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Josh Reilly   | Erie Times-News Brendan Hoffmann was the sole reason the Erie Otters made a deep run through a Canadian Hockey League tournament over the past two-and-half weeks.Hoffmann, however, was also solely responsible when the Otters were eliminated from the tournament Monday night. The Erie forward represented the Otters and ran their team in a 64-player CHL Memorial eCup tournament that began Nov. 28. The competition utilized the video game NHL '21 on PlayStation 4, which features all CHL teams.As the action took place, he was at the controls of the Otters while wearing a Santa Claus suit on camera — his signature attire for the tournament. Hoffman and the Otters finally lost Monday night in the quarterfinals. "I get a lot of support from the guys. They always joke around," he said of his teammates. "They've been nothing but supportive."Hoffmann said that his Otters teammates have watched his games and offered up commentary about their digital versions. At one point in the tournament, Hoffmann's own character suffered an injury. Participants included players from each of the 60 represented CHL clubs and four guest personalities. The tournament has appeared on the Canadian Hockey League's Twitch stream. The CHL had its own official site with play-by-play commentary.Hoffmann racked…

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Doritos is bringing streamers back to Verdansk and Call of Duty with the legendary Doritos Bowl, an evolution on the original event that was 2018 Tempest Award winner in the gaming industry. This year's competition will include a first-of-its kind twist with the three-day tournament featuring the first-ever private lobby for a Twitch Rivals Warzone event, giving players the chance to compete against each other and Twitch's top steamers. This year's tournament began on December 3 with over 250 streamers competing in a three-hour race, with the top three games counting toward a team's final score. Even more high-level competitors returned to day two on December 8 with co-streamers TimTheTatman and Swagg commentating on the day's activities. Now, the top 24 teams who qualified for the finals will join the likes of TimTheTatman, Swagg, Dougisraw, DavidDobrik, and TeePee for a chance to be crowned the 2020 Doritos Bowl Champions and take home a portion of the $250,000 prize. There will be five games of a private lobby, with all players in the same game, and the total score from all five games will count toward a team's final score. Fans can…

Entertainment Published: 14/Dec/2020 7:03 by Alex Tsiaoussidis Mizkif Mizkif has had an incredible run of luck when opening Pokemon cards, but he hit the jackpot in his latest stream after he pulled a first edition Lugia card worth $125,000, as well as an inanely rare Tyhplosion. Pokemon cards used to be all the rage back in the day. They were a cheap and enjoyable way for kids to have some fun in the schoolyard. Now, they’re a valuable collector’s item, and their sales and prices have skyrocketed and reached new heights in 2020. Twitch streamers have been going nuts over them, opening expensive booster packs worth tens of thousands of dollars in the hopes to find valuable cards. Fans often tune in to enjoy the emotional roller-coaster ride.  The trend hasn’t slowed down despite criticism from some haters like Chance ‘Sodapoppin’ Morris, who went as far as destroying valuable cards to prove his point.  Matthew ‘Mizkif’ Rinaudo has been loving it more than anyone, and he’s had a lot of luck too. He’s been pulling valuable cards left, right, and center. In his latest stream, he snagged even more, including an absolute gem. Twtich: TrainwreckstvMizkif and Trainwrecks posed next to…

Polygon raises $120,000 in funds for Innocence Project during a 56-hour event over three days of charity livestreaming over Twitch. Polygon has recently wrapped up a massive charity event, ending an extended Twitch stream by meeting its goal to raise money for criminal justice advocacy organization Innocence Project. This three day charity streaming event involved a number of different staff members from Polygon coming together and playing different titles like Jackbox Party Pack and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, while the chat watched and donated. The cause that Polygon was supporting through the Twitch livestreams is the Innocence Project, which can still be donated to through the connected Tiltify campaign website. Innocence Project is an organization that works to exonerate innocent men and women who have been wrongfully convicted, often using DNA evidence to overturn these convictions. Throughout the 56 hours stream conducted over three days, Polygon managed to raise an incredible $120,000 for Innocence Project, beating the news outlet's goal of $111,111.11 by thousands. Anyone who wants to see the VODs after the fact can still watch the charity streams on Twitch, and can also further donate to the organization beyond the scope of the event itself. It might be less interesting to…

Recently, Twitch streamer/YouTuber Sykkuno revealed the reason why he covers his mouth when he laughs.Quite a few of Sykkuno’s fans in the past have taken to the internet to find out the reason behind a habit that Sykkuno has displayed right from the beginning of his streaming career. Most of his regular viewers would have noticed that the streamer covers his mouth using his hand each time he laughs.While quite a few different reasons have been cited over time, Sykkuno has actually revealed the reason himself. Revealed: The reason why Twitch streamer Sykkuno covers his mouth while laughingSykkuno is basically a League of Legends streamer who has recently been playing quite a few other games. These include Minecraft, Among Us, and Valorant. According to Twitch Tracker, around 9% of his streams are of the “Just Chatting” genre.Apparently, in the past, people used to make fun of Sykkuno’s smile, which, in turn, made “covering his mouth while laughing” a habit that he follows even when he streams. Regardless, Sykkuno has, over time, garnered a reputation of being one of the nicest streamers around. The streamer often spends a lot of time engaging with his viewers, and his increased recent exposure due…

Electronic sports (esports) were gaining popularity and widespread interest in the Startup Nation even before Covid, as we wrote in April. The pandemic set back some elements, such as in-person tournaments, but accelerated others, such as overall viewership. Now, improved relations with Israel’s neighbors and the hope that a vaccine may return life to normal, has helped Israel on its way to becoming an esports center. One exciting development is that the southern city of Eilat will host the 12th Esports World Championship early next year if conditions allow. The good and the bad While esports blossomed this year along with all other digital platforms, physical events and tournaments have been on hold during the pandemic. Aside from the obvious social and entertainment value, tournaments take place in person because different server speeds across the world can impact the performance of gamers, causing an unfair advantage. However, viewership and participation have increased significantly in many countries. As this source indicates, “in March alone, Twitch’s viewership increased 10% and YouTube Gaming by 15%, according to a VentureBeat graphic on Statista. Furthermore, Twitch’s number of active users jumped from 4 million earlier this year to 7.5 million by September.” Kevin Baxpehler, managing…

Streamers are important when it comes to the popularity of any game. Fortnite is a very popular game, but its popularity relies heavily on the streamers as well too.Just as important as streamers and their contribution is to Fortnite, the game also rewards the streamers for their contributions by adding skins or other items specific to them.Top 5 Fortnite Streamers of 2020#1 Lachlan Lachlan is probably one of the most popular streamers when it comes to Fortnite. He's been creating content for a long while now. Hailing from Australia, Lachlan started streaming Minecraft initially and then slowly migrated to Fortnite. Given his popularity and the kind of content he created for Fortnite, Epic Games rewarded his efforts with a skin in the game. They also honored him with a special event, through which the players could win the Lachlan skin for free.#2 SypherPK SypherPk is another popular streamer for Fortnite. He's mostly known for his "How to win" series on YouTube. Rewarding his efforts with regard to creating content, Epic Games added a book called "How to win" as a tribute to his YouTube series. He didn't request a skin, but he did request this book and Epic Games complied…

6-year-old streamer, RowdyRogan, was banned from Call Of Duty: Warzone by Activision during a livestream on his Twitch account. Rogan became a star of Twitch earlier this year after proving to be a match for players that were three or even four times his age. However, with the game rated at an 18, he was some 12 years too young to be playing the game, despite being accompanied by his father. While trying to log into his Activision account, Rogan and his dad found out about the devastating news, although Activision have yet to comment as to why the account was banned. Most people have been quick to tweet in support of Activision, with the valid opinion that Rogan was just simply too young to play the game: "To stream this game your kid has to be min. 13 years old while you sit there with him while playing. That's the TOS. Sad though , He is a good player but I don't think a 6 year old should play this game anyways.. even though its your family's income.. just wrong." "He definitely shouldn't play this game at such a young age. And the father supporting him?? Wtf is…

Next summer, writer Charles Soule and artist Will Sliney will unveil their new Image Comics series Hell of Pay. To give fans a closer look at a comic book’s creation, they will livestream the entire process on Twitch.Announced today, Soule, Sliney, and colorist Rachelle Rosenberg will show fans how it’s done in real-time. Fans can watch the magic happen live on Sliney and Rosenberg’s Twitch channels. While Sliney and Rosenberg will handle the artwork, Soule will show up to discuss story elements. In a statement, Soule said:“Hell to Pay is a combination of a lot of things I love and one thing I don't: supernatural adventure, treasure hunt stories, and the harsh consequences of late-stage capitalism! I think there's a lot to say about money—everyone on earth is affected by cash in one way or another. Looking at it through a demonic lens is a fun way to play with the concept.I'm also so excited to try something new by creating the book live on Twitch. Will and Rachelle are fantastic—this will be like being in a band, performing live every night as we come up with new ideas and implement them right then and there. I can't wait—especially to…

Bunnyhop.tv TwitchJessica S. December 11, 2020The Twitch community has just discovered Bunnyhop.tv and they don't like it.  Bunnyhop.tv is a website that embeds Twitch streams by content creators the site deems attractive. The front page prompts viewers to "sign in to follow your favorite girls." When female streamers found out about Bunnyhop.tv they were deeply upset about the website's practices.  This is disgusting. A discord team I'm a part of notified me that there is a website that takes "attractive female streamers" and embeds your link into their page without your knowledge. I have many friends that are female streamers, and this explains alot of the hell they get. — Alpha (@ItsKBAlpha) December 10, 2020 The site embeds female Twitch streamers without their permission. The criteria by which they choose to add female streamers to their website is unknown, and many streamers who have found themselves on the site have felt sick, outraged, and fearful. Hundreds of women looked to Twitch to help them take down the site and it seems that their efforts have been fruitful. Twitch support tweeted about the incident and announced that they had blocked the site from embedding streams. The website still lists females who…