How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online

Post by Ntrails » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 1:31 PM UTC

nightcracker wrote: post #191

mastazi wrote: post #175

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> World of Warcraft numbers are rapidly dwindling so a WoW start will pretty much have to start from scratch in another game or quit streaming as a career move. It seems you are conflating Twitch streaming with e-sports, they are two very different things. Becoming a successful Twitch streamer doesn't necessarily require extraordinary skills in terms of playing a given game; switching to a new game wouldn't be that b…

You are wrong about "switching games as a streamer isn't a big deal". Someone who does that is called a variety streamer, and there are very few streamers that have success with it. Most streamers I talk to lose the majority of their audience when they switch games.

Post by c3534l » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 6:24 PM UTC

nickjj wrote: post #119

I think it's just good timing now because we have the tech to do it. The demand was always there. Back in 1999 and the early 2000s you could make over $100,000 if you won a single Quake 3 tournament. Live streaming (with professional commentators) was available back then, but there were no platforms for it so it never caught onto the masses. You had to really be in the know to watch them. But I do remember people bei…

Post by bfuller » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 7:36 PM UTC

mattmanser wrote: post #187

EA wrote: post #98

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There is basically no mention of the hit game on HN. It is presently a video game phenomenon and is inspiring video game developers to explore that video game genre. That particular streamer is changing the streaming game and is invested in some third party streamer support apps. He has broad appeal as little kids dressed up as this Twitch streamer for Halloween this year. I think an article about the game, its strea…

PUBG inspired nothing, those kind of battle royale games have been around for ages (ages in game terms, a year or two ago H1Z1 accidentally popularized battle royale as an alternate mode in its zombie survival game, which was in beta). AFAIK PUBG was made in response to other games that used to be popular in the genre failing after major changes, specifically H1Z1. EDIT: Fair-cop to them though, they've obviously don…

Post by bfuller » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 8:04 PM UTC

stevenwoo wrote: post #82

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…

A few years ago some videos of women getting $5,000 tips in video chat made the front page on reddit - I had never heard of it but stripping/performing sex acts on camera in chat rooms for tips is a sizeable business. Some people were tipping just for acknowledgement of their typing in a comment to the performer. Reddit probably was being used as viral advertising for it back then and now. It actually seems better fo…

Post by rasz » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 10:44 PM UTC

mattmanser wrote: post #187

EA wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is basically no mention of the hit game on HN. It is presently a video game phenomenon and is inspiring video game developers to explore that video game genre. That particular streamer is changing the streaming game and is invested in some third party streamer support apps. He has broad appeal as little kids dressed up as this Twitch streamer for Halloween this year. I think an article about the game, its strea…

PUBG inspired nothing, those kind of battle royale games have been around for ages (ages in game terms, a year or two ago H1Z1 accidentally popularized battle royale as an alternate mode in its zombie survival game, which was in beta). AFAIK PUBG was made in response to other games that used to be popular in the genre failing after major changes, specifically H1Z1. EDIT: Fair-cop to them though, they've obviously don…