Streaming Dreams: Streaming in 2024

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I'll be on this side talking , my hands right here , and then I'll look and it's red . What ?

Um , I finally found some weights that I like .

Um , note to self everybody , if you are into lifting and you want a home gym and you want to make a platform , and let's say , you watch a video on how to make one and just make sure you check how long ago that was , because I watched the video was four years ago and the cost of wood has definitely gone up .

So inflation yeah , make sure you pay attention to that , because I took my ass to Lowe's and I said , oh , this shit is kind of expensive , and then you need a hardwood too , and like an oak or maple , oh yeah , but the maple did look pretty and that's what I got . So I got maple .

It was good , um , but uh , other than that , really , uh , much of nothing . Getting um ready for the conference that I have in october , thinking about thanksgiving stuff already . What I'm gonna to make , I don't know , just regular daily shit . Oh , I was going to get a new dog too .

My mother's dog was just very territorial , territorial and they were just fighting each other and stuff like that , and just that workout . But , um , what about you ? What's been going on with you ?

I do have this one , though A little dangly call .

My printer really doesn't work real with that at all . And then I bought another type of filament I haven't tried it yet but uh , color wise , I like this color . This is like a orange rose gold color that I got from Micro Center and I think I got this one when I first got my printers like a black .

Why not get together and like , mingle with people that do the same thing that you do ? Um , you know , and you know you have vendors and stuff that are going to be there so you could do that kind of stuff . Um , it's crazy .

Like I'm excited for twitch con don't get me wrong but I'm more excited for dream hack , because I've always wanted to go to dream hack and and now I get to go . You know why , but like yeah , yeah . I get to go and so a lot of people .

If you want to do like the VIP , it's like $400 .

Somebody wake up like let's say , they've been thinking about it and they were like , okay , I'm gonna put throw my hat in the ring you have great timing .

I would want to get one of those and get that set up too .

But , people would be like , hey , when are you streaming again ? When are you streaming again ? I miss you streaming . You wanna stream again . And I'm like Harry wants Harry the Blue Moon . But people would be like , hey , when are you streaming again ? When are you streaming again ? I miss you streaming . You want to stream again .

And I'm like , eh , I'll get around to it or whatever . And , um , I just started streaming from , like just my Xbox . That's all I had at the time Xbox headset , that's it , nothing else .

And then , like , as I started doing it more and more and it became like a thing for me , like people that like I brought in or like I like met along the way , or like starting to notice and so they would give me like equipment . So , like I remember , like one of the first pieces of equipment that I got was from this guy I was talking to at a time .

His roommate actually used to stream . He used to be like a semi-pro , like 2k player , whatever , and he was like , oh , yeah , give this , to give this to lexi , when you see her . Yeah , she could , she could use the first stream and it was a mic and I was like , well , I was excited , it was all right , cool .

And then like , um , I had a , like a older laptop that I didn't use . I used that to like , then upgrade to , like you know , have like a overlay and stuff . And then , like a friend of mine bought me a camera and you know , it just kind of like built upon itself , built upon itself .

And then I think I started streaming around that like nove , november , on a consistent basis , and then by the time my birthday hit , like I was already an affiliate and that's just with me being like okay , I like this . It's exciting , let me do it .

So I did it and then , like over time , like I've grew my setup to what it is now , like what you guys see , and so that's why I'm just like on the just do it mindset , like the pieces that you need will come , you can come later , yeah , kind of build that audience , build that following .

That way , you know , you're not necessarily having to pay for like all the stuff that you need , because somebody might say , hey , you have this passion , like I do it all the time . The people that like they start getting into streaming and they're like , oh , I need this . I'm like all right , cool , what you want , you need a mic .

I got extra equipment in my house . Or like , yeah , I want the specific kind of okay , well , let me , I'll order it and ship it to you and so just do it .

And the reason I always go with that approach versus I'm going to invest put all this in Because a lot of times when people start to like stream or whatever they , they put all this money into it .

I where was I recently and I saw somebody , all right , so there was a group I was in and somebody was trying to like fundraise their streaming setup right and what ?

So you are giving something back to that particular person . But with , like , people who may not even watch your stream , though you stream , you're asking and begging them to give you money and they're not going to get anything in return because they probably won't even watch your stream or whatever . That's where my yeah .

You can tell me if I'm wrong , but when you get into streaming , I mean it is , with any fucking thing , to be honest with you um , um , the mindset of becoming like the shit that you see on clips and stuff like that , you know , like the streamers that have crazy fan base and stuff .

On the second end of it , so people put like thousands of dollars into , like starting to stream and haven't even hit the go live button and thinking that , okay , well , I got this massive setup , everything looks nice , I'm gonna get , I'm gonna get people to watch , and then you could go live and you got nobody there . And you're wondering why ?

And it's because , like , just because you're streaming doesn't mean that people are automatically going to watch . You know , there's a lot of networking behind it and I hate it . I just try not to do it as much anymore . When I was streaming all the time , yeah , I would do it . I hate it . It takes a lot of hard work and dedication as well .

You have to be consistent . You see , some people know they got these massive numbers , but if they might have brought that massive number with them from , like a different social media network , they could be an influencer on tiktok and bring it over here , um , or they could be famous on youtube and like all right , I want to start streaming games or whatever .

I'm going to bring it to twitch and so , um , yeah , so it is . It's it's a lot to think about when you want to start streaming .

That's why I always say don't buy all this equipment , because I've I've heard countless stories where people buy all this equipment and then three months later they've stopped because , like , they're not getting the return on investment or , like you know , real life hits them and they can't stream as constant as they wanted to anymore .

And you know , or you know , hardship happened with money and you know , now you have to sell this equipment and so don't do that , just don't okay , yeah , I um is .

Um , I would say yes , and the reason being why I would say yes , it's just because a lot of people that have like popular names , that have moved away from twitch , are now coming back to twitch and so and , like for me , I've tried other streaming platforms , like I'll try it out or whatever , and it just doesn't feel the same to me as it does when I'm

streaming on twitch . So , like for me , twitch is always probably going to be home for me . Yes , I do have , like others , like I have a kick . Uh , I'll use that . I can use that in like probably like almost two years now , but I have one . I have my youtube channel , um , you know , and I do stream occasionally on tiktok , um .

But you , I would say , with that , if you're thinking about streaming , you probably want to think about what kind of content you're doing , your audience and like what platforms there are , because each platform is a little bit different than the other .

So , like Twitch , we have gaming mostly , but there's also IRL , there's art , there's so many different things that you can do . There's downsides to Twitch Discoverability is not there . The payout there's downsides to Twitch , you know . Discoverability is not there . The payout you know they take 50% , yeah and so . But the pro about it ?

Like you say , streaming a lot of people know about Twitch . They're like , oh , okay , you stream on Twitch or whatever cool , let me follow you . Versus , let's say , oh not , no , like little kids , oh , they probably know about kick , but like like someone older , they'd be like kick and they'd be like , huh , you know .

So that's that , um , and then you have I don't know a lot about YouTube streaming . I've done it like dabbled , but like it . Only it has its little things too . I think the revenue cuts a little bit better and things of that nature . And then you know kick . So , yeah , kick is better with your revenue , you may get a little bit more discoverability there .

Then you got to deal with , like you know , you got to bring people over if you have a following to kick something that they may not know about . And then that's a new app that they got to download and you know , just to view you . Um , if you're bringing people over , and then also , if people are already on , kick they .

They already have their streamers that they're watching . You know it's hard to get . You can't teach your old dog new tricks , okay , um , so that's that . And then I mean twitch not twitch , excuse me , but tiktok . Uh , I've had some fun on there . You know the streaming or whatever , but it's not the same for me . Like the payout , you do get it .

You do get payout easier . People are like gifting you stuff and the threshold to get a payout is lower . Um , you will get . Like people like coming in watching , like you'll get the viewers , but you gotta maintain it because like people just swiping , swiping , swiping , swiping , yep and so that's , that's the hard part um , so yeah those

Not that , no , not like Olympic type stuff , no , no , no , no , this is like local stuff and having to travel to certain places and stuff . But I was thinking about buying , like actually probably buying like one of those newer GoPros because honestly they don't look too bad .

I actually like them and I've been seeing a lot of stuff about how like GoPro is , like you know , losing in sales and stuff like that and all this crap , and I'm like I got one and so I think it's pretty cool .

Right , it's like huh , maybe I can start something with that , because I want to get better with rifle shooting .

In my pistol shooting and me working at the range , I've seen people that have come in , that come in there on a weekly basis and get the practice in and they are good , really fucking good , and not , you know , not no john wick type shit , but honestly damn near close to it , like I mean , can move , you know , can just move , and stuff , it's , it's , it's

pretty cool . Um , so I was thinking about doing some YouTube shit about that , because I subscribe to a lot of oh , so this is why you were bothering me today about the Tesla Making , the Tesla channel .

Yeah , I was just thinking about a lot of stuff , but I watch a lot of firearm YouTube channels and I , uh , firearm YouTube channels and I I've seen I think that's like one of the that's probably like the most thing that I'll watch next to cars , and just like regular gaming videos , um , but it looks pretty dope and I actually enjoy watching them and learning

about it and stuff . So I've been thinking about doing that , buying a newer GoPro and seeing what I can do with that , going to the range a lot more often and stuff like that , and also doing something recording like cause I'm , I'm a I do dream thing again , like growing nose and selling nose because , honestly , I'm getting tired of buying button mushrooms .

I am tired of it . If I don't have oyster mushrooms or omelette or trumpet cake trumpets I'm going to go crazy because I love mushrooms . Like oyster mushrooms are fucking amazing , like they're so fucking good and locally where I am , all I can find are those damn white you know what ?

And I know you already said it , but oh , twitch is like only , like I only have to do gaming type shit . You know what I mean ?

Yeah , I've been hearing that , not personally , but when you talk about Twitch streamers , that's what they are saying .

It's like Dave Chappelle dressed up as Rick James doing the hand shit , and he's just saying come on , and then they're there , and then they're like oh hey , by the way , I also have this , this , this , this , this , this and this . If you want to see more of me , go ahead .

If you want to see more of me go ahead , you want to see me play video games , go ahead get your coin , how you get it .

Oh yeah , I know , I know it exists , but it's like , it's like a diamond in the rough type shit , because it's so such well , okay , we talked about it on here before .

Um , when I I mean yeah , because I would get random come back like and not use it for six months , and there's like new subscribers , I'm like who the fuck are you ? How did you even find this shit ? Because I wasn't promoting this shit during the time . Um , it would just be funny , and so I had it on my link tree and God , people will see it .

I'm not even lying to you , afro . That was my most clicked link besides . No , I think it might have outdone my like if do you okay .

It's like if you were to like put the , if you did put forth the effort and continue it , it probably just would have been wow , that's wild yeah , I think the the strata broke the camel's back for me and I just like fuck it , I I don't use it , it's just been sitting there or whatever , which is like somebody .

Like somebody messaged me randomly out of the blue . Don't even know who the person was , but they were like . I clicked your link tree and I saw you had an OnlyFans . What's on your OnlyFans ? Like what ?

This motherfucker was looking at hentai like and not even like video shit , it was like it was like manga type shit because I know a few cops well , a few former cops , excuse me .

Honestly , they ran in groups and they had the raps with , like the anime girls yup , she not fully naked , but she was damn short near it purple you know , and it's just like naked , but she was damn sure near it . It's not from the beginning Purple , it's just like . First of all , I hope you have your own place .

Second , I hope you don't live with your parents , because if your mama is allowing you to pull up in her driveway or in front of her house with that shit oh , if I got that on my car and I go visit my mom's , my mother be like the fuck is that my HOA is gonna have a big problem with that , just like I do .

So that's how you want to express yourself , go ahead , but um that is weird , it's , it's , it's , it's wild ,

it's wild .

She has a Tesla that she did , completely wrapped in that cat all across the side . It's a Black Tesla .

I always tell people that ask me like how to get into streaming , like I said , literally , just do it so I can get your friends and your family involved .

So what I mean by that is , like , if you're going to start streaming early on , you know you're not going to have that following or whatever , like , oh , you know , whatever , yeah , so it's going to be just mainly you .

Hey , you know , okay , if you have like a group of friends that y'all play games together , have them like play with you , um , and be like hey , guys , I'm gonna stream so your audio might be heard by , like others . Um , that way , just there's not dead air because you know , anyways , I'm not gonna sit in the stream and there's nothing being said .

It's not entertaining , I get it . You want to keep following . You want to , you know , want to have some conversations , something being engaging , but not even just that they can like , watch or pull up the stream that I give you viewers there , especially with Twitch .

If you're trying to go for affiliate , you know that usually for most people starting out that three average is like the hardest part of getting it . Um , and you know you gotta have those 50 followers . So go ahead and tell them like , hey , hey , I'm streaming , follow that link , um , so that , and um , you know , start learning more about streaming .

It's a lot that goes on . It's not just I'm gonna play a game and'm going to sit here and just talk or whatever there's . There's a lot more that goes into it behind the scenes . And we're going to , you know , watch other trick streamers . You know that you like , or you've heard of , and kind of see what they're doing . Don't copy them .

Please don't be that person and be like oh , okay , well , this works with them , it's going to work for me . Also , keep in mind that what works for them may not work for you . Don't do that . And then network Like I said earlier , I hate it , but don't make it overcomplicated either .

You could just generally just start out making a Twitch page , not a Twitch page , excuse me . Making an X page , yes , and you know , just put like hey , I'm a Twitch streamer , yada , yada , yada .

That is actually really good because , like , they'll start recommending other accounts that stream , and then you'll start seeing a lot more people and you're like , okay , getting into some bigger names and stuff like that , like , oh , whatever . And then when you're networking , please do not be that person and be like , oh , follow for follow , like no , just just no .

Don't do that like . Or just be like , hey , you want to promote my stream ? Like what ? Like I don't know you , I don't , I . Anyways , there's etiquette to it . Just learn the etiquette .

Um , and you know the biggest piece of advice of all just have fun yeah like I get it , you want to do good , but sometimes , like you can tell when somebody's streaming and they're not having fun with it .

So you always just want to make it fun and don't force yourself to do it if it's not something that you enjoy because , like , we all have a job that more than most of us do not like going to every day .

So don't add more stress onto yourself by doing something , for you know , two , four , six , twelve , whatever how many hours you do it , you know by doing something you just don't enjoy . So that that's , that's my little tidbit . Let me get off my soapbox now I'm shutting up I would .

It's you , you're doing your thing and you're enjoying it .

Yes , it's small but , like so you're not going gonna get a lot of viewers or whatever , but it's a really tight-knit community and like you'll just get people just come in and be like , oh wow , you're playing fantasy star and those comments are talking to you .

Like I used to play with ellie um , and like saturdays we would play together , it'll be me , her , zero , and like whoever else will come in and like , well , like I will stream it , she will stream it and sometimes zero will stream it . But like people just see us online and they're like what ship are you guys on ? And I'm like , oh , we're on two .

They're like , oh , okay , and then just pull up and like we're gonna do missions and stuff together and like just have fun or whatever . You know , think about .

You know , now , think about that , if you're playing like call of duty , you you may get that one kid to be like , hey , let me play with you or whatever , but he , you know , either he's gonna be really bad or he's trolling or like whatever .

Um , but like smaller games , like that you know , kind of forge , that like community , and then even within that like there's streamers that were like big streamers who play that game .

That like community , and then even within that like there's streamers , that like big streamers who play the game , that like rated us and things of that nature , just because we're playing the game .

So you know , if , even if it's a game that's like seems like nobody plays , they , they all have niche communities and cult followings , like you'll find somebody that like , will like it and will like come is it and talk to you .

Shit Motherfuckers sit and watch people play poker yeah , that's why you took all the gambling streams .

If you're trying to be on that extreme end , you know you need to take your ass to kick . I'm just going to say that to you now . Just go ahead and go over there .

They let some wild shit go over there , and you know you need to take your ass to kick I'm just gonna say that to you now , just go ahead and go over there , because they they let some wild shit go over there . Um , and you know , I know we all heard like twitch streamers getting banned or whatever , and yada , yada for the most manon things .

And then you have this trip streamer that does this and then like it's like no band or like a two-day band , it it does happen . Um , that's one thing that sucks about them they're not like unilateral across the board when it comes to band . So you know , just just be on your p's and q's .

You know , look at those rules , what is allowed , what is not allowed . And you know , yeah , sounds good .

I know how much you guys love hearing lexi talk like for real . I know you guys get tired of my ass talking um hope I'll do that . So , uh , you know , thank you guys for Thank you guys for keeping up with the TikToks , social medias and everything like that . Really do thank you .

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