Anyone asking about an update: YT channels are still gone. Counter claim attempt underway. Theb still will be streaming on twitch (not sot though) for now. Regardless of your opinions on the guy, the initial sot ban shouldnt have been permanent, and straight up copyright striking a channel into deletion insteas of atleast doing a cease and desist is the wrong way to go about things as a company, and sets an awful precedent.

Thanks Crud for keeping the official response alive so facts stay facts.

I think Theb needs to update this video involving some bits from Moist and potentially also covering the fact at how ass backwards rare is at letting literal groomers in their partnership program but that's just my two cents i feel like if the info gets out that Rare still pays a child predator while focusing theb down over a literal nothing burger will help his case a bit.

A 2nd account deletion by association is so stupid, RIP Funny+Silly Collector

thanks you crud #freetheb

#freetheb

They can't silence all of us. ✊

Anyone notice on the second DMCA they never unquote? They start a quote then fail to end it....

After spending the last 2-ish years taking the occasional glance back into the sot community and it's news, I'm honestly amazed Rare has managed to stoop even lower than I remember them going. I mean, we all know that Rare employees aren't above snooping around outside of the boundaries of their game to look for reasons to get rid of people they don't like, but them abusing KZfaq's copyright system to silence content creators that they perceive as making them "look bad" is a whole new level of low for them. Anyone can see Theb didn't do anything to warrant his channel being terminated, and Rare's willingness to be this blatant about their contempt for him that they're willing to file false copyright claims against him, it goes beyond Rare just being sticklers about their rules, but expressing genuine hatred towards Theb in particular because they know they can't do anything to keep him off their game. All of this, even when they willingly continue to harbor FAR worse actors than him within their game. It's an absolute travesty and Rare should be ashamed of themselves. Makes me glad I jumped ship.

Banning a guy whos making ur game more famous is the smart move 🤓🤓🤓🤓

Rare with Cheaters: meh your fine your just cheating Rare with theb: HE IS GOOD AT THE GAME, BAN HIM

another banger from the crunglemaster #freetheb

a hilarious thing to note about them banning theb at 9:57 is that they had been fighting that cheater I kid you not for nearly the ENTIRE stream (a over 2 hour stream). They kept coming back so Crud and Theb just used them as a content farm and even after Crud AND THEB read out and showed both their names over a dozen times, they get to keep cheating over Theb simply because at the time he was at the top of the SoT category with over 1k concurrent viewers.

The only sea of thieves content creator I was subbed, and actively watched all videos from. I am doing everything I can to aid an unban, and to spread to word.

Theb really out here making me become a lawyer over a fuckin pirate game lmao

Copyright striking because of exposing the company is technically illegal, which is what Rare did. They banned him, then copyright struck him for optics, but of course we still know the truth.

Rare tends to abuse terms and conditions to unfairly label or ban someone, this isn't a new thing and has been occurring since 2019, watch 'SayByeLogic' or 'We are the BANNEDits' by ChokerChoby and MiddlePegLeg respectively for a detailed dive on a banwave in 2020. Breeze also details a variety of similar instances in other videos.

❤❤❤ we love crud #freetheb

I imagine everyone at rare has a specially made keyboard with a giant "BAN THEB" button, and alarms and sirens go off whenever theb gets a new alt

That's actually fucking wild that he gets banned while actively fighting a cheater

this is so cursed to see man getting perma banned after triggerding some clown after you outskill a person in the game. but people full on cheating or the big mobs of giga racists on the EU servers can run around for years with no care in the world

Let’s go rare please continue banning your anti cheat that actually works over a stream snipe that happened years ago 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Crud is a real friend. Big ups Crud

Thanks for highlighting this toxic behavior from their side! This was the last time I logged into Sea of thieves! I hope your channel can recover from this BS. Best of luck and god speed!

i joined this silly game about 2 and a half years ago. it was fun, different and it started my love for online gaming. i was the most noobiest noob and didnt know how to protect myself without just leaving the game outright. i kept going, brought my best friend along for the ride. and through her and this game, i met the love of my life (sad way i know lmao). he then introduced me to the silly site of twitch, and this silly pirate called theb and an absolute sweetheart called crud. as of maybe say a year in, the game honestly started going to shit in my vision. the content was lacking, the game kept encouraging you to do near impossible achievements (shrouded what now?) and it felt like a drag to keep playing. the company has in all honesty gone to all trash and it fucking sucks. rare have turned into absolute fucking babies when it comes to the Australian community. i even remember them even saying OCE did not have many, if any at all cheaters? i was on a silly little 'list' as 'girl' and im in a video over reacting lol. instead of going after the cheaters, and those very videos and youtube accounts. they go for the man who in all honestly, single handedly made this game SO much more fun to play. i remember watching thebs video on how to quick switch and actually LEARNED how to do it (rip og quick switch) rare needs to pull their fingers out of their asses, get off their high horse and realize how absolutely ridiculous they are looking right now. i've had more fun watching thebs stream's, then i ever will watching their cringe ass ones they do every once in a while. #freetheb (ps, i absolutely love the both of you guys, no matter what happens, ill be on your side. stay forever a smelly pirate o7)

Thanks Crust for the update on Theebes

I was almost banned from the SOT discord server just because I posted a Rick Astley Rickroll.... they obviously don't know how to take a joke, and I am surprised they had the balls to make a pirate game with how much they are against using the mechanics of their own game

I started SOT 2 months ago and it was because of you. I've gotten so good at pvp because of you. I enjoyed SOT because of you. And lastly i loved your videos!!! I hope the best for you Theb stay strong 💪

thanks crud for reuploading this video, i was extremely scared and annoyed when i wanted to show this video to my friends when i realized it was taken down again. #freetheb

fly high 🕊🕊

Justice for theb

I'm actually upset that we've lost some iconic sot videos like ashen winds skull on your vessel and John banana

Your voice sounds different crust ( #freetheb )

theb's situation perfectly encapsulates my unease at the zero tolerance, unforgiving nature of modern gaming moderation. People shouldn't be made into a permanent pariah for making mistakes, especially when they're at a young age. Being a teenager is all about testing boundaries and rebelling, teenagers shouldn't be afraid to make mistakes as how else will they learn from them? If you're this heavy handed, no learning can occur in my opinion. That being said, breaching the Insiders NDA was pretty stupid and petulant, rationalising it as "well they'll ban me anyway" runs counter to the assertion that you've changed and are not a liability anymore. By breaching NDA, you're just handing Rare a stick to beat you with.

They need to focus on the people who are actually ruining the game like the hundreds of cheaters instead of bullying their content creators. Without Theb, I wouldn't have even heard of the game

Theb is the only reason I still play SOT #freetheb

I hope the community keeps this fire burning and doesn't let it go,Rare needs to be taught a lesson,and not just for Theb,but all the corruption they've allowed.

YES #freetheb ! I did the comment for #freetheb first on the vid btw lol Edit: WAIT THE THEB NOT SOT Channel is also gone!?!? WHY

They came for the man's livelihood and got his YT channel removed. That's too far. 👎

i started playing the game after watching yall

This is the biggest most absolutely certified Bosun Bill moment #freetheb

thanks crud for keeping this video alive #freetheb

Ngl. This made me stop playing SoT entirely. I uninstalled it. I will never respect anyone who abuses the copyright system.

I cant believe they've decided to terminate his YT

#freetheb Based crud going into fire for his silly pirate friend, Clown company

theb is the reason I started playing sot, and rare is the reason I stopped

Stop playing sot until this is resolved. The game is plagued with cheaters and bugs anyway

Crud risking it all by reposting this. Props to Crud. This is a hill worthy of dying on, we all need to take a stand against this bullying. Theb knows what he did/ does is bannable, but forgiveness isn’t a trait some people have. We stand with Theb.

Nothing makes me wanna quit the game more than this.

Founding it now after I left this toxic game behind almost a year ago brings a huge smile on my face. Not the fact you're banned, but the fact RARE is finally starting to drown in their own excrements, the problem with cheating and toxicity has been ignored since the beginning and it's about time they faced some consequences from community.

microsoft buying out rare was the worst thing to happen to that company as a whole.

#FreeTheb till it’s backwards.

Theb not sot didn't even have any sot content on it (except for this one), HOW is rare this petty? that they take down somones second channel that has NOTHING to do with their game?????? actually fucking disgusting behaviour

I don’t think they are necessarily in the wrong for banning theb from the game (even tho the reasons are not serious), but going outside the game to get channel taken down is not a good look at all

WE NEVER MAKING IT OUT OUT THE SOT BARN 💀

Theb and Crud were why I started playing again because I’ve always wanted to be that good.

Man what bullshit. Can’t believe rare would stoop so low for one it’s shitty games most entertaining creators. What a joke of a company

I’m not even gonna play anymore until rare fixes this, i’ve made posts in the discord, on thier twitter and on their website, and every single one has been deleted

This is so stupid get him unbanned #freetheb

Hive mind, assemble.

Rip thebby :(

I'm boycotting the game, I hope others do the same. Nobody should give credit to a gaming company that abuses their position with false intention bans. A rare employee literally reposted the ban on youtube and took credit like it was some great accomplishment, while the hacker in the vid is still playing

who up playen wit dey theb

Even if this guy deserved the first ban, RARE needs to grow the f*** up. How can you go as far as banning people for mentioning Theb? How can you even blacklist his nick name from the game? YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A SERIOUS COMPANY AND YOU STALK ONE MAN? How about fixing the exploits this man took advantage of? How about ban the cheaters this guy encountered in the game instead of him? Or at least ban both. Seriously, Rare looks like a toxic ex-girlfriend. Move on and use the resources to actually fix the game. And make up your mind, what are these priorities?

free theb

this is tragic

I love that Theb is just being banned for almost nothing for the past four years. Thanks Rare! #freetheb

rare will be blind to one of their SOT partners openly admitting to having a 5 years age-gap relation with a minor (I won't mention by name, but if ya know,), and then continue to prioritize this. Their priorities are SO screwed. I've echoed this before in the past few weeks, but Rare just doesn't have my respect... well, not this era of rare, at least.

i was thinking that he was changing accounts to make things from the beginning i didnt know that he was banned😢 R.I.P. Theb R.I.P. legend Fu*k Rare at this point. Its just ridicoulus that they banned him when he wanted to clean the game from one of cheaters that Rare didnt even do a shit to ban him #freetheb

Free my boy, he ain’t do nothing wrong⛓️‍💥🦅

Was just looking to watch a video and I couldn't find him anywhere :( Thanks crud. #freetheb

Crud did you know Ashen winds on your vessel?

theb is the only reason i play sot bro what are they doing

Sot has been dead to me for a while now I got tired of the cry babies that would whine at me being a pirate In a pirate game Theb/Crud was quite literally my only tie to the game And now Rare fights every given moment to remove Theb from their platform, Instead of actually fixing problems with the community and game Awesome

Just watched Dead Pixel's video. What a messed up situation

if this video gets taken down im gonna uninstall

Sniped a few streamers, humbled some pirate egos, and used a little sarcasm in the bio. The one employee didn’t like how slick that was, so they took action. Then ban evasion and 120 FOV made it hopeless for any future negotiations. That’s rough. I think of Theb as a voice for the regulars. Truly a shame the petty and sensitive always get the last laugh.

Is it just me, or does Rare have such a hard on for shutting down Theb because every single upload is a showcase of their failure to curb cheaters and stabilize their game? Why else would they have what appears to be a dedicated "ban this guy in particular" policy? I'm so glad i caught that stream live, witnessing Rare ban our boi in the middle of spanking cheaters through skill alone was why I no longer care if this game lives or dies.

Thank you for uploading this, Crud. This is something that really needs to be addressed and talked about more. #freetheb

holy crap what is microsoft on i was just wanting to put on a theb video as background as i do work and i find out its just all gone #freetheb

I am incredibly sorry for what happened.

garbage company

sending them emails is pointless i was ban in arena too send so many emails they just send automated ones back and ended up blocking my email when tho i was a day 1 player year 1 pirate legend and had almost 3k hrs up until my ban

I’ll write the same as i wrote on the theb video: Please don’t give up theb. We are wirh you. We love you and your content.

Theb if you read this, I’m not your biggest fan by any means. But, you definitely don’t deserve all Rare has done to you. Uninstalled and won’t even think about SOT until I come across another of your vids, as I’m sure many actual fans have done so as well. I just can’t believe that they would go this far, it’s unbelievable and disgusting. They’re truly the ones being extremely toxic as of now. Best of luck to you and I hope you’re back on the seas kicking ass making funny content again soon. Ps. Are you positive you didn’t pump and dump one of the devs daughters or sister or something? 😂

i too was bullied by rare into never playing their stupid game again coz i was showing "toxic behavior" fighting against cheaters everyday. i had a youtube and it was going well but rare was like "sit down buddy" dystopian world we live in bro

Theb is the only reason I kept playing SOT after rare nerfed quick swapping. I spent so much time perfecting it and enjoying how the game felt just to have my views change the moment I realized it was officially gone. I took a few months break thinking I would permanently quit, but even after that horribly thought out change that ruined the gun play, theb kept playing so I kept playing. Fuck rare, #freetheb

I’ve been a silent theb watcher for a couple years. Watched about 5 mins of this video. Although Im not necessarily a fan and he does questionable/controversial things sometimes, Rare is completely out of line with their witch hunt. To try and squash someone’s means of livelihood because they don’t necessarily behave in your game is unethical and grounds for legal action. I could easily see this going to court if the facts and documented information hold true. It’s one thing to prevent someone from playing your game. It’s another to take a situation and transfer that to someone’s broader internet presence. I don’t think Rare understands exactly what they are getting themselves into here.

"U bEdDeR nOt PlAy OuR GaMe WrOng" I currently identify as upset.

Higher seas will not be the same without our theb😢😢 #freetheb

RARE, Crud and Theb are your best SOT advertising duo, no one else comes close to them. They go up against and beat cheaters, that we cannot beat. Please forgive Theb and let us enjoy watching them, together, again💯.

i love crud master marbles on stream stream 🥔

theb is kinda tyler1 but for sot of thieves and with less rage yes he spawn camped noobs, yes he does a lot of exploits, and yes he denied my south american server with fotd on stream, and yes, a lot of people try to copy him but with way worse attitude, but he's good at the game and you can't deny it anything can be talked and repeatedly targeting him just make rare look stupid. i find it funny how no rare employees are at the comments defending themselves. i wonder if they have like weekly meetings to talk about theb in an oval shaped table or something

And they just recently killed my boy Eddy Nault too without reason, claiming he was playing on an invalid game license.

Rare just hates Hobart man XD

Not purchasing a single ancient coin until this is straightened out the right way

Crud the crewmate we all need , the best first mate fr

It shows if this video gets striked

Thx for posting this w crud

This is so sad. I only just started watching theb and didnt know any of this. What the actual heck Rare! #freetheb