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Does a gaming streamer have to be amazing at games for you to watch them?
- Thread starter Baphomet
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Theres a balance between skill and personality.
The worse they are, the better personality needs to be.
Though if they're Kotaku Cuphead Tutorial tier - not sure any personality can make it watchable. And even the best player needs stills decent personally to be watchable - but sometimes speedruns etc are watchable just on talent.
The worse they are, the better personality needs to be.
Though if they're Kotaku Cuphead Tutorial tier - not sure any personality can make it watchable. And even the best player needs stills decent personally to be watchable - but sometimes speedruns etc are watchable just on talent.
Not pro but you have to be way above average. I don't want to watch someone always lose, have no adaptability to anything, etc. Personality isn't going to make up for that.
They don't have to be amazing at the game, but at least somewhat decent. I'm not gonna watch someone who is doing awful.
I watch game grumps. It took the 5 episodes to equip armor in Super Mario rpg. So no, high level play isn't interesting to me long term. I enjoy the occasional speed run or high level clip, bUT that's about it.
I pretty much exclusively watch speed running, so yes.
And I can't say I've come across anyone who is entertaining enough to watch them casually play a game. That's the part of Twitch I really don't get.
And I can't say I've come across anyone who is entertaining enough to watch them casually play a game. That's the part of Twitch I really don't get.
I liken it to talk radio, they're not really informing you much of the time, but you like their general flow.
I'm usually more interested in first-time reactions to games I have played and know I love, so I tend to be pretty lenient on that front.
I actually don't care that much about speedrunners outside of the context of a succesful run on YT or a "games done quick for cancer" type of event because watching the same segments over and over seems tiring. But I'm glad that they can share their passion projects with others that do like this type of content.
I actually don't care that much about speedrunners outside of the context of a succesful run on YT or a "games done quick for cancer" type of event because watching the same segments over and over seems tiring. But I'm glad that they can share their passion projects with others that do like this type of content.
Yeah, some people really overdo it and I watch them despite of this, not because of it.
Not at all. Be funny and personable and that's good enough. Kyle Bosman is great to watch and he's no pro gamer.
Nnnno, but they do have to be competent, and I swear if they skip the text/dialog imparting important information then complain about not knowing what to do, I'm gone.
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I mean I would want to work and make sure those that watch are genuinely enjoying what I do, but if I stream , I also want to feel like I can be relaxed while I do it , I don't have to attract many people (if any really) I just want to be me and play games or talk about stuff with others without being too serious.
On the other hand, if you're good at the game, you can use it as a means of educating rather than entertaining so that's another angle you can work with.
A streamer could play so well that angels descended and played ethereal music while proclaiming them the king of the world and I'd still shut it off after a few minutes out of disgust over their wacky behavior
If you just want to stream as a hobby to relax that's cool too. It's just that this topic makes it sound as if you're trying to explore whether you can be a "successful" streamer. I just wanted to say that you should probably keep your expectations very low if you're not going to go into it with the mindset that this is going to be a part time (or full time) job/business in terms of the amount of time and energy you put into it even when you're not live.
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Ah I understand, if I do this , I have no expectations that I will get big or that I'll even get any viewers lol , I just want to do it because it feels like it would be a good time for me and if I find like minded chil people who wanna talk or watch me have fun playing stuff, thats a +
moonmoon is so good at the games he plays lol
I used to watch his apex streams, the dude was getting like 15-20 kills a game and carrying.
It was funny watching him get wrecked by the Marauder for a while though in Doom Eternal.
For probably the last few years the main game streamer I'd watch was TimTheTatMan and he is far from the best player in the group of people he plays with. I don't really watch too much game streaming anymore as I'm just not that interested in the games, but being the best was never too important.
Not at all.
Though if they're like...REALLY bad it can get frustrating at times, sure.
I'd say "Please at least take a moment to read the instructions/controls the game gives you." Nothing more frustrating than watching someone skip/glaze over a tutorial and then bash their head against a wall going "THIS STUPID GAME DOESNT WORK"
Though if they're like...REALLY bad it can get frustrating at times, sure.
I'd say "Please at least take a moment to read the instructions/controls the game gives you." Nothing more frustrating than watching someone skip/glaze over a tutorial and then bash their head against a wall going "THIS STUPID GAME DOESNT WORK"
99.9% of the time, yes. I do not find the overwhelming majority of streamer personalities charming or entertaining.
Absolutely not. Besides the occasional speed runner, I've never watched someone play games because they were good at them.
Nah def not. If I'm watching League I'll watch pros or ex pros for high level play mostly.
But my most watched are Moonmoon, LIRIK and some Sodapoppin prob in that order.
LIRIK and Soda are not great at games (LIRIK is pretty good at some shooters) but the variety and shit show Saturdays keep me coming. (I say not great because I cannot tell if they play up their... challenged.. moments for content or not)
But my most watched are Moonmoon, LIRIK and some Sodapoppin prob in that order.
LIRIK and Soda are not great at games (LIRIK is pretty good at some shooters) but the variety and shit show Saturdays keep me coming. (I say not great because I cannot tell if they play up their... challenged.. moments for content or not)
In the very early days of Twitch (and the justin.tv days), I used to enjoy personality-driven streamers quite a bit. But sometime around 2014-15 I found that their personalities started getting obnoxious, and somewhere along the way I became someone who only really follows top players despite not being good at games myself. The one example I can think of in the past couple of years that doesn't fit this is HBomberguy's DK64 Mermaids stream.
I do enjoy VTubers but only clips of them really. I also watch Hasan but that doesn't really count because I tune out when he's just playing Bloodborne or whatever.
I do enjoy VTubers but only clips of them really. I also watch Hasan but that doesn't really count because I tune out when he's just playing Bloodborne or whatever.
I wouldn't be an RKG (and prepare to try before it) fan if Rory had actually been good at the games.
Not amazing, but it is distracting if they're bad. I'm okay with above average as long as they're entertaining and a pleasant person
No. Not at all. Watching someone fuck up at a game and figure it out is way more interesting to me.
I care more if the person is interesting to watch and its a smaller stream. I don't watch big streamers very often because its just a broadcast at that point and you cant interact with the chat or the streamer because its just a wall of emotes exploding upwards. At that point, id rather just watch an edited down video posted to youtube.
I care more if the person is interesting to watch and its a smaller stream. I don't watch big streamers very often because its just a broadcast at that point and you cant interact with the chat or the streamer because its just a wall of emotes exploding upwards. At that point, id rather just watch an edited down video posted to youtube.
I don't really watch streamers I watch gameplay videos on Youtube if I'm stuck somewhere or if I'm not sure about purchasing a game and need more convincing.