YouTube Gaming has been aggressively luring Twitch creators to its platform, and the latest to defect is “Ludwig” Ahgren. Ludwig is probably greatest identified for his marathon streaming session that allowed him to interrupt the Twitch all-time subscriber document held by Ninja, ultimately hitting 283,066 all-time energetic subs.

Ludwig broke the information in an amusing Twitter video that confirmed him driving along with his supervisor “Slime” in a purple automobile that ultimately explodes after they get out. He then jumps right into a crimson mannequin, driving dwelling the purpose that he is leaving staff purple for staff crimson. “It’s pretty much the same one,” says Slime. “Yeah, it’s just like a different color,” Ludwig replies. (“We actually blew up a car and one-take-jaked it,” Slime tweeted individually.) 

In a reply on Twitter, Twitch mentioned “You’re a mogul in every sense, Ludwig. Best of luck and keep doing big things out there. However, the site has been bleeding talent to its rival of late. Ludwig’s departure follows recent moves to YouTube Gaming by Benjamin Lupo (“DrLupo”) and TimTheTatMan (Tim Betar), along with previous defections by big-name streamers Lannan “LazarBeam” Eacott, Elliott “Muselk” Watkins and Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter. Jack “CouRage” Dunlop additionally jumped ship in 2019. 

In a separate video explaining the transfer, Ludwig mentioned that he first spoke to YouTube gaming as “leverage” however deliberate to stick with Twitch “because I’m a Twitch guy.” However, he later realized that YouTube made extra sense, partially as a result of he desires to supply content material like Mogul Money on prime of sport react movies. 

He additionally famous that if he had stayed with Twitch, “I would have to be grinding hours,” and that “I loved Twitch, but it wasn’t necessarily a two-way street.” Finally, he mentioned that whereas the change wasn’t essentially about cash, “YouTube offered me more money. Straight up.”