Kick still interested in signing Pokimane despite recent criticism Instagram\/Pokimane\/KickKick CEO Ed Craven has revealed the platform \u201creally wanted\u201d to work with Pokimane and still wants to sign her even though she\u2019s been very critical about the platform. The streaming wars have been heating up between Kick and Twitch with the new site picking up some of the industry\u2019s biggest names in just a few months. So far, Kick has managed to sign mega stars xQc and Amouranth to big deals and is showing no signs of stopping in its quest to overtake Twitch. However, one name that isn\u2019t a fan of Kick is Pokimane. The Moroccan-Canadian notably claimed that she would never sign, even for $100M, because it would \u201ccompromise her morals and ethics.\u201d That said, Kick isn\u2019t giving up hope that they can convince her to join their ranks. Kick CEO reveals they \u201creally wanted\u201d to work with Pokimane During an interview with Jake Lucky, the Kick CEO delved into people they wanted to sign, but turned them down. According to Craven, Pokimane was a top contender and they\u2019re actually supporters of her content. \u201cI\u2019ll be honest, we really wanted to work with Pokimane, actually. That was a name we discussed early on, but I don\u2019t think she wants to work with us actually. So, we\u2019ll see,\u201d the Kick CEO revealed. It\u2019s not clear if Kick actually offered Pokimane a contract, but her criticism of Kick has been ramping up, even sparking a debate between her and xQc over her supposed \u201cmorals.\u201d Craven, meanwhile, remains open to signing Pokimane despite the flack, commenting Kick will \u201csee if that changes\u201d while further remarking how the team is \u201cbig fans\u201d of hers. While it remains unlikely right now that Pokimane signs with Kick, another name could soon be popping up on Kick that is sure to break the internet if they sign on the dotted line. Banned Twitch star Dr Disrespect is reportedly in talks with Kick, asking for just half of xQc\u2019s deal and a cool $50M. We\u2019ll have to see if Pokimane\u2019s loss could end up being the two-time\u2019s gain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kick still interested in signing Pokimane despite recent criticism Instagram\/Pokimane\/KickKick CEO Ed Craven has revealed the platform \u201creally wanted\u201d to work with Pokimane and still wants to sign her even though she\u2019s been very critical about the platform. The streaming wars have been heating up between Kick and Twitch with the new site picking up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}