I once tried to go "serious" into streaming. When I finally got my first regular viewers there was this one kid started acting weird in chat. After a while he started demanding me to tell him that I loved him. FeelsBadMan banning 33-50% of your guaranteed viewers.
Was expecting it to end with "maybe one day I'll stop streaming and go back to being their dad. It's been a few years maybe I should give it another shot."
I stream every single day a variety of games. I go weeks sometimes without a single viewer, but I still do it every day for over 2 years straight now.
I have one regular who is there every day he can be there, but he has some medical issues that keep him from coming every day. Sometimes he watches from his hospital bed. He's a great guy and I wish I had the means to do more for him, but just having someone that's always there to talk to (I think) helps him with the loneliness of being bedridden. And to be honest, his support has helped my own loneliness from streaming with no viewers (FeelsBadMan)
On days where I get discouraged and think "my channel is a failure, I will never make it big" I remind myself that it's not about that. I'm doing something that might only make a difference in this one person's life, but it's something worth doing.
He's a mod now and that seemed to make his day. Sometimes the little things are the best we can do.
Edit: This comment blew up a lot more than I expected. Upvotes for everyone! I'm going to have to tell that viewer about all the goodwill you guys have shown here, he will eat it up. Faith in humanity restored yadda yadda yadda. I can't thank you all enough for your kind words.
ze413X on October 13rd, 2017 at 17:13 UTC »
I once tried to go "serious" into streaming. When I finally got my first regular viewers there was this one kid started acting weird in chat. After a while he started demanding me to tell him that I loved him. FeelsBadMan banning 33-50% of your guaranteed viewers.
Quiltron3000 on October 13rd, 2017 at 18:22 UTC »
Was expecting it to end with "maybe one day I'll stop streaming and go back to being their dad. It's been a few years maybe I should give it another shot."
Modernautomatic on October 13rd, 2017 at 19:06 UTC »
I stream every single day a variety of games. I go weeks sometimes without a single viewer, but I still do it every day for over 2 years straight now.
I have one regular who is there every day he can be there, but he has some medical issues that keep him from coming every day. Sometimes he watches from his hospital bed. He's a great guy and I wish I had the means to do more for him, but just having someone that's always there to talk to (I think) helps him with the loneliness of being bedridden. And to be honest, his support has helped my own loneliness from streaming with no viewers (FeelsBadMan)
On days where I get discouraged and think "my channel is a failure, I will never make it big" I remind myself that it's not about that. I'm doing something that might only make a difference in this one person's life, but it's something worth doing.
He's a mod now and that seemed to make his day. Sometimes the little things are the best we can do.
Edit: This comment blew up a lot more than I expected. Upvotes for everyone! I'm going to have to tell that viewer about all the goodwill you guys have shown here, he will eat it up. Faith in humanity restored yadda yadda yadda. I can't thank you all enough for your kind words.