{"id":10047,"date":"2023-05-18T11:37:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T09:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/18\/everyone-encounters-some-kind-of-abuse-stephen-jorbs-flavall-speaks-out-on-the-dark-side-of-twitch-streaming\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T11:37:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T09:37:48","slug":"everyone-encounters-some-kind-of-abuse-stephen-jorbs-flavall-speaks-out-on-the-dark-side-of-twitch-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/18\/everyone-encounters-some-kind-of-abuse-stephen-jorbs-flavall-speaks-out-on-the-dark-side-of-twitch-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Everyone encounters some kind of abuse\u2019: Stephen \u2018Jorbs\u2019 Flavall speaks out on the dark side of Twitch streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his new memoir, Before We Go Live, the Twitch and YouTube star pulls back the curtain on the world of pro game streaming \u2013 and details some of the toxic behaviour he says he has witnessed<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Flavall \u2013 or Jorbs as he is known on YouTube and Twitch, where he has more than 100,000 followers \u2013 rose to fame streaming strategy games such as XCOM and Slay the Spire, a game in which he has achieved several world records. He\u2019s considered a high-ranking Twitch streamer, with a soothing monotone voice and an infectious laugh. He\u2019s very consistent. When you watch Flavall\u2019s Twitch channel, you know exactly what to expect: funny and cerebral anecdotes, informative strategy tips and a supportive community.<\/p>\n<p>But his new memoir, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spenderbooks.com\/products\/before-we-go-live\">Before We Go Live<\/a>, does something unexpected: it pulls back the curtain on the back end of professional game streaming \u2013 which, as anyone who follows online gaming culture knows, is rife with<strong> <\/strong>rampant toxicity, abuse and harassment. It\u2019s a chilling wakeup call for the industry, from the top down.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/may\/18\/everyone-encounters-some-kind-of-abuse-stephen-jorbs-flavall-speaks-out-on-the-dark-side-of-twitch-streaming\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d2ad590c8112f7c864f9eb2d498b317bbed53315\/0_147_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d72435c8f474da5bc3b2c3cbcb52e0be\" title=\"\u2018Everyone encounters some kind of abuse\u2019: Stephen \u2018Jorbs\u2019 Flavall speaks out on the dark side of Twitch streaming\" \/>In his new memoir, Before We Go Live, the Twitch and YouTube star pulls back the curtain on the world of pro game streaming \u2013 and details some of the toxic behaviour he says he has witnessed<br \/>\nStephen Flavall \u2013 or Jorbs as he is known on YouTube and Twitch, where he has more than 100,000 followers \u2013 rose to fame streaming strategy games such as XCOM and Slay the Spire, a game in which he has achieved several world records. He\u2019s considered a high-ranking Twitch streamer, with a soothing monotone voice and an infectious laugh. He\u2019s very consistent. When you watch Flavall\u2019s Twitch channel, you know exactly what to expect: funny and cerebral anecdotes, informative strategy tips and a supportive community.<br \/>\nBut his new memoir, Before We Go Live, does something unexpected: it pulls back the curtain on the back end of professional game streaming \u2013 which, as anyone who follows online gaming culture knows, is rife with rampant toxicity, abuse and harassment. It\u2019s a chilling wakeup call for the industry, from the top down. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his new memoir, Before We Go Live, the Twitch and YouTube star pulls back the curtain on the world of pro game streaming \u2013 and details some of the toxic behaviour he says he has witnessed Stephen Flavall \u2013 or Jorbs as he is known on YouTube and Twitch, where he has more than &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/18\/everyone-encounters-some-kind-of-abuse-stephen-jorbs-flavall-speaks-out-on-the-dark-side-of-twitch-streaming\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Everyone encounters some kind of abuse\u2019: Stephen \u2018Jorbs\u2019 Flavall speaks out on the dark side of Twitch streaming<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10047"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}