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Chess GM Hikaru Apologizes For Drama With Eric Hansen and Chessbae

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Time Stamp: April 13, 2021 1:11 PM - Modified On: April 13, 2021 - Published By:
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by Jason Parker in Entertainment | Apr, 13th 2021 Drama in the chess community was really heating up between GM Hikaru, Eric Hansen’s “Chessbrah” channel, and Chessbae. Reportedly, Hikaru was accused of copyright striking Eric Hansen’s channel. The claim came from Bent Pixels Select, which is a company that works with both Hikaru and TSM in general. In these accusations, a pair of Chessbrah (Eric Hansen’s YouTube channel) videos were copies of GM Hikaru’s and were thus copyright struck. However, GM Hikaru has come out with an apology. Split From

Eric Hansen says chessbae drove him apart from Alexandra Botez

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Josse Van Dessel • Apr 13, 15:56In a recent stream, chess Grandmaster Eric Hansen has accused controversial personality chessbae of forcing an end to a relationship involving him and Alexandra Botez after chessbae allegedly abused her moderation powers on Chess.com. Eric Hansen has shed light on the extent of chessbae's abuse of her moderation privileges on Chess.com. According to Hansen, chessbae threatened to exclude Botez from having her Twitch channel hosted on the Chess.com website if she continued collaborating with Eric Hansen's channel, chessbrah. The accusations come only a day

Hikaru Nakamura drops chessbae, apologizes for YouTube strike

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Nick Johnson • Apr 12, 22:12Hikaru Nakamura has publically apologized for the ongoing drama between himself and fellow chess grandmaster Eric Hansen, saying that he will take more control of his multi-platform chess content moving forward. Nakamura denounced chessbae94 as part of his public apology. chessbae is a notable personality behind the scenes in the chess streaming world and was a business associate of Nakamura. Hikaru said that while he "appreciate[d] what she has done ... for the world of chess," it was time that she moved on following recent

chessbae removed as moderator from Chess.com amid drama

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Josse Van Dessel • Apr 11, 22:06Chess community member chessbae94 has had her moderator rights and privileges removed from the popular website Chess.com after several incidents involving her and other prominent chess players and personalities. The announcement, made by Chess.com' CCO Danny Rench, comes days after chess Grandmaster Eric Hansen spoke out about a copyright strike made on his YouTube channel. Hansen pointed towards fellow Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura as the culprit behind the strike. As she is involved in the management of Nakamura's YouTube channel, chessbae responded to the accusations. 

Dota 2: vtFaded’s DPC ban; Does the punishment fit the crime?

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Time Stamp: April 9, 2021 11:47 PM - Modified On: April 9, 2021 - Published By:
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Valve and PGL have come down hard on Team D and vtFaded, but is it a fair call? Fresh Dota drama rocked the lead up to Season 2 of the DPC. With PGL announcing that carry player Cheng "vtFaded" Jia Hao would be banned from events until after TI 10. While SEA Open Qualifier winners, Team D, would be disqualified from the DPC. ESTNN spoke with Remus “Ponlo” Goh Zhi Xian about the situation surrounding Team D and vtFaded to gather a clearer perspective on exactly what went down from

LoL Twitch Streamer Nickich Pleads For Help On His Indefinite Ban

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by Jason Parker in League of Legends | Apr, 9th 2021 Nickich, a former pro LoL player and Twitch streamer has been given an indefinite Twitch ban and it’s a confusing case. As usual, Twitch offered no real qualified reason why the person was banned, except for “unmoderated hateful conduct”. It’s really unfortunate timing for Nickich, who just put off going back to his college studies so he could stream full time. Instead, he received a mysterious indefinite ban on the morning of March 20th. This happened in the middle

Eightthoughts’ Mod Allegedly Admits to Taking a Gun to Drift0r’s House

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by Alicia Marcus in Entertainment | Apr, 9th 2021 Contrary to Eightthoughts’ statement, Blu, his Discord mod was allegedly paid to take a gun to Drift0r’s house to menace him. According to this rumor, a deal was put in place to pay Blu if he did the deed. The word about what went down with Eightthoughts and Drift0r has opened up, and if this is true, it’s both horrifying and disgusting. This all seems to come to pass from the drama between FaZe Swagg, NICKMERCS, and Eightthoughts. This led to

Sylar returns to EHOME for Dota Pro Circuit Season 2 league

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Dota 2 09/04/2021 13:40 Andreea “divushka” Esanu headline image courtesy of StarLadder China veteran carry player Liu "Sylar" Jiajun will play for EHOME in full capacity starting with the second season of Dota Pro Circuit regional leagues.  Sylar will replace Lai "AhJit" Jay Son on the EHOME line-up. Although the organization hasn’t made an official announcement regarding their roster change, Sylar has locked himself in with the team on Valve’s official registration page just mere days before the new season is set to begin. During the first season of DPC

SmashGodxXx tries to erase streamed proof of girlfriend’s abuse

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Time Stamp: April 7, 2021 11:38 AM - Modified On: April 7, 2021 - Published By:
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Olivia Richman • Apr 07, 15:38A Twitch streamer known as SmashGodxXx was met with disgust and horror when he slapped and abused his girlfriend during a live stream.  During the stream, Hitoshi "SmashGodxXx" Uechi moved his webcam to the side and then loudly smacked his girlfriend. Instead of taking responsibility for the abuse, SmashGodxXx told his viewers that they had actually caused the argument between them. When his girlfriend continued to cry after the violence, SmashGodxXx then told her it was her fault that it was happening.  "She's finally realizing

Who is Pokimane? Learn all about the famous Twitch streamer

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Imane "Pokimane" Anys is one of the most popular streamers in the world. She's currently the top female streamer on Twitch with over 7.5 million followers and an average concurrent viewership of  over 18,000 per stream. While her broadcasts are usually positive and bubbly, Pokimane has also been at the center of a lot of controversies and drama over the course of her streaming career.Pokimane is currently 24 years old. Her birthday is May 14, 1996. She was born in Morocco and her parents moved to Canada soon after her