Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Ninja’s unwillingness to stream with women is a problem that points to a larger problem

Twitch’s biggest streamer, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, doesn’t stream with women. He’s spoken about his decision before, explaining that “it’s just not worth it” to face the potential drama and rumors that might occur as a result. Last week, he echoed that sentiment again to The Verge’s sister site Polygon. “If I have one conversation with one female streamer where we’re playing with one another, and even if there’s a hint of flirting, that is going to be taken and going to be put on every single video and be clickbait forever,” he said.

Unsurprisingly, Blevins’ belief that “the only way to avoid that [gossip] is to not play with [women] at all,” has been divisive. Blevins is inarguably popular, a streamer with more than 16 million...

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