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Deleted User 183001
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Magreidis
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sixfour
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edit - although that it is google is a concern, they probably end up making continual pointless UI changes, see also gmail, youtube, it's an issue not restricted to them to be fair, see also facebook On May 19 2014 10:49 Badboyrune wrote: If the Google actually puts a atop a o the idiocy that is twitch chat that alone would make up for just about anything bad they could do to twitch 1) nobody forces you to read twitch chat, just close it 2) ANY stream with large numbers of viewers will have the same problems, and partnership with google will likely make things worse if it just results in larger number of casuals 3) you're probably just watching the wrong streams. personally, i'm the other way and have stopped watching various streamers who incorporate way too restrictive chat moderation, i can point you in their direction if you wish. some of us watch twitch to have fun and streamer/chat interaction is part of that. shocking, i know | ||
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Crushinator
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Attunga
Australia41 Posts
On May 19 2014 17:11 Lonyo wrote: I hope Google doesn't get their hands on it. I like watching Twitch on my Windows computer and if Google bought it then it would obviously go Chrome/Android only. Also I wish I had Skype for android. Also I wish Microsoft websites worked outside IE. Except that Google has a history of being cross platform. MS on the other hand has their own products such as the XBox, if history is anything to go by then they are more likely to throw more resources at products that support their operating systems and products. Skype is a good example, good you brought that one up. Give me Google any day over MS. | ||
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Derez
Netherlands6068 Posts
On May 19 2014 19:05 Magreidis wrote: Twitch is not going to be free to watch in Xbox One... Yeah it'll be like how you currently have to pay to view youtube on xbox too. | ||
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Boundz(DarKo)
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Pandemona
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On May 19 2014 19:07 sixfour wrote: not sure whether this is a good thing or not. obviously this is likely bad for the likes of our german/chinese friends for copyright/outright blocking reasons, and this may be bad for streamers if they reduce ad revenues (although i think they just push more towards donations/subs instead in that instance), although if the end result is greater viewer numbers to compensate and more stable systems then it could be a wash. remaining neutral for now edit - although that it is google is a concern, they probably end up making continual pointless UI changes, see also gmail, youtube, it's an issue not restricted to them to be fair, see also facebook 1) nobody forces you to read twitch chat, just close it 2) ANY stream with large numbers of viewers will have the same problems, and partnership with google will likely make things worse if it just results in larger number of casuals 3) you're probably just watching the wrong streams. personally, i'm the other way and have stopped watching various streamers who incorporate way too restrictive chat moderation, i can point you in their direction if you wish. some of us watch twitch to have fun and streamer/chat interaction is part of that. shocking, i know About Twitch chat, Twitch chat is awesome for anything other than SC2 tournament streams i see. I for one watch the king of trolls in Sodapoppin and his chat is fucking awesome, its just a bunch of trolling and stupidity. That is great when you know that and dont need to discuss anything it. | ||
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Overtime
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RyLai
United States477 Posts
On May 19 2014 08:52 jinglesassy wrote: I Dont know why people are saying they are going to force google plus onto twitch if this turns out to be real. They recently cut alot of the people on the google plus project and they said they are working on ending forced integration so i dont see why it would be any different for this potential acquisition. This better be true... Or else heads are gonna roll... I mean at Google, not your head of course. >  | ||
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cheekymonkey
France1387 Posts
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SebaZ
Italy223 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23570 Posts
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
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nimdil
Poland3746 Posts
On May 19 2014 19:47 Overtime wrote: R.I.P Twitch. You will be missed. Another step for That statement would be justified if G+ would have succeeded in winning casuals over FB. | ||
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SupaChicken
Australia273 Posts
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maartendq
Belgium3115 Posts
On May 19 2014 14:34 Survivor61316 wrote: Wow Twitch is worth over 1 Billion dollars and they can't afford to pay their streamers enough to earn a living off of..sad People who want to make a living off streaming know that's a risk they take. Twitch is not their employer, they can give them whatever cut of money earned by advertising they want. Real jobs are still the best option if you want a steady, risk-free income each month. I never really understood this way of earning money. You can do it for a couple of years max before you grow to old or the industry jumps on to the next big fad. After that you will have to find a - real - job and be able to explain that all your professional experience is basically broadcasting yourself while you play video games. You may have gotten some technical experience with broadcasting software, but that's about it. | ||
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nimdil
Poland3746 Posts
On May 19 2014 20:30 SupaChicken wrote: I just hope they don't introduce region locking. It is incredibly annoying to open a youtube video only to find I can't watch it because I live in the wrong country. That's different case. Region locking is a requirement if you want to put on YT copyrighted material that you have limited license for. The alternative would be to remove the material completely from YT so you can imagine that region locked material is better than no material. So far nobody wanted to stream something with similar limitation although I wonder if someone will target music played by players when streaming (as they are essentially broadcasting music like small radio station). | ||
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Deleted User 26513
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On May 19 2014 20:24 nimdil wrote: That statement would be justified if G+ would have succeeded in winning casuals over FB. G+ didn't succeed ? Well then I guess they have no other choice but to buy facebook too | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51435 Posts
On May 19 2014 20:32 maartendq wrote: People who want to make a living off streaming know that's a risk they take. Twitch is not their employer, they can give them whatever cut of money earned by advertising they want. Real jobs are still the best option if you want a steady, risk-free income each month. I never really understood this way of earning money. You can do it for a couple of years max before you grow to old or the industry jumps on to the next big fad. After that you will have to find a - real - job and be able to explain that all your professional experience is basically broadcasting yourself while you play video games. You may have gotten some technical experience with broadcasting software, but that's about it. This is true but the fad seems to be longer than you say. Sodapoppin is the only noteable streamer i know on the site that makes more money than sense from sitting in front of a webcam and streaming video games. He has over 4000 subs giving him $4.99 a month on top of people donating him around $200-300 a stream in where he streams 6 hours a day 6 days a week minimum. He has just moved into a house in Cali recently and this is probably going be scarying him a little. However he does have a YouTube channel on top of the sub money so im sure he will have "some" as it is. But it is an interesting time, i just hope it is all out in their air as quick as possible so we can see what plans the companies have. How did Google do the YouTube take over? Did they just straight up replace the top dogs of YouTube and feed in Google people or was it more of a YouTube is still run by the YouTube team but with new ideas filtering in from hierarchy every now and then? If it is the latter then im pretty sure all we will see is a better product for the first 12 months before a big overhaul comes in. Also means that when the overhaul comes in it will be pretty different though XD | ||
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