Target god Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek returned to Twitch today, after a saga that included an exclusive deal with Microsoft-owned streaming platform Mixer last year, Mixer his sudden death in June of this year, and a month-long period of uncertainty about where he would land. He was greeted by hundreds of thousands of viewers. And technical problems.
Grzesiek was scheduled to stream at 11 PM PDT / 2 PM ET, but although his channel went live, it remained 50 minutes at a “Start Soon” splash screen. Viewers stick it out, with the view of the channel running all the time. Before Grzesiek himself arrived, 380,000 viewers gathered in a conversation that kept going up as if it was too late for an appointment with god. Entities like CashApp and people like streamer / musician Jordan Fisher subscribed to viewers as they waited.
After 50 minutes, Grzesiek’s new intro was played – a fast-paced highlighter sprinkled with dazzling blue graphics – but it was completely silent. It was in contrast to other recent Twitch releases, which have focused on polished style and flash. But that’s never really been Grzesiek’s thing. He has greatly improved his production values and refined his approach as he grew from a pro-gamer into one of the greatest streamers in the world, but in many ways he is a throwback: He is a fun boy who plays and plays. He’s really, really good with her. That’s his whole thing.
When Grzesiek finally arrived, his conversation immediately revealed that he had a beard and glasses.
“You can call me Uncle Shroud, if you want,” Grzesiek said. “I like that.”
Later, people compared his new appearance to Adam Sandler from the movie Uncut Gems. “I love Adam Sandler,” he said, grinning.
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When the stream started in earnest, the display counter shot up again, until it briefly hung above 510,000. Grzesiek was stupid, saying during the stream that he expected 150,000 or 200,000 viewers, but no more than double that.
‘I do not know why there are so many of you here, but I do appreciate it. Thank you. I’m just a normal guy who likes to play a lot of games. Too much, sometimes, ‘he said. ‘At first I was not [nervous], but then I saw the spectators climb and thought I did not deserve it … I’m just a boy playing. “
‘I will not have a crazy epic for seven minutes [intro] riding in a Lamborghini by the window and shaking children like an old man, ”he said, referring to Guy“ Dr Disrespect ”Beahm, who recently made a controversial return of his own on YouTube. “But I knew most of you expected it, and I’m sorry.”
He attributed the slow start to ‘technical difficulties’. Specifically, he messaged the resolution of his stream by setting it to 720p instead of 1080p and tried to change it without restarting his stream. This apparently caused a cascading series of other problems.
He also revealed that his original plan was to go live yesterday in collaboration with the announcement of its new Twitch deal, but then he realized he had to commit a robbery World of Warcraft. ‘I didn’t want it to be my first stream WoW, “He said, noting that it would have been ‘strange’ because people know him most as a shooter. ‘It’s what it is. I play WoW, sue me. Do not touch me.
Then Grzesiek grouped herself with other streamers, including Jordan Fisher, Justin “Just9n” Ortiz, and Hannah “Bnans” Kennedy, and played Valorant. During the session, other popular streamers such as Imane “Pokimane” Anys, Félix “xQc” Lengyel, and Tyler “Trainwrecks” Niknam gave guest appearances in conversation. “Everyone is here!” exclaimed one viewer in conversation.
True to form, Grzesiek has spent most of his time quietly or playing Valorant or quipping and laughing about the game. When Anys, who is currently taking a break from streaming due to burnout (and in the aftermath of drama sparked by an opportunistic YouTuber), appeared, Grzesiek extended the virtues of vacation, after having just returned from one of his own which lasted more than a month. “I hope you enjoy your time,” he said. “Breakes are good. Really, they are great. ”
As of now, the stream is still flowing, with Grzesiek slowly shaking rust. He and his team lost their first Valorant match pretty bad, but there will undoubtedly be many, many more.
“I do not know how many people are sitting here waiting for something big, when I knew exactly what I was going to do,” Grzesiek said. ‘I will watch and play games. That’s all I will do. And screwed up my intro video of course by having no audio. ”
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