Hey guys, here’s the TL;DW for Twitch Weekly May 1st, 2015!
- Hosts @djWHEAT, @SomaJT, @Fishstix, @Atrioc
- Soma is tired because he watched the new Avengers movie… the shame D:
- Wheat’s hair looks swag
Mackenseize MTV
- Reminder – Mackenseize is on MTV true life explaining her difficulty maintaining a regular job with her epilepsy – check it out here and remember to drop her a follow 🙂
TwitchCon
- The five new broadcasters announced to be at TwitchCon:
- 1 month left for Panel submissions at TwitchCon! Submit them in the link here!
Emote Menu
- You can now press the emote menu by pressing the smiley face in the chat now – Check out the blog here!
Display update
- You are now shown by your Display name in chat – not by your login name! YAY 😀
- Read more about it here!
Twitch App Challenge
- Deadline for submission has been pushed back to May the 14th!
- You have little time left – get the submissions in!
- Want more info? Check here
C2E2
- Comic creaors, Celebs, Voice actors and nerds all around – Twitch chatted with a varied type of people :P!
- Check it out in the Past Broadcasts of Twitch!
** Heroes of the Dorm**
- Heroes of the Storm broadcasted live on ESPN? OMG
- Check out the VOD’s on Blizzheroes
ESL & ESEA Pro League
- $1 million dollar esports League for CS:GO
- For more info, check out the webpage here!
FaceIT LAN Finals
- CS:GO tourney
- $275,000 prize pool
- For more info, check out here!
- Check out the channel, here!
Racing for Change – Charity Event
- Main Menu and The Wobblers (with the Wigglers) are teaming up to raise money for GameChanger with Racing for Change
- Check out more info here!
Gfinity StarCraft 2 tourney
- For more info on the tourney, check out this link
- Check out this link for additional info
Lets Robot
- May 1st – Physical robots you can control with Twitch Chat
- Check out the trailer in the second VOD link below!
- Check out Aylobot and Ninabot!
Dota 2 Changes
- Tonnes of Patch Notes for Dota 2!
- 6.83 introduced comeback potential – the games ended up being too long anf the comeback was too OP!
- 6.84 should fix that
New Game directories
- Kerbal Hit 1.0!
- Crypt of the Necrodancer
- Destiny: House of the Wolves – Reveal streams are totally awesome right here
Video Spotlight – ChaosChunk
- Check out his trailer here
- There’s legit not much to be said here… this trailer rocks! Check out his channel in the description for his schedule 🙂
Staff Pick – DnegsPoker
- Twitch Poker player
- $30 million tourney winnings.. wow.
- Super interactive and educational!
Twitch Partner Spotlight – SleepCycles
- Shoutout to the previous partner – Activee!
- Sleep/Tam is super Scottish
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday – 12PM PST
- He’s very entertaining and a dedicated Nuclear Throne player!
- Check out a small trailer here
Closing Thoughts
- Don’t forget to check out MTV True Life! check it out here
- What game have you watched the most on Twitch? #QBLOCK
- Dota 2, League, Starcraft – Keep up with the Esports on Twitch!