tyler blevins known as ninja posts cryptic tweet on 10th anniversary of lebron james signing the buzz that tyler blevins also known as ninja generated by streaming on a new platform showed the power famous content creators have in the video game industrycreditvincent tullo for the new york timesjuly 8 2020when tyler blevins who is better known in the video gaming world as ninja posted a cryptic tweet on wednesday that seemed to hint at some sort of announcement his ardent fans thought he might reveal the kind of bigdollar contract one would expect from baseball or basketball starsinstead mr blevins who was left without an online home when the streaming platform mixer announced in june that it would shut down played video games live on youtube and promised fans that more streams were coming sooner rather than laterthat mr blevins could generate a flurry of speculation with one tweet speaks to the influence of one of the worlds most famous online personalities and to the increasing popularity of highprofile gamers mr blevins has said in interviews he would like to be as well known as the basketball star lebron jameson wednesday the 10th anniversary of the day mr james decided to sign with the miami heat mr blevins did the first livestream on his own youtube channel he appeared with electric blue hair alongside friends and played the popular game fortnite at its peak more than 160000 people tuned into mr blevinss 97minute streamfans and gaming news sites were initially quick to declare that mr blevins had permanently landed on youtube but many pumped the brakes when it became unclear whether mr blevins had signed a deal with the companyloyalists to twitch the amazonowned streaming platform had begged mr blevins to come home to the service which he used as he rocketed to stardom several years ago before he signed a deal with mixer which is owned by microsoftmr blevins who has said he makes more than 500000 a month from streaming has more than 14 million followers on twitch the most on the platform despite not being active there since he left for mixer last summer reportedly making 20 million to 30 million in the processhe has nearly 24 million youtube subscribers though he said on his stream that he had never gone live on youtube before wednesdayif mr blevins does choose to stream exclusively on youtube it could provide a boost for youtubes gaming push the platform recently signed the contentious star felix kjellberg better known as pewdiepie to an exclusive contract but trails twitch over all in the fight to dominate the live gaming industrythe power in the livestreaming gaming industry has gradually shifted from the platforms to the creators said doron nir the chief executive of the livestreaming services provider streamelements since they now have more options for where to build their brandrepresentatives for mr blevins did not respond to a request for commentwe welcome any content from him said talia yates a spokeswoman for