"Welcome back, degenerates," PrematureFinisher greeted his chat, leaning dramatically into his mic as the stream kicked off. "We're live. We're thriving. And no—I haven't emotionally recovered from Dark Moon's first match."
He was seated in what looked like a tiny rented flat with tragic lighting and an aggressively colorful ramen bowl. The stream overlay was labeled "Post-Match Breakdown: Dark Moon vs. Starridge – A Disappointment" and the thumbnail featured Kain's face in a glowing pink frame made out of butterflies, rainbows, and puppies. It was the perfect frame design for a 5-year old girl.
The viewer count immediately ticked past 82,000.
Indeed, ever since Premie leaned into his lives centering around Kain, although his viewership never exceeded 200k again, it was still far beyond the original 2-5k viewers per stream.
