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Had no idea justin.tv went through Y Combinator (then again, I'm pretty new 'round these parts) As someone who likes following pro Starcraft and League of Lege

Had no idea justin.tv went through Y Combinator (then again, I'm pretty new 'round these parts) As someone who likes following pro Starcraft and League of Legends, I really appreciate what Twitch gives us access to. I've heard people groaning about Twitch in favor of Own3d, but I never understood the negativity towards Twitch. I hope they keep it up.

hayksaakian 13y ago
After owned shut down, twitch is the only game in town.
- peferron 13y ago
  YouTube is starting to join the fray and has shown good performance so far. No idea how well they pay streamers compared to Twitch though, and I also haven't seen them sponsor a single team or tournament yet whereas Twitch sponsors pretty much everyone + dog.
- 1123581321 13y ago
  Azubu is a major competitor, but Twitch is dominant. YouTube seems to still be a secondary place to stash recordings of streams, but if they take the un-Googly step of actually courting streamers personally and sponsoring tournaments, they could make their streaming community more significant.
  - theboss 13y ago
    Azubu shut down and is not a competitor. Twitch is the only name in the game besides some random european streaming sites like motioncreds
    - 1123581321 13y ago
      Sorry, I don't mean to be contrarian, but it looks active to me: http://www.azubu.tv/channel/index.do http://www.azubu.tv/channel/index.do Do you mean that they had plans to have a wider base of users and have restricted themselves to just professional players? Edit: I stand corrected; I'm not sure why the site is up but Azubu seems to have been owned by criminals/a front for criminal activity: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=406145&currentpage=12#225 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=406...