![]() Having people cheer me on and rooting for me. ![]() Despite quitting video games earlier this year, I still miss the sense of community and camaraderie that I’d built up. Not to mention it was also at a time in my life where I was struggling with money and health, it was the perfect storm to put a sour taste in my mouth whenever I think about those 3 months I spent streaming. I felt like I had a standard to uphold to my viewers, and it was draining. How my mental health reached an all-time low as I spent 12 hours in front of a screen every day constantly keeping up a facade. What I usually leave out of the story was how I had to stay up until 5am to get the American viewers. Being a Twitch streamer is high on the list of people’s goals. If you’re experienced with Twitch you’ll know that getting to that point usually takes years of constant griding. Within a month of starting my account, I was regularly getting about 50+ viewers, and I was earning money from subscriptions, bits and donations. That’s when I decided to get into live streaming on Twitch. Soon after, a community of people had appeared around the game, and we were regularly testing tactics, routes, and strategies in order to speed up the game. I’d never done a speedrun before, but I posted a video on Reddit of me completing the game in around 18 minutes and it exploded in popularity. It’s almost impossible to imagine someone speedrunning the game, which is exactly what drew me to it. I’ve mentioned my story in the past, but the few months I spent as a (moderately) successful streamer has been left out.īack in 2018, I found myself getting hooked on a new rogue-like card-based strategy game. ![]() ![]()
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