EA’s FIFA 19 ePremier League stream numbers questioned after dramatic spike EA’s ePremier League for FIFA 19 has been embroiled in controversy as the legitimacy of the competition’s increased viewership numbers on Twitch has been brought under question. What is the FIFA 19 ePremier League? The ePremier League is a 2019 competition that was created by Electronic Arts and the Premier League – the top division of professional soccer in Britain. Each of the 20 Premier League clubs has two players representing them in this competition, one on the Xbox One side and one on the PlayStation 4. The ePremier League is currently in its final stage, with a winner of the entire competition set to be determined in the Grand Final on March 29. ePremier League viewership numbers questioned The ePremier League was being livestreamed on a variety of online platforms, one of which is Twitch. On March 28, esports host and author Paul ‘Redeye’ Chaloner noticed that the viewership numbers on the Twitch stream were oddly highly inconsistent. “The ePremier League stream in Twitch is going through some odd issues with viewers right now,” he tweeted. “It jumped to 60,000, ten seconds later 46,000, one minute later 35,000. It’s all over the place.” While did make sure to not accuse EA of viewbotting their own stream, he was certainly inclined to try and figure out why the numbers were being so wonky. I don’t want to get in to “”fake viewers”
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