Smash Bros legend ZeRo leaves Twitch for Facebook Gaming Facebook: ZeRoWonderingLegendary Super Smash Bros icon Gonzalo \u2018ZeRo\u2019 Barrios has become the first major fighting game player to move on from Twitch and join Facebook gaming. \u201cI\u2019m going to be moving over to Facebook Gaming as my main streaming platform,\u201d he revealed in an announcement video posted on the social media giant. While Zero acknowledged the news would shock and surprise a lot of his audience, the retired Smash superstar said he has a lot of plans with Facebook such as collaborations with celebrities because of his new support network. \u201cFacebook is going to allow me to do other things and explore other options,\u201d he added. \u201cI always wanted to provide more support to charities that I believe in.\u201d He then revealed that his first stream on Facebook Gaming, which will be December 3, will be to raise funds for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Additionally, the 24-year-old wanted to reward those who had helped support him on Twitch by giving a free shirt to anyone who had subscribed to him for a year or more on his \u201cprevious platform\u2019s channel.\u201d \u201cI want to give a big thank you to the previous platform that really allowed me to just change my life,\u201d he said, without mentioning Twitch by name. \u201cI\u2019m always going to be forever thankful.\u201d The addition to ZeRo to the Facebook Gaming lineup is a massive get in what some are calling the \u201cstream wars\u201d with big name Twitch stars getting poached by Mixer or Facebook to join rival platforms. He\u2019s not the only big name to jump ship to Facebook in 2019. In November, Disguised Toast announced he was leaving the platform. While his tournament days are behind him, the Chilean Smash icon became a household name during an impressive Smash 4 tournament win streak in which he emerged victorious at 56 events in a row. Over his career, Barrios won prestigious events such as EVO 2015, Super Smash Con, Genesis 3, The Big House 5 and 6, Apex 2015 and DreamHack Austin 2017. It will be interesting to see if any other huge streaming juggernauts announce a change of platform before the end of 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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