Manchild who plays games on the Internet for a living is worried memes might ruin his marriage, and decides shutting out working with 50% of the population is the answer.
Knoyleo wrote:Manchild who plays games on the Internet for a living is worried memes might ruin his marriage, and decides shutting out working with 50% of the population is the answer.
Read an article on the Verge the other day about the problems female streamers have when they disclose their relationship status and how weird their fanbase gets when they do https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/8/17661 ... ons-single
“Once I announced I was in a relationship or made it clear that I wasn’t single on social media, the individuals who seemed to have a different agenda don’t stop by anymore, they unsubscribed, and don’t really talk to me anymore,” Miss Leshkee said. “Some have even left my Discord and unfollowed me on social media. I can tell you that none have ever talked to me outside of Twitch and my stream so I can only assume this is the reason they no longer stop by.”
“I had one viewer, after my fiance (at the time) came home and rubbed my shoulders, ask if that was my partner,” she recounted. “When a few regular, loyal viewers affirmed the question, the first viewer got upset and said I was leading people on by not being upfront about my relationship status (it just didn’t come up when that viewer was in the live chat.) I hid it out of fear afterwards of pushing potential viewers away after that encounter.”
Imagine being that much of a weirdo you'd feel led on by a streamer
Ninja's not the worst out there, but he's another in a long line of young men totally unprepared and untrained for the sort of mass exposure they've received.
Also, good to see that PewDiePie continues to be a gooseberry fool.
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Reminds me of Japanese idol culture and how women have to hide their relationships or not date at all because doing so ruins the proxy girlfriend illusion the fans buy into.
Dig Dug wrote:Reminds me of Japanese idol culture and how women have to hide their relationships or not date at all because doing so ruins the proxy girlfriend illusion the fans buy into.
Yeah that's really creepy. I remember reading about girls getting booted out of groups because they had a secret boyfriend.
Isn't this kinda the same thing that singers in boybands do, hide their girlfriend status so fans think they are attainable? Maybe with these female streamers their fans buy into the conceit that their single, but deep down they know that this woman on the other side of the world is not likely to become their girlfriend. Streaming can be quite intimate. A streamer who is talking conversationally to camera might seem like they're speaking just to you, so maybe this explains why vulnerable types feel led on. In Miss Leshkee's case she says when she revealed she wasn't single some people stopped subscribing, likely losing her donations - but that's a good thing if it weeds out future harassers.
Well, I would prefer we kept your marriage a secret. You see, a lot of women are going to want to have sex with you. And we want them to think they can.
Well, if I explain it to Marge that way I'm sure she'll understand.
Filip Miucin, the now-disgraced former Nintendo editor at IGN got caught word for word plagiarising Boomstick Gaming's Dead Cells review. He was fired, and responded with an aaaaaaawful video (now deleted) in which he claims he "never meant to intentionally plagiarise" the video he plagiarised. He also used the video to attack the Kotaku editor who exposed him and decided to challenge said editor to find any other examples of cheating, in a bravado-move meant to strengthen his pleas of innocence.
Tafdolphin wrote:Filip Miucin, the now-disgraced former Nintendo editor at IGN got caught word for word plagiarising an unknown YouTuber's Dead Cells review.
It was Boomstick Gaming, and that shouldn't have been hard to find out if you've followed this story.
Tafdolphin wrote:Filip Miucin, the now-disgraced former Nintendo editor at IGN got caught word for word plagiarising an unknown YouTuber's Dead Cells review.
It was Boomstick Gaming, and that shouldn't have been hard to find out if you've followed this story.
Unknown as in "not famous." Eg, "A film starring a bunch of unknown actors" (hint: the actors aren't actually a mystery to the director, they're just not famous).
Tafdolphin wrote:Filip Miucin, the now-disgraced former Nintendo editor at IGN got caught word for word plagiarising an unknown YouTuber's Dead Cells review.
It was Boomstick Gaming, and that shouldn't have been hard to find out if you've followed this story.
Unknown as in "not famous." Eg, "A film starring a bunch of unknown actors" (hint: the actors aren't actually a mystery to the director, they're just not famous).
EDIT: Post amended for clarity.
Sorry, misread your original post. Although I do feel that given the problem with plagiarism is that it sidelines the original creators work, it's important to actually name them, rather than just acknowledge that they're not a major player, and continue to hide their identity.
Weirdly passive aggressive edit. Are you feeling OK?