In another blow to Twitch, the streaming service, one of their most popular streamers is jumping ship to YouTube Gaming. Timothy Betar, who goes under the name, TimTheTatman, will be exclusively streaming on YouTube. An official announcement video is on his Twitter.
https://twitter.com/timthetatman/status/1433096643121909766
In the video, Tim ponders over his past and his future. He takes a look at some of his past jobs that include being a paperboy and a waiter. He then takes a look into his future. He’s greeted by the floating head of his friend and fellow streamer, CourageJD. Courage encourages Tim to join YouTube Gaming and he agrees. TimTheTatman will start streaming on YouTube Gaming on September 2.
Tim usually streams himself playing numerous first-person shooter games. Some games he plays include Fortnite and Apex Legends. He’s mostly known for playing the game, Call of Duty: Warzone. He usually plays with his group of friends that includes CourageJD and NickMercs.
YouTube Gaming and Other Streaming Platforms
TimTheTatman isn’t the first Twitch streamer to jump to another platform. Streamers like DisguisedToast headed to Facebook Gaming. Other streamers decided to head over to Mixer. Streamers such as Shroud and Ninja went to Mixer before it eventually shut down. However, one streaming platform that more streamers are headed to is YoutubeGaming. In 2019, CourageJD made his switch to the platform. Just a few months later, Valkyrae also made the jump.
However, more recently there was another streamer who moved to YouTube Gaming. Dr. Lupo, another popular Twitch streamer made the jump just two days ago. With more and more streamers headed to YouTube Gaming, who knows who’s next.
TimTheTatman will begin streaming on YouTube Gaming on September 2. We’re waiting in anticipation to see what he does for his first stream. Check out other news such as Tokyo Game Show 2021: Schedule and Where to Watch and PUBG 13.2 PC Update Patch Notes.