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The Hitbox Community Team: Kiubee

Suit up! It is time to introduce the next member of our global Community Team to you guys. Curtain up for: Tom aka Kiubee, our French Community Ambassador.

Tom aka Kiubee has started to work in the esports business at the early age of 17. He managed multiple challenger players and teams in the growing League of Legends scene, like Sparta and Punchline. During those days, his players and teams managed to secure multiple wins on French LAN events.

Kiubee is a true globetrotter, traveling to a multitude of events each year, expanding his network within the gaming and esports world.

During the Riot All Stars event, he learned about Hitbox for the first time and as he himself puts it: “I immediately fell in love with the platform!”
Once he got to meet our crew at some of the events he attended, this passion grew to include not just the platform, but the team behind it as well. This very passion and his extensive background within the scene made our choice to make him part of Hitbox an easy one.

In February of 2015 he joined our family and has ever since been an existential part in supporting our community, specifically the French part of it. One thing can’t be denied, he loves suits.

“I hope that the French community will play a major role in the future of Hitbox!” – kiubee

YouTube’s answer to Twitch finally launches today

Just before E3 this year, YouTube announced that it was getting into gaming in a big way, with its own stand-alone video site that would take on Twitch. Called YouTube Gaming, the service was expected to launch some time this summer — and it looks like tomorrow will finally be the day. The service is expected to go live on the web, as well as through mobile apps on both iOS and Android.

YouTube has been interested in gaming for sometime, and reportedly attempted to acquire Twitch last year, before ultimately losing out to Amazon. Since then, the company has decided to build its own solution, separate from the main YouTube site, which would let players broadcast gameplay live to viewers. YouTube Gaming also features more than 25,000 landing pages for specific games, a new design focused on games, and a search function that prioritizes games over other results. The company has been gearing up for the launch for some time, with new YouTube features like 60fps live streaming, which launched back in May.

The service will be restricted to the US and UK at launch; you’ll be able to check out the new, game-focused version of YouTube right here.

READ NEXT: YOUTUBE IS NOW BETTER AT LIVE STREAMING THAN TWITCH

YouTube is now better at live streaming than Twitch

The Dota 2 International Championships took place last week, determining the winner of the grand Aegis of the Immortal trophy and distributing $18.4 million in prize money among the 16 participating teams. Beyond the mythical battles and skirmishes inside the game, the tournament was also an important event in the ongoing contest between YouTube and Twitch. The International 5 (TI5) was streamed live on both services as well as inside the Dota 2 game client itself — though this year, unlike any of the previous ones, I watched almost all of it on YouTube. What’s changed? Continue reading YouTube is now better at live streaming than Twitch

The Twitch Subreddit Community Shares Their Streaming Setup Costs

Getting into streaming can be quite costly, but if you do it right you can invest in the right equipment that won’t break the bank. There is a Twitch Subreddit thread discussing the communities streaming setup costs. Keep in mind this is not about bragging rights, this is an open discussion for people interested in streaming. This will give you a good idea of how much money you have to save/invest for your stream. Click the link below to see the thread.

Click here to view the thread