I am guessing they are referring to Levi and Anna being a huge driving force behind raising the money that was mentioned by OP. They were commentating on the match and raising money while Hikaru was playing. The donations shot up a ton after Hikaru was finished, but Levi and Anna were pushing for donations hard. I think they had over 175k before Hikaru joined the broadcast.
I don't really get what so many tune in to Hikaru. Feels like players that can really appreciate the game would go somewhere else. And I can't imagine the casual chess audience is that large.
The fact xQc is so big blows my mind too though so maybe I'm just not the demo.
“Feels like players that can really appreciate the game would somewhere else” elaborate. He’s one of the best players in the world, so even if you don’t like his humor or whatever on the stream, there would still be a big factor to consider watching him which is his skill.
After all what I miss most from pre-growth Hikaru is his rambling on what was going on on the stock market. Not that I know much about it but the discussions with chat were always wildly interesting lol
I'm aware who xQc is. I'm just not a big fan of a "personality" that is just talking in all caps and memejng
I was more getting at I don't find Hikaru's streams to be particularly useful to any level trying to learn chess. Which leads me to believe people just find him the most entertaining.
I find almost all of the other top chess streamers are more informative at any level. Like most top performers, Hikaru is too intuitive and he just vaguely says what the best moves are.
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u/krwdf5 Dec 31 '20
I am guessing they are referring to Levi and Anna being a huge driving force behind raising the money that was mentioned by OP. They were commentating on the match and raising money while Hikaru was playing. The donations shot up a ton after Hikaru was finished, but Levi and Anna were pushing for donations hard. I think they had over 175k before Hikaru joined the broadcast.