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Trainwreck announces a new streaming platform called Kick, teasing future features than can compete with Amazon’s streaming platform Twitch.

After weeks of teasing a new streaming platform, Trainwreck has finally announced his involvement with a new streaming platform called Kick. Trainwreck has been known to be discontent with the famous streaming platform Twitch despite being one of the top Twitch streamers in the world with 2.1 million followers. He announces the new streaming platform with a long rant on how Twitch has “lost its grasp on reality” and “they are going in the wrong direction”.

Trainwreck joins Kick as a non-owner advisor and non-exclusive broadcaster.
In a TwitLonger post, Trainwrecks, whose real name is Tyler Faraz Niknam, stated how Twitch has been neglecting the majority of its streamers. He insisted that Twitch has inconsistent policies and is taking a more significant cut than they need.

“Twitch used to feel like a place made for us, by us. But Twitch built their empire off our backs and then forgot about us. They lost the reason Twitch became #1 in the first place.”

He said he chose to work with Kick because Kick is willing to listen to creators’ input in making their platform better. He is joining Kick as a non-owner advisor and a non-exclusive broadcaster.

What can we expect from Kick?​

95/5 subscribers split​

With Kick, everyone will get a subscription button. The subscription income will be following a 95/5 split, where 95% of the subscription income will go to the streamer with Kick taking only 5%. This is a massive difference from the standard 70-30 subscription split by YouTube and the 50-50 subscription split by Twitch.

“I don’t believe it’s right to take such a high percentage of the work that a streamer does. Twitch does nearly no marketing for streamers, no discovery, and limited help in building their business. Those streamers only succeed from the blood, sweat, and time they put in themselves. Twitch’s only role is as a website host. Given their contribution, it is absurd that they take 50% of our income,” he said.

Tips will go directly to the streamer​

Tips given to the streamers will be called “kicks”. The streamers will receive a hundred percent of the tips given and they will be able to withdraw the income on the same day.

A new model of a creator program​

Trainwreck explains further that Kick will use a new innovative exclusive creator program that rewards the streamers in a different way compared to the other streaming platforms. Instead of relying on your subscriber count every month, streamers will get a more steady income based on hours watched and total viewers. This subscription program will also have an option for same-day withdrawal.

“We’re putting the power into the streamer’s hands to decide if you want exclusivity or not. If you want to pursue exclusivity, we will offer additional paid options through our creator program.”

Transparent TOS​

Twitch is known for its ambiguous bans where streamers will get banned without knowing the specific reasons. Trainwreck explained that Kick will have a Terms of Service (TOS) that is designed to be clear and transparent. The rules will also include ethical gambling.

Will Kick become the new gambling hangout?​

Twitch started to clamp down on gambling content this year, banning online casino content from unregulated gambling sites. Trainwreck being one of the most followed gambling-content creators has been vocal about his disappointment with Twitch’s decisions.

With Kick’s green light in gambling content, we can expect a movement of gambling content creators to the new site. The movement has already started with famous streamer Roshtein and Xposed who has recently decided to stream on Kick.


Trainwreck has given a brief look at Kick’s stands on ethical gambling. “Fill balances must be disclosed. No wager-locked giveaways, no code locked giveaways, and no lying to audiences regarding the reality of gambling’s losing nature.” Currently, Kick is already seeing an active community in the Gambling category.

Kick is still in the Beta phase​

Trainwreck explained that this streaming platform is still in the building stage and he is involved in directing all the new features. He emphasized that this is not a hard launch and Kick will add features and fix problems as they come.

“If you’re a streamer reading this, give Kick at least a year to develop. Watch Kick’s development and decide if it’s the right platform for you. “

He closed his TwitLonger by sharing his vision for the new streaming platform. He says that Kick is built first for the content creators and his team will “bring live streaming back to what it was before Twitch lost its way.”

Check out Kick’s website here. For more streamer news stay tuned to Esports.gg.

Trainwreck announces Kick, a new streaming platform to rival Twitch

Trainwreck announces a new streaming platform called Kick, teasing future features than can compete with Amazon's streaming platform Twitch.

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[mxbison]

Guess he forgot the #1 priority:

"Allows gambling with fake money on shady ass crypto casinos"

edit: nvm it's in there

 

[8BiTw0LF]

Ninjas chat right now

 

[Knightime_X]

Interesting.
Will keep an eye on.

 

[mansoor1980]

streamers will sure get a kick out of this

 

[8BiTw0LF]

nvm

 

[jigglet]

A platform I don’t know about creating a subsidiary brand I don’t care about to compete against a brand that does stuff I don’t understand.

I am officially out of touch. Time to buy me a wheelchair, a Nintendo and call it a day.

 

[old-parts]

I wish the guy good luck with it as competition is badly needed in this space, how many people even now of Tencents Twitch alternative Trovo for example, dlive tried to offer better revenue terms but that went no where as well.

The core problem is that Twitch treats its streamers as garbage because it knows the user base of Twitch almost never leave, for a rival platform to succeed you need to have multiple middle/low streamers all who are connected to one another leave so that the audience bounces around all those streamers it knows, takes root in the new platform and doesn't just go back to Twitch, this is why paying big streamers is a huge waste of money and Mixer failed, they just didn't get it.

You need someone who knows Twitch inside out (Trainwrecks counts for sure) but also knows all the other cultural nexus points of streamers/viewers who can be convinced to move away from Twitch.

Twitch user base has a tribal like culture with its own slang language so making that leave Twitch is very difficult and the top brass at Twitch know this and exploit it, they have told it to streamers in face to face meetings with the boss of Twitch. As you can already see the hard core Twitch user base will start to troll and undermine Kick and defend Twitch from competition.

 

[SJRB]

Of course fucking Ninja is there. Man what a tosser.

This will turn into a gambling den, swindle a couple of viewers out of money and then will shut down on a random Wednesday morning.

 

[Skifi28]

Trainwreck, really? I don't even have to make jokes, they write themselves.

 

[MMaRsu]

Lol z

 

[STARSBarry]

Ah yes the gambling streamer that made a majority of his revenue from backhanders from the gambling industry finally jumps ship when gambling is getting removed from twitch. Funny how he lasted with all the other shit for so long, but now its crossed a line.

You know I'm wondering who is funding this kick venture now, it would be intresting to see if any big name gambling conglomerates are involved.

 

[Bragr]

Another opportunity for streamers to scam viewers of money.

There should be a cap on what streamers can earn, and donations should not be allowed.

 

[Wildebeest]

I don't care how much money this crack head has got from selling offshore gambling sites to children, he is all going to lose it on server bills. The less popular this site is, the better it will be financially for the people running it.

 

[mxbison]

Ah yes the gambling streamer that made a majority of his revenue from backhanders from the gambling industry finally jumps ship when gambling is getting removed from twitch. Funny how he lasted with all the other shit for so long, but now its crossed a line.

You know I'm wondering who is funding this kick venture now, it would be intresting to see if any big name gambling conglomerates are involved.

That's the thing, gambling isn't removed from Twitch. You can still stream gambling on licensed and regulated casinos just fine.

What's removed is these ridiculous fake money streams on shady crypto casinos. And that's why all these scammers like Trainwreck left. And that guy has the audacity to talk about "ethical gambling". What a cunt. I hope this thing tanks hard and he loses a lot of money on it.

 

[anthony2690]

Kick, the streaming service to kickstart your gambling addiction

 

[mitch1971]

Ninjas chat right now

I got that beat

 

[RoboFu]

Another opportunity for streamers to scam viewers of money.

There should be a cap on what streamers can earn, and donations should not be allowed.

It’s not their fault people want to give them money.

 

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Escape from Tarkov developers Battlestate Games Banned on Twitch​

Escape from Tarkov’s developer, Battlestate Games, recently got banned on Twitch, right in the middle of their New Year celebrations on the platform.



StreamerBans, a Twitter account that automatically posts Twitch partner bans, posted a tweet about the situation. The account posted about BattleState’s ban, however, they did not give a reason as to why Twitch banned the account. It also did not mention how long the ban was going to be. Users on Reddit, however, were able to give the possible reason for the ban. Quite a few of the users on the subreddit mentioned that it was most likely Twitch’s policy on guns. According to Reddit users, the developers were most likely pointing replica guns at each other. This is something the Twitch Community Guidelines prohibit under “Targeted Harassment, Threats, and Violence Against Others”:

Brandishing lethal or harmful weapons, such as guns, knives, or explosives

The guidelines mentioned that these “are considered zero-tolerance harassment violations, and all accounts associated with such activity will receive an immediate indefinite suspension.”

This isn’t the first time that Tarkov’s developer received a ban on Twitch. Back in 2019, Battlestate Games received a Twitch ban after someone on their stream pretended to kill themselves. This is against Twitch’s policy against “Self-Destructive Behavior”, stating that the site does not allow “any activity that may endanger your life or lead to your physical harm.” One user on Twitter actually said that this might be the real reason for the ban. They said that Nikita Buyanov, Battlestate Games’ head of studio and Tarkov’s game Director, dry-fired a pistol on his head on stream.

Whatever the reason may be, Battlestate Games is still unavailable on Twitch as of the writing of this article. We don’t know how long this ban will last, and how it will affect their New Year events. What we do know is that various Escape from Tarkov streamers, such as LVNDMARK have already voiced their support for Battlestate games. This comes in the form of a “Free Battlestate Games” tweet. Of course, it is still up to Twitch when they will lift the ban if at all. Should an update come out regarding the situation, we will make sure to let you know.

Tarkov developer Battlestate Games Banned on Twitch

Escape from Tarkov's developer, Battlestate Games, was banned on Twitch, right in the middle of their New Year celebration.

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[NoLootBoxDev]

WTF?