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CultureTwitchNinja Addresses Fans Who Want The “Old Ninja”
If you follow Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, you’re bound to come across those who like the “Old Ninja.” Last week, Ninja addressed the issue and, of course, he did it without profanity but rife with real talk. Besides these online laments, there are montages of “Old Ninja,” like this and this that showing Ninja’s previous streams…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 13, 2018 -
CultureTwitchInside Livestreamfail, The Controversial Forum That Fuels Twitch Drama
Ice Poseidon. Sweet_Anita. Trainwreckstv. “Twitch thots.” “Boobie streamers.” If any of these names and phrases ring a bell, you may have a subreddit called Livestreamfail to thank—even if you’ve never heard of it. With nearly 400,000 subscribers, Livestreamfail has become one of the biggest external hubs for Twitch content. Maybe even the biggest. Users generally post…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 29, 2018 -
CultureTwitchThe Singular Life Of Twitch’s Most Foul-Mouthed Streamer
To hear her tell the story, Twitch streamer Sweet_Anita has lived a fascinating and unusual life. Here’s what you might learn watching her stream the first-person shooter Overwatch: Anita takes care of 35 animals, including rabbits, rats, and chinchillas, although in the past, that number has swelled to 200. Her mother contracted an illness from…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 20, 2018 -
CultureTwitchNinja Keeps Reporting Fortnite Rivals, And It’s Not Sitting Well With Fans
It’s one thing for a regular player to report somebody who might be cheating or griefing in a game like Fortnite, but when a Twitch star does it? Then it unavoidably carries a different weight, especially when it’s the Twitch star, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins. Over the past week, Blevins has found himself surrounded by an…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 19, 2018 -
CultureTwitch
Ninja’s Fallout 76 Stream With Rick, Morty, And Logic Did Not Go Well
People say they want good gameplay from streams, but what they’re really looking for is acceptable gameplay paired with great chemistry. Top Twitch streamer Ninja, rapper Logic, and cartoon characters Rick and Morty unfortunately do not have that. If nothing else, it was an ambitious experiment. Last night on Bethesda’s Twitch channel, Ninja and Logic…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 9, 2018 -
CultureTwitchHow A Twitch-Owned Wiki May Be Inflating Streamers’ Views
Twitch streamer Chris “Bognogus” Steinert was live on camera, reading an article about space exploration game No Man’s Sky on Gamepedia, online gaming’s equivalent of Wikipedia, when he discovered his own livestream playing at the very bottom of the page. Steinert was streaming his galactic wanderings to an audience of 3,183 viewers. One of them,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published October 22, 2018