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Happy to announce that I’ve started a new contract role as Esports Product Manager on @Play2XKO 👊
Time to elevate the FGC to a whole new level.
Ben Goldhaber
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- Thank you @LiquidHbox for saying what we're all thinking. "Nintendo, I need to say, I love you guys but you are the only one not putting resources into the scene" It is long past time that Nintendo supports Smash esports.
00:00 - To clarify... If you have Amazon Prime, you have Twitch Prime. And a free channel sub every month. And free game content every month.
- Esports is struggling lately, meanwhile, this Evo is more proof that the FGC is going through a Renaissance. - record shattering attendance - incredible games on the horizon - huge new non-endemic sponsors - global community - increasing prize pools - immaculate ✨vibes✨
- I've hesitate to be the one to make a public statement about this, but I feel like I have to say something: @Twitch has recently made changes to their embed player that hurts streamers, viewers, and communities. a 🧵:
- 7 years. From 25 employees to 1200. 5 million monthly uniques to 100. 0 partnered creators to tens of thousands. Millions of lives changed, hopefully for the better. It was a pretty good run, I'd say :')
- They said it couldn't be done, but a Duo has finally won a major 2XKO offline tournament for the first time, collecting the $2500 Duo Bounty. Grats @TheSupernoon & @TSM_Leffen !!!!
- This weekend is probably the most stacked esports weekend in 2019. 1. CoD Champs - $2M 2. Rainbow 6 Major - $500K 3. Dota 2 TI Group Stage 4. Rocket League Summit 5. GSL vs. The World 6. LCS Summer Playoffs 7. Reg. OWL + LEC + LCK 8. Hearthstone Masters - $500K Insane.
- The fact that @Play2XKO has two of its top gameplay designers in an Evo top 8, with dozens of staff in the crowd, should tell you everything you need to know about how much this team is for the community, by the community
- Replying to @FishStixAbout 2 months ago, Twitch began implementing what is being dubbed the 'Purple Screen of Death' (PSoD). The PSoD is a mandatory, non-skippable 30 second interruption that is placed in ALL embeds making for a poor user experience.
- People aren't talking about this enough. Yesterday we saw the most new cases of #COVID19 in a single day since this whole thing started - and it wasn't even close. If you think we're over the hump just because your hair dresser is opening up, think again.
- PSA for those of you want to start working on stream overlays... we also released an overlay "safezone" guide in our community asset kit 👇
- Y'all, we're really excited for offline mode. Download the game once, and you'll be able to access offline mode on that device forever, with all champs unlocked. No connecting to the Internet to validate. No expensive DLC to unlock. FeelsgoodmanDetails on 2XKO's Offline Mode just dropped! - Training mode - Local VS - All Champs unlocked - All unlocked cosmetics for that account are accessible support-2xko.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/artic…
- Replying to @FishStixThe #TwitchPSoD would be disruptive if it only showed up for the first 30 seconds. But it pops up every 15 minutes... and can override a big team fight or hype moment. This *completely* ruins the experience and makes embeds a vastly inferior way to engage with streams. 😦