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Chapters:
00:00 Let's Do Some News!
01:57 GTA hacker busted by the fuzz
04:37 G2 CEO steps down
10:47 Chess beads in da butt
16:57 Nobody at Twitch bleeds purple anymore
23:40 Twitch temp ceases support for some browsers
29:50 GIGAchats
34:01 Twitch drops to 720p in SK
43:10 RIP Stadia, thanks Phil
01:01:57 2nd World 1st WOTLK 80 uses same lvling trick
01:04:58 Have you heard about this game called OW2?
01:11:40 Blizzard makes gender diversity binary
01:22:50 THE PROUD DAD SEGMENT
Link Dump:
Declan‘s video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3aG_WODQW8
Oxfordshire teen arrested in police hacking investigation (GTA VI and Uber)
https://thedesk.net/2022/09/british-teen-arrested-rockstar-microsoft-uber-nvidia-hacks/
Carlos, former CEO of G2
https://twitter.com/CarlosR/status/1573426535104532480
G2 statement
https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1573432616824733696
Weirdchamp
https://twitter.com/infamousbtw/status/1573427426092535808
Denies that it had anything to do with Rito
https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1574479398635380738
Magnus releases statement on cheating allegations
https://twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen/status/1574482694406565888
International Chess Federation will investigate Hans Neimann in cheating accusations
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/fide-to-investigate-carlsen-and-niemann
Twitch’s ‘content chief’ bails after Dan Clancy rev share announcement
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-23/twitch-content-chief-departs-amid-controversy-over-creator-pay
Wheat comments
https://twitter.com/djWHEAT/status/1573431262827667456
Not only are they bad with creators, their communication with the community is also terrible
https://twitter.com/TwitchSupport/status/1575267327163207680
Reported by BUSSEY
https://twitter.com/zachbussey/status/1575279010405548032
Clarified by TOM
https://twitter.com/tdrobbo/status/1575312435786829825
Finally clarified through TWITCH
https://twitter.com/TwitchSupport/status/1575571090994102272
The search for more money continues with Twitch’s version of YT’s Super Chats w/ 70/30 split
https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/elevated-chat?language=en_US
TWITCH GOING 720p IN KOREA
https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/xqwzr1/twitch_korea_is_forcing_their_viewers_from_sep/iqbqx6c/
Likely related to network costs
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220317000693
Google Stadia Shutting Down Jan. 18, 2023
Official announcement
https://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy/
Phil Harrison, Stadia CEO, told the team minutes before the announcement went live
https://9to5google.com/2022/09/29/stadia-employees-shutdown-meeting-harrison/
HENCE
New Google Stadia UI released literally days ago lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stadia/comments/xqmv7d/did_stadia_get_a_new_ui/
Developers got screwed too
https://twitter.com/PaulTassi/status/1575601706724864000
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/xrkpmf/horrible_night_with_stadia_we_worked_for_45/
Stadia owners are begging for a controller update to make it universal, otherwise its ewaste
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stadia/comments/xrc9im/now_that_stadia_is_being_shut_down_can_google/
Google shuttered inhouse game studios back in 2021
https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/1/22260803/google-stadia-game-development-studio-shut-down-jade-raymond
Jason Schreier comments on how they went on to try and buy ports lol
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1575524344859545602
Stadia turned down an exclusive Death Stranding follow-up from Kojima
https://9to5google.com/2022/09/30/stadia-exclusive-death-stranding-kojima/
This guy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Harrison
Welcome to the club
https://killedbygoogle.com/
World First WOTLK 80 9hrs
https://twitter.com/Naowhxd/status/1574653713851219968
OG was Nymh at 27hrs
https://www.engadget.com/2008-11-14-and-the-first-world-of-warcraft-player-to-reach-level-80-is.html
How tho?
https://twitter.com/EnvyCaution/status/1574658773771231234
Overwatch 2 - October 4, 2022
Blizzard says Overwatch newcomers will need to play about 100 matches to unlock every classic hero
https://www.polygon.com/23375210/overwatch-2-unlock-heroes-new-players
Overwatch 2 Review in Progress
https://www.ign.com/articles/overwatch-2-review
Lootboxes forced open
https://clips.twitch.tv/EphemeralRacyCougarRaccAttack-54sQxiDzOn31epjm
Blizzard diversity code cracked
https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoBestFriendsPlay/comments/xqi5z0/diversity_scores_finally_discovered_we_now_know/
Declan‘s video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3aG_WODQW8