I'd actually argue that collabing frequently is super damaging to growth. They take your attention away from chat which means new faces coming in to say hello get ignored. Not to say you can't collab and talk to chat, but then that goes into the whole "collab etiquette" bullshit. Community engagement is crucial. Tons of replies to chat, games that let chat interact, or even submission oriented streams. Collabs can be good to introduce friends communities to your content, but I would never rely on it as a for sure way to get new members.
I appreciate you sharing your experience but it's just so different to mine. Before I started doing this news stuff and trying to drag on co-hosts and guests, I had effectively no chat to talk to in the first place. Now that I do though I think I do a fair enough job at integrating what they have to say into the conversation if it will contribute something. Now there's two factors at play here - switching away from gaming content, and simultaneously trying to have guests/co-hosts whenever possible - so it could be one of those factors or it could be the combination, but there's now something where previously there was nothing and I think I'd be a fool to go back to what wasn't working again.
That said, maybe if/when I can finally get a gaming PC, I'll try to add more game streams on top of the news/interview stuff. For now I actually don't mind too much no longer having to investigate new games for compatibility and buy them. I still do game streams now and then but now that they're not the main content and I don't expect them to be my main sources of CCV they feel less like an obligation if that makes sense.
Production also matters a lot too. Could add moments where you play someone's clips when they come on and kinda turn it into a whole ass show.
Yo. Yes, I should be asking the people I do the news show with to bring a 2-3 minute clip with them that I can play at the start of the show while I'm hyping them up. That's a great idea and I'm definitely going to steal it. Thank you.
I'm also just super insane and ambitious to a fault so I could keep rambling. If you ever want to talk more on this or whatever I'd love to help in any way I can. DMs are open !
Don't tempt me or I'll be sliding in there and asking if you want to laugh at the last week of vtuber news with me soon.
Add @wew, @Empraize and @somethingfarworseinthehorizon and its a collab more than half the forum will watch.
Did wew ever decloak? Even though this place is lousy with vtubers nowadays I still wouldn't blame some for still wanting to keep their active identities on the down-low.
QRD?
TLDR: It's a satirical "agency" with members with names like Gyanna Ria (gonorrhea). A somewhat high-effort, multi-person shitpost.
Click expecting to see art and see Marina's NASTY ass model. thanks, bro. Appreciate it.
Hey! I censored it far more than most other media outlets!
This is a 3d render yet it almost looks like the real thing. The light reflects off the acrylic edges in a realistic way. The variety of styles he can draw. The sheer number of tools he deploys. Scroll through his twitter on any given day I learn about one new technology. Also he's doing all this at 47 years old.
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