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We all know how popular Twitch has become for all types of streamers and audiences. Now, the company is working on getting its streamers paid for their contributions. Ads are a primary way for streamers to earn money, but the current process for advertising on Twitch can be complicated. In a recently-deleted Twitch blog post, the company announced that it would be running a new Ads Incentive Program (AIP). Below, we’ll explore the ins and outs of this AIP and what it means for streamers on the popular platform. How Twitch’s AIP WorksTwitch’s overall goal with the AIP is to allow streamers to remove the guesswork out of how much ad revenue they’re generating. The program will also provide personalized offers for streamers.Through this AIP, streamers will have ads running at regular intervals during a set number of streaming hours. Depending on the agreement between the individual streamer and Twitch, the streamer will receive a guaranteed payout. This will help Twitch streamers better understand their monthly income, which is extremely helpful to those streamers who rely on Twitch to earn a living. Additionally, there’s no cap on potential income, which benefits streamers in the long term. Essentially, Twitch will first provide you with an…

Felix “xQc” Lengyel has put his foot down after Twitch fans kept demanding he try gaming’s latest viral sensation, Lost Ark, dubbing the hit South Korean MMO “grindy” and boring to play. The superstar French-Canadian streamer has built his Twitch empire on variety gaming, regularly playing “flavor of the month” titles to rake in a few extra viewers. This time, however, xQc has no interest in going with the popular crowd. Lost Ark has taken Twitch, Steam, and the gaming world by storm since its all-access launch on Feb. 11, but according to the streamer, it looks boring. “It’s a very grindy game,” he said, adding it looks “weird” too. “It’s very MMO-ish, that’s not really my big forte these days,” xQc added. “I’ve played all these MMOs my entire life and I think I’ve just had my share of them.” Image via Smilegate. Lost Ark’s popularity has already hit a fever pitch since its mid-February launch. Late last week, Smilegate’s South Korean title climbed past 1.2 million registered players, prompting devs to take a second look at server limits. The two-year-old fantasy MMO’s explosive arrival to western gaming isn’t going to change xQc’s mind, however. The Twitch star…

Posted By Jane Danes on Feb 13, 2022 | Twitch wants to curb harassment.  New Twitter Policy About Usernames  To minimize harassment and hateful conduct, Twitch updated its username policy this week.  With the new rules, users can no longer utilize usernames that refer to sexual acts, genitalia, arousal, and fluids.  It also bans usernames that refer to hard drugs. However, marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco are allowed.  The change may have been triggered by a trend or something else. For the company, usernames matter.  “They’re your textual avatar in chat and a crucial piece of channel branding for Creators. Usernames are searchable and have site-wide visibility. Given their usage across Twitch channels, we believe they must be held to a universal and higher standard than other places people express themselves — like chat, for instance.” Twitch has already removed many offensive usernames under the new policy. The company believes that the updated policy will help in establishing a stronger standard to cultivate an inclusive community.  To enforce this policy, Twitch introduces “a tiered enforcement approach.” This method enables the community members to adjust their usernames to meet the new guidelines.  Thus, if the existing usernames violate the Community Guidelines, the company…

Here are the Top Trending news from the world of technology1)Twitch Bans sex and drugs from user namesImage Credits: Flickr Trade Group FollowE-commerce video streaming platform Twitch has updated its policy. Among many things, this updated policy will ban usernames that will remote or explicit reference to sex and hard drugs. The amazon owned platform has said in its statement that usernames should be held to a universal and higher standards. The updated and new policy will take effect from 1st March. As per reports, Twitch will still allow terms like ‘Cannabis’ and ‘alcohol’ in the user name (Read more)2)Zoom rolls out update on MacOS that automatically disables microphonePopular video conferencing platform Zoom released an important update earlier this week for MacOS app. Following this update, Zoom will automatically disable the microphone as soon as the call gets ended. Since last December, there were flurry of complaints that a bug in Zoom was preventing microphone to get disable after the call got ended. This persistent problem led to huge hue and cry over privacy concerns (Read more)3)Twitter faces Brief OutageA user browsing Twitter on Smartphone…image source: PixabayMicroblogging platform Twitter witnessed a brief outage on Friday. The outage was confirmed by…

Blue Origin passenger, Cameron Bess, went from being a Twitch streamer to an astronaut. Bess, who had dinner with Jeff Bezos before the launch, said the descent was the hardest part. Here's what Bess' space trip was like and how they found zero gravity, as told to reporter Kate Duffy. Loading Something is loading. When my dad told me we were going to be the first parent-child duo to fly into space onboard Jeff Bezos' rocket, I couldn't believe it.My dad, the founder of Bess Ventures, participated in the ticket auction for Blue Origin's first passenger trip to the edge of space with Jeff Bezos. The ticket price far exceeded what he wanted to pay but he kept in touch with Blue Origin and eventually they offered dad two tickets.As a kid, I never expected to become an astronaut. I'm a game designer and do livestreaming on video platform Twitch under the name "MeepsKitten," where I have more than 3,200 followers.Now, I'm the first pansexual person to go into space — it's crazy. I found out my dad and I were flying to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket six months before the flight. We had to keep it…

¿Cuánto ganan Ibai, Rubius o Auronplay? Un estudio, de la página de Kapwing, ha revelado lo que cobran los principales creadores de contenido por hora. Si eres curioso e incluso quieres compararlo con tu salario, en el propio estudio te aparece y te muestra lo que gana cada segundo que estás leyendo la noticia, el sueldo de Ranboolive, el streamers más cobra.Todos estos ejemplos son de creadores de contenido de Twitch, la página referente en cuanto a directos. La página morada ha creado un gran espacio para que sus principales figuras brillen y llegue su contenido a todo el mundo de forma gratuita. En el top 1 se encuentra Ranboolive, que su contenido principal es Minecraft. Su media de 2.398,63 dólares con 1.001 horas de vídeo emitidas. En el ranking de los diez streamers mejores pagados, la media gira en torno a uno 1.477 dólares la hora, unos 1.302,6 euros.¿Cuánto cobran Ibai, Rubius y Auronplay? En cuanto a los creadores de contenido españoles tenemos una buena representación ya que aparecen Ibai Llanos, Rubius y Auronolay. El primero de ellos en la lista es Auron, con 1.649 dólares por hora, al cambio 1.455 euros. El vasco, por su parte, 753,50 euros, y cierra la lista…

No one deserves to have the police enter their home when they have done nothing wrong, but that didn't stop someone from calling 911 on one player mid-stream. By William Phelps California – Playing video games for a living doesn't usually mean you have to worry about getting handcuffed as police officers search your house, but one of the biggest names in Hearthstone had exactly that happen to her while gaming. Alliestrasza is one of the best Hearthstone players in the world.  © Screenshot/Instagram/alliestrasza_ Professional Hearthstone player Alexandra "Alliestrasza" Macpherson was streaming live on Twitch when officers responding to a phony 911 call cuffed her and her family while they searched the house.The stream went normally for just over an hour, until Macpherson left the room, and the next thing viewers saw were armed officers searching the room.According to PCGamer, Macpherson returned to the stream to update her viewers before signing off. "I'm gonna turn the stream off now, the very nice officers are in the house. They're gonna take a crime report and take our IDs. Literally got swatted. I'm OK but, yeah... we were all handcuffed and everything. Everything's fine, they're very nice, I'm gonna leave and talk to you…

Offensive names will be indefinitely suspended. Twitch has updated its username policy to remove hateful words and curb harassment. Usernames with abusive terms are often used to harass streamers, particularly those from minority communities. Twitch has already removed many reported offensive names, but the new guidelines will set a stronger standard "to cultivate a diverse, inclusive global community on Twitch", says a blog post on the policy. In addition to names containing hate speech, threats of violence, and personally identifiable information, Twitch will also remove reported usernames that reference sexual acts, arousal, fluids, or genitalia, as well as references to hard drugs (excluding alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana). To enforce this, Twitch is introducing a tiered approach. If an existing username clearly violates Twitch's overall community guidelines, indefinite suspensions will be issued. If an existing username violates the new policy but is not a clear violation of wider community guidelines, the account will be locked and flagged for reset. If users attempt to create a new username that violates the new policy, Twitch's machine learning model will prevent creation. The new policy will be enforced from 1st March to allow users to amend their names as necessary. "We want Twitch to be…

Home News (Image credit: Bloomberg (via Getty Images)) Truly, the gamer tag is our digital handshake, a greeting we extend that says "B0ngSm0ka95" or "xXxShadowGoku420" to introduce ourselves to our friends and/or enemies. Now, a new change to Twitch's username policy aims to ensure some manners and decorum around the gamer's handshake moving forward.In the company's own words: "...we have additional, higher standards for usernames based on reducing harm across our services. Usernames and display names created on Twitch may not include:  Breaking the Law, including Terrorism and Child Exploitation Violence and ThreatsHateful ConductHarassment and Sexual HarassmentUnauthorized Sharing of Private InformationImpersonationGlorification of natural or violent tragediesSelf-Destructive BehaviorReferences to recreational drugs, hard drugs, and drug abuse, with exceptions for alcohol, tobacco, and marijuanareferences to sexual acts, genital, or sexual fluids."To be frank, those don't strike me as unreasonable standards for one of the most prominent forms of communication on the platform, and Twitch also outlined its new system of enforcement for username infractions.For your average Twitch user whose gamer tag just falls a little bit outside of acceptable bounds, the company will institute mandatory username resets with no other consequences barring repeated setting of an offending name.Twitch does, however, reserve the right to indefinitely…

Join us as we play out the final championship of our Madden NFL 22 tournament. No matter who wins, we all lose. RIP, John Madden. It’s the last day of our John Madden Memorial Shack Staff Super Challenge 2022. We’ve done the best we can to honor John Madden’s memory this week as we lead up to the actual Super Bowl this coming Sunday. Now, only one game remains. TJ Denzer and Donovan Erskine are set to throw down in a mighty matchup. Who will come out on top and be cursed with reviewing Madden 23? During this week, TJ Denzer, Ozzie Mejia, Asif Khan, Blake Morse, Donovan Erskine, Chris Jarrard, and Dennis White have gone head to head in the dismal arena that is Madden NFL 22. We work with what we have, but it has been quite the experience (albeit not one befitting of one of the most legendary NFL figures of all time). Nonetheless, the competition has chipped down to two final teams. TJ Denzer will take his Kansas City Chiefs against Donovan Erskine’s Baltimore Ravens in one final match up to take it all. Can Mahomes and his high-powered receivers outplay the dynamic game of Lamar…