Jaryd “summit1g” Lazar is one of the biggest streamers on Twitch. He is known for establishing games solo on the platform. Now he wanted to do that with the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, but ends it after 210 hours. The game is wearing him out, his channel shrank.
This is the special thing about summit1g: The former CS:GO pro has one of the five largest channels on Twitch with over 5.24 million. However, he rarely plays what is trending, instead setting his own accents. He is considered a calm and factual player, creating a relaxed atmosphere: a streamer where viewers can feel comfortable and unwind.
summit1g is so big and has such a unique style that he can establish games alone on Twitch. For example, he made the previously unnoticed Sea of Thieves suddenly a popular game on Twitch in January 2019.
After spending a lot of time with Valorant and roleplay in GTA 5 in recent months, he suddenly turned to the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online in mid-July. This is also not an established title on Twitch, currently sitting at rank 51.
The MMORPG ESO was apparently recommended to him by his friend shroud, who is currently on a streaming break. At the beginning of his time, summit1g also seemed enthusiastic.
He said: “Maybe I’m addicted to ESO.” (via twitter)
summit1g increases ESO viewer numbers by 63%
This much ESO he played: Since July 13, summit1g has been broadcasting for 210 hours on ESO. On average, 11,889 people watched him.
The sheer power of the streamer temporarily caused a boom for ESO. The viewed hours of ESO increased by 63% in the last 14 days. In ESO, however, there was actually little going on, as the Greymoor expansion was already released in mid-May.
After the initial enthusiasm for the game, disillusionment set in quickly.
ESO simply wears out streamers
This was the problem: summit1g played a lot of ESO in recent weeks, but was dissatisfied with himself. He said that since he started playing the MMO, it brings a different vibe to the channel.
The streamer himself developed a different attitude. He began to become “salty”, complaining too often and grumbling. This then transferred to the chat (via twitch).
Summit1g seemed to get frustrated with mechanics in the game over and over. He said that PvP annoyed him. There are people like gods who take no damage and take you down.
He also complained live on stream about dungeons in PvE, going into a tirade. He said this would be the last dungeon he ever goes into, and he will now only play PvP. This is all so stupid, in dungeons it’s only about “walking slowly”. That is the only mechanic.
So summit1g is sometimes like this, he was already like this before, but this is apparently not what he wants and what his viewers expect from him.
He tweeted on July 28: He notices that he is falling into a hole in recent weeks. He regrets being an ass (via twitter).
The figures of his channel also noticeably suffered under the new programming. During the time with ESO, only about half as many people watched him as in GTA 5. In addition, he lost over 91,000 followers during the 210 hours in the MMORPG: his channel shrank.
This is how it ended: On August 2, summit1g announced that he would step back from ESO. He apparently pulled the emergency brake after he announced the day before: ESO sends him on an emotional roller coaster.
summit wants to try a new game now. He has now decided on Guild Wars 2.
In a first stream, over 24,000 people on average watched him. Maybe he can now help Guild Wars 2 breakthrough on Twitch, if he does not become salty again.
MMORPGs are still not playing a big role on Twitch in 2020. The boom that WoW Classic initiated in 2019 is over. Currently, other games again dominate the platform, and in every Twitch hit, it’s actually about PvP. Why is it actually that MMORPGs don’t take off on Twitch?
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