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Twitch Star Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform

100m doesn't add up, the website is a twitch clone missing some really important features and the top streamer is lucky to get 1,000 viewers. it's probably equity of some sort. Kick was founded by those guys who created the CSGO gambling scam sites so any PR/announcement from them should be treated with skepticism, for all we know he's been paid in NFTs or some shit.
 
so hes going to promote gambling now, good luck dumb dumbs, the guy is a joke.

Funny thing is he bought part of np gta rp, alot of the rp people left for another server when that happened.
 
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Twitch just keeps on getting worse and worse.
Never heard of kick, but I'd like to see a real competitor enter the arena to knock them off.

I was hoping Mixer was it, but it never took off.
 
Aint gonna do shit, remember mixer?

Kick actually has a viewership base, something Mixer never did.

Also it's not owned or ran by Microsoft, so it stands an actual chance of becoming big.

If you knew who owned Kick you'd realize why both companies would want to stay far away from their business. Kick's parent company is not publicly squeaky clean.

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Barakov

Member
xQc is a fucking moron but honestly so is Twitch. It is just an endless barrage of anti-creator nonsense trying to nickle and dime their own streamers, thought up by boomers with zero feeling with the streamers, community or videogames as a whole.

It's kinda insane how bad the platform is managed.
Yeah, Twitch is a bit like the US economy. Despite all the terrible decisions being made it's still going.
 
I guess Twitch had become the kicker and OnlyFans training grounds. I heard Kicker was pretty wild too
They're teetering back and forth. They don't want to become too edgy, unmasked, and open-ended like Rumble, but they also don't want to put too much of a tight grip on creators and free speech like Twitch. It's kind of like GAF when you think about it.
 

Quantum253

Gold Member
They're teetering back and forth. They don't want to become too edgy, unmasked, and open-ended like Rumble, but they also don't want to put too much of a tight grip on creators and free speech like Twitch. It's kind of like GAF when you think about it.
I'm all for open platforms where people can openly talk and express opinions. So I'm glad there some alternatives that help other platforms push back to a moderate form of moderation
 

hlm666

Member
Wait, this xqc bozzo didn't fade into obscurity with overwatch and is now being paid 100m. I'm done with trying to be green, gonna go out back and burn some old tires and start up anything with an engine. The only solution is to speed up the end, it's over people pack it up.
 

Starhowl

Member
No one can work so much as to earn 100 million in their whole lifetime! 👎

How can this be legal even? 🤨

On a side-note this dude’s channel seems to be dead - how can there still 90.000 people be watching this, when there’s basically no content provided? 🤡

From a human perspective, this all reeks like corruption.. 🤮
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
No one can work so much as to earn 100 million in their whole lifetime! 👎

How can this be legal even? 🤨

On a side-note this dude’s channel seems to be dead - how can there still 90.000 people be watching this, when there’s basically no content provided? 🤡

From a human perspective, this all reeks like corruption.. 🤮
If you click the link in google search it doesn't work (502 bad gateway). But to get to the site, click one of the links related to it and it takes you there.

Every live streamer box I clicked said a 404 error.

Shit site so far.
 

YuLY

Member
Worked well for Mixer, my favorite streaming platform.
Kick doesnt care about gaining money from subs. They are backed by Gambling company/Stake, all they care is to have a popular platform they can have a few big streamers promote the gambling stuff. The subs they would get is nothing compared to their casino stuff. But they need to attract "normal streamers" so their platform is popular in order to get more people into the casino stuff. The Mixer situation was totally different.
 

chromhound

Member

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Twitch Star Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform​




Edit: Since people are requesting the name of the platform in the OP, it's Kick. Also it's not an exclusive contract.
Never heard of him. Didn't know he was from Laval
 

Rhazkul

Member
How are these stupid immature screaming loud obnoxious streamers so popular? I'll never understand it...guess i am too old.
 
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RoXQi3x

Neo Member
If you care enough to click on this thread you may want to check out Devin Nash's latest for an "insider" perspective. On the surface, it's just normal streaming business to outright buy top players to attract viewers. In Kick's case, they may get their money's worth even before a single viewer check their site out.
 
$100m for someone that is basically playing a game and streaming it? We live in crazy times.
I dunno. This doesn't seem all that much crazier to me than, say, Howard Stern signing that utterly ridiculous contract with Sirius ~20 years ago. I think it was for over half a billion dollars. People getting paid big bucks to act like idiots on air isn't a recent thing.

You don't know who xqc is? He's a streamer on the level of ninja, one of the few gaming superstars and also an ex pro overwatch player.
Not sure if that's the best comparison. Isn't Ninja kind of a has-been these days? His channel is currently ranked 421st in terms of viewers while xQc's is 3rd.
 

L*][*N*K

Banned
I have been watching Diablo 4 streams to get the Twitch Drops (because I am mentally ill), and I gotta admit I don’t get why would anyone watch a twitch stream for hours?? She is just sitting there eating chips and playing Diablo 4 why is this entertainment for some people???
 

Silver Wattle

Gold Member
Kick is a predatory platform, in many ways it's worse than twitch.
I'd suggest reporting kick to relevant government bodies for gambling, to make sure they are complying with the laws in your country(and any countries they stream into).
 

Sentenza

Member
Kick is wild, I'd seen a ton of nipple slips with no consequences
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Anyway, I think I watched this guy once for few minutes almost by accident (a Youtube clip) and man, I don't think I could find that many streamers capable of making an IMMEDIATE terrible impression on a human level.
Then again, their success is not dependent on my appreciation, so why would this even matter.
 
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Wildebeest

Member
I hope he got it all in cash. Kick seems like something that could be gone in six months, taking everyone's money.
 
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Ballthyrm

Member
100m deal is nuts. The market is broken.

There is always money for dumb shit like this.
I'll be very surprised if the investors ever make their money back.

I don't understand how any of the big tech platform are making any money.
Twitter has been Haemorrhaging cash for most of its life, and Twitch built its entire business model on the legal gray zone that is video game streaming.

The video game industry is still growing so all is well so far but they might reconsider if growth slows down.
I don't see a world where the greedy video game execs look at twitch as a leech on their business in the long term.

The only people money here are the streamers which make no sense as their "work" is derivative at best and scamming their own audience at worst.
 

feynoob

Banned
Kick actually has a viewership base, something Mixer never did.

Also it's not owned or ran by Microsoft, so it stands an actual chance of becoming big.



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Founded in 2022 by Bijan Tehrani and Ed Craven, co-founders of Stake.com, and co-owned by Australian online casinos such as Easygo Gaming, Kick has been actively challenging Twitch and positioning itself as a platform that prioritises the interests of its creators.







So, to answer the question, at face value, it would be inaccurate to say Stake owns Kick. There is, however, some evidence suggesting Craven, the owner of Stake, has an influential role in running Kick.

On a similar note, while Trainwreck has played a pivotal role in bringing the platform together and promoting it during and after its launch, he insists that he isn’t an owner in any capacity, only an advisor.

It’s important to note that Kick emailed The Washington Post and told them Stake as a company is not an owner or even an investor in the site. But this doesn’t necessarily mean Craven isn’t involved.

 
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