What's the appeal of watching streams? Why not just

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>>387546365
LARD DRINKER

Normies are dumb

>>387546365
What happened with his surgery?

Lonely 12 year olds.

He has lost 14lbs already!!!!

LOW TIER BTFOOOOOOOOO

Background noise.

>>387546702
What's 14lbs as a percentage of his body weight you think? 1%?

>>387546365
It's 2017, if you don't have 2+ screens, what the fuck are you even doing

>>387546531
CABBAGE PATCH LOOKIN'

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>>387546365
It's free?

1 video games are expensive and i am broke
2 i can pretend i have friends to play games with
3 other peoples responses to things are interesting

What's the appeal of watching sport on tv? Why not just play sport yourself?

>>387546738
This /thread

what's wrong with watching high level gameplay?


better than watching dumb niggers throwing a ball around, desu

People come for the person, not the game.

To pretend to have friends. It's a bunch of 12-30 old males that have really petulant personalities or no personality.

>>387546896
So are games if you're not stupid and know where to look.

>>387546365
Tournaments, charities, video podcasts, live D&D, special events.

>>387546873
CALORIE THEIVING

>>387546365
why wont this fat fuck die already

who's gonna pay

>>387547084
That’s worse

>>387546365
i love dota but playing the game often makes me mad.

OVEN DODGING

>>387546738
Diddly this. I usually listen to top 10 spooky shit or listen to scary stories.

You didn't enjoy watching your older brother play video games when you were little?

What's the appeal of watching Football? Why not just play the sport yourself?

T-REX ARM HAVING

>>387546365
Stick to smaller streams. Anything over 100 people is almost always ass. The reason I watch streams. and occasionally stream myself is because I find video games can be pretty social and it brings me back to my college days. My roommates and I would shoot the shit and play vidya while watching one another from time to time, and it was pretty comfy. If somebody didn't have the game we were playing or didn't have enough time to play themselves, we always watched one another and it was pretty fun tbqh. There's a nice middle ground between being a huge faggot donating to surrogate friends and enjoying playing something with some interaction.

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I don't regularly watch streams but I understand their appeal much more than LPs which are largely either idol-worship or "I have no friends so I'm gonna pretend the Game Grumps or whatever faggot SA goons are playing this are my friends" autism

Streams have a chat and you can interact with other people or the streamer in real time, tuba vore man did some fun streams because he actually cares about gameplay mechanics in an autistically fun way and it's fun to interact as the stream goes on.

HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO

>>387546702
What, did he put down his tray?

>>387547025
Fatso actually seems like a pretty cool guy

>>387547316

>wathing someone doing a performance is retarded
>watching movies is retarded
>watching a play is retarded
>watching stand up comedians is retarded

See how stupid you are, anon?

>>387546365
Why does /v/ talk about vidya? why not play games?

>>387546365
I put on streams during work as background noise. I like small, chill streamers and not streamers like Boogie who need to share every detail of their lives and have an opinion on everything under the sun.

>>387547398
I don't get that either, it's way more fun playing football yourself

>>387546365
PAY

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>>387547013
This is such an awful analogy yet it gets used every time this gets brought up. I watch sports because it's high level shit I can't do myself. I watch the occasional competitive gaming tournament because they do high level shit I can't pull off. I don't watch some bumfuck talentless hack screaming at a mic for "comedy" while begging for donations as he plays something at a mediocre level that I can experience my damn self.

GEORGE FOREMAN GRILL GREASE DRINKING

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*PWAH* KIRBY

>>387547445
Oh and >>387547441 is right, if there are too many people it just becomes a clusterfuck of robotic meme spouting instead of having fun discussion of what's being played

I dunno why anyone would want to take part in a chat where everyone just responds with a flood of the same catchphrase beyond "us gamers huh" identity wank

LOW

>>387547538
>comparing things that require talent to something that any chucklefuck can do
nice argument my dude.

>>387546365
What's the appeal of thinly veiled e-celeb threads?

>>387547530
I know him, he's not, he wears that Jersey to everything

THIS IS A FUCKING VIDEO

>>387547445
but the only good streams by frog lover man are the art ones that I can use as background noise
his autismo voice is really good for that

>>387547538
>people streaming video games
>the same as a fucking movie
are
you
fucking
dense
i know he said """performance""" but there are more important things in a movie than the actors

CRISCO BATHING

I've never watched a full playthrough of any game by any streamer but I have enjoyed watching clips of streamers getring trolled/SWATed/DSP snort rants.

>>387546365
Laziness.

There's no appeal, at least not for me. I kind of get it if it's some kind of tournament whatever. It's basically like watching sports or something. But watching just some random guy playing someting. I don't get it. Probably too old for this shit. Maybe in someways that's good, except the fact that I'm old.

>>387547595
>I can experience my damn self

except peoeple don't want to spend the money to do so?

i'm not gonna spend $360 just to see what botw is like

>>387546365
lack of friends

>>387546365
that's why they've gone full circle back to justintv

Only if it's a speedrun or if the commentary is good

DR ROBOTNIK LOOKING

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>>387548204

>>387548014
What a godawful reason. If you're willing to dedicate your time to watching someone play a game, why not just wait until you can afford the fucking thing or at least pirate it? I can't always afford to go to the cinema every day, doesn't mean I'd be willing to watch some dude recording himself watching the movie I want to experience myself while he offers his asinine unfunny commentary. Regardless, you can just watch a silent play through instead of a streamer for that but no, you need a friend simulator.

>>387546365
To get a false sense of friendship and companionship.

>>387547895
I don't really like having live talking as background noise, I sometimes have a podcast on while drawing but that's about it.

Why would you have a DRAWING stream as "background noise" when the whole point is to see the drawing process? Just the gay ASMR appeal? I just watch Jaakko videos for that.

Because decent commentary from someone you like can serve as a good podcast/background noise. You can watch a genre you might find entertaining to watch but don't have interest in learning yourself, games you simply don't have access to, or games you've completed yourself and want to see other's impressions of.

A surprising number of people aren't good at video games, and don't really care about getting better at them because they aren't into video game culture for the games, but instead for the cancerous community. /v/ is currently among the worst offenders.

>>387546365
For me its because I cant enjoy video games because I'm depressed and my life is shit. Watching streamers who have a sizable amount of viewers and stream a lot makes me feel less alone.

>>387546738
That's why I usually listen to a podcast

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My patients are all addicted to let's plays/vloggers and podcasts because it fills void for them.

They are all lonely people and just hearing someone talk is comforting.

One cannot fall asleep without some white noise talking.

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>I don't get it, why would anyone watch a streamer
>here are a few reasons why
>REEEEEEEEE STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE
Get over yourselves, faggles. The twitch bubble ain't popping any time soon.

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I can see the appeal

>>387548390
>why not just wait until you can afford the fucking thing or at least pirate it?
Because people who aren't retarded don't want to risk spending money/time on an experience that they could vicariously judge through modern means.
>doesn't mean I'd be willing to watch some dude recording himself watching the movie I want to experience myself while he offers his asinine unfunny commentary.
You're automatically assuming that streamers don't have an audience that are attracted to their personalities more than the games they play.

>>387546365
>What's the appeal of watching streams?
i dont know
>Why not just play games yourself?
i do

>>387546365
The sensation of being part of a community.

and the schadenfreude of laughing at someone when they fuck up

>>387546365
Is he losing weight yey

>>387548845
the fuck is this

>>387546365
I don't watch streams of games I intend to play.

>>387549418
/thread

>>387546365
>What's the appeal of watching sports? Why not just play the sports yourself?

>>387549485
Rapidly.

>>387549485
Yeah but only because he got gastric bypass. He still hasn't learnt any discipline so he'll just pile it all back on and die.

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>>387549594

Twitch videogame streamer

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>>387546738
>could listen to podcasts about relevant real world topics or just to learn something
>could listen to music that lifts your mood, inspires confidence or just helps you chill
>could be on voice with friends to have a decent conversation
>could listen to an e-book and learn something or enjoy a good story
>Chooses to listen to fat fucks and basement dwelling nerds talking about their experience in a videogame
LOL

Fuck off with the eCelebs.
Fuck lowtier god.
Fuck Boogie.
Fuck JohnTron.
Fuck Game Grumps.
Fuck PewDiePie.
Fuck Kizuna AI.
Fuck Oney Plays.
Fuck it all, fuck you all. Take your shit to /b/

>>387549927
gross

DR ROBOTNIK LOOKING

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The only stream I watch is Critical Role, and thats because I enjoy D&D and the story was MOSTLY good (Though the plot is stretched too fucking thin) and the voice acting is usually 9/10

Thank fucking god this campaign is coming to an end though. Jesus fucking Christ I cannot IMAGINE a FIVE YEAR campaign as the same character

I'd bet they get TDK'ed by Vecna and the DM has to asspull them all back to life because having them all start new characters on the final boss of a 5 year campaign would be awful

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>>387549986
>people are still complaining about eceleb threads

Hello newfag, just use the filter option, for fuck sake.

>>387549927
how does such a skinny white girl get an ass like that

>>387550160

shut up cuck

>>387548810
>retarded gook cartoons
>defends streamers
Checks out, you're a cancerous faggot

A streamer is only worth watching if they are either very talented and at least a little entertaining, or very entertaining and at least decent at the game. Watching someone fuck up is inevitably horrible, and watching someone without some ability to present a show is too autistic, like you're studying an opponent's past performances.

>>387546365
I put entertaining ones on the background, like Northernlion's. Makes for good background noise to grindan games

>>387549986
ecelebs are ruining what's left of /v/.
>>387550160
>eceleb fanboy sucking up youtuber and twitch cum by the gallon
>calling anyone else newfag
KYS

>>387550123
I have never seen a bigger group of numales

>>387546365
>less brainpower required to watch than to play
>can put on in the background
>pretend to have friends
>can't afford actual videogames

>>387546365
Why do people feel sorry for him? He made a 100k dollar career out of making a caricature out of himself and all fat people.

If there's any fat shaming epidemic it's in part due to him making videos of himself eating 10 000 calories then trying to swim.

>>387549968
but I can't pretend music or an audiobook is my friend like I can with a streamer

>>387549986
is it bad that i dont know what any of this is

>>387550123
>Liam O Brian playing a Rogue
It's like poetry

>>387549927
Post more of this video game stream

>>387546365
uh, sometimes it's entertaining.
The way most people do it is gay though I admit.

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>>387550251
Did you just get out of school at 3:30, sport?

>>387550409
Fuck off, if you hate them so much, use the fucking filter instead of going into a thread you fucking dont like.

Drops for free stuff in a game like could be premium currency.
other than that I just put the stream at 180p without sound and leave it running.

also developer patches but those are less common.

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>>387550216

Workout

>>387546365
they can be okay for figuring out if i want to spend money on a new release other than that i don't get it at all

>>387550724
>posts off topic trash
>wonders why people call him on it
KYS

>>387546365
He's just going to get fat again

I lost 125 pounds because during the journey you learn how to limit your eating, if you do the surgery, you do not learn any of that and continue your old habits

I believe he said he was addicted to food anyways

>>387550908
Name?

>>387546365
makes me tired and I can fall asleep have the laptop set for 1/2 inactivity shutdown. This is the best treatment for my insomnia.

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>>387551112

get em onboard

>>387550908
what a lying streamer she didn't even do a proper push up

>>387550908
>fire noodle challange
>challange
she may be hot but she's too dumb to fugg.

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>>387551456
>>387551281
>>387550908
i take it back, me pee pee likes her

>>387546365
They usually have a entertaining personality, it makes for good background noise while working on stuff. A bit like podcasts or the radio.

>>387547441

Streams <2000 are fine. At that point you get about 50 regular people in chat, so you can recognize and hang out with familiar faces. Chat in general doesn't move too fast until a bit higher than that.