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Grab Im Moor posted:I think that video game streamers can be ok and I watch some of them sometimes. But only the quieter ones who don't scream all the time for no reason and do "pranks" like this fool or pool streams or whatever. If you can pull it off and gather a reasonable audience why not, playing vidya all day so you can afford a house and a decent way of life seems like a pretty good deal If you manage to become popular as a streamer, you need to milk it for all its worth as fast as you can, because as soon as you take a break for just a few days, all the 12 year olds will move on to another bombastic weirdo who screams while playing Fortnite or whatever game the kids are all dumping their allowance into for badges and whatever.
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Aug 6, 2023 20:47
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There really is 2 different worlds of video game streamers. There's the ones who scream at fortnite who all start rich and exploit 11 year olds' attention span issues for e-celebrity status (then half of them creep on 13 year olds and get away with it because of their teen boy disinfo squads). Then there's more reasonable sorts who would probably be doing (or used to do) let's play, but streaming is infinitely more popular these days.
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Aug 6, 2023 21:22
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emSparkly posted:There really is 2 different worlds of video game streamers. There's the ones who scream at fortnite who all start rich and exploit 11 year olds' attention span issues for e-celebrity status (then half of them creep on 13 year olds and get away with it because of their teen boy disinfo squads). Then there's more reasonable sorts who would probably be doing (or used to do) let's play, but streaming is infinitely more popular these days. And people actually watch these things you speak of?
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Aug 6, 2023 21:25
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AvesPKS posted:And people actually watch these things you speak of? I do, I just don't inhale.
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Aug 6, 2023 21:34
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What do kids game these days? Back in the day we used to play a lot of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Is that still popular? Do kids "game" it a lot?
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Aug 6, 2023 22:13
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GABA ghoul posted:What do kids game these days? Back in the day we used to play a lot of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Is that still popular? Do kids "game" it a lot? Folks are too stupid for proper 4x games these days. If they made it nowadays Sister Godwinson would have huge jiggling anime titties.
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Aug 6, 2023 22:36
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GABA ghoul posted:What do kids game these days? Back in the day we used to play a lot of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Is that still popular? Do kids "game" it a lot? I've talked games with one coworkers kid and he likes Earthbound a lot.
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Aug 6, 2023 22:47
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emSparkly posted:There really is 2 different worlds of video game streamers. There's the ones who scream at fortnite who all start rich and exploit 11 year olds' attention span issues for e-celebrity status (then half of them creep on 13 year olds and get away with it because of their teen boy disinfo squads). Then there's more reasonable sorts who would probably be doing (or used to do) let's play, but streaming is infinitely more popular these days. there's no such thing as a reasonable streamer, they make their living by exploiting parasocial relationships while doing absolutely nothing to help anyone but themselves. A fast food worker pulling min wage is at least feeding people. They're only helping themselves in the short term too (if at all) because "I played video games for eight years" isn't going to win you any interviews once the popularity of you/your game of choice/streaming in general fades
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Aug 6, 2023 23:44
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:there's no such thing as a reasonable streamer, they make their living by exploiting parasocial relationships while doing absolutely nothing to help anyone but themselves. A fast food worker pulling min wage is at least feeding people. Next you're going to tell me actors aren't god's gift to society.
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Aug 6, 2023 23:47
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temple posted:Lock them up, what are the cops doing? Can we get some tear gas or water hoses? How do they just let people riot and destroy property like that? This wasn't even nominally for political reasons. The NextDoor poster has logged on
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Aug 6, 2023 23:47
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:I didn't say you couldn't get paid streaming, just that streaming isn't work Who gives a gently caress? Work is bullshit.
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Aug 6, 2023 23:58
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So what happened with the PS5s? Can I have one?
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Aug 6, 2023 23:59
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Brother Tadger posted:The NextDoor poster has logged on My taxes paid for that stuff
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Aug 7, 2023 00:00
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:there's no such thing as a reasonable streamer, they make their living by exploiting parasocial relationships while doing absolutely nothing to help anyone but themselves. A fast food worker pulling min wage is at least feeding people. Aren't they showing others how to play the game, or how to get better at playing the game? Is that not the point?
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Aug 7, 2023 00:17
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AvesPKS posted:Aren't they showing others how to play the game, or how to get better at playing the game? Is that not the point? Lol no It's kind of like how every time a game introduces match making for PvP based on skill level streamers lose their poo poo, because they rely on playing against bad players, and the moment they play against people at their level they stop looking impressive. It's pretty goddamn hilarious.
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Aug 7, 2023 00:29
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yeah streamers! Get a REAL JOB like I do for my job. The things I like and do are purely moral and yours are immoral and bad!
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Aug 7, 2023 00:36
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my job adds zero value to the world and that grinds at me every day. i can hate on streamers for existing, but not for making a buck
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Aug 7, 2023 00:39
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AvesPKS posted:And people actually watch these things you speak of? A large amount of the streamer audience has two monitors and plays a steam on an alternate monitor while they do something else so they don't feel like they're completely alone in what they're doing. Instead, they feel like they're hanging out with friends.
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Aug 7, 2023 00:40
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Lister posted:A large amount of the streamer audience has two monitors and plays a steam on an alternate monitor while they do something else so they don't feel like they're completely alone in what they're doing. Instead, they feel like they're hanging out with friends. Really they're no different to people who listen to podcasts in the background if you think about it.
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Aug 7, 2023 00:44
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Tarkus posted:yeah streamers! Get a REAL JOB like I do for my job. The things I like and do are purely moral and yours are immoral and bad! I hope you make it on Twitch little buddy but playing video games will still never be work
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Aug 7, 2023 00:53
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if you see N64 controllers wrapped around a powerline it's a gamer gang initiation thing and they'll kill you!!
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Aug 7, 2023 00:54
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William Henry Hairytaint posted:streaming in general fades I think we can rule this part out, for what it's worth. It's been more than a decade now and streaming just seems to be getting bigger all the time, to the point where its very existence now influences product design right down to the devices themselves, and biz decisions, and corporate policies. If anything will fade its the specific services and apps.
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Aug 7, 2023 00:59
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no it's all over any day now
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Aug 7, 2023 01:05
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:if you see N64 controllers wrapped around a powerline it's a gamer gang initiation thing and they'll kill you!! How can I tell if my kids are high on Fortnight?
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Aug 7, 2023 01:25
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It’s too bad that modern capitalism is only geared towards trying to sell poo poo instead of improving living conditions and building community. Welp, maybe next go round E. I mean, bonfire reset 
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Aug 7, 2023 01:34
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lol video games? like a nintendo? people still playing mario 40 years later??
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Aug 7, 2023 01:40
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appropriatemetaphor posted:lol video games? like a nintendo? people still playing mario 40 years later?? There's lot of Marios now. Some of them are even blue Marios, and people want to gently caress them.
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Aug 7, 2023 02:02
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Mega64 posted:There's lot of Marios now. Some of them are even blue Marios, and people want to gently caress them. The referee from mario tennis 64? 
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Aug 7, 2023 02:05
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Remember when Mario was a boxing referee? I heard the guy was in the family business but I didn't know he was in on fixing the fights.
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Aug 7, 2023 02:09
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emSparkly posted:Remember when Mario was a boxing referee? I heard the guy was in the family business but I didn't know he was in on fixing the fights. There should have been a movie for Mike Tyson's Punchout. Except the twist is Mike Tyson wins.
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Aug 7, 2023 03:21
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Knormal posted:So what happened with the PS5s? Can I have one? It looks like what he had were $100 gift cards, probably for Best Buy (which there is one in Union Square). So in theory, he could say he was "giving away" anything that Best Buy sells. So if he gives a person five $100 gift cards, he gave them a PS5.
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Aug 7, 2023 03:30
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Aug 7, 2023 03:33
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Bula Vinaka posted:
i think that the use of teh (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Aug 7, 2023 04:19
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Bula Vinaka posted:
Never apologize.
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Aug 7, 2023 05:47
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Bip Roberts posted:Never apologize. Right, because if you admit guilt they can use it against you in court.
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Aug 7, 2023 06:08
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Gamers Stink Up (the place)
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Aug 7, 2023 06:21
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Bula Vinaka posted:
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Aug 7, 2023 06:53
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Bula Vinaka posted:It looks like what he had were $100 gift cards, probably for Best Buy (which there is one in Union Square). So in theory, he could say he was "giving away" anything that Best Buy sells. So if he gives a person five $100 gift cards, he gave them a PS5.
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