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Why I'm Leaving Twitch
With the recent rise in hate raids and a long history of not actually supporting marginalized creators, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave Twitch.
A Day Off Twitch and Addressing Hate Raids on the Platform
In response to Twitch’s lack of action to curtail hate raids against BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ creators, we are encouraging everyone to not use Twitch tomorrow, 1 September. #ADayOffTwitch will hopefully bring awareness to these issues and impact the bottom line enough that Twitch takes more meaningful action than kind words.
Why I Stream
I returned to streaming on Twitch after a many year hiatus from the platform. What brought me back and why did I leave at all?
Great Games Done Slow: 15-21 September
I’m always a fan of inspiration in unexpected places. There’s a wonderful organization called Games Done Quick that hosts massive speedrunning marathons to raise money for charity. Gamers register to show off their skills beating games at breakneck speeds. This gameplay is streamed live from an event center to Twitch and donations from viewers go to different charities, such as Doctors Without Borders or Prevent Cancer Foundation. They’ve even done events with a very fast turnaround time to help with disaster relief—streamers volunteer their time and Games Done Quick captures their gameplay and rebroadcasts it on the GDQ stream. It’s a fun, intense display of high quality gaming for a variety of great causes.
Kate Gray, a narrative designer, journalist for Kotaku, and streamer, joked back in January about a then non-existent event she called Awesome Games Done Slowly. “hey folks welcome to Awesome Games Done Slowly, the charity livestream where everyone just chills and plays Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing at their own pace.”
What started as a joke only took a few months to become a reality. Great Games Done Slow is an online charity fundraiser running from this Saturday, 15 September, to Friday, 21 September. The goal is mental health awareness in gaming.