Ninja smashes his old Twitch viewership record with his event at Las Vegas peaking at 680'000 viewers.

[Commodus]

15 hours ago, LinusTech said:

Nah I still find time to PLAY sports, but the justification to myself is that I gotta stay in shape.

 

Gaming has no such defence so I find it very hard to make time for it.

I'd say this: livestreaming games isn't so much about the games themselves as it is the community... well, ideally.

 

For Ninja, it's tough to create a community because even a regular stream has so many people that it's impossible to follow chat.  But when you have "just" a few hundred people watching, and you have a carefully moderated chat that's friendly?  It's great, it's as much about catching up with the streamer and pals as it is exploits in Fortnite/PUBG/game X.  Especially if you organize community events where the chat can play with the broadcaster.

 

With that said, I suspect it'd be a once-a-week thing if LTT did it rather than a daily affair like you see with the likes of Ninja and other professional streamers.  It requires quite a lot of investment to do on a frequent basis.

[NumLock21]

So a bunch of teens idolized this person thus why he has so many viewers. Well if he likes what he does and is successful at it, then good for him. For me I could care less about that this person does, same as that other person who's gamer tag is still plaster all over today's computer components.

[Thony]

19 hours ago, SC2Mitch said:

Badminton off the table? FeelsBadMan

There are no tables in badminton.

[ItsMitch]

2 minutes ago, Thony said:

There are no tables in badminton.

I guess you missed the "off the table" part which is often used like:

[VicBar]

17 hours ago, LinusTech said:

I don't 'get' it.

 

Can't see the appeal, have no desire to find it, would rather do any of a thousand other things...

Well the way I see it.. For example, all of us who watch YOU.. we totally love just going around the warehouse, like, on your shoulder and you talk to us about stuff (not been many recently btw (dw ik you're very busy) ) But we're invested in you, and your team and channel etc.. so even if you're doing mundane things.. it's not about what you're doing..

 

That way.. It's not so much about the games themselves at some point but more about the personality on camera, just like youtube, but with another format, a live one which is much much more engaging. The games matter but at one point, they don't.. The streamer I watch (ok maye max 3 and only like once a week), play mainly one game, but i catch him playing others, too and it's fun. Bc its him.
Take Luke for example.. He's no pro, nor is Taran (those world records tho...) But it's very fun to watch them play, bc we love them man.

[michaelocarroll007]

8 hours ago, Doobeedoo said:

It's very impressive for individual streamer to gain such numbers that's for sure. Fun and all, cool prizes and some good cause too. 

 

Sometines I find it funny when Linus mentiones he's out of touch with like streamers and eSports cause he's not old per say that he wouldn't cought upon it.

makes me feel old Aswell 24 years old checking in. Dont know a single person who Watches Video game streaming a lot out of any of my gamer friends. i see the potential it will become but I still feel like its just not apart of my Age Group. 

[Theguywhobea]

2 minutes ago, michaelocarroll007 said:

makes me feel old Aswell 24 years old checking in. Dont know a single person who Watches Video game streaming a lot out of any of my gamer friends. i see the potential it will become but I still feel like its just not apart of my Age Group. 

I'm 24 and I watch streams every day

[Doobeedoo]

8 hours ago, SC2Mitch said:

Relevant for this

Capital S makes it stand out more though.

[michaelocarroll007]

31 minutes ago, Theguywhobea said:

I'm 24 and I watch streams every day

Yeah i didnt meant No one this age does. I personally just see it a very small thing around the age of 25& up  i would say a vast majority of viewers are younger then that but im sure theres a 45 year old that watches aswell but its not the average viewer. 

[Doobeedoo]

35 minutes ago, michaelocarroll007 said:

makes me feel old Aswell 24 years old checking in. Dont know a single person who Watches Video game streaming a lot out of any of my gamer friends. i see the potential it will become but I still feel like its just not apart of my Age Group. 

Hmm I guess it all depends. Me and my friends are a bit older and we do tend to watch streamers/esports events.

[Froody129]

Good for him.

 

Personally, I don't care about streamers. I have my own games and my own friends to share them with, I really don't get this thing Watching someone else play stuff. 

 

Although I do suppose a lot of people don't get being on a a forum and talking to people there 

[Syntaxvgm]

On 4/22/2018 at 8:04 PM, LinusTech said:

I don't 'get' it.

 

Can't see the appeal, have no desire to find it, would rather do any of a thousand other things...

how about you just stream playing the game for 3 minutes on low end hardware, adjusting the settings for 15 minutes, repeat a few times until it's smooth, end stream.