FTW with Imad Khan: An Esports and Competitive Gaming Podcast artwork

The Past, Present, and Future of the "Hot Tub Meta" feat. Chase

FTW with Imad Khan: An Esports and Competitive Gaming Podcast

English - June 28, 2021 09:00 - 31 minutes - 58.1 MB
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The games hosted on Twitch often have constantly-shifting metas, but in recent months, the platform itself has gone through a few similar phases. The "hot tub meta," the "ASMR meta," and the streamers and creators that fuel them, have generated their fair share of controversy, for many reasons. To discuss as many of those reasons as possible, Imad is joined by former head of PR for Twitch and current head of PR and social media at StreamElements, to try and unravel how we got here, and what the future might hold for Twitch and other similar streaming services.




Read 'Twitch creates new streaming category in response to hot tub meta' on Dot Esports.




You can find Chase at @ChasejustChase.




FTW with Imad Khan is a part of the Dot Esports Podcast Network. New episodes release every Monday.

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