So he planned to stream on Twitch after Prime Day and then Amazon decided to extend Prime Day and it’s his fault.

They get part of those donations that are mentioned in the article, along with part of his subscriptions, and ad revenues from the ads that play on his channel. He makes them money so they refuse to ban him.

Why is he back on Twitch again? Why was he not banned permanently?

Can they just....you know...make the game good for all players ? 

Unfortunately this only tarnishes the idea of people backing via Kickstarter further. The number of failed projects on that platform in combination with EGS’s business practices really is stifling willingness by the public to assist.

I would have been upset. I don’t have anything on Epic. I don’t care about that store or company at all. I simply don’t want an additional storefront and launcher to deal with. They can do exclusives and all that however much they want. I just choose not to shop there the same way I don’t shop at Walmart and choose…

To be fair, exclusivity is really stupid and anti-consumer in this case. Add that to the fact that (i’m not sure this is the case anymore) you have to download fortnite to gain access to the epic store launcher, and you have reason enough not to go epic.

was it just greed on Y’s side

Dude, people who do dumb—albeit transgressive—shit have always gotten famous one way or another. The issue is that, since the bar of “shock value,” is keeps getting moved higher and higher, so too do the morons attempting to reach or jump over it.

HE’S A FUCKING ADULT

It's like the old "I'm sorry you were offended" spiel.

i’m old (33?) i enjoy my share of youtubers (best friends, woolywoolz, jim sterling, maximillion) and i also enjoy my share of lets players (best friends, funhaus) but almost everything about the twitch ‘community’ and twitch irl confuses and irritates me. like i used to watch node and them do their group run through…

“I’m Dr. Disrespect, of the Dr. Disrespect brand, and I want to sincerely apologize for being -disrespectful- (or more accurately, for getting caught and punished for it).”

Exactly. His long term goals are unbelievably transparent. Why people like Luke keep giving him puff pieces and writing off concerns as “from the haterz” is baffling.

God, can we all stop fucking pretending that this is even remotely about the “70/30 status quo”? It’s about on-boarding new customers by making it literally impossible to find games they want on any storefront other than Epic’s. That’s all there is to it. This stuff about Epic having high-minded motives about giving…

For example, the prejudiced assumption that they’re whiny assholes who will sexually harass a female influencer fully expecting that her company will side with the harasser. Oh, wait....

The person you want to “get fucked” is right, for one simple reason:  The preconceptions, et. al. about male gamers are true.

You’re pretending like the two genders already exist on a level playing field. In a patriarchal society, that just isn’t true.

You're right and it's a big part of the reason why this is obviously gambling that was originally designed for adults now being marketed to children.

a popular streamer who parodies toxic gamers by just straight up being one