Man was one of the first streamers EVER. He was a streamer back when twitch was called Justintv. Before that he was a pro Halo 3 player. But just because you haven’t heard of him until recently doesn’t mean he started a year ago. Far, far from it, like 2011.

Hey guess what I never said Ninja. I said streamers. This whole taking a single day off, losing a lot of viewers/subscribers thing happens with every streamer. You wanna be like “oh ninja still makes so much.” He lost a third of his revenue. Now put that in terms of someone who maybe makes 40k a year streaming (and…

Hey guess what you still are incapable of reading. I don’t watch Ninja. I never said Ninja in my comment. I said “streamers.” And I mean ALL streamers. But keep looking like a dumbass to serve your own warped sense of moral superiority.

Its much like being an actor or musician really, trying to get that big break and become a star like ninja or summit or lirik.

Its the same as being an actor or musician. Always chasing that big break. And right now streaming is in a gold rush era. So there are a lot of people trying it.

Go google what the thousands of other streamers make. In most cases a “successful” channel is still under 50k. And it comes from grinding just as hard and having just as much of a drop if you slow down at all

Its really like a gold rush. Between streaming getting much easier to start doing in the last 5 years, esports at least being noticed by investors and stuff, and successful stories like ninj and lupo and stuff, eeeveryone is trying to make it.

My entire comment was “people who think that streamers have it easy or don’t have a real job don’t understand the unique stresses it puts on people, just like any other job.” And you turned that into “well doctors work a lot and 8-10 hours a day 7 days a week is normal.” Yes. I never once said streaming is the worst…

Bitch it might be

and many streamers work really hard, and make almost nothing. The problem is that how easy it is to stream. The easier it gets, the harder it is to do successfully. How do you get heard in the endless ocean of people yelling? I know people who put in 12-15 hours every day, and then spend the off time networking and…

The main issue is tho, is that them being them or them being a character for their audience? I say that cause I’ve met some of the bigger, more toxic streamers. They aren’t anything like their streaming selves, and actually seemed pretty tired and drained. I talked to one at Dreamhack over some drinks ( wanted a pic…

Yeah he hit a perfect storm of the fortnite prime skins and the free wee of amazon prime hitting the same time. He brought a lot of people into twitch with his big guest appearances, but those people aren’t dedicated in any way. On the other hand, who, in any channel, knows when it’ll go away? You’re dealing with a…

“you think YOUR day was bad...” Good to know you’re on of those types. By the way i dont feel sympathy for anything you do because someone somewhere else has it worse

You do realize that for every ninja there are thousands grinding more than him streaming and barely making minimum wage? I said in my comment “streamers.” I didnt say “ninja.” What he said was “this is what happens when you take a weekend off.” He’s saying that for ALL streamers. Hes not whining about himself. He’s…

Yes. Exactly. You indirectly supported my message. How my post saying “stop thinking streaming is the ‘ easy life’” turned into “these guys have the toughest lives ever feel bad for them” is pretty par for the course for kotaku commenters

Its actually worse if youre not big. Because youre still grinding your ass off, but you aren’t getting the money for it

OoOr you know the health risks with sitting all day, the arthritis, tendonitis that easily comes with doing this all day, and so on and so forth. But hey it’s almost like each job carries its own set of stresses and risks and to say that it isn’t a real job is real fucking close minded and dumb of you but hey. They…

This is why i shake my head at those who say streamers “have no real job” or “have it easy.” Streaming can be, and usually is, incredibly mentally and emotionally draining. In most cases, say goodbye to your social life, any hobbies outside of it, and physical health. You stream for 8-10 hours a day, and there’s a…

Every time a good widow is on the opposing side, they are single-handedly shut down. They need a better sniper to counter

I always want them to win so badly. but at the same time I don’t.