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Twitch streamers who spend years broadcasting to no one

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Post by profalseidol »

metalliqaz wrote: post #14

What I don't understand about Twitch is how anyone has time to consume this content. When it comes to sitting on your butt and watching something, the traditional TV show is moving to an on-demand model. Twitch is a step in the other direction, where if you faithfully consume content from any Twitch channel, you have to sit down and watch for hours every night when the streamer is online. Who does that? I imagine it'…

I've enjoyed watching long streams of MP Hearts of Iron 4. At least before I mastered the mechanics of that game.

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Post by Kiro »

BigJono wrote: post #305
jrockway wrote: post #301

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I tried Rocket League... I didn't find it that much fun and the learning curve was a bit too steep. I certainly knew what to do in the game, but I could never get out of my elementary-school soccer habits where I just chased the ball around like an idiot, never in a position to make a play. If I was in a good position, I didn't know what the controls did. As a result, not much fun. Overwatch I got sucked into immedia…

Rocket League has a pretty serious inflection point on the learning curve where the game suddenly becomes much more fun. Basically once you can control the ball enough where your optimal strategy isn't "punt the ball as far as you can", the game gets much more interesting. I clocked about 200 hours over 3 years before hitting that point, and since then I've done another 200 over 6 months. Regardless, I think it's one…

Yeah, I felt completely useless in the beginning. It wasn't fun at all but then it suddenly clicked and I started improving. Now I feel like one with the car and can pull of stuff I would only dream of (air dribbles, ceiling shots etc).

Also, RL has become my favorite esport by far. The problem is that unless you've tried the game you don't realize how crazily good the pro players are. Things that wows me don't impress my non-RL friends at all.

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Post by wpietri »

Tactic wrote: post #42
metalliqaz wrote: post #14

What I don't understand about Twitch is how anyone has time to consume this content. When it comes to sitting on your butt and watching something, the traditional TV show is moving to an on-demand model. Twitch is a step in the other direction, where if you faithfully consume content from any Twitch channel, you have to sit down and watch for hours every night when the streamer is online. Who does that? I imagine it'…

As someone that views Twitch every day I can say I never watch the entirety of a stream. You drop in and view when you have time. It is less akin to watching a TV show and more like going to your friends house and hanging out to watch some of the game. For the record I'm a 51 year old professional.

Thanks! That really helps me to understand Twitch.

For a while I had gamer friends who lived just down the street. It was much more enjoyable to hang out and watch them play than it would have been for me to play their games. I just didn't have the time to invest, so my main experience of AAA games was 20 minutes of flailing at level 1 while asking which buttons did what. It was way more fun to watch them kick ass and zoom through the game.

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Post by wpietri »

symlinkk wrote: post #287
y2bd wrote: post #264

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Similar boat of making Minecraft videos in the past (2011-2014). It was mostly just my friend and I playing through various Minecraft adventure/puzzle maps. We got a couple dozen to a hundred followers through luck/timing (playing new maps that later become popular) but didn't get too far. Then one day my friend on a whim did a skit that ended up doing very well (it got featured on wired.com and even posted on HN [1]…

I watched your video and I think you would do a lot better if you used your real voice instead of a computer generated voice. The content is great though.

Personally, I liked the voice. The posh accent fit the educational video component, while the synthetic, glitchy nature fit with Minecraft and the comedy of the whole thing.

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Post by voltagex_ »

madrox wrote: post #288
metalliqaz wrote: post #14

What I don't understand about Twitch is how anyone has time to consume this content. When it comes to sitting on your butt and watching something, the traditional TV show is moving to an on-demand model. Twitch is a step in the other direction, where if you faithfully consume content from any Twitch channel, you have to sit down and watch for hours every night when the streamer is online. Who does that? I imagine it'…

I'm in my late 30s, and my girlfriend and I are currently streaming more Twitch than Netflix. There's a use case where sometimes you want something on in the background while you're doing other things. Usually we'd stream Netflix shows we've watched already, but after doing that the 10th time for a show, it gets stale. When you find a streamer you like, it can be very relaxing. It's also introduced us to games we wou…

I can't do scary either - what's the Last of Us stream and can I start from the beginning?

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Post by voltagex_ »

b3b0p wrote: post #308
degenerate wrote: post #74

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Same boat. I find a chill streamer that doesn't talk much and plays a game I like. I set the TV to 30 minute timer and watch for ~10 minutes before falling asleep. This is similar to people that fall asleep to shows they like -- see https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurama_Sleepers/

For me it's dubbed anime, it probably takes me 1-2 weeks to make it through an entire episode. While I work I need some noise, something, nearly anything. The complete lack of silence bothers me. I usually listen to OCRemix at work (via rainwave.cc) or 90's/00's music from when I was younger (nostalgia). At home I will put on something like Friends (Netflix), Giant Bomb videos (giantbomb.com), or classic game play th…

Just a sidenote for anyone else who might be streaming rainwave from a limited connection: it uses about 60 megabytes an hour and sounds pretty heavily compressed (only a problem on some tracks)

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Post by thomastjeffery »

Alex3917 wrote: post #300
thomastjeffery wrote: post #235

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> but big chunks of their recordings are muted because they play copyrighted music. It's ridiculous that Twitch mutes audio, even if it's only a few seconds. Fair use is being totally ignored.

> Fair use is being totally ignored. It might be fair use for the streamer, but it almost certainly isn’t for Twitch.

That's nonsense.

What you are saying is that Fair Use cannot be utilized, because the hosting company is somehow violating copyright.

That is the same nonsensical logic that is used against MegaUpload and bittorrent; the same nonsensical logic that Youtube's Content Protection system is based on; the same nonsensical logic that drives DRM.

The world is not better when copyright holders are able to compel a third party to win their disputes. Unfortunately, that is the world we live in.

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Post by cf498 »

corobo wrote: post #250
H1Supreme wrote: post #158

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Yes, but creating a SAAS app from the ground up still gives gives a valuable skill set. Even if no one uses your app.

My on again off again wander into the world of streaming/letsplaying/podcasting improved my ability to speak infinitely. Before I started I was the guy that spoke in mumbles or from behind a hand in front of my mouth

LegendOfTotalWar said something similar about how the tone of his voice changed by just talking a lot more while recording campaign after campaign.
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