Twitch is a video platform that allows users to broadcast video in real-time. Its significant concentration is on the live broadcasting of video games that people will start streaming for views. Tournaments in eSports are often featured on Twitch.
It is much more popular than the majority of people realize. In February 2014, it surpassed all other sources of peak internet traffic in the United States to become the fourth most popular. That likely played a role in Amazon’s decision to purchase it the following year. It grew up in the shadows of the YouTube phenomenon. Twitch surpassed 2 million broadcasters each month by February 2018, with 15 million daily active users as of that month.
Finding out how to get more Twitch channel views or who has the most critical effect on Twitch might be tough to determine. The game streamers will be the main topic of today’s discussion. Many of these Twitch channels are devoted to the host playing a particular game and commenting on it as their viewers watch, or they are dedicated to live streaming a gaming competition.
Summit1g
Jaryd Lazar, aka summit1g, is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) and Fortnite streamer who lives in the United Kingdom. He used to be a professional Counter-Strike player (for teams such as A51 and Team Mythic), but now he works as a full-time streamer. As his primary source of income, the 35 hours spent streaming every week is a regular workweek for him. Except for Thursdays, he streams on most days. He claims he has a lot of fun playing shooter games, but he also likes playing just about everything. Jaryd is a 28-year-old American who hails from the state of Colorado. He surpassed all other gamers to become the most followed player on Twitch in January 2018.
Riot Games
Riot Games is a video game business based in the United States that also organizes eSports events. This company uses its Twitch channel to broadcast professional video games, with a particular focus on the League of Legends Championship Series in North America and Europe and other tournaments. Riot Games was created in 2006 by Brandon “Ryze” Beck and Marc “Tryndamere” Merrill, who started out as independent game developers. Riot Games is now a multi-billion dollar corporation. League of Legends was introduced in October 2009, and it is based on the freemium concept of billing. In addition to running League of Legends servers all around the globe, they also provide translated versions of the game. It is their practice to stream League of Legends events on Twitch and replay them on days when no new tournaments are scheduled.
Shroud
Cloud9’s Michael Grzesiek (Shroud online) is a top-tier professional Counter-Strike player representing the company. He is widely regarded as one of the most well-known players on the scene, and his performances are always exciting to see. PUBG, H1Z1, Tom Clancy’s The Division, The Culling, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO), and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege are some of his favorite video games. He represents Cloud9 G2A in the ESEA Invite League, competing in CS: GO. It is common for him to livestream anytime he plays, which may amount to more than 50 hours per week. When he is not hosting special tournaments, he draws an average of around 25,000 views, with some tournaments receiving up to 7 million spectators.
ESL_CSGO
This is the ESL CSGO channel, where they broadcast Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) games and competitions. ESL is an abbreviation for the Electronic Sports Company. If there are no new games in progress, they broadcast continuously, either live streaming or rerunning games. According to their website, they are “the industry’s first 24/7 Counter-Strike Twitch channel!”
The action is described by commentators, much as it is in more conventional sports, and they even do pre-match and post-match interviews with the tournament participants. There is a lot of advertising on their website for things like gaming equipment, apparel, and even computer hosting. They offer a separate online store where you may purchase official team clothing.
Ninja
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is a professional video game player representing Luminosity Gaming. On his Twitch channel, which he runs five days a week, he used to advertise himself as a professional Halo player, and he interacts with viewers as he plays and streams video games. Blevins also enjoys playing and broadcasting H1Z1 whenever the chance presents itself. His latest gaming concentration has been on Fortnite; however, he also enjoys playing League of Legends and other games. He plays (and live broadcasts) for as much as 80 hours each week. Sixth – eighth-place finishes were achieved by Ninja’s squad ‘Renegades’ in the 2016 Halo World Championship for Halo 5.
