A YouTube video about Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ switch from Twitch to the platform Mixer has put the Fortnite streamer in a bit of a bind. Because it was also about money.
What kind of video is this? The YouTube channel Thoom has taken the effort to create an animation about Ninja’s time on Twitch.
You could see many successes of the streamer and eventually the departure of Ninja to the competitor Mixer.
“Money was not the incentive”
This is what Ninja showed: The streamer watched the video live on Mixer and was initially touched by the moments highlighted in the video. After all, Ninja experienced many highlights with fellow streamers on Twitch. His stream with Drake was also there, who brought Fortnite into the mainstream.
The clip seemed to resonate with Ninja and touched him.
However, at the end, when an animation came showing Mixer showering the streamer with money, Ninja quickly turned off and laughed somewhat bewildered.
This is how Ninja explains his switch: After the video, he picked up the money topic again and said: “I can’t give you details, but trust me, money was not the incentive.”
People say that after Ninja’s switch to Mixer, the streaming platform from Microsoft probably must have paid a lot of money. Otherwise, Ninja wouldn’t have switched from popular Twitch to the smaller competitor.
How does the video end? After Ninja turns off, some quirky things happen in the video. Ninja shoots a shotgun at the Twitch logo and then dances in a rain of money in front of a Mixer advertisement.
How do fans react to this? Many viewers do not really believe Ninja’s statements. For them, it is clear that Ninja switched because of the money.
But there are also some positive voices on Reddit about the incident. One user writes: “Call me naive, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he just wanted a fresh start on a new platform. He already has enough money to do what he wants.”
What do you think? How much truth is there in Ninja’s statement?
