• bedsores [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      just do it w/ cam off if that helps. if you're good at games, you can still get a pretty big audience w/o being on cam.

        • bedsores [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          yea, twitch doesn't exactly help you find new people to watch. streaming ck3 probably a good move tho, a lot of strategy game streamers are more chill and don't have face cam. diff audience than the FPS streamers, also probably less likely to have creeps in your chat.

        • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          thinking if I get my rank up getting viewers will be easier

          a large part of the twitch viewer base don't care if you're good at the game or not, they watch for entertainment

            • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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              4 years ago

              i streamed once, 3 years ago, when a friend of mine gave me his old mic. I just streamed rimworld for 2 hours and talked to chat like we were hanging out in the same room. still have 5 followers lol
              my completely worthless advice would be to just do it, and let the chips fall where they may

        • cadence [they/them,she/her]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah, it's hard. I remember listening to a pod where popular streamers talked about their success, and it comes down to:

          Must do these things:

          • Have a microphone
          • Talk about whatever while having viewers, silence is not interesting
          • Gameplay that isn't completely average. You can be really terrible, really good, or do something interesting outside of the good/bad structure.
          • Stream.

          Then, you need to actually get some viewers. People that like what you are doing. Options include:

          • Be involved in the game's community and make friends
          • Encourage people online to visit, put out a call on this site or on social media or whatever
          • Perform some never seen before feat so everyone comes to see what you'll do next (unlikely to happen)

          The most important thing to remember is that it's a slow process. If you're streaming with the sole intent of becoming popular, that's the wrong approach. Stream with the intent of having a small number of people that do keep coming back to watch you.

      • cadence [they/them,she/her]
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        4 years ago

        that costs like $500+ for the model and rig and stuff but it's probably really lucrative yeah