{"id":7527,"date":"2021-05-01T20:08:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T00:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/01\/gaming-community-blasts-comedian-bill-maher-for-calling-twitch-a-waste-of-time\/"},"modified":"2021-05-01T21:31:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T01:31:26","slug":"gaming-community-blasts-comedian-bill-maher-for-calling-twitch-a-waste-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/01\/gaming-community-blasts-comedian-bill-maher-for-calling-twitch-a-waste-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaming community blasts comedian Bill Maher for calling Twitch a &#8220;waste of time&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><b>American comic and tv host Invoice Maher determined to take a shot at Twitch viewers throughout his \u201cActual Time with Invoice Maher\u201d present, main the gaming group and business to tear him a brand new one throughout social media.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though Twitch and gaming proceed to develop at a wild tempo, the business can\u2019t please everybody \u2014 and, apparently, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">actually<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can\u2019t please Invoice Maher (or his present\u2019s writers). Throughout a latest section of his discuss present, the host took the chance to goal his sights on the Twitch streaming world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whereas discussing technological literacy, evaluating 80-year-olds who can\u2019t use telephones to youthful individuals who can\u2019t get off of theirs, Maher turned his consideration to Twitch. Unsurprisingly, a clip of him bashing the streaming platform\u2019s viewers then acquired large traction on social media, with players unhappily responding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Posted by accounts like DefNoodles and Jake Fortunate, the Maher video rapidly grew to become overwhelmed with backlash from random followers alongside standard figures like Alanah Pearce, Staff Liquid\u2019s Juan \u2018hungrybox\u2019 Debiedma, Gladd, and even The Needle Drop\u2019s Anthony Fantano.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watching Invoice Maher is a waste of fucking time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alanah Pearce (@Charalanahzard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Charalanahzard\/status\/1388453131508273153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After complaining about individuals being on their cellphone an excessive amount of, Maher strikes to those that watch streamers: \u201cPossibly I get Twitch, however I simply suppose individuals watching different individuals enjoying video video games is a waste of f**king time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pearce, a recreation author and developer, responds to the video equally to nearly all of followers: \u201cWatching Invoice Maher is a waste of f**king time.\u201d Whereas recognized higher for his music critiques than his gaming, Fantano chimed in with the very same response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for individuals on the streaming facet of issues, Liquid\u2019s Hbox determined to gauge his group\u2019s sentiments. The Tremendous Smash Bros. Melee champion and streamer opted to quote-tweet with a colorfully worded request.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">retweet for those who\u2019ve ever been extra entertained by a Twitch streamer than shitty late night time discuss present hosts https:\/\/t.co\/OsMvtbq6YU<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 hungrybox (@LiquidHbox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiquidHbox\/status\/1388557041174777864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Primarily based on hundreds of retweets, it\u2019s apparent that a lot of individuals agree with Hbox and, of their expertise, have \u201cbeen extra entertained by a Twitch streamer than s**tty late night time discuss present hosts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conversely, one other streamer, Gladd, took issues in a special course.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m retiring boyz. It\u2019s over. https:\/\/t.co\/S7b00x7x36<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gladd (@Gladd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gladd\/status\/1388592618280476676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whereas one has to think about that Gladd is being sarcastic and making some extent about how little Maher\u2019s opinion impacts him, it\u2019s clear that the group shouldn&#8217;t be happy with the host\u2019s feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One can also\u2019t assist however be reminded of a preferred saying, that goes for each followers of Maher and followers of Twitch: \u201cThe time you take pleasure in losing shouldn&#8217;t be wasted time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/entertainment\/comedian-bill-maher-twitch-a-waste-of-time-1564841\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] American comic and tv host Invoice Maher determined to take a shot at Twitch viewers throughout his \u201cActual Time with Invoice Maher\u201d present, main the gaming group and business to tear him a brand new one throughout social media. Though Twitch and gaming proceed to develop at a wild tempo, the business can\u2019t please [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[5443,2463,2202,3704,2399,176,5444,379,774,5445],"class_list":["post-7527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-influencer","tag-bill","tag-blasts","tag-calling","tag-comedian","tag-community","tag-gaming","tag-maher","tag-time","tag-twitch","tag-waste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7528,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions\/7528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dviouscontent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}