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crschmidtSince the launch of YouTube's Gaming property -- essentially a competitor to Twitch -- I've been partaking more of our live streams there, and have even done some myself. (on a new channel I set up, Chris Plays Games.)
Some things I've learned:
None of this is particularly shocking, but just some random things I've learned.
Also, I'm not really good at Excitebike.
Some things I've learned:
- These people work marathon hours. It seems not-atypical for people to stream for 8-10 hours a day, for 5+ days a week.
- Anyone playing anything N64 or older is a million times better at video games than I will ever be.
- Live chat, even for smaller streams, attracts a lot of bullshit. I don't really get why this is.
- Twitch is a lot bigger than YouTube Gaming.
None of this is particularly shocking, but just some random things I've learned.
Also, I'm not really good at Excitebike.