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Pog Champ out on Twitch, Streamers react
The Face behind Twitch’s Top emote accused of using social media to spark civil unrest. Poggers in the chat! Pog Champ one of the top if not the top global emote on Twitch has been removed from the pl...
“Blind Playthrough” tag removed – Twitch responds to disabled players
As live-streaming in the gaming industry continues to develop over the years more and more subjects like these will continue to rise up out of the deep dark depths of the online gaming world. A langua...
DrDisrespect returns to streaming on YouTube
Are we getting trolled? It looks like a return is imminent for DrDisrespect a short music video on his YouTube was launched today called Alleyways. It delivered a powerful message “You can never take ...
Content Creator Legend Byron “Reckful” Bernstein Dead at 31
Byron “Reckful” Bernstein has died of what is said to be suicide on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020. Reckful from Austin, Texas was a prominent content creator on the Twitch platform most notably known for h...
Not the Method way
Method has been a dominant Esports organization in recent years especially in the World of Warcraft scene. I have played WOW since vanilla on and off its been amazing to see Method grow into such a fo...
Twitch sued for $25 million – Overly suggestive and sexual content
It seems to be an endless stream of drama in the live streaming industry this week. Misconduct Allegations, finger-pointing, he-said-she-said, and of course the blame game. Today the theme remains str...
Updated: Twitch to investigate dozens of sexual misconduct allegations
Updated 6/24/2020 Via Twitch Blog: We want to provide an update on our investigations into the recent allegations of sexual abuse and harassment involving Twitch streamers and actions we’re taking. We...
Top content creators and industry executives accused of sexual misconduct
These are only a small portion of the cases that have come forward in recent days and we expect more to come as people gain more confidence to open up and share their story. Unfortunately, it’s ...
OPG CEO accused of sexual harassment T-Pain, Cohh Carnage & more to leave
Online Performers Group CEO Omeed Dariani has been publicly accused of sexual misconduct by Molly Ayala the Overwatch Community Development Lead via Twitter. Molly shared a story of her experience wit...
Ninja & Shroud Decline Massive Facebook Offer, Become Free Agents
In the most famous of Mixer’s talent acquisitions, massive exclusive contracts were given to Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ and Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek which at the time were 2 of the top 3 streamers on Twi...
Former Mixer Employee shares racist experience during 2-year tenure
Milan Lee started working for Microsoft in 2017 then relocated to Seattle where he joined the Mixer team in 2018. Just a day before Mixer announced its shutdown and its partnership with Facebook Gamin...
Mixer.com announces shutdown, what lies ahead
Microsoft acquired the Beam live streaming service in August 2016 which was just a year later renamed, Mixer. Mixer then began its integration into the Xbox division allowing its console users to stre...