The Twitch streamer Tectone accidentally shared with his viewers how much he earned from a sponsorship with the MMORPG Lost Ark – and panicked at first. Now the clip is being discussed critically.
What kind of stream was that? In an otherwise quite normal stream, Tectone, a member of the organization One True King, was visited by his OTK colleagues Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo and Emily “Emiru” Schunk.
Together they took a look at the stream of the newcomer in the organization, Emily “ExtraEmily” Zhang. That’s nice, said Tectone, the three of them would welcome Emily to OTK, she would do great.
However, the nice moment was abruptly interrupted when an email appeared on Tectone’s screen that he probably did not want to share with his viewers.
35,000 Dollars for Lost Ark
What kind of email was that? A notification from the email service Outlook appeared in the stream. It clearly revealed the subject line as well as the beginning of the message itself: “OTK Media, Inc has transferred you $35,000. Memo: Inv #LostArk”.
By itself, Tectone earned almost 32,700 euros from his sponsorship deal with Lost Ark. For that, he spent a total of 118 hours in the MMORPG, most of it in February 2022 (via TwitchTracker).
However, it is unclear whether the payment refers to this playtime, as Tectone later noted that the sponsorship took place in November. It could thus be his share of an OTK event at Twitchcon (via reddit).
How does Tectone react? When the streamer sees the notification, chaos initially breaks out in the streams: Tectone screams loudly, quickly switches the screen to his facecam, and takes a celebratory lap around his room.
He keeps shouting how incredible it is. His colleagues are visibly confused by the sudden outburst.
We have embedded a clip of the reaction here:
However, Tectone also seems to quickly realize what he just showed to his average 3,000 viewers, many of whom can probably only dream of such sums. Once he calms down a bit, he says conspiratorially: “No one saw that, okay?”
Mizkif, on the other hand, apparently does not understand how this blunder could happen at all: “You show your emails on your main screen?” Tectone then exclaims that he does not know how to turn that off.
Do Streamers Still Need Donations and Subscriptions with Such Amounts?
How is the clip being received? The corresponding excerpt from the stream has already been viewed over 108,000 times and is thus one of the most-watched clips from Tectone. The recording also made its way to the LivestreamFail subreddit, the largest community for streaming topics on reddit.
A thread there has already received more than 630 comments (as of: 10.02.2023, 11:45). One of the most-liked comments questions the sense of giving streamers extra money: “Don’t donate to streamers, people!” (via reddit)
Some reddit users somewhat relativize this, saying that smaller streamers do deserve support.
The reaction of Tectone is also being discussed critically: he panicked when the notification appeared, and then pretended that the amount was something special for him. Reddit users accuse the streamer of presenting himself as less well-off in front of his viewers (via reddit).
The incident should certainly serve as a lesson for Tectone to take a closer look at his notification settings.
The amounts that large Twitch streamers earn are often a provocative topic. Especially when compared to the average salaries of many viewers.
