I-ElRubius yahlela umqhudelwano ngoJuni 22 lapho ama-youtuber ayi-100 abhekana khona ngaphezu kwabanye abantu ngenhloso phula irekhodi lokusakaza lo mdlalo ku-YouTube. Ukuba yiFortnite umdlalo othandwa kakhulu okwamanje, no-ElRubius ongomunye wabasebenzisi be-YouTube abanabalandeli abaningi emhlabeni, impumelelo yaqinisekiswa.
Uma sihlanganisa zonke iziteshi ze-youtubers ezibambe iqhaza ezisakaza lo mcimbi, kulula kakhulu ukufinyelela ukubukwa okuyizigidi ezingama-28, nge izibukeli ezingama-700.000 ezijabulela umcimbi bukhoma. Kuze kube manje, singathola amarekhodi afanayo kepha hhayi mathupha, njengoba kwenzeka kulo mcimbi obubanjelwe e-IFEMA eMadrid.
U-ElRubius wayesevele ehlele umcimbi ngo-Mashi odlule nge-Twitch platform (Amazon) lapho wangena khona hlanganisa ababukeli abangaphezu kwesigidi ngasikhathi sinye, beshaya irekhodi ebelisethwe ngaphambili nguNinja, Drake, Kim Dotcom nabanye abadlala iFortnite, lapho bekwazile khona ukubamba ukunaka kwababukeli abangaphezu kwe-600.000 bukhoma ngeplatifomu ye-Amazon.
Ekuqaleni, umqhudelwano Bengihlele ukudlala imidlalo emi-2, kodwa ekugcineni kube nezingu-7 ezenziwe, ezabavumela ukuthi bafinyelele isibalo sababukeli bukhoma abangu-700.000 ngesiteshi i-ElRubius ku-YouTube. Kuma-youtubers anemibono eminingi (hhayi ababukeli ababukhoma), sithola i-Grefg enezigidi ezi-3,5, i-Wismichu ene-1,3 million ne-Folagor enokubukwa okungu-900.000. Ngesikhathi salokhu kubhalwa, ividiyo yomcimbi we-ElRubius inokubukwa okucishe kube yizigidi eziyi-10.
Kuyaphinda kufakazelwe, njengoba iTwitch idonsa phakathi kwabadlali kuyindlela ekhethwayo yabasebenzisi abafuna jabulela imidlalo yabasebenzisi bakho abayizintandokazi, hhayi nge-YouTube. Ngakho-ke, ngemuva komcimbi obuhlelwe yi-ElRubius bekukhona amapulatifomu e-video asakazwa kakhulu emhlabeni, ngaphandle kokusakazwa komdlalo wevidiyo.