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Tyler1 issues apology after OnlyFangs raid
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Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp issues an apology to his fellow Onlyfangs members after the disastrous second raid of 2025. Tyler1 and Onlyfangs founders Sodapoppin and Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo planned the first raid roster for February 2025. 40 streamers joined the premiere raid of the year, and hopes were high going into the weekend. Of those 40 people, six died during the Onyxia raid. The low death count nonetheless impressed fans, but …
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Pokimane reveals she was catfished online, here’s what happened
Olivia Richman
Even big influencers can get catfished these days, as popular streamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys recently found out. Catfishing has become a pretty big phenomenon in the digital age, with people appearing very differently online from who they really are in real life — sometimes drastically so, with the intent of deceiving others. As one of the largest content creators of 2025, Pokimane is quite aware of how the internet works, …
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Divorce documents reveal Nmplol, Malena were married
Hannan Mundia
While Twitch streamer Nick “Nmplol” Polom and former partner Malena Tudi broke up in late 2024, a divorce petition suggests the former couple was actually married, much to the surprise of many of their fans. While dating and relationships are usually private matters, it’s hard for streamers to keep their fans entirely in the dark. With their lives already on public display, many streamers opt to feature their partners on …
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Tyler1 dies in OnlyFangs raid, blasts guild in heated rant
Steven Rondina
The life of Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp’s WoW Classic character Tonkatonk has come to an end during his first Molten Core raid as OnlyFangs’ leader, and that may mark the end of his time with the guild. OnlyFangs has been a constant source of both excitement and drama for Twitch viewers. The World of Warcraft guild brings together many of the biggest streamers on the platform and some of the biggest …
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What’s going on with the PirateSoftware DMCA drama?
Khizar Mundia
Jason “PirateSoftware” Thor Hall is again in the drama cycle, this time for allegedly censoring other creators with DMCA claims. PirateSoftware has recently come under fire in the public eye due to back-to-back controversies. Earlier in January 2025, PirateSoftware was kicked from the OnlyFangs guild. OnlyFangs is a streamer-only hardcore World of Warcraft guild that has the likes of Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp, Thomas Chance “Sodapoppin” Morris, and Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo …
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Here’s the roster for the first Onlyfangs WoW raid of 2025
Khizar Mundia
Onlyfangs has settled on the roster for its first raid in 2025, and it proved surprisingly spicy for fans. World of Warcraft is one of the longest-running MMORPGs ever. Through all the ups and downs of Blizzard, World of Warcraft remained a reliable performer for the company. Even in 2025, the game still garners thousands of viewers on Twitch. The streamer guild Onlyfangs accounts for a lot of those thousands. …
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Dr Disrespect re-monetized on YouTube, so what’s next?
Steven Rondina
Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm’s streaming career took a much-needed positive turn, with the personality telling his fans that he was re-monetized on YouTube. 2024 was a disastrous year for Dr Disrespect. The former face of Twitch answered the long-standing question of why he was banned from the top streaming platform, confirming that he had exchanged sexual messages with a minor on Twitch. While the bombastic streamer was able to rebound …
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TheNicoleT gets 9th Twitch ban, and it may be permanent
Steven Rondina
Nicole “TheNicoleT” Turnbull has been banned from Twitch and it’s looking like this one is actually permanent. When it comes to often-banned streamers, many think of Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa. Newer fans of Twitch might instead think of Jessica “asianbunnyx” Ly. Right in the thick of things when it comes to getting regularly banned is TheNicoleT. From 2022 to 2025, the ASMR streamer was banned a whopping nine times, something that …
Erobb banned from Twitch; here’s why and if it’s permanent
Steven Rondina
Twitch
Eric “Erobb” Robbins’ 2025 is off to a rough start after an unfortunately hectic 2024, with the streamer being slapped with a ban from Twitch. Erobb was at the center of several big stories regarding Twitch last year. The streamer went through a high-profile separation from his partner during the year, which was allegedly due to his infidelity. Around the same time, he announced a hiatus from streaming due to …
Yamato survives Gurubashi Arena, new OnlyFangs drama ensues
Khizar Mundia
Twitch
OnlyFangs member and popular streamer Yamato was sent to Gurubashi Arena as a punishment in World of Warcraft hardcore, and fans are angry that he somehow survived. It’s almost impossible for WoW hardcore guilds to avoid drama because of the number of players involved with the game and the stakes of hardcore mode. It’s no secret that OnlyFangs in particular encourages at least some light dramatics for content and views. …
Stasia latest to accuse Destiny of sharing explicit media
Khizar Mundia
Twitch
Steven “Destiny” Bonnell II has been in hot water since streamers began to accuse him of inappropriate behaviors, and now another alleged victim, Stasia, has come forward with her story. Destiny has seen no shortage of drama and controversy during his time in the limelight. He has been at the center of public spats with other streamers and livestreaming platforms, and has found himself banned from multiple streaming sites. Destiny …
Pxie accuses Destiny of non-consensually sharing photos
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Twitch
Steven “Destiny” Bonnell II may have found himself in serious trouble if he is guilty of sharing non-consensual photos of streamer Pxie. Destiny has gained traction over the years as both a political and gaming streamer. He has accounts on YouTube and Kick as well as his own popular podcast. Fans may know him equally for his interviews with important liberal political figures as well as his beef with other …
CottontailVA receives her first Twitch ban, and here’s why
M Alzamora
Twitch
Vtuber and voice actress CottontailVA has received her first Twitch ban after half a decade of streaming, much to her loyal fans’ chagrin. CottontailVA first debuted in November 2020 as a “Just Chatting” streamer on Twitch. Fans follow her to watch a collection of variety and horror games, her Confessional Booth, and her consistent engagement with her chat. In more recent years, CottontailVA has expanded into more NSFW content as …
PirateSoftware responds to removal from WoW OnlyFangs guild
M Alzamora
Twitch
After being kicked from the popular OnlyFangs streamers guild earlier this week, Jason “PirateSoftware” Thor Hall has pledged to quit hardcore WoW altogether. The streaming world is no stranger to controversy and drama, but World of Warcraft collaborations seem to be taking center stage. Notably, the WoW hardcore OnlyFangs guild has had a number of player removals, cheating scandals, and more. The latest casualty of the group was PirateSoftware, kicked …
Asmongold involved in Elon Musk drama after mocked POE2 run
M Alzamora
Twitch
In the latest drama to hit the streaming community, Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt is now entering an argument with X’s main man, Elon Musk. Twitch streamer Asmongold is no stranger to controversy. From issues with the FBI to multiple Twitch bans, he always seems to find a way to stay relevant in the public eye. Most recently, his commentary on Elon Musk’s gaming performance in Path of Exile 2 may have …
When is the first OnlyFangs WoW hardcore raid?
Hannan Mundia
Twitch
After all the controversy and drama the OnlyFangs World of Warcraft Classic hardcore guild has faced, many fans are wondering when it will finally have its first raid. The OnlyFangs World of Warcraft guild has faced much controversy. From people getting kicked for breaking the rules to streamers dying at high levels and wasting dozens of hours in the process, fans have had a blast with the shenanigans the streamers …
Is Emiru leaving OnlyFangs after latest hardcore death?
Hannan Mundia
Twitch
Influential streamer Emiru died yet again in WoW hardcore at level 41, and now fans wonder if she’ll make another new character or leave OnlyFangs altogether. OnlyFangs is easily the most attention-grabbing thing to come out of World of Warcraft in the last couple of years. A band of streamers joining one guild and tackling World of Warcraft Classic hardcore is a recipe for drama. It’s also a recipe for …
Here’s why Tyler1 kicked pilavpowa and Sequisha from OnlyFangs
Hannan Mundia
Twitch
After what has already been a hectic start to the new year of 2025, OnlyFangs is diving into new drama as current guild leader Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp has kicked streamers Stefan “pilavpowa” Simić and Sequisha from the guild. The OnlyFangs guild continues to see much in the way of drama. While that’s an excellent thing for fans, it has resulted in several known streamers feuding with each other over their …
What is the Flask of Petrification in WoW Classic hardcore?
Hannan Mundia
Twitch
Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp secured the Flask of Petrification for OnlyFangs while playing WoW Classic hardcore and it has many fans feeling divided. So what exactly is the Flask of Petrification, and why is it so divisive in World of Warcraft’s hardcore mode? The OnlyFangs World of Warcraft guild has created much content for fans to enjoy during its hardcore run. From Thomas “Sodapoppin” Chance Morris losing his max-level character to …
Everything to know about shroud’s fragathon, how long will it last
Hannan Mundia
Twitch
Michael “shroud” Grzesiek has announced his special fragathon stream marathon, but what is it and how long will it last? Here’s everything you need to know. shroud is considered among the world’s best and most popular content creators in the world of FPS games. He was a professional CSGO player and has also played Valorant at its highest levels, but he now opts to stream full-time. With multiple streamer-related awards …
Twitch is the largest of all the major livestreaming platforms in and around the gaming world, but it wasn’t always that way. Th platform’s history dates back over many years and to a form of the service that had little to do with gaming. So how did it arrive to the top of the gaming marketplace from those humble beginnings?
Twitch transcends justin.tv, is acquired by Amazon
Twitch was originally born out of justin.tv, an early livestreaming website that focus more on general lifestyle streaming than on any one particular niche, gaming included. justin.tv, named after co-founder Justin Kan, was launched in 2007 and went on to feature multiple categories of streaming options. Among these was gaming, a category which quickly outpaced the growth of platform’s other categories.
Responding to this growth, justin.tv spun out its gaming section in 2011 into a new service called Twitch.tv, and that is the true starting point of Twitch as it exists today.
It would still be some time before Twitch would resemble its modern-day operation. The biggest move towards that progression came in 2014, when the streaming platform was purchased for just shy of $1 billion in cash by services and technology giant Amazon. That move transitioned the company being a private operation largely funded by private investment and internal revenues to one of many arms of one of the world’s largest and richest companies.
Twitch dominates gaming livestreaming
The growth of Twitch largely coincided with the growth of livestreaming the world over, and gaming was a key driver of that growth as audiences flocked in droves to watch charismatic personalities play through their favorite games both new and old. Some of those personalities would become so popular that they would rival mainstream celebrities in notoriety with younger audiences, from Tyler “Ninja” Blevins to Imane “Pokimane” Anys.
Some of those personalities would be poached by rival streaming platforms that cropped up in response to the runaway popularity of Twitch. Microsoft’s Mixer and YouTube’s YouTube Gaming both signed streamers with massive audiences to exclusive streaming deals via big-money contracts. But Twitch proved resilient; no matter how popular the streamers were when they were signed away, someone else seemed prime to fill their spot. Twitch had become more than just a vehicle through which popular personalities could stream. It was itself a destination for its audience.
Twitch does still continue to compete with rival platforms. Kick is perhaps its biggest competition today, offering generous
subscription revenue splits
in an effort to sway streamers away from Twitch. But Amazon’s platform remains the most popular.
Twitch finds controversy over moderation, censorship
Given the nature of the Twitch platform, one that is entirely reliant on user-generated content, it should come as no surprise that moderation and censorship have long been hot topics of conversation. Consistency, or lack thereof, is often cited as Twitch’s biggest issue as its moderation team struggles to pass judgments across a litany of streamers producing a great variety of content.
Those content types have only grown over time. While Twitch found massive popularity by moving away from the greater variety of justin.tv and focusing specifically on gaming, the platform has ironically pushed back into other categories in more recent years, attempting to find additional growth by emphasizing the streaming of art, music, and its popular “just chatting” content that sees streamers talking directly to their audience without any particular activity driving their engagement.
But while Twitch is now a lightning rod for controversy and discussion given its great size and breadth, that controversy has shown no real risk to lessening its grip on the livestreaming industry. Twitch has become the dominant name in its category, and with its biggest streamers continuing to
set new records, all signs point to that dominance continuing for the foreseeable future.
