Soon after I joined Justin.tv, the site moved all gamers over to Twitch.tv, their new domain for video game streamers. I switched over to FFSplit as my streaming tool and advertised my stream on places like Facebook, Team Liquid, and my blog. Eventually another IBMer in Tucson found my blog by googling "IBM Starcraft 2". It was then that I met other players from IBM, which would eventually transpire into our competition in the After Hours Gaming League. It was my "career" in StarCraft 2 that I grew the most as a name in the community. But eventually as the game of StarCraft 2 became less popular and the After Hours Gaming League went on hiatus, I stopped streaming for a majority of 2016-17.
The Affiliate program for Twitch started in April of 2017, but I didn't start streaming again until 2018. At this point, my computer was not as powerful to produce the same quality as other streams out there, but I wanted to share the experience of IBM's return to the After Hours Gaming League in the 2018 season. I would eventually upgrade my system and with the help of Streamlabs OBS, I was producing a quality stream once again. However, since StarCraft 2 was just not a popular a game anymore, I had to move elsewhere to maintain viewership, and I found that in Fortnite Battle Royale.
As of August 1st, I was officially invited to join the Affiliate program with Twitch, where I can start making money when playing video games. And just like when I started streaming back in 2011, I will continue to temper my expectations here.
Feel free to follow along at https://www.twitch.tv/atrain64
