Despite what someone may think about my content, my VOD is actually doing WAY BETTER than my live streaming and have been on a constant schedule (as much as I try to comply with it) with simulcasting in multiples and going for the top ones.

And yes, there has been a big influx of newest networks to top Twitch or be the best answer to both Twitch and YouTube or maybe, motivated for a new alternative and be the next Mixer (without burning itself to the ground with no point of return as it has always being rumored on what happened to the formerly Microsoft owned streaming network).

And now, enter Kick…

Kick is just approximately 3 days old and while many things including the people (REAL PEOPLE) behind it and backend details remains a mystery (aparently it is a legit blockchain network feeded via crypto), streamer Tyler ‘Trainwreck’ Niknam has been kind of his spokesperson since day one.

Kick bills itself as a creator-friendly platform with favorable policies that’d attract even the smallest streamer to give it a try and I am amazed that even Trainwreck, while inviting content creator to give the platform a try, warns that many features are in development and might be a motivation to either wait for the development of the network’s features.

I hope that this honest approach to sell with a warning of Trainwreck is a test of good faith. I will give him that.

Kick was created to answer the problems that Twitch is facing and some that it doesn’t want to address and of course, a revenue split formula is already established and it is a HEFTY 95% for the streamer and 5% for the network, of course destroying the criticized 50-50 of Twitch and the more friendlier (and de-facto average) YouTube formula of 70-30.

But this will be in-ad revenue, because the good thing is that donations are 100% for the streamer which of course kills the competition in this category, that is if Kick can really KICKOFF.

Other important aspect is the Terms & Conditions in which Trainwreck claims that it is designed to be clarity in mind and looks to protect users from ambiguous ban, a big problematic in all other networks, mainly on Twitch and Facebook Gaming and things like gambling will have moderate moderation along with the essential SFW and NSFW, but already this morning, people complaining streamer testing this moderation practically got away with it reportedly.

In aesthetic terms…The site DOES LOOK A LOT like Twitch which is one of the things that makes me wary of adopting Kick right away, including customization is extremely similar to Twitch also.

I get that maybe Kick wants people to feel familiar and not lost in yet another network, but I think the key is to be an actual differentiator in EVERY ASPECT.

One thing that kills my interest to try the service this very week is that the Category catalog is WAY TOO SHORT for a gaming streaming network and seems that developers of Kick are just going for what is being played right now and basically, games that probably are considered retro or not popular are not listed.

I felt disrespected that I could not simulate a streaming setup because Cyberpunk 2077 is non-existent in the Category catalog…

Also another thing that makes me wary of streaming out of the box is precisely that as of this morning, people were struggling to get their respective stream being issued by the platform and while for my part, I already got my key, some people were still struggling most of the day awaiting to get one.

And other streamers that I managed to see have already tested a stream, and said that they would love to have more basic features like full mod tools and not be limited to only ban people.

A little detail, but not for me, as I think that even the mail system of Kick is not completely setup as my Password Recovery (I signed with my Google account) was sent from “Example” and while triggering my OCD, I carefully verified that it was indeed from Kick, which maybe think once again that Kick seems a little rushed, so I get that maybe Kick is not ready for me at least for now.