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Esports Product Lead for @Play2XKO • Competitive gaming and esports fan since 2001 • ex-@Twitch @jukedgg, movement shooter addict
Jan 29, 2021 15 tweets 5 min read
I've hesitate to be the one to make a public statement about this, but I feel like I have to say something:

@Twitch has recently made changes to their embed player that hurts streamers, viewers, and communities.

a 🧵: About 2 months ago, Twitch began implementing what is being dubbed the 'Purple Screen of Death' (PSoD).

The PSoD is a mandatory, non-skippable 30 second interruption that is placed in ALL embeds making for a poor user experience.
Jan 22, 2019 29 tweets 13 min read
True story: I owe my career in esports to the show (@LiveOnThree) and it's cast.

A thread. I've been a "competitive gamer" since age 11, but for over a decade I only played one game franchise: Tribes.

It was not until the release of Quake Live that I truly began to learn that esports was already a broad phenomena with many communities, and sub-communities within.