Twitch creator Ludwig responded to the reaction amid his insanely long ‘sub-stream’ stream, in which viewers can add to the total time he has to stay live with subtitles and donations.
Ludwig Ahgren has steadily grown in popularity on Twitch over the past year, becoming a big name on the platform. With over 1.8 million followers, he has a substantial fan base and constantly entertains his viewers with a variety of game-related streams.
Although he recently took a brief break from streaming, he quickly returned to content creation in full swing with a ‘sub-zone’.
A sub-zone generally refers to a type of flow in which the breeder will remain active as long as people continue to donate and send to them. Each submarine extends the flow for a certain period of time. If it becomes popular enough, it could mean a theoretically infinite flow.
Some of the broadcasts get so long that they end up having to eat and sleep while broadcasting to potentially thousands of people, and that’s exactly what happened to Ludwig.
He started the broadcast on March 14, and it didn’t take long for the subs to start rolling, with fans determined to extend the countdown as long as possible.
So far, he has been live for more than 100 hours and is still working at the time of writing, with many hours remaining on the timer. But there currently doesn’t seem to be a limit on how much time can be added, and viewers are making the most of it.
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Despite some setbacks along the way involving the amount of time being added to the flow, Ludwig appears to be committed to the flow – even if it is much longer than he expected.
each substitute must add 10 seconds to the time, but accidentally changed to 15, so he was being tricked and now his chat is in turmoil
– purse | ludwig stream 🦇🌼🎲 (@bandito_corpse) March 18, 2021
Ludwig responds to the reaction
Despite the popularity of the stream, some people criticized Ludwig’s sub-zone because he is a popular streamer, and he addressed this reaction directly in the stream.
“It doesn’t seem like there is a very obvious pattern that streamers should follow,” he began. “I think that if I don’t go live for 11 days, I’ll feel sad because my subscription count is lower, because I’ve linked part of my value to a number on a screen, for which I want to make a sub-zone neutralize that, that’s quite normal. “
He went on to say, “obviously I didn’t plan this, because I have a trip planned, and it will probably go into the trip. But, you know, it is what it is. I could just end this and cheat myself, but it also makes me feel bad. “
Ludwig explained that he would donate about half of the money he earns to charity, while donating part to his mods.
With thousands of viewers still entertained by the broadcast, no one knows when it will end, but the sheer number of subs and donations that have flooded may inspire others to take up the challenge at some point.