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ADVERTISEMENT 'Happy birthday aimsey, it's been awesome watching you grow your community,' wished a fan Aimsey has 899k followers on Twitch (@aimseytv/Instagram) ADVERTISEMENT WALES, UK: Aimsey, a Twitch streamer, and a TikTok star was bombarded with wishes as elated fans flocked to Twitter to celebrate her 21st birthday on Sunday, December 11. A fan wrote, “Happy birthday aimsey
Read moreDetailsBasketballYakima Valley AAUTHREE RIVERS FALL LEAGUE Results, Dec. 3 & 41st grade boys: Fast Twitch 35, KiBe K1-Preston 2; West Valley Dragons 24, Prosser Mustangs 4; Yakima Flight 26, KiBe-K1 0; Wildcat Hoopers-Toppenish 27, Sunnyside Christian 24.1st grade girls: Lil Lady Hounds-Grandview 26, KiBe-Mendoza 10; Yakima Lady Flight 33, Mighty Tigers-Yakima 2; 509 Insanity-Ramirez 11, Lil Lady Hounds-Grandview 4.2nd grade boys: Sunnyside Grizzlies 24, Sunnyside Christian 6; Grandview Lil Hounds Saenz 27, Yakima Valley Timberwolves 25; Little Mustangs-Prosser 10, Yakima Flight 9; Selah Triple Threat 35, Ki Be 2B 3; Granger Raptors 17, Grandview Greyhounds Montes 16; Selah Triple Threat 33, Grandview Little Hound 4; Grandview Greyhounds Montes 24, Yakima Valley Timberwolves 11.2nd grade girls: Grandview Hoopsters 20, Prosser Lady Stangs 4; 509 Insanity-Lee 20, Prosser-Den Hoed 10; Valley Storm-Sunnyside 13, Kiona Benton Little Bears 9; Grandview Hoopstars 18, Grandview Storm 7; 509 Insanity-Lee 15, Kiona Benton Little Bears 0.3rd grade boys: NWH-West Richland 24, Grandview Mambas 20; Goldendale Timberwolves 23, Yakima Lightning 15; Toppenish Lil Cats 29, West Valley Swish-Beckstrand 18; Mabton Lil Vikes 23, WV Swish Sneaker Squeakers 10; Mabton Vikings 19, Toppenish 16; Goldendale Timberwolves 31, West Valley Swish Cottonwood 7; Yakima Lightning 15, White Swan Cougs
Read moreDetails× Cookies help us deliver our Services. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn More. By Cade Davie/Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 4:04 pm EST There's no small number of Twitch streamers who are actually terrible people, and Destiny, real name Steven Kenneth Bonnell II, has once again shown that he's earned a place on the streaming platform's hall of shame. Destiny is no stranger to receiving Twitch bans and sparking online controversy, but unsavory comments he made regarding an equally unsavory clip from content creator iShowSpeed have landed Destiny in some hot water. In watching iShowSpeed's clip, Destiny said, "Is this the Kai Cenat guy? Oh, this is the Speed guy. Ok. There's like this whole new legion of Black zoomer streamers, and for as much as they talk about how all white people did was scream at the camera, I feel like that's all these guys do. I don't know if they have more content, but holy sh*t." Needless to say, these comments haven't gone over well with Kai Cenat himself or with fans. Kai Cenat calls Destiny out for racist comments Kai Cenat, recent recipient of the Streamer of the Year award at 2022's Streamy awards (via Ginx.Tv), responded
Read moreDetailsJewish and anti-hate organizations are urging social media influencers and tech platforms to stop hosting interviews with Ye, the rapper and artist formerly known as Kanye West, as he’s continued to make antisemitic statements and criticize Jewish people in his recent public appearances. Representatives for five Jewish and anti-hate groups including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Jewish Committee, StopAntisemitism and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance called on influencers and tech platforms to take responsibility for their part in allowing Ye’s antisemitic statements to spread online.“Anybody who gives him a platform, you’re basically complicit at this point,” said Liora Rez, executive director of StopAntisemitism. “The only goal of his is to spew hatred and further vilify Jews.”The statements come after white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who has been working on Ye’s 2024 presidential campaign, livestreamed what he said was a call with Twitch star Adin Ross on Dec. 3, where the two appeared to discuss a potential interview involving Ye and Ross. Ross, a popular Twitch streamer with 7 million followers, is Jewish and said that he was going to “stand up for the Jews” in the interview.On Dec. 5, political streamer Hasan Piker said in a
Read moreDetailsBlizzard Entertainment is teaming up with the popular streaming website, Twitch, once again to give World of Warcraft players a brand-new batch of Twitch Drops—the Swift Windsteed Mount and Cenarion Hatchling Pet.A few months prior to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, the developers over at Blizzard Entertainment revealed World of Warcraft's first-ever batch of Twitch Drops. This included the likes of the Dragon Kite and Ichabod Harvest Golem pets, the Perpetual Purple Firework toy, and the once TCG-exclusive, Feldrake mount.Now, a week after Dragonflight's release, and with the Race to World First looming, players will be able to get their hands on more goodies. Here's how to get the Swift Windsteed Mount and Cenarion Hatchling Pet in WoW Dragonflight.Don't Miss: Discover Razer's Ultimate Gaming Laptops NowBeginning on Friday, December 9, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. PST (3 p.m. EST) and ending on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at 2:59 p.m. PST (5:59 p.m. EST) players can get their hands on the Swift Windsteed Mount and Cenarion Hatchling Pet via Twitch Drops.In order to get the Cenarion Hatchling Pet, players will have to watch at least four hours of WoW Dragonflight content on the popular streaming website, Twitch, with Twitch Drops active. When it comes
Read moreDetailsBy Awards Analyst | writer December 9, 2022 | 4 min read Listen to article 4 min Twitch won at The Drum Awards for Content 2022 in the Most Innovative Use of New Social Platforms for its Turn Up the Volume for Maybelline’s Colossal Curl Bounce mascara campaign. Here, we find out more about what went into this successful campaign. Twitch and Maybelline Case Study To help promote their new mascara, the Colossal Curl Bounce, Maybelline teamed with Twitch for a dedicated make-up stream where viewers could interact with the experience by choosing the colors and style of streamer Fasffy’s look. A custom chatbot was also created to allow viewers the chance to purchase the mascara during the stream.The Brief Maybelline’s objective was direct – find a way to reach new consumers, particularly Gen Z female gamers who were an underutilized customer base for the makeup company. Female gamers were a steadily rising demographic, that until now, had largely been untapped in the makeup market.Typically, female gamers put a great deal of time and effort into making their streams visually pleasing, including their own appearance. Maybelline felt that Twitch would be the ultimate opportunity to connect with the female gamer
Read moreDetailsKaitlyn Siragusa, aka Amouranth, is the most popular female streamer on the internet. She has millions of followers across several social media platforms, including more than six million on Twitch alone. One of those millions of fans decided to send her an insane gift. The 29-year-old, who also claims to have the number one page on OnlyFans, celebrated her birthday last week. A couple days after her birthday she had some gifts arrive at her home. She opened the gifts during one of her Twitch streams. The most popular female Twitch streamer (Image Credit: Kait Wild/Instagram) Whoever sent Amouranth the gifts is really big fan of hers. The anonymous fan sent her a Luis Vuitton bag filled with pepper spray, a Taser, a prepaid iPhone 14 Pro Max, and $70,000. On top of all of that, the fan could have also sent her a 55-inch TV. She received one at the same time as the other gifts, but the TV didn’t say who it was from. Here she is counting out the money during the Twitch stream while wondering out loud who could have sent her that amount of money. An anonymous viewer sent Amouranth $70,000 in cash, a new
Read moreDetailsKick has launched onto the scene as a Twitch rival, with a slew of creator-friendly policies. However YouTube star Ludwig Ahgren says dealings with “blood money” from involvement with online casino Stake — and them already being dishonest — will see it disappear in six months. Kick, with the backing of Twitch star Tyler ‘Trainwreck’ Niknam, came into the streaming consciousness with gusto on December 5. The platform promised the world to creators. A 95-5 revenue split, unheard of in the space. 100% profit from Kicks, the on-site donation platform. A generous Partnership program and a more “fair” Terms of Service were just some of the favorable policies posed.Article continues after ad However the platform’s dealings unraveled quickly. After it was revealed online casino Stake co-founder Ed Craven reportedly invested in and led the creation of Kick, many questioned the legitimacy of the new rival’s claims. Combined with a launch marred by the platform rebroadcasting Twitch embeds and other issues, community sentiment turned rapidly. YouTube star Ludwig Ahgren had his say on the evolving situation. While he spoke more positively of Kick in a now-deleted video on December 5, he reframed his thoughts on December 6 after the Stake-Kick connection
Read moreDetailsYouTube has revealed that it will be introducing custom global emotes for comments and live chats on the platform. Called YouTube Emotes, the feature is similar to the one popularised by the Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch. Announced via an official blog post, the company said that YouTube Emotes is perfect for “the times where words just aren’t enough”. Moreover, the platform said that it will be starting with emotes for Gaming but more types of emotes are coming soon. The first batch of YouTube Emotes was made by three independent illustrators and is focused on live gaming content on YouTube, though it can work on any type of channel. To use the emotes, users have to click on the smiling face icon in the comments or a live chat. If users have a membership to a channel that offers its own custom emoji, they will see YouTube’s global emotes below that. Besides that, just like on Twitch, users can also type the name of a specific YouTube Emote in chat and autocomplete will show any matching emotes that users can use. So, what do you guys think of YouTube Emotes? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below
Read moreDetailsThe Game Awards announces viewership rewards will be given to viewers on Twitch for select games, including one free game. The Game Awards will have viewership rewards for those that will be watching on Twitch. Courtesy of the industry's most viewed awards show, exclusive in-game items and a free game will be distributed for fans watching 60 minutes of The Game Awards on its channel or from any of its eligible co-streamers. The Game Awards has become a signature live-streaming event over the years. The show encourages community engagement either in Twitch chat or on social media. The Game Awards 2020 had a Twitch drop that gave users a Geoff Keighley mask in Among Us, which was received well by fans of that game. For this year's show, that reward will return alongside other event-exclusive gifts for other games including one free game through the Epic Games Store. The Game Awards announced that viewers with 60 minutes of watch time on Twitch will receive viewership rewards that can be used to redeem Rogue Legacy for free through the Epic Games Store. Other rewards will include the return of the Geoff Keighley Mask in Among Us, a Kait Diaz from Gears
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