The prominent Twitch streamer Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar is currently particularly benefiting from the hype surrounding the battle royale Fall Guys. This is impressive, as he is not particularly good at the game.
This is the status of TimTheTatman:
- The streamer has been a stable presence on Twitch for years, with an average of about 33,000 viewers watching him over the last 90 days.
- TimTheTatman was often seen with Ninja during the height of Fortnite, gaining a lot of popularity from that.
- Recently, he mainly played Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and made numerous spectacular plays there.
- Now he is fully diving into the world of Fall Guys, and his recent streams were significantly more successful.
TimTheTatman is successful through failure in Fall Guys
Here are the numbers: TimTheTatman’s recent streams were his most successful streams since April of this year. Let’s look at the data (via Sullygnome):
- On August 17, over 129,000 people were watching at times, and on August 18, there were even over 143,000 viewers simultaneously.
- On average, 88,000 viewers were watching him simultaneously on August 17 alone.
- In the last 7 days, TimTheTatman has been the most successful streamer for Fall Guys on Twitch – he has the highest watch time and the most viewers on average.
Why is TimTheTatman so successful? The streamer is so successful with his streams for Fall Guys because he keeps failing. This has now become a running gag on social media.
There have been numerous tweets from Fall Guys itself making fun of TimTheTatman’s failures.
The Twitch Twitter account also posted a video of several outbursts from the streamer and wrote: “We’re rooting for you.”
In addition to the media attention, numerous well-known streamers are also seen with TimTheTatman. He has played alongside Ninja, Cloakzy, and DrLupo, who also have a large fan base.
This is what makes Fall Guys fascinating: TimTheTatman’s failures are exemplary of thousands of players playing Fall Guys. After all, in the end of a round, only one can win, and dozens of players get eliminated.
The esports journalist Rod Breslau recently described the appeal of Fall Guys as follows:
No matter if it’s Fall Guys, Jump King, or Getting Over It – watching people fail and completely freak out is just as entertaining, or even more entertaining, than watching players perform godlike.
Rod Breslau
TimTheTatman’s failures are precisely what viewers want to see. The outbursts and the taunts from mocking teammates are the real entertainment of Fall Guys.
TimTheTatman is not the only player who freaks out in Fall Guys. The streamer xQc was cruelly trolled by a troll, but then spectacularly got his revenge on him.
