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general question for the thread: why do you tend to watch streamers on Twitch? are you looking to watch & learn about games so you can see if you want to play them yourself? pure entertainment of watching the game? the streamers themselves as entertainers?

personally I started watching to see which games I may or may not want to end up buying, but started sticking around moreso now because of the actual streamers themselves.

I learn about games from streams whether it is a game I wanna check out or learn the mechanics in. I find 90% of streamers (even the bigger ones) to be relatively poor in the entertainment department. Which doesn't really matter if they are cool.

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02-03-2018 , 06:38 AM

#3177

Dazarath

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,659

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Originally Posted by rainmaker1855

All of the above. If I'm trying to get better at a game, then I watch streams with high level gameplay (and preferably educational content too). There are some streamers I just enjoy watching, so I'll watch regardless of what game they're playing. And then if a new game comes out and I'm curious, then I'll just watch whoever's playing it, even if it's some unknown streamer with like 5 viewers.

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02-05-2018 , 03:38 PM

#3178

Jackitos

srs biz

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 17,561

Doc got 330k viewers

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02-05-2018 , 03:55 PM

#3179

gder

veteran

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,167

In donations alone hes about to make 30k

he made over 10k in his first game. why would someone donate 5k?

Last edited by gder; 02-05-2018 at 04:12 PM. Reason: probably way more

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02-05-2018 , 04:23 PM

#3180

DC11GTR

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 14,723

Won his first game. He’ll pull $100k in donations today.

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02-05-2018 , 04:25 PM

#3181

gder

veteran

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,167

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Originally Posted by DC11GTR

Won his first game. He’ll pull $100k in donations today.

watching the 50-150$ donations rolling in is insane

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02-05-2018 , 05:04 PM

#3182

Sugar Nut

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 20,891

Guessing his wife will not only forgive him but also provide him with enough hookers and blow to keep the money flowing.

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02-05-2018 , 05:05 PM

#3183

Sugar Nut

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 20,891

I'm delighted to watch him in character again. I even shed a tear just now.

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02-05-2018 , 05:25 PM

#3184

Go Get It

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Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 12,506

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Originally Posted by Jackitos

Doc got 330k viewers

Jfc

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02-05-2018 , 05:58 PM

#3185

Kirbynator

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Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 52,004

his high was 376k i think, which almost beats tyler's record

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02-05-2018 , 06:27 PM

#3186

WateryBoil

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,762

I totally get watching streams, and learning from pros, the interaction etc and i even understand subbing for $5 as i have done a few times. but the donations imo are crazy.

like $100+ donations is totally nutso to me. i can think of 10 things i dont even need id rather blow $100 on. Let alone the insane ones donating $1000 or $5000. like theres literally no gain, no acknowledgement on a $100 donation if they are streaming in every 3 seconds. its just like..... Why?

but i guess stupid people exist everywhere, theres always something to blow money on. look at bitcoin lol. i think i answered my own question.

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02-05-2018 , 06:41 PM

#3187

DC11GTR

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 14,723

Ninja had a 12k donation train a week or so ago. It was insane because it started with a guy who donated and asked if he could join. Ninja said "no" and refunded it. And people just started throwing money at him for the next hour and half.

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02-05-2018 , 07:44 PM

#3188

coolnout

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Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 12,430

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Originally Posted by WateryBoil

like $100+ donations is totally nutso to me. i can think of 10 things i dont even need id rather blow $100 on. Let alone the insane ones donating $1000 or $5000.

there are just people out there with stupid amounts of money to throw around

there's a guy who donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to CS:GO pro streamers. think he donated almost $50,000 to just one player

must be nice

then there are the guys who donate then chargeback, that's gotta suck...

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02-05-2018 , 08:00 PM

#3189

Kirbynator

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Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 52,004

pretty sure 99% of the people who donated like 20 to 200$ arent even rich at all.

there's weird people out there and they dont mind giving a % of their weekly pay to a streamer. its hard to understand really but theres a tonnnn of them

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02-05-2018 , 08:53 PM

#3190

DC11GTR

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 14,723

Its pretty crazy to watch those "You out donate? I out donate you!" moments. Seen a few people get quite a few thousand in like 2 minutes from that stuff.

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02-05-2018 , 11:14 PM

#3191

I_AM_EVIL

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Originally Posted by Kirbynator

his high was 376k i think, which almost beats tyler's record

I watched the 1st 2hrs and the highest count I saw was 367k.

Right before I left Doc said he had 12k subs today. I'd like to know the total for the day.

Last edited by I_AM_EVIL; 02-05-2018 at 11:31 PM.

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02-05-2018 , 11:28 PM

#3192

DC11GTR

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Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 14,723

I'm sure plenty of people kept tabs throughout. I'm curious to see the numbers. I heard 387k and that Tyler's biggest was 378k, but those 2 could've been reversed.

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02-05-2018 , 11:42 PM

#3193

Nchabazam

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,938

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Originally Posted by I_AM_EVIL

I watched the 1st 2hrs and the highest count I saw was 367k.

Right before I left Doc said he had 12k subs today. I'd like to know the total for the day.

He said at some point within an hour or so of the end that he had 16k and was back up to 25k subs.

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02-05-2018 , 11:44 PM

#3194

Nchabazam

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,938

I've watched twitch since its inception, and I've never found someone that is half as entertaining at the end of the day than the Doc. There are a lot of people that are amusing, amazing at games, or just funny... but Doc has a real mesh of comedy/showmanship/production that is like nothing else on twitch. His stream quality/energy is on a different level.

Pumped that he's back.

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02-05-2018 , 11:52 PM

#3195

Mark_K

Fast Food Value KING

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 28,215

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Originally Posted by I_AM_EVIL

Right before I left Doc said he had 12k subs today. I'd like to know the total for the day.

I saw a TON of prime sub's scroll by... (which are all one month subs)

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02-05-2018 , 11:57 PM

#3196

I_AM_EVIL

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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 13,267

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Originally Posted by Nchabazam

He said at some point within an hour or so of the end that he had 16k and was back up to 25k subs.

That's insane. Anyone know if that's a 1 day record?

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Originally Posted by Mark_K

I saw a TON of prime sub's scroll by... (which are all one month subs)

The majority of the subs I saw were prime.

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02-06-2018 , 02:18 PM

#3197

Larry Legend

Celtic Pride

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 42,920

I've subbed to various channels, but I've only ever donated to streamers when they were at a point of just making it by with like 150-200 viewers and were clearly trying to make it their job.

In that case I'm literally paying to sustain a high quality entertainment source , which I think makes sense.

Giving doc $20 yesterday just makes no sense to me at all. But people are weird.

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02-06-2018 , 02:54 PM

#3198

Kirbynator

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 52,004

they want to hear the guy say their "names" in front of 100k+ people

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02-06-2018 , 03:46 PM

#3199

Chip Niche

old hand

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,610

He's pushing the envelope which I think is cool.

I personally don't find him super funny or anything, I've watched maybe 15-30 minutes of his stream, and I imagine 90% of his fanbase consists of 13 year old boys. Nevertheless, one could certainly argue that he's taken streaming to another level. The production quality/commitment to the bit really is second to none. I'm not gonna say it's an art form yet or anything, but it's probably not far off.