AVGN Loses, Regains YouTube Account

Published: May 21, 2008, 2:57 pm

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James Rolfe, best known as his persona the “Angry Video Game Nerd“, had his YouTube account suspended for nearly 24 hours following a mistake by one of the sites he partners with to display his videos. Rolfe, who became famous for his angry, and often vulgar, reviews of classic video games was one of the most popular directors on YouTube and is the tenth most subscribed to user on the site. His Channel has over 130,000 subscribers and over 6.5 million views. When the suspension was discovered in the evening of the 19th, speculation mounted about the cause. Several commenters looked at the matter with suspicion and tried to blame a competing video game reviewer. Others attempted to blame YouTube accusing them of banning the account to further their own agenda. These conspiracy theories were furthered by the previous closures of other accounts including Guru Larry and PlayItBogart, both also video game reviewers However, other evidence pointed to a likely mistake by

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