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2/1/2017 3:06:06 AM
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I don't know what's more sad and pathetic, this crybaby whining about some lack of a countdown in a stream where he had little to no chance of actually getting matched up anyways, or the people that actually watch and pay these streamers.
Wow.
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How is it any different from watching a football game? And paying for cable TV?
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So, people pay and watch because they consider it to be professional entertainment by an individual, or a team of people, that do it exceptionally well above what an average person or team could do? Somehow that's hard for me to believe or grasp. I don't know a lot of people who could be like Aaron Rodgers, I don't know a lot of people that could be a Robert De Niro, but I however feel that any person I know could host a decent Twitch stream lol In fact, most streamers seem to be just very average people, and the whole streaming thing just comes off as modern day panhandling to most people. Here's a few questions I have for you if you'd be kind enough to entertain them, if the streamer charged you flat out each time to watch his/her stream before you could view it would you pay? If the answer is no, doesn't that say something about what you think of the value of entertainment they provide? Also, if I find a person I hang out with in real life entertaining should I donate to them to keep me laughing when we hang out? Should I pay them to watch them play video games at my house, or pay them to talk to me on IMs? Do I just give money to everyone I find entertaining? Seems odd and foolish to me, but that's just me. What do you think? If that's your form of top notch entertainment though that's fine, and anyone can spend their money as they please...
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What you are completely missing is that you DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING TO WATCH TWITCH. It's free, you choose to support a given streamer if you think they are worth it.
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Let me put it this way my man, you compared the Twitch streamers to sports and cable TV and asked me what the difference was. My short answer is the entertainment value is a lot different. There's a huge difference between watching a pro athlete or a top paid actor as opposed to watching someone streaming video games out his house. I could watch leaves blow around in my neighbor's yard and be mildly entertained, but I wouldn't donate money to him for such a low level of entertainment lol
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Ahhh but that's subjective, what's entertaining to you maybe isn't entertaining to me. You might not pay to go see Metallica but I would in a heartbeat.
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I could however associate the value in you wanting to go. They are a high level music group that pour a ton of money into a show to entertain you. There's a value there. It's something you wouldn't get to see or do each day, and not everyone could put on that show. Thus there's value in it. I wouldn't think you a fool for paying. Streamers and their shows have very little value IMO. I fail to see the value in it or why anyone would give them money. It's my opinion however. That's all my post is and was.
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Alright then how about going down to a local music venue and catching a new band. You might not see value but plenty of other people do. I get plenty of entertainment value in watching streamers (for example goths team and their world first kings fall run) Have to admit I don't like square dancing, ballet, skiing or stamp collecting but I can see how people get value and joy out of it. Why is it so hard for you to understand?
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I just don't see the value in it when it comes down to paying for the entertainment. The value of what they do is next to nothing. That's why 98% of these streamers make absolutely no money. It's not hard to click a few buttons and start streaming to Twitch, or whatever. Playing a video game at a high level really isn't all that compelling either. Tons of people do that. How many people you know that can play basketball at a Lebron James level, or even at an average NBA player's level though? Not too many. For good reason. How many people can act on a Robert De Niro level? Not many. For good reason. The value for that entertainment is thus higher. value in watching some neckbeard playing a video game from Mom's basement? Eh, not so much value. Like I said, I can be entertained by watching water drip down the side of a cup, but there' no REAL value in it. Not monetary wise anyways. And as I mentioned before where do you draw lines at before you start to feel stupid for donating money to meager forms of "entertainment? Heck, go start paying your friends because they entertain you then. Go start paying your Mom for talking to you on the phone. Just start giving everyone your money for drawing your attention for 20 minutes. It's silly.
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We aren't going to agree. Simple. Bye for now.
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You reality TV watching, short attention span, want everything for doing nothings have a real weird perspective on things. True story. These streamers are nothing more than virtual beggars on cyber street corners. Looking for handouts for streaming their pathetic lives for a few hours.
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Edited by teester1977: 2/2/2017 12:41:03 PMNo, I realize you don't have to pay. I even made mention of that. I said in my original post that the people who not only watched, but paid streamers were sad. I also asked however, would you pay? My question was: if a streamer charged a fee for his show before you could view it would you pay to watch? I asked that because you compared it to top notch entertainment like professional sports and/or cable TV. Entertainment people are willing to pay for. If you wouldn't pay to watch your Twitch stream like you do cable TV that means you think the entertainment value isn't worth very much. Maybe it's free to watch for a reason. Like maybe because it sucks ;) Edited a few typos.
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Edited by b e a n: 2/1/2017 11:38:10 AMIt isn't. People just think "oh, sports are cool because... they uh... run around and kick a ball for ninety minutes". It's not sad to sit on your ass watching someone else play a game when it's sports.
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Or the guy who replies to the post doing what he is insulting.
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Edited by teester1977: 2/1/2017 5:18:21 AMOr the guy replying to some guy that replied to that guy doing what he claims the other guy is doing to that guy.
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The people who donate to streamers i think. For the life of me i cant imagine why i would throw away my hard earned money at a streamer bro lol.
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I sub to a streamer... ifrostbolt to be exact. And i would have you know its actually free due to my Amazon Prime account.
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Yeah thats cool. Im talking about donating actual money.
