Twitch Strikes Back in Ongoing Streaming Platform Feud

Twitch has secured the ongoing services of three of the platform's biggest streamers, striking the latest blow in the streamer wars. The post Twitch Strikes Back in Ongoing Streaming Platform Feud appeared first on CCN.com

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SavageBabyDoll Strokes Controversy After She Rage-Bans Twitch’s ‘Little Poor’ Non-Subscribers

In a stream broadcast on Dec. 8, the Fortnite streamer proffered up one of the most egregious cases of money-grubbing disdain for viewers. The post SavageBabyDoll Strokes Controversy After She Rage-Bans Twitch’s ‘Little Poor’ Non-Subscribers appeared first on CCN.com

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This Alinity Dog Clip Isn’t Just Gross – It’s Proof Twitch Should Ban Her Forever

Alinity's infamous "dog clip" should trigger a permanent Twitch ban, and even that may not be enough punishment for the streamer. The post This Alinity Dog Clip Isn’t Just Gross – It’s Proof Twitch Should Ban Her Forever appeared first on CCN.com

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This GTA V ‘Pleasure Bot’ Is the Best Thing on Twitch Right Now

GTA V streamer MiltonTPike1's unexpectedly wholesome "Pleasure Bot" is hands down the best thing on Twitch right now. The post This GTA V ‘Pleasure Bot’ Is the Best Thing on Twitch Right Now appeared first on CCN.com

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Facebook Squares Up To Mixer & Twitch With High-Profile Streamer Deal

On Friday, OfflineTV member Jeremy 'Disguised Toast' Wang revealed he would be streaming exclusively on Facebook Gaming moving forward. The post Facebook Squares Up To Mixer & Twitch With High-Profile Streamer Deal appeared first on CCN.com

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Banned Twitch Streamer AndyPyro Vulgarly Slams Judgmental Viewers

Twitch streamer AndyPyro is banned for seven days. Twitch claims that the…

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Fortnite Pro FaZe Ewok Leaves Twitch for Mixer as Star Exodus Persists

Professional Fortnite player FaZe Ewok is leaving Twitch for Mixer. The 14-year-old streamer and gamer has 284,910 followers on Twitch. Fortnite streamer Ninja left Twitch for Mixer in August. In a post on Twitter, professional Fortnite player FaZe Ewok announced that she would now be streaming on Mixer.

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Twitch Star Amouranth Criticized for Reading Chat While Driving

Twitch streamer Amouranth has been heavily criticized after seemingly being caught reading Twitch chat while driving. This is the second time that the streamer has been in the news this year, as Amouranth was also banned from Twitch for an NSFW wardrobe accident.

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Donald Trump has a Twitch channel and now I’ve seen everything

Just when I was afraid my week would pass me by without something odd happening, I discover Twitch’s latest streamer is none other than US President Donald Trump. And you’d better believe I followed his channel as soon as I saw it existed.

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Twitch Streamer Gets Affiliated for Streaming a Rock for 7 Straight Days

Twitch streamer Pray4Cthulu gets affiliated after streaming their pet rock for seven days. The streams of the rock, which really is just a lump of sediment with a couple of googly eyes stuck to it, has proved to be incredibly popular with users of the live streaming site.

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Dr Disrespect Rages at Players to Reveal His Major PUBG Beef

In a new stream, Twitch streamer Dr Disrespect reveals the major issue that he has with PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The streamer, who is famous for his hilarious personality, has spoken about his issues with the game before and has jokingly uninstalled it during streams.

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Ninja Throws Major Shade at Twitch Just Days Before TwitchCon 2019

Former Twitch streamer Ninja throws some major shade at his old platform just days before TwitchCon 2019, one of the biggest dates on the streaming calendar. In a stream with another popular gaming streamer, TimTheTatman, Ninja made a joke about one of the biggest controversies in Twitch history.

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Twitch User Goes Viral Without Racist Slur or NSFW Wardrobe Malfunction

Twitch streamer MrsRuvi went viral this week, and in a refreshingly wholesome change to most viral Twitch clips, it's not because she's a racist or had an NSFW wardrobe malfunction on camera. The streamer, who is known for her Food and Drink streams in which she shows her viewers what she's making in the kitchen, […] The post Twitch User Goes Viral Without Racist Slur or NSFW Wardrobe Malfunction appeared first on CCN.com

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Fortnite Star Tfue Pauses Streaming After Racial Slur Controversy

Professional Fortnite player and Twitch streamer Tfue announces that he is taking a break from streaming. Tfue's announcement comes just a week after he caused controversy by saying the n-word during a Minecraft stream.

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Where Amouranth's NSFW Wardrobe Malfunction Ranks in Twitch Ban History

Twitch bans popular streamer Amouranth after she accidentally exposes herself during an ASMR stream. Amouranth had successfully reached her subscriber goal of 200 new subs, unlocking the reward of ASMR with her dog.

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Fortnite Pro Tfue Tries to Hide Evidence After Saying N-Word

Professional Fortnite player and Twitch streamer Tfue got caught saying the n-word during a stream. The streamer scrambled to delete the evidence that he said the racial slur, but not before viewers were able to expose the racist language.

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Mixer Makes it Harder for Streamers to Ride Ninja's Coattails

Ninja's massive success since abandoning Twitch for Mixer likely has many Twitch and YouTube streamers mulling similar moves. However, Mixer's new "Streamer Review" system could make it more difficult for competitors to ride on the legendary Fortnite streamer's coattails.

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Twitch Steals Top YouTube Fortnite Streamer Nick Eh 30

The streaming wars are heating up. Today, YouTube Live’s biggest Fortnite streamer, Nicholas ‘Nick Eh 30’ Amyoony, announced he is taking his 4. 6 million-strong legion of subscribers known as the Eh Team over to rival Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch.

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Twitch Star Alinity Mocks Animal Abuse Scandal by Attacking GTA 5 Cat

Twitch streamer Alinity has come under fire after being seen trying to attack a cat in Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5)just a month after she was accused of abusing her cat in a livestream. The streamer, who has nearly one million followers on Twitch, threw the cat and tricked it into consuming alcohol.

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Heroin Addict Turned Fortnite Streamer Feels 'Obligated' to Help People

By CCN Markets: Chicago-based Fortnite and Halo Twitch streamer Aaron Travis, better known as "ac7ionmannn," struggled with heroin addiction for several years. Now he wants to help other drug users fight their addictions.

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Fortnite Star Ninja's Booming Mixer Fanbase Should Terrify Twitch

By CCN Markets: Fortnite streamer Ninja hits 1. 5 million subscriptions on Mixer and suggests that there is more growth to come for his new channel. The popular streamer hit this milestone just a few weeks after making the shock announcement that he would be dropping Twitch to stream exclusively on its rival, Mixer.

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Mixer is taking heat over its oddly conservative dress code

Microsoft-owned streaming service Mixer is catching some heat over its rules concerning appropriate clothes, which seem to penalize women specifically. They certainly seem unnecessarily specific about restricting all but the most conservatively-dressed streamers to 18+ channels.

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Watch PewDiePie Roast Fortnite Star Ninja After Shock Twitch Exodus

After yesterday’s explosive news that Fortnite streamer Ninja is leaving Amazon’s Twitch and moving his entire operation over to Microsoft-owned platform Mixer, the king of YouTube himself Felix ”PewDiePie” Kjellberg has weighed in on the matter.

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Twitch is okay with breastfeeding — but many viewers aren’t, and that’s a problem

A Twitch streamer apparently started a revolution when she began breastfeeding her child on stream. When a clip of her doing so was deleted, she protested to Twitch. Site support eventually revealed the issue was that no one had, up to now, actually set policy on breastfeeding — but they did decree that it’s allowed.

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The Biggest Gaming Streamer ‘Ninja’ Leaving Twitch for Microsoft’s Mixer

Coinspeaker The Biggest Gaming Streamer ‘Ninja’ Leaving Twitch for Microsoft’s MixerFortnite superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins left Twitch and is taking his video game live streams to Microsoft’s Mixer platform, a stunning switch that could have wide-ranging consequences for the rapidly growing industry.

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Ninja Jump to Mixer Is the Most Lucrative Mistake He’ll Ever Make

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins announced today that he’s waving goodbye to Twitch and porting his stream over to pastures new, specifically the Microsoft-owned rival platform Mixer. In a video published simultaneously on YouTube and Twitter, the Fortnite streamer announced he would be streaming exclusively on Mixer full time moving forward.

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Ninja Jump to Mixer Is the Most Lucrative Mistake He'll Ever Make

Tyler "Ninja" Blevins announced today that he's waving goodbye to Twitch and porting his stream over to pastures new, specifically the Microsoft-owned rival platform Mixer. In a video published simultaneously on YouTube and Twitter, the Fortnite streamer announced he would be streaming exclusively on Mixer full time moving forward.

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Streaming superstar Ninja leaves Twitch for Microsoft’s Mixer

The world’s biggest game streamer, Fortnite golden boy Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, today revealed his leaping off his heretofore-unstoppable Twitch gravy train in favor of Microsoft‘s Mixer. That’s right, pick your jaw up off the floor — Twitch‘s most well-known attraction is joining the competition.

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Twitch bans, then unbans streamer after accusing him of fraud

A Twitch streamer named Craig “NBDxWilliams” Williams was recently banned from the streaming platform and then reinstated today. His struggles with the platform, and Twitch staff’s confusion over Williams’ streaming setup, shine a light on how Twitch flags potential problems — and how anyone who’s not streaming strictly games or podcasts might run into similar problems on the site.

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Twitch streamer plans ‘SlutStream’ to combat sexual online harassment

For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. Today, KaceyTron, a longtime gaming streamer with almost half a million followers on Twitch, is raising awareness about the realities of online sexual harassment by organizing a “SlutStream” where women gamers will reunite together to reclaim the meaning of “slut” — an insult often hurled at female gamers.

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Tip Twitch Livestreamers With BCH Using the New Tipbitcoin.cash App

Last week the pseudonymous developer who created the Crescent Cash wallet, Pokkst, announced the launch of a new tipping service called Tipbitcoin. cash. The tool gives anyone the ability to tip their favorite streamer on Twitch using bitcoin cash.

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Razer drops streamer for tweeting ‘men are trash’ in response to sexual harassment

Gaming hardware brand Razer announced that it won’t renew Gabriela Cattuzzo’s contract, a popular Brazilian video game streamer with almost 90k followers on Twitch. The decision comes after Cattuzzo posted a series of tweets stating that “men are trash” in response to the online sexual harassment she has faced — which Razer Brazil considers to be “extremism.

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Most Popular Twitch Streamer Promotes Crypto-Backed Brave Browser To Its 100K Live Audience

Tfue, one of Twitch’s most popular streamers, recently mentioned the Brave browser to 100,000 live viewers, saying that he… The post Most Popular Twitch Streamer Promotes Crypto-Backed Brave Browser To Its 100K Live Audience appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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YouTube Superstar PewDiePie Boosts Blockchain Platform with 67% Subscriber Spike

By CCN: Sweden’s Felix Kjellberg AKA PewDiePie, YouTube’s most popular streamer, has been up and running on cryptocurrency startup DLive for a little over a month and is already drawing in the crowds.

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PewDiePie ditches YouTube and Twitch streaming for DLive’s blockchain platform

PewDiePie, internet culture icon and the most popular streamer on the planet, is switching to DLive’s blockchain streaming platform. The Planet’s Most Popular Streamer Felix Kjellberg, known by his streamer handle PewDiePie, is one of the world’s most popular streamers.

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Massive Twitch livestream showcases the future of online fundraising

Twitch streamer H. Bomberguy raked in more than $340,000 in donations for a beleaguered children’s charity during a marathon weekend stream. He did so by combining two of Twitch‘s most reliable forces: star power and charity.

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Mixer may have found the secret sauce for paying streamers full-time

Mixer, Microsoft’s game streaming service, has always played second fiddle to Twitch. But a new payment paradigm on Mixer might just change that, because Microsoft’s platform has come up with something its rival doesn’t have: it allows streamers to be paid without the viewers themselves having to pony up the dough.

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Streamlabs CEO describes building monetization tools for Twitch & YouTube

As streamers have grown from being scrappy amateurs to professionals, the tools that facilitate their careers have undergone a similar evolution. While several of the tools are integrated into the streaming platforms themselves, successful streaming relies, to an almost astonishing degree, on third-party software.

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Twitch debuts group streaming and karaoke at TwitchCon

Twitch today revealed a plethora of new features for streamers and viewers, as part of the first day of its TwitchCon celebrations.  CEO Emmett Shear led the Day One keynote, revealing the new features to the attendees.

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I don’t want to stream with Ninja, either

A super-popular Twitch streamer has been accused of discriminating against women by refusing to stream with them. As a woman, I think I’m with the streamer on this one. It started with an interview in Polygon in which writer Allegra Frank interviewed Tyler “Ninja” Blevins — currently the most popular streamer on the planet.

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Uber & Lyft driver banned after streaming his trips on Twitch

A Twitch streamer got into hot water with Uber and Lyft over the weekend after both companies apparently caught onto his scheme of streaming his rides to an audience. Streamer JustSmurf maintained a part-time gig as a driver for Uber and Lyft.

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