The Verge
Yesterday, streamer Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter posted a short, animated clip to Twitter — of a young girl playing a game that looks a little like Snake — that ended in a date and a time. By now, we know that when a streamer does this, it means they’ve signed (or resigned) a contract to stream on a platform exclusively; for Hofstetter, it means she’s going from Twitch to YouTube. The indefatigable e-sports consultant Rod Breslau had the scoop, which he tweeted an hour before Hofstetter’s official announcement.
100 Thieves streamer and influencer @Valkyrae will announce today she has signed an exclusive multi-year deal to stream on YouTube instead of Twitch, sources said
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) January 13, 2020
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