PhantomL0rd
PhantomL0rd
James Varga, better known asPhantomL0rd, is a popular streamer and Youtuber.
Career
PhantomL0rd started his career streaming on Twitch. Before being introduced to League of Legends, PhantomL0rd began with Team Fortress Classic, Counter-Strike, Quake III Arena, and World of Warcraft. Within a few months of immersing himself in League of Legends, Phantoml0rd quickly climbed the solo queue ladder and made it to rank 1 on September 26, 2011. [1]
In July 2016, Twitch suspended PhantomL0rd, who at the time had nearly 1.4 million followers, over his association with CSGO skin gambling site CSGOShuffle.
In February 2018, Varga has filed a lawsuit (via Unikrn) against Twitch over the suspension, saying that Twitch improperly suspended his account and then terminated his contract without providing an explanation as to why. The lawsuit alleges that Varga's contract obligated Twitch to provide written notice of violations, as well as an opportunity to correct them within 30 days, but neither the notice nor the corrective window were provided. [3]
Varga alleges that he wasn't given a reason for the suspension until January 2017, nearly five months after it happened, when a Twitch rep told him that his channel had fraudulent subscribers.
At some point after that, however, he was told that the real problem was the amount of non-gaming content he streamed, including CSGO skin gambling, which violated content guidelines.
The suit says Varga suffered significant financial and reputational harm as a result of the suspension, which occurred despite him fully satisfying all the conditions of his contract.
He's seeking general, special, and exemplary damages, interest, legal fees (including "expert witness fees"), and whatever else the court deems appropriate.