"Vtuber" is a term for youtubers/streamers/etc. who stream not with their real face, but with a face-rig software to give them an anime girl avatar. There are literally thousands of people doing this because of how easy the software is to get. The biggest VTubers join a company to get publicity and marketing and whatever. One of the biggest VTuber companies is Cover, who runs a group of VTubers called Hololive, a couple dozen VTubers who get a massive amount of views and fans. The company gives them their avatars and backstories and stuff.
Gotcha, thanks! I've been seeing a ton of them in my recommended videos section but since I don't really watch streamers of any sort I've never bothered to check em out.
Why what? If you mean the China thing, check my other reply. If you mean the VTuber thing in general, I'd say it's just a popular meeting of anime characters and video game streams. Game streamer + cute anime girl = profit, I guess.
Recently, one of the most popular members of Hololive was banned for three weeks by her own company for reading off viewer statistics. One of the countries listed was Taiwan, and apparently just reading that fact was enough for Chinese fans to start harassing her and a couple other members of Hololive who defended her. The parent company, Cover, has a foot in the Chinese streaming market, and to protect their profits and VTubers there they decided to just ban the offenders.
Obviously the blame lies on Cover for instantly throwing their own employee under the bus for saying "Taiwan." However, all the dumbasses on Reddit think that it's a big Chinese conspiracy, and that the CCP will assassinate the members of Hololive China, or something stupid like that. Typical Reddit Sinophobia.
"Vtuber" is a term for youtubers/streamers/etc. who stream not with their real face, but with a face-rig software to give them an anime girl avatar. There are literally thousands of people doing this because of how easy the software is to get. The biggest VTubers join a company to get publicity and marketing and whatever. One of the biggest VTuber companies is Cover, who runs a group of VTubers called Hololive, a couple dozen VTubers who get a massive amount of views and fans. The company gives them their avatars and backstories and stuff.
In short, Hololive is one big group of VTubers.
Gotcha, thanks! I've been seeing a ton of them in my recommended videos section but since I don't really watch streamers of any sort I've never bothered to check em out.
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Why what? If you mean the China thing, check my other reply. If you mean the VTuber thing in general, I'd say it's just a popular meeting of anime characters and video game streams. Game streamer + cute anime girl = profit, I guess.
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what does it have to do w/ china tho?
Recently, one of the most popular members of Hololive was banned for three weeks by her own company for reading off viewer statistics. One of the countries listed was Taiwan, and apparently just reading that fact was enough for Chinese fans to start harassing her and a couple other members of Hololive who defended her. The parent company, Cover, has a foot in the Chinese streaming market, and to protect their profits and VTubers there they decided to just ban the offenders.
Obviously the blame lies on Cover for instantly throwing their own employee under the bus for saying "Taiwan." However, all the dumbasses on Reddit think that it's a big Chinese conspiracy, and that the CCP will assassinate the members of Hololive China, or something stupid like that. Typical Reddit Sinophobia.