Streamers Air Out Opinions To Shorten FaZe Jarvis' 'Fortnite' Permaban

Some of the gaming industry's prominent names are speaking their minds about Epic Games' permanent ban on Jarvis Kaye for cheating.

FaZe Jarvis was banned by Epic Games last week for using aimbot, a cheat code that enables players near perfect accuracy when shooting. Kaye uploaded these videos on his YouTube page and in the process, caught by the video game developer.

Kaye apologized profusely to his fans and to the "Fortnite" creator, but the punishment remained rock solid. They have, of course, zero tolerance when it comes to cheating and it is only apparent that they let the players know about their thrust to promote fair play.

Epic Games is planning to bring changes to "Fortnite" to allow more strategies during the endgame. Photo: Epic Games

But while most of us would justify that the "permaban" on Kaye was just fitting, one of his teammates took to Twitter and spoke his two cents.

"I still think it should be just be a year. Or a season," said Austin Pamaj, aka FaZe Pamaj.

One season in "Fortnite" accounts to 10 weeks, said The Sun.

If that is the case (or should Epic reconsider and take word of the popular Call of Duty streamer) Kaye would be back in the saddle and "earning money again just after New Year."

Similarly, Herschel Beahm IV, otherwise known as DrDisrespect, livestreamed his opinion about the controversy.

He said that Kaye didn't use the aimbot in a competition or to tweak his kill/death ratio. Instead, he used the cheat "show something" like the hacking side of "Fortnite."

"If anything, Jarvis should just get a temporary ban – boom. One week, two weeks, whatever it is. And bring him back in. He knows. He wasn't using it for anything," added the Twitch streamer, although he admitted that he was "unaware" of the finer details for Kaye's aimbot use, or whether he used it in a live environment.

As for Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, Kaye's high-profile status should be enough for Epic Games to give some him some extra leeway and "modified penalties."

Blevins pointed that there is a big difference between banning a content creator who has a million subscribers and earns a truckload of money and a kid "who has absolutely zero following."

"You ban that kid, nothing happens to him. Nothing happens. 'Oh no, he can't cheat anymore.' You ban Jarvis, it's different. The stakes are different, it should be handled a little bit differently," he said.

"Ninja" also said that there are players who have done worst things than what Kaye did and didn't get banned.

"Six months ban, maybe three months – first offense, young kid, come on man."

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