The American Tyler “Trainwreck” Niknam (32) became a huge success with casino streams on Twitch. After losing almost a quarter of his viewers due to new gambling regulations on the streaming platform, he moved to the new competitor Kick. Now he is actively trying to poach streamers.
What is Kick all about? Twitch introduced new gambling regulations on the platform in Fall 2022. With the new rules, it became forbidden to show or promote certain websites like the controversial online casino Stake during streams.
Stake representatives then invested in a new streaming site: Kick. The new competitor to Twitch attracts with a 95/5 split for paid subscriptions. Tyler “Trainwreck” Niknam, who was the biggest gambling streamer on Twitch until then, joined as a “consultant and non-exclusive broadcaster”.
Meanwhile, many other streamers who had lucrative deals with Stake have switched over.
A lucrative target group for Kick are streamers who have been banned from Twitch and are now streaming successfully but without an exclusive contract on YouTube. Such as the controversial IShowSpeed or the infamous DrDisrespect, whom you can see in our video:
Trainwreck shows how much one allegedly earns on Kick
How is Trainwreck trying to attract streamers? The 32-year-old never tires of emphasizing that Twitch does not adequately value its streamers. Everything is much better at Kick. In a tweet from March 10, he showed how much one could allegedly earn on Kick.
A screenshot shows the number of paid subscriptions for the ongoing stream and the resulting estimated earnings. With 57 subscribers and 3,470 gift subscriptions, over 16,000 US dollars are said to be accumulated – at Twitch, most streamers would only receive half of that.
what ~3500 subs on Kick looks like.
— Trainwreck (@Trainwreckstv) March 10, 2023
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WELCOME to a new era of streaming pic.twitter.com/lq31wyPejw
Trainwreck refers to this as a “new era of streaming”. The post received more than 5.2 million views. In the comments, content creators express their admiration for the earning potential, openly consider switching, and inquire about options.
Is Asmongold coming to the dark side?
How does Asmongold come into play? Among the comments is Asmongold, the largest MMORPG streamer on Twitch. The WoW nerd is, however, a vocal critic of Twitch and has already lamented that excessive advertising would be the demise of Twitch.
Asmongold comments on Trainwreck’s earnings neutrally: That is much more than other websites offer in the live streaming sector. The casino streamer seems to smell his chance and even invokes the ruler of the high council of titans from WoW: Aman’Thul.
“If Twitch doesn’t lock you down with something nice, like you deserve, I swear to Aman’thul that I will,” replies Trainwreck, sounding a bit like he wants to buy an engagement ring for Asmongold.
if twitch doesn’t lock you down with something nice, like you deserve. I swear to aman’thul, that I will.
— Trainwreck (@Trainwreckstv) March 11, 2023
How does Asmongold respond? He has not yet responded to Trainwreck’s comment. For the MMORPG streamer, it seems to have rather been a harmless flirt with the competition, even though 32-year-old Trainwreck may have hoped for more.
Whether Asmongold is actually considering a switch is hard to say. However, he seems to adhere to the saying that competition stimulates business. Perhaps the new platform will prompt Twitch to show a little more generosity to its streamers to avoid losing them.
Many content creators are unhappy with the share that Twitch takes for itself:
28-year-old cries in tears, Twitch takes half her money – even though she works so hard
