Night.Ninja
Banned
Take that Tinfoil hat off
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DrDisrespect permanently banned from Twitch [Now Streaming on YouTube]
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Optimistic Gamer
Member
Stream is a loop it seems.
Ironbunny
Member
Flintty
Member
Jesus. I don't think I'd be comfortable with an organisation having that power over me.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
how is this even possible. I've barely heard of him before. Guess watching lobosjr makes everyone look uninteresting
rickyEGM
Banned
you're not a real gamer I guess
hououinkyouma00
Member
Yeah it’s shitty. Sucks for me because him and Doug have amazing chemistry, same with him and Viss. Visa respect and Docisraw streams are GOAT
nani17
are in a big trouble
Lol stream is tomorrow
How do you know
Ironbunny
Member
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
wtf even streams are teased for trailers now ?!
Flintty
Member
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notseqi
Member
Let's hope this gets some good players over to youtube.
jigglet
Banned
I know this might seem like a stupid question but...if he's got such a huge fan base, why is he relying on these platforms? Why not just host it himself? There must be many open source, highly scalable video casters out there. Just set it up on a hugely scalable platform like Azure or AWS and just take full control over things. No more bannings and whatnot.
Pfhunkie
Member
Because if you only stream on your own site you lose a lot of growth potential. In a business, no matter how successful you are, you want to keep growing. Now, hosting your stream on your own site and another popular platform might be a good idea.
jigglet
Banned
That's what I mean. He used to be primarily on Twitch and also release his videos on Youtube. It would basically be the same thing.
Woo-Fu
Banned
Advertising/sponsorships.
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Balducci30
Member
this guy is by far the most entertaining "streamer" I can't watch any of the other ones
Nydus
Member
No that's not easy. It is in fact really hard to build a streaming service and you need a constant influx of fresh blood or you will be forgotten. You can't be discovered on your own page with nothing else to see.
jigglet
Banned
I'd like to think even if Doc's viewership dropped to 0 he'd still be casting, acting as if he's still the #1 streamer in the world. I can picture it now.
Patrick S.
Banned
He is a multimillionaire... He doesn't need donations anymore.
Grinchy
Banned
So I guess he's just leaving this up until he goes actually live tomorrow? I noticed a ton of donations and "members" on the top of the chat window. Does "member" men they gave him $4.99?
It seems like he's made a killing by not even showing up yet, so tomorrow will probably be crazy. I don't know how long it'll last, but I guess it's good to see. Hopefully he wins a lawsuit against Twitch as well if they really did just decide overnight that they didn't feel like paying his contract.
It seems like he's made a killing by not even showing up yet, so tomorrow will probably be crazy. I don't know how long it'll last, but I guess it's good to see. Hopefully he wins a lawsuit against Twitch as well if they really did just decide overnight that they didn't feel like paying his contract.
notseqi
Member
It's the synergy between his appeal, the games he is playing, advertising/sponsors and the greater ecosystem twitch and youtube are able to maintain that gives those platforms a visibility which in turn is highly controllable. You can jump from stream to stream and be presented with the same tier1 sponsors.
There also seems to be a significant dropoff after the second platform is established.
Stuart360
Member
Show respect to the 2 time.
Flintty
Member
Sony and MS are loaded but people still pay them for services
He’s still streaming now with 9k viewers and the subs and donations are rolling in. The dude has the power to print money
Fair play to the guy.
nemiroff
Gold Member
He carved his own niche, his character is pretty unique, he understands how lacking Twitch is/was in production value. He actually has some talent, and he is at times very entertaining (unless he strays out of character and ends up in an unfunny pissy mood). He is also very good at raking in money from the community by acting like he cares (seriously, I have no idea why people donate their money to a multi-millionaire just to get a badge in a chat window where among 50K other people it will disappear in a fraction of a second anyway).
Edit: Hmm, I might've been a bit unfair to the most dedicated fans there... I mean, I am sort of a fan myself, and I do actually get why people like the feeling of taking part of a community. So my apologies to yous.
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Jigsaah
Gold Member
I would imagine even with his fame, it may not be worth it to create his own source of discovery. Twitch did that for him over time. Youtube honestly has the algorithms in place to boost him much further than he could do on his own.
ebullientprism
Member
I dont get this either. I totally understand supporting streamers with a sub/donation. But doing that with people like Shroud/Ninja/Summit/Lirik/Doc etc is like donating to Tom Cruise or Leo Dicaprio. They have more money than the people donating will see in a lifetime.
Skyr
Member
How the hell have some here such a hard time wrapping their head around subscribing/donating to streamers?
People are entertained and get enjoyment out of watching them. Just like you are entertained when going to the movies or playing games.
So are you not seeing mainstream movies or play games by microsoft or sony because they are billion dollar companies?
The only difference is that you have to pay for games or movies BEFORE seeing them, even if you don't even know if you will enjoy them or not.
With streamers you decide if it was worth it for you or not. And if you get tons of hours of enjoyment out of it, why not support them so they can continue to do their job.
What is so hard do understand about it?
People are entertained and get enjoyment out of watching them. Just like you are entertained when going to the movies or playing games.
So are you not seeing mainstream movies or play games by microsoft or sony because they are billion dollar companies?
The only difference is that you have to pay for games or movies BEFORE seeing them, even if you don't even know if you will enjoy them or not.
With streamers you decide if it was worth it for you or not. And if you get tons of hours of enjoyment out of it, why not support them so they can continue to do their job.
What is so hard do understand about it?
INC
Member
The concepts is simple to understand
Just why would u donate $1000+
Their money, can do what they like with it I guess
Thabass
Member
This. If you don't think it's worth it to you. Don't donate / sub. Pretty simple. You don't "have to get it". People will spend their money how they see fit.
TheContact
Member
it's more cost effective to use another platform and ultimately pays more when all things (free promotions from the site, bigger user base to attract new viewers, ad revenue, sub revenue, etc..) are considered.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
desertdroog
Member
I'm glad to see he is coming back. He's a good counter to CCP .50 cent army in online games.
He will own the reds while wearing red...and a mullet. The 80's 2.0.
He will own the reds while wearing red...and a mullet. The 80's 2.0.
TheContact
Member
I think it was Soda that came out and basically said it's pointless to do donations to him because he makes so much $ elsewhere. Subbing I can understand, because it stops the ads (if you don't use adblock, or can't such as using Twitch apps on mobile devices), gives you extra emotes and other minor things. Donations make a little less sense since the only return you get on that is the possibility the streamer reads your donation and you get a little dopamine rush. But if that's what they want to spend their money on, who cares? Twitch can be more entertaining than Netflix for some.
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