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https://www.wired.com/story/twitch-streamers-crypto-gambling-boom/ TL:DR - Twitch Partners (streamers with thousands of subscribers and viewers) are spending more and more time livestreaming crypto gambling on the site, for huge backhanders from said gambling companies. They are often gambling with house money, rather than their own. In addition, there are rumours that the games are rigged to have bigger/more regular pay outs. I don't even know where to start with how grim and illegal this shit is. Maybe this belongs more in Off Topic, wasn't sure.

They are currently showing Power Rangers on twitch!

And Amazon are here to cash in! Today they revealed three new games: a MOBA, a MOBA and *yes you guessed it* a survival game! All fully geared towards twitch and esports (obviously) with betting systems and other money making schemes in place. What a time to be alive folks. Let the games begin. make it stop

Evo 2016 is THIS WEEKEND!! If you like sitting at home watching people in another country play children's videogames from the fighting genre, it's time to get excited!! Overview Ever has Evo been the main event in the fighting game scene's calendar, and this year excitement for SFV, funding from various publishers and a lot of Smash players promise to make it the largest fighting game event yet held - by a significant margin. Expect to see great play in games you didn't know you liked, news and hype for games current and forthcoming, and generally lots of happy faces. Best enjoyed in the company of fellow fighting game fans, this thread is here so you can chat away no matter which game you prefer. It's four days long and at the end a grown man cries - what's not to like? Suggested thread etiquette Use spoiler tags when discussing match results or player names once brackets are in progress - say what you like, but don't spoil the fun for people who want to watch the footage later Don't be too rude about the games you don't like - don't spoil the fun for people who have bad taste in fighting games That's it! Schedule and stream links for main games: https://www.twitch.tv/srkevo1 https://www.twitch.tv/srkevo2 https://www.twitch.tv/srkevo3 https://www.twitch.tv/srkevo4 https://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters https://www.twitch.tv/tekken UK time schedule: Local time schedules: Schedules and links for side tournaments (all times below are local time not UK time): More useful google doc with stream links which may be updated if more stuff gets organised: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bbMHRl8AGHeFmCQ01X-jtjgakxsDXTARYUh0vfC-0_k/edit#gid=0 And here's the original stuff I posted before I found the above two items: Other stuff Brackets for main games: http://evo2016.s3.amazonaws.com/brackets/index.html Player locator (find a player in the brackets): http://evo2016.s3.amazonaws.com/brackets/players.html USF4 side tournament: evo pls