Shroud explains the real reason streamers are playing Escape from Tarkov Streaming star Michael \u2018Shroud\u2019 Grzesiek has questioned whether or not streamers will be sticking with Escape from Tarkov after it exits its beta phase and when they could, quite possibly, see their currently huge viewer counts drop quite a bit. Escape from Tarkov has found itself rocketing up the popularity charts on Twitch in recent days, cementing itself above Fortnite and League of Legends on January 4, as streamers flock to the game to try it out. With the realistic shooter being in a beta phase, not everyone has access quite yet, but the developers have enabled drops on a big number of streams, giving viewers the chance to pick up some high-value items before they\u2019re able to get into the game. With this new popularity, it\u2019s left early adopters like Shroud, who swapped Twitch for Mixer, questioning if these new streamers actually enjoy the game, or if they\u2019re all playing for the viewers. During his January 4 stream, the former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional had been locked in on the game when he found himself being taken down by an enemy player. The Candian quickly moved to joke about his experience being \u201cruined\u201d by all \u201cthe streamers\u201d who had been playing. He said: \u201cWe need to get these streamers off this god damn game, just ate my bullets I think. All these new people have got to go, get rid of them \u2013 ruining our experience.\u201d After taking a short break from his early, seemingly jokey, thoughts, Shroud circled back around and questioned whether or not the streamers will seriously be sticking around. \u201cI\u2019m so curious, I really want to know if all these streamers are still going to be playing in two more days,\u201d he said. \u201cI just feel like the reason and the hype, and the reason they\u2019re even enjoying the game, is because their viewer count is high \u2013 you get rid of that viewer count and the enjoyment of the game is gone, that\u2019s what I think.\u201d Even though the game has blown up with streamers, it\u2019s still some of the people who have been playing for the longest time who are attracting the biggest audiences. Whether or not bigger variety streamers like Dr Disrespect, who stated that he was \u201caddicted\u201d to Tarkov, or xQc, who compared it to gambling at a Casino, stick around remains to be seen. If they do, though, it can only be a good thing for the ultra-realistic shooter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shroud explains the real reason streamers are playing Escape from Tarkov Streaming star Michael \u2018Shroud\u2019 Grzesiek has questioned whether or not streamers will be sticking with Escape from Tarkov after it exits its beta phase and when they could, quite possibly, see their currently huge viewer counts drop quite a bit. Escape from Tarkov has […]<\/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-58787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58787","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=58787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}