The US streamer Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo (28) made a joke: At the Christmas party of the streamer organization One True King, he laughed heartily at his own joke. But the gag came true.
That was the gag: At One True King’s Christmas party, the organizers were joking around.
One says in a jovial mood: “We are now making an official announcement on behalf of the company and passing the mic to Mizkif.”
Mizkif held the cell phone in his hand and pretended to read it: “The following people are fired” – big laugh.
“A lot of people were laid off.”
This is the problem: On December 20th, streamer Sodapoppin explained that they actually had to lay off some employees before Christmas. The OTK organization had to let 8 employees go, as became known through posts on social media.
The reason given is a financial bottleneck.
According to Sodapoppin, the layoffs caused unrest in the company and they now had to cancel events. But he doesn’t know any details, he currently only plays WoW all the time.
What impact on Mizkif? There is now discussion on reddit that Mizkif would look bad making the call when the layoffs occur.
He must have known that the layoffs would come in a few days. So it’s a very tasteless joke at the expense of people who have to worry about their professional existence before Christmas. The insiders would have laughed cruelly.
Others say: Mizkif isn’t that bad. He definitely didn’t know that. The man is not involved in such decisions.
In any case, it was really bad timing.
Gaming and e-sports in a difficult situation worldwide
That’s what lies behind it. Gaming is currently in a difficult situation because advertising dollars are generally low due to the tense economic situation. Additionally, esports has not turned out to be the “next poker,” as some investors had hoped.
Therefore, savings are being made and jobs are being cut in all areas, in gaming and e-sports. Even growing organizations like One True King have their problems. Recently, their biggest driving force, Asmongold, had withdrawn a bit: Asmongold is banned from Twitch, loses partners and his companies – explains what happens next and sounds like a new person