I have a friend who has tried for a long time to break into twitch streaming after working 9-5 and at first it seemed more like an excuse to have time to game separate from his wife. I felt bad about this for awhile.
Then later it was clear he wasn't even really accessible to his friends while gaming because every time we tried to join him on stream & in game he wanted to do everything possible to try to maximize viewers instead of just connecting with us and having fun.
As far as I know he's only ever had a handful of viewers at a time and that was often just members of the friend group showing up to support him. It's pretty sad for all of us. He makes enough money without an additional income from streaming but he's always been thirsty for the attention and the idea of public success by making himself well known.
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u/actuallyapossom 5d ago
I have a friend who has tried for a long time to break into twitch streaming after working 9-5 and at first it seemed more like an excuse to have time to game separate from his wife. I felt bad about this for awhile.
Then later it was clear he wasn't even really accessible to his friends while gaming because every time we tried to join him on stream & in game he wanted to do everything possible to try to maximize viewers instead of just connecting with us and having fun.
As far as I know he's only ever had a handful of viewers at a time and that was often just members of the friend group showing up to support him. It's pretty sad for all of us. He makes enough money without an additional income from streaming but he's always been thirsty for the attention and the idea of public success by making himself well known.