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Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins Reportedly Paid $1M by EA to Stream Apex Legends - MMORPG.com
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Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins Reportedly Paid $1M by EA to Stream Apex Legends - MMORPG.com
Unconfirmed rumors are swirling that Electronic Arts paid Tyler "Ninja" Blevins a million dollars to stream Apex Legends and tweet about it to his thirteen million followers within the first 24-hours after the game was announced. Other "influencers" were also paid to stream Apex Legends, including Michael "Shroud" Grzesiek, though the details of his deal with EA remain unknown. The standard caveat in this is that neither EA nor Blevins have commented on the rumors.
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On the other hand, this is also akin to being an EA Gamechanger, and is an inherent hit to his perceived credibility.
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If this is true and he didn't state this then it would be issue. It is like when we get sponsored articles on this site, there is no issue as long as it is stated that it is sponsored.
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The reason this is so big because if it's true they are breaking major laws and honestly there might be some really massive consequences considering the amounts of money they've been paid according to these rumors.
So no it's not shocking that a celeb is promoting something for money, however they are breaking big laws and that's the actual news here.
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I think every streamer got paid to stream Atlas for at least a week.
A few also got paid to stream Star Citizen there awhile ago as well.
When guys completely break their 'format' and you see them streaming a game completely out of their element its safe to assume theyre getting paid. I am pretty sure CohhCarnage got paid to play it as well as he never plays shooters (edit semantics for single player RP games like Fall Out being called a shooter) of any kind let alone BR games. yet he stream Apex for a few sessions.
But Twitch has that 'amazon' money now so does it really matter? When New World releases or gets in a state that its steamable we will really see something.
But its a world of no competition now. All these 'platforms' all have a massive share of the total market. And each 'separate' controlling interest is controlled or owned by another even bigger entity.
In any event if anyone thinks these streamers, regardless of what they say or how they act, that get sponsored or play games for pay are the new circus barkers who use their popularity and influence to make money. All the while pretending to care about their followers and subscribers. Its a business to them and its as shady as it gets. Anyone that kids themselves into thinking because a streamers recognizes their (MADE UP NAME) handle in their stream and gives them a 'shout out' is exactly the type of sap they want watching because 99% of the time that shout out is due to a sub or a donation.
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I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil