Fans react to Karl Jacobs and GeorgeNotFound's Streamer Awards red carpet "announcement" about joining Kick

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At the red carpet pre-show of the Streamer Awards 2023 held on March 11, popular Minecraft streamers Karl Jacobs and GeorgeNotFound appeared to announce an apparent move to Kick.

Fans and viewers had varied reactions to the bid, with the majority penning it down as a joke and finding the premise of announcing their move to Kick at a Twitch-sponsored event highly entertaining.

Here is a clip of Moistcr1tikal reacting to the official stream.

The Streamer Awards is back for its second year and is bigger than ever, with English-speaking streamers from all across the world converging for a night of festivities and celebrations. The annual awards ceremony was started by host and founder QTCinderella as a way for the streaming industry to unite and recognize the talented streamers at the top of the game last year.

Before the main event started at the Streamer Awards, there was a pretty long red carpet where a few anchors were doing short interviews with some creators coming into the venue. Among them were Karl Jacobs and GeorgeNotFound, known for their funny bits on live events, who talked to Ludwig and HasanAbi and made quite a show about joining the relatively new streaming platform, Kick.

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The two told the anchors that he was pumped for an announcement. Ludwig noted that whatever the content, it would be watched by around 250K people who were watching the Streamer Awards stream from the main channel alone. At this point, Karl and George revealed that they were joining the new Stake-owned platform:

The announcement was met with surprise by most of their fans, and Ludwig promptly pointed out the list of sponsors to Karl Jacobs and GeorgeNotFound, specifically drawing attention to the fact that Twitch, Kick's primary