Up all night with a Twitch millionaire

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Post by breckenedge » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 7:40 PM UTC

Up all night with a Twitch millionaire
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Post by mrtksn » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 9:21 PM UTC

3 to 8 hours long streams seems to be the norm on Twitch. What kind of lifestyle there’s that allows the consumption of full day long content?

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Post by jrockway » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 9:22 PM UTC

What's the career progression for streamers and eSports players, anyway? I feel like everyone that does this now is going to be tired of it in 5 years, and then they're just 30 and without a college degree or job experience.

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Post by o10449366 » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 9:22 PM UTC

The comments section is truly depraved.

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Post by elaus » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 9:25 PM UTC

mrtksn wrote: post #2

3 to 8 hours long streams seems to be the norm on Twitch. What kind of lifestyle there’s that allows the consumption of full day long content?

I think for most streams there's no real need to watch them from start til end. You can just tune in and out at will without missing much. For many it probably just runs in the background while they do other things, like some people do with soap operas on TV.

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Post by bluedino » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 9:25 PM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #3

What's the career progression for streamers and eSports players, anyway? I feel like everyone that does this now is going to be tired of it in 5 years, and then they're just 30 and without a college degree or job experience.

Hopefully they invest their money and don't blow it on Ferraris and avocado toast.

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Post by Operyl » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 9:27 PM UTC

mrtksn wrote: post #2

3 to 8 hours long streams seems to be the norm on Twitch. What kind of lifestyle there’s that allows the consumption of full day long content?

It’s good background noise for me, albeit I watch relaxing background content here, things like Pokémon or Animal Crossing.

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Post by jthornquest » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 9:27 PM UTC

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Post by anthonycr » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 9:28 PM UTC

mrtksn wrote: post #2

3 to 8 hours long streams seems to be the norm on Twitch. What kind of lifestyle there’s that allows the consumption of full day long content?

Personally, as a programmer I usually have a Twitch stream (often Tyler1's) running on a second monitor as background noise if I'm not listening to music. However, the most active chatters are mainly college students in my experience.

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Post by cardosof » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 9:28 PM UTC

mrtksn wrote: post #2

3 to 8 hours long streams seems to be the norm on Twitch. What kind of lifestyle there’s that allows the consumption of full day long content?

The streamer is 8 hours in, not the audience. Also, if you think how much free time children, teenagers and NEET adults have, yeah, 5+h per day watching games is completely doable during a pandemic.