• FartSmarter
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    2 years ago

    For reference Ninja’s deal with Mixer was reportedly $50m

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      2 years ago

      And I feel like that marked the end of his time in the public view.

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        I think that might be more of a coincidence. He had a look, and he had a persona, and he was great at Fortnite. But as Fortnite has waned in popularity, it was sure that Ninja would as well.

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        why would you keep doing your job once you get that much money lol, fuck that I’m retiring after the contract is over

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    Wow, I thought the days of streamers receiving huge contracts to join a platform were over. I’m sure having xQc streaming on Kick will be beneficial, but is it really $70 million beneficial? Facebook and Youtube have both paid a ton of money to get big streamers from twitch, but I don’t feel like that moved the needle much.

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      Kick seems to be getting more attention from streamers moving of their own accord than Facebook or Mixer did, at least. I doubt it’ll go a lot better than Mixer in the long run, but it’s at least better for everyone on Twitch if they have competition to worry about.

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    2 years ago

    All those gambling addict’s losses going straight into the multi-millionaire’s pocket, fuck yea I love capitalism, let’s race to the end faster with AI late stage buddies.

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      They are run by a gambling company, basically one of the infinite money glitches irl. They just want to be able to advertise their gambling service and twitch hit them hard.

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      2 years ago

      The main point that always is brought up is allowing gambling/slot streaming, but yeah what you said is more or less on point (gambling gets brought up because of it direct ties to the owners/sponsors/investors with such sites).

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    1 year ago

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