ookii_risu 205 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I used to never enjoy watching other people play games, but over the past year or two I've found myself spending quite a bit of time watching streamers on Twitch. I'm not exactly sure what the draw is. Sometimes I feel too tired to play anything, but I choose to watch Twitch instead of regular TV. A couple of streamers I really like: Arcus - Laid back dude with a cowboy hat and handlebar mustache. He is a NES-only speedrunner. He holds the extremely impressive world record for Ninja Gaiden. www.twitch.tv/arcus Ryukahr - One of the handful of Mario streamers I watch. He plays Mario Maker 2 and different SMW hacks. He has a pretty large following on Youtube as well. I enjoy his videos on there. www.twitch.tv/ryukahr BarbarousKing - He plays Mario Maker 2 in the morning through the afternoon and then something different in the evening. He's a d**ckhead to his chat, which I love. www.twitch.tv/barbarousking Do any of you watch Twitch? Who are your favorite streamers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alder 241 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I love watching Kitboga's scambaiting streams. Absolutely hilarious. His youtube videos are an acceptable alternative to watching live, but seeing the chat freak out is always fun. If you like watching Mario Maker 2 content, check out Thabeast721. I'm a bit biased 'cause he's a friend of mine, but he's really one of the best out there. They've been running a Mario Maker 2 competition and he's playing against lil kirbs in the grand finals this saturday on twitch.tv/speedrun. I think most people follow him for the crazy kaizo levels but lately I've gotten the most entertainment from multiplayer co-op and versus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ookii_risu 205 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, Alder said: I love watching Kitboga's scambaiting streams. Absolutely hilarious. His youtube videos are an acceptable alternative to watching live, but seeing the chat freak out is always fun. If you like watching Mario Maker 2 content, check out Thabeast721. I'm a bit biased 'cause he's a friend of mine, but he's really one of the best out there. They've been running a Mario Maker 2 competition and he's playing against lil kirbs in the grand finals this saturday on twitch.tv/speedrun. I think most people follow him for the crazy kaizo levels but lately I've gotten the most entertainment from multiplayer co-op and versus. Oh yeah, I like thab! He is definitely one of the best players I've seen. I like watching him for the kaizo levels, but I agree it's fun when the streamers get together for the co-op, bros vs. toads, etc. It's cool that you're friends with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster 124 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I love Twitch. Most recently, Ive been watching twitch.tv/Pessimism. He is a Resident Evil speedrunner, and you may have seen him do some runs on GDQ. His stream and the entire RE speedrun community has been so welcoming to me and many other people. I started to learn RE speedruns and RE randomizer runs as well, and I occasionally stream those things, though I don't want to plug my stream, so I will leave the link info out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skorp 345 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Love it as well! So many speed runners to look forward too. I may get into it as well soon doing some speedrunsl Totally inspired. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empire 106 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Ever since they started to crack down on any sort of colorful language, Twitch has gone down hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest4Nes 376 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 no, i hate that culture. I may watch someone who is entertaining make a short montage video of some funny or cool moments and post it on youtube, but im not watching some person live on twitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone 846 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 No. The controversy surrounding it from day one hasn't been fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintegageo 514 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Nope. I can't believe SWATing could ever be a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelin03 314 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I watch a fair amount of speedrunners. Mostly stick to smaller more laid back channels. I can't do those large ones that seem to hype everything and just shout-out people for money the whole time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnpoly 178 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I watch a fair amount of Twitch, though almost exclusively NES stuff. I mostly watch Arcus and NESCardinality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ookii_risu 205 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, arnpoly said: I watch a fair amount of Twitch, though almost exclusively NES stuff. I mostly watch Arcus and NESCardinality. I used to watch NESCardinality, but I got tired of the Dragon Warrior randomizer races. I try to catch him when he's streaming something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightowljrm 72 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I watch every now and then. Usually when there's a YouTuber I like who's streaming. But I do always tune in for the GDQ events, when gaming companies live stream, etc. I don't watch Twitch streamers themselves terribly often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnpoly 178 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 30 minutes ago, ookii_risu said: I used to watch NESCardinality, but I got tired of the Dragon Warrior randomizer races. I try to catch him when he's streaming something else. I'm just the opposite ... I love the DW Randomizer races. As well as playing DW Randomizer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen 4,416 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I sometimes put on Arcus in the background. I think it's amazing how well he plays while interacting with chat. I know he does it all day every day, but still can't comprehend it. I also like his little verbal mnemonic ways he memorizes segments (Jumpin' and a punchin', mashmashmash) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves 10,032 Administrator · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I personally can't get into watching someone else play games for that long. Just not my thing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ookii_risu 205 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 15 minutes ago, arnpoly said: I'm just the opposite ... I love the DW Randomizer races. As well as playing DW Randomizer! It seems really fun to play. Have you faced off against NESCard? 7 minutes ago, DefaultGen said: I sometimes put on Arcus in the background. I think it's amazing how well he plays while interacting with chat. I know he does it all day every day, but still can't comprehend it. I also like his little verbal mnemonic ways he memorizes segments (Jumpin' and a punchin', mashmashmash) Haha, I ended up subbing to him because I loved hearing "mashmashmash" and such. I tend to lurk on Arcus' stream and have him on in the background when he's grinding away at a game. Yeah, it amazes me, too, how streamers can concentrate on a game and still engage with the audience. There's no way I could do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 1,673 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Yes, I watch a lot of Twitch. I'm a big fan of Arcus. I also enjoy Nescard when he's playing something besides Dragon Warrior. A few of my other faves: Yelsraek - He's the Marble Madness world record holder. I I was there when he finally got 2:40. Mike Matei - He's like the real life AVGN. RetroGamingLiveTV - Various retro stuff. I'm a huge Tetris nerd and I watch a lot of the player streams such as Jonas Neubauer, Harry Hong, Joseph Saelee as well as CTWC streams. Toad22484 - Amusing speedrunner with a quirky sense of humor who plays a lot of retro. He once spent hours and hours grinding for a pink tail in Final Fantasy IV and then let out a huge scream when he finally got it. It was great. Jay_Cee - Another speedrunner who's got a nice sense of humor. He was constantly playing Super Castlevania IV but he's moved on to Super Ghouls n Ghosts. Check him out. The Mexican Runner was a favorite but he's abandoned Twitch for Facebook. I have zero interest in Facebook. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore 3,559 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 12 hours ago, ookii_risu said: I used to never enjoy watching other people play games, but over the past year or two I've found myself spending quite a bit of time watching streamers on Twitch. I'm not exactly sure what the draw is. Sometimes I feel too tired to play anything, but I choose to watch Twitch instead of regular TV. A couple of streamers I really like: Arcus - Laid back dude with a cowboy hat and handlebar mustache. He is a NES-only speedrunner. He holds the extremely impressive world record for Ninja Gaiden. www.twitch.tv/arcus Ryukahr - One of the handful of Mario streamers I watch. He plays Mario Maker 2 and different SMW hacks. He has a pretty large following on Youtube as well. I enjoy his videos on there. www.twitch.tv/ryukahr BarbarousKing - He plays Mario Maker 2 in the morning through the afternoon and then something different in the evening. He's a d**ckhead to his chat, which I love. www.twitch.tv/barbarousking Do any of you watch Twitch? Who are your favorite streamers? I got into it after watching AGDQ and usually try to tune in for those big events. I also enjoy watching Arcus occasionally, but I've found streamers tend to get annoying after a bit. The more successful ones and others just chasing the dream seem to be constantly playing a character, which is not what I'm looking for. I've also just gotten busier with life and try to play games rather than watch them in the few spare minutes I get a day. I occasionally stream Jackbox Party Pack on my Xbox so my family and friends can join us for a long distance game night and that's a blast. In fact, maybe I'll advertise it here next time so some community members can jump in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH 4,059 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I checked it out in the early days and walked away. It seems like an interesting idea, but I didn't get into. If I am going to spend time around games, I want to play them. If I had copious amounts of time, I probably would when I needed a break from gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ookii_risu 205 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 20 minutes ago, mbd39 said: Yes, I watch a lot of Twitch. I'm a big fan of Arcus. I also enjoy Nescard when he's playing something besides Dragon Warrior. A few of my other faves: Yelsraek - He's the Marble Madness world record holder. I I was there when he finally got 2:40. Mike Matei - He's like the real life AVGN. RetroGamingLiveTV - Various retro stuff. I'm a huge Tetris nerd and I watch a lot of the player streams such as Jonas Neubauer, Harry Hong, Joseph Saelee as well as CTWC streams. Toad22484 - Amusing speedrunner with a quirky sense of humor who plays a lot of retro. He once spent hours and hours grinding for a pink tail in Final Fantasy IV and then let out a huge scream when he finally got it. It was great. Jay_Cee - Another speedrunner who's got a nice sense of humor. He was constantly playing Super Castlevania IV but he's moved on to Super Ghouls n Ghosts. Check him out. The Mexican Runner was a favorite but he's abandoned Twitch for Facebook. I have zero interest in Facebook. I've seen Toad. I didn't like watching him because of his mic issues, but I might stop back again. Jay_Cee is great. His castlevania runs are amazing! I'll be sure to check out those other streamers you mentioned. I did watch TMR just a little bit. I wish him the best, but I don't know about watching him on Facebook. Kinda weird. 8 minutes ago, DoctorEncore said: I got into it after watching AGDQ and usually try to tune in for those big events. I also enjoy watching Arcus occasionally, but I've found streamers tend to get annoying after a bit. The more successful ones and others just chasing the dream seem to be constantly playing a character, which is not what I'm looking for. I've also just gotten busier with life and try to play games rather than watch them in the few spare minutes I get a day. I occasionally stream Jackbox Party Pack on my Xbox so my family and friends can join us for a long distance game night and that's a blast. In fact, maybe I'll advertise it here next time so some community members can jump in. I think the Mario streamers and Arcus are pretty down-to-earth and don't hype everything up, but I know what you mean. I tend to stay away from streams like that, especially the ones begging for money. Nice, I'll check out your stream if you advertise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild 7,547 Editorials Team · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Never. When I get free time I have way too many backlogs or personal projects to get to. Even with sports I've mostly just started watching YouTube recaps. No time to burn 4 hours being a spectator anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelin03 314 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 (edited) For those not into twitch finding the right "shows" makes a huge difference. I can't watch people do a blind playthrough of a game either. A few recommendations are below. Brossentia hosts Kusogrande. It's a bad video game tournament. 1 hour mystery game matches between two competitors. Brossentia and the GM(game selector) on commentary. Spikevegeta and Jhobz do speedrun Underground. It's a weekly speedrun showcase. 2 speedrunners race while Spike/Jhobz commentate. You learn a lot about the game and run while having a good time. Donated bits go to a prize pool for the contestants. You can't forget the Super Bowl of speedrunning, GDQ. Always fun to catch that. Edited November 5, 2019 by zeppelin03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnpoly 178 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 4 hours ago, ookii_risu said: It seems really fun to play. Have you faced off against NESCard? I have not, and I would lose badly if I did. I think it would be fun to join one of the races but they don't fit with my schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug 4,274 Member · Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I never really got into it. It's easier and quicker to find Youtube clips if there's something specific I want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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