Twitch's Controversial Gambling Rival Kick Just Came To Xbox
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Twitch's Controversial Gambling Rival Kick Just Came To Xbox
""KICK's a live streaming platform where creators kick it with their communities. (Yeah, we said the thing...). Our creators march to the beat of their own drum, as do we, disrupting our opps with a 95-5 subscription split, our creator incentive program, and the freedom to multistream. That's why the likes of xQc, Asmongold, and MaxHolloway all pick KICK.""
"Over the years, Kick has become known as the streaming place where banned and cancelled Twitch streamers go, a sort of safe space for bad behavior that has inked million-dollar deals with controversial content creators like Felix "xQc" Lengyel, Nick "Nickmercs" Kolcheff, and Kaitlyn "Amouranth" Siragusa. Kick has rather loose community guidelines and minimal moderation, and has become a place where problematic streamers go to thrive. Adin Ross, the Andrew-Tate-loving streamer who was "indefinitely" banned on Twitch in 2023 for failing to moderate hate speech in his chat (the ban was overturned earlier this year), found success on Kick. It was there that he livestreamed an interview with then-former President Donald Trump, during which Ross gifted him a Rolex and a Cybertruck encased in a Trump-th"
Kick announced a partnership with Xbox via a social post showing a handshake and a console box labeled "video game system" with Kick branding. A dedicated Kick app is now available on Xbox consoles. The app description promotes a 95-5 subscription split, a creator incentive program, and multistreaming, and names creators such as xQc, Asmongold, and MaxHolloway. Kick has become a destination for banned or canceled Twitch streamers and has inked million-dollar deals with controversial creators. The platform operates with loose community guidelines and minimal moderation, enabling problematic streamers to find success on the site.
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