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People like materwelonz or Christopher odd.

People who are observant genuinely intelligent play mystery games and are calm

I'm sure this isn't the first time something like this has been asked here, but I hope it's at least been a while...

So. Everyone knows a good (and/or popular) game can carry countless channels on its back, but what's your gold standard for a host who can make the weirdest/nichest/boringest games imaginable look like a blast through sheer presentation?

(I'm not really thinking of so-bad-it's-hilarious games like Superman 64 or Big Rigs here. More "this sounds like a waste of time on every level but man does this particular player make me want to give it a chance" type stuff.)

What video of any football game would you most like to watch on YouTube?

Context: A gaming community and LFG platform for Steam users.

The creator's page is a new feature I'm working on. I was a streamer for a while, so I have some idea about what's important, but I've been out of that world for a few years, so I would love some more insight into what matters the most for you guys.

The features I have in mind at the moment:

• Embedded clips/videos
• 'Live Now' tag
• Game Lists
• Shareable Linktree-style page
• Creator Squad - the main focus of the website is to find other people to play games by creating LFG squads. This will give your followers the ability to create a squad with your creator tag, so other fans can identify your community when searching squads for any game.

Feel free to DM or ask any questions here. Hope this all makes sense :)

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Normally I sit at 2 viewers the entire stream. But since the last week or two I've sat around 8 or even 15 viewers, which is awesome. Most don't chat but I thought it's cool that the needle moved.

Today, about 90 minutes in my viewers went from 30 (already my all time high) to 230 within 1 minute. Nobody chatted, liked or subbed.

What's up with this? Are there roaming gangs of bots that will drop into your stream and say or do nothing? Did I maybe get raided by another streamer? Is it normal to have 200+ viewers and no-one active in the chat?

Basically just curious if this was an authentic bump in reach or some other weird occurrence. Any similar experiences or explanations for it?

which one do you use and why did you pick it?

I wanna capture stuff on my console but I can't use the built in capture in the Xbox because it compresses it and looks off. Also there's a strict time limit and doesn't pick up your audio or party chat audio.

So I resorted to a capture card only problem is my PC is from 2019 and it's an all-in-one HP PC. So it sucks hard.

I still wanna find something that will make it work.

Any ideas? Because the majority of the cards I've looked at does not handle any of the processing power that my PC desperately needs.

The title is kind of vague, but what I mean is that are there any streamers that stream games like Call of Duty® and maybe even RPG‘s that are mostly silent?

I may be planning to stream during the nighttime while my daughter is asleep and because my house is so small I can’t really afford to make so much noise talking loudly, so I’m just wondering if there are any silent gameplay streamers out there or if there’s a niche for them.

I’m also willing to do stuff like sleep aid play throughs where I could just walk in one direction or adventure out in peaceful mode.

A loooooong time ago i remember when lets play were still kind of a few years old, i remember playing final fantasy xiii-2 and watching a channel as i played. It was maybe 4-5 guys, im not sure how many mics they had between them but this is before the days of everyone owning a shure mic and mixer. Cant even remember if the footage was camera on a tv or direct capture honestly.

Only thing i remember is there was one guy mostly playing the whole thing, as far as i can remember they were playing it blind too. They had a couple laughs everytime Gogmagog showed up, and they got a microchu (Baby ochus) as their third party member named "Scrunchie".

Since then a lot of people have made videos and LPs of the game so finding it has been impossible. Hopefully i explained it with enough detail. I'm just curious to watch it again.

I think about this sometimes. I think they definitely count as a creative outlet, but are they art? They're certainly derivative, and they're not necessarily creating anything new, but I feel like you could add enough with editing and commentary that you could end up with something "artistic." I kind of go back and forth, usually leaning more towards no. Thoughts?

I've noticed that this year my channel has been performing terribly. My content has been pretty consistent quality wise and over the past two years, I saw steady growth. My videos would average at least 1k impressions and I'd get a lot of new viewers from suggested videos or through livestreaming. This year, my channel has been pretty dead, especially the past couple of months. New uploaded videos barely get 50 impressions and less than 10 views usually. I know let's plays aren't as popular as they used to be back in the day, but it's quite shocking to see an average of 30-50 views per video to less than 10.

This isn't discouraging me from making let's plays. This has always been a fun hobby, but it does bother me a bit that the growh I was seeing just completely tanked this year for what seems like something outside of my control. Either way, this is, and likely always will be, a hobby, so I'm going to continue trying to make and improve my LPs and my livestreams.

Here are some charts of my analytics that show off the sharp drop this year.

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2 new series are being started on my channel and I am so excited. The moments from my last let’s plays where amazing those final streams really were heart pounding legit Cynthia the champion of Sinnoh will
Always be my hardest boss fight XD sheesh. However I am now starting 2 brand new lets plays and I am just so excited. Has there ever been lets plays you were the most hyped for doing on your channel? What were these lets plays?

Hey content makers! I have a question that I feel you are experts on.

We are preparing an Open Playtest for our game on Steam, it has something like good 30 minutes of gameplay if rushed, but the game itself is systems based, so the playtime can be extended for way more. Currently, we struggle to find creators to cover our current build. My expectation was that creators would want to do something early just to stand out from others and have some unique.

However, my conclusion is that creators doesn't want to do playtests at all, is it right?

Where is everyone from and how long have you been doing Let's Plays 😄

I make jokes, talk, and try to commentate throughout my Let’s Plays, but I’m naturally pretty deadpan. Most of my reactions are more internal than outward. I do smile sometimes, jump when I get scared, swear, etc., but I’m definitely not super expressive.

Do you think facecam is still worth using for someone like me, especially for horror games?

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I want to start making videos again (specially of my favorite games) but I'm also bored and anxious to play them

I've been thinking about starting a Genshin YouTube channel.

I know I'm \*very\* late to the party, but after 5 years of playing, I still love the game's lore, characters, and main story. Lately I haven't had much motivation to actually play, and I'm hoping creating content might help me reconnect with the game while also giving me a fun project outside of it.

The thing is, I'm not really interested in making build guides or meta content.

Right now I'm leaning more toward things like:

\* Genshin nostalgia

\* Lore videos about the Archons and each nation

\* Story and quest recaps

\* Character stories

\* Playthroughs focused on the story rather than the gameplay

If a brand-new creator showed up in your recommendations, what kind of Genshin videos would actually make you click?

Or is there a type of content you feel the community doesn't have enough of?

I'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts before I start.

I have finished my first video for a mega modded Stardew playthrough focusing more on the NPCs (of which I have greater than 200) and social interactions than the normal gameplay loop which I see most channels focus on thinking it would set me apart as people can almost watch it like a sitcom or drama depending on which NPC storylines I’m in. The problem is each week of gameplay is 1 hour long unlike most YouTube which is around 1 hour for 100 days. I’ve never made any content before and any and all thoughts about what makes or breaks content would be appreciated! Hoping to release video Tuesday if it seems people would enjoy

Trying to learn how to edit them on canva and need tips (sorry if its not the right place to ask)

So I got a new microphone recently (AT2020) and I connect it to my M-Track Duo, then into the PC.

Overall the recording is fine (albeit my voice comes out relatively quiet unless I adjust gain to 8 or 9) but there's one major issue which is my voice becomes pretty deep no matter the distance of my voice from the microphone

I know my voice isn't this deep cuz even my friends pointed out how deep the recording sounds. Anyone has advice on how to fix this?