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I have no sexual attraction to the many gamers I watch stream. I love John Wolfe and his gaming is just so entertaining. I will listen in the background and watch off and on. I get to experience games I have no time or energy to play still engage in the storylines and also have some background noise. It's a win win win. It's not always about bewbs.
I mean, have you ever had your penis in a vagina?
Gross, no.
Uh… no?
Shrieking into the void is my favourite pastime, I don't even watch the stream, I pause it and concentrate on the chat. I've never once been tagged or responded to after thousands of messages, and have macro keybinds for every emote available so I can post :Kappa: and :Omegalul: as fast as possible.
I've no difficulty understanding lads being thirsty and attracted by a lovely lady who appears to be into gaming and hey, you can even interact and try to get her attention!
Now, explain to me lads getting super invested in some lads running around a field chasing a ball. Like, literally having their lives revolve around it, their identity entirely centered on it. Now that's a complete mystery to me.
As someone who was born into the ball chasing cult, there are three things:
Oh and don't get me started on the choreos.
You tag lamp posts in your town with their stickers and you do the same in the surrounding smaller cities. By looking at the stickers in any given town, you can see to which city their youth gravitates, which tickles my brain in ways I can't explain.
I'd never beat someone because of their allegiance. Those people can kick rocks.
Fair-play to you for a thoughtful answer. Much appreciated and it certainly matches my personal experience.
As I said somewhere else : seeing my mates being all up in arms about ManU when they live in fecking Donegal was always funny to me, but I totally see the social aspect.
So much banter at the pub! If there is a thing the Irish love, it's a good banter.
Shame about the assholes who use it as an excuse to get into fights. Fecking idiots the lot of them.
Most of the time it's the social aspect that is infectious. It gives you something in common with other fans that would otherwise be strangers to you
I never understood sports fans until walking around Key West with my Navy buddy who wore a hat for the Browns. Random dudes kept cracking jokes at and/or with him the whole day. Still ain't enough to get me into the cult, but I get the appeal now.
Sometimes I think I should spend a few minutes each day reading the sports headlines, just so I know what’s going on enough to banter with people about the latest goings-on.
But, ain’t got time or energy for all that.
Aye, like wearing a cool metal shirt and getting the horns from a complete stranger. We do like our tribe(s), don't we?
I actually understood sports fandom for the first time because of watching streamers play video games. I was like ooooohhh, this is a very challenging skill, and I'm watching someone do it very very well, and I'm fucking hyped and I want to see more.
I never in my life had that for basketball or anything. But it made sense when I saw it for video games.
Expanding on the penis in vagina theme for a minute...
Each to their own pal. I’m sure there are things you do that others find a mystery.
Hey, no hate on people loving sports!
My point was it's super clear why a teenager wants to thirst on a pretty woman playing vidya.
Now, my irish mates all having their club and being all very serious about it, when they'll curse the English in the same sentence has always been hilarious to me.
And I'm talking people from fecking Donegal, who lived through the Troubles and shit. Never understood that one.
That is a magnificently executed thought-terminating cliché, but if I may offer a rebuttal: nuh-uh!
its like joining a cult, you swap your weaker identity with the stronger cult identity
Holy fuck I wish lemmy gold was a thing i could give you. Sport fans always seemed like cultists to me.
I used to somewhat regularly watch streams before going to sleep. I'd just have the computer set to shutdown at a given time and just be in bed, watching, listening. Even crafted me own script, to activate the shutdown popup and slowly lower the volume. Better than the computer suddenly shutting down, and allowed me to easily cancel shutdown if I wanted. Once the computer turned off, put my stuff to the side and go to sleep (not sure how often I'd end up on my phone instead)
That being said, I don't have a Twitch account, never interacted. Just sometimes watched, when certain people were on, at the end of the day. Not like I was the whole day in chat or something. And lately I've lost the habit. Back then, I lived alone, and with a job,.had a regular routine. Plus, the computer was right ahead of my bed. Now? No more. I usually end up on my phone instead (and when that happens, it usually is not limit in time… it don't shutdown.)
Edit: not interested in gaming, though. I'm more of a "Just Chatting"
Poki definitely has fans like that, but she has plenty of other fans too. You dont get to be that popular if all you have is looks
I've been watching streamers who I don't want to fuck and who don't really play that well, either. A lot of the time, I'm kinda too lazy to play games myself, and watching streams is a much more passive activity (if you don't participate in the chat etc.).
I watch the movie edited versions of dayz streams on YouTube while I'm working.
Meaning a dude who plays dayz records his streams, edits it into a "movie" and posts it to YouTube.
I don't play dayz.. never have. But it's nice to have some noise a narrative and easily consumable content in the background while I'm working.
I'm.. Too lazy to play games? Bruh what
Actively playing games requires concentration, thinking, planning, quick reaction etc. and many games include long stretches that test your tolerance for frustration. Meanwhile, game streams can be a completely passive activity that add an illusion of company and let you stuff your face with snacks.
Plus, there are certain games that I suck at that have decent stories. And some games have decent stories but practically no gameplay.
Plus, my gaming PC is on my desk, which is not as comfortable as a couch or bed.
add an illusion of company
Now this part I personally dislike; if it feels like but is not actually building my social connectivity, then I think that's better to avoid, emotionally speaking. I try to scratch that itch by watching friends personally stream titles, or by being the streamer for private circles of mostly/only people I know IRL. We also play a lot on Board Game Arena.
Skill-driven games require major dedication. Why would @rumschlumpel@feddit.org care to suffer through Silksong, not knowing what to do or where to go, getting frustrated by having to memorize enemy moves, etc. when there are experts out there who have already discovered everything and the most efficient takedown methods (or other amateurs who don't find it as painful to explore so)? I see nothing wrong with this.
I used to be a huge gamer but frankly I find tinkering with Syncthing and Espanso perhaps even more fun than playing tough games, and watching NC (no-commentary) playthroughs by people who have already tested everything, etc.
This comment is so funny to me. I watch game streams primarily because I don't have time to play most games, but Silksong is the one game in the last year that I was excited enough about to play through myself.
Yup, watched a bunch of games I'd never play myself. Especially grindy games. Watching a stream/video is also much less of a commitment, I hate leaving games unfinished.
For me it's when I'm too fucking tired from work to even think that well, but it's still to early for bed so I just zone out.
I mean depending on the game the stuff does take energy. I've been malding Silksong these past few days for example and it's definitely not for the faint (or lazy) of heart.
Is that person even human ?
Maybe they’ll learn about porn one day
Unless they're 15 in Texas and don't understand VPNs or proxies.
For the best. Stay in school, cowboy.
They very much know what they're doing. In an era where legit anyone can do this stuff now, they gotta stand out or just have vagina. Not all streamers are baiting hormones, but incidentally I don't get being a streamer fan such that you're even paying money to someone to play a video game. Makes about as much sense to pay someone playing sports millions of dollars but hey, that's just me. Peace
Kinda answered his own question there, didn't he.
We been trying to go backwards ever since the first life form split. Some are more motivated than others. The hive mind explores every potential ctrl+z for mitosis... Put it back! Stop! No, go away!... Lone star the barbarian just wanna get merged n go home.
We're all just animals under the surface. Human exceptionalism is a fallacy. The hormones are just as much a part of you as any conscious thought.
The stranger thing to me is why this type of performance is a thing people watch in the first place. I do not mean that in a judgemental way at all. I am more interested in what it says about the nature of entertainment and human social behavior. This seems like a glitch in the meaning and value of tribalism. The potential benefit is very limited. The person performing has obvious returns on investment. It is the others that I question.
It is the others that I question.
Loneliness meets parasocial relationships
Monkey brain horny.
But why not porn then?
Because she might see my message and talk to me? Then maybe more? While many other factors going on see Taylor Swift?