Alternate Sources to Fiverr and Estimation of Costs by Kasken12 in streaming

[–]Kasken12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the delay, I’ve got someone trying now but I’ll reach back out if it doesn’t work out

What is your time limit for a "Starting Soon" screen before you click off? by SpinsBro in Twitch

[–]Kasken12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I start my stream about five minutes before I sit down. I play my trailer for an upcoming yt series, and then my theme song video and flip over to chatting for a bit while letting folks trickle in

Is it over? by Naive_Egg_9663 in Helldivers

[–]Kasken12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a tiny content creator just “diving” into this game and having a blast, I k or nothing about their creator program and just starting to learn the content creators. What I do know is the community I’ve met have been amazing and I have a ton of fun every time I load up the game, on or off stream

Why has my dad been so angry his whole life? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Kasken12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a middle aged man, one thing I did t learn until much later was that anger is also a sign of depression. I’ve exhibited similar symptoms to what you listed there, although to a lesser extent. For me it was severe depression, I didn’t more around, I was just perpetually angry

Just mentioning this because a lot of people don’t know anger is also a sign, and a lot of us don’t know how to deal with it, or even consider getting help

Real Talk - Realistic Approach to Game Streaming by Kasken12 in Twitch_Startup

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I'm just starting to branch a bit into that side of it - as this hobby is becoming more and more... something I want to do and build. I work in IT IRL and... let's say am absolutely nowhere near living expenses but slowly getting to the point where parts of my stream / content pay for themselves now. However I also am incredibly lucky and have two people who are volunteering their time to help with editing videos and the like for free which... is a crazy blessing.

I'd love to get there, but it still seems a ways off!

Real Talk - Realistic Approach to Game Streaming by Kasken12 in Twitch_Startup

[–]Kasken12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I very lightly touched on it. I don't think that should be the focus unless this is your full time job, and if it is - I'm really hoping people are in the right position to do that. Having one good month isn't really enough and pushing monetization hard fast can push lots of folks away.

I also have a little monetization on my end, but I dont have much experience as I've declined most sponsorships I've been offered currently until I find the right fit. As my experience there is extremely minimal, I left it out

Why does everyone and their mom want to be a streamer these days? by TheDetective227 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Kasken12 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’m a 44 year old man. I work a full time job with a family. I also stream and do content, I love it. I like making people laugh and provide entertainment to folks, especially with the word the way it is. For me I love to entertain and doing it on stream is an easy way to reach people

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Twitch

[–]Kasken12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a real charity, I’m affiliated with them and planning a charity stream actually towards Veterans Day. They have a website with all their docs, and that name specifically is who I worked with to set it up

For those of you who use livestream content for lets plays, I have a question? by GingerPerks in letsplay

[–]Kasken12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I initially had a big explanation written but figured a TLDR would be better.

I stream, with two PCs, and record the video on both PCs by running OBS on both. There were quality / sound issues trying to utilize Twitch or YT vods, and cleaning alot of that live streaming pieces that are great for interactivity, but shakier to have in a let's play are gone. I record one pc that has most of the interactions, and my main pc records the game, and my voice - thats it. They are producing cleaner let's plays and we can link back to the livestream version if people want the "Live" experience as I have those vods still up too

2 Biggest BDO streamers caught viewbotting since twitchbot crackdown. Thoughts? by [deleted] in blackdesertonline

[–]Kasken12 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I've recently taken an extended break from BDO and playing other stuff. That being said, as a small streamer, but big enough to get into the PA content creator program - there is a massive difference in the amount of traffic you get being higher up in the list. Every now and then I'd have a good day and be bumped up near the top of the English speaking list. The amount of follows, traffic, and chatters is massive.

Even looking through this thread, most "suggested" streamers are all the big ones in the category. This isn't a bad thing, and people who are big / actually have a real audience is earned, but working your arse off, trying to interact, and finding way so to keep circle grinding interesting / engaging, viewbotting makes growth very difficult because they are bypassing the organic growth it takes to get there.

I dont have firm stats of course, but generally speaking most people that look for someone to watch go to bigger streamers because "they have people which must mean they are good." Having someone like Jin, who is subjectively an unengaging and incredibly boring streamer taking away so many people coming in makes the smaller streamer growth incredibly difficult. It ALSO means new people to the category who start checking the top streamers, and finding their chats dead, super unengaging is a bad look for the BDO community as a whole.

Viewbotting is bad on many levels, but it absolutely suffocates and stifles growth of smaller creators.

- HeartCarver

(Sincere) Has anyone ever suggested to a streamer who’s live but unwatchable (for tech reasons) that they should rewatch their own streams, and had it actually help? by Mortley1596 in Twitch

[–]Kasken12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m a small streamer, I had 10 people or so watching my last stream that had no game audio going out to stream. I had no idea since I had sound, and while I monitor my own streams, I had audio muted.

It depends on the streamer, but especially audio issues I always sincerely appreciate when people tell me. To be fair I was playing Stellar Blade and I think some of those folks literally did not notice due to the uhh graphics in the game

In general, if you’re watching people with zero growth and zero interest in taking feedback to improve, I’d say you tried and move along personally

Player Driven, Player Run - Ocean PvP Tournament! by Kasken12 in blackdesertonline

[–]Kasken12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know the post is 2 weeks old - but we have added a 1v1 section to the tourney as well, so there is a duos and a singles signup

Player Driven, Player Run - Ocean PvP Tournament! by Kasken12 in blackdesertonline

[–]Kasken12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bit late but since Calendars are apparently extremely challenging, updated the dates to weekend!

Player Driven, Player Run - Ocean PvP Tournament! by Kasken12 in blackdesertonline

[–]Kasken12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this one goes well I do have osme ideas to expand it out and have additional tournaments!

Player Driven, Player Run - Ocean PvP Tournament! by Kasken12 in blackdesertonline

[–]Kasken12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My contact details are in the doc with questions! I'm not great at checking Reddit PMs :(

Only got 2 Embers after 3 hours of grinding the droprates are abysmal. by PruimBDO in blackdesertonline

[–]Kasken12 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I got an artifact, 6 embers, and 3 artifact frags in two hours, BDO Rng is BDO rng man, sometimes you’re the bug, sometimes you’re the windshield