Summary
- French Twitch streamer receives award meant for Japanese fighting game pro DaigotheBeasTV.
- Both streamers reached necessary hours viewed for award but something went wrong.
- Twitch mix-up leads to confusion.
A Twitch streamer was stunned to discover that the Bleed Purple award they had received from the streaming platform wasn’t intended for them. The odd moment has fans scratching their heads as to how the Twitch mix-up occurred.
Twitch offers its streamers awards when they reach certain thresholds, similar to YouTube Play Button awards. For Twitch, the hours viewed are what count, and users can get rewards for reaching 5 million hours watched, followed by 50 million and 250 million. The Bleed Purple statue is awarded to streamers who reach 5 million hours, but this streamer got an award that wasn’t intended for him.
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A French streamer, Ponce, received an award from Twitch and showed it on-stream while taking a closer look at it. Initially, he seemed to just be admiring the award, before looking at it more closely and realizing that the channel name on his award didn’t match his. Instead, the award had the username “DaigotheBeasTV,” which confused Ponce. Having no affiliation with the second streaming channel, he looked it up to discover that DaigotheBeasTV is a fighting game streamer named Daigo ‘The Beast’ Umehara, who was apparently supposed to get the award instead.
Who is DaigotheBeasTV and How Did This Twitch Mishap Occur?
DaigotheBeasTV, for the unfamiliar, is a Japanese fighting game pro that has been crowned an Evo champion six times. According to TwitchTracker, he has 448,000 followers, and he’s been active on the platform since 2016. DaigotheBeasTV’s viewers have racked up 20.4 million hours, meaning he’s more than earned the Bleed Purple award.
Meanwhile, Ponce’s account also got its start in 2016, but he’s accumulated 75 million hours watched by his viewers. There’s no official answer as to what went wrong with the Twitch awards. Presumably, the two popular Twitch streamers met the necessary thresholds and submitted their award orders around the same time, and something went wrong during the shipping process. Still, it’s a rather major mistake to make, considering that the names are clearly visible on the awards themselves. Ponce didn’t comment on whether it was the correct award otherwise, as his channel has enough hours viewed to qualify for the Marble award, which is granted at 50 million hours viewed.
At this time, it’s not clear if either streamer has reached out to the other, or if Ponce has contacted Twitch about the mishap. Ideally, Twitch should pay for Ponce’s return shipping to get the award back and then send it to its proper owner. However, it also begs the question whether DaigotheBeasTV received Ponce’s award, or if it was even actually produced. Things may get more complicated if DaigotheBeasTV doesn’t have Ponce’s award, as that could mean a third channel is tangled up in the mess.