Trainwreck moves to Kick, a new Twitch rival: \u201cTwitch lost its grasp on reality\u201d Twitter: TrainwreckTwitch star Tyler \u2018Trainwreck\u2019 Niknam is moving to an all-new platform, Kick, as \u201ca non-owner advisor and non-exclusive broadcaster.\u201d He has urged others to follow him and give the platform a year to grow with its streamer-friendly policies, including a 95% sub revenue split. \u201cTwitch has deemed most of us irrelevant,\u201d Trainwreck opened with on December 5. A trendsetter on the Amazon-owned streaming platform, Train knows what the grind is like from zero to hero. Now with a legion of fans in the millions, he has been vocal with his discontent with policy changes from the Terms of Service, to the recent gambling ban, and more. He has also put in legwork to support smaller creators, which he considered the backbone of the streaming giant. After years of trying to give them a voice though, he\u2019s had enough of Twitch and is helping out on a new platform to build a better place for streamers. That new platform is Kick, Trainwreck revealed. \u201cI have a good understanding of Twitch, its foundations, whether they be underground or mainstream, and the way everything works,\u201d he stated in a Twitlonger. \u201cTwitch pads the pockets of a handful of creators, and they are the only ones that won\u2019t admit Twitch\u2019s negligence toward the majority of its streamers. \u201cTwitch has built an empire off of our backs and has the audacity to spit in all of our faces by not only giving us no financial security, with its inconsistent policies, but by also cutting our pay in places that they have no right to cut.\u201d Train blasted Twitch\u2019s 50-50 sub split as the \u201chighest\u2026 of any platform in the livestreaming world.\u201d He also said, for that 50% split, the site does next to nothing to promote upcoming creators. \u201cTwitch does nearly no marketing for streamers, no discovery, and limited help in building their business. Those streamers only succeed from the blood, sweat, and time they put in themselves. Twitch\u2019s only role is as a website host.\u201d Kick is in beta right now, with the same categories as what you\u2019d see on Twitch. It feels just like the Amazon-owned platform, but behind the scenes there are a number of creator-friendly policies Trainwreck has been pushing for. This includes a 95-5 sub revenue split, the best of any streaming site out there. Tips, called Kicks, will feature a 100% split to the creator \u2014 the platform takes nothing, and there\u2019s an option to cash out money on the same day rather than waiting for a monthly payout. The platform will focus on monetization through ads by partnering \u201cwith the world\u2019s leading advertisers to generate cash flow.\u201d Partnered streamers will \u201cget a steady income based on hours watched and total viewers you stream to with an option to be paid out on the same day,\u201d with no real exclusivity in the contract. As it relates to Train\u2019s own content on the platform, he\u2019s made sure gambling can still exist in an \u201cethical\u201d manner: \u201cFill balances must be disclosed. No wager locked giveaways, no code locked giveaways, and no lying to audiences regarding the reality of gambling\u2019s losing nature.\u201d These are just some of the changes Train has looked at pushing on Kick, and there\u2019s more to come. \u201cKick understands that a successful platform starts with a successful streamer. I\u2019ve worked with their team already to create these benefits that no other platform has. \u201cThe platform is still in the building stages. Kick will roll out these features in the near future under my direction. I\u2019m in constant communication with the ownership and developer team and I\u2019m confident in their mission.\u201d It\u2019s a big jump for one of Twitch\u2019s biggest names to make \u2014 and that\u2019s why for now, he\u2019s staying non-exclusive and will be broadcasting on both the Amazon-owned platform and Kick. He\u2019s urged other streamers to do the same and give the platform a year to grow into a potential rival. \u201cBe patient with Kick and give it time to develop. There will be bugs and issues, and this isn\u2019t a complete launch\u2026 watch Kick\u2019s development and decide if it\u2019s the right platform for you. \u201cThe Kick team and I are making Kick a baseline non-exclusive platform. We\u2019re putting the power into the streamers hands to decide if you want exclusivity or not. If you want to pursue exclusivity, we will offer additional paid options through our creator program.\u201d Train has had a lofty vision of what live streaming should look like, and Kick is giving him the platform to do that. For the little guy struggling on Twitch, Kick is offering the opportunity of a lifetime. Whether it can sustain that long term is the real question. \u201cKick\u2019s team and I have a vision to make a live streaming platform that\u2019s actually built first for creators. Not just for Twitch\u2019s huge creators with paid contracts, but for the small and mid-sized creators who are the foundation and backbone of all live streaming platforms. \u201cWe\u2019ll bring live streaming back to what it was before Twitch lost its way. An authentic experience between viewers and streamers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Trainwreck moves to Kick, a new Twitch rival: \u201cTwitch lost its grasp on reality\u201d Twitter: TrainwreckTwitch star Tyler \u2018Trainwreck\u2019 Niknam is moving to an all-new platform, Kick, as \u201ca non-owner advisor and non-exclusive broadcaster.\u201d He has urged others to follow him and give the platform a year to grow with its streamer-friendly policies, including a […]<\/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-61973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61973","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=61973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}