unnamednewbie13
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i've been linked an asmongold video or two in my time. my first impression is he doesn't have a whole lot to add irt social commentary? unmemorable stuff. i expect the bulk of it is "huh, ok," or "let's see some chaos" as he stares like tucker carlson.

this isn't true of all game channels. some people have interesting asides when they decide stray from games as a topic. probably not where someone should go if they're looking for it, though.
uziq
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i mean, streamers are about on a level of societal usefulness with reality tv stars. they provide titillation and low-level amusement to audiences craving longform, low-informational-content entertainment. that's ... fine. probably not the best people to start sniggering about creatives, though.

that particular brand of dweeb has made their entire career out of moaning about world of warcraft's decline. that is, they are pissed their favourite emotional support fictional universe got ruined by corporate suits at activision-blizzard. but they're happy when talented animators get replaced by AI. don't ask them to try and connect the dots in this picture.

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unnamednewbie13
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i think it's fine to feel positive about streamer contributions to society when they get involved in stuff like charity and fundraiser events. i'm not going to begrudge people enjoying their lives playing street fighter or whatever at some convention tournament while a co-commentator interrupts running commentary with news about some random individual's staggering $5k donation to the children's hospital the event is for.

as for most viewer/streamer relationships, very parasocial unless you actually know one another or play regularly together or something. i find the idea of streaming games and having some unfamiliar rando halfway across the world ask me how my weekend was a little discomfiting. it's the end of my day and i'm kicking back with Elder Scrolls. a viewer does a gift, and i have to stop and say, "holy crap thank you for the 8 months," whatever that entails, as a matter of obligation? nty. the whole model and drama potential of being a game streamer with a live chat, discord, moderators, employees… wild stuff.
unnamednewbie13
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mac's renders are ghastly. that second dog pic? why is there an anus on the side of that hand.
uziq
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you can justify any form of activity if you add a charity drive to it, i mean it has little relation to streaming itself other than the fact a lot of companies are printing money presently. stream a dude taking a shit and watch the donations roll in ... he's still taking a shit.

creatives' work is worth more to society, sorry.
unnamednewbie13
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why sorry? you won't catch me arguing that streaming has more contributory value than artists. a lot of people doing the streaming stuff even share your bemusement at the whole thing, often citing sheer dumb luck and commenting on the ridiculousness of what they do.

i agree that it's ridiculous for a successful streamer to talk shit about artists and art as a career, and gloat about productive, creative jobs being replaced by ai. we already have ai vtubers. asmongold could be replaced by a robot.
unnamednewbie13
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could also move to bluesky.

anyway, i remember art theft for t-shirts back in deviantart's heyday. i did a product label commission for "exposure" back in high school. art was a part of my college experience. i didn't expect to make bank (industry is notorious), but i enjoyed it and i still have people on my contact list from those days.
SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
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I am having fun with turning my exes and me into anime characters.

Nothing sketchy has ever come out of anime.
https://i.imgur.com/xsoGn9X.jpg
uziq
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what a profoundly sad thing to do
RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
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please stop. Also #1's hands looks great
https://i.imgur.com/tMvdWFG.png
SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
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You guys need to embrace the AI. You all sound like a bunch of old people. The greatest tech innovation in a quarter century.

Stay on the lookout for my fully animated videos
https://i.imgur.com/xsoGn9X.jpg
uziq
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poring over old photos of you and your exes is a sad thing to do whether or not you're putting visual filters on it, my guy.
SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
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I was only looking through them for my upcoming anime dating game.
https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/10/doki-doki-071.png?w=580
In all seriousness I could create a text based anime dating game using just guides created by ChatGPT. Literally can ask it step by step with no programming knowledge beforehand.

The creative possibilities are endless.
https://i.imgur.com/xsoGn9X.jpg
uziq
Member
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there's already about 200 of those on the steam store already. what's the point?
unnamednewbie13
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with anime characters sporting the same eye spacing as boomer funko pops, you'd think the genre would be more popular with old people:

https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/ecfc3f7e-214f-4b37-b80d-20d0d8bbdcfe_1.c3193b8ce8d6388c89917143eab4113c.jpeg
SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
+652|4058

uziq wrote:

there's already about 200 of those on the steam store already. what's the point?
That's it. You are being cut out of the development roadmap. I was going to make you an unlockable character but you ruined it.
https://i.imgur.com/xsoGn9X.jpg
uziq
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https://x.com/idf/status/19063798415002 … 7OKnIcMVqg

the good news is your aesthetic sense is about on a level with these guys.

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