Stream Key Podcast: Maintaining Energy As A Twitch Streamer (6)

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1. Velokk_TV takes it seriously, but has fun. Tries to have his community to have as much fun as possible.
2. Tries to be as entertaining as possible.
3. He loves people, interaction. I saw part of his shows: he is VERY high energy, very upbeat, positive, and extremely friendly and warm personality. Even thinking about matching his energy, I fell into a coma.
4. Most hyped up stream--he was in the zone, Unicorn stream. He was doing this solo so doesn’t have the crutch of others entertaining (Unfortunately, I couldn’t find it).
5. He notes you don’t have to be good at playing video games, you have to be good at talking to people.
6. He listens to music that hypes him up for his routine, to get him going. He then puts up his intro video. He does everything to make himself pumped up to make his viewers pump up. b/c if you’re not pumped up, then why would your viewers be pumped up.
7. Streamer who inspires him: TimTheTatMan. Velokk describes him as “Just a dude” who’s entertaining and funny, interacts with chat.
8. He notes that if people are excited for him, it hypes him up. If you go in stream thinking that no one likes you etc, you’re not going to be hyped.
9. Host enjoys the process of improving his stream which gives him energy, whereas Velokk enjoys talking to his viewers. In other words, find what motivates you that hypes you about the stream. For me, it’s seeing you guys again, and improving content since I like challenges.
10. Have to think about what’s entertaining to the stream, not just for yourself
11. If you’re a small streamer, how to maintain energy? When you have no one to up to 3 viewers. Velokk answers “hunger”. He acknowledges the grind and hustle. The constant urge to want to better yourself. Rather than motivated by others, be motivated by the challenge of the things that you have to do, to make it work.
12. Velokk admits that he struggles for motivation, but at the end of the day, he notes that you don’t make it to the 1% by doing what the other 99% do (i.e. not stream).
13. Mistakes when it comes to stream energy. How to bring more energy to stream
14. Host feels that he’s a less energetic streamer
15. Velokk reports that you should play games that freak you out, and takes a response out of you. I.e. for him, Subnautica as it scares him, or any other horror games.
16. Velokk’s brand is his high energy (which is very visible if you watch him)
17. Velokk brands by posting pictures of him being hyped up in other medias such as Twitter
18. Velokk’s major advice:
19. Put out content, doesn’t have to be perfection, people want to see the Rocky Balboa grow. Don’t wait for better set up.

Q/A:

• When energy runs out, Velokk says never to end your stream early, take a break to recoup energy, etc.
• Play music that makes you pump up to get energy.
• Start time is important for your schedule. Try to have a consistent start time if you can.
• Recommendations for people getting into streaming.
• Put out content, put out content, put out content
• Just do it!
• Least favorite meme: “every meme has its place”
• Stream more on your own or with friends
• There’s a spot for both
• Any advice for woman streamers? “Put out Content”, don’t worry about branding etc, just put out content. I like how Velokk implies, it doesn’t matter what your gender is, just put out content
• How to deal with trolls: Ban the troll or just let the troll vent and ignore troll completely. I think it’s best to ignore and don’t even acknowledge the troll, and then ban
• Keep bots to a minimum, start with Nightbot
• Games that require intense concentration, how to keep up energy. Velokk avoids these high intense concentration games such as Dark Souls, b/c he puts his content into reacting to the games emotionally, rather than gameplay
• How to pick which bots? Velokk likes to use the least amount of bots as possible. He looks at ease of access. He uses Mee6 bot. They also mentioned Nadekobot since it’s an all in one bot, so you only need it.
• How to incorporate hype, as the streamer is chill. Velokk reports you can be energetic by talking fast
• The person notes that he chats a lot so it’s more IRL than playing games (like me). Velokk reports to get used to looking back and forth, and it takes practice. So he says to make sure your character is not just standing there. b/c some do watch for the gameplay
• If you lack confidence to put out content, just put out content anyway. Don’t let yourself stop you. Just do it, even if it scares you (this is like CBT exposure/response therapy). Don’t care about what other people think. They note there are a lot of very nice, forgiving people out there, which is true.

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