Nicholas “Nickmercs” Kolcheff (31) is the first major winner of the new games of Call of Duty. The American won the first match in Call of Duty: Warzone 2 on September 15th and he was by far the most watched streamer on Twitch on the evening of the “CoD: Next” event. He beat the official Call of Duty channel, the Frenchman Gotaga, and Ninja. His advantage: The competition in CoD has now moved away from Twitch.
Who won the evening for Call of Duty on Twitch? On the evening of September 15th, the event “Call of Duty” Next took place – Activision Blizzard invited over 200 live streamers to showcase their new offerings of Call of Duty. The Twitch streamers were live for 5 hours.
We know the numbers on Twitch (via sullygnome):
- In the end, the winner was Nickmercs, he had an average of 71,011 viewers, 101,584 at peak.
- Thus, Nickmercs had more viewers than the official Call of Duty Twitch channel, more than the French star Gotaga, and more than Ninja, who only placed 6th.
- In Germany, the Twitch streamer “STYLERZ” was leading. He has showcased Call of Duty: Warzone all year. Internationally, he ranked 16th.
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Streamer was huge in CoD Warzone 2021 – but left angrily
Why is he the prodigal son? From Activision Blizzard’s perspective, it is important to rekindle Nickmercs’s passion for Call of Duty:
- Nickmercs was by far the biggest streamer for Call of Duty: Warzone in 2021
- However, in 2022, he left and mostly showcased the competition, Apex Legends.
- It is therefore strategically valuable to bring him back to CoD Warzone and excite him now.
Where are the other big Twitch streamers? Many big Twitch streamers closely connected with Call of Duty switched to YouTube in recent years:
- TimTheTatman left in 2021 – he is the Papa Bear of Call of Duty
- CourageJD has long been on YouTube
- DrDisrespect had to flee there into exile after his Twitch ban – but he was anyway out. He fell from grace with Call of Duty
Activision Blizzard invited few “generally big streamers” from the USA besides Ninja: shroud is probably too closely associated with Valorant – xQc probably wasn’t invited due to his gambling connection. Tfue is currently caught up in Fortnite fever.
Thus, mostly Call-of-Duty streamers were present.
Nickmercs: Strong partners and cautious gameplay led to 1st victory
How did the 1st match go for him? At the CoD Next event, the first “real match” of Warzone 2.0 was played.
Nickmercs competed alongside 2 teammates:
- the Twitch streamer iSmixie, who primarily showcases CoD Warzone.
- FaZe Scope, a player for the esports clan FaZe.
So he had quite a firepower on his side. Nickmercs played for victory from the start, took few risks; they stayed together as a team.
After initial technical difficulties where the in-game communication wasn’t working, Nickmercs gradually got into gear. He barricaded himself with his team on the rooftops of high buildings, frequently changed position, and played rather defensively.
Ultimately, Nickmercs and his team played the map, took few risks, stayed together as a team and were able to eliminate the scattered opponents in the shrinking last circle.
By the end of the match, Nickmercs had 5 kills, a classic tactical victory.
For more information about Call of Duty, visit: CoD Warzone 2.0 shows release date and map – streamers are hyped, players remain skeptical
