Is it hard to start Twitch Streaming?

[Getmegreek]

Is the algorithm brutal and unfair from Youtube the same on Twitch?

[Dwolfin]

well the thing is you will be forever dead unless you start a base elsewhere.

People dont tend to grow on twitch, they just bring people from other platforms over.

[Lune]

No you just stream

[Q-T_3.14.exe]

Easy to start, yes. But to get an audience that is a waiting game.

[mcgiverlol]

Originally posted by GetMeGreek:

Is the algorithm brutal and unfair from Youtube the same on Twitch?

Yes, living of livestreaming is like having the life of Kylie Jenner, pure luck and barely any skill

[Dwolfin]

Originally posted by Raelic:

Originally posted by 🐬 Dwolfin 🐺:

well the thing is you will be forever dead unless you start a base elsewhere.

People dont tend to grow on twitch, they just bring people from other platforms over.

This isn't true at all.

The key to being successful on Twitch is to be good at gaming and have the gift of gab.

Do's

Do stream a lot. Like 8+ hours a day. Maybe even more when you start.
-Just like a business. The owner has to put in many hours when things are starting to get momentum rolling.

Do remain consistent of when you're going to stream.
-No one likes to sub to a streamer that is going to take a week off immediately after they sub. Don't be the streamer that streams 2-3 hours a night for 4 days and then just disappears for a week.

Do take the time to get yourself setup and professional on your stream before trying.
-Get some emotes and put some effort into your channel before you start. There's nothing worse than channels that try to wing it with the obvious little things they should have done before. It shows you don't really care about your channel. And you don't, why should others?

Do show your cleavage. Work it if you got it. I don't make the rules and I'm not claiming it's fair. But it's just the facts.
-If you aren't that type, you should still put in the effort a typical female streamer does. Make yourself nice, put out a good spread.

Do wait for a hyped up game to come out before trying.
-Hogwarts Legacy, for example, would have been a good game in theory, except all the drama. Elden Ring launched some new streamers. That would be a great example. But you have to be good at games. Yes, people watch people who aren't good. But not hundreds or thousands.

Do maybe make yourself a Duo. Duos are fun to watch.

Do check out ForestofWires.
-He's not the biggest or the best, but he has DEEP knowledge of things to make Streaming interesting and making your stream interactive for viewers. His content isn't for everyone, but he's a good example of how to keep a stream going for hours and be entertaining. He also does tutorials for streaming.

Don't

Don't be a vTuber.
Don't be inconsistent with when you stream or miss a bunch of scheduled streams.
Don't just dabble a couple hours a night.
Don't keep swapping games unless that's your gimmick. (example, Splattercatgaming's gimmick is he plays indies.)
Don't be sensitive.
-Read every message as if it's in the best light or as a joke. If you don't get the joke, just don't respond at all to it. It's okay to let some things go.

Don't alienate the target audience. Know who your audience is.
-Is it League of Legends you're playing? Your probably going to need to appeal to people who take toxicity as a joke or are adults or edgy women that really are not "girly." You probably don't want to be all "LGBTQ+ Power!!!!" It's just not the audience with League of Legends. People that play that game are aging or going through higher education. They aren't there for that stuff. They want to learn the game and get better or watch someone make great plays.

Be yourself. If you're an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. If you're a people pleaser though, don't be a people pleaser. People eat people pleasers alive online and it comes off as disingenuous.

Don't always have a sob story or talk about how your day was bad or how you have some disease or malady of some kind. Video games are fun. Unless you're a Squirmy and Grubs type, no one really wants to hear it all the time.
-If you're wanting to be a streamer, you should be enjoying it. If you're not enjoying it and don't enjoy playing games for hours, maybe it's just not for you?

Did you just attack someone that I like a lot? I smell it in there.

[Electric Cupcake]

The bastards ban you if you have a nip slip. ♥♥♥♥ 'em.

[Dwolfin]

Originally posted by Electric Cupcake:

The bastards ban you if you have a nip slip. ♥♥♥♥ 'em.

male nip slip. terrible crime.

[Polverrati]

Getting an audience is a lottery, something like 96% of Twitch averages 10 viewers or less.

[Apollo702]

Originally posted by Raelic:

Originally posted by 🐬 Dwolfin 🐺:

well the thing is you will be forever dead unless you start a base elsewhere.

People dont tend to grow on twitch, they just bring people from other platforms over.

This isn't true at all.

The key to being successful on Twitch is to be good at gaming and have the gift of gab.

Do's

Do stream a lot. Like 8+ hours a day. Maybe even more when you start.
-Just like a business. The owner has to put in many hours when things are starting to get momentum rolling.

Do remain consistent of when you're going to stream.
-No one likes to sub to a streamer that is going to take a week off immediately after they sub. Don't be the streamer that streams 2-3 hours a night for 4 days and then just disappears for a week.

Do take the time to get yourself setup and professional on your stream before trying.
-Get some emotes and put some effort into your channel before you start. There's nothing worse than channels that try to wing it with the obvious little things they should have done before. It shows you don't really care about your channel. And you don't, why should others?

Do show your cleavage. Work it if you got it. I don't make the rules and I'm not claiming it's fair. But it's just the facts.
-If you aren't that type, you should still put in the effort a typical female streamer does. Make yourself nice, put out a good spread. Work out and look healthy.

Do wait for a hyped up game to come out before trying.
-Hogwarts Legacy, for example, would have been a good game in theory, except all the drama. Elden Ring launched some new streamers. That would be a great example. But you have to be good at games. Yes, people watch people who aren't good. But not hundreds or thousands.

Do maybe make yourself a Duo. Duos are fun to watch.

Do check out ForestofWires.
-He's not the biggest or the best, but he has DEEP knowledge of things to make Streaming interesting and making your stream interactive for viewers. His content isn't for everyone, but he's a good example of how to keep a stream going for hours and be entertaining. He also does tutorials for streaming.

Don't

Don't be a vTuber.
Don't be inconsistent with when you stream or miss a bunch of scheduled streams.
Don't just dabble a couple hours a night.
Don't keep swapping games unless that's your gimmick. (example, Splattercatgaming's gimmick is he plays indies.)
Don't be sensitive.
-Read every message as if it's in the best light or as a joke. If you don't get the joke, just don't respond at all to it. It's okay to let some things go.

Don't alienate the target audience. Know who your audience is.
-Is it League of Legends you're playing? Your probably going to need to appeal to people who take toxicity as a joke or are adults or edgy women that really are not "girly." You probably don't want to be all "LGBTQ+ Power!!!!" It's just not the audience with League of Legends. People that play that game are aging or going through higher education. They aren't there for that stuff. They want to learn the game and get better or watch someone make great plays.

Be yourself. If you're an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. If you're a people pleaser though, don't be a people pleaser. People eat people pleasers alive online and it comes off as disingenuous.

Don't always have a sob story or talk about how your day was bad or how you have some disease or malady of some kind. Video games are fun. Unless you're a Squirmy and Grubs type, no one really wants to hear it all the time.
-If you're wanting to be a streamer, you should be enjoying it. If you're not enjoying it and don't enjoy playing games for hours, maybe it's just not for you?

That has to be one of the better summaries of being a professional(at anything) that I have seen in the forums in a while.

No, much of life isn't luck at all. On YT 90% of the videos have zero views. They deserve it.

This is the 80/20 rule in action. 80% of the activity is done by 20% of the population. The rest are dead weight.

Go to any sales office. Perhaps auto or real estate. The same few guys/girls will sell more than all the nobodies combined.

Dating? The top daters get more action than all the nobodies combined.

Pick the arena and the pattern is identical. Perhaps the most cringeworthy word is "luck." Just about everyone was attributes success to it is almost sure to be engaging in loser behavior and repeating dumb mistakes.

Just about every winner engaged in a process. They figured things out, paid the price and worked at becoming a winner.

It's that simple folks!

[Getmegreek]

Originally posted by 🐬 Dwolfin 🐺:

Originally posted by Electric Cupcake:

The bastards ban you if you have a nip slip. ♥♥♥♥ 'em.

male nip slip. terrible crime.

Mine is hairy - grave sin

[Dwolfin]

Originally posted by Jester on Mushrooms:

I like to do a little Jester ASMR

what is jester asmr?

[Grimmz]

start creating content on yt, create a bit of a base of regular viewers and eventually you can start streaming, its gona be a snowball effect.

[Bun.E]

if you mean you will be drowned out by the 1% that do not need front page coverage and free promotions as they are already large enough to sustain themselves without it then yes.

[Candyy ♡]

you need youtube first and do not forget uploading shorts!!

[Shiro♌]

Being a successful YouTuber or Twitch streamer is a very emotionally demanding.. „job“.
It's certainly not for everyone, and I'd definitely suggest you to find some other way of money incomes.. Because not only this eats even more of your time, it does contain the unnecessary psychological and emotional pressure just because it's a social network in comparison to.. Say, to accountant, for example.

However, if you can't get money in any other way.. It may not be a bad idea to give it a try.
Thing is, our time here is limited, and so you should know beforehand whether it's gonna be worth it or not.
It'll take a few years to get to know the answer, unless you know the answer beforehand due to some more obvious obstacles that do make it impossible..

Being Twitch Streamer is mostly difficult because you're required to be active, follow all the modern and social trends to get popular, you know..

To me, YouTube and Twitch is no different, if we're talking about the necessarities to help you earn enough money for a living and consider it your „job“.
Too difficult, too demanding for what do you get in return.