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There's no denying that popular Twitch channels can be extremely lucrative. With enough followers and enough eyeballs on whatever game you're playing, those advertising dollars can really start to rack up. In what is a first for the platform though, it seems like one channel has changed hands as part of divorce proceedings, to help net one party a bigger share of the financial pie.
Although technically unconfirmed by anyone officially associated with the channel in question, Ara_Gaming, doesn't seem to be run by its original player and broadcaster,”Sarah,” any more. The story goes, that she stopped streaming for a while in order to finalise her divorce proceedings and take care of some other personal matters – but she never returned. In her place, is a new female gamer, claiming to the be the cousin of the original streamer's husband.
Pictured: Not Sarah.
According to chat logs of someone claiming to said current, and soon-to-be-not, husband, (via PCG) the channel was co-owned by him and his wife and she had agreed to let him take control of it, in favour of receiving a larger financial settlement during the divorce.
“Sarah liquidated and took all the money out of Paypal and Patreon prior to the turnover, so anything new goes to the LLC,” he said, pointing out that any future money earned via the channel would be his. Hence why instead of streaming himself, he asked a relative to take over, who was more of a gamer and personality than himself.
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KitGuru Says: As much as this may all seem like unneeded drama, what could be interesting is Twitch's response. Instances like this have a habit of setting precedent, so it may give us an interesting incite into how ownership of channels on Twitch works, especially if originally co-created by two individuals.
That’s weird
That would actually be pretty smart for the wife. She gets all the money that was made and he gets nothing. The channel will completely die if the original broadcaster is replaced. She can go make a new channel and regain all of her success. I don’t see how the channel can stay partnered if the person who Twitch made the contract with isn’t there to stream. Even if the Husband and Wife were both on the contract he should be obligated to stream.
The channel also only has 29,092 followers so they probably make pennies from ad revenue and Subs. Donations are where the real income for content creation is, at least until you’re huge. Now that the original broadcaster is gone they won’t make jack-shit in donations. SocialBlade shows the channel on a steady decline over the past few months. The Twitter is on damage control.
Either way, I’ve never heard of the channel and I wouldn’t watch now because it’s already awkward as fuck. Lol.
Why do people watch people play games? Boring.
But don’t worry, there is a million single guys to every pretty lady on the internet, so this new girl will do just fine.
This could also just be a big PR stunt by the couple, because controversy sells like hotcakes.
Don’t lie, You’re a prostitute really.
I thought this until recently when I started watching some Supreme Commander matches, I’ll never be able to play a that level and find it really interesting. Then again, I like watching snooker aswell so maybe I am a boring old fart 🙂 All other sport, I’d watch paint dry.