Ibai Says Twitch Capped Viewers on His 3.4M Velada Stream – Gizmodo

Tensions continue to simmer between Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos, who on Saturday broke the world record for most concurrent live viewers on Twitch with his annual boxing event, and Twitch. After slamming the platform on Saturday for outages during La Velada del Año III, which drew in 3.4 million viewers, the streamer says many experts have told him that they believe Twitch capped the number of viewers on his stream—an allegation that Twitch firmly denies. How Does Gerard Pique’s New Twitch Indoor Soccer League Work?“They’ve told me that Twitch capped a part of my viewers, that more people couldn’t access my stream, and that there’s a reason behind that if you look at the data from Twitch Tracker, which shows viewers going up and down,” Ibai said in a stream on Sunday, referring to messages he’s received from people who claim to be experts and his own video editor. “I have no fucking idea if it’s true, but I’ve gotten so many messages from people saying, ‘Ibai, they robbed you.’” Twitch told Gizmodo in an email on Tuesday morning that the claims about capping viewers to La Velada del Año III, a streamer vs. streamer boxing match which translates to
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