Gotta love the US legal system.

That’s still illegal and a violation of copyright law.

Obligatory.

Japanese workers need to unionize en masse.  That’s the only way this shit will ever change.

Omg Kirk.

TREES FOR THE TREE GOD.

Absolutely.

Except that literally every other team in the League is doing this better than SD, clearly.

Aaaaaaand we found the problem.

It solves the problem of Partners needing goals above and beyond what affiliates get. It creates heavy incentives for them to be and stay regular in their schedule, and gives Twitch a reliable source of ad-revenue (in addition to whatever “extras” viewers give through bits and subs). It’s a source of steady and…

I have all the respect in the world for the “creative” subset of Twitch streamers. You guys (and gals) are freaking rockstars.

Really what needs to happen at this point is Twitch needs to be offering Partners salaries or straight-up hourly rates for their work. They’ve proven they’re able to attract an audience at this point, just make it official. Affiliate can be the “old” partner system.

So true.

You think so?

It is. Would love to see you there :). www.twitch.tv/sandrockcstm

Maybe he’s toned it down recently, but...

Small streamer here.

The ROI is probably unjustifiable to them for the few people that would actually buy it.

Yes, but we still need to call out these pseudo-predatory practices because there will be enough people that get sucked in with the promise of pay only to realize that they get nothing or very little.

Those children are also not providing professional art assets to billion-dollar conglomerate that will then take those assets and use them to make millions.