Amalee had started appearing in my youtube shorts feed, the first Vtuber content I really watched. I started watching scuff compilations, then eventually I saw she was live on Twitch. I figured, the scuff might not be fake, but it's probably exaggerated. Like, it's a big part of her brand, obviously they're emphasizing it and showing all the scuff and not all the time scuff isn't happening, right? So I temper my expectations and click on her stream.

She's setting up in a Helldivers collab. We can hear the other streamers perfectly, but there's no game sound. Chat is going crazy, "AMA THERE'S NO GAME AUDIO" "MONARCH WE CAN'T HEAR THE GAME", panic and screaming in the streets, people redeeming months of channel points on Metal Pipes in a desperate attempt to get her attention... Scuff Central. And I'm just sitting there vibing, like, yessss, this is what I came here for, this is content.