Current Events > I don't get watching Twitch streams for hours a day >_> *old man rant*

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Do people just use it for background noise? I can kinda understand watching Let's Plays cuz you want to see what a game is like, but they're in short bursts and are put out slowly so you can watch them. idk how you can watch someone plow through a singleplayer game so quickly on a stream, where you'll probably miss something. Or how people can watch the streamer play the same multiplayer game over and over again. And what exactly are the reasons that people tip? Is it because the streamer gives good commentary?

Maybe I'm just too old and 'don't get it' anymore. Maybe this is more for people younger than me.

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Good background noise while browsing and shitposting or whatever
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It's just that - media consumption and tastes change over time. Most of us here are now in our thirties, we can't relate to a lot of the on things for teenagers.

My 18 year old coworker thought it was weird i didnt know who "Ninja" was.

Yesterday they talked about him on NPR.

Im learning contemporary pop culture from NPR.
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Like I watch Streamers that I enjoy talking to or that make me laugh. The streamers I watch often chat with people and are usually smaller so it's not a giant clusterfuck chat. It's pretty chill.
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AlisLandale posted...

My 18 year old coworker thought it was weird i didnt know who "Ninja" was.

Yesterday they talked about him on NPR.

Im learning contemporary pop culture from NPR.

idk what you're even talking about lol. Who's Ninja? >_>
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NeonOctopus posted...

AlisLandale posted...

My 18 year old coworker thought it was weird i didnt know who "Ninja" was.

Yesterday they talked about him on NPR.

Im learning contemporary pop culture from NPR.

idk what you're even talking about lol. Who's Ninja? >_>

Apparently hes the biggest Fortnite twitch streamer in the world.

He was catching flack on NPR for saying he refused to stream with girls cause hes married and didnt want to spark drama or rumors lol.
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I don't have good enough Internet connection to watch livestreams so I don't watch them, but yeah I guess it's entertaining to see already funny people playing the games you like while interacting with the viewers. Also good background noise too.

I mean, most old people still don't understand how we're able to sit and just smash buttons in a controller while staring at a screen for hours, so I guess it's the same thing that's happening with this new streaming thing.
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16-BITTER posted...

Imagine watching someone else play a game you could play yourself.

Most of the time the game is secondary. If a streamer is very personable it just kinda feels like hangin' out.
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AlisLandale posted...

He was catching flack on NPR for saying he refused to stream with girls cause hes married and didnt want to spark drama or rumors lol.

Smart man

Some of the girls on twitch are just the worst
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I watch lets play vids on youtube as background noise when im lifting
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I usually watch VODs, but I happened to catch one streamer live the other day. It was kind of cool chatting with her/chat about what she was playing. I probably wouldn't do it every single day though.

As for watching those long-ass streams, it usually is just background noise for me. If it's something I'm paying attention to, I can just leave it and come back to it later if I need to.
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I dislike when people jokingly call themselves old men because slowly the joke fades and everybody gets depressed.
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joe40001 posted...

I dislike when people jokingly call themselves old men because slowly the joke fades and everybody gets depressed.

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16-BITTER posted...

Imagine watching someone else play a game you could play yourself.

Maybe it's a game I don't have any interest in playing myself, but I'm interested enough in general to see what it's all about.

The main thing I've spent a lot of time watching on twitch is competitive Smash, but I lost interest in that. For streamers I like, I usually just watch when they upload their streams to YouTube.
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16-BITTER posted...

Imagine watching someone else play a game you could play yourself.

Like football?
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l Dudeboy l posted...

16-BITTER posted...

Imagine watching someone else play a game you could play yourself.

Like football?

Or porn?
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NeonOctopus posted...

l Dudeboy l posted...

16-BITTER posted...

Imagine watching someone else play a game you could play yourself.

Like football?

Or porn?

Or Baseball? Just kidding no one watches Baseball
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Because this generation of gamers grew up watching their older millennial siblings play video games.

Born to be backseat vidya game cucks
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Vyrulisse posted...

NeonOctopus posted...

l Dudeboy l posted...

16-BITTER posted...

Imagine watching someone else play a game you could play yourself.

Like football?

Or porn?

Or Baseball? Just kidding no one watches Baseball

Sports I think arent really comparable. You only need one to play a video game, you need 22 to play football and 18 to play baseball at a minimum.

gna647 posted...

Because this generation of gamers grew up watching their older millennial siblings play video games.

Born to be backseat vidya game cucks

lmao
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I'd watch streamers to see if I'd enjoy the game they were playing. Only a very few streamers are entertaining though.

One streamer who use to do NBA 2k was funny though I'd end up watching his stream for over a hour I think his name was imanoying
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Vyrulisse posted...

Like I watch Streamers that I enjoy talking to or that make me laugh. The streamers I watch often chat with people and are usually smaller so it's not a giant clusterfuck chat. It's pretty chill.

This. I enjoy the fact that you can interact personally with the person hosting stream. That was unheard of in the days of television
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It's noise, amusing and a social thing. Top three reasons. A fourth being is people learn stuff. Learn about the game, how to play better etc.
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Not to mention most consoles now encourage sharing stuff on media.
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watching people play games on twitch is probably the least enjoyable activity i can think of, no clue how anyone does it
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I have a friend who's into twitch a little too much. Hell, into just streamers even outside of twitch. He even says omegalul and monkaS in real life and it's cringy as fuck
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Touch posted...

I have a friend who's into twitch a little too much. Hell, into just streamers even outside of twitch. He even says omegalul in real life and it's cringy as fuck

lol
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There are several things of note.

One is the concept of a chat room. Remember chat rooms? They were big back in the late 90's. Lots of people were into those. Twitch streams are essentially chat rooms with a host. There's also a videogame aspect. Watching someone play, talking about the game and games in general. A lot of people played games with friends or siblings growing up. It's not uncommon at all. The chat room aspect plays into that. Also, the streamers that tend to have a loyal following are at the very least somewhat charismatic.

So if someone can't understand the appeal of watching a twitch stream, perhaps they could understand the appeal of a chat room and/or the appeal of playing games with someone else. It's really not that illogical of a jump as far as entertainment goes.

Huge streamers are a different story, as those chats are a mess but I assume the hosts are particularly charismatic. Probably a big part of it is all their friends also watch. I would theorize that the mega streamers have a younger audience on average.

GregShmedley posted...

gna647 posted...

Because this generation of gamers grew up watching their older millennial siblings play video games.

Born to be backseat vidya game cucks

This actually would make a lot of sense. I remember asking my brother why he watches streamers like five or six years ago and he told me he was used to watching me play the games growing up.

that's pretty interesting. I don't watch any streamers regularly and rarely check them out even when interested in a game, but my younger brother is always watching them
given that he also grew up watching me play a lot of games, it's a cool theory
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I don't think of twitch chat as a chat room >_> Do people really have conversations on it?
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NeonOctopus posted...

I don't think of twitch chat as a chat room >_> Do people really have conversations on it?

I imagine a lot of the smaller ones do, like with a couple hundred viewers. The huge channels with tens of thousands of viewers not at all.
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16-BITTER posted...

Acceleration posted...

Vyrulisse posted...

NeonOctopus posted...

l Dudeboy l posted...

16-BITTER posted...

Imagine watching someone else play a game you could play yourself.

Like football?

Or porn?

Or Baseball? Just kidding no one watches Baseball

Sports I think arent really comparable. You only need one to play a video game, you need 22 to play football and 18 to play baseball at a minimum.

And you also need equipment and decent weather and a lot of room. It requires some effort to set up.

On the contrary, Fortnite is free to play and it's available on every platform. Almost anyone watching someone stream Fortnite could be playing it themselves with but a minimum of effort.

Hey, youre right!! Let me download fortnight on my phone and instantly do what Ninja does like getting #1 in matches.

Oh wait, I cant do that. But what IF I wanted to see what it looks like?? Typically when I join a game I land and just die to the first person I see. Maybe I would like to watch someone good? While im watching, I may even chat with other players and make new friends!!

Nah, fuck that, ill sit at home alone playing the game alone and have no fun. Its not like humans are social creatures.
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16-BITTER posted...

Imagine watching someone else play a game you could play yourself.

While I dont get it. And at turning 41 today I am an old man, but theres this ....
https://imgur.com/J11fA1Y
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Vy trolls small time streamers by talking shit while she plays bad games like GW2.
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16-BITTER posted...

HydroCannabinol posted...

Nah, fuck that, ill sit at home alone playing the game alone and have no fun. Its not like humans are social creatures.

How do you play an online multiplayer-only game alone?

Pedantry fell out of style long ago. You know exactly what he meant.

16-BITTER posted...

Imagine watching someone else play a game you could play yourself.

I did this as a kid with "scary" games. I would watch my cousin play because I was too scared to do it myself.

As an adult though it seems weird.

Do they even have bare tits on Twitch?
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ledbowman posted...

Do they even have bare tits on Twitch?

nope
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16-BITTER posted...

Acceleration posted...

Vyrulisse posted...

NeonOctopus posted...

l Dudeboy l posted...

16-BITTER posted...

Imagine watching someone else play a game you could play yourself.

Like football?

Or porn?

Or Baseball? Just kidding no one watches Baseball

Sports I think arent really comparable. You only need one to play a video game, you need 22 to play football and 18 to play baseball at a minimum.

And you also need equipment and decent weather and a lot of room. It requires some effort to set up.

On the contrary, Fortnite is free to play and it's available on every platform. Almost anyone watching someone stream Fortnite could be playing it themselves with but a minimum of effort.

Sure, but it's the difference between playing in a little league game, and watching the NFL finals, ninja isn't just one of the most popular streamers, he's also one of the best players at the game. Besides, no one watches football because they don't have 21 other players, they don't think to themselves "I'd love to play football now but i'll settle for watching", no, they watch football because they want to watch football.
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Vyrulisse posted...

Good background noise while browsing and shitposting or whatever

This mostly, some of the times i just consider them live podcasts while i do other shit or play games >_>
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