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Er maybe $2k? ($5 x 365 ~ $2k).
Let's say she doordashes starbucks a few times a day for herself and sends some to her friends, then it probably would add up to $200k.
I have two friends who make a living Facebook streaming. One is doing well enough to pay his bills, the other just bought a nice home solely from his streaming income. I've known both these guys for years when they worked "real" jobs, and streaming has taken it out of them more, at least mentally.
I've been saying this since forever. Probably the only worse job in gaming than streaming is being a beta tester. Where you have to repetively do the same routines over and over again, playing shitty games thousands of times over, devoid of any fun. And you can't even "make it" as a tester.
It was Pokimane and was actually only 100k year on Starbucks.
$100k/year on Starbucks *and* Uber Eats. Apparently she orders coffee delivery for herself and those she streams with 2/3 times a day, so the total makes sense.
I'm sorry I didn't put emojis or whatever to indicate I wasn't actually angry. Secondly, that's not what i said. I said: "I'm not sure why people watch this shit." If you are going to quote me, do it right.
Because that's how forums work. You read through a thread and when you see a comment you feel like responding to, you can. You don't have to "tag" someone for someone else to respond.
I didn't. If I were talking shit, you'd know it. I simply stated that I didn't understand the appeal of watching other people play video games. If I like a game or I'm interested in a game, I'll play it myself.
OK, that's a compelling reason. You have transformed my understanding and opinion of Twitch forever.
My post wasn't directed at you, it was directed at people that are angry. You say you are not angry but felt the need to respond to the post, but you're not angry, gotcha. I hope you have a good non-anger filled day doing things you enjoy.
Well, if you weren't quoting me, than my mistake but I thought you were.
No kidding. Even worse; the majority (who aren't IRL) play a *single* game for thousands of hours. That doesn't fit my lifestyle in the slightest
That's the funny bit. It's one thing to play a game for several hours because you're hooked; it's another because you have to if you expect to pull in viewers. And that's fine for constantly evolving experiences like GTA5 RP, but not so fun if you're playing the same battle royale shooter over... and over... and over.No kidding. Even worse; the majority (who aren't IRL) play a *single* game for thousands of hours. That doesn't fit my lifestyle in the slightest
i understand what you are getting at with this. If you are obligated to do it then the activity becomes a job. That's going to detract from the experience. On that I agree. However, I've put thousands of hours into some games, playing them for years throughout a great deal of my free time. These days my interests vary too much to do that, but 10 years ago or so I could have played games that much. I enjoyed games like Unreal Tournament 2004 enough to play them year after year for thousands and thousands of hours. Of course, there were modded maps, skins, etc. that helped keep it fresh. Playing against humans was a dynamic enough experience that it was very enjoyable. Eventually, I did tire of the game but at least this aspect of streaming on the part of the streamers I can understand.
Some people just feel the need to be liked by others and they feel buying them stuff is a way for that. Hell it is probably the primary reason people give them money in the first place.
GTARP is what got me hooked and is pretty much 95% of the streamers i follow. Its always new fun content and hilarious. It was better then anything on TV and it was daily. Fast forward 3 years and im still a viewer and tbh my GF watches alot to. Outside of GTARP i dont really watch much else except when a new game is coming out and streamers get the beta ill watch to check out the beta to get an idea how it is to see if i want to buy it. Did that with Cyberpunk and im doing it with BF2042. Luckily usually one or more of the GTARP streamers i follow will probably have a sponsored stream for it so i really dont have to wander to far.
Bolded is same for me.
This I actually do understand even if I don't generally share the interest.
Fair enough.
I can understand being startled on occasion, but that's a bit much.
Companies will pay streamers to play their game on stream and pretend like they're enjoying it for an agreed upon amount of time. I've heard some "medium" streamers (around 1000 viewers on average) say they won't do it for less than $10k.
That's what we kept saying about Napster and Kazaa. Some people just don't understand "the cloud".
There's also people who lick ear shaped microphones in little to no clothing, and people who sit in bikini's in hot tubs, people who wear low cut tops and drink. People are weird and watch weird stuff, really odd people also "donate" money.
Don't forget the Amouranth horse mask stream. Classic.
She's been banned several times this year alone. They're mostly 24-48hr temp bans. It's part of the marketing thot-cycle.
She be back in a few days.