The streamer with the most followers on Twitch is Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who rose to fame in 2018 with Fortnite . In 2022, he offers a course on the platform “Masterclass” on how to become a streamer in 30 days. However, the first tip is being harshly criticized: Anyone who does that ruins their growth, says a Twitch streamer.
Who is Ninja?
- Ninja was for a long time a “pretty normal Twitch streamer” who studied on the side, played various shooters, and swore profusely in his streams if anyone dared to kill him. Ninja fought his way through games like Halo and H1Z1, but even then he showed extreme ambition.
- However, in the fall of 2017, Ninja was one of the first to discover the shooter “Fortnite: Battle Royale” and streamed it like crazy. In the following months, a hype arose around the shooter and Ninja: kids discovered his stream, Ninja got rid of his swearing, started thinking in marketing terms like “brand-friendly” and “cooperations”, downed one Red Bull after another, and became the biggest streamer in the world.
- The hype is long gone; in the meantime, Blevins even left Twitch because Microsoft lured him with big money. In 2022, Ninja still has the biggest channel on Twitch, but he no longer has as many viewers as before. Now he streams what he wants, like LoL or Final Fantasy XI. Now it seems it’s time to teach “the next generation of streamers”.
If I am the rich super streamer, you can do it too
This is Ninja’s Masterclass: Starting March 31, Ninja wants to offer a 30-day course on “Masterclass.com” on how anyone can become a streamer. The course is available with an annual subscription – for just under €200:
- €192 for a subscription that works on one device
- €240 if you want to watch the courses on two devices or download the videos for offline viewing
- You can’t buy the course individually; there is also no “monthly subscription”; you have to sign up for a 12-month subscription for the whole service. Then a variety of “course videos” will be available for viewing.
Ninja promises: Instead of learning how to become a mega-successful gaming streamer through thousands of hours of trial and error, you can simply watch his course and become a streamer with your own brand.
He highlights his own considerable successes, says how much fun streaming is. It’s really “lucrative” if you are successful. And – wink, wink – if someone like him can do it, then surely anyone can.
Streamer sharply criticizes the 1st tip of the “Masterclass”
What is being criticized? Currently, only the roadmap and a 2-minute trailer outlining Ninja’s course are live. In this, Ninja appears as modest as usual:
“I have cracked the code on how to really build a community! Engage with your audience and become the best streamer you can possibly be!”
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins
The first tip Ninja gives is:
- When starting streaming, you should have your viewer list open all the time.
- As soon as someone enters the stream, you should greet them: “Hey, thanks for stopping by!”
- This would encourage the person to talk to you, and you might just gain your first lifelong follower.
Streamer criticizes tip: Don’t do that – it triggers “social phobias”
Why is this being criticized? A Twitch streamer, BlizzardB3ar, says: You should never greet viewers so offensively (via twitter).
Never do that, listen to me: Please, for God’s sake, never do that. There are people with social anxiety online. Believe it or not: I am one of them.
Blizzb3ar
The streamer explains that he hangs around many channels and observes; he “lurks”. However, if someone were to drag him into the spotlight like that and greet him publicly, he would never come back to that channel.
Although Blizzb3ar is only number 13,477 in followers on Twitch and is criticizing number 1, his tweet receives a lot of support.
Others also say: Such advice on “how to become a streamer” cannot work. You have to adapt it to your own style. It’s better to simply watch other streamers and learn from them than to go through such a Masterclass. What works well for Ninja doesn’t necessarily work for others.
Another user says: While it is correct to interact with viewers. That’s what makes streams unique, but viewers should always be allowed to make the first move to avoid alarming “lurkers”.
Ninja was very successful for a while, but that was also a few years ago:
Ninja loses 88% of his viewers on Twitch in 3 years: “I’m kind of stuck”
