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Streaming platform Twitch has announced a new code of conduct, aimed at eliminating harassment of streamers and viewers. The new policy covers behaviour, language, and symbols, and will go into effect from January 22, 2021. Twitch also specified in the policy that “no exceptions will be made for public figures.” Read more: We need to solve the toxicity within video games DDoS attacks, hacking, doxxing, or swatting, are now explicitly prohibited. These behaviours were included in the previous code of conduct, but were under general harassment policy. Twitch has now outlined those behaviours specifically. below are the specific changes for harassment, sexual harassment, and hateful conduct, which also include rules against brigading another person's social media profiles off of Twitch, and the certain use of emotes pic.twitter.com/viM9FRyVAq — Rod Breslau (@Slasher) December 9, 2020 As well as this, claiming that victims of tragedies are fakes or crisis actors is also specifically forbidden. So is “maliciously raiding another person’s social media on Twitch,” often referred to as ‘dogpiling’. Twitch added that using Emotes to confer these opinions will be considered a violation, because “they can be used maliciously and will be held to this policy”. The Confederate Flag is now completely…

Dryland workouts for masters swimmers are just as important as swim practices for masters swimmers. As we get older, life happens. People have jobs, families, and responsibilities. These factors limit the time swimmers can commit to training. Aging also brings on physical barriers to staying in shape. For instance, injuries crop up significantly more easily, and energy levels naturally change. Physiological fluctuations cause people to be more selective about how they spend their training time. Therefore, it’s easier for masters’ athletes to keep their eyes fixed on the pool. However, research shows that dryland is extremely important for adults, especially masters swimmers ages 40 and up. SURGE Strength provides resistance training through comprehensive dryland plans in order to fit the needs of this population. Below, we discuss how to tailor dryland for Masters swimmers and why progressive resistance training is an irreplaceable activity: Age Considerations for Masters Swimmers Doing Dryland Workouts Our bodies change as we age. By the time we hit 40, strength and power naturally start to decrease. This is because our fast-twitch muscle fibers start to diminish through a process called apoptosis. Apoptosis is morbidly known as programmed cell death. It is our body’s natural design of…

Matt Pryor Matt is a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University. He appreciates all esports titles but primarily focuses on Fortnite and Call of Duty. Matt continuously analyzes gameplay and plays the games himself to better understand in-game decisions by the best players in the world. Khanada loses Twitch appeal for the September ban. Professional Fortnite player for Team SoloMid, Leon "Khanada" Khim, will not stream on Twitch anytime soon, he confirmed on Twitter. After receiving a ban on the platform in September, Khanada continued to compete in tournaments. All the while, he endured Twitch's confusing appeal process, which some streamers have overcome in the past. Unfortunately, that was not the case for one of TSM's brightest stars. Twitch Support's response to him indicates he may have received a permanent ban. Khanada Potentially Banned for Life GGS not getting unbanned going to move on off this then and see what I can do on other platforms pic.twitter.com/77p1hk3TNX — TSM Khanada Claus (@Khanada) December 9, 2020 The Team SoloMid player released a screenshot of Twitch's response to his appeal. "Your account is indefinitely suspended due to repeated or severe Terms of Service or Communuty Guidelines violations," the message reads. "We do…

DJ Zander played live music in the Tsai Performance Center on Friday, but the event wasn’t held in the College of Arts and Sciences building. Instead, he performed in a Minecraft replica of the auditorium during the BU Block Party, hosted by BU Arts Initiative and BU Gaming Club. The Boston University Arts Initiative collaborated with BU Gaming Club on Friday to host a Minecraft block party DJed by DJ Zander in a virtual replica of the Tsai Performance Center. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF The Tsai Performance Center isn’t the only location replicated on Minecraft — the BU Gaming Club has been working on a block-style replica of the entirety of Commonwealth Avenue. CAS senior Jithvan Ariyaratne, BU Gaming Club’s media coordinator, said the group has been working on the project since before the University sent students home in Spring. “When we first actually put up the server, it was February of last year. We realized that we wanted to have more variety in BU Gaming Club,” Ariyaratne said. “We just started putting things together based off what we saw .” The BU Arts Initiative approached the club over the summer about hosting events in the digitized…

The Twitch streamer Felix "xQc" Lengyel spent a whopping $17,000 on a First Edition box of Team Rocket Pokemon cards, but the gamble paid off for the streamer, as he managed to pull a rare, Dark Charizard hologram on stream! The card's current market value is around $6,000, and the values of the top cards he pulled from the box amount to about $27,000 in total. Overall, that makes for a solid profit for the streamer! This depends entirely upon finding a buyer, of course, but it certainly shows just how lucrative these cards can be, at the moment!On Twitter, xQc shared a picture of his new cards, which can be found embedded below. TEAM ROCKET UNBOXING WAS CRAZY. IM SO HAPPY WITH THESE INSANE PULLS, NUTS! THANKS FOR WATCHING! HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS IF U MISSED IT pic.twitter.com/7zp3cbmnDo — xQc (@xQc) December 6, 2020 While Pokemon cards have been continuously produced since the TCG debuted all the way back in 1996, some of the earliest cards have seen a major resurgence in value over the last few months. Part of this can likely be attributed to Twitch streamers like xQc, who have found a considerable audience while opening packs…

Twitch is looking for a candidate to helm the role of head of digital marketing, Asia Pacific. In the contract role, the individual is responsible for the planning and execution of digital marketing initiatives across owned, earned and paid media in Asia Pacific. He or she will also be responsible for translating marketing strategy into test and learn roadmaps, with clear reporting and actionable insights. Reporting to the senior director, marketing, Asia Pacific, the individual will be responsible for defining the strategy and execution of Twitch's digital campaigns, and will work with country marketing leads to deliver a hyper local experience for its consumers in Asia Pacific. The candidate is expected to have experience in global platforms including Facebook and Google, and regional platforms including LINE, Viber and TikTok on both owned and paid media. According to the LinkedIn post, the ideal candidate for the contract role should have at least eight years of proven success as a digital leader, with more than five years of agency experience. Additionally, the candidate should have a passion for new media, video and paid advertising. Twitch has been strengthening its Asia Pacific team, most recently with the appointments of Mandar Kambli and Sunil Yadav as programmatic…

The VALORANT First Strike series was a massive success for Riot Games and the competitive scene for the tactical shooter. The event pulled in more than 300,000 viewers for the North America portion alone. First Strike: NA hit around 21 hours of air time from when it began on Dec. 3 to the grand finals on today—though that doesn’t include the qualifiers and matches that led to this point, which took more than a month to play out.  The event peaked at 300,112 viewers during the grand finals between TSM and 100 Thieves, where 100 Thieves took down TSM in a convincing 3-1 series to claim the title of the best team in NA. And, throughout the entire tournament, there was an average of 95,864 viewers watching the matches, according to Esports Charts.  That total viewership came from a variety of places, with the biggest streams actually being from secondary streams, like Ninja and TSM’s Myth, who both pulled in bigger numbers than the main broadcast for most of the event. Myth peaked at 119,303 viewers during the finals, making him the most-viewed channel during that period while he watched his team compete.  Ninja hit a peak of 55,040 viewers…

Twitch's new Boost This Stream feature will give small streamers a chance to be displayed on the platform's front page to thousands of viewers. Twitch has had its ups and downs this year, but the latest feature that the platform is testing out will give smaller streamers a real shot at growing their communities by using what the platform is calling Boost This Stream. Until now, small streamers can struggle for months to grow their audiences by a few viewers, but that could all change if Twitch's Boost This Stream proves effective. While Twitch is the internet's largest streaming platform for gamers, it can be hard for newcomers to get their feet in the door. Twitch has reported 2.2 million streamers that utilize the platform for 15 million daily viewers. In a sea of constant content creation, larger streamers dominate the platform while minnow sized channels are left to fight for an average of 3-4 viewers. Twitch viewers could select one of the website's categories and filter streams by viewer count, but many viewers come to the platform for users they have come to know and love. This makes Twitch's home page a prime spot for discovering new streams. Continue scrolling to…

There's a weird little crossover event tak9ing place starting tomorrow on Twitch as Butterfinger and Halo Infinite collide. The companies have come together to form a new little minigame you can play called Butterfinger Halo Havoc, which will be available for a limited time on Twitch with a few different streamers playing the game. It's pretty much an all-around promotional tool for the game and the candy bar in the most blatant of senses, but unlike other promotions where it s simply one thing slapped on another, they at least created a game that's interactive and you can play it. On top of this, they will be having a set of streamers play the game live as part of a paid sponsorship stream in which you'll see four popular names take on the game and, our best guess, try to rack up the highest score for bragging rights. You can read more about it below along with the contest they'll be holding where they'll be giving out prizes themed around both products.A look at Butterfinger Halo Havoc, courtesy of Twitch.Butterfinger Halo Havoc is available only on Twitch starting December 7, when players can head to participating streamers' channels during designated…

Stream sniping is probably the most common thing to witness in the life of a streamer. The bigger the streamer, the more is the probability of being stream-sniped. Stream-sniping today is so rampant that the streamers have almost become immune to it. This is because they know there’s nothing they can do about it. However, every once in a while, a streamer loses it and feels the need to vent about stream sniping. xQc went on a similar rant about stream snipers recently which seemed rather odd. Also Read: xQc Makes Headlines Yet Again and Criticizes Fortnite for its Competitive Ability  xQc is frustrated with stream snipers During a recent stream, xQc did not hold back and tore into stream snipers ruining his gameplay. He was just trying to play the latest season of Fortnite but the streamer snipers just wouldn’t let him. Eventually, he lost his cool and said “Change skin, add a delay, go full cam, hide your drops, stop talking, mute the audio, take your pants off, cut your hair, get a job. What else do I have to do to not get sniped like this? This s*** is f****** trash man.” Evidently, none of the tactics…