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You know, I realised that on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday next week (AND the week after!), I do not have to go anywhere or do anything and omg the relief that washed over me when I realised that.
Delightful.
I seem to have been doing SO MUCH the past few weeks, and I've found it exhausting. I had to take Jazz to the vet for her 6 month check-up yesterday and, by the time we left the house, I felt like I was running on fumes. I feel better now, but blerrghhhh not a fan.
(Jazz is fine, btw, she's just put the weight back on that she lost last year, and I fully admit it's probably my fault for giving her too many biscuits).
Anyway, I have the final question for the Post Once A Day Meme, and you will not be surprised in any way to discover that it is late!
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lassarina, and she asks: What (in your own opinion) makes a good streamer?
Pretty much it boils down to someone who is engaging with the game and their viewers. I'm not going to say enjoying the game, because I have watched some people play games that they are clearly not enjoying - Aoife playing Stranger of Paradise springs to mind, for example, as she was having a terrible time with it, but I still watched the entire stream. I think what I mean by engaging with the game is that they're not just playing it for the views? Like they don't look bored, they at least look like they want it to improve (if it's bad), or they are enjoying themselves, or some kind of middle ground.
I like people who acknowledge their chat commenters (and regular commenters), but don't spend the entire time reading the chat instead of playing the game - one thing I like about the Oxboxtra and Eurogamer streams where it's more than one person is that someone can be playing the game, but someone else can keep an eye on what people are saying. Although shout out to Luke during Ellen's Dark Souls streams for saying from the start that nobody is looking at the chat and will not respond to them (because we know what DS fans are like, right?)
I don't like people who mess around in games a lot - if I want to see that, I can do it myself. I've had a hard time watching some streams that Ian from EG has done on his personal channel, because it's clear he just wants to muck about for a bit instead, and he has every right to - it's his channel and he can play a game how he pleases. I mean, sometimes I can take it, but not a lot of the time.
I don't watch art/craft streams so much (although shout out to Doodle Date, my 100% favourite Youtube channel! because I do watch their streams), although if I did it would be the same sort of thing. Someone who's enjoying what they're doing, and not being an idiot just because they've got an audience. And not doing a thing just because it's popular and will get them the views.
Oh, oh, AND: most importantly: somebody who doesn't ragequit because they got a game over/lost on a level/lost a match/etc. I don't watch people who do that, but I know that that kind of game streamer exists. It strikes me as quite childish, tbh. I mean, I have thrown my controller once, but I only did it once, and, honestly, I don't see what the point is. Not like you can't do it over, is it?
(And I appreciate people who grind levels off stream, even if they get accused of "cheating" when they do it).
I think that's everything! No-one I watch on yt is perfect at streaming (sorry), but I enjoy watching them all the same.
Delightful.
I seem to have been doing SO MUCH the past few weeks, and I've found it exhausting. I had to take Jazz to the vet for her 6 month check-up yesterday and, by the time we left the house, I felt like I was running on fumes. I feel better now, but blerrghhhh not a fan.
(Jazz is fine, btw, she's just put the weight back on that she lost last year, and I fully admit it's probably my fault for giving her too many biscuits).
Anyway, I have the final question for the Post Once A Day Meme, and you will not be surprised in any way to discover that it is late!
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lassarina, and she asks: What (in your own opinion) makes a good streamer?Pretty much it boils down to someone who is engaging with the game and their viewers. I'm not going to say enjoying the game, because I have watched some people play games that they are clearly not enjoying - Aoife playing Stranger of Paradise springs to mind, for example, as she was having a terrible time with it, but I still watched the entire stream. I think what I mean by engaging with the game is that they're not just playing it for the views? Like they don't look bored, they at least look like they want it to improve (if it's bad), or they are enjoying themselves, or some kind of middle ground.
I like people who acknowledge their chat commenters (and regular commenters), but don't spend the entire time reading the chat instead of playing the game - one thing I like about the Oxboxtra and Eurogamer streams where it's more than one person is that someone can be playing the game, but someone else can keep an eye on what people are saying. Although shout out to Luke during Ellen's Dark Souls streams for saying from the start that nobody is looking at the chat and will not respond to them (because we know what DS fans are like, right?)
I don't like people who mess around in games a lot - if I want to see that, I can do it myself. I've had a hard time watching some streams that Ian from EG has done on his personal channel, because it's clear he just wants to muck about for a bit instead, and he has every right to - it's his channel and he can play a game how he pleases. I mean, sometimes I can take it, but not a lot of the time.
I don't watch art/craft streams so much (although shout out to Doodle Date, my 100% favourite Youtube channel! because I do watch their streams), although if I did it would be the same sort of thing. Someone who's enjoying what they're doing, and not being an idiot just because they've got an audience. And not doing a thing just because it's popular and will get them the views.
Oh, oh, AND: most importantly: somebody who doesn't ragequit because they got a game over/lost on a level/lost a match/etc. I don't watch people who do that, but I know that that kind of game streamer exists. It strikes me as quite childish, tbh. I mean, I have thrown my controller once, but I only did it once, and, honestly, I don't see what the point is. Not like you can't do it over, is it?
(And I appreciate people who grind levels off stream, even if they get accused of "cheating" when they do it).
I think that's everything! No-one I watch on yt is perfect at streaming (sorry), but I enjoy watching them all the same.
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I like people who acknowledge their chat commenters (and regular commenters), but don't spend the entire time reading the chat instead of playing the game
So on Twitter I discovered someone who was going to be starting Chrono Trigger, and since I love Chrono Trigger I responded saying I'd catch her stream. I didn't realize she was a pretty big streamer at the time I said that. When I tuned in, she spent AN HOUR just greeting people in her chat. T_T And when she finally started the game, spent more time responding to chat instead of playing. I quickly turned it off because yeah, I want to see people PLAY THE GAME!
For me personally: I have a regular viewer who tunes in nearly every time, and I'm usually pretty good about responding to him, even if it's just a chuckle at something he said (he likes puns). But I don't respond to every single thing - some things I have nothing to say to. I do worry sometimes that new people coming in will be turned off at what seems like a one-on-one conversation between us, but I don't know what else to do. It seems rude not to respond! Plus, since it's often just me and him on the stream I can afford to be more personalized, I think?
I don't like people who mess around in games a lot - if I want to see that, I can do it myself.
Hmm, on my single-player games I stream I've been pretty consistent with focusing on story (though FFXV was the outlier, because it's so easy to get sidetracked in that game). With FFXIV though... I'm still streaming it every Saturday, and I've exhausted the main story so I've been doing side quests and other content. I think I figure "well, I'm going to be playing it anyway, might as well stream it" and some of the side content has been REALLY GOOD (like we recently had interactions with dead characters' family and friends, which expanded their backstories) so I don't think it's that boring to watch? but I'm not sure.
Oh, oh, AND: most importantly: somebody who doesn't ragequit because they got a game over/lost on a level/lost a match/etc.
Yeah. There's been times when I've gotten frustrated with a boss fight that was giving me problems, and since it was close to quitting time anyway, I said I would just end there and we'd try again next time. But I don't think that's quite the same as ragequitting.
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I think it's better that you keep a chat going, even if it is just with the one viewer. Because then I feel like you're showing you will interact, even if it's just one person, and I'd rather see that happening upon your stream randomly (say), than seeing you have a viewer who's sending you messages, but you're not responding.
Side quests and that sort of thing is fine! I don't mind that type of thing at all (especially if, say, it's not one I'm going to do myself), and I don't find it boring. Unless it's grinding for a rare item drop in which case...I might skip that. What I meant by messing about is like, playing the game like you're a kid and you don't understand how it works properly? I don't really know how else to explain it.
Yeah, acknowledging that you need a break and you'll come back to it isn't the same as ragequitting at all - Ellen from Outside Xtra has done that in Dark Souls streams where she's like, "Nope, I need to walk away from this," and then come back next stream and things have gone better. (I'm sure other streamers I've watched have as well, but I guess DS streams stick in my head more because every bit of those games seem like an exercise in frustration to me).
I mean also the entire answer I gave was one huge YMMV, and I don't expect anyone to agree with me, least of all someone who streams themselves. And I know you said I could ignore what you said if I wanted to, but I didn't! I found your reply interesting as well.
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This was interesting, thank you! I struggle to watch video of any kind so mostly I was curious what other people found engaging about it beyond just the game being played.