Gargflaps

Gamer, big ol' IT nerd and occasional twitch streamer of the weird and wonderful in gaming.

[ToonHive @ToonHive]

Nicholas Galitzine, who stars as He-Man in the upcoming live-action film, has officially recreated the iconic meme.

[Mark Duplass @MarkDuplass]

Some good news...

[Ashni @ashnichrist]

So what really happened at StreamElements?

I spoke with former team members and a competitor CEO.

This ends in a warning for the space and I’ll admit, I have concerns for other tools…

The timeline:

- 2016: Founded in Tel Aviv. Free tools for streamers. Built to “do right by creators”

- 2020-2021: HelloFresh deal hits $30M/year. Brand awareness team working with HBO, Disney, McDonalds, Spotify etc

- Sept 2021: Raises $100M Series B from SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Tripled headcount & CEO swap

- 2022-2023: Builds BOSS, a $50M sponsorship system. Bets on automating what was working manually

- 2022-2023: Three rounds of layoffs. Awareness team fired

- Jan 2026: CEO posts a 4am video asking creators to donate $300k to keep tools running. Campaign raises ~$2,100

- May 2026: Sponsorship dashboard empty. Creators publicly reporting unpaid sponsorships, rumors circulating of a shutdown

- Current status: Acquisition (?) partner confirmed but unnamed

It seems like leadership mistook a pandemmy-era jackpot for a repeatable system (not their fault tbh)

They bet $50M that a sponsorship-matching tool could replace the low-margin brand awareness business

This caused a death spiral: sponsorship rates decreased, large creators who previously worked with SE didn’t sign up at the lower rates, ROI for brands decreased, budgets were cut

All that was left were the small streamers who drive very little ROI for brands

Biz model of packaging up small streamers seems to be quite ineffective

My concern: streaming tools may not be a VC category

- Throne raised $830K, then returned the money to go bootstrapped (founder said their market couldn’t support a venture-backed outcome)
- Tiltify, Streamloots, Restream, Meld… all raised once, never again

CEOs telling me vc will not fund anymore because streaming tools don’t hit enough revenue

Because streamers expect everything to be free

This means future tools & innovation will be bootstrapped, solo devs, or maybe built by rich T1 streamers as passion projects

Unless the tools I listed above can become profitable & prove the vc model… we may see less tools overall

Have also heard someone else on that list is going bankrupt soon too (would be shocking)

If you’re a creator, the free tool you rely on may be running on a model that doesn’t survive scale

Expect more collapses and don’t build your business to be reliant on a tool

Really hope the current tool founders can make it work

Good luck to all and pls lmk if I can help

[Gargflaps @Gargflaps]

@BocaBola_ We LOVE air conditioners... for the 2 weeks of the year we actually need them

[Gargflaps @Gargflaps]

One of my absolute all time favourite Funhaus moments

[tones! @tonestirade]

the best Star Wars content on the internet will always come from Jacob Fullerton

[BFI @BFI]

Badger, badger, badger... MUSHROOM, MUSHROOM 🍄

Jonti Picking's flash animation - and earworm - set the world alight in 2003, becoming one of the internet's most iconic memes. Now preserved in the BFI National Archive.

[Discogs @discogs]

These IDM records pushed the limits of studio-based experimentation. https://t.co/zwRZhdNZ4g

[Gargflaps @Gargflaps]

@RayNarvaezJr @rayofsun0915 Fuck me that’s a hard cut to an old reference

[Tom @TomPestock]

@ThiccBayley @legit__tcw @Thecoachrules @SIRIUSXM @davidlagreca1 I am Baron Corbin dumbass

[Gargflaps @Gargflaps]

Reading comprehension is at an all time low, holy shit people

[Tamyra Mensah Stock @MensahTamStock]

On a weekend off working for WWE,
I went back to Olympic wrestling, won gold at Worlds, prize purse was $350000....
Tried to go back to WWE that Monday.
They moved me up to Raw, just to tell me they had to let me go bc I went behind their back....

So was this a

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the jury trial reforms

"I waited 1,088 days to go to court. We've been told [by the Government] that if we have concerns about this Bill, it's because we've not been raped"

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Dear @ShabanaMahmood,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

[Patraman🌸 @patramanchan]

Big studios: "Market risk too high".
Indie devs: curling with office chairs it is 🪑🎯

Game: office chair curling
#SteamNextFest #indiegame

[Funhaus Archive @FunhausArchive]

Lookin ain't a crime.

[Undertaker @undertaker]

Congratulations to Ax & Smash of Demolition and welcome to the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2026. #WWEHOF

[CHELSEA GREEN @ImChelseaGreen]

Rhea is proof that you can be kind, respectful and the most talented wrestler in the world.

[Gargflaps @Gargflaps]

Fuck you Molsom Coors, may your tepid piss forever spoil.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Sad news: The Cornish brewery that makes Doom Bar ale is to be closed by its US owner. The drinks company Molson Coors said it plans to shut Sharp’s Brewery in Rock, Cornwall, saying it was “no longer financially sustainable”.

[Gargflaps @Gargflaps]

@Stallion83 @asha_shar @Xbox "What's a game?"

[Gargflaps @Gargflaps]

“Quality over Quantity” described in visual format

[Happy Punch @HappyPunch]

Jin Sasaki had one of the coldest walk off knockouts of all-time last night 🥶😭