It's not just you Dazza, there's a bit of a shitstorm going on right now with regards to streaming. That Rocknrollaaa video really set the cat amongst the pigeons and has seemingly concentrated people's minds on the legitimacy of some streams.
It's almost as if this whole 'fake money' thing has only just been outed for some people.
It's a shame for the genuine affiliates such as yourself and I think it's high time casinos shut off the route to any streamer wanting to play with funds that are anything but their own or even actively pushing this 'fake' play on affiliates. If this doesn't happen, I think we'll see affiliate integrity continue to ebb away by association.
Hopefully I'll get the debits/credits by tomorrow and can show the bank statement. I'm not showing the accounts with sensitive usernames and stuff like some do - I did this before at Casumo and SV and got trolled for it if you remember my old channel. And isn't it the principle that the accusers prove me guilty, rather than me prove myself 'innocent'? Mind you, the medieval mentality around some channel comments would like that.
I have hundreds of comments on my videos with posters insulting other streamers, making accusations etc. and there's even a whole thread on here about R*shstein too, who demonstrates irresponsible gambling as do other streamers, but not fake as far as we know.
YT is only a sideline for me so I don't have the intensity of emotion some YT'ers do, especially streamers who at the end of the day will benefit from the discrediting or closure of rival channels. That's the kind of world it is, high rewards for some and then one of the deadliest sins, greed, sticks its finger in the pie. Following that, you have envy from those feeling they deserve their slice of the cake. It's a bitchy and shitty world and as I said you can see how emotive it is by the threads here.
I mentioned above there have been affiliate programmes contacting me, even if I don't promote them on YT (and I don't promote ANY casino links or images on YT) who are very wary of association with affiliates who do stream or provide YT and Twitch content, as there's a lot of compliance issues, RG issues and of course the potential to sully a casino's brand on there.
That is the main reason I never got into streaming - I don't need the income, although it would be nice, and I certainly don't want to be part of that world and all this crap we see here and elsewhere.
Further to the above, with the increasing amount of affy programmes becoming concerned and of course the sledgehammer of the regulators in many countries, I think the shelf life of revenue-raising casino streaming on YT is coming to an end. It's like bandit country (no pun intended) as it used to be on Farcebook with all the dodgy ads and goings-on before the ASA and UKGC for example cleaned it up.
The timing's been bad for me here as the straw that broke the camel's back, advisory aff. e-mail number 2 plus the strikes I got came right at the same time or just after this latest bout of trolling. Mind you, it's a no-win as there's always bouts of trolling on YT so whenever I made the decision it'd pour fuel on their fires.
From now-on there will simply be 2 kinds of videos on my channel (while it lasts) - the short web content videos/ultra polite and factual guide slot demos plus of course the new release/review videos I post on here. I can't be assed with the BS any more, the hassle of moderating spammers, trolls and malcontents so all will have comments disabled.