Stream Key Podcast: How Do I Deal With Burnout As A Twitch Streamer (8)

How do I Deal With Burnout As A Twitch Streamer Link

1. Pretty much every streamer burns out
2. itzZ_Paladin guest
1. MMOs esp WarCraft and shooters
2. started Twitch in Xbox360 when CoD: Blackops integrated Twitch in streaming
3. he then became more serious
4. then played Ark which led to burnout
3. Favorite moment was in Ark, met a nice streamer
4. He got up to 60 viewers when he was playing Ark
5. He notes that he ran out of things to do and got burned out
6. Biggest mistake:
1. quit Ark cold turkey, and never went back to the game
2. completely switched over to CoD
3. Did a lot of damage to his reputation as a streamer
4. The community thought he was doing it just for the numbers, and not because he was bored
7. He didn't switch over gradually to CoD
8. Looking back, he felt he should have done Ark and CoD on different days
9. But he said changing to CoD led to less burnout, and he enjoyed streaming
10. Paladin felt that he had to switch to CoD b/c he was so burned out in Ark and it was worth the switch, in the moment
1. however, he felt that it just lasted that moment
2. because he was seeing the growth b/c he could get Partner if he continued with Ark, or gradually switch to the new game
3. he went from 60 viewers down to 2, so it was rough
4. He was sponsored by TruGaming
5. Killed his reputation from his old Ark community when he abruptly changed game
11. He felt that his viewers were abandoned as he abandoned his server, maintenance wasn't there
12. He was actually running the server
13. He agrees that if he forced himself to continue, he may lash out due to burn out
14. But he felt that what he was doing with Ark was unsustainable
15. If you're switching to a different game, what would you do differently?
1. Tough it out and talk to the community about changing to a new game and make sure they're okay
2. Communicate and see how they feel
3. Then maybe start out and play for a few hours, and then go back to the original game
4. Never let go of the game that your community was built around
5. Gradually switch, and go back if there's a new raid and such, unless the game is dead like Battleborn
6. However, don't please viewers if you end up hating the game, you should quit since mental health is important, especially if you get anxiety and depression over it
16. When switching a game:
1. Communicating, let them know
2. weaning into the new game 
3. switch to a game with a similar genre
4. or if you break out of the genre, is that what you really want to do?
5. often your viewers may not want to upset the streamer and not be upfront as to what game they want to see you play
17. Since Paladin made a switch to new game, he feels he has the freedom to jump around 
1. He feels he has not been burned out on WoW as he feels there's so much content
2. He eventually streamed Ark, and the viewer count went way down for Ark, since his community is now WoW and it's a completely different genre
18. Is it worth it looking back, even with the viewer difference
1. Paladin felt happier with his stream because he is now thinking more about it in terms of making sure he communicates more, and he's now more thoughtful of the process
19. He mentions multiple times, you have to take care of your community
20. What are his goals for the rest of the year?
1. Paladin will continue with WoW, and make sure that he gets more of his friends involved.
2. But since a lot of his closest supporters don't play WoW, he may try a different game
3. He wants to make sure he has a set schedule, set days when he plays WoW, and he's thinking of doing MH:W on PC 

Q/A:

• More influence from Whales (biggest supporter) or community as a whole
• Paladin tries to stick with community but sometimes his whale depending on who it is
• his biggest supporter is his mod so if he wants to see something, he would do a 24 hr stream, because he's such a huge supporter and tried to grow his community
• but if someone starts donating a lot of money who may be toxic (because they might just have money to blow), they feel like they own you
•  so it depends on the person 
• Switching games after story is over
• agrees to go for going to a new game with a story 
• there are some people who just love watching the same game over and over again, you might lose some of these viewers
• don't let that get you down because they want to see you play that particular game, so if you change, they may not watch you when you switch the game
• accept that you might lose some viewers as you change game
• What are things he struggles with when streaming?
• WoW, Paladin notes that he focuses on the gameplay, and when he does a Keystone (timed mission), he can't take off his eyes and talk to chat b/c it's a race against time
• He has to be very efficient
• When nothing goes on, just talking, b/c sometimes it takes long to get a team together. Filling dead air while waiting for his team mates
• Paladin reports to avoid burnout, make sure you find a game that you're really interested in to avoid burnout. Pick a game that has a lot of content.
• Paladin sees a Variety streamer as someone who is constantly switching games, almost on a day to day basis 
• Host notes that Variety is how you define it
• Paladin has been mainly streaming WoW for the past year, so there's tons of content
• Going for a variety mindset, that's important to know to avoid burnout later as variety tend to be less burned out
• Paladin's biggest struggles is interacting with chat while he's doing very intensive things
• what steps did he take to improve that?
• Paladin was doing Mythic Raids, and part of guilds 11/11 mythic at the highest tier
• He joined them just before or slightly after their last boss
• He filled in them and can tell when there's less intense spots where he can catch up chat
• A lot of viewers know that if you're doing Mythic Raid, they know you can't talk to chat during intensive parts
• Comes with experience to be able to gameplay and chat at same time

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