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Re: How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online

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Post by jackmott »

petercooper wrote: post #36

The bit I'd be interested to read about is the psychology behind the "donors." Why would anyone throw down random $100 or $500 without a quid quo pro to someone receiving many other such donations? I understand streaming, generally, and have paid to subscribe to a channel before but the random throwing around of not insignificant amounts of money gets me scratching my head. (Should make it clear I'm not criticizing t…

I could understand donating to a small time streamer, but to the guy pulling in ~300k/month from subscriptions? no idea! but they do it.

Re: How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online

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Post by socialist_coder »

ForRealsies wrote: post #116
DougN7 wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not into watching gaming at all (I'd rather play), but this is really just another twist on 'Reality TV', and one with less dysfunction IMHO.

Exactly, livestreaming == reality TV. It's too easy to turn off my brain and be 'entertained' for hours. I've recently forced myself back to watching films/TV instead. The difference in creative stimulation is like night & day.

Many people watch streams to learn new tactics and strategies. You don't get that from reality TV at all. No one is watching Survivor or The Bachelor and then using what they learned in real life.

Re: How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online

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Post by run »

fnovd wrote: post #139
dvt wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Again, this is nothing new. Some streamers are even dipping their toes into game development (Reynad, for example; he's making a competitor for Blizzard's Hearthstone).

Could you name some other streamers that have similar setups? I have never seen any.

vinc3ntvega, a smaller Dead by Daylight streamer, does similar things.

Re: How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online

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Post by jackmott »

astura wrote: post #41
petercooper wrote: post #36

The bit I'd be interested to read about is the psychology behind the "donors." Why would anyone throw down random $100 or $500 without a quid quo pro to someone receiving many other such donations? I understand streaming, generally, and have paid to subscribe to a channel before but the random throwing around of not insignificant amounts of money gets me scratching my head. (Should make it clear I'm not criticizing t…

People do a lot of things that baffle me. Spending $100-500 for some entertainment is actually reasonable and not at all baffling.

but you can just spend $0 for the same entertainment with ads or like $5 for it with no ads

Re: How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online

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Post by dvt »

fnovd wrote: post #139
dvt wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Again, this is nothing new. Some streamers are even dipping their toes into game development (Reynad, for example; he's making a competitor for Blizzard's Hearthstone).

Could you name some other streamers that have similar setups? I have never seen any.

What setup exactly are you talking about? A green screen?

Re: How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online

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Post by autarch »

petercooper wrote: post #36

The bit I'd be interested to read about is the psychology behind the "donors." Why would anyone throw down random $100 or $500 without a quid quo pro to someone receiving many other such donations? I understand streaming, generally, and have paid to subscribe to a channel before but the random throwing around of not insignificant amounts of money gets me scratching my head. (Should make it clear I'm not criticizing t…

I've donated to streamers a few times, though it was more in the $5-20 range. Mostly I did this because I enjoyed the stream, and after watching for more than a few hours, I figure it was only reasonable to pay the streamer for the entertainment I'd received.

I also won't subscribe to any channels (except with the free Twitch Prime sub) because I don't watch any one channel consistently enough to justify it. But if I am watching one channel a lot some month why not donate $5?

Re: How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online

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Post by ptomato »

arkis22 wrote: post #144

My favorite streamer for Overwatch, aimbotCalvin has 300,000 subscribers. This puts into perspective how much he makes. Wow.

He has 340000 _followers_, not subscribers. Subscriber counts aren't public but if his follower/subscriber ratio is similar to some of the top streamers he'd probably have around 5-6000 subscribers.

Re: How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online

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Post by dvt »

plopz wrote: post #133
dvt wrote: post #117

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I personally don't think Blizzard has any idea what they're doing in the esports scene. They destroyed SC2 and fumbled HotS, I don't think Overwatch will be any different. I was at Blizzcon last weekend and even though everyone there seemed excited about Overwatch, the numbers just weren't there. Barely breaking 300k viewers for a world championship (when DOTA, LoL, CSGO all break 1M+) -- the state of the game is not…

What are you talking about not breaking 100k? They peaked over 800k [0]. [0] https://esc.watch/tournaments/ow/overwatch-world-cup-2017

I must've seen that number in some other context, I investigated a little and they peaked at 300k (the 800k number is nonsense inflated by China botnets). Either way, still terrible considering CSGO peaked at 1.1M and LoL at 1.2M.

Re: How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online

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Post by dvt »

ben_jones wrote: post #131
dvt wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I personally don't think Blizzard has any idea what they're doing in the esports scene. They destroyed SC2 and fumbled HotS, I don't think Overwatch will be any different. I was at Blizzcon last weekend and even though everyone there seemed excited about Overwatch, the numbers just weren't there. Barely breaking 300k viewers for a world championship (when DOTA, LoL, CSGO all break 1M+) -- the state of the game is not…

Didn't twitch break 300k viewers for OWWC?

Sorry, yes that's what I was thinking. Still terrible compared to CSGO/DOTA/LoL which all break 1M+
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