Ludwig Ahgren Explained

Birth Name:Ludwig Anders Ahgren
Birth Date:6 July 1995
Birth Place:Hollis, New Hampshire, U.S.
Education:Arizona State University (BA)
Channels:Ludwig
Location:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years Active:2015–present
Genre:Variety
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Years Active:2018–2021
Channel Url:ludwig
Genre:Gaming
Stats Update:July 22, 2024

Ludwig Anders Ahgren (born July 6, 1995), known mononymously as Ludwig, is an American live streamer, YouTuber, podcaster, comedian, esports commentator, and competitor. Ahgren is best known for his live streams on Twitch from 2018 through late 2021, and on YouTube beginning in late 2021, where he broadcasts video-game-related content as well as non-video-game-related content such as game shows and contests. He is also known for his work as an esports commentator at various Super Smash Bros. Melee tournaments. He is the co-owner of the esports organization Moist Esports. He began streaming full-time on February 16, 2019.

While holding a widely publicized "subathon" event, Ahgren became the most-subscribed Twitch streamer of all time in 2021, eventually reaching around 282,000 subscribers at its peak, beating the previous record set by fellow streamer Ninja. On November 29, 2021, Ahgren announced that he had signed an exclusive deal with YouTube Gaming. At the 2022 Streamer Awards, Ahgren won the award for "Streamer of the Year".

Early life

Ludwig Anders Ahgren[1] was born in Hollis, New Hampshire,[2] [3] on July 6, 1995,[4] the son of a French mother and Swedish father.[5] He attended Arizona State University, where he was an inaugural member of Tempe Late Night (later renamed to Tempe Underground), a stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy club. He graduated cum laude with degrees in English literature and journalism in 2017.[6] [7]

Career

Twitch

Ahgren began live streaming on Twitch part-time on May 16, 2018,[8] [9] going full-time on February 16, 2019.[10] During 2018 and 2019, Ahgren's stream had a relatively small audience, mostly streaming the video games Super Smash Bros. Melee, Mario Party 2, and Dark Souls.[11] Since as early as June 2019, he has frequently made collaborative content with his current partner and fellow streamer QTCinderella.[12] [13] On November 10, 2019, Ahgren set the world record for the button-mashing mini-game Domination from Mario Party 4.[14] According to Polygon, Ahgren's record was faster than a tool-assisted speedrun bot; according to Kotaku, this is false, since the bot was capped at a score of 160, while Ahgren was playing on a modified version that removes the cap.[15] Polygon's Owen S. Good said, "If aliens landed and I had to explain what video games are and why they are fun, I'd show them this. Take a bow, Ludwig."

In January 2020, Ahgren, among other Melee competitors and personalities, such as Mew2King and Plup, competed in an invitational tournament for Pokémon Sword and Shield by 2016 Pokémon World Champion, Wolfe Glick, where Ahgren finished first.[16] [17] In June 2020, Ahgren was invited to compete against other popular Twitch streamers in the amateur chess tournament PogChamps of Chess.com, placing second in the consolation bracket. Ahgren subsequently made an appearance on the cover of the August 2020 edition of Chess Life.[18]

In December 2020, both Ahgren's YouTube channel and his Twitch channel reached over one million followers; Cale Michael of Dot Esports credited his rapid growth to his "Twitch stream expanding, continued collaboration with other big creators, and his willingness to try new forms of content out both live and for his YouTube channel."[19]

In January 2021, Ahgren began hosting a game show on Twitch, titled Hivemind, with fellow streamer Cr1TiKaL.[20] [21] In October 2021, Ahgren was among a multitude of streamers whose earnings from Twitch were revealed in a data breach; between August 2019 and October 2021, Ahgren had earned $3.3 million through Twitch, which Ahgren confirmed.[22]

Subathon

See main article: Ludwig's subathon.

On March 14, 2021,[23] Ahgren held a subathon that ran for 30 days, ending on April 13, 2021.[24] A "subathon", short for "subscription marathon", is a type of livestream on Twitch where every time a streamer receives a subscription— donations from viewers[25] —more time is added to a descending timer.[26] Once the timer reaches zero, the stream ends. Ahgren received around 282,000 subscriptions during his subathon, breaking the previous record set in 2018 by Tyler "Ninja" Blevins of the most concurrent subscribers on Twitch.[27] His record lasted until February 2023, when it was broken by Kai Cenat.[28]

Move to YouTube

On November 29, 2021, Ahgren announced he would depart from live streaming on Twitch, and moved to YouTube Gaming on November 30. He announced this with a short comedy sketch, where he blew up a purple car symbolizing Twitch.[29] [30] [31] According to Dot Esports, Ahgren cited his move to YouTube as one of the reasons why Twitch later relaxed its exclusivity rules for its partnered streamers.[32]

In December 2021, Ahgren received two DMCA-related bans, temporarily suspending his streams.[33] [34] [35] On September 11, 2022, Ahgren was banned for a third time during a stream where he deliberately played the copyrighted song "Go!!!" to see how quickly he would be banned. He was banned after one minute and thirty-one seconds which he claimed was a "world record".On July 2, 2022, Ludwig hosted an in-person version of his game show, Mogul Money Live, to over 5,000 people at the YouTube Theater.[36] Contestants included Pokimane, xQc, Sykkuno, Mizkif, Sodapoppin, and Fuslie, among others.

On September 23, 2022, Ahgren announced a chess boxing event, the Mogul Chessboxing Championship, that was held on December 11, 2022, in the Galen Center in Los Angeles; It featured both streamers and professional chess players.[37] In the event, Ahgren was both co-host and a participant in a surprise chess-slap match with Connor Colquhoun.[38] [39]

From October 21 to 23, 2022, Ahgren organized an invitational tournament for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in Las Vegas, Nevada with 32-player brackets and a prize pool of $30,002 for both games, which was increased to $52,502 due to a cross-promotion with Capital One.[40] The event was broadcast across Ahgren's and Alpharad's channels.[41] On October 20, the day before the event was scheduled to begin, Ahgren revealed that a major sponsor had backed out at the last minute. YouTuber MrBeast signed on as a sponsor through his company Feastables.[42] According to Ahgren and tournament organizer Aiden 'Calvin' McCaig, the event cost $200,000 to produce.[43]

Ahgren would host another Smash invitational, the Scuffed World Tour, on December 18, 2022, in light of community uproar surrounding Nintendo and Panda due to the cancellation of the 2022 Smash World Tour Championships. Intending to rival Panda's Panda Cup Finale, which was to be held on the same weekend before it got postponed,[44] Ahgren invited the top sixteen Melee and Ultimate players from Smash World Tour 2022 to compete with the primary goal of raising money to support VGBootCamp, the organizers of Smash World Tour.[45] [46]

Other ventures

Music

In December 2020, Ahgren released a Christmas album, A Very Mogul Christmas, to allow streamers to listen to Christmas music without receiving DMCA strikes.[47]

On September 28, 2022, Ahgren and Jschlatt, a fellow content creator, founded the YouTube channel "Lud and Schlatts Musical Emporium", a project to release royalty-free recordings of famous compositions and two original songs in the style of Nintendo video game music for use in content creation.[48] [49]

The Yard podcast

In July 2021, Ahgren announced the launch of his new podcast called The Yard podcast[50] with co-hosts Nick Vercillo, Aiden Calvin, and Anthony ‘Slime’ Bruno.[51] In April 2022, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki appeared as a guest on the podcast.[52] On December 7, 2022, they announced on Twitter the launch of season 2 of the podcast with a brand new setup.[53] On July 27, 2023, the podcast was nominated for the 13th Streamy Awards in the podcast category.[54]

Offbrand

On September 27, 2022, Ahgren announced the founding of the creative agency Offbrand, along with fellow streamers Brandon 'Atrioc' Ewing, Nathan Stanz, and Nick Allen. The company held their first game show called Juiced, a game show hosted by Canadian Twitch streamer Félix 'xQc' Lengyel.[55]

Offbrand Games

On June 7, 2024, Ahgren and PirateSoftware's CEO, Jason "Thor" Hall, announced the launch of their new game publisher company called Offbrand Games.[56] [57] Their first release will be Rivals 2, scheduled for late 2024.[58]

Other

In May 2022, Ahgren announced the launch of his new company called Truffle, a browser extension focused on fixing problems within the livestreaming space.[59] [60] [61]

On October 15, 2022, Ahgren announced the launch of Swipe, his bidet product line.[62] [63]

In January 2023, Ahgren announced that he had joined as a co-owner of Moist Esports, an American esports organization founded by fellow streamer Cr1TiKaL.[64]

Philanthropy

In November 2020, after the Melee tournament The Big House 10 received a cease and desist letter from Nintendo,[65] Ahgren announced the Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3, an impromptu charity tournament.[66] Taking place between December 20 and 21, it raised $261,668 for Gamers for Love.[67]

In February 2021, Ahgren paid and donated $53,000 to hang out with Shroud at a charity auction stream for the fundraiser for Alveus Sanctuary, a non-profit exotic animal sanctuary and virtual education center, owned by fellow Twitch streamer Maya Higa.[68] [69] In January 2022, Ahgren held a charity auction stream where he auctioned his stream-related items such as his YouTooz figure, custom controllers, his iconic Cars bed, where he slept during his infamous 2021 subathon, and his silver YouTube play button to his viewers. He managed to raise more than $100,000 for No Kid Hungry.[70]

At DreamHack Atlanta 2022 in November 2022, Ahgren raised more than $315,000 for Alveus Sanctuary and No Kid Hungry through a 50-hour glass box stream. According to Stream Hatchet, the stream received 882,000 hours of viewing and peaked at 57,500 watchers at the end.[71] [72]

In June 2023, Ahgren participated in the 5-week State Farm Gamerhood Challenge charity event along with content creators such as Ninja, Jessica Blevins, Typical Gamer, Krystalogy, ImDontai, and BlackKrystel. Ahgren and Typical Gamer ended up winning the event and raising $100,000 for their non-profit of choice, Feeding America.[73] [74]

From May 31 to June 2, 2024, Ahgren organized and hosted Ludwig Fast 50, a livestreamed speedrunning charity event featuring popular content creators and speed runners attempting to break speed run records in a variety of retro and new games. By the end of the event, they managed to raise over $251,924 for Wings For Life and No Kid Hungry.[75]

Personal life

Ahgren began dating fellow streamer QTCinderella in 2020.[76] They reside together in Los Angeles.[77]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Ludwig Ahgren! Year! Ceremony! Category! Work! Result!
2021Esports AwardsStreamer of the YearHimself[78]
2022The Streamer AwardsBest Variety Streamer[79]
Streamer of the Year[80]
12th Streamy AwardsStreamer of the Year[81] [82]
CollaborationMy Gameshow Broke YouTube
Variety StreamerHimself
The Game AwardsContent Creator of the Year[83]
2023The Streamer AwardsLeague of Their Own[84]
Best Streamed EventMogul Chessboxing Championship
13th Streamy AwardsStreamer of the YearHimself[85]
Variety Streamer
PodcastThe Yard
Esports AwardsEsports Personality of the YearHimself[86] [87]
2024The Streamer AwardsVariety StreamerHimself[88]
Best Streamed EventCreator Dodgeball World Championship[89]

Filmography

Music videos

Year! scope="col"
TitleArtist(s)Role
2021"Inferno"Sub Urban and Bella PoarchBellboy [90]
2022"Dolls"Bella Poarch[91]

Discography

Albums

References

Primary sources

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Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Jiang . Sisi . October 9, 2021 . Streamers React To Leaked Twitch Income Rankings With Jokes, Criticism . January 4, 2022 . . January 4, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220104025421/https://kotaku.com/streamers-react-to-leaked-twitch-income-rankings-with-j-1847819255 . live . en.
  2. Kanojia . Alok . Ludwig and Dr. K's Journey of Death and Consciousness . Ludwig . Video . YouTube . March 11, 2022 . en . May 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220512070341/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHzOedHm_kM . live .
  3. Ahgren . Ludwig . So Wikipedia Speedruns Exist... . September 28, 2021 . May 18, 2022 . Ludwig . Video . YouTube . en . May 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220518014102/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8ou0L_tg8U . live .
  4. Ahgren . Ludwig . 1412551672841216000 . LudwigAhgren . 26 . July 6, 2021 . August 26, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210706231906/https://twitter.com/LudwigAhgren/status/1412551672841216000 . July 6, 2021 . live . https://twitter.com/LudwigAhgren/status/1412551672841216000 . en.
  5. Web site: Majumdar . Ripan . September 4, 2022 . "I'll Copy His Secret Formula Bar for Bar" – YouTube Streamer Ludwig Mimicked Twitch Star xQc To Become the Biggest Streamer . September 28, 2022 . EssentiallySports . September 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220928210440/https://www.essentiallysports.com/esports-news-ill-copy-his-secret-formula-bar-for-bar-youtube-streamer-ludwig-mimicked-twitch-star-xqc-to-become-the-biggest-streamer/ . live .
  6. Web site: . January 4, 2023 . Ludwig Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions . 3:37 . January 7, 2023 . . January 6, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230106112722/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXW0jorau9k . live .
  7. Web site: Press-Reynolds . Kieran . How Ludwig Ahgren became one of Twitch's most popular streamers and broke a record before announcing a move to YouTube Gaming . September 28, 2022 . Business Insider . en-US . September 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220928210436/https://www.businessinsider.com/ludwig-ahgren-twitch-streamer-youtube-gaming-bio-popular-2021-11 . live .
  8. Web site: Stream on May 17, 2018 Katamari no Job . May 17, 2020 . January 28, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128145829/https://twitchtracker.com/ludwig/streams/28725789696 . live . en.
  9. Web site: ludwig - Stream May 17, 2018 - Stats on viewers, followers, subscribers; VOD and clips . 2023-08-19 . TwitchTracker . en . January 28, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128145829/https://twitchtracker.com/ludwig/streams/28725789696 . live .
  10. Ahgren . Ludwig . LudwigAhgren . 1097347410706087937 . I've decided to go full-time with twitch streaming thank you everyone for the support <3 . en.
  11. Hope . Henrik . "Hello [Streamer] PogChamp": The Language Variety on Twitch ]. Master's thesis . University of Stavanger . May 4, 2019 . 31 . December 19, 2020 . November 20, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211120083448/https://uis.brage.unit.no/uis-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2603065/Hope_Henrik.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y . live . 11250/2603065 . en.
  12. Web site: Ludwig Goes on a Date with QTCinderella . . June 13, 2019 . August 11, 2023 . June 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220608204720/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmrr15mho-s . live .
  13. Web site: The Truth About Ludwig and QTCinderella's Relationship . April 8, 2021 . August 11, 2023 . June 5, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230605172338/https://www.svg.com/377588/the-truth-about-ludwig-and-qtcinderellas-relationship/ . live .
  14. News: Good . Owen S. . November 10, 2019 . World's fastest button-masher breaks 200 in Mario Party 4 Domination . en . Polygon . live . January 24, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210129202001/https://www.polygon.com/2019/11/10/20957707/fastest-button-masher-in-the-world-mario-party-4-gamecube-domination-video . January 29, 2021.
  15. Web site: Rosenberg . Adam . You've never seen button-mashing like this before . November 10, 2019 . . January 24, 2021 . January 29, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210129182432/https://mashable.com/article/mario-party-4-domination-record-button-mashing/ . live . en.
  16. News: Bartlett . Eric . Eight Professional Super Smash Bros. Players and Personalities Give Pokemon VGC a Try in Wolfe Glick's Invitational Tournament . May 18, 2020 . The Game Haus . January 14, 2020 . November 28, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201128084015/https://thegamehaus.com/pokemon/eight-professional-super-smash-bros-players-and-personalities-give-pokemon-vgc-a-try-in-wolfe-glicks-invitational-tournament/2020/01/14/ . live . en.
  17. News: Tate . Dylan . Ludwig wins Wolfe Glick's Pokémon Sword & Shield Super Smash Brothers Invitational . May 18, 2020 . Daily Esports . Enthusiast Gaming . January 14, 2020 . February 15, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200215093920/https://www.dailyesports.gg/ludwig-wins-wolfe-glicks-pokemon-sword-shield-super-smash-brothers-invitational/ . live . en.
  18. Web site: A Streamers Convention On The August Chess Life Front Cover . US Chess Federation . December 7, 2020 . August 1, 2020 . October 28, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201028065540/https://new.uschess.org/news/streamers-convention-august-chess-life-front-cover . live . en.
  19. News: Cale . Michael . Ludwig hits one million subs on YouTube, gaining over 200,000 in December . Dot Esports . GAMURS Group . December 17, 2020 . October 18, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211018061853/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/ludwig-hits-one-million-subs-on-youtube . October 18, 2021 . live . en.
  20. Web site: Michael . Cale . February 7, 2021 . CodeMiko on Twitch: 'It hurts because I feel like they see me as a toxic person' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726182122/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/codemiko-on-twitch-it-hurts-because-i-feel-like-they-see-me-as-a-toxic-person . July 26, 2021 . September 12, 2021 . Dot Esports . GAMURS Group . She also confirmed that Twitch mandated she be removed from a future episode of Hivemind, the platform's new game show hosted by streamers Ludwig and Moistcr1tikal. This decision also applied to any other Twitch-sponsored events that would have featured Miko in some form during her suspension. . en-US.
  21. Web site: Miceli . Max . August 19, 2021 . American Eagle seeks attention of young customers with new Twitch sponsorship . September 12, 2021 . Dot Esports . GAMURS Group . Not to be confused with Twitch Rivals, the Twitchgaming channel is primarily used as a vehicle for broadcasting a podcast called The Weekly, as well as a gameshow-type series called Hivemind with Ludwig and MoistCr1TiKaL. . September 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210912181400/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/american-eagle-seeks-attention-of-young-customers-with-new-twitch-sponsorship . live . en-US.
  22. Millionaire Twitch Streamers React to Their Leaked Earnings . Cecilia . D'Anastasio . . October 7, 2021 . October 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211010194419/https://www.wired.com/story/twitch-streamers-earnings-exposed-now-its-a-meme/ . October 10, 2021 . live . en.
  23. Web site: Williams . Demi . April 1, 2021 . Twitch streamer 'Ludwig' has been live for over two weeks . August 4, 2022 . NME . en . June 23, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220623153719/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/gaming-news/twitch-streamer-ludwig-has-been-live-for-over-two-weeks-2912873 . live .
  24. Web site: April 12, 2021 . Ludwig's Historic Twitch Subathon Finally Ends Tomorrow . August 4, 2022 . ScreenRant . en-US . August 4, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220804192739/https://screenrant.com/ludwig-subathon-twitch-end-day-time-subs-charity/ . live .
  25. News: Tsiaoussidis . Alex . July 29, 2022 . xQc has earned as much as $488k in Twitch subs this year . August 4, 2022 . Dot Esports . en-US . September 29, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220929012704/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/xqc-most-subscribed-highest-grossing-twitch-streamer-q2-2022 . live .
  26. Web site: Miceli . Max . January 10, 2022 . What is a subathon on Twitch? . August 4, 2022 . Dot Esports . en-US . July 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220718053846/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/what-is-a-subathon-on-twitch . live .
  27. News: April 14, 2021 . Ludwig Ahgren breaks Twitch subscription record after 31-day stint . en-GB . BBC News . August 4, 2022 . April 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416004959/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56741531 . live .
  28. Web site: Miceli . Max . Tsiaoussidis . Alex . 2023-02-28 . Kai Cenat blows past Ludwig's all-time Twitch sub record—and his huge haul is still growing . 2023-03-01 . Dot Esports . en-US.
  29. News: Goslin . Austen . November 29, 2021 . Twitch star Ludwig is moving his stream to YouTube . . November 30, 2021 . November 29, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211129232946/https://www.polygon.com/22808727/ludwig-ahgren-youtube-channel-stream-twitch . live . en-US.
  30. News: Peters . Jay . November 29, 2021 . Ludwig, the streamer who broke the all-time Twitch subs record this year, is moving to YouTube Gaming . . live . November 30, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211130011516/https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/29/22808873/ludwig-ahgren-twitch-subathon-youtube-gaming . November 30, 2021 . en.
  31. News: Polhamus . Blaine . November 29, 2021 . Ludwig moves to YouTube Gaming . Dot Esports . GAMURS Group . live . November 30, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211129234726/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/ludwig-moves-to-youtube-gaming . November 29, 2021 . en-US.
  32. News: Tsiaoussidis . Alex . Ludwig: Twitch eased exclusivity rules over YouTube nerves . September 14, 2022 . Dot Esports . GAMURS Group . August 25, 2022 . en . September 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220914062357/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/ludwig-twitch-exclusivity-policies-nervous-about-youtube . live .
  33. Web site: December 6, 2021 . Ludwig banned AGAIN from YouTube mere days after joining the platform . en . August 7, 2022 . August 7, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220807175710/https://www.ginx.tv/en/youtube/ludwig-banned-again-from-youtube-mere-days-after-joining-platform . live .
  34. News: Young . Georgina . December 4, 2021 . Ludwig banned from YouTube after signing an exclusivity deal . NME . September 4, 2022 . en . September 4, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220904061816/https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/ludwig-banned-from-youtube-after-signing-an-exclusivity-deal-3110907 . live .
  35. News: Mahato . Ashish . Ludwig achieves 'world record' for fastest ban on YouTube . September 14, 2022 . Dot Esports . GAMURS Group . September 12, 2022 . en . September 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220914062401/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/ludwig-achieves-world-record-for-fastest-ban-on-youtube . live .
  36. News: Polhamus . Blaine . July 6, 2022 . Who is Ludwig? Everything to know about the streaming mogul . en . Dot eSports . July 7, 2022 . July 7, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707052933/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/who-is-ludwig-everything-to-know-about-the-streaming-mogul . live .
  37. Web site: Linville (raync910) . Ray . Ludwig Announces Mogul Chessboxing Championship, Hambleton Vs. Trent Headlines . September 26, 2022 . Chess.com . September 25, 2022 . en-US . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926132241/https://www.chess.com/news/view/ludwig-mogul-chessboxing-championship-pogchamps . live .
  38. News: Angeles . Zen . Ludwig's Mogul Chessboxing Championship Results and More . December 12, 2022 . . December 12, 2022 . December 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221212132428/https://clutchpoints.com/ludwigs-mogul-chessboxing-championship-results-and-more . live .
  39. News: Klee . Miles . Chessboxing Could Be the Next Big Hit for Streamers . December 12, 2022 . . December 14, 2022 . December 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221213075029/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/chessboxing-youtube-ludwig-1234646050/ . live .
  40. 1584801679475474432. aidencalvin. Some LSI prize pool updates. Because of the Capital One downloads we hit, they threw us another $35k for the prizing. Mr Beast also gave us another $10k specifically for prizing. This brings the prize pool for each tournament to $52,502 - paid out to top 16.. Aiden Calvin. October 24, 2022. October 24, 2022.
  41. Web site: Polhamus . Blaine . October 22, 2022 . Ludwig Smash Invitational: All players, pools, and top results . October 22, 2022 . Dot Esports . en-US . October 22, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022091613/https://dotesports.com/fgc/news/ludwig-smash-invitational-all-players-pools-and-top-results . live .
  42. Web site: Tsiaoussidis . Alex . October 21, 2022 . Things keep going wrong at Ludwig's 'cursed' $60,000 Smash Invitational . October 21, 2022 . Dot Esports . en-US . October 22, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022000002/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/ludwigs-cursed-60k-smash-tourney-is-falling-apart-but-mrbeast-may-be-coming-to-the-rescue . live .
  43. Web site: Polhamus . Blaine . October 24, 2022 . Ludwig sees 6-figure loss from his Smash Invitational . October 25, 2022 . Dot Esports . en-US . October 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025073418/https://dotesports.com/fgc/news/ludwig-sees-6-figure-loss-from-his-smash-invitational . live .
  44. Web site: Michael . Cale . December 5, 2022 . Panda postpones Panda Cup Finale, ousts CEO as Smash backlash reaches fever pitch . December 7, 2022 . Dot Esports . en-US . December 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221206123132/https://dotesports.com/fgc/news/panda-postpones-panda-cup-finale-ousts-ceo-as-smash-community-backlash-reaches-fever-pitch . live .
  45. Web site: Michael . Cale . 3 December 2022 . Ludwig is back to save Smash from becoming scuffed after Smash World Tour cancelation . December 3, 2022 . MSN . en-US . December 3, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203012518/https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/esports/ludwig-is-back-to-save-smash-from-becoming-scuffed-after-smash-world-tour-cancelation/ar-AA14QkG0 . live .
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  47. Web site: Galloway . Ryan . December 7, 2020 . Ludwig releases surprise Christmas album . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210622094345/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/ludwig-releases-surprise-christmas-album . June 22, 2021 . December 7, 2020 . Dot Esports . en.
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  57. Ludwig Announces New Video Game Publisher Offbrand Games IGN Live 2024 - IGN . 2024-06-08 . en . 2024-06-08 . www.ign.com.
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  64. News: Arora . Anjali . January 25, 2023 . Ludwig Ahgren joins Moist Esports as Co-Owner . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230125180156/https://www.thenewsai.com/ludwig-ahgren-joins-moist-esports-as-co-owner/ . January 25, 2023 . The NewsAI.
  65. News: Good . Owen S. . November 19, 2020 . Smash Bros. tournament The Big House 10 canceled over netcode . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201208160402/https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/19/21578200/super-smash-bros-tournament-the-big-house-10-canceled-nintendo-c-d . December 8, 2020 . January 24, 2021 . . en.
  66. Web site: Donaldson . Alex . November 24, 2020 . As Nintendo shuts down a tournament, Smash fans unite under the #FreeMelee hashtag in futility . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201124110527/https://www.vg247.com/2020/11/24/nintendo-smash-bros-melee-free-melee-fans-tournament-hashtag/ . November 24, 2020 . January 24, 2021 . . en.
  67. Web site: Michael . Cale . December 20, 2020 . Mang0 wins Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3, Melee community raises more than $300,000 for charity . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522064244/https://dotesports.com/fgc/news/mang0-wins-ludwig-ahgren-championship-series-3-melee-community-raises-more-than-300000-for-charity . May 22, 2022 . January 24, 2021 . DotEsports . en.
  68. Web site: 2021-02-12 . Twitch in disbelief over man's $53,000 bid to hang out with popular streamer: 'He could [have] probably just DMed him' ]. 2024-05-11 . Yahoo Finance . en-GB.
  69. Web site: Asarch . Steven . Twitch streamers helped 'Bird Girl' Maya Higa raise over $500,000 to build her own animal sanctuary . 2024-05-11 . Business Insider . en-US.
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  71. Web site: Miceli . Max . 2022-11-22 . Ludwig's DreamHack subathon was very different from his previous record-setting stream: Here's why . 2024-05-11 . Dot Esports . en-US.
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  73. Web site: Polhamus . Blaine . 2023-05-16 . Ninja, Ludwig among streamers participating in State Farm Gamerhood Challenge charity event . 2024-05-11 . Dot Esports . en-US.
  74. Web site: Cortez . Jesseyriche . 2023-07-08 . Gamerhood Challenge Season 2 Finishes In A Colorful Finale . 2024-05-11 . ClutchPoints . en.
  75. Web site: Richman . Olivia . 2024-06-05 . Ludwig Fast 50 raises over $250K after controversy . 2024-06-08 . win.gg . en.
  76. Web site: 2021-04-01 . Different Millionaire Fights Refrigerator . 2023-12-10 . Kotaku . en.
  77. Web site: Shrivastava . Aarnesh . February 3, 2023 . Sodapoppin explains why QTCinderella and Ludwig are housing him, says the situation in Texas is "miserable" . Sportskeeda.
  78. Web site: November 30, 2021 . Esports Awards 2021 Esports Awards . January 17, 2023 . en-GB . December 16, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221216220418/https://esportsawards.com/previous-winners/esportsawards2021/ . live .
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  90. Web site: Tsiaoussidis . Alex . July 14, 2022 . Sykkuno made unexpected appearance in Bella Poarch's 'Doll's' music video . September 1, 2022 . Dot Esports . en-US . August 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818231524/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/sykkuno-unexpected-appearance-bella-poarchs-dolls-music-video . live .
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