused a crash in front of almost a million subscribers. Taking a turn, she got distracted by chat, the car drifted into the wrong lane, and only another driver's honking horn saved her from colliding with an SUV. Autopilot, by her own account, had been switched off just seconds before. Emily's reaction to the near-miss was disarmingly casual: "Oh, sorry! My bad. Good thing they honked."

Twitch responded with a ban — but it lasted just one day before her account was quietly reinstated. This isn't Emily's first driving incident: back in 2025, she was caught running a red light, and even before that she was involved in a car accident during a stream, though not one she caused. This time, she did apologize and promised to do better.

But it was the leniency of the punishment that outraged the community far more than the incident itself. The loudest voice was Asmongold (Zack Hoyt), co-founder of the OTK media organization — which, ironically, Emily herself is also part of. He stated that driving streams "should just be banned outright," and suggested that anyone wanting to show viewers a ride should call an Uber or have someone else drive. At best, he said, these kinds of streams serve no purpose; at worst, they get people killed.

And that's where the real absurdity comes in. While a streamer with nearly a million followers gets forgiven for a near-crash within a day, streamer Asian Andy has been sitting on an indefinite ban since May 2017 — for eating chicken nuggets while driving on stream. For nine years, he's filed appeals every couple of months and been consistently denied. Emily's story brought him back into the spotlight: "Bro, I've been banned for nine years for nuggets while driving. Twitch, please. I just want to play MapleStory and stream." The guy has over a million subscribers on YouTube — but still can't return to the platform where he was punished for a snack all those years ago. Eating nuggets while driving isn't great either, to be clear — but if you think about it, the situations are a bit different. The 2017 incident didn't lead to a crash or even come close to one.

Technically, both violated the same "dangerous driving" rule — it's just that for one of them it cost a single day, and for the other, nearly a decade of their life on the platform. And while Twitch stays silent, the question of whether the rules actually apply equally to everyone keeps getting louder.

So what's your take — is the platform just turning a blind eye to its top stars' antics, or is a nine-year ban for nuggets a genuine overreach that's long overdue for a second look? Share your thoughts in the comments.