i dont like having videos interrupted every second to read chat/have a donation, its very annoying. and i dont think ill ever understand most of the famous twitch people, twitch culture seems so awful. small streamers are fine, joining a smash bros arena and seeing it streamed is nice. or when mario maker was new you'd give people ur level to play. very fun.
oh also.. can we discuss hololive while we're here? anime is ok but this is way too weird for me. isnt it mostly in japanese, to an audience that doesnt speak japanese? and its like the exact same as regular twitch, but its.. anime? and thats a huge draw? yeah
Hololive sits in the uncanny valley for me. I can't watch any of those streamers (characters?) move and talk without feeling a bit unsettled by it. At least with that however there's a distinct "performance" element to it - the way a lot of streamers are set up feels voyeuristic by comparison, and that feeling is 100% by design.
RE: VTubers, they actually just introduced a bunch of streamers who stream primarily in English. Agreed tho. I tried watching a subbed vod of one of them once and just got bored. And that was with subtitles! Gotta be an incredible simp to actually sit through a livestream of someone speaking a language you don't understand imo.
They do generate a lot of funny clips though. I like watching those.
i dont like having videos interrupted every second to read chat/have a donation, its very annoying. and i dont think ill ever understand most of the famous twitch people, twitch culture seems so awful. small streamers are fine, joining a smash bros arena and seeing it streamed is nice. or when mario maker was new you'd give people ur level to play. very fun.
oh also.. can we discuss hololive while we're here? anime is ok but this is way too weird for me. isnt it mostly in japanese, to an audience that doesnt speak japanese? and its like the exact same as regular twitch, but its.. anime? and thats a huge draw? yeah
Hololive sits in the uncanny valley for me. I can't watch any of those streamers (characters?) move and talk without feeling a bit unsettled by it. At least with that however there's a distinct "performance" element to it - the way a lot of streamers are set up feels voyeuristic by comparison, and that feeling is 100% by design.
I just checked out hololive and backed out in 15 seconds lol. I don’t think I’m the target demographic for that
RE: VTubers, they actually just introduced a bunch of streamers who stream primarily in English. Agreed tho. I tried watching a subbed vod of one of them once and just got bored. And that was with subtitles! Gotta be an incredible simp to actually sit through a livestream of someone speaking a language you don't understand imo.
They do generate a lot of funny clips though. I like watching those.