Twitch Denino was a partnered streamer on Twitch. He rose to prominence for his
Old School RuneScape streams in 2015 playing under the pseudonym "Ice Poseidon", which he created using a random name generator when he was twelve years old. He moved into streaming IRL, beginning by streaming himself playing
Pokémon Go. Denino during this time would also decide to move to California to pursue his Twitch career full-time. He frequently traveled around the USA IRL streaming, averaging thousands of concurrent viewers. as a
hoax bomb threat had been called in by one of Denino's viewers under his name. While this was not the first time he had been swatted during a livestream, it was the first on Twitch to lead to a permanent suspension. The decision to ban Ice Poseidon from Twitch sparked controversy, with some believing his ban was unjustified, including Denino himself.
YouTube Following his ban from
Twitch in spring 2017, Denino took to
YouTube, taking most of his fans (the "Purple Army") with him, a rarity for
streamers. His community is largely based on his sizeable
Discord community, which had 92,000 members as of April 2024. His
Reddit subreddit /r/Ice_Poseidon was initially placed under "quarantine" by Reddit and subsequently banned in October 2019, along with its community-run sister Subreddit /r/Ice_Poseidon2. Denino admits that it is nearly impossible to hide anything from the "Purple Army". During Denino's trip to Europe, he visited
Zürich, Switzerland, and was featured in a tabloid magazine that discussed his being evicted from multiple hotels for harassment and disobeying filming laws of the country. His continual
swatting provoked a debate within the streamer community on whether such content should no longer be publicized due to the
media contagion effect which might encourage more people to swat him, and as a result many Twitch/streamer communities banned the posting of swatting clips. On the morning of March 21, 2019, Denino's residence in
Los Angeles was raided by the
FBI, and his Cx Network subsequently folded in March 2019.
Mixer On August 1, 2019, Denino started streaming on
Microsoft's streaming platform,
Mixer. He stated that he was trying out Mixer in comparison to YouTube and that Mixer's community and active staff support made the community much more welcoming than YouTube. Another reason given for the platform switch was that "YouTube has only downgraded their streaming
discoverability over the years which sucks for the streamers." During the week of January 20 to 24, 2020, Denino hosted Mixer's first 5-day long game show called "Scuffed Brother", featuring other Mixer streamers and partners. The reality event imitated CBS's
Big Brother, where contestants are locked in a house and compete for money. The event was a success, with the 5 days racking up 500,000,000 sparks from viewer voting and 350,000 views. As of June 12, 2020, Ice Poseidon had 39,995 followers and 2,225,145 total views. On the Kick platform, he also began streaming casino games and gambling in general, something that is prohibited on other platforms.
Arrest in Thailand In June 2023, Denino and several others were arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. The incident occurred during a live broadcast on Kick, in which Denino performed an explicit lap dance for his girlfriend at a hotel restaurant. This act was deemed disrespectful by the hotel's management. The hotel's general manager confronted Denino and his group, leading to their arrest by local authorities. Denino was charged with "distribution of obscene content", a serious offense under Thailand's Computer Crime Act. He faced the possibility of up to five years in prison. Following his arrest, Denino spent time in a Thai jail before posting bail, which cost him $12,000. He described the conditions in the jail as extremely harsh.
Arrest in Australia On September 21, 2023, during a stream in
Queensland, Australia, Denino and frequent stream collaborator
Sam Pepper invited an escort for $500 to enter his hotel room, with the intent of streaming the escort interacting with another local streamer as part of a prank. They agreed on an extra fee to record the interaction, and the camera livestreaming was pointed out to the escort immediately as she entered the room. After being made aware of the situation via text message from a friend, the woman attempted to leave the hotel room but was temporarily blocked by the third streamer, who chased after her. Denino reportedly claimed that "Japan gave good genes to Korea through
comfort women", referring to ethnic Korean
women pressed into sexual slavery by Japan during
World War II. == Esports ==