IcePoseidon accuses N3on, FaZe Clan, OTK, and other streamers of view-botting their broadcasts

Kick streamer Paul "IcePoseidon" recently made accusations of view botting against major content creators and streamer groups, including Rangesh "N3on", Richard "Banks" led FaZe Clan, One True King (OTK), and Sam Pepper. For those uninitiated, view-botting is an unscrupulous activity in which a content creator utilizes automated "bots" traffic to inflate viewership figures on platforms like Twitch and Kick.

During a collaborative live stream involving IcePoseidon, Kick CEO Ed Craven, Kick's Head of Strategic Partnerships, Andrew Santamaria, along with fellow Kick creator Siomani "Demisux", a conversation regarding the alleged use of bots by streamers emerged. IcePoseidon was outspoken regarding who he believes utilizes the practice to increase their views, stating:

"I mean, N3on view-bots, in my opinion. I mean, Ac7ionMan definitely has view-bots on his channel. Um, I mean, Sam Pepper has view-bots on his channel. I mean, what do you mean? Like, so many, so many people."

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IcePoseidon claims major creators on Kick and Twitch utilize view-botting

IcePoseidon and Demisux were invited onto Ed Craven's weekly broadcast, talking about the platform as well as the content that it hosts with its creators. While clarifying that view-botting was being done by Twitch streamers as well, IcePoseidon alleged that groups like OTK and FaZe Clan engage in the practice. He stated:

"But then again, people on Twitch viewbot too. I mean, these motherf**kers at OTK definitely view-bot, you know. I think a lot of these f**king FaZe guys view-bot."

Continuing, IcePoseidon stated he believes "everybody" uses the fraudulent practice, except for himself:

"So, I mean, to be honest, everybody f**king view-bots on streaming except for me. Probably, realistically."

On the other, Ed Craven stated that Spanish content creators had not "figured out" the concept of view-botting so far, and thus did not make use of it so far:

"The Spanish people don't view-bot. I don't think they figured out what view-bots are yet. Like, those guys are legit."

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This is not the first time Rangesh "N3on" has been accused of view-botting, as he has been thoroughly called out by various content creators prior. In March 2024, Kick star Adin Ross and Kick co-founder Tyler "Trainwreckstv" accused N3on of view-botting.

Soon after, in June 2024, N3on was accused by Jidon of partaking in view-botting as well, claiming that there was a "1000%" possibility of the former doing so.