Gambling, and the extent to which streamers should use their platforms to promote it, has long been a controversial topic among top content creators. “I think a lot of streamers like to be on high horses like, ‘Yeah, I’ll never do X, Y, Z,’ and then they later do X, Y, and Z, because the money’s good” For now, he’s looking to make the venture more profitable - even if it means raising money in controversial ways. “I had heard about it, but I didn’t really understand it until I dove into the nitty-gritty of things.” He said that he’s prepared to lose “like a million bucks” in the venture over the next two years, but that he would reassess after that.

Polygon talked with Disguised Toast over Zoom about why streamers are expanding their presence outside of livestreaming, the challenge of starting an esports team, and why he would consider gambling sponsorships even after the Twitch controversy.ĭisguised Toast told Polygon that he was surprised by how unprofitable esports is. He’s the founder and owner of Disguised (DSG), a Valorant team playing in the North American Challengers League. Over time, he amassed some 2.8 million followers on Twitch and 3.7 million on YouTube by streaming games like Among Us alongside other talent like Valkyrae and Corpse Husband. In 2017, he joined OfflineTV, a content creation group co-founded by Pokimane and Scarra. The streamer got his start doing trick plays and trolling players on the digital card game Hearthstone. Jeremy Wang, known as Disguised Toast on Twitch, has long been known as a shitposter.

Poki and toast living in a house