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Buster. Buster, come here.
Come here. Too much excitement.
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[Background apartment noise]
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[Computer powering up]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Hello guys, we are back. Oh
my goodness. Maxy, thank you so
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much for the $30. That's so kind
of you and thank you so much for
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the kind words. I'm so glad you
are enjoying stream.
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When the mom dies to the
shark, that's pretty bad, right?
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He's like, "my mom died." Is
like, "suck it up, bitch. You
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got to get back out there." That
would destroy some kids today I
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feel like. All right, we've got
to find some frogs.
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Wait, it's still on irl,
really? This sounds really sad,
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I feel like I am talking to
myself now. I guess that's what
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streaming is. My stomach is
growling, I'm really hungry.
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Oh shit, that's a [explicit]
twelve-month badge . Calling it,
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maybe not. Oh, we're a defense
team, boys. Let's go.
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Well, poki merch is literally
in like a day or two, we are
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just getting the Europe side of
it ready. Thank you so much for
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subbing. Aerial force, welcome
to the poki club. Thank you for
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the nine months general, welcome
back.
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You use right-click? I use
space.
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You have to get this res,
let's go.
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I mean, I'm sorry, I said it.
I'm sorry, I don't care if the
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cameras are rolling.
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It says error updating
vodcast.
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Pokilove, your insta was
hacked? How?
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[Streamers talking at once]
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[Music]
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Appreciate that, thank you.
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My name is Ellie, I go by
mopgarden online. I am a
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professional streamer. I have
been streaming for just over
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three years in July.
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Okay guys, we are doing the
sub-a-thon again tomorrow, okay?
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Oh my god, that junkrat is
annoying. You can't win if you
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die, heroes never die, gooded.
Hype boys, thank you so much,
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maxy.
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I was working full time at
Starbucks and I basically was
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making more in today's of
streaming a week than I was for
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a whole paycheck at Starbucks. I
thought to myself, "why am I
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doing this?" I ended up quitting
my job full-time and my manager
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was like, "you are making an
awful decision." I was like,
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we'll see.
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Sometimes it doesn't quite
sink in. I get to travel
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wherever I want, I get to make
my own schedule.
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This is the worst, when a fan
donates and then they are like,
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"oh, this is all I can offer
until my next paycheck." I'm
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like, stop giving me money. I
don't want your money, save it.
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That makes me feel horrible.
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I was getting swarmed with
emails, I was getting hundreds
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of emails a day. People that
wanted to have a meeting with me
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for all terrier motives, you
know? It's a mess.
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I've had someone ask me to
sign their baby on the forehead
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and I didn't know how I felt
about that.
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She started crying and she
was like, "it's been my dream to
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meet you, I've been watching you
for three years." That
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experience alone is super
surreal.
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So for us it's just a number
in the corner but when you try
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to visualize it in the physical
sense, that's a stadium of
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people. Sometimes you take it
for granted but when you stop
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and think, it's like, wow.
People tune in to watch me play
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video games.
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[Crowd cheering]
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Hey Google, play highway to
hell.
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Google voice: Highway to hell
by ac/dc, sure, playing on
spotify.
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[Highway to hell playing]
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Streaming is basically just a
guy or girl playing video games
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in his home and broadcasting it
to the world.
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The idea that people can take
their favorite game and they can
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have that audience watch as they
play it.
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You are watching me stream
video games and I am in the
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corner in the camera and you are
also watch me as I interact with
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the chat so if you are familiar
with YouTube, it's like YouTube
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but live.
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It's a lot like a live
broadcast of a TV show,
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something like Saturday night
live. People are watching it as
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it happens, there is plenty of
room for mistakes.
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God damn, this game is buggy
as [explicit].
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[Laughter]
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Video games are inherently
kind of glitchy sometimes.
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I'm going out, oh, that was a
bad idea.
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[Screaming]
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No, my neck!
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The unpredictability of what
is going on. It is this thing of
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sharing the moment.
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[Ominous music]
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[Screaming]
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You okay?
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There are so many forms of
great entertainment, novels, TV,
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movies. But the cool part about
video games is that you are
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interacting directly with the
medium.
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He's right in front of me,
shoot him with another rocket, I
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will try to jump on it, quick,
quick, quick. Oh, got it!
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I think that's what makes
them so exciting to people. It
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dates way back to the earliest
experience in arcades.
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You are at the arcade, you
put your quarter down, you're
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watching. You're not just going
to stand there and wait, you are
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interested in who this person is
and you are going to play. Your
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friend or your little brother or
your older sister watching over
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your shoulder telling you, "do
this, you should do that
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instead!" watching videogames is
and a lot of ways as fun as
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playing them.
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The people who see it as a
trend, they are probably people
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who don't get gaming to begin
with. Everybody plays games,
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whether it's Tetris on your
phone or what have you. Gaming
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has been so far removed from
geek culture since the 80s so
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anybody who doesn't acknowledge
its as much a part of our
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entertainment industry as
Hollywood is is really out of
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touch.
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Another study that came out
that showed that people 18-29
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now watch the sports more than
they watch anything pretty much
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except for movies I think. More
than sports, more than TV and
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that's an entire decade of
people that have grown up and
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decided, "you know what? This is
my entertainment of choice." So
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I think it has been habituated,
it's part of our culture already
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so I do think that the idea of
watching people play games
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online is going to continue to
grow.
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I don't get that. To me,
watching another person play
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video games is like going to a
restaurant and having someone
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eat your food for you. If you
like them, play them but I guess
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I'm getting old.
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[Laughter]
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What a play. That would be so
good.
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I had no interest in doing it
because I was like, "I don't
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understand why anybody would
watch people stream. Why would
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you not just want to play the
game yourself?" Then I went on
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and I watched a big streamer
play counterstrike for an hour
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and a half and I was like, "wow,
that was very fast. I don't
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understand how that happened."
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I don't know, why do people
watch soccer? Why do people
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watch basketball? Because they
enjoy it. I mean, I think it's
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as simple as that. It's exciting
watching other people do well in
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a game you know well yourself.
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Obviously there's a vicarious
enjoyment in seeing something
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done well, even if it might be
more fun for you to do it
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yourself since you can't do it
and since you can't perform at
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that level just as with
traditional sports, we enjoy
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watching people who are the best
at doing something.
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[Crowd celebrating intensely]
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There isn't a paid component
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in terms of barrier to entry so
it is free to watch. You pick a
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game. I'm interested in league
of legends, there will be a
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really famous pro player
currently streaming, a guy no
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one knows is streaming with very
few viewers.
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The means that people used to
watch live streaming video games
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is twitch.Tv.
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Twitch is a live social video
community for gamers and
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creative's. But we tried to do
is build a live video site that
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allows creators to build
communities of like-minded
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individuals around their
passions. I think YouTube really
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kicked it off with what they did
which was really empower anybody
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to broadcast themselves as their
original motto stated. We took
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that in a different direction
and made it live, made it
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actually interactive and a
little more social. You feel
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like you are in the room there
with the creator, maybe even
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playing games with them and they
respond to you.
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Can you tell me what kind of
items there is because I haven't
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seen. Morello's changed. Wait,
is it new items are they
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changing old items?
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On twitch, you have twitch
chat which is a little box right
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next to the screen where you are
viewing the broadcast itself.
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People can basically just say
whatever they wanted to it. It
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is this stream of people
talking, this mass of words
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flowing down the screen that you
can interact with it, respond to
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it so streamers talk to their
viewers and it becomes this sort
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of relationship.
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Twitch TV is not just a
streaming platform, it's also a
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social network. People can
interact, can also share their
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feelings, their opinions.
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It becomes this big gathering
and in the case of some of those
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streamers, they are very good at
sort of creating that at least
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illusion of them being your pal
so it's almost like sitting on
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the couch and watching a friend
play video games.
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Oh my god, is that actually
you? Dr. Disrespect, is that
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you?
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I prefer world champion.
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It's sort of this depth of
relationship with a content
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creator that you don't see in
many other places. For the
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gamer, for the player, for the
streamer, it feels like a little
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bit more social.
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Oh my god, it's [explicit]
you. Wait, can you go over by
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the fence so I can take a
screenshot? Please, dad?
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Even if you don't build a big
audience and build a career on
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it, it's a little bit more fun
than playing by yourself.
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People just create a sort of
new culture and at the same time
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in the industry and also
entertainment as a whole is
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factored as well.
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[Crowd cheering]
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Twitch came from a company
called Justin TV.
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My name is Justin and I am
the star of Justin.Tv.
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Justin kan, one of our
cofounders, decided that
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streaming his life 24/7 would be
a really fantastic idea.
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Justin TV was founded by
Justin kan, Emmett sheer who
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went on to be the founder and
ceo of twitch, Kyle voit and
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Michael siebel.
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Turns out it worked in the
sense that a lot of people were
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so curious. "Who is this dude
that thinks he can walk around
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San Francisco and stream his
life?"
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I'm just the one with a
camera.
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His entire life, while he is
sleeping, while he is walking
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around, while he is working.
It's a very boring, very raw
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reality show.
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I'm in the bathroom, going to
tilt the camera up a little bit.
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I'm trying to make this a pg-13
rated show.
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Six of clubs, eight of clubs.
It launched this idea of
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sharing your life. In 2008, we
opened up the platform for
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anyone to use and then 2009, we
started thinking about gaming.
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Gaming vod content, on-demand
content on YouTube was growing
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very quickly at that time so we
thought, "huh, why don't people
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do this live? It just makes
sense." As we continued to
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noodle on it, we said, "hey, we
really need to convince a board
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to let us just do games." They
said, "look, if you hit the
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numbers you say you can hit in
six months, we'll fund it." We
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had those numbers in two months,
launched twitch as a brand in
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2011 and then kept growing from
there. I think we were really
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lucky actually to land on
twitch.
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It was actually really
difficult to find a good noun or
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verb that wasn't already taken
for a site.
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Are you aware of the myth of
xarth?
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With an x, x-a-r-t-h. That
was sort of the working title.
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"Oh, you can be xarth linked,
people can be xarth linked, it's
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perfect." it was not the right
name, definitely.
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Which was acquired by Amazon
in August 2014 for roughly $970
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million.
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It was great meeting the
Amazon execs because they were
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like, "hey, we don't really know
what you guys do but it's cool
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and our kids watch it all the
time."
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I think that was definitely a
signal that this was no longer
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this niche thing, it was
mainstream at that point and now
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sure enough here we are a few
years later and traditional
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television is not doing so
great, twitch business is
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booming.
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Twitch has over 2 million
people that stream every month,
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we have about 10 million people
that watch every single day from
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around the world, most of our
audience is north America,
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Europe, east Asia, Latin
America. On average, they are
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watching over 100 minutes a day
so not quite two hours but a lot
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of content. I think people do
that because it's so engaging,
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it is a very different type of
video experience.
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I know there are a lot of
critics and a lot of doubts
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about twitch TV because it seems
like a sort of mirror of the act
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of playing that is natural. The
whole point is that twitchers
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are able to add more meaning to
a game.
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Many of them are very
charismatic people so they are
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fun to watch play a game in a
different way than other people
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would.
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Awkward encounter, I am
mortified. No, please don't kill
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me, sir. Oh my god, I am
seriously dying of
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embarrassment.
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It is absolutely not the
game. You can stream final
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fantasy vii, you can stream
overwatch, you can stream
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everything. It is not what, it
is how. In my studies, I found
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three main orientations of
streaming. The first one is the
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professional. The professional
usually is a pro gamer who
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depends on his or her game
skills. Also to provide your
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viewers tips, insights,
strategies. The reason
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professionals are streaming is
because they are good, really
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good at playing.
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Falls asleep due to the
ultimate coming it that he got
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four with the pulse bomb.
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My name is Alfred Lucas, I am
from Sweden.
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That's how you win a fight,
mendo just kills everybody.
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My gamer name or nickname is
mendokusaii or mendo which is a
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Japanese word. I just watch way
too much anime.
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I've been a pro gamer for a
little over a year and a half
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now. As soon as the overwatch
release trailer was hyped on
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blizzcon, I was like, "all
right, that's it."
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The game is a team-based
action shooter that features
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epic over-the-top battles in six
vs. Six competitive matches.
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I just decided I am going to
go pro, going to have a
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successful stream and I'm not
quitting before I have that.
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Originally I told my dad I want
to take a year of school and
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just tried to go pro in
overwatch. Then he decided that
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he's not taking a year off, he's
dropping out of high school
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because I don't want him to
focus on making it within one
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year, I want him to have all the
time in the world to focus on
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going pro because he believes he
can do it and I believe in him,
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too. The only reason I'm
actually here is because of the
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support from my father.
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Show music
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I stream generally 12-15
hours every day. I don't follow
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a set schedule. I am the kind of
streamer that if I'm awake, I'm
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probably streaming. I make sure
I pushed myself every day so I
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get used to, "I'm so exhausted,
I can play one more game and so
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my fan base is American, Korean
and European so I want to be
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able to hit all regions with my
stream. Also, I prefer nighttime
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a lot more, I don't like the sun
as you can see from the garbage
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taped all over my window.
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It gets bright and I sleep
during the days so it's hard
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sleeping. Yeah, I covered my
windows with that. I went
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outside to get breakfast that I
ordered yesterday I guess but
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the last time I was outside in
the sun, I can't remember. It's
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been a while.
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Got to go, mendo though, has
got the attack visors, got the
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nano boost ready to go and that
is going to mean afreeca blue I
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think is going to be stopped
right here, right now.
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Your first instinct is like,
"how can any human being track
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that well with a gun and follow
me wherever I am.
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Most people watching me, they
can't play my level. I dedicated
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my entire life to improving and
getting better and practicing
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and since this is a first-person
shooter, my aim is much, much
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better than the average player.
It is something they can't
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really ever experience without
putting years of their life into
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practice and see like, "wow, I
never thought you could do this
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with this character, I never
thought this was possible."
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It's as if you can watch
Michael Jordan practice and
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actually interact with him live.
That's the unique aspect of
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twitch that no other platform
really has mastered yet.
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How easy is it for football
players to communicate to their
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fans? I can start my stream,
play the game and have all these
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people, hundreds and thousands
of questions in chat and I can
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answer them as much as I want
to. I still do the same thing I
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do my entire life, I sit in my
room and practice and now I'm
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streaming myself doing it and
I'm getting almost worshiped for
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it. I have a lot of very
supportive followers, they give
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me very nice life to live but I
tell me straight up every day
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that right now there is no pro
play for me so of course I am
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focusing on streaming but it
still until I get on a pro team
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so I can focus on that again.
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Probably the most compelling
part of the overwatch league is
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that we are going to have
regionally-based teams. The pro
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players will have a guaranteed
minimum salary and guaranteed
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benefits so we are trying to be
very protective of up-and-coming
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pro players that they can see
this as a real career with a
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real future.
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Hell yeah, definitely want to
be a part of it. Unfortunately
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it's not that simple. I haven't
been in tournament play for a
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while so it's hard to get
noticed. I am kind of streaming
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and making sure I practice the
best that I can but my end goal
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is definitely being a part of
overwatch league and winning
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overwatch league, season one,
season two and season three
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onwards.
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[Music]
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The second orientation is the
hedonist who relies on his or
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her performance skills. So the
name is not so much important
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but what is really important is
the ability of the streamer to
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harness it for his own purposes.
For instance, using grand theft
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auto or mind craft really to
experiment, in some way to
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highlight the subjective and
personal dimension of the
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streamer.
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The only two things I've been
pretty much good at my entire
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life is making people laugh and
playing video games and I
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thought, "hey, that's literally
what that platform is all
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about."
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That shit happens, man. You
know, bad engine, man. You know,
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the [explicit] oil got into the
[Explicit] engine and [explicit]
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Sparked on fire and the car
blowup, man. You know, so? Oh,
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shit!
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Grand Theft Auto role-play is
interesting. The idea is people
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watch people play this open
world of crime and role play
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characters. You can play as a
police officer if you wanted to,
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you could be a criminal, a
postal truck driver, or you
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could run a food truck. People
have taken to using it to act
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like their own crime dramas,
police procedurals. It's
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basically a really elaborate
improv.
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My character is this petty,
impulsive, emotional criminal.
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He believes he is capable of
taking over and running the
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entire city. He's never going to
acquire that, though because
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he's really not the smartest guy
around.
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Can you drive with one hand?
Of course I can drive with
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one hand, what do you think?
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[Explosion]
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[Laughter]
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The gta server we play on is
robbing banks, selling drugs and
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stealing cars. Then after that
it's whatever you can imagine.
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You can essentially do.
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[Group singing karaoke]
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If you do get caught, you are
obviously arrested by the police
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officer and he brings you down
to whatever police station is
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nearest.
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You might want to get rid of
my shit on me, you know, before
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I do something crazy.
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It gets really intense, when
you are running from the cops
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and hiding in the car and they
cop drives by, your heart is
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literally pumping because the
minute they see you, they are on
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the radio and everybody is
coming to your location and you
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have to do your best to get
away. It's the most fun I've
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ever had in a game.
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Why does he come for me?
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[Grunting, stunned by taser]
Going to have some subjects
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outstanding as well.
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Why does he come for me first
all the time?
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So sheriff Eli is probably
the most popular gta role player
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and he is somebody who
role-plays a really hard-nosed
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by the books cop.
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If you surf, do not start
addressing me with respect, I'm
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going to put my foot so far up
your ass that the water on my
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knee will clench your [explicit]
thirst. The last thing you will
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ever think about is Mr. Dank
weed because the first and last
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thing on your mind will be my
foot. That's how far up your ass
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it will be. Do you get me, sir?
Are you picking up what I'm
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putting down?
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I'm picking up what you're
putting down, sir trooper.
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The guy who does it is a
former policeman himself. He
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basically uses actual police
procedures in this videogame.
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You have the right to remain
silent. Anything you say can and
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will be used against you in a
court of law. You have the right
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to an attorney. If you cannot
afford one, one will be
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appointed to you at no cost by
the state.
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When he comes on the game, he
clocks in as his actual shift.
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Sometimes it's almost hard to
tell if he's role-playing or not
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because it's that authentic, he
gets so into it.
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43, 44. Mr. Buddha, you
[Explicit] idiot, get out of
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here now! Leave this [explicit]
scene!
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He runs it like a jackrabbit,
I'll say too. There is no quit
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in that boy, not at all, none.
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When he pulls you over and
you hear his voice, the chill
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runs down your spine if you are
doing something wrong because it
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you are about to get [explicit]
by the law, man. It's pretty
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insane.
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[Car destroyed]
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We are so so [explicit].
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Motor vehicle fire, request
additional. Move away from the
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car, move away from the car,
move, move, move! Stop there,
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stop right there.
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We are so so [explicit],
dude.
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Mr. Buddha, what the
[Explicit] are you doing, sir?
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He actually came to
prominence on other people's
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streams and he didn't even have
good enough hardware to do it
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himself.
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My old PC when I first
started playing Grand Theft Auto
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was held together with bailing
twine and tobacco spit.
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The community raised money
for him because they wanted him
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to have a stream of his own so
badly.
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They raised almost $30,000 to
buy equipment. It was mind
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blowing.
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People love this guy. He is
this grumpy police officer man
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who goes around yelling at
people in a videogame.
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Sir, we can't risk you
turning into a [explicit]
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Missile every single time the
backstreet boys come on, sir.
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You understand?
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Yeah, yeah, man. Maybe I
won't listen to the music while
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I am driving, you know?
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So I work full-time at lone
star downtown. I am the cook
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there, make steaks for a living.
I hate it so much but I got to
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pay bills, right? The way twitch
works, it's the perfect dream
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job and that is basically my
goal is to do is do that
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full-time.
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Show music
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finally, there is the
companion. Here, the social
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dimension is highlighted. Here
the game is really just a
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premise. Sometimes they just
post the game and go into chat
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to share with them opinions,
ideas, memories. There are great
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discussions, great debates.
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I didn't even realize that
they're gone. Guys, they're
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gone, they're out of here. Oh,
no they're back. I didn't
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realize, I looked around and
nobody is here and then they
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just poked around the corner and
scared the shit out of me.
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I love video games and I love
people. It all kind of comes
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together with streaming.
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"How do I find a girlfriend?
I'm lonely." Well, Neo-fusion,
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you don't do it watching my
stream. What happened to the
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music, man? Hold on, let's see.
Let's pick another album. What
457
00:23:59,829 --> 00:24:01,440
do you guys want to listen to?
458
00:24:01,483 --> 00:24:04,617
A variety streamer basically
streams obviously a variety of
459
00:24:04,660 --> 00:24:06,749
games. All these different
genres of games we just kind of
460
00:24:06,793 --> 00:24:09,926
hop between them and get to know
the communities. Whatever is
461
00:24:09,970 --> 00:24:12,886
popular and people want to see
and whatever I'm interested in I
462
00:24:12,929 --> 00:24:15,497
kind of try to find a nice,
little balance there.
463
00:24:15,541 --> 00:24:19,458
All right, I've got to get
back to battling, guys. I don't
464
00:24:19,501 --> 00:24:23,462
want to purchase this. They
always try to get me to buy
465
00:24:23,505 --> 00:24:25,681
things, man. It's almost like
it's a mobile game.
466
00:24:25,725 --> 00:24:28,292
I have a mature stream. I'm
very vulgar, I talk about
467
00:24:28,336 --> 00:24:29,946
everything.
468
00:24:29,990 --> 00:24:33,123
My favorite porn? Why do you
guys got to ask that today? I'm
469
00:24:33,167 --> 00:24:36,866
not doing it, guys. You
[Explicit] trolls, man.
470
00:24:36,910 --> 00:24:40,609
Because I kind of have an
older audience and we are kind
471
00:24:40,653 --> 00:24:45,658
of a little bit, very
vulnerable, candid with each
472
00:24:45,701 --> 00:24:49,226
other. I think that leaves
people to feel they can be who
473
00:24:49,270 --> 00:24:52,142
they are and I think that makes
people comfortable.
474
00:24:52,186 --> 00:24:56,625
I don't think I have the
nicest boobs ever but I think
475
00:24:56,669 --> 00:25:01,064
that they could probably compete
with some celebrities out there.
476
00:25:01,108 --> 00:25:02,718
Maybe Jonah hill.
477
00:25:02,762 --> 00:25:05,591
Hoping that the people get
something out of it and inspires
478
00:25:05,634 --> 00:25:09,333
them or helps them or makes them
laugh or any type of good vibes
479
00:25:09,377 --> 00:25:10,900
or feelings.
480
00:25:10,944 --> 00:25:12,728
My community especially I
think because of the age, we
481
00:25:12,772 --> 00:25:16,776
have a certain level of life
experience where we are able to
482
00:25:16,819 --> 00:25:21,258
help each other, understand each
other, be empathetic. My
483
00:25:21,302 --> 00:25:25,175
grandma, I lived with her for
about a year, year and a half
484
00:25:25,219 --> 00:25:27,438
while I was streaming so they
got to know her, too.
485
00:25:27,482 --> 00:25:31,007
I think you for taking care
of my boy.
486
00:25:31,051 --> 00:25:33,575
My grandma to me is like a
second mom.
487
00:25:33,619 --> 00:25:37,797
It's great to have you guys
out there to support him and
488
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,450
Cora.
489
00:25:39,494 --> 00:25:41,801
After we moved out, I think
it was a year, year and a half
490
00:25:41,844 --> 00:25:43,454
that my grandma ended up passing
away.
491
00:25:43,498 --> 00:25:48,590
It's okay, it's all right.
It's all right, it's all right.
492
00:25:48,634 --> 00:25:51,375
It's weird because I want to
broadcast because it's kind of
493
00:25:51,419 --> 00:25:53,682
my therapy and it's what I love
to do but I didn't want to do
494
00:25:53,726 --> 00:25:56,424
that because I didn't want to
bring people into my psyche at
495
00:25:56,467 --> 00:25:57,904
that point.
496
00:25:57,947 --> 00:26:03,953
I've got to go, guys. I'm
sorry. I tried to bring my
497
00:26:03,997 --> 00:26:07,609
personal life into this but I
got to go.
498
00:26:07,653 --> 00:26:10,220
After kind of talking about
it on Twitter with my audience,
499
00:26:10,264 --> 00:26:14,007
they were like, "please, please.
We don't care, just come
500
00:26:14,050 --> 00:26:18,533
broadcast, chill, take it easy.
We all understand." And they
501
00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:20,404
did. We had 8000 people playing
star wars battlefront and I was
502
00:26:20,448 --> 00:26:22,058
halfway laughing as I was
killing people with light sabers
503
00:26:22,102 --> 00:26:23,712
and then the next moment crying
because I lost my grandmother
504
00:26:23,756 --> 00:26:25,322
and it was a roller coaster of
emotions. That was the moment I
505
00:26:25,366 --> 00:26:26,672
was able to grieve in front of
thousands of people and then
506
00:26:26,715 --> 00:26:36,725
accept that. That is a very,
very emotional and very powerful
507
00:26:36,725 --> 00:26:44,690
accept that. That is a very,
very emotional and very powerful
508
00:26:44,733 --> 00:26:47,083
thing to feel when you have that
much support from that many
509
00:26:47,127 --> 00:26:48,824
people.
510
00:26:48,868 --> 00:26:52,306
Aj, thank you for the 31
months. Happy birthday, it's not
511
00:26:52,349 --> 00:26:53,960
my birthday.
512
00:26:54,003 --> 00:26:55,744
I like the fact that I get to
interact with people, I like the
513
00:26:55,788 --> 00:26:57,746
fact that I get to play video
games and I like the fact that
514
00:26:57,790 --> 00:26:59,966
it's helping me explore games in
whole new ways that I never
515
00:27:00,009 --> 00:27:03,273
thought possible before and at
the same time I am able to
516
00:27:03,317 --> 00:27:06,973
support myself and my family.
It's everything that I love
517
00:27:07,016 --> 00:27:10,803
about life basically, video
games and people, family,
518
00:27:10,846 --> 00:27:13,849
friends, stuff like that. It's a
no-brainer.
519
00:27:13,893 --> 00:27:18,811
What's the documentary about?
I don't know, I don't know. I'm
520
00:27:18,854 --> 00:27:21,335
not even sure they are doing a
documentary, guys. That's what
521
00:27:21,378 --> 00:27:22,989
they told me.
522
00:27:23,032 --> 00:27:26,296
The companion, the hedonist,
the professional. I think that
523
00:27:26,340 --> 00:27:30,910
all of them are effective,
especially because twitch TV is
524
00:27:30,953 --> 00:27:33,477
a really complex jungle.
525
00:27:33,521 --> 00:27:38,439
Yeah, there it is. Oh, that's
a hanzo again. I hate him so
526
00:27:38,482 --> 00:27:41,790
much. Yeah, there's me, told
you.
527
00:27:41,834 --> 00:27:48,014
I think that the main reason
to watch a performance on twitch
528
00:27:48,057 --> 00:27:49,929
TV is the interaction.
529
00:27:49,972 --> 00:27:53,410
There are some people who,
for them, this is their main
530
00:27:53,454 --> 00:27:56,544
source of community. Watching a
streamer play video games and
531
00:27:56,587 --> 00:27:59,721
interacting with that community
that forms around that person.
532
00:27:59,765 --> 00:28:02,681
For something like my stream,
it's really community-based so
533
00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:06,815
people want to come back because
they like the people there. They
534
00:28:06,859 --> 00:28:10,906
just want a place where they
feel safe and feel excepted.
535
00:28:10,950 --> 00:28:15,041
They want to engage, they
want to have fun, they want to
536
00:28:15,084 --> 00:28:17,783
meet people that are just like
them.
537
00:28:17,826 --> 00:28:21,917
The community is there, it's
not a comment. It's a chat.
538
00:28:21,961 --> 00:28:24,877
People can just ask questions
in chat and I can give the
539
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,271
response right away. Yeah, I
think that connection on twitch
540
00:28:28,315 --> 00:28:29,882
is a very unique.
541
00:28:29,925 --> 00:28:34,103
I think what individuals have
been looking for is the next
542
00:28:34,147 --> 00:28:37,541
level of entertainment, one that
is more personalized, one that
543
00:28:37,585 --> 00:28:42,851
is more engaging. We see a lot
of individuals working so hard
544
00:28:42,895 --> 00:28:45,985
to get our attention and as
consumers we like to feel like
545
00:28:46,028 --> 00:28:49,989
we are appreciated. Our twitch
streamer wants to interact with
546
00:28:50,032 --> 00:28:53,601
us, we feel like we are much
more validated. It's something
547
00:28:53,644 --> 00:28:57,736
different that the film, music,
any other real entertainment
548
00:28:57,779 --> 00:29:01,348
industry has given us before.
549
00:29:01,391 --> 00:29:08,572
Twitch TV I think triggered a
turning point because it
550
00:29:08,616 --> 00:29:11,750
requires different skills.
Skills that are more difficult
551
00:29:11,793 --> 00:29:18,060
to develop in comparison with
YouTube. YouTube is good right
552
00:29:18,104 --> 00:29:24,458
now but in 10 years, in five
years, people will want more. I
553
00:29:24,501 --> 00:29:27,940
don't want you to do a video,
edit it and upload it on
554
00:29:27,983 --> 00:29:32,248
YouTube. I want you there, I
want you to be honest, I want
555
00:29:32,292 --> 00:29:33,946
you to be with me.
556
00:29:33,989 --> 00:29:36,165
[Laughter]
557
00:29:36,209 --> 00:29:38,211
[Music]
558
00:29:38,254 --> 00:29:40,561
Hey, urban, that is
fantastic. Thank you so much for
559
00:29:40,604 --> 00:29:44,565
the two-month resub, welcome
back. Really appreciate it. Do
560
00:29:44,608 --> 00:29:47,220
the dance.
561
00:29:47,263 --> 00:29:50,963
My family has been very
supportive, my close family. I
562
00:29:51,006 --> 00:29:57,360
think my extended family maybe
don't understand as much. My
563
00:29:57,404 --> 00:30:00,624
aunt said to me, "what skills
will you have gained from this
564
00:30:00,668 --> 00:30:04,890
once nobody cares about twitch
anymore?" I just kind of went,
565
00:30:04,933 --> 00:30:09,851
"whoa". I don't think they
realize how much you do, they
566
00:30:09,895 --> 00:30:15,291
just see it as, I play games for
a living. Being lazy and you
567
00:30:15,335 --> 00:30:18,468
don't want to get a real job.
They don't see the whole
568
00:30:18,512 --> 00:30:22,168
business and moneymaking side of
everything. It is a real job.
569
00:30:22,211 --> 00:30:25,301
So the farther away that you
go from that archetypal
570
00:30:25,345 --> 00:30:29,305
white-collar job, the less
likely you are perceived as
571
00:30:29,349 --> 00:30:36,486
having a real job or a real
career. What makes streaming
572
00:30:36,530 --> 00:30:40,664
video games so different is that
it is considered odd. People are
573
00:30:40,708 --> 00:30:44,320
using so much of their time
playing video games when they
574
00:30:44,364 --> 00:30:47,497
could be a productive member of
society.
575
00:30:47,541 --> 00:30:50,500
It actually happened.
576
00:30:50,544 --> 00:30:53,155
You are sitting around
playing video games all day,
577
00:30:53,199 --> 00:30:57,899
that can't be too hard, right?
But no, it is definitely a job.
578
00:30:57,943 --> 00:31:00,728
It is in many ways a grueling
job.
579
00:31:00,771 --> 00:31:03,296
Twitch is running your own TV
network. You have to do
580
00:31:03,339 --> 00:31:06,168
everything. You have to
understand the streaming
581
00:31:06,212 --> 00:31:09,519
technology software. You have to
understand Internet protocols
582
00:31:09,563 --> 00:31:14,524
and lighting. All the basics of
photography, green screen. If
583
00:31:14,568 --> 00:31:16,918
the school of hard knocks. You
are going to spend a lot of
584
00:31:16,962 --> 00:31:18,528
money.
585
00:31:18,572 --> 00:31:23,359
Microphones or cameras or
even just the cpu to make the
586
00:31:23,403 --> 00:31:27,711
game run faster. For me, what
makes twitch a real job is the
587
00:31:27,755 --> 00:31:32,281
amount of investment that these
individuals are putting in to
588
00:31:32,325 --> 00:31:36,111
make the twitch experience the
best it can be, not just for
589
00:31:36,155 --> 00:31:40,899
themselves but mostly for their
consumers. Also, we only just
590
00:31:40,942 --> 00:31:43,771
see them playing the video
games. What a lot of people
591
00:31:43,814 --> 00:31:49,037
don't see is the 60-70 hours of
work behind the scenes.
592
00:31:49,081 --> 00:31:52,519
The grind never stops really.
Even when I am off stream.
593
00:31:52,562 --> 00:31:55,826
Let's say I stream for six
hours one day, I would spend
594
00:31:55,870 --> 00:31:58,917
another six hours easily working
with my sponsor's trying to
595
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,963
figure out if I am doing okay,
making sure my own social media
596
00:32:02,007 --> 00:32:04,183
stuff was good. Worrying about
my website.
597
00:32:04,226 --> 00:32:06,794
Especially working from home,
you are always in your office so
598
00:32:06,837 --> 00:32:08,927
you are always trying to work.
599
00:32:08,970 --> 00:32:12,931
Most of them have full-time
jobs outside of their streaming
600
00:32:12,974 --> 00:32:17,718
of twitch and working two jobs
with the amount of work and
601
00:32:17,761 --> 00:32:19,850
investment that they do.
602
00:32:19,894 --> 00:32:25,247
I think the first year of
making Internet content, my mom
603
00:32:25,291 --> 00:32:28,250
once a week would bring up the
fact that, "oh hey, remember
604
00:32:28,294 --> 00:32:31,601
that job? Is it still on the
table? That company, I think
605
00:32:31,645 --> 00:32:35,083
they still want you to go back
to them." When I showed her the
606
00:32:35,127 --> 00:32:39,131
check, I got $1000 this month.
"Well, you could be getting
607
00:32:39,174 --> 00:32:44,310
$6000 a month." Eventually the
number on that check overtook
608
00:32:44,353 --> 00:32:50,055
what I was making and that's
when my family was like alright,
609
00:32:50,098 --> 00:32:52,405
it's bringing in the money, do
whatever you want.
610
00:32:52,448 --> 00:32:55,756
It used to be that parents
are saying get off the couch and
611
00:32:55,799 --> 00:32:58,454
get a job. Now they are saying
to their kids, stay on the couch
612
00:32:58,498 --> 00:32:59,978
and get a job.
613
00:33:00,021 --> 00:33:01,631
The way that people make
money on twitch is through
614
00:33:01,675 --> 00:33:05,157
advertising so twitch sells the
advertising and the creators get
615
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:06,723
a cut.
616
00:33:06,767 --> 00:33:08,464
We can play ads, up to three
minutes of ads every eight
617
00:33:08,508 --> 00:33:11,772
minutes so we get paid based on
impressions and how long people
618
00:33:11,815 --> 00:33:13,426
watch those ads.
619
00:33:13,469 --> 00:33:16,124
If you are an affiliate or a
partner on twitch, you can get
620
00:33:16,168 --> 00:33:19,823
subscriptions so people can sub
to you for a monthly amount.
621
00:33:19,867 --> 00:33:22,696
People pay five dollars, $10
or $25 a month.
622
00:33:22,739 --> 00:33:25,873
They get special perks,
special badges, special emojis
623
00:33:25,916 --> 00:33:28,484
they can use in chat.
624
00:33:28,528 --> 00:33:30,834
Sometimes you get to play
with the streamer once a month
625
00:33:30,878 --> 00:33:32,488
because you are a sub.
626
00:33:32,532 --> 00:33:35,056
There is a constant drive to
try to bring in new viewers, you
627
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:37,232
have to, have to, have to. It's
a grind.
628
00:33:37,276 --> 00:33:42,020
You might drop 20 subscribers
in a day just because people
629
00:33:42,063 --> 00:33:44,892
don't watch you anymore, they
can't watch your timeslot
630
00:33:44,935 --> 00:33:46,546
anymore.
631
00:33:46,589 --> 00:33:48,200
Your numbers start dropping,
if your numbers start dropping,
632
00:33:48,243 --> 00:33:51,333
you stop making money and if you
stop making money, what's the
633
00:33:51,377 --> 00:33:52,900
point?
634
00:33:52,943 --> 00:33:54,510
It's really common for
streamers to get approached by
635
00:33:54,554 --> 00:33:58,514
gaming companies to try to get
some marketing and attention on
636
00:33:58,558 --> 00:33:59,994
an upcoming game.
637
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:02,040
So sometimes we have
long-term sponsorships that will
638
00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:05,173
last a year, two years. Still
get into contracts. Sometimes
639
00:34:05,217 --> 00:34:08,742
it's a one-shot thing. "Hey,
will you stream this game today
640
00:34:08,785 --> 00:34:10,657
from 2-4?"
641
00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:13,877
They are called sponsored
streams so you will put
642
00:34:13,921 --> 00:34:16,402
#sponsored by said company and
then you will play for a certain
643
00:34:16,445 --> 00:34:18,708
amount of hours and they will
pay you per hour that you play
644
00:34:18,752 --> 00:34:22,277
the game on your stream. I have
done that a few times and it's
645
00:34:22,321 --> 00:34:26,890
like rent is paid for six
months. It is more than what a
646
00:34:26,934 --> 00:34:29,545
doctor would make in an hour,
it's kind of ridiculous.
647
00:34:29,589 --> 00:34:34,159
The rates I have seen for the
biggest guys range from $1000 an
648
00:34:34,202 --> 00:34:37,727
hour to up to $4000 an hour.
649
00:34:37,771 --> 00:34:42,558
More so recently a larger
portion of income is from
650
00:34:42,602 --> 00:34:45,909
sponsorships as brands start to
get into the gaming and
651
00:34:45,953 --> 00:34:47,520
streaming space.
652
00:34:47,563 --> 00:34:50,479
Sponsorships can be a bigger
amount of your income, it's
653
00:34:50,523 --> 00:34:54,135
usually a bigger amount, the
bigger you are. For example,
654
00:34:54,179 --> 00:34:56,746
currently hyperx and asus
sponsor me.
655
00:34:56,790 --> 00:35:02,839
I am using a 4-790k by intel,
I'm using a 970 gtx by nvidia.
656
00:35:02,883 --> 00:35:07,409
Here is a link to go and buy it.
So I get to promote their
657
00:35:07,453 --> 00:35:10,238
products, and return obviously
they pay you monthly alert you
658
00:35:10,282 --> 00:35:12,501
have any type of contract with
them.
659
00:35:12,545 --> 00:35:15,765
You guys can have the same
viewers, the same notoriety but
660
00:35:15,809 --> 00:35:18,638
if he is doing sponsored content
and you are not, he is
661
00:35:18,681 --> 00:35:20,292
quadrupling your income.
662
00:35:20,335 --> 00:35:22,598
If you are full-time and been
doing it a while, that's usually
663
00:35:22,642 --> 00:35:25,123
where the biggest chunk of your
income will come from.
664
00:35:25,166 --> 00:35:29,779
Revenue, we will rounded up
so it's easy. It is 40% and 60%
665
00:35:29,823 --> 00:35:33,043
sponsorships. I am well on the
way of making seven figures.
666
00:35:33,087 --> 00:35:38,092
As of right now, I have about
1.3 million followers around
667
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:41,139
there. One might stream starts
to get going in the late night,
668
00:35:41,182 --> 00:35:46,970
I get around 8,000-10,000
viewers every night.
669
00:35:47,014 --> 00:35:49,190
Show music
670
00:35:49,234 --> 00:35:51,975
the subscriber count, I've
been steady for a decent amount
671
00:35:52,019 --> 00:35:59,157
of times at 10,000 subs.
Sponsorships, especially if you
672
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:03,726
do six month or one year deals,
that's going to be there like a
673
00:36:03,770 --> 00:36:06,947
salary. I'm blessed to be in the
position I am. Yeah. That's
674
00:36:06,990 --> 00:36:10,646
pretty much it, yeah.
675
00:36:10,690 --> 00:36:15,825
Now explain the business part
of this now. There are reports
676
00:36:15,869 --> 00:36:18,872
that you are making more than
half $1 million a month. I
677
00:36:18,915 --> 00:36:23,485
believe much of that coming from
twitch and the twitch prime
678
00:36:23,529 --> 00:36:27,272
subscribers. Here are getting
50% of that revenue when people
679
00:36:27,315 --> 00:36:29,230
are watching you.
680
00:36:29,274 --> 00:36:33,756
It's very, it's a good
lifestyle.
681
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,846
The drop off from that tier
is fairly sharp. You have people
682
00:36:36,890 --> 00:36:39,327
who are drawing audiences of
thousands of people and they
683
00:36:39,371 --> 00:36:41,851
will maybe pull in mid five
figures, maybe upper five
684
00:36:41,895 --> 00:36:44,202
figures depending on how hard
they hustle.
685
00:36:44,245 --> 00:36:47,335
Viewers also donate small
amounts of money every now and
686
00:36:47,379 --> 00:36:51,861
then and you get a message
across. "Hey, I've been watching
687
00:36:51,905 --> 00:36:54,734
your stream for so long. Here is
my appreciation for it."
688
00:36:54,777 --> 00:36:57,737
Basically to say I like your
content, I want you to keep
689
00:36:57,780 --> 00:36:59,913
doing what you do, I want to
support you.
690
00:36:59,956 --> 00:37:02,568
Someone in chat was like,
"let's get this man a new
691
00:37:02,611 --> 00:37:06,572
computer." within 15 minutes, I
think I got 126 donations and
692
00:37:06,615 --> 00:37:11,054
made $4000. I'm like, why, why?
That's insane, that is so much
693
00:37:11,098 --> 00:37:13,927
money to give to me, man. You
don't even know me but I
694
00:37:13,970 --> 00:37:15,885
appreciate it.
695
00:37:15,929 --> 00:37:19,237
You are into it, you are part
of his or her team from a
696
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:20,803
certain point of view.
697
00:37:20,847 --> 00:37:22,631
Especially for smaller
streamers, especially for female
698
00:37:22,675 --> 00:37:25,547
streamers. Donations will be 90%
of their income.
699
00:37:25,591 --> 00:37:29,682
You go through months where
you will get $800 less than you
700
00:37:29,725 --> 00:37:32,946
are used to and then can't make
rent this month, hopefully next
701
00:37:32,989 --> 00:37:35,775
month will be better. Sometimes
it is, sometimes it's not.
702
00:37:35,818 --> 00:37:38,865
I think part of the appeal of
donating beyond supporting a
703
00:37:38,908 --> 00:37:42,912
streamer that you like lies in
the fact that they can't not
704
00:37:42,956 --> 00:37:44,566
notice you if you do that.
705
00:37:44,610 --> 00:37:48,396
You see the thing pop up and
you see the sound cue that your
706
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,181
kind of training people. It is
like a pavalovian response.
707
00:37:51,225 --> 00:37:54,576
It really kind of gives that
sense of when you donate, you
708
00:37:54,620 --> 00:37:58,276
can have that appreciation
factor given to you, it gives
709
00:37:58,319 --> 00:38:00,060
you a nice, little endorphin
boost.
710
00:38:00,103 --> 00:38:02,105
You are no longer this face
in the crowd. Obviously other
711
00:38:02,149 --> 00:38:03,411
people want to get in on that
and start building on itself
712
00:38:03,455 --> 00:38:05,065
because you want to be the most
noticeable one.
713
00:38:05,108 --> 00:38:06,719
Probably the most effective
metaphor is the street artist.
714
00:38:06,762 --> 00:38:18,687
It is the same, it is up to you
as a viewer to say yes or no.
715
00:38:18,731 --> 00:38:21,734
From a traditional perspective,
it doesn't make sense. Well,
716
00:38:21,777 --> 00:38:25,259
wait a minute. I am giving you
the content and if you like it,
717
00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:31,570
you may want to give me some
money. What? It works. It works
718
00:38:31,613 --> 00:38:35,791
and don't trust me, see the
statistics. It works.
719
00:38:35,835 --> 00:38:38,794
Ask them politely to get off
the boat. If they don't respond
720
00:38:38,838 --> 00:38:41,884
or don't get off the boat, feel
free to do one of two things.
721
00:38:41,928 --> 00:38:55,115
[Music]
722
00:38:55,158 --> 00:38:59,293
[Ocean sounds]
723
00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:03,166
Ray?
724
00:39:03,210 --> 00:39:07,301
[Scrubbing]
725
00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:09,085
Holy crap.
726
00:39:09,129 --> 00:39:10,522
Holy shit.
727
00:39:10,565 --> 00:39:12,306
Wait, what?
728
00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:14,221
Nariis donated 10 grand.
729
00:39:14,264 --> 00:39:16,876
Holy shit.
730
00:39:16,919 --> 00:39:18,660
No wonder he is so quiet,
he's probably tripping right
731
00:39:18,704 --> 00:39:20,314
now.
732
00:39:20,358 --> 00:39:21,968
If somebody were to walk up
to you on the street and open up
733
00:39:22,011 --> 00:39:27,713
a case and say here's 10 k, it's
yours, what would you do? You
734
00:39:27,756 --> 00:39:34,894
would be like, what's the catch?
No, you can just take it, it's
735
00:39:34,937 --> 00:39:40,116
yours. There is a little bit of
worry and then you are excited
736
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,989
but you don't want to be too
excited because you don't know
737
00:39:43,032 --> 00:39:47,123
the situation, is this real, am
I being trolled, my god I am
738
00:39:47,167 --> 00:39:50,736
going to roll around in one's on
my bed. Another thing is
739
00:39:50,779 --> 00:39:53,608
personal history. I lived out of
my car for three months,
740
00:39:53,652 --> 00:39:57,090
showering. I've got no shame,
showering on beaches, I would
741
00:39:57,133 --> 00:39:59,962
sneak into gyms and it was
miserable. It was miserable. If
742
00:40:00,006 --> 00:40:04,489
I had five or $20, that shit was
a gold mine for me, you know? So
743
00:40:04,532 --> 00:40:09,319
having someone drop 10k in your
lap, it's like what the
744
00:40:09,363 --> 00:40:11,887
[explicit]. What do you do? I
think it was a week worth of
745
00:40:11,931 --> 00:40:14,803
talking with him back-and-forth
and try to cover your bases and
746
00:40:14,847 --> 00:40:18,503
make sure this is something they
really want. It's just nuts,
747
00:40:18,546 --> 00:40:20,200
it's nuts, man.
748
00:40:20,243 --> 00:40:24,117
They see value in what they
are watching. Sort of mutual
749
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:28,556
exchange. I think it is another
way to participate and moreover
750
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:32,560
it's an opportunity to endorse.
I have donated across the
751
00:40:32,604 --> 00:40:40,829
board on twitch in total number,
$15,000, $16,000 to streamers. I
752
00:40:40,873 --> 00:40:44,137
couldn't really understand why
people supported streamers, I
753
00:40:44,180 --> 00:40:48,228
couldn't get that, wrap my mind
around it. I still remember the
754
00:40:48,271 --> 00:40:51,927
day I decided, "hey, you know
what? I'm going to start getting
755
00:40:51,971 --> 00:40:55,191
more involved in this. This is
really cool." Dr. Disrespect
756
00:40:55,235 --> 00:40:58,891
would probably be one of the top
streamers that I watched
757
00:40:58,934 --> 00:41:05,941
consistently. I decided to throw
him a big donation. It was $1000
758
00:41:05,985 --> 00:41:12,948
and his reaction just, it felt
good, man. I really can't
759
00:41:12,992 --> 00:41:14,863
explain that thrilled because
there is certainly an adrenaline
760
00:41:14,907 --> 00:41:17,387
rush when it comes to donating
streamers.
761
00:41:17,431 --> 00:41:22,828
Whoa! 21 minutes ago,
hammyjay donated $1000.
762
00:41:22,871 --> 00:41:27,397
Hammyjay, Jesus! Where did that
come from? Chat, how come you
763
00:41:27,441 --> 00:41:31,793
didn't tell me? Chat, how come
you didn't tell me?
764
00:41:31,837 --> 00:41:38,147
I saw the chat, the reactions
and it was a high. You know what
765
00:41:38,191 --> 00:41:43,805
I mean? Believe it or not, it's
very thrilling. Then after, I
766
00:41:43,849 --> 00:41:52,988
felt good about it. I felt good
I was giving back to someone who
767
00:41:53,032 --> 00:41:55,425
gives me day to day content.
768
00:41:55,469 --> 00:41:58,820
Where the hell did that come
from, hammyjay? You insane,
769
00:41:58,864 --> 00:42:05,479
ponytail wearing recluse video
gaming machine. God, you look so
770
00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:08,569
damn good, hammy. I mean, I look
good, too. Look at me.
771
00:42:08,613 --> 00:42:12,573
I was kind of hooked, I
really was. I told myself I
772
00:42:12,617 --> 00:42:18,318
wanted to support this guy more
and the donations started going
773
00:42:18,361 --> 00:42:24,890
in. I have given $8950 to Dr.
disrespect on twitch. I am
774
00:42:24,933 --> 00:42:27,370
number two I believe on the
list.
775
00:42:27,414 --> 00:42:30,112
The hierarchy of top
donators, they will put it on
776
00:42:30,156 --> 00:42:33,289
their page or even some in their
stream overlay of the top
777
00:42:33,333 --> 00:42:35,683
donators. Most of the people
watching these streams play
778
00:42:35,727 --> 00:42:39,208
video games. They like
competition, they like goals. A
779
00:42:39,252 --> 00:42:43,082
streamer basically can game-ify
donating to them and make more
780
00:42:43,125 --> 00:42:46,433
money that way because people
want to compete so it becomes a
781
00:42:46,476 --> 00:42:50,872
game within the stream to give
money. It's not necessarily
782
00:42:50,916 --> 00:42:53,309
exploitative but it can be.
783
00:42:53,353 --> 00:42:58,837
[Music]
784
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:06,366
Whoa, start talking to -
785
00:43:06,409 --> 00:43:10,326
[music]
786
00:43:10,370 --> 00:43:20,206
Wait, hold on. Okay, all
right dude. Alright dude. Which
787
00:43:20,249 --> 00:43:25,428
means he moves up on the list,
right under Mr. Capt. 22. Oh
788
00:43:25,472 --> 00:43:28,562
yeah, you are above him now. You
are now the second highest
789
00:43:28,606 --> 00:43:31,173
donator on the channel,
mrcaptain22 by the way, dude.
790
00:43:31,217 --> 00:43:33,785
You also get that notoriety.
I mean, you basically end up on
791
00:43:33,828 --> 00:43:38,703
a list of top donors. You are
essentially in the credits
792
00:43:38,746 --> 00:43:41,444
sequence of this person's life.
Or like a dick measuring
793
00:43:41,488 --> 00:43:47,015
contest sometimes. I hate to use
that term or playing chicken.
794
00:43:47,059 --> 00:43:51,629
Some people give to the church,
I give to streamers. You know
795
00:43:51,672 --> 00:43:54,153
what I mean? That's how I think
about it. As crazy as that
796
00:43:54,196 --> 00:43:59,332
sounds. Because of donating and
supporting channels, I have met
797
00:43:59,375 --> 00:44:03,249
great people so I don't regret
any of it, not at all.
798
00:44:03,292 --> 00:44:07,688
We have kickstarters, we have
indiegogo, there are a lot of I
799
00:44:07,732 --> 00:44:11,083
would say articulation of this
kind of turning point. I think
800
00:44:11,126 --> 00:44:16,566
it is really a great example of
how audiences are changing. They
801
00:44:16,610 --> 00:44:20,005
are not passive, they are active
and sometimes also want to
802
00:44:20,048 --> 00:44:24,270
contribute to what you like.
Actually it's great because it
803
00:44:24,313 --> 00:44:31,625
tells us that really twitch TV
is I would say more adult than
804
00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:33,627
what we think.
805
00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:37,326
[Music]
806
00:44:37,370 --> 00:44:40,982
Right now, I live with my mom
in Toronto, Canada. She has been
807
00:44:41,026 --> 00:44:44,856
really supportive of this entire
journey but she watches a lot of
808
00:44:44,899 --> 00:44:50,078
talk shows and she hears stories
where a sports celebrity or
809
00:44:50,122 --> 00:44:54,387
movie celebrity has a manager
that takes advantage of them and
810
00:44:54,430 --> 00:44:58,608
she is a bit worried that might
happen to me but I have
811
00:44:58,652 --> 00:45:01,742
reassured her that knowing Chris
for such a long time now.
812
00:45:01,786 --> 00:45:05,485
Disguised toast is the
smartest person I know by far.
813
00:45:05,528 --> 00:45:08,270
He is mostly tied to just
hearthstone streaming and
814
00:45:08,314 --> 00:45:13,972
content.
815
00:45:14,015 --> 00:45:16,322
Thank you hearthstone
interaction.
816
00:45:16,365 --> 00:45:20,021
Chris has invited me to stay
at the off-line TV house in los
817
00:45:20,065 --> 00:45:21,501
Angeles.
818
00:45:21,544 --> 00:45:23,590
Being in a one bedroom
apartment can get a little
819
00:45:23,633 --> 00:45:27,681
depressing so I think him being
out here, meeting other talent
820
00:45:27,725 --> 00:45:29,596
is very beneficial for his
career.
821
00:45:29,639 --> 00:45:32,773
Entertainment gaming is
centered around California as
822
00:45:32,817 --> 00:45:35,602
most entertainment industries
do. Down there, I can
823
00:45:35,645 --> 00:45:40,520
collaborate, talk to team
owners, game owners, game
824
00:45:40,563 --> 00:45:46,613
companies. Everyone is there so
it's going to be really fun.
825
00:45:46,656 --> 00:45:50,356
Streamers in themselves and I
don't mean this in a negative
826
00:45:50,399 --> 00:45:54,403
way, they need a lot of help
living. They don't learn the
827
00:45:54,447 --> 00:45:58,712
basics of taking care of
themselves because a lot of them
828
00:45:58,756 --> 00:46:03,325
start gaming when they are very,
very young. Like eight years old
829
00:46:03,369 --> 00:46:06,894
or 10 years old and kind of grew
into a space where they became a
830
00:46:06,938 --> 00:46:08,722
pro player or content creator.
831
00:46:08,766 --> 00:46:11,769
A lot of people ask me the
same question about why did I
832
00:46:11,812 --> 00:46:14,293
create this house, why can't you
have people come in to do this
833
00:46:14,336 --> 00:46:18,601
normally? The fact of the matter
is everyone is too lazy. So we
834
00:46:18,645 --> 00:46:22,954
struggle to get people on time
for shoots in the house. I had
835
00:46:22,997 --> 00:46:25,913
played professional league of
legends for about four years and
836
00:46:25,957 --> 00:46:31,005
at some point in my gameplay, I
had a season where I did really,
837
00:46:31,049 --> 00:46:34,922
really bad and decided to go
streaming full time and stick to
838
00:46:34,966 --> 00:46:37,577
content creation. Streaming and
YouTube has been the most
839
00:46:37,620 --> 00:46:39,927
profitable way to make money in
this scene. I think even now if
840
00:46:39,971 --> 00:46:42,930
you are a top player and go
full-time into streaming, you
841
00:46:42,974 --> 00:46:44,497
will make more money.
842
00:46:44,540 --> 00:46:48,022
So this is our meeting
room/family room where we do all
843
00:46:48,066 --> 00:46:52,200
of our YouTube reviews and house
meetings. This is the kitchen
844
00:46:52,244 --> 00:46:55,943
where ironically no cooking gets
done. This is the dinner table
845
00:46:55,987 --> 00:47:00,382
where none of us actually sit
and eat. This is Lily's room,
846
00:47:00,426 --> 00:47:04,256
she's not home right now but
Timmy is here. Hey Timmy, what's
847
00:47:04,299 --> 00:47:06,606
up? Get back in the room.
848
00:47:06,649 --> 00:47:09,043
I started off with league of
legends but I've been trying to
849
00:47:09,087 --> 00:47:13,004
branch out more so I've been
doing a lot of music, art, irl,
850
00:47:13,047 --> 00:47:16,572
other types of games and talking
to people I guess. For me, art
851
00:47:16,616 --> 00:47:20,576
and music are very, very
important parts of my life and
852
00:47:20,620 --> 00:47:24,406
streaming helps me real-time
interactive my audience and show
853
00:47:24,450 --> 00:47:28,671
them what I draw or show them
what I play real-time.
854
00:47:28,715 --> 00:47:38,116
[Playing piano]
855
00:47:38,159 --> 00:47:41,771
[Music]
856
00:47:41,815 --> 00:47:43,425
She's streaming right now.
857
00:47:46,559 --> 00:47:51,042
Usually I play league, I also
do some fun little things,
858
00:47:51,085 --> 00:47:55,002
whether it be cosplay streams or
I have done on American idol
859
00:47:55,046 --> 00:47:58,179
type of thing. Really anything
that is fun or entertaining for
860
00:47:58,223 --> 00:48:01,269
my viewers. I come from a
really, really small town so in
861
00:48:01,313 --> 00:48:05,970
my high school I knew literally
no other girls who played games
862
00:48:06,013 --> 00:48:09,147
or enjoyed the same ones that I
did so I wanted to make more
863
00:48:09,190 --> 00:48:11,801
friends online. I saw what
streamers were doing, how they
864
00:48:11,845 --> 00:48:15,066
could interact with others, make
friends with other streamers and
865
00:48:15,109 --> 00:48:17,764
play with them so I came out
here, decided to stay for a
866
00:48:17,807 --> 00:48:20,506
couple months and see how much I
liked it and totally fell in
867
00:48:20,549 --> 00:48:25,990
love. I think it's been like, if
anything, the most important
868
00:48:26,033 --> 00:48:27,948
thing for my career.
869
00:48:27,992 --> 00:48:34,868
This is mendo's room. Mendo?
Oh, mendo's here. Yo, we're
870
00:48:34,912 --> 00:48:37,697
doing a house tour. Oh wait,
you're sleeping.
871
00:48:37,740 --> 00:48:40,743
I was like, I need a place to
stay for a week and a week
872
00:48:40,787 --> 00:48:43,094
turned into a month of sleeping
on the couch and a month and a
873
00:48:43,137 --> 00:48:46,053
half of sleeping on the couch so
now I moved in here and
874
00:48:46,097 --> 00:48:48,969
hopefully if things work out I
can stay even longer until I
875
00:48:49,013 --> 00:48:50,884
find a team.
876
00:48:50,928 --> 00:48:55,236
We have fedmyster's room. He
is our in-house
877
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:57,978
cameraman/editor.
878
00:48:58,022 --> 00:49:01,460
It's always been my dream to
do something in film. I am very
879
00:49:01,503 --> 00:49:04,550
passionate about gaming so when
someone says you can make film
880
00:49:04,593 --> 00:49:08,641
stuff with a bunch of gamers.
881
00:49:08,684 --> 00:49:14,995
Then we have scarra's room.
He's streaming right now, too.
882
00:49:15,039 --> 00:49:16,605
These mid-game.
883
00:49:16,649 --> 00:49:18,303
So for me, I don't have too
much of a social life to be
884
00:49:18,346 --> 00:49:24,135
honest. I traded success for
work as opposed to success in
885
00:49:24,178 --> 00:49:27,355
social life and I think that's
okay.
886
00:49:27,399 --> 00:49:30,054
When you stream and work and
live in your bedroom, it can get
887
00:49:30,097 --> 00:49:33,753
very depressing at times. You
lack a lot of motivation and get
888
00:49:33,796 --> 00:49:36,234
out of touch with things.
Sometimes you need an extra push
889
00:49:36,277 --> 00:49:40,151
to, "hey, let's go out to
dinner, let's go out to this
890
00:49:40,194 --> 00:49:44,590
event, hang out and do things."
I think the social aspect is
891
00:49:44,633 --> 00:49:46,287
very beneficial.
892
00:49:46,331 --> 00:49:51,205
What's it like living with
people here? It's kind of messy
893
00:49:51,249 --> 00:49:55,427
honestly. We have a big, big
problem with Amazon boxes
894
00:49:55,470 --> 00:49:59,735
because no one goes out of the
house to shop for things. We
895
00:49:59,779 --> 00:50:05,741
probably get 4-10 Amazon
deliveries a day. They buy
896
00:50:05,785 --> 00:50:11,225
everything from a comb to
shampoo to food online. So we
897
00:50:11,269 --> 00:50:15,882
actually had to rent a 40 foot
container and just stuff it with
898
00:50:15,925 --> 00:50:18,972
boxes. It got the job done, we
got rid of the boxes and now the
899
00:50:19,016 --> 00:50:22,149
boxes are starting to accumulate
again.
900
00:50:22,193 --> 00:50:28,460
You are so mean. Do it.
901
00:50:28,503 --> 00:50:40,646
I literally did not, what?!
Oh my god.
902
00:50:43,170 --> 00:50:45,694
Chris is the manager and
cofounder of off-line TV. None
903
00:50:45,738 --> 00:50:48,088
of us would be here without him.
He doesn't feel like a boss to
904
00:50:48,132 --> 00:50:52,701
me, he feels more like a
brother. Did I say brother, wow,
905
00:50:52,745 --> 00:50:54,355
that just came out.
906
00:50:54,399 --> 00:50:56,662
He's really helpful because
he is kind of like also sort of
907
00:50:56,705 --> 00:51:03,930
the house manager. He handles
more of the adult-y stuff.
908
00:51:03,973 --> 00:51:06,193
He does everything, you know?
He talks to everyone in the
909
00:51:06,237 --> 00:51:08,021
house, he is the most
responsible person in the house
910
00:51:08,065 --> 00:51:11,285
for sure. He takes out the trash
every week which I have done
911
00:51:11,329 --> 00:51:17,378
once and I almost messed it up.
He's my day by day manager,
912
00:51:17,422 --> 00:51:19,554
he tells me everything I need to
do, all my responsibilities,
913
00:51:19,598 --> 00:51:23,906
handle sponsorships, produces a
lot of my content and for the
914
00:51:23,950 --> 00:51:27,127
most part tries to make my life
easier so I don't have to focus
915
00:51:27,171 --> 00:51:29,738
too much on doing anything but
just being talent.
916
00:51:29,782 --> 00:51:32,263
The fact I can have someone
else make sure that everything
917
00:51:32,306 --> 00:51:37,268
else runs smoothly really makes
my life 10 times easier. That's
918
00:51:37,311 --> 00:51:41,185
why I appreciate my manager so
much.
919
00:51:41,228 --> 00:51:43,839
We just want to grab a few
minutes.
920
00:51:43,883 --> 00:51:49,106
That's pretty good. We went
from 0 to 100 pretty quickly.
921
00:51:49,149 --> 00:51:51,543
Streamers, a lot of them are
just a guy in a room by
922
00:51:51,586 --> 00:51:55,329
themselves. They are suddenly so
much more successful than they
923
00:51:55,373 --> 00:51:59,377
have ever dreamed of being doing
something they have always
924
00:51:59,420 --> 00:52:03,163
wanted to do and are terrified
it's going to go away. As
925
00:52:03,207 --> 00:52:06,079
quickly as it came, it can go
away because of something that
926
00:52:06,123 --> 00:52:08,516
they do or say that they don't
even understand.
927
00:52:08,560 --> 00:52:12,216
I never really considered
what happens, what happens when
928
00:52:12,259 --> 00:52:15,523
I get so big or when I have
10,000 subscribers. Our goal is
929
00:52:15,567 --> 00:52:19,527
to provide a staff that takes
care of that for them so they
930
00:52:19,571 --> 00:52:21,094
can focus on the broadcast.
931
00:52:21,138 --> 00:52:24,184
Opg is online performance
group. We're a full-service
932
00:52:24,228 --> 00:52:27,622
management company for life
streamers, you tubers, modern
933
00:52:27,666 --> 00:52:30,234
gaming entertainment
influencers.
934
00:52:30,277 --> 00:52:31,974
It tickles agencies when we
say it's because we talk about
935
00:52:32,018 --> 00:52:34,499
our clients and they are like,
"oh, you mean the streamers are
936
00:52:34,542 --> 00:52:38,024
your clients." Yes, that's who
we work for.
937
00:52:38,067 --> 00:52:40,592
Opg has been a big help for
us. They are able to sort of not
938
00:52:40,635 --> 00:52:46,119
only bring us opportunities, but
help us sort of argue our case.
939
00:52:46,163 --> 00:52:49,992
Power rangers, wherever they
go drop a really nice crowds. We
940
00:52:50,036 --> 00:52:52,299
want the power rangers at the
event?
941
00:52:52,343 --> 00:52:55,346
I mean, it's probably cheaper
to get a power ranger than angry
942
00:52:55,389 --> 00:52:56,738
Joe.
943
00:52:56,782 --> 00:53:01,221
Right, let me put this on as
an action item.
944
00:53:01,265 --> 00:53:03,049
Power rangers vs.
Influencers.
945
00:53:03,092 --> 00:53:06,008
[Laughter]
946
00:53:06,052 --> 00:53:07,923
Helping them understand what
their time is worth, what
947
00:53:07,967 --> 00:53:10,448
sponsorships or promotions on
their channels should be charged
948
00:53:10,491 --> 00:53:14,887
at and helping them execute that
whole process. The influencer
949
00:53:14,930 --> 00:53:18,020
industry has picked up in a
really meaningful way. Two days
950
00:53:18,064 --> 00:53:21,981
ago, we announced nine new
clients, this brings us to 23
951
00:53:22,024 --> 00:53:26,028
and probably by the end of the
year we will have at least got
952
00:53:26,072 --> 00:53:29,075
to 30 or something.
953
00:53:29,118 --> 00:53:35,647
They ended up selling over a
quarter ton of your coffee. They
954
00:53:35,690 --> 00:53:39,259
are super happy, we are talking
to them about how we expand and
955
00:53:39,303 --> 00:53:41,957
grow that sponsorship next year.
If you have any razor inside
956
00:53:42,001 --> 00:53:45,700
products nearby.
957
00:53:45,744 --> 00:53:47,789
Let me just scratch my eye
real quick.
958
00:53:47,833 --> 00:53:52,054
[Laughter]
959
00:53:52,098 --> 00:53:54,448
Cohhcarnage who is one of our
first clients was playing a game
960
00:53:54,492 --> 00:53:58,452
called banished. A little indie
game made by one person and so I
961
00:53:58,496 --> 00:54:01,281
come in, he's playing and I
said, "hey cohh, what's this?"
962
00:54:01,325 --> 00:54:04,284
He said you should just stop
watching the stream right now
963
00:54:04,328 --> 00:54:06,504
and go buy this game. I know
you're going to love it from the
964
00:54:06,547 --> 00:54:10,247
other games that you like, just
buy it and immediately I am
965
00:54:10,290 --> 00:54:13,075
loading up steam, get of the
purchase page and I am about to
966
00:54:13,119 --> 00:54:15,774
hit that button, the buy button
and I said what the hell am I
967
00:54:15,817 --> 00:54:22,084
doing? Some dude I have never
met on the Internet just told me
968
00:54:22,128 --> 00:54:27,873
to and I'm about to spend $20. I
hit the button and I said wow,
969
00:54:27,916 --> 00:54:32,051
this is something new. Companies
need to define things, they need
970
00:54:32,094 --> 00:54:34,836
to define their commodities and
what they are working with. The
971
00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:39,841
term influencer as a person who
has influence has become a term
972
00:54:39,885 --> 00:54:43,018
for whatever things that they
have, whatever they align with
973
00:54:43,062 --> 00:54:46,457
or have affinity towards. There
is a tremendous amount of desire
974
00:54:46,500 --> 00:54:50,896
by their followers to pick that
up. When Brad Pitt holds up a
975
00:54:50,939 --> 00:54:57,424
can of coke, it's like, super
obvious that he is there for the
976
00:54:57,468 --> 00:55:01,602
ad but when a streamer talks
about their product that they
977
00:55:01,646 --> 00:55:06,085
care about and what they believe
in and why their game is good,
978
00:55:06,128 --> 00:55:10,959
it's authentic and that
authentic recommendation is
979
00:55:11,003 --> 00:55:13,962
worth more than any other form
of advertising that we have ever
980
00:55:14,006 --> 00:55:15,616
seen.
981
00:55:15,660 --> 00:55:19,881
This laptop is less than 10
pounds, really portable and am
982
00:55:19,925 --> 00:55:27,585
surprised by how far processors
have come in that time. You go
983
00:55:27,628 --> 00:55:31,197
like this to get your shield, I
go like this and I get a laser
984
00:55:31,240 --> 00:55:33,808
ax. What the?
985
00:55:33,852 --> 00:55:36,637
The thing about intel is that
their target consumer audience
986
00:55:36,681 --> 00:55:40,641
is definitely gamers. When they
are targeting someone like
987
00:55:40,685 --> 00:55:47,213
scarra who is an ex-pro player
and now full-time streamer. They
988
00:55:47,256 --> 00:55:50,434
are basically targeting the
exact audience they want.
989
00:55:50,477 --> 00:55:53,480
There is a lot of promotional
value that comes with streaming,
990
00:55:53,524 --> 00:55:56,135
especially with big streamers.
It's not like when you see the
991
00:55:56,178 --> 00:55:59,747
12k viewer count, it's not like
that 12k is the same people the
992
00:55:59,791 --> 00:56:02,533
entire time so people are
constantly going in and out. You
993
00:56:02,576 --> 00:56:05,449
have to realize how much people
that actually is throughout a 10
994
00:56:05,492 --> 00:56:08,321
hour stream. There is a lot of
value.
995
00:56:08,365 --> 00:56:11,237
Game companies can amplify a
lot of their early marketing by
996
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:14,371
engaging with streamers. Not
just the big ones, the middle
997
00:56:14,414 --> 00:56:17,765
tier actually are very
influential with their audience.
998
00:56:17,809 --> 00:56:20,594
So a streamer that has 100
concurrents is very responsive
999
00:56:20,638 --> 00:56:23,423
to their chat and if they say,
"hey, this game is really
1000
00:56:23,467 --> 00:56:26,121
awesome." there is a very high
chance that their fans will buy
1001
00:56:26,165 --> 00:56:27,732
the game.
1002
00:56:27,775 --> 00:56:30,125
At Sony, we would just see
the affect when someone was
1003
00:56:30,169 --> 00:56:33,564
streaming our game, the sales
would spike. We would get
1004
00:56:33,607 --> 00:56:36,784
real-time graphs and you could
watch it. It was amazing.
1005
00:56:36,828 --> 00:56:40,440
Before they might have
thought we need the brands more
1006
00:56:40,484 --> 00:56:43,748
than they need us but gradually
that is starting to shift.
1007
00:56:43,791 --> 00:56:48,317
Developers are debating right
now how to make your game more
1008
00:56:48,361 --> 00:56:53,758
spectacular from the twitch TV
audiences. That's huge, not just
1009
00:56:53,801 --> 00:56:58,023
doing a good game, but
developing a game that is
1010
00:56:58,066 --> 00:57:00,242
entertaining to watch.
1011
00:57:00,286 --> 00:57:03,158
In this day and age, you
don't design a video game and
1012
00:57:03,202 --> 00:57:06,161
not think of the streaming
experience at the same time.
1013
00:57:06,205 --> 00:57:08,990
There's a lot of high-level
decisions that you make about
1014
00:57:09,034 --> 00:57:12,080
how your game is presented and
how your game is going to look
1015
00:57:12,124 --> 00:57:15,475
on stream. We are doing things
like a third person spectator
1016
00:57:15,519 --> 00:57:19,392
smart camera, we are doing a
team uniform system, also doing
1017
00:57:19,436 --> 00:57:22,656
things for our broadcasters and
analysts like giving them a
1018
00:57:22,700 --> 00:57:27,313
top-down 2-d interactive map so
that they can follow the action
1019
00:57:27,356 --> 00:57:31,143
and relay it to us, the viewer
at home. Even more exciting is
1020
00:57:31,186 --> 00:57:34,276
the thought of how do you get
people watching overwatch or
1021
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:38,019
whatever videogame who don't
want to play it or don't have an
1022
00:57:38,063 --> 00:57:40,544
interest in playing at all? But
it is such a great viewing
1023
00:57:40,587 --> 00:57:43,851
experience that they want to
spend time watching it.
1024
00:57:43,895 --> 00:57:47,855
A lot of games have been much
more thoughtful, creative and
1025
00:57:47,899 --> 00:57:52,556
engaged with streamers as they
launch. So pubg is a recent
1026
00:57:52,599 --> 00:57:55,950
example that is probably the
best example that we have.
1027
00:57:55,994 --> 00:58:00,389
[Guns shooting]
1028
00:58:00,433 --> 00:58:03,392
Battle royal genre, it's a
last man standing death match.
1029
00:58:03,436 --> 00:58:06,961
100 players or more battle it
out into an ever decreasing play
1030
00:58:07,005 --> 00:58:11,139
zone and that's pretty much it.
It is like land, loot, survive.
1031
00:58:11,183 --> 00:58:14,229
Some other e sports are a little
too complicated for people who
1032
00:58:14,273 --> 00:58:16,841
don't play games. We seemed to
have kind of captured people's
1033
00:58:16,884 --> 00:58:20,540
imaginations. When you see 10
players left, you get excited
1034
00:58:20,584 --> 00:58:22,716
because you might see someone
when a chicken dinner.
1035
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:25,327
It is really well-suited to a
casual player but also has a
1036
00:58:25,371 --> 00:58:27,155
high skill ceiling and I think
that has created this mass
1037
00:58:27,199 --> 00:58:29,941
appeal. I don't want to say for
a fact that this is the most
1038
00:58:29,984 --> 00:58:32,421
popular genre on twitch but when
you go in there, twitch is
1039
00:58:32,465 --> 00:58:34,989
ordered by the number of
concurrent viewers and they are
1040
00:58:35,033 --> 00:58:36,600
always at the top.
1041
00:58:36,643 --> 00:58:38,732
Streaming and the streaming
platforms is almost like the
1042
00:58:38,776 --> 00:58:42,649
canary in the coal mine that
lets you know what is going on
1043
00:58:42,693 --> 00:58:45,739
with this game, is it going to
be a hit or not? I think
1044
00:58:45,783 --> 00:58:50,265
something that pubg did very
elegantly is they allowed for
1045
00:58:50,309 --> 00:58:55,270
high paced moments or fast
action moments to happen and
1046
00:58:55,314 --> 00:58:58,317
then they allowed for the action
to slow down at times. For a
1047
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:01,320
streamer, it also gives them
that interactivity time.
1048
00:59:01,363 --> 00:59:03,583
Time that the content creator
can interact with people in
1049
00:59:03,627 --> 00:59:06,586
their chat because that makes up
a large part of streaming. I
1050
00:59:06,630 --> 00:59:09,067
think it is this new kind of
level of marketing that
1051
00:59:09,110 --> 00:59:14,594
companies need to look into and
value because it is worthwhile.
1052
00:59:14,638 --> 00:59:18,946
I think there is a really
great, healthy partnership
1053
00:59:18,990 --> 00:59:23,647
between games and streaming and
streamers. When one is
1054
00:59:23,690 --> 00:59:26,606
successful, we are all
successful together.
1055
00:59:26,650 --> 00:59:28,956
Some of our streamers started
off really small and now they
1056
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:32,003
have thousands of viewers and we
want to do that, we want to get
1057
00:59:32,046 --> 00:59:34,483
the whole community to rise with
the game.
1058
00:59:34,527 --> 00:59:36,964
He saw a couple of really big
guys like Dr. Disrespect,
1059
00:59:37,008 --> 00:59:41,708
summit, shroud commanding 30,
40,000 concurrent viewers and
1060
00:59:41,752 --> 00:59:45,364
that was pretty unprecedented
and then fortnite came out and
1061
00:59:45,407 --> 00:59:48,802
ninja broke every single record
in the book. I heard him say on
1062
00:59:48,846 --> 00:59:51,544
stream that he knew right away
this game was going to be huge.
1063
00:59:51,588 --> 00:59:54,416
Ninja streams almost all day,
every day and he is getting six
1064
00:59:54,460 --> 00:59:56,854
figures every single time he
streams. He personally had over
1065
00:59:56,897 --> 01:00:06,254
660,000 when he co-streamed with
Drake. Since then, he has become
1066
01:00:06,298 --> 01:00:07,908
the largest influencer in our
industry.
1067
01:00:07,952 --> 01:00:09,997
I don't know how many of you
guys have twitch prime but if
1068
01:00:10,041 --> 01:00:12,696
you guys don't know what that
is, see if you have it click on
1069
01:00:12,739 --> 01:00:16,264
the subscribe button above the
stream and see if you have a
1070
01:00:16,308 --> 01:00:19,833
twitch prime sub available. If
you've never used it before and
1071
01:00:19,877 --> 01:00:21,574
don't know what it is and you
definitely have one available,
1072
01:00:21,618 --> 01:00:25,317
everyone has one month of twitch
prime to test, a trial if you
1073
01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:27,798
will. If anyone has Amazon
prime, you can link your Amazon
1074
01:00:27,841 --> 01:00:33,368
prime to your twitch account and
get a twitch prime for free.
1075
01:00:33,412 --> 01:00:35,849
I saw last month that he had
150 million social interactions
1076
01:00:35,893 --> 01:00:38,939
which puts him at the number one
in terms of social interactions
1077
01:00:38,983 --> 01:00:42,073
across all sports. As well as e
sports, number two is Cristiano
1078
01:00:42,116 --> 01:00:45,163
Ronaldo at somewhere around 144
million. His level of influence
1079
01:00:45,206 --> 01:00:48,775
is absolutely remarkable and it
all started with fortnite. When
1080
01:00:48,819 --> 01:00:52,170
you find a game that makes it
and is emerging, you can be sort
1081
01:00:52,213 --> 01:00:54,912
of relatively unknown streamer
and be at the top of the
1082
01:00:54,955 --> 01:00:58,089
viewership because it is sorted
by the total number of viewers
1083
01:00:58,132 --> 01:01:00,482
at that time and if they game
blows up and you continue to sit
1084
01:01:00,526 --> 01:01:03,355
at the top, it can definitely
make your career. There is a lot
1085
01:01:03,398 --> 01:01:06,445
more to it than that.
1086
01:01:06,488 --> 01:01:08,447
I remember when this was a
pokeémon stream. This has
1087
01:01:08,490 --> 01:01:14,801
literally never been a pokeémon
stream. Not even for one day.
1088
01:01:14,845 --> 01:01:17,891
I can't even imagine starting
right now on twitch. Such a
1089
01:01:17,935 --> 01:01:23,854
saturated market. There are so
many streamers. They look at
1090
01:01:23,897 --> 01:01:28,423
this many followers, I can do
that, that's easy and they need
1091
01:01:28,467 --> 01:01:32,732
to learn that it is a process
instead of, "I am going to play
1092
01:01:32,776 --> 01:01:35,082
games one day and all of a
sudden I am going to be rich."
1093
01:01:35,126 --> 01:01:36,867
Everyone says the first three
months are the worst because
1094
01:01:36,910 --> 01:01:40,653
that is you just playing a game
and talking to yourself with no
1095
01:01:40,697 --> 01:01:42,916
one in your chat.
1096
01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:45,223
Off and their spawn or
something, still.
1097
01:01:45,266 --> 01:01:48,574
Do not under any
circumstances go to a stream,
1098
01:01:48,617 --> 01:01:51,751
watch a streamer, large streamer
get a donation like five or
1099
01:01:51,795 --> 01:01:55,450
$10,000 and assume that is going
to happen to you.
1100
01:01:55,494 --> 01:01:57,844
If you are on the side of the
street selling your wares,
1101
01:01:57,888 --> 01:02:00,629
everyone selling the same thing.
What makes you interesting? Oh,
1102
01:02:00,673 --> 01:02:03,241
you got wacky, inflatable
balloons in front of your stand.
1103
01:02:03,284 --> 01:02:04,851
You got that draw.
1104
01:02:04,895 --> 01:02:06,505
There is only one or two
streamers every six months that
1105
01:02:06,548 --> 01:02:10,901
breaks out and starts to do big
things like Dr. Disrespect is a
1106
01:02:10,944 --> 01:02:15,383
great one. Kind of blew up out
of nowhere and he plays a
1107
01:02:15,427 --> 01:02:16,994
character.
1108
01:02:17,037 --> 01:02:22,216
You want the eagle dreams?
You want the eagle dreams?
1109
01:02:22,260 --> 01:02:25,567
You can really use your body
language, use your in game
1110
01:02:25,611 --> 01:02:29,571
action, use a lot of different
tactics, it doesn't matter. What
1111
01:02:29,615 --> 01:02:33,619
matters is that you are able to
give yourself an identity.
1112
01:02:33,662 --> 01:02:38,972
[Music]
1113
01:02:39,016 --> 01:02:41,888
I'm very shy so I want to
make sure that they don't see
1114
01:02:41,932 --> 01:02:47,502
that as much, they see kind
of... so I have to force myself
1115
01:02:47,546 --> 01:02:54,031
to make them feel more
comfortable.
1116
01:02:54,074 --> 01:02:59,297
The term emotional labor is a
sociological term that came out
1117
01:02:59,340 --> 01:03:05,303
in the 1980s that refers to how
you use your emotions in your
1118
01:03:05,346 --> 01:03:09,568
work. If you present yourself as
really engaging and happy, you
1119
01:03:09,611 --> 01:03:13,398
are more likely to get people to
follow you or subscribe to you.
1120
01:03:13,441 --> 01:03:16,183
But that is something that in
order to be a top twitch
1121
01:03:16,227 --> 01:03:19,970
streamer, you have to do every
day or at least on a schedule.
1122
01:03:20,013 --> 01:03:24,757
This somehow is a toilet.
Could you hand me a wet wipe?
1123
01:03:24,801 --> 01:03:27,716
What are you guys doing for
dinner later if you want to stop
1124
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:29,544
by and maybe get a burger?
1125
01:03:29,588 --> 01:03:34,332
That's hard to maintain, that
always on all the time. A
1126
01:03:34,375 --> 01:03:37,988
comedian is up on stage, does
his set. How long is his set? An
1127
01:03:38,031 --> 01:03:43,036
hour, hour and a half? We did
this 4 to 8 hours every day,
1128
01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:44,646
seven days a week.
1129
01:03:44,690 --> 01:03:47,345
You don't get personality
sick days as it were, that can
1130
01:03:47,388 --> 01:03:50,870
cause a lot of stress for a
worker because they might think
1131
01:03:50,914 --> 01:03:53,873
they are not doing a good job
because they are not meeting the
1132
01:03:53,917 --> 01:03:57,921
expectations for their
consumers.
1133
01:03:57,964 --> 01:04:00,575
I think consistency is the
most important thing in the
1134
01:04:00,619 --> 01:04:02,229
streaming world.
1135
01:04:02,273 --> 01:04:03,840
Started streaming seven days
a week almost immediately. As
1136
01:04:03,883 --> 01:04:06,712
soon as I started doing that, I
started seeing to viewers, five
1137
01:04:06,755 --> 01:04:10,455
viewers, 20 viewers, 50 viewers,
100 viewers, 200 viewers and
1138
01:04:10,498 --> 01:04:13,806
that was super exciting.
1139
01:04:13,850 --> 01:04:16,765
I don't ever look at my
viewer count, ever. I think you
1140
01:04:16,809 --> 01:04:18,767
should stream the same way no
matter what viewer count you
1141
01:04:18,811 --> 01:04:20,378
have.
1142
01:04:20,421 --> 01:04:22,032
A lot of the large streamers,
if you talk to them and say,
1143
01:04:22,075 --> 01:04:25,122
"hey, my numbers are falling,
man." They will say something
1144
01:04:25,165 --> 01:04:29,387
that I consider to be one of the
most ignorant statements out of
1145
01:04:29,430 --> 01:04:31,911
anybody who is involved with
twitch. "Don't worry about the
1146
01:04:31,955 --> 01:04:34,740
numbers, man. Stop worrying
about the numbers." They have to
1147
01:04:34,783 --> 01:04:36,916
worry about their numbers, they
have to worry about them to some
1148
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:39,919
extent. It is a constant numbers
game you are playing, that is
1149
01:04:39,963 --> 01:04:42,182
the addiction. Trying to figure
out whatever you have to do to
1150
01:04:42,226 --> 01:04:44,532
keep those numbers up.
1151
01:04:44,576 --> 01:04:47,361
The growth of your channel is
directly linear to how many
1152
01:04:47,405 --> 01:04:51,931
hours you put in. Right? If you
put in double the hours, you
1153
01:04:51,975 --> 01:04:54,673
have doubled the chance of the
growth. When I first started
1154
01:04:54,716 --> 01:04:58,111
streaming, it was like I didn't
go home for Thanksgiving, I
1155
01:04:58,155 --> 01:05:01,027
didn't do anything but stream
for the first two years.
1156
01:05:01,071 --> 01:05:02,550
When they are trying to make
it especially they forsake
1157
01:05:02,594 --> 01:05:07,381
friends and family and
significant others for a shot at
1158
01:05:07,425 --> 01:05:09,993
something that may not work out.
I basically ignored my whole
1159
01:05:10,036 --> 01:05:14,475
family for three years. I
realized if I'm not there, my
1160
01:05:14,519 --> 01:05:16,869
viewers are going to go to
somebody else.
1161
01:05:16,913 --> 01:05:19,350
On twitch, it's about your
viewers. Whether that is in
1162
01:05:19,393 --> 01:05:21,961
regards to the way you are
ranked on various game screens
1163
01:05:22,005 --> 01:05:25,138
or in regards to the
sponsorships you are able to get
1164
01:05:25,182 --> 01:05:27,967
or how much people are donating.
All of it is based on your
1165
01:05:28,011 --> 01:05:29,621
viewers.
1166
01:05:29,664 --> 01:05:32,711
This past year I have taken
it upon myself to spend a lot of
1167
01:05:32,754 --> 01:05:36,367
time with my family and a lot of
times it is hard for communities
1168
01:05:36,410 --> 01:05:38,586
to understand that because a lot
of people look at us like
1169
01:05:38,630 --> 01:05:40,240
robots.
1170
01:05:40,284 --> 01:05:42,199
Everybody just says work all
the time, stream all the time,
1171
01:05:42,242 --> 01:05:45,680
do whatever, that's the grind.
If you just do that all the
1172
01:05:45,724 --> 01:05:48,640
time, it usually has a negative
impact on your health.
1173
01:05:48,683 --> 01:05:53,036
Carpal tunnel and rsi are
really, really big fears of
1174
01:05:53,079 --> 01:05:54,646
mine.
1175
01:05:54,689 --> 01:05:56,865
It got to the point where I
couldn't game for more than
1176
01:05:56,909 --> 01:06:01,218
three or four hours without
really bad pain in my wrist.
1177
01:06:01,261 --> 01:06:04,482
Holding my hand the entire
time developed one-sided muscles
1178
01:06:04,525 --> 01:06:06,963
so I have to counteract that by
doing wrist exercises with a
1179
01:06:07,006 --> 01:06:10,140
weight to build muscles here to
prevent the pain. Doing these
1180
01:06:10,183 --> 01:06:13,621
makes my wrist exhausted which
means I can't play for a good
1181
01:06:13,665 --> 01:06:17,147
30, 40 minutes. I can't do it
during the stream and I can do
1182
01:06:17,190 --> 01:06:19,497
them after the stream but
generally I go from streaming to
1183
01:06:19,540 --> 01:06:22,848
fall asleep instantly. And what
pays my rent, pays my food and
1184
01:06:22,891 --> 01:06:25,720
also the only thing I really,
really love doing in life so
1185
01:06:25,764 --> 01:06:29,289
losing that and losing the
potential to do that is more
1186
01:06:29,333 --> 01:06:30,943
than one thing.
1187
01:06:30,987 --> 01:06:34,120
There was a time I went and
checked that I didn't leave this
1188
01:06:34,164 --> 01:06:37,080
house for well over a month.
With that comes a lot of
1189
01:06:37,123 --> 01:06:41,127
psychological problems like
depression, anxiety and all that
1190
01:06:41,171 --> 01:06:45,131
stuff because lacking sunlight,
not smelling fresh air. If NASA
1191
01:06:45,175 --> 01:06:47,046
ever wanted to hire me to be an
astronaut or something, I would
1192
01:06:47,090 --> 01:06:52,225
probably totally do it because I
hadn't left in quite a while.
1193
01:06:52,269 --> 01:06:53,748
[Music]
1194
01:06:53,792 --> 01:06:55,359
I was making the
rationalization that once I
1195
01:06:55,402 --> 01:06:58,623
become famous, once I really
worked hard at this, I would
1196
01:06:58,666 --> 01:07:03,236
make enough money where I can
take some time off. That's crap,
1197
01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:08,676
that ain't going to ever happen.
That carrot I was chasing on a
1198
01:07:08,720 --> 01:07:12,985
stick was just in front of me
the whole time and I never had a
1199
01:07:13,029 --> 01:07:16,597
chance to get it.
1200
01:07:16,641 --> 01:07:19,774
[Music]
1201
01:07:19,818 --> 01:07:23,300
I'd say the biggest physical
challenge of being a streamer is
1202
01:07:23,343 --> 01:07:26,520
just sitting all day. When I
first became full-time and I was
1203
01:07:26,564 --> 01:07:29,262
used to walking to work 25
minutes and walking 25
1204
01:07:29,306 --> 01:07:32,874
minutes back and being on my
feet all day, going from that to
1205
01:07:32,918 --> 01:07:36,095
sitting all day, I gained a lot
of weight. I was like, I don't
1206
01:07:36,139 --> 01:07:38,619
feel very good about my body.
1207
01:07:38,663 --> 01:07:40,447
One of the things that can
happen if I said the entire time
1208
01:07:40,491 --> 01:07:44,016
and not move is blood clots can
form.
1209
01:07:44,060 --> 01:07:46,671
Sometimes it is even hard to
make a proper dinner.
1210
01:07:46,714 --> 01:07:50,414
Two or three years ago, went
in for my regular checkup and
1211
01:07:50,457 --> 01:07:54,766
they said, "hey, you are
prediabetic." Well, the key word
1212
01:07:54,809 --> 01:07:58,813
to me was pre. So okay, I'm fine
still, right? He was like,
1213
01:07:58,857 --> 01:08:03,122
"yeah, you just got to watch it.
Get some more exercise." Okay,
1214
01:08:03,166 --> 01:08:06,256
whatever doc. I was totally,
totally, totally in denial but I
1215
01:08:06,299 --> 01:08:09,998
didn't care at that point
because I needed to work.
1216
01:08:10,042 --> 01:08:13,872
Twitch streaming can be very
dangerous. If they go for too
1217
01:08:13,915 --> 01:08:17,093
long or go for too long
consistently because there are
1218
01:08:17,136 --> 01:08:20,661
cases where people will do long
marathons of streaming.
1219
01:08:20,705 --> 01:08:24,187
Marathon gaming sessions are
brutal.
1220
01:08:24,230 --> 01:08:28,800
People love seeing them and
will support you a lot for them
1221
01:08:28,843 --> 01:08:32,195
but of course sitting at your
computer for 24 hours takes a
1222
01:08:32,238 --> 01:08:33,848
big toll on you.
1223
01:08:33,892 --> 01:08:36,460
So if you are there, you are
engaged and playing a game and
1224
01:08:36,503 --> 01:08:39,071
really fun talking, laughing
with everybody and you have to
1225
01:08:39,115 --> 01:08:43,075
go to the bathroom. You get up,
walk away and come back you will
1226
01:08:43,119 --> 01:08:45,382
lose viewers.
1227
01:08:45,425 --> 01:08:47,514
I started in the morning but
I didn't snack through the night
1228
01:08:47,558 --> 01:08:51,431
which was my biggest mistake and
I got to I think six or seven in
1229
01:08:51,475 --> 01:08:54,521
the morning and I tried to have
an energy drink to push through
1230
01:08:54,565 --> 01:08:59,309
the last few hours and I went
super pale and I felt really
1231
01:08:59,352 --> 01:09:03,530
nauseous and I couldn't see
straight, my monitor was kind of
1232
01:09:03,574 --> 01:09:07,969
vibrating. I was like, I really
don't feel well guys. People
1233
01:09:08,013 --> 01:09:10,450
were like, "you have three hours
left, you can do it, you can do
1234
01:09:10,494 --> 01:09:12,017
it."
1235
01:09:12,060 --> 01:09:14,715
It is this very tenuous
dynamic of on one hand I don't
1236
01:09:14,759 --> 01:09:17,675
want to die but on the other
hand I got to keep going, got to
1237
01:09:17,718 --> 01:09:19,329
get those views.
1238
01:09:19,372 --> 01:09:22,767
I called it at 21 hours and I
was very happy I did because I
1239
01:09:22,810 --> 01:09:25,944
have never felt that awful in my
whole life.
1240
01:09:25,987 --> 01:09:28,512
Those kind of streams would
kill me. Literally the next day
1241
01:09:28,555 --> 01:09:32,298
I would be exhausted but I would
do it again. There are some
1242
01:09:32,342 --> 01:09:35,649
major consequences when it comes
to trying to keep a schedule
1243
01:09:35,693 --> 01:09:37,303
like that.
1244
01:09:37,347 --> 01:09:39,392
People go for days and days
pushing themselves in these ways
1245
01:09:39,436 --> 01:09:43,831
where they stay up too long and
don't rest very much and putting
1246
01:09:43,875 --> 01:09:47,226
a lot of substances into their
body to keep themselves going
1247
01:09:47,270 --> 01:09:51,099
and in a couple of particular
cases that has resulted in
1248
01:09:51,143 --> 01:09:52,666
death.
1249
01:09:52,710 --> 01:09:55,103
I'm not playing my play
through until the 26th. We will
1250
01:09:55,147 --> 01:09:59,804
be doing a 24 or maybe 36 hour
plus stream of dark souls three.
1251
01:09:59,847 --> 01:10:02,633
Take it easy everybody, love
your faces, love your butts,
1252
01:10:02,676 --> 01:10:09,030
thank you very much for a
fantastic night. Peace.
1253
01:10:09,074 --> 01:10:13,121
Death of dalsarius, that was
the linchpin for me, the turning
1254
01:10:13,165 --> 01:10:17,604
point of all of it. Dalsarius
used to raid me every morning. I
1255
01:10:17,648 --> 01:10:21,695
was like completely heartbroken
that that had happened. I was
1256
01:10:21,739 --> 01:10:26,352
like, man, I can't believe he
was so young. After that, I was
1257
01:10:26,396 --> 01:10:31,270
like really, okay, he streamed
all the time. I should probably
1258
01:10:31,314 --> 01:10:36,928
get myself checked out. I went
to the doctor and they did some
1259
01:10:36,971 --> 01:10:42,586
initial testing and they said
yes, you have a 100% blockage on
1260
01:10:42,629 --> 01:10:46,851
the backside of your heart which
is okay in a way but you have
1261
01:10:46,894 --> 01:10:51,159
75% blockage on what is called
the widow maker. Three arteries
1262
01:10:51,203 --> 01:10:53,727
that sit on the top of your
heart and if they get blocked
1263
01:10:53,771 --> 01:10:56,556
off, you have a massive heart
attack and there is no coming
1264
01:10:56,600 --> 01:11:02,780
back from it so you are done. We
need surgery now. I said I am
1265
01:11:02,823 --> 01:11:05,348
not ready for surgery, I don't
know what you are talking about.
1266
01:11:05,391 --> 01:11:08,525
They take a vein from your leg,
it goes from here all the way
1267
01:11:08,568 --> 01:11:11,615
down and that becomes the artery
of your heart and it bypasses
1268
01:11:11,658 --> 01:11:21,059
the clogged arteries. So I got
an extra pipe in my heart. It is
1269
01:11:21,102 --> 01:11:24,628
like a secret level in Mario.
1270
01:11:24,671 --> 01:11:28,719
I would say that yes, twitch
does have a responsibility to at
1271
01:11:28,762 --> 01:11:32,723
least be aware of the fact that
people don't necessarily take
1272
01:11:32,766 --> 01:11:36,335
the best care of themselves with
regards to how they stream.
1273
01:11:36,379 --> 01:11:39,599
Because twitch doesn't have
any safeguards on the amount of
1274
01:11:39,643 --> 01:11:45,692
time that you put behind the
camera, there is nothing saying
1275
01:11:45,736 --> 01:11:47,868
you can't hurt yourself doing
this.
1276
01:11:47,912 --> 01:11:49,914
They build a platform that
basically encourages the type of
1277
01:11:49,957 --> 01:11:52,873
lifestyle. Even if it is not
directly codified, even if it
1278
01:11:52,917 --> 01:11:57,008
doesn't say do this, the way it
is built basically says do that.
1279
01:11:57,051 --> 01:12:00,141
What if they had a pop-up?
Something simple as that, they
1280
01:12:00,185 --> 01:12:03,101
don't shut off your stream but
you have been streaming for 12
1281
01:12:03,144 --> 01:12:05,408
hours now, have you gone and
walked around lately? Or hey,
1282
01:12:05,451 --> 01:12:08,106
tell your viewers you are taking
a 10 minute break and get up and
1283
01:12:08,149 --> 01:12:12,284
walk. After my surgery was over,
my community really supported
1284
01:12:12,328 --> 01:12:16,157
me. They did a go find me and
gave me a few grand to help pay
1285
01:12:16,201 --> 01:12:18,464
some of the bills after because
I wasn't streaming at all
1286
01:12:18,508 --> 01:12:21,859
anymore. I wrote on Twitter
saying, "hey guys, I don't know
1287
01:12:21,902 --> 01:12:24,122
when I am coming back if I am
ever coming back but thanks for
1288
01:12:24,165 --> 01:12:28,779
the memories." I think it was a
great decision to move away from
1289
01:12:28,822 --> 01:12:33,044
twitch. You start appreciating
the world a lot more. At some
1290
01:12:33,087 --> 01:12:37,875
point, I had to go this almost
killed me. The kids basically
1291
01:12:37,918 --> 01:12:42,575
had to put up with me being a
jerk for a while while I was
1292
01:12:42,619 --> 01:12:46,231
streaming. Yes, I missed a lot
of time with them but I am
1293
01:12:46,274 --> 01:12:48,407
making up for it now.
1294
01:12:48,451 --> 01:12:54,152
[Music]
1295
01:12:54,195 --> 01:12:58,983
Twitch chat in and of itself
is half amazing and half
1296
01:12:59,026 --> 01:13:00,767
terrifying.
1297
01:13:00,811 --> 01:13:03,422
Chat is a really big part of
the social interactions on
1298
01:13:03,466 --> 01:13:08,427
twitch and with chat, the
Internet comes unsavory people
1299
01:13:08,471 --> 01:13:10,081
sometimes.
1300
01:13:10,124 --> 01:13:11,865
Twitch chat has become kind
of notorious and synonymous with
1301
01:13:11,909 --> 01:13:15,434
the idea of harassment or people
being shitty. Big twitch chats,
1302
01:13:15,478 --> 01:13:17,654
this one with thousands and
thousands of people, they are
1303
01:13:17,697 --> 01:13:20,483
moving so quickly for one that
you can barely see what is
1304
01:13:20,526 --> 01:13:23,921
happening so people try to get
attention. You get to see
1305
01:13:23,964 --> 01:13:29,013
exactly what these people think
of you. In many cases, it's not
1306
01:13:29,056 --> 01:13:31,885
entirely flattering.
1307
01:13:31,929 --> 01:13:33,496
We got to roll soon.
1308
01:13:33,539 --> 01:13:35,149
I've been thinking about
killing you in real life lately.
1309
01:13:35,193 --> 01:13:38,501
That's not nice, homey. Jesus,
all I do is play video games,
1310
01:13:38,544 --> 01:13:40,154
man.
1311
01:13:40,198 --> 01:13:42,113
It's something that we kind
of let it roll off our skin.
1312
01:13:42,156 --> 01:13:45,072
You should see a streamer's
inbox, it's actually quite
1313
01:13:45,116 --> 01:13:46,596
terrifying.
1314
01:13:46,639 --> 01:13:50,687
Being on twitch and being
behind a username is very
1315
01:13:50,730 --> 01:13:53,341
empowering. No one knows who you
are.
1316
01:13:53,385 --> 01:13:57,171
They feel free to attack,
they feel free to command, they
1317
01:13:57,215 --> 01:14:04,352
feel free to make points against
race, religion.
1318
01:14:04,396 --> 01:14:10,489
It is difficult at times to
be both black and a woman on an
1319
01:14:10,533 --> 01:14:13,579
open platform where you can see
my face.
1320
01:14:13,623 --> 01:14:16,321
I don't think a day goes by
where I am not called a
1321
01:14:16,364 --> 01:14:23,502
[explicit], a [explicit], a
[Explicit], a moron, an idiot.
1322
01:14:23,546 --> 01:14:26,592
Wow, you are quite an
incredible [explicit].
1323
01:14:26,636 --> 01:14:28,202
Thanks man.
1324
01:14:28,246 --> 01:14:31,031
Sometimes you get repeat
offenders that will just see who
1325
01:14:31,075 --> 01:14:34,382
you are following or see who you
are hosting and harass that
1326
01:14:34,426 --> 01:14:38,082
streamer based off your channel.
Twitch has built-in basically
1327
01:14:38,125 --> 01:14:42,826
the global emotes and there is
one of a speed runner named tri
1328
01:14:42,869 --> 01:14:47,657
hex, it's called the trihard
emote. So people just spam it
1329
01:14:47,700 --> 01:14:51,182
basically any time a black
person appears.
1330
01:14:51,225 --> 01:14:53,706
Would you consider a bastion
strat like the one we just saw a
1331
01:14:53,750 --> 01:14:57,536
right now, would you consider
that a good strat or
1332
01:14:57,580 --> 01:15:00,278
disrespect? You let me know in
the chat when you are done with
1333
01:15:00,321 --> 01:15:03,760
all those trihard emotes and in
the meantime we will go ahead
1334
01:15:03,803 --> 01:15:07,372
and send it over to our
'casters, uber and Mr. X.
1335
01:15:07,415 --> 01:15:09,113
I don't know about you guys
at home but I would call that
1336
01:15:09,156 --> 01:15:10,767
strat appalling.
1337
01:15:10,810 --> 01:15:13,813
It actually didn't start out
with that connotation but, you
1338
01:15:13,857 --> 01:15:17,643
know, all it takes is one person
to set it off, people get
1339
01:15:17,687 --> 01:15:21,473
creative and put that emote with
the watermelon emotes, the fried
1340
01:15:21,517 --> 01:15:24,998
chicken and playing on really
negative stereotypes about
1341
01:15:25,042 --> 01:15:26,783
streamers of color.
1342
01:15:26,826 --> 01:15:32,223
[Music]
1343
01:15:32,223 --> 01:15:36,836
[Music]
1344
01:16:06,692 --> 01:16:08,607
I actually know some friends
of mine who have banned that
1345
01:16:08,651 --> 01:16:10,957
emote. If you are trying to type
it in, it will show up as
1346
01:16:11,001 --> 01:16:14,265
asterisks just because of how
toxic that emote got.
1347
01:16:14,308 --> 01:16:16,615
If most of the emotes of
various people are white, then
1348
01:16:16,659 --> 01:16:19,270
of course it's going to be
disproportionate and you will
1349
01:16:19,313 --> 01:16:22,099
end up in a situation where
people use it that way. Again,
1350
01:16:22,142 --> 01:16:25,319
it is one of those things where
twitch has these systems, they
1351
01:16:25,363 --> 01:16:28,584
end up accidentally and subtly
pushing people to do things
1352
01:16:28,627 --> 01:16:30,194
certain ways.
1353
01:16:30,237 --> 01:16:34,938
There are very different
reactions to female streamers.
1354
01:16:34,981 --> 01:16:37,767
There is either, "oh, so cool
there is a girl streaming I am
1355
01:16:37,810 --> 01:16:40,552
going to go say hey." Or like,
"she is using her body for
1356
01:16:40,596 --> 01:16:42,162
attention."
1357
01:16:42,206 --> 01:16:44,251
"I am faking my voice for
attention, she is doing this for
1358
01:16:44,295 --> 01:16:49,822
attention." when I play games, I
don't play well they will say it
1359
01:16:49,866 --> 01:16:52,390
like, "oh, who carried you to
this level or you are just
1360
01:16:52,433 --> 01:16:54,000
getting boosted."
1361
01:16:54,044 --> 01:16:56,133
There are some really
inappropriate things that guys
1362
01:16:56,176 --> 01:16:58,701
say and that is kind of the
difference between the
1363
01:16:58,744 --> 01:17:01,094
harassment you get as a female
streamer and the harassment you
1364
01:17:01,138 --> 01:17:02,792
get as a male streamer.
1365
01:17:02,835 --> 01:17:05,577
I've been called a [explicit]
way more times than a normal
1366
01:17:05,621 --> 01:17:07,797
person would be.
1367
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:11,322
Robotic voice: I hope you
know your abc because I want to
1368
01:17:11,365 --> 01:17:14,107
give you the fifth letter of the
alphabet.
1369
01:17:14,151 --> 01:17:16,719
[Laughter]
1370
01:17:16,762 --> 01:17:20,374
You want to give me e?
1371
01:17:20,418 --> 01:17:24,030
Just today I was wearing
this, just a regular t-shirt and
1372
01:17:24,074 --> 01:17:27,599
some guy came in and said, "f
you for using your sex appeal to
1373
01:17:27,643 --> 01:17:31,647
get ahead." I am literally just
wearing a t-shirt. Just because
1374
01:17:31,690 --> 01:17:34,301
I'm a lady doesn't mean I am
using sex appeal.
1375
01:17:34,345 --> 01:17:36,739
[Explicit], [explicit]. They
will say things like I want to
1376
01:17:36,782 --> 01:17:40,830
eat your [explicit]. That sort
of thing. Touch you and take
1377
01:17:40,873 --> 01:17:42,483
your clothes off.
1378
01:17:42,527 --> 01:17:45,878
Look, look at the chat. Look
at the chat. Look at that. Look
1379
01:17:45,922 --> 01:17:49,795
at that shit. I don't deserve
that, I know I don't deserve
1380
01:17:49,839 --> 01:17:51,449
that.
1381
01:17:51,492 --> 01:17:55,235
It just sucks when they say I
am bad at the game, just wrong.
1382
01:17:55,279 --> 01:17:57,324
People will say mean stuff in
part because they want to be
1383
01:17:57,368 --> 01:18:00,458
noticed and that is a very good
way to get noticed. If you get 1
1384
01:18:00,501 --> 01:18:03,896
million compliments and one
person says, "oh yeah, that
1385
01:18:03,940 --> 01:18:06,203
person is awful, I hate them."
You are going to remember that
1386
01:18:06,246 --> 01:18:07,857
person.
1387
01:18:07,900 --> 01:18:09,380
I know I have had a situation
where I have had to get someone
1388
01:18:09,423 --> 01:18:13,601
ip banned, they were just
harassing me constantly and
1389
01:18:13,645 --> 01:18:16,474
twitch helped me out in that
respect.
1390
01:18:16,517 --> 01:18:18,998
Just over a year ago, we
started testing this tool called
1391
01:18:19,042 --> 01:18:22,393
automod. It is a machine
learning moderation tool.
1392
01:18:22,436 --> 01:18:24,917
I think that is one of the
best things that they have
1393
01:18:24,961 --> 01:18:28,834
created, it automatically kind
of flags certain messages as
1394
01:18:28,878 --> 01:18:31,924
they may be inappropriate and
hides them until one of your
1395
01:18:31,968 --> 01:18:35,145
moderators can say okay this
message is good to show or this
1396
01:18:35,188 --> 01:18:37,277
message shouldn't show.
1397
01:18:37,321 --> 01:18:40,019
We built a number of tools
early on that allows a
1398
01:18:40,063 --> 01:18:44,632
broadcaster to anoint community
members to help them moderate
1399
01:18:44,676 --> 01:18:48,332
their chat so they are allowed
to kick people out from chat,
1400
01:18:48,375 --> 01:18:50,638
drop the ban hammer, purge lines
from chat.
1401
01:18:50,682 --> 01:18:54,555
I need people that can handle
that situation without me having
1402
01:18:54,599 --> 01:18:57,428
to stop what I'm doing,
interrupt the broadcast to take
1403
01:18:57,471 --> 01:18:59,082
care of this.
1404
01:18:59,125 --> 01:19:00,692
It's a volunteer position,
they are not getting paid. "Hey,
1405
01:19:00,736 --> 01:19:04,348
I like your stream, I want to
help you out." People being
1406
01:19:04,391 --> 01:19:11,790
willing to go through all that
effort for you is really
1407
01:19:11,834 --> 01:19:13,444
humbling.
1408
01:19:13,487 --> 01:19:15,098
I can't imagine what it would
be like without mods if I took
1409
01:19:15,141 --> 01:19:17,230
it off for one day.
1410
01:19:17,274 --> 01:19:21,278
It's great to see how these
comments are completely
1411
01:19:21,321 --> 01:19:22,932
destroyed.
1412
01:19:22,975 --> 01:19:25,891
That's why they get swords.
1413
01:19:25,935 --> 01:19:29,939
Boys and girls, men and
women, altogether in at least a
1414
01:19:29,982 --> 01:19:33,290
narrow effect of this kind of
behavior. To be ready for any
1415
01:19:33,333 --> 01:19:37,860
kind of distraction.
1416
01:19:37,903 --> 01:19:39,818
I think we are getting
swatted, what in the world.
1417
01:19:39,862 --> 01:19:43,604
Except from swatting of
course.
1418
01:19:43,648 --> 01:19:45,476
Put your hands up, put your
hands up!
1419
01:19:45,519 --> 01:19:49,785
Get on the ground, get on the
ground!
1420
01:19:49,828 --> 01:19:54,833
Put your hands behind your
back!
1421
01:19:54,877 --> 01:19:56,748
Don't you [explicit] move,
you hear me boy?
1422
01:19:56,792 --> 01:20:03,059
Swatting refers to making a
fake emergency call and trying
1423
01:20:03,102 --> 01:20:08,978
to make it as crazy or as scary
as possible that it actually
1424
01:20:09,021 --> 01:20:12,242
forces the police to bring in
the SWAT team.
1425
01:20:12,285 --> 01:20:15,680
Police department is kind of
required at that point to treat
1426
01:20:15,723 --> 01:20:18,248
it as a major situation,
especially with all the
1427
01:20:18,291 --> 01:20:20,076
shootings and everything that go
on in America.
1428
01:20:20,119 --> 01:20:23,862
They come in with their guns
out, ready to go.
1429
01:20:23,906 --> 01:20:26,865
So basically you as the
person calling the SWAT team get
1430
01:20:26,909 --> 01:20:30,434
to see how the streamer reacts
and see what's going down. It
1431
01:20:30,477 --> 01:20:36,179
was you that one who did it so
now all the other viewers are
1432
01:20:36,222 --> 01:20:38,485
watching your game that you just
played on everybody.
1433
01:20:38,529 --> 01:20:42,446
We got a phone call from the
police saying come out slowly
1434
01:20:42,489 --> 01:20:45,014
one by one or something like
that so when we opened the door
1435
01:20:45,057 --> 01:20:48,931
to our apartment, we see all
these police officers with guns
1436
01:20:48,974 --> 01:20:52,499
and everything pointed at us.
Come out slowly with your hands
1437
01:20:52,543 --> 01:20:56,329
behind your head and walk
backwards. One at a time and we
1438
01:20:56,373 --> 01:20:58,375
are like are you serious?
1439
01:20:58,418 --> 01:21:00,681
If they were to walk into a
situation where it seemed like
1440
01:21:00,725 --> 01:21:02,988
the person was a threat because
the information that they are
1441
01:21:03,032 --> 01:21:05,295
going on suggests that they are
and somebody did something a
1442
01:21:05,338 --> 01:21:08,776
little wrong, somebody could get
seriously hurt.
1443
01:21:35,238 --> 01:21:41,331
Walk this way! Walk this way!
1444
01:21:41,374 --> 01:21:45,552
When they got there,
28-year-old Andrew Finch came to
the door. Police say he moved
1445
01:21:45,596 --> 01:21:51,036
suddenly and an officer fired.
Now Finch had no weapons, not
1446
01:21:51,080 --> 01:21:54,344
only was he unharmed, he had
nothing to do with the online
1447
01:21:54,387 --> 01:21:55,998
gaming dispute.
1448
01:21:56,041 --> 01:21:58,696
A reporter that used to work
for us interviewed somebody who
1449
01:21:58,739 --> 01:22:02,134
claimed to be a swatter. This
person claimed to be 15 or 16
1450
01:22:02,178 --> 01:22:07,400
years old, there was this very
clear disconnect between the
1451
01:22:07,444 --> 01:22:10,186
action they were performing and
their understanding of the
1452
01:22:10,229 --> 01:22:17,019
consequences of those actions.
Discussing on almost these
1453
01:22:17,062 --> 01:22:20,979
sociopathic terms but probably
is not a sociopath, just a kid.
1454
01:22:21,023 --> 01:22:23,503
It's an instance where somebody
can have a really profound
1455
01:22:23,547 --> 01:22:26,593
effect on somebody who they
regard as famous or successful
1456
01:22:26,637 --> 01:22:30,249
but the potential cost of it is
so high.
1457
01:22:30,293 --> 01:22:32,382
They don't get a proper sense
of how popular they are because
1458
01:22:32,425 --> 01:22:36,386
they sit in a bedroom and stream
for 10 hours a day and interact
1459
01:22:36,429 --> 01:22:40,129
with chat. Yes, you see their
concurrent numbers, could be
1460
01:22:40,172 --> 01:22:43,349
5000, 10,000, 20,000 people
watching them but that doesn't
1461
01:22:43,393 --> 01:22:45,003
really register.
1462
01:22:45,047 --> 01:22:48,702
I've done the one meet and
greet recently in Shanghai. I
1463
01:22:48,746 --> 01:22:53,664
did it for two hours nonstop and
eventually had to cut the line
1464
01:22:53,707 --> 01:22:57,537
off because people kept lining
up for photos. I didn't know
1465
01:22:57,581 --> 01:23:01,019
people in China knew who I was.
1466
01:23:01,063 --> 01:23:03,891
Yeah, whenever we go to an
event, where did all these
1467
01:23:03,935 --> 01:23:06,590
people come from? Who are these
people? I'm like they are your
1468
01:23:06,633 --> 01:23:08,157
fans.
1469
01:23:08,200 --> 01:23:11,464
The biggest meetup I've
gotten was in Toronto. I didn't
1470
01:23:11,508 --> 01:23:13,989
think I was going to get that
many people but when I got
1471
01:23:14,032 --> 01:23:17,949
there, the crowd was insane and
the security actually came and
1472
01:23:17,993 --> 01:23:21,866
told us you guys need to get
out. It is a privately owned
1473
01:23:21,909 --> 01:23:25,304
property, you need to get out. I
was like oh crap, okay. I was
1474
01:23:25,348 --> 01:23:27,045
like where do I go? He said, "i
don't care, just cross the
1475
01:23:27,089 --> 01:23:29,743
street and get walking." I'm
like okay. So we start walking
1476
01:23:29,787 --> 01:23:33,573
and there is this huge crowd of
people following us and I had to
1477
01:23:33,617 --> 01:23:37,142
stop and turn back and yell at
them, "guys, it's not you, it's
1478
01:23:37,186 --> 01:23:40,058
me. I messed this up but you
guys have to stop following me
1479
01:23:40,102 --> 01:23:43,627
or I'm going to get in trouble."
1480
01:23:43,670 --> 01:23:46,108
I'm really sorry, I didn't
think this through.
1481
01:23:46,151 --> 01:23:50,764
[Crowd cheering]
1482
01:23:50,808 --> 01:23:54,072
We have to disperse, this is
not legal.
1483
01:23:54,116 --> 01:23:55,900
[Laughter]
1484
01:23:55,943 --> 01:23:59,251
For a lot of people, their
favorite streamers are famous to
1485
01:23:59,295 --> 01:24:01,340
them. Theoretically if you gave
enough money to your favorite
1486
01:24:01,384 --> 01:24:05,910
streamer, you can have a phone
call. It would be for one of us
1487
01:24:05,953 --> 01:24:08,608
being able to get on the phone
with our favorite movie star or
1488
01:24:08,652 --> 01:24:10,262
something.
1489
01:24:10,306 --> 01:24:14,223
There usually is very much an
expectation to be rewarded or
1490
01:24:14,266 --> 01:24:17,574
compensated in some sort of way.
One of the twitch streamers was
1491
01:24:17,617 --> 01:24:21,839
saying here is this individual,
he has donated a lot of money
1492
01:24:21,882 --> 01:24:24,537
but he wants to talk to me more
and I'm very uncomfortable with
1493
01:24:24,581 --> 01:24:28,150
what he is saying but I feel
bad. Most people would say no,
1494
01:24:28,193 --> 01:24:30,674
you can't be creepy, just
because you have donated tons of
1495
01:24:30,717 --> 01:24:32,763
money.
1496
01:24:32,806 --> 01:24:37,289
Robotic voice: Skirts go
up, pants go down, body to
body, skin to skin.
1497
01:24:37,333 --> 01:24:40,162
When it's stiff stick it
in. The longer it's in, the
1498
01:24:40,205 --> 01:24:41,424
stronger it gets.
1499
01:24:41,467 --> 01:24:42,773
Stop.
1500
01:24:42,816 --> 01:24:44,079
Robotic voice: It goes in
dry, comes out -
1501
01:24:44,122 --> 01:24:45,645
stop.
1502
01:24:45,689 --> 01:24:49,693
But in this meritocracy
capitalism society that we have,
1503
01:24:49,736 --> 01:24:53,262
the customer is always right.
That's very much enforced so
1504
01:24:53,305 --> 01:24:58,441
it does put twitch streamers in
that precarious place in which
1505
01:24:58,484 --> 01:25:02,140
they want to support their
biggest fans, their highest
1506
01:25:02,184 --> 01:25:05,752
donors because if they are going
to donate that high amount of
1507
01:25:05,796 --> 01:25:09,452
money, they will probably do it
again and show the appreciation.
1508
01:25:09,495 --> 01:25:14,848
This same person, look at all
these donations and they are all
1509
01:25:14,892 --> 01:25:21,594
so rude and intrusive and
obsessive. Almost $500 just to
1510
01:25:21,638 --> 01:25:24,206
be an asshole in my donations.
1511
01:25:24,249 --> 01:25:26,425
They essentially are
celebrities but they don't
1512
01:25:26,469 --> 01:25:29,602
necessarily get any of the perks
and benefits that celebrities
1513
01:25:29,646 --> 01:25:34,694
often get, more specifically
safety and security.
1514
01:25:34,738 --> 01:25:39,177
I have had some sketchy
situations where people have
1515
01:25:39,221 --> 01:25:42,659
tried to find my address. Some
people listen to, "hey, I was
1516
01:25:42,702 --> 01:25:47,011
out at Starbucks today and they
will factor in she said it takes
1517
01:25:47,054 --> 01:25:51,668
five minutes for her to walk to
Starbucks and if there is this
1518
01:25:51,711 --> 01:25:54,018
Starbucks here, she can live
here and they will go to where
1519
01:25:54,061 --> 01:25:58,588
your po box is and these are the
Starbucks around that po box and
1520
01:25:58,631 --> 01:26:02,026
try to figure it out through
there and it's insane because
1521
01:26:02,069 --> 01:26:05,377
after people were like, "hey, is
this your address?" I was like,
1522
01:26:05,421 --> 01:26:09,338
"whoa, that's very uncomfortable
and I feel very unsafe." So you
1523
01:26:09,381 --> 01:26:12,819
always have to be very careful
with all, with everything you
1524
01:26:12,863 --> 01:26:14,430
are saying.
1525
01:26:14,473 --> 01:26:20,218
Streamers are usually not
really private environment. Just
1526
01:26:20,262 --> 01:26:28,966
live their passions. You as a
viewer are there with them and
1527
01:26:29,009 --> 01:26:30,924
there is so much intimacy.
1528
01:26:30,968 --> 01:26:34,972
Parasocial interaction refers
to interactions that are
1529
01:26:35,015 --> 01:26:38,715
one-sided. When you make this
interaction or people put that
1530
01:26:38,758 --> 01:26:43,023
interaction to you, you are
actually not going to interact.
1531
01:26:43,067 --> 01:26:47,114
It won't become a social
interaction. Twitch and a lot of
1532
01:26:47,158 --> 01:26:50,248
those social media applications
have blurred the line even if
1533
01:26:50,292 --> 01:26:53,251
you are not interacting or you
are just addressing the
1534
01:26:53,295 --> 01:26:58,691
community itself, you are still
creating and maintaining and
1535
01:26:58,735 --> 01:27:02,782
reinforcing a relationship. A
lot of people think that because
1536
01:27:02,826 --> 01:27:05,394
they see these individuals and
feel like they are having these
1537
01:27:05,437 --> 01:27:11,182
interactions with them that they
do have a close relationship.
1538
01:27:11,226 --> 01:27:16,840
Oh man, well basically what
happened was I had a fan that
1539
01:27:16,883 --> 01:27:21,105
flew over here from Singapore,
he didn't fit in, he wasn't sure
1540
01:27:21,148 --> 01:27:23,150
what he was going to do with his
life. He had just broken up with
1541
01:27:23,194 --> 01:27:26,980
his girlfriend and so his idea
was he wanted to get a start in
1542
01:27:27,024 --> 01:27:32,247
America and he was going to do
that by living with me. So he
1543
01:27:32,290 --> 01:27:37,295
landed here and walked 20-30
miles and ended up at my house
1544
01:27:37,339 --> 01:27:40,864
at 4 am in the morning knocking
at my door. He was crying, his
1545
01:27:40,907 --> 01:27:45,129
hands were shaking. He was this
small kid, this desperate,
1546
01:27:45,172 --> 01:27:48,263
desperate kid. So when I saw
that, I opened up the door, I
1547
01:27:48,306 --> 01:27:51,744
started talking to him. It was
pretty emotional, I'm not going
1548
01:27:51,788 --> 01:27:54,051
to mince words, pretty
[Explicit] up because of it. He
1549
01:27:54,094 --> 01:27:56,358
had his luggage and he was
saying, "this is my last chance.
1550
01:27:56,401 --> 01:27:58,751
If someone was drowning, would
you reach out your hand for
1551
01:27:58,795 --> 01:28:01,145
them? Because if this doesn't
work out, I'm living on the
1552
01:28:01,188 --> 01:28:04,104
street." it did what I could for
him, I got him an uber, I tried
1553
01:28:04,148 --> 01:28:07,282
to set him up in a hotel or
something. He wouldn't take it,
1554
01:28:07,325 --> 01:28:10,197
that's not what he wanted. Last
thing I saw was him walking off
1555
01:28:10,241 --> 01:28:12,591
down the street with his bags
and you've got to understand the
1556
01:28:12,635 --> 01:28:17,292
context. I owe everything to my
viewers and a have a viewer who
1557
01:28:17,335 --> 01:28:19,424
is coming to me saying, "hey,
please help. I need help. I'm
1558
01:28:19,468 --> 01:28:21,078
going to die."
1559
01:28:21,121 --> 01:28:23,907
The next night, my brother
went to go let his dog out and
1560
01:28:23,950 --> 01:28:27,171
as he walked out to our back
porch, he had someone back there
1561
01:28:27,214 --> 01:28:31,523
go, "hello, Ben." He looked over
and he's like, "oh crap, he's
1562
01:28:31,567 --> 01:28:34,439
back." he went and woke me up, I
went out there and he had lit a
1563
01:28:34,483 --> 01:28:37,703
candle and had his umbrella up
and some of the furniture on the
1564
01:28:37,747 --> 01:28:41,098
back porch was huddled together,
he made a little shelter and I
1565
01:28:41,141 --> 01:28:43,535
walked out there and I was like
oh my gosh, man. You can't do
1566
01:28:43,579 --> 01:28:46,712
this. He's just like, "I'm
sorry, I don't know what to do."
1567
01:28:46,756 --> 01:28:49,367
We ended up talking and trying
to figure something out and I
1568
01:28:49,411 --> 01:28:52,979
was so distraught. I got on
Twitter and I was like, what the
1569
01:28:53,023 --> 01:28:56,331
hell do I do? I had an anonymous
viewer reach out to me and say
1570
01:28:56,374 --> 01:29:00,073
how much is a ticket to send him
back home? It was a $1500 ticket
1571
01:29:00,117 --> 01:29:02,424
which was completely covered by
one of my viewers and I talked
1572
01:29:02,467 --> 01:29:05,601
to him and said, hey man, this
is your way back home. Otherwise
1573
01:29:05,644 --> 01:29:08,038
you are on the street, that's
the best I can do for you and
1574
01:29:08,081 --> 01:29:10,301
after talking a little bit, he
took it.
1575
01:29:10,345 --> 01:29:15,132
Just by watching ellohime in
the context and state of mind
1576
01:29:15,175 --> 01:29:20,355
that he was in and just hearing
ellohime talk or reference fans
1577
01:29:20,398 --> 01:29:25,011
in a certain way reinforcing
that relationship and the belief
1578
01:29:25,055 --> 01:29:29,233
that he would be able to do
something for his situation. I
1579
01:29:29,276 --> 01:29:31,409
assume that the individual from
Singapore, because he was
1580
01:29:31,453 --> 01:29:36,545
stressed probably was just
ruminating on the idea and
1581
01:29:36,588 --> 01:29:41,027
really reinforced that idea in
his head and what makes it
1582
01:29:41,071 --> 01:29:43,769
interesting is that is not a
mental health thing, that is
1583
01:29:43,813 --> 01:29:46,511
something that a lot of us do
all of the time.
1584
01:29:46,555 --> 01:29:50,385
It wasn't just like stick the
cops on him which I will do now
1585
01:29:50,428 --> 01:29:53,649
though. For now, I've got this
policy. I don't care what kind
1586
01:29:53,692 --> 01:29:56,086
of bleeding heart ends up on my
front porch, I'm calling the
1587
01:29:56,129 --> 01:30:00,786
cops now. Before, yeah, it was a
tough situation and we found an
1588
01:30:00,830 --> 01:30:04,224
easy way out thanks to that
viewer. I am so thankful that I
1589
01:30:04,268 --> 01:30:07,358
had a viewer that was able to
support me and get him home and
1590
01:30:07,402 --> 01:30:11,493
support heads and reach out and
that's kind of part of what the
1591
01:30:11,536 --> 01:30:14,321
community is about, looking out
for each other. There are all
1592
01:30:14,365 --> 01:30:18,195
sorts of way that people sort of
support, tried to contribute.
1593
01:30:18,238 --> 01:30:20,676
It's not all about money. People
find creative ways to help and
1594
01:30:20,719 --> 01:30:24,636
from there it evolves into
whatever their talents are,
1595
01:30:24,680 --> 01:30:31,643
their strengths are. That's
pretty cool.
1596
01:30:31,687 --> 01:30:38,476
Coming in hot, no helmet, no
vest, no sights. Scatter my
1597
01:30:38,520 --> 01:30:42,698
stats.
1598
01:30:42,741 --> 01:30:47,746
[Blowing sounds]
1599
01:30:47,790 --> 01:30:53,012
Man down. I started gaming
when I was younger, probably
1600
01:30:53,056 --> 01:30:57,495
five years old. I used to play
games like NHL, call of duty,
1601
01:30:57,539 --> 01:31:02,239
halo before I got hurt. When I
was 19 years old, I was at a
1602
01:31:02,282 --> 01:31:05,460
party with a couple of my
friends and it was just a freak
1603
01:31:05,503 --> 01:31:08,550
accident where I got dropped on
my head wrestling around.
1604
01:31:08,593 --> 01:31:13,076
Injured at c3, c4 vertebrae in
my neck and my spinal cord got
1605
01:31:13,119 --> 01:31:15,774
severed. After my injury, the
toughest adjustment was
1606
01:31:15,818 --> 01:31:19,256
basically I was a hands-on type
of guy, everything I did was
1607
01:31:19,299 --> 01:31:23,782
physical so not being able to do
things like workout, play sports
1608
01:31:23,826 --> 01:31:25,654
sucked.
1609
01:31:25,697 --> 01:31:27,525
It's a different change of
pace for the whole family, he
1610
01:31:27,569 --> 01:31:30,615
doesn't have a lot that he can
do and you want to get his
1611
01:31:30,659 --> 01:31:34,706
mindset to do something else.
1612
01:31:34,750 --> 01:31:37,622
You got to go left, right,
right, right. That's good,
1613
01:31:37,666 --> 01:31:42,540
perfect. Right, right, right,
straight, straight, keep going,
1614
01:31:42,584 --> 01:31:45,543
keep going, keep going. Keep
going, keep going, keep going.
1615
01:31:45,587 --> 01:31:47,153
Good.
1616
01:31:47,197 --> 01:31:50,635
The quad stick is basically
one joystick where you have
1617
01:31:50,679 --> 01:31:54,378
three holes you can sip or puff.
On one of the holes, two of the
1618
01:31:54,421 --> 01:31:57,120
holes or all three of the holes
at the same time and you can
1619
01:31:57,163 --> 01:32:01,428
also light sip or light blow. So
you basically have 32 some odd
1620
01:32:01,472 --> 01:32:08,958
combinations you can use. Most
people would be what the hell
1621
01:32:09,001 --> 01:32:12,135
did you just do and I just did
18 commands to do that though.
1622
01:32:12,178 --> 01:32:14,659
I noticed as I am playing I
started getting harder and
1623
01:32:14,703 --> 01:32:17,444
harder and harder and that's
when I was like, this is
1624
01:32:17,488 --> 01:32:22,145
amazing. Amazing of the fact
that he can go back to what we
1625
01:32:22,188 --> 01:32:24,669
did when we were kids. Gave him
something to wake up and do
1626
01:32:24,713 --> 01:32:28,325
every day to beat me again.
1627
01:32:28,368 --> 01:32:30,545
After you just practice,
learn your limits on the thing
1628
01:32:30,588 --> 01:32:33,591
and what you can and can't do,
after a while I got good at it.
1629
01:32:33,635 --> 01:32:38,596
Oh shit.
1630
01:32:38,640 --> 01:32:41,077
Incoming.
1631
01:32:41,120 --> 01:32:46,212
[Glass shattering]
1632
01:32:46,256 --> 01:32:49,607
Oh my god, I just had shot
him with the m24, Draven.
1633
01:32:49,651 --> 01:32:52,044
The best game to use a quad
stick for anyone who has never
1634
01:32:52,088 --> 01:32:56,614
used it is storyline games where
you can take your time but those
1635
01:32:56,658 --> 01:33:00,009
games are, I don't know, those
games are boring to me. I would
1636
01:33:00,052 --> 01:33:02,620
rather face another person and
let them know that they got beat
1637
01:33:02,664 --> 01:33:04,622
by my mouth.
1638
01:33:04,666 --> 01:33:09,409
[Gunfire]
1639
01:33:09,453 --> 01:33:15,198
Oh, he's resing, he's resing.
He's probably up by now.
1640
01:33:15,241 --> 01:33:18,854
Lay down, lay down.
1641
01:33:18,897 --> 01:33:23,772
Oh. I did it, holy shit.
1642
01:33:23,815 --> 01:33:25,643
A year ago I didn't even
know twitch existed. My brother
1643
01:33:25,687 --> 01:33:28,124
got really into it and he was
like, "I don't see anyone who
1644
01:33:28,167 --> 01:33:30,996
does what you do, everyone will
probably be really amazed. I was
1645
01:33:31,040 --> 01:33:33,303
like, I don't know, I'm a really
private dude.
1646
01:33:33,346 --> 01:33:36,828
This is a whole different
category of twitch streamer.
1647
01:33:36,872 --> 01:33:40,049
He's not just playing the game,
he is also running twitch and I
1648
01:33:40,092 --> 01:33:43,748
have a little twitch myself and
that's difficult for me and I
1649
01:33:43,792 --> 01:33:45,489
have my hands.
1650
01:33:45,532 --> 01:33:48,144
I feel like I'm just playing
video games and having fun. If I
1651
01:33:48,187 --> 01:33:50,973
wasn't on twitch, I would still
be playing video games having
1652
01:33:51,016 --> 01:33:54,367
fun but I think it's cool that
it helps out a lot of people,
1653
01:33:54,411 --> 01:33:56,674
makes them it may be inspired.
1654
01:33:56,718 --> 01:33:59,764
It gives them the same outlet
that he gets. Maybe they have a
1655
01:33:59,808 --> 01:34:03,812
brother or a sister that they
used to play games with and now
1656
01:34:03,855 --> 01:34:06,510
they have that connection again.
To be honest with you, before
1657
01:34:06,553 --> 01:34:10,209
I got injured, I didn't really
know that could happen to
1658
01:34:10,253 --> 01:34:13,517
myself, I didn't know that was a
thing so I think when people see
1659
01:34:13,560 --> 01:34:15,388
me, they asked a lot of
questions.
1660
01:34:15,432 --> 01:34:18,696
People in a wheelchair, you
don't realize what they are
1661
01:34:18,740 --> 01:34:24,006
going through and you can tune
into twitch now and you can talk
1662
01:34:24,049 --> 01:34:27,879
to rocky, he's bringing
awareness that we are the same
1663
01:34:27,923 --> 01:34:29,620
as everybody else.
1664
01:34:29,664 --> 01:34:34,233
For disabilities, some of
them can't be fixed, some of
1665
01:34:34,277 --> 01:34:37,323
them you got to may be ignored
somewhat. There are people like
1666
01:34:37,367 --> 01:34:40,762
me out there and people like me
have fun and can do what other
1667
01:34:40,805 --> 01:34:43,547
people can do, you just have to
find a way around it.
1668
01:34:43,590 --> 01:34:46,202
He's just a regular dude and
can kick our ass in a videogame
1669
01:34:46,245 --> 01:34:51,468
just like anybody else. It's
amazing. I am super proud of him
1670
01:34:51,511 --> 01:34:54,950
and what he has become and what
he is going to become.
1671
01:34:54,993 --> 01:34:59,041
I think I just like showing
people that you can do whatever
1672
01:34:59,084 --> 01:35:05,700
you want if you try your
hardest. Big daddy in the house,
1673
01:35:05,743 --> 01:35:09,573
hell yeah! I know I am the best
in the world at quad stick. I
1674
01:35:09,616 --> 01:35:15,100
will challenge anyone on that.
1675
01:35:15,144 --> 01:35:17,755
I think the idea of being an
entertainer related to video
1676
01:35:17,799 --> 01:35:20,366
games, that's going to stick
around as long as games stick
1677
01:35:20,410 --> 01:35:23,195
around. This is the best form of
entertainment related to game
1678
01:35:23,239 --> 01:35:27,417
industry so these guys are on
the forefront and I can't see
1679
01:35:27,460 --> 01:35:30,899
their opportunities going down.
I think the question isn't
1680
01:35:30,942 --> 01:35:33,423
whether or not this is a
sustainable business model, the
1681
01:35:33,466 --> 01:35:36,948
question should be what is the
limit.
1682
01:35:36,992 --> 01:35:39,777
Irl stands for in real life
and essentially vlogging. It's
1683
01:35:39,821 --> 01:35:42,475
one person talking to many about
whatever they want.
1684
01:35:42,519 --> 01:35:44,695
Getting a self the stick and
having your phone and walking
1685
01:35:44,739 --> 01:35:47,742
down the street and living your
life on twitch.
1686
01:35:47,785 --> 01:35:51,571
[Laughter]
1687
01:35:51,615 --> 01:35:54,183
It's been the fastest-growing
category ever since.
1688
01:35:54,226 --> 01:35:57,403
There are people who spend
more of their day streaming
1689
01:35:57,447 --> 01:36:01,233
their life on twitch than they
do not doing that.
1690
01:36:01,277 --> 01:36:04,106
[Screaming]
1691
01:36:04,149 --> 01:36:09,372
That's what I'm talking
about! Woo!
1692
01:36:09,415 --> 01:36:14,420
I feel like I've used gaming
as a medium to share myself with
1693
01:36:14,464 --> 01:36:17,772
my audience. Then I was able to
use fitness as a medium of
1694
01:36:17,815 --> 01:36:21,776
sharing myself with my audience
and now we are getting to the
1695
01:36:21,819 --> 01:36:24,039
point where you can really just
share whatever you are into.
1696
01:36:24,082 --> 01:36:26,215
There are people who cook on
twitch, there is also social
1697
01:36:26,258 --> 01:36:29,653
eating where the idea is that
you hang out with people while
1698
01:36:29,696 --> 01:36:32,438
you eat and maybe talk about the
food, maybe you don't, who
1699
01:36:32,482 --> 01:36:34,440
knows.
1700
01:36:34,484 --> 01:36:36,225
Being able to share yourself
and your personality with
1701
01:36:36,268 --> 01:36:39,141
anybody who is interested is I
think at the core of what twitch
1702
01:36:39,184 --> 01:36:41,665
is and in terms of the
possibilities for that, I don't
1703
01:36:41,708 --> 01:36:44,146
know, it seems endless.
1704
01:36:44,189 --> 01:36:47,889
[Playing recorder]
1705
01:36:47,932 --> 01:36:50,543
Especially if you think about
the potential in terms of
1706
01:36:50,587 --> 01:36:55,984
education, future top performers
probably will teach you how to
1707
01:36:56,027 --> 01:37:00,336
perform specifically with your
hands, teach you how to speak
1708
01:37:00,379 --> 01:37:03,034
Italian, I don't know.
1709
01:37:03,078 --> 01:37:06,255
We want to see how other
types of content that are
1710
01:37:06,298 --> 01:37:10,302
traditionally interactive are
reacted to by the audience.
1711
01:37:10,346 --> 01:37:12,217
Let's see if you can make
something that requires audience
1712
01:37:12,261 --> 01:37:15,264
participation. How can we make
content formats slightly
1713
01:37:15,307 --> 01:37:18,876
different enough that makes it
interesting for our audience.
1714
01:37:18,920 --> 01:37:22,880
The thought of twitch playing
a video game together, I mean,
1715
01:37:22,924 --> 01:37:25,187
that's the ultimate sense of
community.
1716
01:37:25,230 --> 01:37:28,755
One of the biggest milestones
on twitch was a phenomenon
1717
01:37:28,799 --> 01:37:32,498
called twitch plays pokeémon.
People in chat could type
1718
01:37:32,542 --> 01:37:36,024
directions like left, right, up,
down and impact the gameplay.
1719
01:37:36,067 --> 01:37:38,765
Thousands and thousands of
people are trying to control all
1720
01:37:38,809 --> 01:37:41,203
at once. You would think there
is no way that somebody could
1721
01:37:41,246 --> 01:37:44,902
make progress but they end up
coordinating.
1722
01:37:44,946 --> 01:37:48,558
Makes you a little scared for
the hive mind at times.
1723
01:37:48,601 --> 01:37:51,561
At peak viewership, we had
122,000 people controlling one
1724
01:37:51,604 --> 01:37:53,171
game.
1725
01:37:53,215 --> 01:37:57,784
They succeeded, twitch plays
pokeémon beat pokemon.
1726
01:37:57,828 --> 01:38:01,614
[Pokeémon theme]
1727
01:38:01,658 --> 01:38:03,921
That's probably the most
significant, unique thing that
1728
01:38:03,965 --> 01:38:05,749
has ever happened on our
platform.
1729
01:38:05,792 --> 01:38:10,275
It very quickly evolved into
fan art and fan works, there is
1730
01:38:10,319 --> 01:38:14,149
even like a sort of jokey
religion formed around one of
1731
01:38:14,192 --> 01:38:18,022
them. It has been other twitch
plays of games of all sorts of
1732
01:38:18,066 --> 01:38:21,983
genres so it has become this
type of massive phenomenon.
1733
01:38:22,026 --> 01:38:26,988
Whether that is fan art,
whether that is animate, Sci-Fi.
1734
01:38:27,031 --> 01:38:30,426
We are going to try a bunch of
new things in the near future.
1735
01:38:30,469 --> 01:38:32,732
Would there be huge
saturation? Everybody doing the
1736
01:38:32,776 --> 01:38:36,606
streaming thing? Maybe. For
other people coming up, I think
1737
01:38:36,649 --> 01:38:40,523
it might be too saturated for
them to really find their niche.
1738
01:38:40,566 --> 01:38:45,789
I will however say that if you
are talented enough, if you are
1739
01:38:45,832 --> 01:38:49,227
hard-working enough, there is no
limit for you. Doesn't matter
1740
01:38:49,271 --> 01:38:51,403
how saturated the market
becomes, you will make it on
1741
01:38:51,447 --> 01:38:54,450
hard work alone. If you are good
enough at it.
1742
01:38:54,493 --> 01:38:57,583
Who's ready to kick off
twitch con 2017?
1743
01:38:57,627 --> 01:39:00,630
[Crowd cheering]
1744
01:39:00,673 --> 01:39:05,983
[Music]
1745
01:39:06,027 --> 01:39:08,116
Twitch con is a really big
deal because it is a place where
1746
01:39:08,159 --> 01:39:11,032
people can go meet and hang out
with all the people that they
1747
01:39:11,075 --> 01:39:13,599
spend every day of their life
chatting to online.
1748
01:39:13,643 --> 01:39:16,211
We are all just sitting in
our bedrooms, recording
1749
01:39:16,254 --> 01:39:19,083
ourselves playing video games.
Twitch con is that opportunity
1750
01:39:19,127 --> 01:39:20,606
to -
1751
01:39:20,650 --> 01:39:22,217
actually spend some real
lifetime with each other.
1752
01:39:22,260 --> 01:39:24,219
That's why we love twitch
con, 57 countries represented
1753
01:39:24,262 --> 01:39:28,266
here, all ages, all different
industries, different passions.
1754
01:39:28,310 --> 01:39:33,010
This is the third year doing
it, it has grown so much, the
1755
01:39:33,054 --> 01:39:37,362
lines are insane, the people are
everywhere. You are seeing
1756
01:39:37,406 --> 01:39:40,800
people huddled around
personalities and stuff.
1757
01:39:40,844 --> 01:39:42,977
The last twitch con I wasn't
a partner, I feel as though
1758
01:39:43,020 --> 01:39:47,807
affiliates of viewers kind of
hold you up to a higher standard
1759
01:39:47,851 --> 01:39:50,549
and kind of look up to you and
ask you questions.
1760
01:39:50,593 --> 01:39:52,987
Talk about what we know, what
we learned, work with one
1761
01:39:53,030 --> 01:39:56,294
another and just get advice on
how to make streams grow.
1762
01:39:56,338 --> 01:39:58,644
From taking what I learned at
last time, I used it and grew
1763
01:39:58,688 --> 01:40:02,039
into what I am today and have
learned a lot of new stuff this
1764
01:40:02,083 --> 01:40:03,606
time.
1765
01:40:03,649 --> 01:40:06,565
He kept telling me, "mom,
it's a real business." I was
1766
01:40:06,609 --> 01:40:10,569
really resistant to it. We have
now since changed our mind and
1767
01:40:10,613 --> 01:40:13,181
we are fully supporting
everything he does.
1768
01:40:13,224 --> 01:40:15,096
We were thinking, "why would
anybody watch somebody play a
1769
01:40:15,139 --> 01:40:17,315
videogame?" right? It's crazy.
1770
01:40:17,359 --> 01:40:19,709
[Music]
1771
01:40:19,752 --> 01:40:22,146
There are opportunities to do
activations and gigs.
1772
01:40:22,190 --> 01:40:24,279
A lot of people think that
these things are like a
1773
01:40:24,322 --> 01:40:27,586
vacation, it's not at all. It is
pretty much work the entire
1774
01:40:27,630 --> 01:40:29,197
time.
1775
01:40:29,240 --> 01:40:31,416
I was in the h1z1 tournament
which was a lot of fun, big
1776
01:40:31,460 --> 01:40:35,333
arenas and you have the likes of
mighty mouse demetrious Johnson,
1777
01:40:35,377 --> 01:40:39,381
ice-t was watching. You get this
weird mix of celebrities that
1778
01:40:39,424 --> 01:40:42,210
really like gaming, you get the
personalities from twitch.
1779
01:40:42,253 --> 01:40:44,821
Basically the whole house is
here at twitch con so lilypichu,
1780
01:40:44,864 --> 01:40:48,564
poki, scarra, mendo. This is our
last meet and greet, we decided
1781
01:40:48,607 --> 01:40:51,697
to do one together, the whole
booth was completely packed so
1782
01:40:51,741 --> 01:40:54,657
the house was really happy to
meet their fans.
1783
01:40:54,700 --> 01:40:59,662
[Music]
1784
01:40:59,705 --> 01:41:06,016
It's about dominating. And
looking good dominating.
1785
01:41:06,060 --> 01:41:08,845
When they walk up, it's like,
"oh, it's good to meet you." You
1786
01:41:08,888 --> 01:41:10,847
shake their hand, they are like,
"I am so and so." I am like holy
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01:41:10,890 --> 01:41:14,155
crap, the memories of all the
things start flooding back and
1788
01:41:14,198 --> 01:41:17,245
you embrace them, you love them.
I will sign your tit. Where
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01:41:17,288 --> 01:41:20,857
is the nipple? There it is,
right around.
1790
01:41:20,900 --> 01:41:24,252
It's a weird thing because I
want to spend time with them and
1791
01:41:24,295 --> 01:41:26,819
get to know them but in this
atmosphere, it doesn't lend
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01:41:26,863 --> 01:41:28,299
itself.
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01:41:28,343 --> 01:41:34,871
[Music]
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01:41:34,914 --> 01:41:36,873
I didn't actually get
selected for twitch meet and
1795
01:41:36,916 --> 01:41:42,183
greets so I wanted to make sure
that I still was able to have
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01:41:42,226 --> 01:41:45,403
unavailability for everybody to
be able to hang out in more of a
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01:41:45,447 --> 01:41:49,799
casual setting. For me, because
I consider so many of people
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01:41:49,842 --> 01:41:52,541
from my stream my actual
friends, I think it is really
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01:41:52,584 --> 01:41:56,762
important to match the face to
the name and meet people more on
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01:41:56,806 --> 01:41:58,851
a personal level.
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01:41:58,895 --> 01:42:02,812
This dinner tonight was my
number one event for twitch con
1802
01:42:02,855 --> 01:42:04,988
and it wasn't even unofficial
event.
1803
01:42:05,031 --> 01:42:08,296
You honestly feel like if
something wasn't going that
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01:42:08,339 --> 01:42:12,778
great in your life, you can go
into her chat or hit her up on
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01:42:12,822 --> 01:42:16,521
discord and she cares. She gives
a shit.
1806
01:42:16,565 --> 01:42:20,482
I can honestly say some of my
best friends I have met on
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01:42:20,525 --> 01:42:21,874
twitch.
1808
01:42:21,918 --> 01:42:23,963
Beyond the viewer and
streamer dynamic, we have
1809
01:42:24,007 --> 01:42:27,445
created bonds that go a little
bit deeper and there is a trust
1810
01:42:27,489 --> 01:42:29,012
there.
1811
01:42:29,055 --> 01:42:34,496
It's been a great support
system for me. Personally.
1812
01:42:34,539 --> 01:42:38,848
We bleed purple, we all do,
man. We do. I love it.
1813
01:42:38,891 --> 01:42:43,113
Sometimes it doesn't feel
real because as kids growing up
1814
01:42:43,157 --> 01:42:45,898
playing video games, you are
always thinking, "hey, wouldn't
1815
01:42:45,942 --> 01:42:51,774
it be great to get paid to play
video games?" That's exactly
1816
01:42:51,817 --> 01:42:55,299
what I'm doing right now. I have
never lived in Los Angeles
1817
01:42:55,343 --> 01:43:00,783
before, I only hear what they
tell me on TV and movies so I am
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01:43:00,826 --> 01:43:03,438
really excited to see what it's
actually like down there.
1819
01:43:03,481 --> 01:43:06,049
Where's disguised toast?
That's the greatest name in
1820
01:43:06,092 --> 01:43:12,577
gaming history. Give it up for -
[Music]
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01:43:12,621 --> 01:43:14,057
[Purring]
1822
01:43:14,100 --> 01:43:15,493
Disguised toast, how did you
come up with that name?
1823
01:43:15,537 --> 01:43:18,322
Oh, it's a play on words.
Like this guy's toast.
1824
01:43:18,366 --> 01:43:22,196
Oh. I didn't get that.
1825
01:43:22,239 --> 01:43:23,849
I don't know what I'm doing,
I'm winging it, I'm just doing
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01:43:23,893 --> 01:43:26,809
it and seeing where it goes. I
actually put in my two weeks not
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01:43:26,852 --> 01:43:31,074
too long ago into work and what
I made the first month when I
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01:43:31,117 --> 01:43:33,555
wasn't even partnered streaming
I wouldn't make a year at my
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01:43:33,598 --> 01:43:36,427
current job so I think I am very
comfortable with going
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01:43:36,471 --> 01:43:39,300
full-time. Really nervous but I
think it's going to work out.
1831
01:43:39,343 --> 01:43:41,954
My family when I grew up,
this wasn't something I knew you
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01:43:41,998 --> 01:43:45,131
could even want to want. The
relationships that have been
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01:43:45,175 --> 01:43:47,482
able to form, what I have been
able to do with my channel for
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01:43:47,525 --> 01:43:50,702
charity, for veterans, first
responders, that kind of thing.
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01:43:50,746 --> 01:43:53,401
I can't imagine another job like
it to be honest. It has
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01:43:53,444 --> 01:43:57,231
definitely been I think positive
is too weak of a word to be
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01:43:57,274 --> 01:44:00,016
fair, it's been amazing. It's
been amazing.
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01:44:00,059 --> 01:44:03,149
If I get picked up for a
team, I intend to be with that
1839
01:44:03,193 --> 01:44:05,151
team for long term and I intend
to be part of that team to make
1840
01:44:05,195 --> 01:44:07,371
that team the best team in the
world. I will swallow my pride,
1841
01:44:07,415 --> 01:44:10,026
if I have to be on the bench, I
will be on the bench and prove I
1842
01:44:10,069 --> 01:44:11,897
deserved to be on the starting
roster.
1843
01:44:11,941 --> 01:44:15,901
I want to see some of these
Houston players come out. Okay.
1844
01:44:15,945 --> 01:44:19,078
Mendo is in the house.
1845
01:44:19,122 --> 01:44:20,906
I didn't know he was in the
house.
1846
01:44:20,950 --> 01:44:22,734
Two direct rockets in a
fairly short span of time no
1847
01:44:22,778 --> 01:44:24,345
less.
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01:44:24,388 --> 01:44:27,826
It's my path so it's good for
me, you know? Maybe not for
1849
01:44:27,870 --> 01:44:30,481
everybody, maybe it would be,
who knows. But it's what is good
1850
01:44:30,525 --> 01:44:33,702
for me and for once in my life I
feel good about what I'm doing
1851
01:44:33,745 --> 01:44:36,835
with my time and I like who I am
and I love my family and I
1852
01:44:36,879 --> 01:44:43,407
couldn't always say that so I am
very blessed, very blessed.
1853
01:44:43,451 --> 01:44:48,412
A lot of people think that
twitch TV is just really a
1854
01:44:48,456 --> 01:44:51,067
mirror of the current digital
entertainment, it's just an
1855
01:44:51,110 --> 01:44:55,332
appendix, a footnote from a
certain point of view. But it is
1856
01:44:55,376 --> 01:45:00,946
not true at all actually. A lot
of times twitchers don't realize
1857
01:45:00,990 --> 01:45:06,082
how important, how relevant is
their work. They think, "I am
1858
01:45:06,125 --> 01:45:10,478
just playing my favorite game
and that's all." It's not like
1859
01:45:10,521 --> 01:45:15,178
that. These streamers, they are
able to change opinions, they
1860
01:45:15,221 --> 01:45:19,443
are able also to affect
feelings, look at your chat,
1861
01:45:19,487 --> 01:45:23,317
look what is going on with your
viewers. They are talking about
1862
01:45:23,360 --> 01:45:27,495
really important things, really
remarkable things debating about
1863
01:45:27,538 --> 01:45:30,759
their own identity, their day,
their work. It really surprised
1864
01:45:30,802 --> 01:45:36,852
me that some twitchers don't
realize how they are changing
1865
01:45:36,895 --> 01:45:38,680
viewers' lives.
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01:45:38,723 --> 01:45:42,379
I don't know, be proud of
yourself.
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01:45:42,423 --> 01:45:44,381
There are a lot of things I
could do but I haven't found
1868
01:45:44,425 --> 01:45:49,908
that one "this is it" kind of
thing. I will probably keep
1869
01:45:49,952 --> 01:45:52,258
streaming until I do.
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01:45:52,302 --> 01:45:57,699
[Music]
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[Music]
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