Page 24 - Paladins Magazine Issue 4

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When I retried Paladins (more on that later
on, relax - Ed) and started streaming that
my channel began to grow noticeably. Now I
have, on average, some 200 to 300 viewers
each stream and I think that changing from
Overwatch to Paladins was the biggest reason single viewer individually. While that might
for that.
“Another thing to be aware of is why people
are watching your stream. Are they watching
because they want to learn or do they simply to read and respond to every single message.
want to be entertained? This depends on your
skill level, personality, and the game you’ve
chosen to stream. I’d be a horrible Path of
Exile streamer, for example. I have no idea
what I’m doing in that game and, from what
I’ve seen, people look at streams of Path of
Exile to learn and be informed.
“As you’re figuring out whether you’re going
for education or entertainment, spend some
time thinking about how you want to run
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your channel and how you want to deal with
your chat. I’ve seen streamers who take a
lot of crap from their chat and/or have very
‘needy’ viewers because they let viewers get
away with everything and acknowledge every
work for them, I have a more no BS approach
to chat management. I try to interact with my
viewers, of course, but it’s impossible for me
“Twitch is not a quick or easy road if you’re
focusing solely on games. The vast majority
of Twitch’s 2+ million streamers are in this
category, which makes it incredibly hard to
get noticed. Other categories like Creative
are significantly smaller and thus easier to
get noticed in. Be prepared to spend a lot
of time streaming for a very small or even
non-existent viewer base before you get
anywhere.
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