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Retarded_Clown_
Feb 18, 2012

Don't these people have to report this poo poo to the IRS or something goddamn. What the gently caress

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Doctor Goat
Jan 22, 2005

Where does it hurt?
After a certain amount you do, yeah.

Same with selling CS:GO items on Steam.

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
I guarantee there's been at least one retarded streamer hit with an epic $30,000 tax penalty or something from that stuff.

Ristolaz
Sep 29, 2005

By completely blowing off my BS you have passed the first trial

Larry Parrish posted:

I guarantee there's been at least one retarded streamer hit with an epic $30,000 tax penalty or something from that stuff.

(voice muffled because my teeth are sunk into my office desk) That'll teach him

Wormskull
Aug 23, 2009

They can't solicit them actively IIRC without being a non-profit organization and I think if you call them tips your safer. Also, I think they are fairly heavily taxed. Bacon_Donut spent several hours once explaining that you need to hire a real tax man to do real men's taxes.

Wormskull
Aug 23, 2009

DildoManiac69.

devtesla
Jan 2, 2012


Grimey Drawer
upgrade to turbo tax home and business

Fredrik1
Jan 22, 2005

Gopherslayer
:rock:
Fallen Rib
It's legal to receive money.

If anything is illegal on twitch it's to stream video games.

Fredrik1 fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Mar 7, 2016

Soral
May 30, 2009

its really hosed up that these losers are being paid thousand$$$ of u.s. american dollars to play video games and meanwhile i have to live on a monthly welfare check that i can barely afford my amiibos and 3ds virtual console games with

Retarded_Clown_
Feb 18, 2012

Wormskull posted:

DildoManiac69.

Unexpected Raw Anime
Oct 9, 2012

You just file as a tipped employee & make sure you're withholding properly or you're gonna owe a shitton come tax time. Also don't companies overlook the streaming thing because it's good advertising or whatever

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Benny D posted:

You just file as a tipped employee & make sure you're withholding properly or you're gonna owe a shitton come tax time. Also don't companies overlook the streaming thing because it's good advertising or whatever

Some big companies care a lot but the esports guys encourage it

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

CalebHart42 bought a house solely on twitch donations and moved his girlfriend, Yuna92Raichu, in with him.

Retarded_Clown_
Feb 18, 2012

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

CalebHart42 bought a house solely on twitch donations and moved his girlfriend, Yuna92Raichu, in with him.

Mapparu
Sep 22, 2013

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

CalebHart42 bought a house solely on twitch donations and moved his girlfriend, Yuna92Raichu, in with him.

some guy who plays minecraft bought a 4.5 million mansion in hollywood
http://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-streamer-buys-45-million-mansion/

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

Mapparu posted:

some guy who plays minecraft bought a 4.5 million mansion in hollywood
http://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-streamer-buys-45-million-mansion/
didn't he just get robbed of something like 500K though?

i wonder if that mansion decision will bite him in the rear end

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Mapparu posted:

some guy who plays minecraft bought a 4.5 million mansion in hollywood
http://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-streamer-buys-45-million-mansion/

That's the most YOLO thing I've ever seen.

net cafe scandal
Mar 18, 2011

Mapparu posted:

some guy who plays minecraft bought a 4.5 million mansion in hollywood
http://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-streamer-buys-45-million-mansion/

Its weird that they mentioned "stainless steel barbeque" along side "party sized spa" and infinity pool.

trying to jack off
Dec 31, 2007

net cafe scandal
Mar 18, 2011

The Narnian League.

trying to jack off
Dec 31, 2007

since uploading takes so much time ive worked out a new career path for me. i will uplaod content for popular youtubers 12 hours a day, this is probably more than even a full time job

mysterious loyall X
Jul 8, 2003

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

CalebHart42 bought a house solely on twitch donations and moved his girlfriend, Yuna92Raichu, in with him.

i h8 him...fuuuuu

Mapparu
Sep 22, 2013


i looked him up and this comment is actually correct, he doesn't just play video games. he is also the creative mastermind behind a gangnam style parody called minecraft style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b84Z3IRg3VA

trying to jack off
Dec 31, 2007

Mapparu posted:

i looked him up and this comment is actually correct, he doesn't just play video games. he is also the creative mastermind behind a gangnam style parody called minecraft style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b84Z3IRg3VA

lmfao

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

Mapparu posted:

i looked him up and this comment is actually correct, he doesn't just play video games. he is also the creative mastermind behind a gangnam style parody called minecraft style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b84Z3IRg3VA
also the creative genius behind "TNT", a parody of Taio Cruz's "Dynamite"

truly a visionary

Pablo Nergigante
Apr 16, 2002

net cafe scandal posted:

The Narnian League.

The Lion, The Twitch and the Wardrobe

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

mysterious loyall X posted:

i h8 him...fuuuuu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WilkndNIIfI

Wormskull
Aug 23, 2009

CaptainSparklez is some drat win.

HORMELCHILI
Jan 13, 2010


Mapparu posted:

some guy who plays minecraft bought a 4.5 million mansion in hollywood
http://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-streamer-buys-45-million-mansion/

gently caress video games

Kazvall
Mar 20, 2009

If I had that kind of money I would not buy a mansion. I'd build an underground complex. loving simpletons.

Squeezy Farm
Jun 16, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR1ZhWpi_dY

Aston
Nov 19, 2007

Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay
Okay


how can you get that mad about messing up like 4 minutes in

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

Aston posted:

how can you get that mad about messing up like 4 minutes in
once you're in the speedrunning mindset of "i must not screw up even once", any mistake is infuriating whether you're 4 minutes or 4 hours in. assaulting chairs is pretty extreme though.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

I get mad when I die to a Bloodborne boss after 90% of his health is gone and I start panicking but usually I just toss the controller up in the air lightly and catch it again, instead of breaking furniture

Kazvall
Mar 20, 2009

In Training posted:

I get mad when I die to a Bloodborne boss after 90% of his health is gone and I start panicking but usually I just toss the controller up in the air lightly and catch it again, instead of breaking furniture

Ah yes. The Bloodborne Bobble Strategy.

frank.club
Jan 15, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

In Training posted:

I get mad when I die to a Bloodborne boss after 90% of his health is gone and I start panicking but usually I just toss the controller up in the air lightly and catch it again, instead of breaking furniture

*composes imp zone thread to complain about a boss but remembers the vicious trolling at the hands of the chrysalis*

The Kins
Oct 2, 2004

Aston posted:

how can you get that mad about messing up like 4 minutes in
roid rage

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!
Not entirely related but ever since I watched that Law and Order SVU episode about the gamer terrorist group, I've been floating around an idea for a Lets Play/game review channel (tentatively) called The Terror Gamer, where the gimmick is that the streamer is dressed up like a terrorist, with bulletproof vest, balaclava, pocket koran etc and the guest hosts pretend to be various hostages. He'd play the games, and make the hostages play bad games (or bad sections of good games) while 'threatening' them with of box cutter or fake AK47.

mysterious loyall X
Jul 8, 2003

Opa mi ecraft style heeey scary creeper oppa minecraft style

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Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!
Theme song https://m.soundcloud.com/eonothem/vidya-takbir

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