Buffering spikes in a live esports stream are usually a combo of poor encoding and network hiccups, but I’m not surprised the crunch moments hit the sweet spot for lag. The encoder seems to throttle bitrate when the frame rate spikes, and if your ISP’s uplink is choking, that’s the exact moment the buffer empties. I’ve logged a few of those crashes—often the stream jumps to a lower resolution or drops the frame drop counter, which is the glitch under the hood. If you’re seeing the same thing on multiple platforms, it’s probably a server-side issue, not your remote. But if it’s just the one stream, keep an eye on that bitrate; maybe tweak your player settings or switch to a different server—my binge‑watching says it’ll save a lot of buffering.