so... can you bot up, say, 10K extra viewers, then play constant commercials to reap in the cash? or do the fake viewers not register as hits for the ads somehow?

if you can actually make a lot of money by inflating viewer counts and then playing commercials, seems like twitch should care more

Hurricane Sponge

868 Posts

March 05 2014 09:03 GMT

#85

On March 05 2014 16:49 FallDownMarigold wrote:
so... can you bot up, say, 10K extra viewers, then play constant commercials to reap in the cash? or do the fake viewers not register as hits for the ads somehow?

if you can actually make a lot of money by inflating viewer counts and then playing commercials, seems like twitch should care more

No. Bots do not register as hits for ads.

Nekovivie

United Kingdom2599 Posts

March 05 2014 09:23 GMT

#86

The bots don't generate ad revenue, but the potential hundreds of people who see a stream with 10k viewers and check out why it's so popular will indeed generate ad revenue. People who wouldn't have otherwise gone to that stream without the botted viewer level.

I guess twitch doesn't care as long as they get their cut.

Hurricane Sponge

868 Posts

March 05 2014 19:58 GMT

#87

And with that... he's gone.

Gullin's channel has been banned.

TheRealArtemis

687 Posts

March 05 2014 20:33 GMT

#88

Really? Finally I guess.

Ovid

United Kingdom948 Posts

March 05 2014 21:09 GMT

#89

On March 06 2014 05:33 TheRealArtemis wrote:
Really? Finally I guess.

http://www.twitch.tv/gullin15

See for yourself, good riddance.

thetruthspreader

Belize0 Posts

March 05 2014 22:15 GMT

#90

Hes banned.

Congrats guys we did it.

Stay tuned for my next person I reveal...

Sutty

0 Posts

March 05 2014 22:38 GMT

#91

Revealed: NL_Kripparrian has been a fraud all this time. His parents are actually Bulgarian.

But yeah, there's a couple of streamers that I've always been a bit confused as to how they bring so many viewers. There's even a "featured" streamer here who brings such thoughts. Though, that's probably just the cynic in me.

yokohama

United States1116 Posts

March 05 2014 22:48 GMT

#92

I am happy he is banned, but surprised it actually took that long considering how blatantly obvious it was.

willoc

Canada1530 Posts

March 06 2014 00:18 GMT

#93

Some justice in the universe. One less douchebag.

Emnjay808

United States10665 Posts

March 06 2014 00:22 GMT

#94

Im more concerned why Twitch took so long to take action.

Ive had past experiences in Twitch where other streamers would stream anime then instantly get banned an hour later.

Azuzu

United States340 Posts

March 06 2014 01:02 GMT

#95

Incoming Gullin16

Rephurge

Canada0 Posts

March 06 2014 02:01 GMT

#96

He is now requesting to be unbanned from twitch. This guy sure is something.
+ Show Spoiler +

Conti

Germany2516 Posts

March 06 2014 03:17 GMT

#97

Wow. He's not even trying to deny the accusations. What the hell did he expect would happen?

yokohama

United States1116 Posts

March 06 2014 06:05 GMT

#98

So I searched him on google, and found this link

http://www.okcupid.com/profile/gullin15

He made a page on a dating website just to advertise his stream. What the hell is going on in this guy's head?

Azuzu

United States340 Posts

March 06 2014 08:11 GMT

#99

Found in the reddit thread about this. Pretty entertaining!

papaz

Sweden4149 Posts

March 06 2014 08:46 GMT

#100

This guy must have some mental health issues. I refuse to believe he is a sane person that believe in his skill or that he can continue doing this shit without getting banned.