Phase Connect General

[NTRAntagonist]

Which one is worst?
Lumi has a boyfriend, or Iori cucked you on livestream?

I still want to watch that, but only because I've only seen a handful of her streams so I'd just laugh. With how often the girls stream, I imagine they at most have shitty long distance relationships, occasionally taking breaks when they get stressed/uppity to spend time with them.

 

[RestlessRain]

I can't believe the anime girl on the internet lied to us.

 

[RestlessRain]

I could've sworn the recentish streams I've tuned into across the board has occasionally had relationships come up as a topic. You mean their own? Outside of general opinions and advice unless I liked their SO too I don't really wanna hear about them.

I think you and I watch streams for very different reasons.

 

[NTRAntagonist]

I think you and I watch streams for very different reasons.

Random donos will ask about shit or I feel like it comes up an odd amount in Shiina's streams

 

[Helkar]

Jelly will absolutely get weirded out from being called senpai by these people.

Random donos will ask about shit or I feel like it comes up an odd amount in Shiina's streams

I mean Shiina actually does have a heavy GFE vibe.

 

[God's Saddest Tattletail]

I feel the same way. They're great picks, but at the same time it doesn't really feel like Phase actually gained anything from it like with other waves or invaders.

Honestly I think one of the biggest gains they made this time is proving they have something to offer... MariMari and Clio were both very successful indies that, less than a week ago, even the big Phase shills here thought wouldn't have a reason to join. Obviously outside of the memes it was clear that Nimi/Senzawa/etc wouldn't be joining Phase, but if they have something to offer Mari then suddenly someone like a Mint doesn't seem entirely out of reach. This invader wave really hammers home that Phase is continuing to grow, and after nearly every other small corpo collapsed last year getting relatively big talents cements Phase as being a big name in the EN sphere. If it keeps going at this pace within another year or two there likely won't be any debate about which corpo is in 2nd place behind Holo.

 

[Helkar]

If it keeps going at this pace within another year or two there likely won't be any debate about which corpo is in 2nd place behind Holo.

...It will still be Vshojo.
But we are most likely taking NijiEN's third spot.

But yes, broadly i fully support your point, people - myself included - expected relative-nobodies, so it's natural that getting this outcome will be a bit jarring for some.
I view this as an exercise in brand strength - if things "work out", how Pippa puts it, and having Phase branding helps these three grow their audience/helps make running their channels easier, Phase's overall attractiveness as a corpo will grow substantially.

We were just talking here a few days ago about how Phase is now big enough where they should probably be able to pick and choose from a fairly large quota of applicants, and this is basically our proof for it.

 

[Death by Dishonor]

Jelly will absolutely get weirded out from being called senpai by these people.

Dizzy will get weirded out, Jelly will have an actual heart attack.

e: typo

 

[Sven]

Dizzy will get weirded out, Jelly wil have an actual heart attack.

Pippa has already denied that Marimari_EN will call her senpai so rabbit screams are in the future there. Not to mention if Sleepy should start doing it...

 

[Salado]

Pippa has already denied that Marimari_EN will call her senpai so rabbit screams are in the future there. Not to mention if Sleepy should start doing it...

"Flat- I mean, senpai~!"

 

[JusticeDog]

That's sweet not gonna lie.
I just realized something even funnier. My nigga fishman was going for 3 invaders to round up the talents to 30 probably due to terminal autism but now that saya fucked off he has 29 bitches. It wouldn't surprise me if gen4 is 6 just to round up the number to 35

Don't want to be a Phase beggar, but after these invaders I can believe Mint to be an actual possibility and round off the 30.

 

[dkn2038]

Don't want to be a Phase beggar, but after these invaders I can believe Mint to be an actual possibility.

A lot went from no chance to very low chance...

being realistic, phase is the best option now for small or medium size vtubers that need management and a solid group to interact, is not a meme anymore... Vshojo wanted to do it but never got anyone outside their immediate group of friends and even rejected snuffy without a reason and small companies are now just a step towards phase, hololive if a miracle happens for them (and if they tolerate their new corporate culture) or being 3view indies

I might be crazy but i see more chances of senzawa becoming an invader... Mint, doki, the big twitch streamers and former vshojos aren't joining, but bigger ones with lacking management and desire to keep their creative freedom might take phase seriously...

Now you can react with meds now

 

[Helkar]

Okay i think people are getting too high on our own hype now, calm down schizos.

Fundamentally, more people thinking Phase is a good pick -> more options for Fishman to choose from. Getting big, well-established streamers is a nice treat, for sure, but i don't think hunting for them specifically should ever be a priority.

 

[Salado]

 

[dkn2038]

Okay i think people are getting too high on our own hype now, calm down schizos.

Fundamentally, more people thinking Phase is a good pick -> more options for Fishman to choose from. Getting big, well-established streamers is a nice treat, for sure, but i don't think hunting for them specifically should ever be a priority.

I don't think invaders can or should get anyone that isn't already orbiting phase or isn't from good dead corpos like prism, he could have access to small good ones like gigi was before v4mirai and holo

Their talents are already known in the vtuber sphere, I'd say its growing like holo did before they hired Coco, but they already have pippa and jelly is also growing...

In conclusion I need meds and gura in fact said panko manko

 

[Salado]

Matara for Gen 4!

This is a joke.

 

[Helkar]

In general, Phase can turn a completely unknown chuuba into a mid-3view with decent fanbase, Holo can turn them into a mid-to-high 4view with a cult following and they are, right now, the only ones who can do that. We'd need to see Vshojo's next gen debuts(speaking of, they've been sitting in the basement for almost as long as new Invaders have) to see how strong their branding is, but overall i feel like pleading for people who already got established via Holo to help us grow our brand is just kinda weak.

 

[dkn2038]

Fishman is smart enough to have several growing vtubers instead of a lonely flagship one

I feel they entered the growing stage hololive had in 2019... They're not hitting another golden era like the lockdowns but at least they will grow to have some talents competing with holo/vshojo/big indies CCV but they have to be as consistent as Pippa...

I would say other things about the models but names like kamesigo (doki mama) or nachoneko aren't a warranty of success anymore and I like the consistent design of the models

 

[God's Saddest Tattletail]

We'd need to see Vshojo's next gen debuts(speaking of, they've been sitting in the basement for almost as long as new Invaders have) to see how strong their branding is...

This will be very interesting to see. Very hot take coming in, but I feel like VShojo is just in a slow decay at this point. Melody has lost her monopoly on NSFW VTubing, Froot is nowhere to be seen and embroiled in drama, Kson has been utterly incapable of capturing the magic she had as Coco, Matara is out, and SURELY people will eventually get tired of watching a mediocre entertainer jiggle his fake anime titties around on stream as he continues to hide behind TTS and Zen will lose popularity. The only juggernauts I think they have left are Henya and Ironmouse. With Ironmouse constantly dragging normies into the scene and then picking up Amalee right as English VAs are starting to get a fraction of the hate they deserve, if someone is serious about becoming a rising star of VTubing I could definitely see them looking towards Phase over VShojo. It's imperative for their next gen to have some up and coming and actually new talent or else they'll continue to justify people calling them a retirement home.

 

[RestlessRain]

Are people begging for Hololive talents to join Phase Connect for any other reason besides it being a big win for Phase Connect? Yeah, I have no doubt that Hololive talents are great idol performers, and Phase wants to do idolshit, but do the Hololive talents people are begging for have any sort of Phase Connect flavour to them? The only time we've had a Hololive collab is between Lia, Rie, Ollie (along with Flayon), and Ollie will collab with anyone. Other than that, the only interactions are extremely rare twitter interactions, so I'm not really seeing any chemistry between anyone in Hololive and Phase Connect.

If it ever happened, I'd be cheering as loud as anyone, I can tribalfag along with the rest of you. But right now this just looks like tribalfaggotry and numberfagging combined at the moment. Someone make a case for a specific ex-Hololive talent wanting to join besides "numbers numbers numbers."