Ludwig calls out Twitch over shock Recaps snub: \u201cEasier to lie I guess\u201d Twitch: LudwigLudwig Ahgren has taken a swipe at Twitch over their decision to exclude him from the platform\u2019s yearly Recaps despite his historic subathon firing him to the top of the platform\u2019s all-time subscriber records earlier this year. YouTube\u2019s newest star Ludwig was left stunned on December 15 after discovering he had been excluded from the yearly Twitch Recaps due to his platform swap. Ludwig enjoyed an immense year of streaming, raking in nearly two million new followers and inking his name into Twitch history with a 31-day subathon. Despite a mighty 12 months, however, the 26-year-old \u2014 who we put second in our best Twitch stars of the year \u2014 was barred from the platform\u2019s Recaps. It was a decision that blindsided many Twitch fans and streamers alike, not least of all Ludwig himself, who addressed his shock snub from the popular yearly wrap early on in his December 15 stream. \u201cLook, I should have seen it coming,\u201d Ludwig admitted. He continued: \u201cI\u2019m bummed that I was completely removed. I understand it from a business perspective, [but] it\u2019s sad to be erased from so many people\u2019s years.\u201d The star made the surprising discovery just hours after the Twitch Recaps went live, and immediately called out his old platform for their decision. \u201cDid I tell you guys? I got removed from Twitch\u2019s yearly recap. They cracked me out of it, eliminated. Ludwig? Gone. My channel? Gone!\u201d he said. \u201cThey didn\u2019t cut categories, so you can see who watched me via that, which is funny, but yeah they got me\u2026 exiled, admonished, rocked, rolled. \u201cIt\u2019s sad to be erased from so many people\u2019s years.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ll be honest, it\u2019s a bummer. It\u2019s not the end of the world, but I am disappointed that they did it. I think I understand it, from Twitch\u2019s perspective. They don\u2019t want to promote a creator from YouTube, when they could just lie. Read More: How to get your 2021 Twitch Recap – \u201cIt\u2019s easier to lie, I guess,\u201d he continued, \u201cand just promote all the streamers that [fans] watched that they still have [on the site]. So I think I get it\u2026 maybe.\u201d Ludwig went on to explain that, even if he did partially understand Twitch\u2019s decision, especially after he defected to YouTube in the final days of 2021, the choice still didn\u2019t sit entirely right with him either way. \u201cThinking about it, it doesn\u2019t actually make all that much sense, but like, go off king! Enjoy yourself. Twitch does these things, so it\u2019s not like I didn\u2019t know. I should have been wary. When Ninja left Twitch they used his dead channel to promote other streamers, so it\u2019s not like a new thing really. \u201cIt\u2019s kinda in the same vein,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t think I was Twitch\u2019s main competition, but maybe I am. I didn\u2019t realize that. Anyway, what can you do? It\u2019s whatever.\u201d Outside of several platform bans early on in his YouTube career, Ahgren\u2019s decision to exchange Twitch purple for Google-owned red has been a relatively seamless transition and a growing success. Unlike many who make the trade, Ludwig\u2019s viewing numbers have barely waned, and in places even climbed past his original Twitch stats. In December alone he\u2019s recorded 10.1m more video views than his past averages, and is well on track to hit two and a half million subscribers by early next year. The star did make sure to still thank his Twitch fans, even if he was excluded from Recaps: \u201cThanks to everyone who watched me. I appreciate you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ludwig calls out Twitch over shock Recaps snub: \u201cEasier to lie I guess\u201d Twitch: LudwigLudwig Ahgren has taken a swipe at Twitch over their decision to exclude him from the platform\u2019s yearly Recaps despite his historic subathon firing him to the top of the platform\u2019s all-time subscriber records earlier this year. YouTube\u2019s newest star Ludwig […]<\/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-54534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54534","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=54534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}