Streaming/watching others play games?

[Randy]

Why do people like streaming/watching others play games so much?

Do you watch any gamers play games?

Who are your favorite streamers?

 

[Kale]

Used to watch nothing but let's plays on YouTube in the early 2010s, but stopped overtime. Streamers I did too, but also stopped. I watch maybe one friend at most anymore stream.

 

[Dee]

Why do people like streaming/watching others play games so much?
Because it allows people a sense of community as well as a chance to watch a game being played without having to throw down $70, or in some cases watch a game you don't really want to play anyway but are interested in seeing.

Do you watch any gamers play games?
Very few. If I do, it's usually TheRadBrad.

Who are your favorite streamers?
I don't really have a favorite.

 

[Kale]

Because it allows people a sense of community as well as a chance to watch a game being played without having to throw down $70, or in some cases watch a game you don't really want to play anyway but are interested in seeing.

I avoid the large/big streamers cause it feels like you don't get this same feeling. They're way too large to properly interact with the chat.

Very few. If I do, it's usually TheRadBrad.

I watch him too or used to. I need to go back to his channel, actually.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

My daughter will do this for hours, I don't really see the point.

If I am interested in a game I will look up some game play footage to see what its like but I won't be watching as a pass time.

 

[Daltonio]

I watch some but I go more for Youtubers than streamers. Edited down content rather than hours of streaming.

I never really understood it either but I kinda started to get it when I popped into a smaller Dead by Daylight streamer (Genuine Chill Cast) a few times. I don't even know if they stream anymore but they were smaller so there was a lot more interaction between the chat and them and it was just fun hanging out in their chat and talking the game/horror movies/horror in general with them in between matches. Fun times were had.

Speaking of Dead by Daylight, another popular streamer for that game that I wasn't a big follower of but did watch on Youtube from time to time (Puppers) just passed away last week after a battle with ALS and clearly it hurt a lot of people watching his struggle and his GoFundMe for funeral costs is up to almost 30,000 after just a couple days.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

(Puppers) just passed away last week after a battle with ALS

Oh no! RIP