#mixer streamer

[georgehopkins]

Very REAL Crying

#funny #streamer #twitch #mixer #facebookgaming #youtubegaming #youtubelive

[rainybubbles]

How COD men say the first "I love you"

Price, Gaz, Soap, Ghost, Rudy, Keegan

(Sorry in advance for my mistakes, English is not my mother tongue. So sorry if it's badly written or if they're OOC.)

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for more context (you don't need it to read) : here how you met them

P R I C E

-He confessed with Gaz covered by whipped cream.

-Let me explain.

-After your first meeting based on a pregnant Shrek cake to his base and a misunderstanding, John became a regular of your bakery.

-So obviously for confessing his love, he thought of baking a cake.

-During the afternoon on the base, he tried to bake.

-Yes, he could have bought a cake with "I love you” on it. But John liked doing this on his own when it came to gifts.

-He liked the old-fashioned way of doing gifts himself.

-However, as the dough turned an unexpected purple hue, he wisely sought the expertise of Soap, a proficient pastry enthusiast.

-"Cap...your dough is..." Soap hesitated, unsure of how honest he could be.

-"Horrible, you can say it, son," John acknowledged.

-"I just wonder how you managed to make it turn purple?"

-"I used beetroot."

-"For a cake?"

-"Sugar is derived from beetroot."

-"Yeah, but in a Paris-Brest, you don't have beetroot."

-"...how can I fix this?"

-"Well, call Gaz. By three, we could finish the pastry in time," Soap suggested with a knowing smile.

-The collaborative baking commenced, yet Soap overlooked a crucial detail—Gaz sucked as much as Price when it came to bake.

- Entrusted with the delicate task of preparing the crème au beurre, Gaz inadvertently neglected to secure the mixer's lid.

-Chaos ensued as the cream erupted, spilling on the surroundings.

-Soap tried to stop it, but he slipped on the floor.

-Gaz couldn't see because of the cream, and John was looking at them reconsidering his life's chouce.

-Obviously, you decided to come back home at this moment.

-Yo were greeted by the sight of Gaz adorned in whipped cream, Johnny sprawled on the flour-strewn floor, and John enveloped in a cloud of flour.

-"I...is this a kinky food party, or did I miss something? Because usually, people are naked when they use whipped cream," you quipped.

-"I can explain, love," John offered.

-"Okay, what happened?"

-"I wanted to bake for you."

-"You know I don't need cakes or pastries; that's my job. If I crave a sweet tooth, I have plenty of cakes, honey."

-"I know, but this one was special. It was supposed to be a heart-shaped Paris-Brest."

-"Paris-Brest aren't heart-shaped."

-"Not when they're not employed for confessions."

-A moment of realization dawned upon you.

-"Fuck, you...you wanted to say 'I love you.'"

-"Yeah, but it's clear I messed up."

-"No, no. I mean, sure, Gaz covered in whipped cream, Johnny on the flour, and walls adorned with flour was not what I pictured, but it's perfect."

-"Good because I don't plan to cover Garrick in whipped cream every time I want to say it."

-A shared chuckle ensued as you joined Gaz and Soap in the aftermath, each contributing to the cleanup while John beamed with contentment.

G A Z :

-He confessed with a vocal.

-After your meeting and your teasing when you found out Gaz listened to your spicy ASMR as a streamer, you noticed him.

-He was a regular, one of the fans who always leave a comment under each post.

-He became more than just a familiar username.

-Your bond deepened as you sought his counsel on scenarios for your streams and videos, a virtual confidant in the ever-expanding realm of online content creation.

-As time unfolded, your relationship transcended the digital realm.

-The spark between you two ignited, an intangible force that fueled your creative musings.

-Swiftly, meetings materialized whenever Gaz found a fleeting moment of respite from his duties.

-When he was on long deployments, you sent him exclusivity audios so he could be distracted from the horror he did or saw, offering a temporary escape from the grim realities he faced.

-Your voice became a comforting melody, a beacon in the darkness, ensuring that Gaz could find solace even amid the harrowing experiences he encountered. 

- In fact you could record yourself spelling a list of grocery and he would find it awesome

-Yet, despite the kisses shared and the intimate moments experienced, Gaz had yet to formally ask you out or declare those three potent words: "I love you."

-One night, as a gentle breeze whispered through the window, he turned to his friend Soap for advice, a hint of embarrassment lingering in his tone.

-"Hey, mate, can I ask for advice?" he queried, his eyes seeking guidance from Soap.

-"Sure," Soap responded, welcoming the opportunity to lend an ear.

-"How... would you confess to someone you've been flirting with for months?" Gaz inquired, his apprehension palpable.

-"Tell them," Soap replied matter-of-factly.

-"No shit, I wanted something special. They're... they're awesome, and I really want to make the thing memorable, you know?"

-Soap smirked, teasing Gaz.

-A playful shoulder bump ensued as Gaz protested, "Shut up, mate. I just... I feel like they're the right person, you know? I mean, they saw me during my lowest moments, and for people like us, it's hard sometimes to find those who can handle a lover with PTSD."

-"Yeah, I feel that," Soap acknowledged. "Well, maybe use your first meeting or something they love. If they're into soccer, bring them to a big match and confess during it."

-"But, you know, during a match, everyone screams? It's kinda dumb."

-Soap paused.

-Gaz looked at him.

-"Well, it sounded like a good idea at that time."

-Gaz's eyes widened. "Wait, you did that?"

-"Listen, it seemed like a good idea."

-"Oh my gosh, what happened?"

-"She didn't understand what I said and answered, 'You're such a good friend.'"

-"Damn."

-"But it doesn't mean it'll be the same for you."

-"I know. I just think about things they love. I... can't confess by ASMR, honestly. It'll be cringe."

-"Maybe send an audio? No need for ASMR," Soap suggested.

-"Yeah," Gaz agreed.

-As Gaz found himself in his room, armed with his phone and ready to send a heartfelt audio message, he hesitated.

-The recorded voice sounded foreign and awkward to him, far from the eloquence he envisioned.

-Discouraged, he abandoned the attempt.

- Upon his return from deployment, sensing your unusual behavior, he confronted you about it.

-"You... sent me a vocal, but it only said 'Fuck you,' so I didn't know if I did something or not," you confessed, puzzled by the unexpected message.

-Gaz paused, the realization dawning upon him. He had forgotten to delete a frustrated attempt at confessing that slipped through the cracks.

-"No, it was not against you. I... I tried to do something, but I messed up. So I was mad at myself, and at the same time, I was recording a vocal for you," he admitted, vulnerability coloring his words.

-"Can I ask what was this thing?" you inquired, curiosity dancing in your eyes.

-"I... gear. I couldn't take off my gear," he lied, attempting to divert the conversation.

-"You're a bad liar," you chuckled.

-"Okay, I wanted to confess to you. And I tried to record something like you do, but it sounded horrible."

-"You know you could have texted?" you suggested with a playful smile.

-"Yes, I... I didn't think about it. I was so focused on voices and the perfect confession."

-"I reciprocate, if you ever wonder," you reassured him.

-A smile broke across Gaz's face as he squeezed your hands, grateful for the understanding that transcended words.

S O A P :

-He confessed by drawings.

-After drawing you like Gollum because you flustered him, Soap, determined to prove his artistic prowess, pursued every opportunity to capture your essence on paper.

- Despite attending each modeling session and receiving your compliments, he couldn't quite capture the nuances—those wrinkles when you smiled, the sparkle when you ate, the delicate mole that graced your visage.

-Unyielding, he embarked on a mission of his own, drawing you ceaselessly between military duties, on the pages of his diary, and during leaves.

-Training, a familiar concept to a soldier, became his artistic discipline.

-You willingly played muse.

-The drawing sessions evolving into intimate conversations, forging a connection that extended beyond artistry.

-As your bond deepened, so did Soap's frustration.

- The elusive perfection he sought in his drawings continued to elude him, and he longed to express his feelings through his sketches.

- One day, returning to your darkened apartment, you discovered a trail of candles illuminating your path.

- Recognizing Soap's expertise with fire and explosives, you followed the flickering lights until the room burst into brightness.

-There, on the wall, an intricately arranged collection of sketches painted a portrait of your shared moments—coffee spills, date nights, and more.

-Overwhelmed by the domestic warmth of the scene, you couldn't help but murmur, "Shit, it's so cute."

-"I hope so, because I love you, baby. I want these sketches to continue, to wake up to you every morning, to draw you, to see you, to kiss you," Johnny confessed, closing the distance between you.

-A tender embrace and a heartfelt kiss followed. "I love you too."

-"Good, because it would have been hard if you said you hate me after I spent five hours gluing these sketches," Soap admitted, a playful smile gracing his face.

-Laughter filled the room, echoing the joy of two hearts entwined in love.

G H O S T :

-He confessed with a monkey wrench.

-You were tired.

-The life of a mechanic on the base demanded a toll, and today, that toll felt almost unbearable.

- Fatigue etched lines on your face as you toiled among the clattering tools, your hands weaving intricate dances of repair.

- The camaraderie with your coworkers, usually a source of solace, had soured into an unbearable weight on your shoulders.

-Amidst the clinks and clanks, a sudden snap echoed through the air, drawing attention like an unwelcome spotlight.

-Your favorite monkey wrench, a faithful companion in countless repairs, lay shattered in your hands.

-A surge of frustration coursed through you, and against all reason, tears welled in your eyes.

- It was an odd vulnerability, shedding tears over a broken tool, but the accumulation of stress had reached a breaking point.

-Then, there he was—Simon, the enigmatic connection born from his bad driving skills and your repairing of his vehicles.

- Your eyes met, and the vulnerability you felt intensified.

-"Don't pity me, please," you whispered, a plea tinged with embarrassment.

-"I don't pity you, love," Simon responded, his voice a balm to your wounded spirit.

- He knelt beside you, his presence a comforting anchor in the chaos of the workshop.

-"I... I must look ridiculous?" you stammered, seeking reassurance.

-"No, you look quite stunning crying on the dirty floor with a broken monkey wrench," he teased, a glimmer of humor in his eyes.

- Your tears mingled with laughter, a cathartic release in the midst of chaos.

-"Yeah?" you asked, a hint of uncertainty lingering.

-"Yeah," he affirmed, his gaze sincere.

 -"Then Soap is the most stunning with his mohawk full of mud."

-"Hm, he can't beat you with your grease on the cheek," Simon remarked, using his gloved hand to wipe away a smudge.

-A quiet settled between you, broken only by the sound of tools and distant chatter.

-Simon extended his hands, a silent offer of support, and you accepted, rising from the dirt-strewn floor.

-"Thanks for... being here," you said, gratitude coloring your words.

-"I'm not always here, love," Simon admitted, a touch of vulnerability in his gaze.

-"But you're here when it counts, Simon. That's all that matters to me," you confessed, and with those words, you retreated to the solitude of your barracks.

-As you left, Simon watched you, and in that moment, an unfamiliar warmth enveloped him.

- It was the realization that he was enough—enough to be there for you, enough to be loved.

-The following day, a surprise awaited you in the form of a brand-new monkey wrench.

-A note accompanied it, bearing Simon's distinctive scrawl: "I hope to buy you more in the future."

- A subtle promise, a declaration beyond words.

- You smiled, for you understood—it was more than a tool.

-It was the promise of a connection that transcended the clangor of the workshop, a sentiment that spoke of a desire for something deeper. And for you, that was more than enough.

K E E G A N :

-He confessed with Happy Meals.

-After all, it was how you met. Keegan ordered 20 happy meals, and you were a worker for McDonalds.

-( Even though you began to write an essay about how happy meals and military men seem to be an issue)

- Keegan and you became close.

-Since you saw him each night during his leave after your shift.

-At first, it was because some teenagers were here, threatening the employees after their shift, so Keegan proposed his help.

-And after that, driving you back home became a routine when he was on leave.

-And when one night you decided to ask him to drop you somewhere else, and it ended up being a restaurant, he realized you were asking a date subtly.

-Slowly, it became flirtatious.

-Even though you still didn't know how he could flirt when you were covered in grease-smelling potatoes.

-But Keegan had rizz even at 1 AM.

-He could say the more cheesy lines while you're covered in cheddar and coke.

-That's why he wanted to confess in a cool way, the same way, his flirt could make you smile through the worst shift.

-At first, he thought of a Happy meal where the toy could be a letter saying "I love you" with a selfie of you two.

-But he wanted something fun, as fun as when Ghost ordered 40 Happy Meals just to have all the skeleton toys.

-So during one of his missions, he used his phone and ordered food for your flat.

-Surprised, you opened the door to the delivery guy, saying you hadn't ordered anything. But you noticed it had your name on it.

-You sighed and took the bags.

-The 4 bags.

-Which surprised you because, hell, you won't eat all of that.

-And then you opened the bag to see happy meals.

-20 happy meals. Like Keegan used to order.

-You chuckled.

-It was a good prank.

-You sent him a text.

-"Okay, good one, I'll take revenge, I swear"

-But then you notice the Happy Meal is empty.

-Except for one who had a little toy.

-A heart toy.

-You squeezed it like it said on it

-And the little toy spoke with a horrible voice. "I love you".

-The cheesy smile you had when you realized it.

-"fuck, you got rizz even miles away, uh ?"you texted.

- "of course" he answered.

-"well, Mr Rizz, I can't send you Happy Meals, but I love you too."

-"thanks, love"

R U D Y :

-He confessed with books. 

-After meeting Rudy in the library and realizing he was one of the few readers following your books. You ended up meeting with him when he was on leave so he could be your beta reader.

-He was a good help, he was not always saying "good", he had good remarks and ideas.

-He was the one bringing coffee during your late writing sessions.

-Even when duty called him away on missions, he sent texts 

-Texts traversed the ether, connecting your worlds despite the miles that separated you.

-In response, handwritten letters, carefully penned with the knowledge of his penchant for tangible memories, sailed back to him, becoming anchors of shared moments in his turbulent sea of duty.

-Thanks to his comments and ratings on sites, you slowly became more famous as an author, and you now live by it.

-Yet one day when you were writing, you were searching for one of the books you wanted to inspire your fight scene for, but...

-"I didn't order my library like that," you whispered.

-Your books, usually standing sentinel in perfect alignment, bore witness to an intrusion—an inexplicable disorder. 

-But you had this habit of putting in order books in a certain way. But it seemed someone messed it up.

-And it would be so strange for a stalker to just break into someone's house in order to...mess up their library ?

-What kind of shitty villain could do that ?

-You sighed.

 -The only one who could come in  your flat is Rudy, and it couldn't be Rudy since the guy was kind of obsessive with it too.

-Not a soldier for nothing, after all, being clean is part of it. 

-His library was impressive, he even gave advice to his local library about archives.

-So slowly, you pulled out one book, in order to put it back where it was supposed to be.

-You sighed, knowing it would take your night to do all the books.

-Until you noticed it.

-The letters.

-The first letters of each title were aligned.

-You stepped back, and you rode it.

-"I love you"

-You bite your lips and smiled.

-'Fucking idiot", you whispered, and you sent him a selfie with you and the books aligned.

-"Me too." you had texted.

-"I had thought you would never find it."

-"What do you mean ?"

-"It's been six months, it's like that."

-"What, no"

-"si."

-"Fuck, you-"

-"I thought you didn't want to address it before I realized you just haven't seen it."

-"I'm so sorry; fuck, you must have been stressed."

-"Not really"

-False. He cried to Alejandro one month after he did it, and you didn't answer. But you would never know that.

-"Well, now you know it's reciprocated."

-"Thanks, love"

-"Have a good night, honey".

He smiled. It'll definitely be a good night, now he knows you said I love you.

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And my whole masterlist

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[saintship]

Also, i forgot to write this on my request, but if u could, i would love it if the reader is a female, since i'm a girl :).

Summary: f!reader has a journal listing ‘imperfections’ and ‘perfections’, but one category is severely lacking. König & the 141 find this journal by accident. I edited the phone to a journal for the sake of the plot

A/N: I really hope you can find people in your life to confide in, body image is a beast

Cw: discussion of body image and esteem

König & 141 x f!reader - Perfections

Your view of your body was never straightforward, every day a different perspective, a different shift of blame. Some days ran smoother than others.

For the days that left you wishing to crawl out of your skin, it felt like your options were scarce.

You started writing.

The morning after New Year's; murmured goodbyes and pounding heads. You knew you'd be finding glitter in your hair for a week, but considered the night a success anyway. It was a silent victory to have celebrated as a host in the first place; it took confidence to house your closest friends and colleagues, let alone with alcohol involved.

Simon left first; he had woken before you and sent a sweet text before slipping out the door. Gaz and Johnny left together nearly clinging to each other for stability with quiet grumbles of their mysterious bruises. Konig rose heavily, his accent thicker with sleep when he hugged you goodbye and thanked you for the lovely night.

But John hadn't slept there; he'd stayed up past everyone along with you, helping you with the trash and streamers before sitting with you and just talking for hours. He told you about his family; his nieces and nephews that he missed so much, he told you how people like you are what allow him to bend and not break. But just before he left, he remarked he'd left his leather-bound notepad in the other room. He hadn't gotten to his feet before you were on your way to retrieve it for him, afraid that if you let him do another kind thing for you, you might start crying.

Carefully walking through the sleeping forms of your friends, you saw a faded journal on the desk that John had sat near for some of the party, retrieved it, and pulled a blanket over a shivering Simon before returning to the living room and seeing your Captain out the door.

It wasn’t until the first day back from your leave that you realized your mistake. You’d packed nearly everything to return to your on-base living space, but were tearing apart the apartment trying to find your journal. Images of an inspector or your landlord finding the pages where you’d laid your heart out flitted anxiously behind your eyes. That page. A neat T-chart you’d created on a whim, both to try a more organized method of expression, and to hide it all away on a physical copy. For yours eyes only.

One side, a list of attributes that kept you awake,

Stomach, thighs,

and also kept you in bed.

Voice -> too deep, cheeks,

A tangible admission.

The other half was meant to house what you did enjoy about yourself; the small things, the things you took solace in, the acts you did just because you knew it was the right thing to do. What you’re proud of.

But it only bore the marks of the times the ball of the pen had tapped the paper as you fidgeted. It was as empty as you felt when you tried to answer that question. ‘What do you like about yourself?’

Finally, beside the stand mixer, you saw a journal. But as you inspected it, it proved to not be yours. It was smaller, more pristine. Looking on the inside cover, your heart dropped.

J.P.

It had been days. He saw it. There was hardly any chance he hadn’t.

You sped on your way to the base, the horror and embarrassment feeling like fireworks being set off in your ribcage. You abandoned your luggage, first racing inside and impatiently tapping your FOB key to gain access to the office building and sprinting to his office, his rightful notepad in your hand.

Your heart pounded as you collected yourself enough to knock inconspicuously.

“It’s open.”

He was sitting in his mess of paperwork, one hand flipping through a folder in front of him while the other cradled a pen between his middle and forefinger.

“Bright and early, huh? You even moved back in yet?”

His eyes wavered briefly from what laid in front of him.

“Uh—no. No, I wanted to.. you left this.” You set down his notepad, your heart in your throat.

“Right.. got a bit switched up that night, didn’t ya?”

He reached into a drawer, handing you what was yours.

“Thanks. Can’t keep my head screwed on without writin’ shit down.”

You nodded, but still felt a tightness in your abdomen as you spoke.

“Did you happen to.. open this?” You faintly held up the journal.

His eyes flickered to you, then to the wall, then to his desk, his hand fidgeting uncomfortably.

“You should get settled in.”

You knew to accept his tone; the conversation was over.

The walk back to your car felt heavy, like you’d just been scolded by the principal. He hadn’t even done anything to criticize you, and yet you couldn’t shake the tension that stiffened your hand as you grasped the journal at your side. You shoved the journal between the tightened straps of a duffel bag, shouldering that and carrying the rest of your things to your room. Normally you would have one headphone in as you unpacked, taking breaks to visit with the people you hadn’t seen in weeks before wandering back into your space and setting up for another year of your service. But you’d gotten there early; you didn’t feel like music, you didn’t feel like turning the light on, you didn’t feel like doing anything. You opened your journal.

Stomach, thighs,

He’d crossed it.

Voice -> too deep, cheeks,

Why?

What was next to it seemed to release every tensed muscle in your concerned expression, an airy feeling rising in your head.

Perfections

Eyes like stars, soft cheeks

-K

Cute smile, soothing voice

-J.M.

Gorgeous face, stunning top to bottom

-K.G.

Body of a protector, mind of a friend

-S.R.

Wits of steel, feats of a mad woman

-J.P.

There were more, scattered down the page and into the next, the first column forgotten in a crashing sea of praising anecdotes, messages, and love.

Even if you couldn’t see the parts of yourself that were beautiful and important, they were still there.

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[belltari]

Happy (early) Halloween!!

I finished editing this today but I couldn't wait until Halloween to post it so here it is, an EXTREMELY self indulgent ghoap sex-in-the-closet Halloween fic.

If you're under 18, you shouldn't be reading it.

warnings & tags: plot with porn (a halloween party, its what the boys deserve), terrible dad jokes, flirty banter, established relationship (I'm imagining that it's still new, like only Price knows and Gaz is putting the pieces together), some dom!ghost tones (nothing too dominant), pleasure dom!Simon (that man just wants Johnny to feel good), public sex (it's a blowjob in a closet), face rutting, cum eating, someone gets called a "good boy" a couple of times

it's about 3 thousand-ish words

This was my first time writing something this explicit, so please keep in mind that I have a lot to learn. The other writers in the cod fandom are excellent teachers and inspire me a great deal.

If you just want to read the porn, start reading after the ' -- '

Anyways, I hope you enjoy and have a great rest of your spooky season!

Approaching the mess hall, Johnny chuckles at the purple and orange 'Happy Halloween!' banner hanging above the doorway, it's very clearly homemade with streaky paint and clumpy glitter making up the words and what looks like an old, tattered tarp as the banner. He wonders if it was a team-building exercise for the recruits, as this whole party was a mixer for them to get to know each other better.

Paper party streamers act as a curtain on the wide doorframe, blocking Johnny's view of the interior of the mess hall, he can feel the bass of the music thumping in his chest and hear cheerful laughter from the other side. Pushing the curtain aside, he steps through to see the short corridor has been decorated. Plastic bats with light-up red eyes hang on strings from the ceiling, jack-o'-lantern string lights flickering along the walls accompanied with signs with sayings like "enter if you dare" and "turn back" written on them. When he gets to the end, he surveys the now-repurposed dining hall, more streamers, banners, and cheap plastic decorations decorate the room. The lights have been turned off and the windows covered, floodlights and spotlights covered with coloured transparent pieces of plastic are the only lights illuminating the room creating a dramatic scene.

Several tables are being used as pumpkin carving stations, one of the recruits is ripping the guts out and complaining about the smell, and another is stabbing their pumpkin with a hunting knife. Gaz is there, dressed as a vampire with a long cape and plastic fangs in his mouth, to supervise. He's laughing with them telling them they need to work on their techniques a bit more when he catches Soap's eye giving him a smile and a quick wave, he returns the gesture and continues scanning the room.

He turns to where the music is coming from, tables cleared from the corner creating a makeshift dancefloor. Recruits dressed as ghouls, goblins, witches, and all sorts of different costumes grind and dance together to the music, drinks in hand, and smiles on their faces. 'No better team bonding than getting absolutely shit-faced together' Soap thinks to himself with a grin across his face. He notices Price standing with a group of other captains and lieutenants, he's got a glass of whiskey in one hand and is using the other to help animate whatever story he's got everyone laughing at. Price is dressed in a tri-corn hat with a tall feather sticking out of the side and a knee-length red coat with gold adornments on the sleeves and lapels. 'Gotta be Captain Morgan' Soap smiles, shaking his head. Price notices him, giving Soap a smile and a quick nod which Soap returns.

Finally, he spots the man he was looking for, his broad back facing away from him. Soap approaches walking up to grab a drink next to Ghost. He has his balaclava rolled up to his nose, a half-eaten cupcake in one hand, and a plate of other confections in the other. "Thought you'd put a little more effort in L.T.." Soap says as twists open the bottle of beer he's picked up and turns to smile at Ghost.

Ghost is wearing his normal skull balaclava and skeletal gloves, but his 'costume' has the addition of a hoodie with the skeletal system of a torso and arms.

"Didn’t put much effort in 'cause my heart just wasn’t in it." Ghost response points to his chest where his heart would be.

 Soap snorts. "Bet you've been waiting to say that all night."

"Gotta 'nother one for ya."

"Go on then."

"Why are skeletons so calm?" He pauses. "Because nothing gets under their skin."

"Ugh please no more." Soap says in a playful tone shaking his head.

"What are you supposed to be then?" Ghost asks, pointing to Soap while eating the rest of his cupcake.

"Thought it was obvious? The fluffy tail and ears, the roguishly good looks?" Soap pauses, looking at Ghost with a wolfish grin. "C'mon Ghost, I thought you were good at this?"

Ghost eyes rake over Soap’s form. Starting at his furry-eared headband, then down to his bright red collar around his neck. He pauses there for a second, Soap can see his Adam’s apple bob under his balaclava, before continuing further down to his distressed dress shirt that he’s left open at the top exposing his chest, he’s half tucked in his shirt to his jeans that he often wears on ops, the ones that hug his hips and thighs just right. And between his legs, a dark furry tail hangs ending just above his knees.

"Oh, I see you're one of those yappy little lap dogs."

"Oh aye. I'm very territorial and I never shut up. Watch your ankles L.T., I always go for those." Soap says stepping closer to Ghost. He looks down at the collar he's wearing, lifting his eyes back up, over Johnny's chin, to his smirking lips then setting on his bright blue eyes.

"Hmm" Ghost hums. "And is he a good boy too?" He said as he bites into a ghost-shaped sugar cookie.

"Depends on who's giving the orders, sir." Soap looks up through his lashes at Ghost, taking a swig of his drink.

Ghost looks around to make sure no one is paying any mind to them. When he's sure no one is, he hooks a finger under the collar pulling Soap even closer. He then leans into Soap's ear and whispers "Be a good boy then and go to the utility closet, lock the door, and don't open it until you hear three knocks of a beating heart." He doesn't wait for Johnny to respond before pulling away and walking over to Price, where Gaz has now joined him at the other end of the room.

Soap takes a deep breath, downing the rest of his drink, and grabs another one before joining the rest of 141.

When he approaches, Gaz is in the middle of telling Price about the pumpkin carving recruits and their 'interesting' techniques. But Soap's not listening, he's watching Ghost eat another cookie, licking the crumbs from the corner of his lip, laughing at something Price had said.

Soap's face gets hot, he downs a couple mouthfuls of his beer to try and cool down. "You good, Soap?" Gaz asks smiling at him.

"Aye, but this beer isn't. Has to be the weakest thing I've ever drank."

"It's probably a lot better than at piss tequila you drink." Ghost jokes.

"Think I'll go find ya some then LT. Maybe I can get you to come round to it." Soap winks at Ghost and turns to leave, only to be stopped by another captain holding a camera. "Group shot for the books, boys?" She asks. Soap looks over his shoulder at Price as he answers "Alright, come on then," waving the boys closer.

Price throws his arms over Gaz and Ghost's shoulders, Ghost rolls his balaclava back down over his jaw and Soap takes his place on the end next to him, snaking an arm around his back placing his hand on Ghost's waist.

"Say 'Happy Halloween!" The captain says as she readies to take the picture. Soap throws up the peace sign and the boys say the words the captain wanted when the camera flashes.

She comes over to show them the picture, they all look happy, even Ghost looks like he's smiling under his mask. They deserve a break like this after their last op. They move apart and Soap tells them he is going to find that drink for Ghost and excuses himself.

"Ma'am, could I get a copy of that picture?" Soap taps the captain with the camera on her shoulder on his way out. "Of course, hun! I'll make sure to give Price a few extra copies once I get them printed."

"Cheers!" Soap says raising his bottle in response "Enjoy the rest of your night."

"You too!" She says, giving a short wave to Soap.

'Oh, I will.' Soap thinks as he makes his way out of the mess hall and into the corridor leading to the utility closet Ghost wants him to wait in. He walks as fast as he can without looking suspicious, a tightness growing in his stomach and a heart wanting to break free of his ribs in excited anticipation of what's to come.

Rounding a corner, he meets a group of recruits.

"Leaving the party already Sarg?"

"Don't cha worry I'll be back, I'm only out looking for a little something stronger to drink." Soap responds with a wink as he walks backward down the hall coming to a corner. "You lads better get back there, don't want the captain to catch you out here." He turns the corner, hearing the recruits retreating footsteps as he approaches the utility closet door.

When he's standing in front of the door, he grips the handle, checking both ends of the hallway to make sure he won't be seen entering. Taking a deep breath through his nose, he opens the door and steps inside, reaching to his left to flick on the light and shutting the door behind him locking himself in.

--

He waits for what feels like ages. He finished the last of his drink a while ago and is now pacing around the small room.

"The things I do for this man." Soap signs. "This is ridiculous, what am I even doing in here?"

He checks his watch, 20 minutes have passed.

He's been waiting in a closet for Ghosts for twenty minutes.

"Oh, I'm so making you pay for this LT." He leans against the wall, readjusting his headband to distract him from the tightness in his pants that has been there for the last 15 minutes.

'Fuck it' he thinks, 'I'm not waiting any longer.' He reaches to palm himself through his jeans, moaning at the feeling of finally being touched. His briefs are wet with precum and creating a slick surface that his cock twitches against earning another sign from him. He reaches into his shirt to grab his nipple when a knock from the door startles him.

Knock-knock

Knock-knock

Knock-knock

Soap takes two long strides to the door, unlocking it and flinging it open. Ghost pushes his way in, closing and locking the door behind him.

"Jesus Simon, I thought you were going to make me wait here all night," Johnny says moving to stand chest to chest with Simon. He places one hand on Simon's waist and moves his other to take off Simon's mask.

Simon grabs his wrist and moves away. "Thought you were being a good boy? Think you need to learn some patience."

"My patience ran out 15 minutes ago." Johnny groans, freeing his wrist and ripping Simon’s mask off, throwing it somewhere on the floor behind him. His hair is an absolute mess, sticking up in all directions and a smirk is plaster across his face, he's looking down at Johnny hungerly.

Johnny smashes his lips onto Simon's in a desperate sloppy kiss, tongue and saliva pushing into Simon's mouth. A moan escapes Johnny. Simon reaches one of his hands up to the back of Johnny's head, caressing his nape first then gripping the back of his mohawk to deepen the kiss.

Johnny pulls away breathing hard when Simon's other hand touches his cock through his jeans. "Fuuuuck" he moans into Simon's neck, placing several open-mouthed kisses there and bringing his hands to wrap around Simon's broad back grabbing fist fulls of his hoodie.

Johnny ruts against Simon's hand earning a chuckle from Simon, "Desperation looks good on you, Johnny."

"Can think of a couple other things that might look even better."

Simon pulls away from Johnny, placing a hand on his chest pushing him away, "Stay." He says as looks down at him with half-lidded eyes. His gaze wanders down Johnny's face to the collar he wears on his neck, then to his chest that heaves in excitement, shirt half unbuttoned showing off his well-defined pecs that are covered in dark hair. Simon takes his hand and brushes Johnny's shirt where he knows his nipple sits underneath, drawing a shutter out of him. He smiles, looking up to Johnny's eyes that are already staring back at him. Simon looks down to see Johnny has clenched his fists that hang by his sides and sees that he's straining against his jeans, a wet spot has formed where the head of his cock has been twitching, wishing to be free from the confines of his jeans.

"You gonna me show how good you are?" He asks Johnny.

"Simon, please I-"

Simon walks Johnny backward until his back meets the shelf full of cleaning supplies behind them, shaking when they collide with it. Simon goes to plant a kiss on Johnny's mouth when Johnny tries to meet him halfway, "Ah-ah, I said stay" he scolds as he grabs Johnny's jaw with a firm grip. He places a gentle kiss on the corner of his mouth, then on the scar on his chin, and then one more on the pulse on his neck, he can feel it racing under his lips.

He suddenly pulls away and crouches down to settle on his knees in front of Johnny. Simon reaches for Johnny's belt unbuckling it, he unbuttons his jeans pulling them and his boxer briefs halfway down his thighs in one fluid motion, letting Johnny's cock spring free in front of his face.

A string of precum hangs from the half-covered head of his cock, creating a string that connects to the inside of his briefs. It twitches and another pearl forms under Simon's gaze. The pearl drops to the floor when Simon's gloved hand connects with his shaft, slowly moving his foreskin back to reveal his glistening, swollen head.

"Ahh, fuck" Johnny sighs, throwing his head back to smack against the self with a bang, knocking over a couple of the bottles.

"Careful, Johnny. Need to stay quiet, don't want anyone finding us do ya?" Simon teases as he starts lazily stroking his cock. He gets a hiss from Johnny, as he slides his gloved hand down his shaft to the base, creating a rough sensation for Johnny.

Simon's hand slides back up to his leaking head, thumb going to Johnny's frenulum drawing agonizingly slow circles on it. Simon looks up at Johnny to see his face contorted in pleasure with the overstimulation he's causing and that his headband has been knocked out of place. He brings his other hand to grip Johnny's balls, pulling them down gently. Johnny's chest heaves in when he releases a heavy breath, his hand shooting out to grip the edge of the shelf he's leaning on, his other hand hovering over Simon's head, hesitating to grip his hair. He looks down to Simon for permission, to which Simon responds by releasing his hand from Johnny's cock and catching it on his tongue.

"Yer gonna kill me." He breathes, getting a open-mouthed grin out of Simon. He wraps his lips around him before sucking on his head, flicking his tongue on the underside.

"Simon." Johnny warns.

Simon sinks his whole cock into his mouth, nose pushing into Johnny's pubic bone, a burning feeling in the back of his throat. He sticks his tongue out to caress his balls while he starts messaging them with his hand. Drool drops into his palm helping ease the rough feeling of his glove for Johnny. He slides Johnny's cock out of his mouth to take a deep breath.

"Think yer enjoying this more than me." Johnny chuckles at Simon looking down at the saliva dripping from his wet lips. Simon only looks up at him in response before pulling his cock back into his mouth, sucking and bobbing up and down his cock with a relentless pace this time. He never breaks eye contact with Johnny as he starts playing with his balls and moving his forefinger to brush against his taint. This makes Johnny buck forward deep into Simon's mouth and grip his own pec, wanting to place pressure on his nipple. Simon pulls Johnny's hand away, ripping his shirt open making a couple of the buttons fly free. He finds Johnny's nipple and pinches. Hard.

"I'm- I’m gunna-!" Johnny pants out. Bucking forward once again, pushing his cock farther down Simon’s throat, making his eyes water.

Simon can feel him twitching and pulsing inside his throat. He pulls his head away quickly just as Johnny starts to come, he tastes it briefly on his tongue before releasing his cock with a pop and feels Johnny's cum land on his face. One release squirts up his cheek stopping on his cheekbone and another across the bridge of his nose just missing his eye. More oozes out as Johnny grips the sides of Simon’s head to rut through his orgasm, rubbing and grinding his cock against Simon's face, his balls slapping against his jaw with a wet sticky sound. Simon closes one of his eyes as Johnny’s cock gets dangerously close to it, even more cum is leaking out of the tip as Johnny overstimulates himself. When he stops, he's breathing hard and hunching over, shaking from his orgasm, his cock jumps against the bridge of Simon’s nose. The cum pooled there drips down his face and over his chin, dripping onto his neck and disappearing under his shirt.

"Good boy." Simon says as he pats Johnny's thigh.

"Lemme be even better than,” he says, as he unsteadily crouches down in front of Simon, “and help clean you up." He sticks his tongue out, licking the cum off Simon’s neck, trailing up to his chin, then up and over his cheek. After he's collected it all in his mouth he kisses Simon, holding eye contact when he pushes it into his mouth with his tongue, smiling when he accepts it. Johnny pulls away, looking very impressed with himself, a string of saliva connects them and Simon swallows what he’s given him. Wiping his mouth with the back of this hand, Simon stands them both up, pulling Johnny's pants up, tucking him back in his briefs, and making his best attempt to fix his shirt.

Johnny places an arm around Simon's neck pulling him into a sweet tender kiss. "Let's get you sorted then." He smiles into Simon's lips, he reaches underneath his hoodie to brush along Simon’s abdomen, running his fingers through his happy trail, flattening his hand to slide into the top of his cargo pants.

Simon pulls away slightly, reaching up to fix Johnny’s fluffy-eared headband. "You know I don't need that."

"I know" he pauses "but I want too," Johnny whispers into his cheek. "I'll come to your room later. This time you'll have to wait for me." He smirks looking up at him.

"I'll be waiting." Simon kisses Johnny one last time, then steps out of his reach, picking up his discarded mask from the floor and slipping it over his head back into place. He grabs Soap's long-forgotten empty bottle and says, "Wait five minutes before leaving, yeah?"

"I know, Ghost. This isn't my first time." He smiles.

"And remember that piss tequila you were supposed to be findin'."

"You won't be callin' it that by the end of the night."

"Mmm, I doubt that." Ghost opens the door quietly to listen for anyone outside, when he hears nothing, he looks back at Soap over his shoulder and nods a 'see you' then steps out closing the door behind him.

Soap takes in a deep breath. 'Think I gotta start wearing a collar more often.' He thinks. 'Maybe I should start wearing the throat mic again?'

#ghost has a sweet tooth and i wont hear otherwise #price and gaz are here but they play a small part so imma not tag em #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #ghostsoap #soapghost #ghoap #cod mw2 #call of duty #cod #bell writes

[mrghostrat]

Hello! I am new to your blog and was curious if you have talked about your experience as a twitch streamer?

Do you prefer that platform over alternatives like LiveSpace and Kick?

Love the art, and stories 💛

no i haven’t really! twitch is indeed my favourite platform, after years of jumping around more basic websites like Livestream, joinme, ustream and picarto.

its gotten a little complicated with all the features added over time, but i understand the culture, like all the monetisation options, and have invested heaps of time into it like all the bits and emotes unlocked over the years.

its certainly not perfect, but it’s certainly robust and works really well for how i like to stream. i don’t really have the desire to check out all these new platforms popping up (though mixer and kick are an easy No for me). plus all my communities are there too and it’s nice keeping everything in one place 💛

if you have any other specific questions about streaming/my stream i’m happy to answer 🥰

#live rat reaction #ask a rat

[heisttheblackflag]

Happy @pr1-appreciation-month-2023 !! First prompt is favorite streamer, so of course I had to pick Scooter Dooley. His little hands are perfect for pressing mixer buttons and knocking over piles of Pokémon cards, and his loud yet pitiful meows make for excellent streaming content. In respect and appreciation, let’s all say it together: DO IT, SCOOTER!

#pr1 appreciation month 2023 #Jeremy #scooter #dooleynotedgaming #jeremy dooley #the Dooley cats #skdjdskwndknwwkdnekjw #I’m gonna make some real posts later but I’ve been meaning to make this post anyway and I realised it works great for Tasha’s event! #original

[shallow-wordsalad]

new streaming platform Kick has given $100 million to xQc in a brand deal to stream on Kick exclusively, and I'm confused because I feel like this was tried before.

didn't Mixer try to do the same thing with Ninja and achieve such resounding success that you probably didn't even remember Mixer was a thing until I mentioned it? why do streaming platforms think Twitch is made up of six extremely successful loud white guys shouting profanity at teenagers over cartoon guns, and not a collection of a bunch of people with varied interests and styles working to make an extremely diverse platform of entertainment? yes, Ninja and xQc and the like pull major views, but Twitch is popular because you can watch *either* some screaming white boy get mad about video games, or you can watch some chill dude with no camera play his favorite SNES game over a weekend, or you can watch two Alexas talk to each other, or you can watch a bot play Pokemon.

instead of spending $100,000,000 on one dude, why not ofer $5,000 to the first 20,000 steamers on your platform to reach a certain follower/subscriber milestone? it'd create varied content, invite lots of people who might be on the fence about streaming to start, and build loyalty to your platform. that $5,000 seed is enough to change someone's cheap setup into a comfy one, so you might even homegrow a new major streamer that way and they'd love your platform for getting them started. and even if half of the people actually claim the money, you've saved millions. even if half of those people botted to get fake followers/subs, you've still only invested $5k in each one.

but what do I know, I'm not a billionaire idiot.

#twitch #streaming #kick #xqc #rich people are stupid #cast your net wide #I don't understand streamer exclusivity #rant over

[gwacha]

Chapter 12 of Clip it, Baby! SNS streamer!AU snippet

hello dear readers and also people who saw my art and followed me and now have to put up with me panicking about my fic <3 >D

chapter 12 is about 2.5k words done. I think it'll be standard length, or maybe even on the shorter side (7.5k words is what i'm aiming for! edit maybe 9k)

I'll try and have it up on the 6th, (edit: possibly 7 or 8th very latest) which clocks me in about a week and a half? Usual stuff. anyways, have two snort snippets below! take care <3

 “Chat asks what we’re baking today, Sas,” Naruto calls. “We decided on brownies, didn’t we?”

“Two batches,” Sasuke chimes in, spreading the ingredients they’d topped up on across the counter and knotting the plastic bag to save for later. “One with almonds in it for me, and the other one with a fucking disgusting overload of caramel and Oreos for you.”

“He doesn’t get it, guys,” Naruto looks at the camera, shaking his head gravely. “Only old people put nuts in their brownies. I’m just enjoying my youth.”

“Enjoy your youth while you take out a mixing bowl. Stop standing around, lazy ass.” ---

“Naruto, what the fuck are you doing?”

“Cracking eggs! We need two of them for the recipe.”

“Obviously,” Sasuke snipes, squinting. “So why are there five eggs on the counter?”

Naruto squints at him. “In case any of them break. Obviously.”

Sasuke picks up three of the eggs with one hand and places them back in the refrigerator. “If you manage to break five eggs on the counter without getting any of it into the stand mixer, I’m taking you to the hospital.”

#clip it baby #gwachauthor

[breakingarrows]

Games Media in Review: Ninja

Though Tyler “Ninja” Blevins remains the most followed Twitch streamer on the platform, his active viewership has dropped significantly from the heights of his past. He maintains a consistent schedule streaming Fortnite Battle Royale on every major platform available: Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok. Despite multi-million dollar deals done in the past and a litany of controversies, Tyler shows no signs of stopping doing what he has been doing for the past twelve years as both his Florida and Illinois houses have their own dedicated streaming areas.

Tyler Blevins was born on June 5, 1991 to Chuck and Cynthia Blevins, and welcomed by his two older brothers, Jon and Chris. Chuck Blevins had a love for gaming that was shared by all three of his sons, though Tyler excelled out of all of them from a very young age. At 18 years old in 2009, Tyler joined Major League Gaming competitions for Halo 3. He met his future wife Jessica Goch at a tournament in 2010 and the two began dating in 2013 and married in 2017.  Sometime in 2014 Tyler experienced pain in his right eye that led to being diagnosed with a retinal detachment. He recovered after surgeries and continued to stream on Twitch as he had to a modest but unremarkable viewership. Tyler moved on from Halo to H1Z1 and then PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds in 2017 due to frustration with the professional Halo tournament direction. This same year he got into Fortnite and began ascending to Twitch stardom, slowly growing over time until he hit 100,000 subscribers on Twitch in March of 2018. This all culminated in a stream in which he played Fortnite with Drake (as well as Travis Scott and JuJu Smith-Schuster) on March 14, 2018, breaking the non-tournament record at 635,000 concurrent viewers. In August of 2019 it was announced Tyler had signed an exclusivity deal with Microsoft’s Mixer livestream platform that potentially earned him between $20-30 million. Mixer was unceremoniously shut down only eleven months later on July 22, 2020 Microsoft would shut Mixer down, transferring all partners to Facebook Gaming, though Tyler chose not to (though he does still sport Mixer merch on recent live streams). Instead he returned to Twitch on August 4, 2020, before announcing on September 10, 2020 that he would be exclusively streaming on Twitch. This deal ended on September 1, 2022 when Tyler announced he was taking a break on Twitter changing up his profile in a dramatic fashion to appear as if it was abandoned before returning on September 9 to announce he would begin streaming on all platforms going forward, which has continued to this day.

Being so popular and streaming for many many hours for weeks and months and years on end also means Tyler’s comments and statements and actions have earned him much criticism over the years. In December 2016 prior to his big blow up he released the address of someone who had donated to his stream and left a racist message. He was only banned for 48 hours and apologized. Both his apology and Twitch deciding to only ban him for a limited time earned a lot of criticism for being lackluster. The same month he streamed with Drake and broke records he later used the n-word while singing along to Logic’s “44 More,” which does not actually contain the word in its lyrics. Blevins apologized claiming to be tongue tied, which of course led to more discourse online about both his behavior and the usage of the word online. Later in August of 2018 he infamously stated he does not play with female gamers on stream to avoid rumors and gossip that might damage his relationship with his wife. In November of 2018 he believed a player to be stream sniping (in which someone watches a livestream of a game in order to hunt down and harass the streamer) and attempted to have the player banned from Fortnite despite the player ultimately being innocent. Another Twitch streamer, Imane “pokimane” Anys was the subject of a hate raid in 2022 by Jidion “JiDion” Adams who was subsequently banned for two weeks by Twitch before being permanently banned for his actions. Tyler supported Jidion, claiming to attempt to intervene with Twitch staff to prevent his ban and referred to Pokimane offhandedly as a bitch. Pokimane sharing this information led to Blevin’s wife Jessica direct messaging Pokimane to threaten a lawsuit over defamation, though that has never materialized and Jessica Blevins stepped down as Tyler’s manager later that year.

What is Tyler, aka Ninja, like now, in 2023? Well he seems relatively complacent and comfortable. These past two weeks he has only streamed for about four hours a day during weekdays, generally from morning to afternoon for his current timezone as he is residing in his house located in Illinois as opposed to his house in Florida. He recently had a team come by his house to redo his streaming room setup and commented about the gameplay feeling much smoother than ever before after they finished. Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 4 just dropped on Friday, August 25 and its additions and changes and returning items were good enough to keep Tyler streaming for almost seven hours as opposed to his average of four. His demeanor was noticeably improved as well while streaming the new season, and he even commented that he was very happy playing the game now as opposed to the previous season.

Tyler’s streams on Twitch in the past month have only pulled in an average of nearly 9,000 viewers, very low when you consider his follower count of +18 million. On YouTube the VOD’s of his stream average 160k views for the past 24 VODs. His regular YouTube uploads average 200k views for the past 20 uploads. There is a noticeable dip in views whenever the game being played is not Fortnite, showing how pigeonholed Tyler is into playing the game above all others, despite his forays into Valorant and Call of Duty: Warzone. These videos are also not edited by Tyler but instead by a third party contractor, though you wouldn't know this or who actually did the edits without looking it up yourself as they are not credited in any form in his uploads. The videos are edited by the group known as Grumbae. I also have to believe he has a social team handling clipping and posting all these YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels and TikToks on his many social media accounts but who knows who is handling that. 

Streamcharts.com is reputedly the best Twitch tracker online currently and shows Tyler’s airtime per month has steadily declined as time has gone on. This makes sense as Tyler no longer has to stream for 8 hours a day everyday in order to earn, he has reached the top, and if he was smart with his multimillion dollar deals, can live comfortably for the rest of his life. He has even acknowledged the lack of concurrent viewership compared to his earlier days, speaking to The Washington Post in 2021, ““No one’s gonna stay on top forever, especially when it comes to live-streaming; there’s always somebody new and hot,” Blevins said in a recent interview with The Washington Post. “I have no intention of being that guy anymore. I know I’m not going to pull 100,000 viewers on [Twitch] anymore. I don’t have time to do that. I have a wife, I have a family.”” On a recent stream a commenter also asked why he continues to stream if he’s so rich, to which Tyler responded that its because he enjoys it. He has separately commented about not wanting to get back into competitive esports due to both his age and the time required to actively participate and perform, he would rather spend that time with his friends and family nowadays at the age of 32. So he streams for a few hours each weekday, lives his life, and has been doing the livestream career for so long that it is likely a clockwork routine for him to perform, reading out donations, responding to select portions of his chat, spouting out random SpongeBob quotes, and partying up with his brother Jon and other livestreamers. His reading of paid comment submissions can be pretty robotic, and I’m sure years of getting the same questions and comments have grinded away any enthusiasm he has for engaging with his audience, which I think is true for any long standing face who finds themselves in parasocial relationships, from RedLetterMedia to Giant Bomb (pre-2021). Tyler being the subject of attention of so many naturally will lead to a subdued form of antagonism towards your viewers.

As a public figure in 2023, especially one whose income is reliant on active viewership while livestreaming, Tyler can’t be openly antagonistic towards his viewership. He also can’t and doesn’t engage with subjects or ideologies that might cut off a particular crowd of his viewers. He recently talked openly about believing in Jesus Christ as his lord and savior but at the same time downplayed any desire he has to proselytize the viewers. Is this a personal decision or a business decision? Given that his brother whom he often streams with is active in the church and has a masters in theology, I have to think it is purely a business decision to not attempt to convert his audience. Additionally, a good large portion of the New Testament are letters from Paul the Apostle basically talking about going out and converting non believers. Christianity is pretty concerned with evangelizing, though I will admit a good majority of Christians are content to evangelize silently by being a “light on the hill” that doesn't actively engage with the larger non-believing community in any way.

The public, especially the younger public, constantly want to party up, befriend, or use Tyler’s platform to launch their own stardom, all of which I don��t believe Tyler has any interest in engaging with himself. With such a large public eye you also get invasive people who try to get involved in your private life either out of pure social ignorance or malice. On a recent stream Jon Blevins commented that he was getting phone calls from an unknown number followed by a donation to his livestream from someone asking him to answer the phone. This is the kind of privacy invasion public figures fall into, and this is just the male portion of Twitch stardom, the female portion is exponentially worse and more toxic.

All of this has me thinking, expanding beyond Tyler as an individual, but how much grace are we willing to give to individuals who find themselves under a microscope by so many people for so long a time. This isn’t meant as an excuse for Tyler’s many dumb and hurtful actions and comments in the past, but more a general thought on how much time livestreamers devote to being under watch by thousands upon thousands of people at one time, all of their comments and vocalizations subject to being the next top post on r/livestreamfail or some other online forum to be shared and mocked and eventually written up on a more mainstream website. Again, this isn’t as an absolving of using the n-word in a song where it doesn’t exist, but more an acknowledgement of the recurring joke I will find online of people admitting if their group chats were released to the public they would be unanimously executed by the larger public.

During the years prior to this observation, Tyler only came across my view during the Drake stream, and whenever his dumb comments would make the rounds, most notably both the “it’s just a game” tweet and the “I don’t game with women” comments. Then there is also just plain harmless dumb stuff (or cringe), such as his “braless wife” tweet. Taken as a whole, I can’t muster much anger towards Tyler. Out of all of the previously listed controversies the actions regarding Anys remain the worst, but also involve his wife and delves into Twitch drama which is such an abyss that I don’t have the time or interest to get deeper into than crawling r/livestreamfails and corresponding comments to attempt to understand the situation. What he did and said regarding Anys are wrong, and as far as my searching went I could find no real apology ever being offered.

In comparison, something like Cecilia D’Anastasio lying to and ignoring Nathalie Lawhead is something I will continue to be angry about and all those involved: D’Anastasio, Stephen Totilo, all those subtweeting Lawhead on Twitter for no reason than to satisfy their own pride and inability to admit wrongdoing in the press, are forever on my shit list. Patricia Hernandez, whose tenure as editor in chief started with the removal of the article in question, after over two years of requests and begging by Lawhead to have it removed, will forever be highly regarded and respected, even before her firing by G/O Media. This is the kind of online action that I will carry with me and continually remind others of. Taken as a whole, I think Tyler can be very stupid with what he says and does, but I don’t view him as intentionally cruel or hateful, which cannot be said for some of the other larger Twitch streamers.

Watching Tyler is pretty similar to any popular livestream. They are pretty damn good at the game, and generally mistakes are chalked up to: lag (both on OBS and the game), stream snipers, sweaty players, rat players, campers, and cheaters. Despite these complaints towards his complaints, watching Tyler play Fortnite is still probably the best PR for getting into the game itself, something I ended up doing myself and that I’ll talk about. Nothing quite seems to have the draw to play a game yourself as watching someone on Twitch play it. It doesn’t quite work for everything, as I’ll watch plenty of people play whatever the latest big new game is without so much as touching it myself, but the combination of the amount of time I was spending watching Tyler kill people in Zero Build mode, the remainder of Zero Build mode’s existence (which drops the building aspect of Fortnite, something intimidating for older newbies such as myself) and that the game itself is free to play was enough to get me on the Xbox store downloading and booting it up after I thought I would never do it again.

Due to games being something you can control directly, watching someone else play instantly has you thinking of what you would do differently (and superiorly). Movies often cause the viewer to think about what they would do differently were they placed in that situation, and watching someone else play a game causes the same reaction, except with games you can play it and perform differently as you have control and a game isn’t a linear sequence of images. I’ve had this occur before, mostly with watching Twitch people play Apex Legends which would make me want to go home and play Apex Legends myself, as its been the live service game of choice since release for me. Twitch streamers also have their own habits, rotations, and item preferences which you can adapt into your own play style. I know once I booted up Fortnite I was pretty much adopting Tyler’s preferred weapons into my loadouts as they were both familiar in terms of handling as I had watched him use these weapons for multiple hours, and they come with the bonus of likely being some of the best weapons, as someone who has played this game more than I ever will and has a handle on how the game works prefers these weapons, so I probably should stick to them as well. It also helped that my in-laws also play the game quite often, and once they found out I was dipping into the game, they instantly began inviting and playing with me online.

Tyler’s success is symbolic of that American Dream mindset, that if you simply work hard, put in the time, have the required skill, you too can become a multi-million dollar Twitch streamer, though even here, where a Twitch success story seemingly is the individual working his way into massive success and wealth, is a myth. Tyler’s success came after years of toiling away, yes, but the ability to toil away at live streaming for years without any return on investment is not something available to everyone. There is also the issue of whether his momentum at the beginning of 2018, where his meteoric rise began, was potentially aided by a mass influx of bots. Though this is unconfirmed, the fact remains that in 2021 Twitch did admit to taking action against 7.5 million bot accounts, and it was widely acknowledged that these bots long existed within the Twitch community. In 2018, when Tyler received an unprecedented growth of 50,000 subscribers in a little over a week, it was speculated some of this may be Amazon Prime subscription bots utilizing hacked accounts. Not that this ultimately mattered to the bottom line, as streamers would still be paid regardless of whether the subscription was subject to a bot or not.

Another major factor is that Tyler is simply just really good at the game. While some streamers have found success in being mid at a game (TimTheTatman in Warzone), it remains that more people are going to be more entertained by watching someone win than lose, and Tyler regularly wins his matches. Coming from the professional Halo scene set the foundation for his ability in most all multiplayer games, which was furthered by both his participation in tournaments for H1Z1, PUBG, and then dominating most all games in Fortnite. A hard lesson for aspiring Twitch streamers is that much like the battle royale genre, there can only be one winner, and very frequently you will find yourself the loser.

While Tyler’s enthusiasm for the new season may just be the usual, “Last content drop was trash, this new content drop is fresh!” cycle that every live service game audience appears to go through, playing Fortnite myself for about a week before the new season dropped really placed the differences in the light. The changes this season do seem to favor mobility much more, despite the removal of the grapple gloves that let you Spider-Man swing your way from Point A to B. The rechargeable battering ram that shoots you through the air and the seemingly increase of finding shockwave grenades makes moving around much easier and faster than before. Engaging with Fortnite has also reminded me of the game’s status as the seemingly symbol of the End of Games.

By this I mean that video games may very well end with Fortnite. The way this game acts as a black hole for IP, sucking in not only popular brands, franchises, and iconography in everything from its character skins, emotes, and various other cosmetic aspects, it can also be modified to capture popular trends in other games. Among Us exploded post Covid and so Fortnite debuted its own knockoff but official Epic Games-created game mode called Fortnite: Imposters, which came after a fan creation mode called “The Spy Within”. Most recently the success of Only Up, an indie game that found success thanks to Twitch streaming, was also copied into Fortnite as a custom game mode, and became even more popular online than the original.

These examples call to mind one of the earlier criticisms of Fortnite concerning its usage of popular dances as purchasable emotes in-game. Essentially, Epic Games was commercializing and profiting off of dances created by, and whose ownership largely belonged to, the public, specifically the black community. This is a larger problem with copyright and IP law, in that what is ideally supposed to help the original individual creator(s) retain the rights for profits really just favors the larger companies who can exploit it to punish criticism on YouTube or simply continue to own exclusive rights to a media’s existence despite never doing anything to make it widely available to the public.

Much as its replication of dance moves without any accreditation, these new game modes essentially are replications of existing games within Fortnite but lack any acknowledgement of where this idea came from. This sort of game clone is so widespread as to be expected within the mobile game space, in which any successful phone game is instantly copied and reproduced by every other soulless game company looking to make a quick buck off of free-to-play advertisements of their knockoff. For Epic Games to apply the same methodology to Fortnite is just sickening. 

Fortnite as the black hole of IP, sucking in anything and everything around it, also ensures players are constantly building their investment within the Fortnite ecosystem as they continually add recognizable skins to their collection and look forward to the next season’s addition of even more opportunities to buy into the game, a perpetual motion machine of Bender the Robot and Ahsoka skins that will seemingly continue forever until there is no more IP.

Ninja in 2023 is a known quantity. He’s not going anywhere, and he doesn’t have a top spot to chase after anymore. He’s achieved all he could likely dream of already before hitting 30. Even if his one Mixer contract was the minimum reported number of 20 million (pre-tax) that is the equivalent of 400 years of my current annual salary (pre-tax) which he earned in less than 12 months. Despite his wealth and consistency at saying/doing stupid things at least annually, I bear no real ill will towards him. I think his former popularity and well recorded mistakes make him an easy figure to mock, but watching him for the past two weeks has been enlightening and entertaining, and pushed me to play the game that has me partying with family members. What little Twitch drama I have followed and looked into after starting this observation has already told me that there are worse figures to follow along with than Tyler “Ninja” Blevins.

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Top 9 Terrace Decoration Ideas for Birthday Party to Make Success

When it comes to birthday decoration ideas in terrace, there are plenty of ways to make it special, but one of the most unique and fun ways to do so is to decorate your terrace. A terrace is a great location for a birthday party because it allows you to take advantage of the beautiful outdoor scenery and create an intimate and cozy atmosphere. 

This blog post provides small terrace decoration ideas for birthday party for throwing a memorable and special birthday party. From choosing a theme, adding greenery, and creating a comfortable seating area, to setting up a bar, adding colorful decorations, and serving delicious food, this post covers all the details needed to make your terrace party a success. With these terrace decoration ideas, you can create a beautiful and magical ambiance that your guests will love and remember for years to come.

Here are some terrace birthday decoration ideas that can make your birthday celebration a memorable one.

9 Creative small terrace decoration ideas for birthday party 

Create a Lounge Area

One of the best ways to make your terrace feel more comfortable and inviting is to create a lounge area. This can be achieved by adding comfortable outdoor furniture, such as a sectional sofa, chaise lounges, or even a hammock. Make sure to add plenty of cushions and throws to make it feel cozy and welcoming.

Hang String Lights

String lights are an inexpensive and easy way to add ambiance to your terrace. Hang them from the ceiling, or use them to create a canopy over your seating area. You can also wrap them around trees or railing to add more light and create a magical ambiance.

Add Plants and Flowers

Adding plants and flowers to your terrace can create a natural and beautiful setting. Use potted plants to decorate the corners of the terrace, or hang baskets of flowers from the ceiling or railing. You can also create a beautiful centerpiece using a large planter filled with colorful flowers.

Set Up a Bar

Setting up a bar on your terrace can be a fun and interactive addition to your birthday party. You can set up a simple bar with a few bottles of wine, beer, and some basic mixers, or you can create a more elaborate bar with a variety of cocktails and garnishes. Don't forget to add some comfortable seating around the bar, so your guests can sit and enjoy their drinks.

Serve Delicious Food

No birthday party is complete without delicious food. You can grill burgers, hot dogs, or kebabs, or serve a variety of finger foods, such as chips and dips, cheese and crackers, or fruit skewers. Make sure to have plenty of napkins and plates on hand, and consider hiring a caterer or food truck to make your party even more special.

Use Colorful Decorations

Adding colorful decorations can make your terrace feel more festive and celebratory. Hang colorful banners, streamers, or balloons from the ceiling or railing. You can also use colorful tablecloths, napkins, and plates to add more color and vibrancy to your party.

Create a Photo Booth

Setting up a photo booth on your terrace can be a fun way to capture memories and create lasting mementos of your birthday party. You can create a simple backdrop using a colorful sheet or fabric, and set up a camera or smartphone on a tripod for your guests to take pictures. Don't forget to add some fun props, such as hats, glasses, and mustaches, to make your photos even more memorable.

Add a Fire Pit

Adding a fire pit to your terrace can create a warm and cozy atmosphere, especially on cooler nights. You can set up a simple fire pit using bricks or stones, or you can purchase a portable fire pit that can be moved around your terrace. Make sure to add plenty of seating around the fire pit, so your guests can enjoy the warmth and conversation.

Personalize Your Decor: 

Adding personalized decorations, such as custom banners, balloons, or photo displays, can make your birthday party extra special and unique.

In conclusion, small terrace decoration ideas for birthday party can be a fun and unique way to celebrate your special day. By using these terrace decoration ideas, you can create a beautiful and memorable ambiance that will make your birthday celebration unforgettable. Make sure to take plenty of pictures to capture the memories and share them. By using some of the ideas listed in this blog post, you can transform your terrace into a magical space that sets the tone for a fun and celebratory atmosphere. Remember to choose a theme, add greenery, comfortable seating, and colorful decorations, and don't forget to serve delicious food and drinks. Your guests will appreciate the thought and effort you put into making your terrace party special, and you'll create memories that will last a lifetime.

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tldr: brief overview of gaming culture by going over fan labor/parasociality/twitch&yt from a person that thinks way too much about the content they consume there will be a part 2 where i talk about some negatives from societal change perspective

So for those that don’t know what gaming culture or fandom is -it’s a very all-encompassing genre. Like movies, there are different genres like horror, first-person shooting, action, or satirical ones. A large part of the culture is obviously playing the game, but when Youtube became a profitable platform, “Let’s Plays” became popular and became a significant portion of the Youtube-watching community. “Let’s Plays” is exactly what it sounds like: the viewers are invited to play or watch along as the Youtuber plays the game. I would argue that fans of gaming YouTubers are a fan of a fan. Something I heard that really relates to this is something like a “Legendary Fan” where people become fans of this specific creator and follow them from fandom to fandom like how we see fans of gaming YouTubers follow the YouTuber jump from franchise to franchise. Gaming culture and Let’s Plays became a such big thing around the early 2010s and has become a multi-million dollar industry just including the viewing and playing of games. Youtube recently released a specific “Gaming Trending Page” and platforms like Twitch or Mixer. Let’s players became popular by having someone record their play-throughs of a game, usually split into multiple parts, with a facecam to show their reactions and have commentary throughout the gameplay. THISSSSS is what I love. I think just watching someone play through a game either horror or action or a cozy farming game is just so fun. I remember watching my brother play through Call of Duty or Super Smash Bros and just being like “Wow this guy cannot do shit”. LOL! Later on, instead of having it be recorded in someone’s room with no interaction, this evolved into streaming where a person can do the same thing but be able to interact with an audience (aka chat) rather than speaking into the void. I’ll talk a little about streaming culture later and the type of fan engagement or toxicity that comes on those sites. 

Gaming fans can be fans of the game’s characters and engage with the canon universe and/or they can be fans of certain let’s players. For us at EverythingGayPlays, we both engage with the in-game universe and the let’s play gamers. For fans that engage with the in-game universe, it resembles other media fans of movies or films, where we interact and transform the content to our own whims. Like other created media, it’s open to interpretation which allows for fanart, fanfic, or analysis (oh em geeeeeee what I’m doing :0) On the other hand, fans of Youtubers/Twitch streamers follow typical Real People fans like music artist fans or actors. This also includes fanfic, fanart, funny videos, and screaming on Twitter about future media appearances that kind of thing. Like any other fandom, it can be both toxic and gratifying, but in gaming culture specifically, the toxic side can lead to scary IRL consequences.

Let’s start with the positive sides of gaming fandoms. I would say a rather unique fan type of labor that gaming fans do outside of the typical fan labor fanfic, fanart, or funny videos, are fan games. With the rise of Steam, the “ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games” as their website says, videos games came a long way from cartridges that usually came from Japan (I’m talking about the really popular ones that came from Japan like Super Mario or Sonic). Engines allow fans to create games in similar styles without needing all the technical skills that professional gaming industry pros have. Video games that are inspired by the “source” game can either by recreating the game very similarly but have a different main character or enemies or do a different style of gaming that incorporates the lore or characters of the source. A really popular example of a game that comes to mind when I think of fan games is the entirety of the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise and gaming sphere. The number of games that I have seen popular Youtubers play that FNAF inspired is insane and just speaks to the level of love and extent that fans will go to engage with their favorite characters. I don’t think I see this level of wide dedication to a certain style of creation and an insane level of skill people learn.

For more of a common fan, labor would be videos, fanfic, and fan art. I think these are quite common so I’m not really going into super detailed explanations of what they are, but I am going to explore how gaming fans kinda use them differently. For fanvids, compilations are quite popular. You know the “ten minutes of [random player] swearing at statues in RE4” set to Wii music which is very labor-intensive to find, clip, edit, and publish ten minutes worth of content. Youtube is full of these compilations. To be honest, I would count the videos that streamers and Youtubers be fanvids as well because they’re creating new content with someone else’s content. But of course, I can’t leave out my favorite type of fanvids, the ones that go into the deep deeeeeep DEEEEEP detail about the lore or recap videos like GameTheory or SuperHorrorBro (or the random 5 hour long videos that pop onto my feed). I love lore and the amount of detail, and explanation of some of the wackiest lores some game devs create, I could not understand it without the help of those types of Youtube channels. Like c’mon it’s a running gag that GameTheory has like a million FNAF videos trying to piece the lore together. Fanfic and fanart kinda go hand in hand with how prevalent they are in a lot of fandoms. Fanfic for the gaming community either delves into RPF or character fics. These are all types of fan labor that keep fandoms running and providing for the fans.

Okay, time to talk about the hellscape that is Twitch. I think Twitch is great and a great evolution from Youtube to really expand the gaming sphere. Twitch really expanded the scope of fan engagement by having the live chat aspect. Before fans were only allowed to engage with the content after the upload, but now fans can change the game, voice their input, talk to their favorite streamers and create a community within the instant. Commenting throughout streams is no small feat, for some, it can be anxiety-inducing even when it’s almost anonymous. Streams usually last several hours to run through the entire game, but some games like one that came out recently God of War last around 20-30 hours. Watching those long, sometimes uneventful, streams are labor-intensive to sit through and comment and pay attention to. Especially if someone is a mod for a streamer (i hope all mods out there ur getting paid if you’re doing long streams). While I hate living under the system, capitalism does run our lives and that includes streamers and Youtubers. Subscriptions or “subs” on Youtube and on Twitch are very different. On Twitch, it’s a paid subscription to a certain streamer where fans can access exclusive content and can use emoticons during streams. On Youtube, it’s a free subscription to the Youtuber that just alerts you to whether they uploaded something. While these are not as intensive as, you know, creating literal games, I think these are a very intriguing part of gaming culture to really understand as fan labor because without viewers, moderators, and paid subscriptions, streamers wouldn’t be able to create their own content and not be able to dedicate as much of their time to their streaming.

Everyone’s favorite topic when talking about the internet and celebrities: parasociality. I feel like the idea of prosociality in terms of celebrities usually is geared towards a specific type of fan: either a crazed tween girl that is obsessed with a conventionally attractive male celebrity or a nerdy, awkward guy that is attracted to a female celebrity. I feel that in terms of gaming culture it’s really different-the so-called celebrities that people cling to are just normal people. Youtube and Twitch, being the main hubs to watch people, open a space for people to interact with their favs. This causes the dynamic of the OG parasocial idea to change to a more modern one. Fans are allowed more access to their favs persona (to succeed on the platform you have to post maybe weekly, sometimes daily; be on all the social media platforms to connect to fans; have dedicated servers or Reddit threads) or if it’s Twitch, that instant gratification if they read your comment. This opens a new category of celebrity (Kreiss). I am a kpop stan so I instantly saw a lot of connections and parallels between how idols are trained to connect to their fans or bring in more fans to the way gaming celebrities are required to maintain success on the platform. Gaming and Kpop celebrities really hone in on what makes them attractive or charismatic to their viewers to maintain that close relationship, fulfilling social needs that they might not get offline. In “Engagement With the Gurus of Gaming Culture: Parasocial Relationships to Let’s Players” they did a study where they asked what parts of the gaming celebrities attracted them the most. It found the main reasons were “entertainability”, “responsiveness”, and “likability” as the main reasons which make a lot of sense. No one is going to want to watch a boring, unlikeable, and stoic persona. They also found that the more someone watches another is strongly correlated with how emotionally engaged they are. In terms of fandom, I feel that’s why a lot of fans go for very loud and extroverted players that upload regularly which fuels the fire that drives fandom behavior.

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Streamer verstorben

In der Welt der Online-Unterhaltung wird immer wieder über die neuesten Trends und Ereignisse berichtet. Leider müssen wir uns auch mit tragischen Nachrichten auseinandersetzen, wie dem Verlust eines geliebten Streamers.

Kürzlich erreichte uns die traurige Nachricht vom Tod eines prominenten Streamers. Der Verlust dieses talentierten und beliebten Persönlichkeit hat die Gaming-Community tief erschüttert.

Der Streamer war für seine unterhaltsamen und hochwertigen Inhalte bekannt und hatte eine große Fangemeinde, die ihm treu folgte. Seine einzigartige Persönlichkeit und sein Talent brachten ihm Anerkennung und Erfolg in der Online-Streaming-Welt ein.

Der plötzliche Tod des Streamers hat viele Menschen in Schock und Trauer versetzt. Die Gaming-Community hat über soziale Medien und andere Kanäle ihre Anteilnahme bekundet und ihre Wertschätzung und Liebe für den Verstorbenen zum Ausdruck gebracht.

Der Streamer wird nicht nur für seine Unterhaltungskünste vermisst werden, sondern auch als inspirierende Persönlichkeit, die junge Menschen dazu ermutigte, ihre Leidenschaften zu verfolgen und in der Gaming-Industrie Fuß zu fassen.

Trotz des schweren Verlustes ist die Gaming-Community enger zusammengerückt und hat gezeigt, wie wichtig gegenseitige Unterstützung und Zusammenhalt in schwierigen Zeiten sind. Zahlreiche Spendenaktionen und Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltungen wurden organisiert, um den Streamer zu ehren und seine Familie in dieser schweren Zeit zu unterstützen.

Der Tod dieses Streamers erinnert uns daran, dass das Leben so kostbar ist und dass wir uns bewusst sein sollten, wie sehr wir die Menschen in unserem Leben schätzen. Es ist wichtig, sich um unsere mentale und physische Gesundheit zu kümmern und uns gegenseitig in schwierigen Zeiten zu unterstützen.

Unsere Gedanken und Gebete sind bei der Familie und den Freunden des verstorbenen Streamers. Möge er in Frieden ruhen und in unseren Herzen und Erinnerungen weiterleben.

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel ist eine rein informative und respektvolle Erwähnung eines verstorbenen Streamers. Jegliche Details über die Todesursache oder persönliche Informationen des Streamers sind nicht enthalten, um die Privatsphäre der Familie und Freunde zu wahren.

Tod eines Streamers

In der Welt des Internets und der sozialen Medien hat sich das Streaming in den letzten Jahren zu einer sehr beliebten Aktivität entwickelt. Millionen von Menschen auf der ganzen Welt nutzen Plattformen wie Twitch, YouTube und Mixer, um ihre Lieblingsspiele zu streamen und mit anderen zu teilen. Doch hinter den Bildschirmen gibt es auch dunkle Seiten und traurige Geschichten, wie den Tod eines Streamers.

Ein Streamer ist eine Person, die sich entscheidet, ihr Gameplay live zu übertragen und dabei gleichzeitig mit ihrem Publikum zu interagieren. Sie bauen eine Community um sich herum auf und werden oft zu bekannten Persönlichkeiten innerhalb der Gaming-Szene. Doch abseits des Glamours und des Erfolgs sind Streamer auch nur Menschen und mit denselben Lebensherausforderungen konfrontiert wie jeder andere auch.

Der Tod eines Streamers kann sowohl für die Community als auch für die Familie und Freunde ein schwerer Schlag sein. Oftmals wird der fragwürdige Aspekt der Online-Präsenz betont, da viele Streamer ein intensives Leben führen, bei dem sie Tag und Nacht vor der Kamera stehen und gleichzeitig ihr privates Leben erhalten müssen. Dies kann zu einem hohen Stresslevel führen, der zu negativen Auswirkungen auf die psychische Gesundheit führen kann.

Es ist wichtig anzuerkennen, dass der Selbstmord bei Streamern ein reales Problem ist. Der Druck, immer unterhalten zu müssen, die hohen Erwartungen der Community und das ständige Streben nach Erfolg können zu einer großen Belastung werden. Es ist von entscheidender Bedeutung, Ressourcen und Unterstützung bereitzustellen, um die psychische Gesundheit von Streamern zu fördern und auf Warnzeichen hinzuweisen.

Die tragische Realität des Todes eines Streamers erinnert uns daran, dass es trotz aller positiven Aspekte des Streamings eine dunkle Seite gibt. Wir sollten unsere Aufmerksamkeit darauf richten, die mentalen und emotionalen Bedürfnisse von Streamern und deren Umfeld zu unterstützen. Zusammen können wir dazu beitragen, eine Community zu schaffen, die aufmerksam und mitfühlend ist und in der sich alle sicher fühlen.

In Gedenken an diejenigen Streamer, die tragischerweise ihr Leben verloren haben, wollen wir ein Bewusstsein schaffen und dafür sorgen, dass die Streamer-Community ein sicherer Ort ist, an dem Menschen ihre Leidenschaft ausleben können, ohne sich ihrer psychischen Gesundheit ausgesetzt zu fühlen.

Unfalltod eines Streamers

In der heutigen Zeit haben viele Menschen die Möglichkeit, ihre Leidenschaften mit anderen über das Internet zu teilen. Einer der beliebtesten Trends in den letzten Jahren ist das Live-Streaming von Videospielen. Dadurch haben sich auch zahlreiche Streamer einen Namen gemacht und eine große Fangemeinde aufgebaut. Leider kann es jedoch auch zu tragischen Vorfällen kommen, wie der Unfalltod eines Streamers.

Immer mehr Streamer verbringen stundenlang vor der Kamera und teilen ihre Gaming-Erfahrungen mit ihrer Community. Dabei sind sie oft in einer Art virtueller Realität gefangen und vernachlässigen manchmal ihr eigenes Wohlbefinden. Es ist wichtig zu verstehen, dass Streaming nicht nur einen ernsthaften Einfluss auf die körperliche und geistige Gesundheit haben kann, sondern auch zu gefährlichen Situationen führen kann, wenn die eigenen Grenzen nicht respektiert werden.

Ein Unfalltod eines Streamers kann beispielsweise auftreten, wenn er durch die langen Streams einen ungesunden Lebensstil pflegt. Zu wenig Bewegung, unzureichender Schlaf und ungesunde Ernährung können zu ernsthaften gesundheitlichen Komplikationen führen. Auch das Risiko von Herzproblemen und Gefäßkrankheiten kann sich erhöhen.

Darüber hinaus kann die Vernachlässigung der eigenen Sicherheit zu Unglücken führen. Wenn Streamer sich zum Beispiel während des Streams gefährlichen Situationen aussetzen oder sich während des Streamens ablenken lassen, besteht eine höhere Wahrscheinlichkeit von Unfällen. Dies kann insbesondere dann der Fall sein, wenn sie gleichzeitig mit dem Autofahren oder anderen gefährlichen Tätigkeiten beschäftigt sind.

Es ist wichtig, dass sich Streamer bewusst sind, dass ihre Gesundheit und Sicherheit oberste Priorität haben sollten. Regelmäßige Pausen, ausreichend Bewegung, gesunde Ernährung und genügend Schlaf sind essenziell, um einen gesunden Lebensstil zu erhalten. Darüber hinaus sollten sie keine gefährlichen Situationen provozieren oder ablenkende Tätigkeiten während des Streamens durchführen.

Der Unfalltod eines Streamers ist ein tragisches Ereignis, das uns daran erinnert, wie wichtig es ist, auf unsere Gesundheit und Sicherheit zu achten. Wir sollten uns bewusst sein, dass die Internetwelt nicht immer harmlos ist und dass es auch Risiken gibt, die wir nicht ignorieren dürfen.

Trauer um Streamer

Der Verlust eines beliebten Streamers kann für Fans und Anhänger eine große Trauer mit sich bringen. Streamer sind heutzutage zu Persönlichkeiten geworden, denen Menschen online folgen und deren Inhalte sie genießen. Sie können eine Art Unterhaltungs- und Unterstützungssystem für ihre Zuschauer sein. Wenn ein Streamer, dem man folgt und für den man sogar Zeit investiert hat, plötzlich nicht mehr da ist, kann dies eine tiefe Trauer hervorrufen.

Der Tod eines Streamers kann auf unterschiedliche Weise behandelt werden. Oft ist es wichtig, dass die Community zusammenkommt, um sich gegenseitig in dieser schwierigen Zeit zu unterstützen. Viele Fans teilen ihre Erinnerungen an den Streamer in einer Art virtuellem Gedenkplatz. Sie erzählen, wie sie von seinen Inhalten beeinflusst wurden und wie sie ihn vermissen werden.

Die Trauer um einen Streamer kann auch Auswirkungen auf die Mentalität der Zuschauer haben. Es ist eine Erinnerung daran, dass hinter dem Bildschirm echte Menschen stehen. Die Trauer erinnert uns daran, dass Streamer, obwohl sie oft als öffentliche Persönlichkeiten angesehen werden, genauso kämpfen und mit Problemen des Alltags konfrontiert sind wie jeder andere auch.

Es gibt jedoch auch eine positive Seite der Trauer um Streamer. Sie kann als Chance dienen, die Online-Community noch näher zusammenzubringen und solidarisch zu handeln. Es ist oft erstaunlich zu sehen, wie die Fans eines Streamers sich in Zeiten der Trauer unterstützen und füreinander da sind. Dies stärkt nicht nur die Bindungen innerhalb der Community, sondern kann auch dazu führen, dass andere Streamer unterstützt und gefördert werden.

Letztendlich ist die Trauer um einen Streamer ein Ausdruck der emotionalen Verbindung, die zwischen Fans und ihrem Lieblingsstreamer entsteht. Es ist wichtig, dass diese Trauer respektiert und anerkannt wird. Indem wir unsere Gefühle teilen und uns gegenseitig unterstützen, können wir gemeinsam mit der Trauer umgehen und die Erinnerung an den verstorbenen Streamer aufrechterhalten.

In der Welt des Streamings haben sich bereits viele traurige und schockierende Ereignisse ereignet. Kürzlich mussten wir leider den Verlust von fünf bemerkenswerten Streamern verkraften. Diese Nachricht schockierte nicht nur ihre Fans, sondern auch die gesamte Streaming-Community.

Der Tod eines Streamers ist immer ein herber Verlust für ihre Anhänger und die Online-Gemeinschaft. Streamer sind Personen, die täglich ihre Leidenschaften und Interessen teilen und dadurch eine starke Bindung zu ihrem Publikum aufbauen. In den sozialen Medien, in denen es eine Vielzahl an Streamern gibt, werden diese Persönlichkeiten oft zu Idolen, Vorbildern oder sogar Freunden für ihre Zuschauer.

Einer der Streamer, der uns viel zu früh verlassen hat, war der beliebte Gaming-Streamer Stefan "St3fi" Fischer. Er war für seine lustigen und unterhaltsamen Livestreams bekannt und geliebt. Stefan war ein aufstrebender Star in der Gaming-Welt und hatte eine große Fangemeinde. Sein unerwarteter Tod hat einen Schock in der Community ausgelöst und viele Menschen sind tief traurig über den Verlust dieses einzigartigen Talents.

Ein weiterer Streamer, der viel zu früh von uns gegangen ist, war die bekannte Fitness-Influencerin Anna "FitAnna". Sie inspirierte ihre Zuschauer mit ihrem gesunden Lebensstil, Trainingseinheiten und ihrem positiven Auftreten. Anna war ein Vorbild für viele Menschen, die ihre Fitnessziele erreichen wollten. Ihr plötzlicher Tod hat eine beträchtliche Lücke in der Fitness- und Streaming-Community hinterlassen.

Die Nachricht von fünf verstorbenen Streamern hat die Aufmerksamkeit auf die Bedeutung der mentalen Gesundheit und des Wohlbefindens in der Streaming-Branche gelenkt. Streamer stehen oft unter großem Druck, ihr Publikum zu unterhalten und konstant neuen Content zu liefern. Dies kann zu Stress und Erschöpfung führen, was wiederum negative Auswirkungen auf ihre mentale Gesundheit haben kann. Eine offene und unterstützende Kultur, sowie der Zugang zu geeigneten Ressourcen und professioneller Hilfe sind von großer Bedeutung, um diesen Herausforderungen entgegenzuwirken.

Der Verlust von fünf Streamern hat uns daran erinnert, wie wichtig es ist, die Menschen hinter den Bildschirmen zu respektieren, zu unterstützen und zu schätzen. Denken wir an ihre Leidenschaft und Hingabe, die sie uns jeden Tag gegeben haben. Mögen sie in Frieden ruhen und weiterhin in unseren Herzen und Erinnerungen lebendig bleiben.

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Gaming-Streaming: Eine spannende Welt des Live-Gamings

Das Live-Streaming von Videospielen hat in den letzten Jahren einen enormen Aufschwung erlebt. Immer mehr Gamer teilen ihre Spielfreude mit einem breiten Publikum über Plattformen wie Twitch, YouTube und Mixer. Diese wachsende Beliebtheit des Gaming-Streamings hat zu einer neuen Art des Entertainment geführt, bei der Zuschauer die Möglichkeit haben, live dabei zu sein und mit den Streamern zu interagieren.

Gaming-Streamer sind individuelle Persönlichkeiten, die nicht nur ihre Gaming-Fähigkeiten zeigen, sondern auch eine Gemeinschaft von Gleichgesinnten aufbauen. Viele Streaming-Kanäle haben eine treue Fangemeinde, die regelmäßig ihre Streams verfolgt und mit ihnen über den Chat kommuniziert. Dieses direkte Feedback und die Interaktion geben dem Gaming-Streaming eine einzigartige und persönliche Note.

Warum ist Gaming-Streaming so beliebt geworden? Einer der Hauptgründe ist sicherlich das Entertainment-Element. Live-Streams bieten eine unterhaltsame und oft humorvolle Möglichkeit, Videospiele zu erleben. Die streamenden Gamer haben oft einen eigenen Stil und bringen ihre Persönlichkeit in ihre Streams ein. Dies macht das Zuschauen zu einem unterhaltsamen Erlebnis, das viele Menschen genießen.

Darüber hinaus bietet das Gaming-Streaming auch eine Möglichkeit für Lernende. Viele Streamer geben Tipps und Tricks, teilen ihre Erfahrungen und erklären Strategien während des Spielens. Für angehende Gamer ist dies eine wertvolle Ressource, um ihre Fähigkeiten zu verbessern und neue Spiele zu entdecken.

Ein weiteres interessantes Merkmal des Gaming-Streamings ist die Möglichkeit für Streamer, Geld zu verdienen. Durch Spenden von Zuschauern, Werbeeinnahmen und Sponsoring-Deals können einige Streamer daraus sogar ihren Vollzeitjob machen. Diese monetäre Unterstützung ermöglicht es den Streamern, sich weiterhin auf das zu konzentrieren, was sie lieben: Spielen und mit ihrem Publikum interagieren.

Insgesamt hat sich das Gaming-Streaming zu einer aufregenden und beeindruckenden Plattform entwickelt, die Gaming und Entertainment auf ein neues Level hebt. Es bietet die Möglichkeit, gemeinsam mit anderen die Freude am Gaming zu teilen und neue Freundschaften zu knüpfen. Ob man nun selbst ein Gamer ist oder einfach nur interessiert daran ist, anderen beim Spielen zuzuschauen, das Gaming-Streaming ist definitiv eine Erfahrung, die man nicht verpassen sollte.

Online-Spiele-Streamen ist eine beliebte Aktivität geworden, bei der Spieler ihre Gaming-Sessions live ins Internet übertragen. Es bietet die Möglichkeit, über Plattformen wie Twitch oder YouTube Gaming den eigenen Bildschirm zu teilen und gleichzeitig mit anderen Spielern aus der ganzen Welt zu interagieren.

Einer der Hauptgründe für die wachsende Beliebtheit des Online-Spiele-Streamens ist die Faszination, die von den talentierten und unterhaltsamen Streamern ausgeht. Diese Personen sind Experten in verschiedenen Spielen und haben eine große Fangemeinde, die ihnen beim Spielen zuschaut und ihre Reaktionen live mitverfolgen kann. Dies schafft eine einzigartige und immersive Erfahrung für die Zuschauer.

Das Online-Spiele-Streamen bietet auch Möglichkeiten zur sozialen Interaktion. Es gibt Chatrooms, in denen die Zuschauer mit dem Streamer und anderen Zuschauern chatten können. Dies fördert die Bildung von Communities und ermöglicht es den Spielern, sich über ihre Interessen auszutauschen und neue Freundschaften zu knüpfen.

Darüber hinaus gibt es auch eine finanzielle Komponente beim Online-Spiele-Streamen. Die erfolgreichsten Streamer haben die Möglichkeit, Einnahmen aus Werbung, Abonnements und Spenden zu generieren. Dies ermöglicht es ihnen, ihren Lebensunterhalt mit ihrer Leidenschaft fürs Gaming zu verdienen. Es ist jedoch wichtig anzumerken, dass der Weg zum Erfolg im Online-Spiele-Streaming nicht immer einfach ist und harte Arbeit und Ausdauer erfordert.

Für diejenigen, die daran interessiert sind, ihre eigenen Gaming-Sessions zu streamen, gibt es einige grundlegende Voraussetzungen. Dazu gehören eine gute Internetverbindung, eine qualitativ hochwertige Ausrüstung wie Mikrofone und Kameras sowie die Fähigkeit, gleichzeitig zu spielen und zu kommunizieren.

Insgesamt bietet das Online-Spiele-Streamen eine einzigartige Möglichkeit, Gaming-Erfahrungen zu teilen, sich mit anderen Spielern zu verbinden und sogar Einnahmen zu generieren. Es ist jedoch wichtig, die Leidenschaft fürs Gaming und den Wunsch, eine unterhaltsame und informative Erfahrung für die Zuschauer zu bieten, im Vordergrund zu halten.

Live-Gaming-Übertragung

Die Welt des Gaming hat sich in den letzten Jahren erheblich weiterentwickelt. Von einfachen Videospielen zu hochauflösenden, interaktiven und realistischen Erlebnissen ist die Gaming-Branche zu einem Milliardengeschäft geworden. Eine der aufregendsten Entwicklungen in der Gaming-Welt ist die Live-Gaming-Übertragung.

Was ist eine Live-Gaming-Übertragung? Im Grunde handelt es sich um eine Übertragung eines Videospiels in Echtzeit, bei der Spielerinnen und Spieler ihre Spielesitzungen live streamen können. Die Zuschauer können dabei das Spielgeschehen verfolgen, den Spielerinnen und Spielern interaktiv folgen und sogar mit ihnen interagieren. Das Ganze erfolgt über Plattformen wie Twitch, YouTube Gaming oder Mixer.

Es gibt einige Gründe, warum Live-Gaming-Übertragungen so beliebt geworden sind. Erstens ermöglicht es den Spielern, ihre Gaming-Fähigkeiten zu präsentieren und ihren eigenen Stil zu zeigen. Die Zuschauer können von den besten Spielern lernen, Tipps und Tricks erhalten und ihre eigenen Fähigkeiten verbessern.

Zweitens können die Spieler durch Live-Gaming-Übertragungen eine treue Fangemeinde aufbauen. Die Zuschauer können sich mit ihren Lieblingsspielern identifizieren, sogar mit ihnen chatten und die gemeinsame Gaming-Leidenschaft teilen. Die Spieler wiederum können ihren Zuschauern engagierten Content bieten und somit ihre eigene Community aufbauen.

Drittens haben Live-Gaming-Übertragungen das Potenzial, ein lohnendes Einkommen zu generieren. Durch Sponsoring, Werbung, Abonnements und Spenden können die beliebtesten Spielerinnen und Spieler erhebliche Geldbeträge verdienen. Dies ist auch einer der Gründe, warum immer mehr Menschen versuchen, in die Welt der Live-Gaming-Übertragungen einzusteigen.

Die Live-Gaming-Übertragung hat die Gaming-Gemeinschaft revolutioniert und die Grenze zwischen Spielern und Zuschauern verschwommen. Es ist eine aufregende Möglichkeit für Spielerinnen, Spieler und Gaming-Enthusiasten, ihre Leidenschaft für Videospiele zu teilen und sich gegenseitig zu inspirieren. Ob als Zuschauer oder als Streamer - Live-Gaming-Übertragungen bieten eine einzigartige und immersive Erfahrung, die die Gaming-Welt weiterhin prägen wird.

Spiele per Stream anschauen

Die Zeiten, in denen man Spiele nur im Fernsehen oder im Stadion verfolgen konnte, sind lange vorbei. Heutzutage hat sich das Spielgeschehen ins Internet verlagert und viele Spieler verfolgen ihre Lieblingsspiele per Stream. Doch was genau ist ein Stream und warum erfreut es sich so großer Beliebtheit?

Ein Stream ist im Grunde genommen eine Live-Übertragung eines Spiels oder einer Veranstaltung, die über das Internet erfolgt. Es ermöglicht den Zuschauern, in Echtzeit dabei zu sein und das Spielgeschehen mitzuverfolgen. Dabei können sie nicht nur das Match beobachten, sondern oft auch Kommentare abgeben und sich mit anderen Zuschauern austauschen.

Es gibt viele Vorteile beim Anschauen von Spielen per Stream. Zum einen ist es äußerst bequem, da man nicht das Haus verlassen muss, um ein Spiel live zu sehen. Man kann es ganz einfach von daheim aus verfolgen und dabei entspannen. Zudem stehen oft verschiedene Kameras zur Verfügung, die es ermöglichen, das Spiel aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln zu betrachten. So ist man noch näher am Geschehen dran als im Stadion und kann eventuelle Details besser wahrnehmen.

Ein weiterer Vorteil ist, dass Streams oft kostenlos sind. Es gibt zahlreiche Plattformen, auf denen man Spiele streamen kann, sei es über Twitch, YouTube oder andere Online-Dienste. Dabei kann man verschiedene Spiele auswählen und entscheiden, welches man gerade anschauen möchte. Es gibt Streams für unterschiedliche Spielearten wie beispielsweise eSports, Fußball oder Ego-Shooter.

Doch nicht nur für die Zuschauer hat das Streamen von Spielen Vorteile, sondern auch für die Spieler selbst. Viele professionelle Gamer streamen ihre Spiele, um ihre Fähigkeiten zu präsentieren oder ihr Wissen mit anderen Spielern zu teilen. Dabei können sie auch Geld verdienen, indem sie beispielsweise Spenden oder Abonnements von Zuschauern erhalten.

Alles in allem bietet das Anschauen von Spielen per Stream eine tolle Möglichkeit, um live dabei zu sein und das Spielgeschehen hautnah mitzuerleben. Egal, ob man ein begeisterter Gamer ist oder einfach nur gerne zuschaut, das Streamen von Spielen ist definitiv eine unterhaltsame und informative Möglichkeit, um dem Geschehen beizuwohnen. Also lehnen Sie sich zurück, schalten Sie den Stream ein und genießen Sie das Spiel!

Game-Streaming-Plattformen werden immer beliebter, da sie es ermöglichen, Spiele direkt über das Internet zu streamen und zu spielen. Auf diesen Plattformen können Spieler ihre Lieblingsspiele in Echtzeit spielen, ohne sie physisch auf ihrer Konsole oder ihrem Computer installieren zu müssen. In diesem Artikel werden fünf der beliebtesten Game-Streaming-Plattformen vorgestellt.

Twitch: Twitch ist eine der größten Plattformen für Live-Streaming von Videospielen. Spieler können ihre Spiele live übertragen und mit ihrem Publikum interagieren. Zuschauer können den Spielern zusehen, ihnen folgen und sogar Spenden machen. Twitch bietet eine große Auswahl an Spielen und Streamern aus verschiedenen Genres und ist vor allem bei E-Sport-Fans beliebt.

Google Stadia: Google Stadia ist eine relativ neue Game-Streaming-Plattform, die von Google entwickelt wurde. Spieler können über das Internet auf eine Vielzahl von Spielen zugreifen und sie auf ihren Geräten streamen, ohne sie herunterladen oder installieren zu müssen. Google Stadia unterstützt eine hohe Auflösung und eine geringe Latenzzeit, so dass Spieler ein nahtloses Spielerlebnis genießen können.

Microsoft xCloud: xCloud ist die Game-Streaming-Plattform von Microsoft. Spieler können auf ihre Spielebibliothek zugreifen und sie auf ihren Geräten streamen, einschließlich Xbox-Konsolen und PCs. Microsoft xCloud bietet eine breite Palette von Spielen und ermöglicht es den Spielern, ihre Spiele nahtlos fortzusetzen, wenn sie zwischen verschiedenen Geräten wechseln.

PlayStation Now: PlayStation Now ist eine Game-Streaming-Plattform von Sony für die PlayStation-Konsolen. Spieler können aus einer großen Auswahl an PS4- und PS3-Spielen wählen und sie auf ihren Konsolen streamen. PlayStation Now bietet auch Cloud-Speicher für Spielstände, so dass Spieler ihre Fortschritte über verschiedene Geräte hinweg synchronisieren können.

Nvidia GeForce Now: GeForce Now von Nvidia ist eine Game-Streaming-Plattform, die es den Spielern ermöglicht, hochwertige PC-Spiele auf ihren Geräten zu streamen. Spieler können ihre bestehenden Bibliotheken von Spielen auf Plattformen wie Steam, Epic Games Store und anderen nutzen. Nvidia GeForce Now bietet eine hohe Leistung und unterstützt 1080p-Auflösung sowie Raytracing.

Diese Game-Streaming-Plattformen bieten den Spielern die Möglichkeit, ihre Lieblingsspiele über das Internet zu streamen und zu spielen. Sie erfordern eine schnelle und zuverlässige Internetverbindung, damit die Spiele reibungslos funktionieren. Mit dem Aufkommen von 5G-Netzwerken wird das Streaming von Spielen noch beliebter und zugänglicher.

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Week 9

We are in the century known as the century of the absurd, or "the age of amusement," and we live in a "fun," "entertained" state of affairs. Technology is growing faster than it has in the past few years. Among those emerging technologies is gaming as well. The world of video games is a very dynamic and dynamic one.

This framework has allowed for the study of game culture as a basic expression that is helpful in comprehending our society (Sutton-Smith, 1997). Everything that surrounds games and gaming on a social, cultural, and communal level is referred to as gaming culture. A growing number of people are connecting with one another through their shared love of video games, and in the digital age, video game communities have arisen as groups with distinct dynamics and traits that require more research. is a developing environment for culture and education. Any group of people who are interested in, have gone through, or interact with gaming together is called a gaming community. Researchers have also examined VG communities as "digital contexts of sociality," bridging the gap between the virtual and real worlds, and as "third spaces," or alternative socialization contexts, where users can obtain "effective learning opportunities" and "equipment" for life (Saldanha, 2023). These groups are seen as crucial "spaces of belonging" that serve as "personal connections" hubs that unite a varied range of individuals around joy and success. Moreover, these groups frequently communicate through in-person events like conferences, LAN parties, and gaming cafes in addition to online venues like forums, social networks, and multiplayer gaming networks.

The systems—hardware and software—that allow people to play games are referred to as gaming platforms. These platforms offer the tools required for players to access, buy, and engage in gaming content. Video game creation started in the 1950s when computers were enormous devices that occupied whole rooms (Dhule, 2021). PCs are adaptable gaming systems that can run a wide range of games, from AAA releases to independent productions. The gaming business was dominated by companies like Atari, Magnavox, Nintendo, and Sega, and arcades and game consoles became more popular in the years after the 1970s (Dhule, 2021). The gaming business is currently valued at hundreds of billions of dollars, and it is only going to get bigger as technology develops. We can select to play on our PC or smartphone, or we can choose from a wide range of consoles such as the Xbox Series X, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Wii. Specifically, augmented and virtual reality platforms. These two platforms offer immersive gaming experiences that blend virtual and real-world components to create a distinctive gaming experience. They are accessible through virtual reality headsets. 

With options ranging from professional esports professions to content creation, broadcasting, and game development, gaming has genuinely become a lucrative career for many people. With professional teams and players becoming household names and bringing in large sums of money, esports has developed into a multibillion dollar business. Even still, some could argue that because of its media nature, video games don't quite fulfil the definition of a sport (Taylor, 2012). Professional e-sports players engage in sanctioned competitions for a range of games in order to receive pay, prizes, sponsorships, and endorsements. Content producers and streamers who are successful in the gaming industry can make good money and establish long-lasting careers. With the help of websites like Twitch, YouTube, and Mixer, players can broadcast their gameplay, communicate with viewers, and make money off of it through sponsorships, contributions, subscriptions, and advertising. Furthermore, popular games and franchises can bring in a sizable profit for profitable game developers and studios. Through a range of platforms, they design, produce, and market games, generating income from in-app purchases, microtransactions, downloadable content (DLC), and game sales.

References

Dhule, M 2021, Beginning Game Development with Godot: Learn to Create and Publish Your First 2D Platform Game, 1st edn, Apress L. P, Berkeley, CA.

Sutton-Smith, Brian 1997, The ambiguity of play, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Saldanha, L, da Silva, SM & Ferreira, PD 2023, “‘Community’ in Video Game Communities,” Games and culture, vol. 18, no. 8, SAGE Publications, Los Angeles, CA, pp. 1004–1022.

Taylor, TL 2012, Raising the stakes : e-sports and the professionalization of computer gaming, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

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// Week 9: Gaming //

Exploring the Intersection of Gaming Communities, Live Streaming, and Parasocial Relationships

As a result of both technical developments and the increasing number of people who like to play games online, the online gaming industry is thriving in today's digital world. As a people, we live in what academics call a "gameful," "ludified" civilisation, where gaming cultures are essential manifestations of our culture (Walz & Deterding 2015; Sutton-Smith 2001).

Gaming has always been social, encouraging players to meet in person and share experiences, from the first days of arcades to the emergence of local area network (LAN) parties (Newman 2012; Jansz & Jansz 2005). It seemed, though, that the social component of gaming waned as the medium shifted towards being played more alone in people's living rooms. However, a new channel opened up with the introduction of video game streaming, reigniting the communal fibre of gaming culture.

According to Ritterfeld, Cody, and Vorderer (2009), pp. 67-82, video game (VG) communities have evolved into active online gathering places where people come together for common interests and form groups voluntarily, without any official oversight. These groups go beyond the internet and combine the virtual and physical environments to form what academics call "third spaces" for socialising (Handberg 2015; Bourgonjon & Soetaert 2013). The ideas of personal connection and shared information sharing are fundamental to this dynamic and help to characterise VG communities as places where people may come together to learn and socialise (Ritterfeld, Cody & Vorderer 2009, pp. 67-82). Participants not only discover common ground but also participate in instructional activities similar to those of learning communities within these online settings.

With live streaming at its core, this convergence is all about gamers broadcasting their games for others to watch and engage with in real time. By allowing streamers and watchers to form parasocial ties, this activity has brought back the social spectating aspect that is inherent to gaming. In this Tumblr post, we explore the complex dynamics of gaming communities, live streaming, and parasocial interactions. We look at how these phenomena impact gaming culture today and how they change the way people engage online. Come with me as we explore the intriguing junction of human connection, community, and technology. 🎮✨

The Emergence of Live Streaming: Gaming Communities and Interactive Media

With the massive influx of consumers to live-streamed gaming sites like Twitch in recent years, the online entertainment landscape has experienced a dramatic change. Reasons for this meteoric rise in popularity include people's insatiable need for interactive media experiences, the abundance of user-generated material, and technological developments (Sjblom & Hamari 2017). Twitch and similar services have had meteoric rises in popularity, with the number of users tripling annually and reaching over 100 million monthly. As of 2023 (according to Advanced Television), Twitch had a staggering 74% market share, demonstrating its continued dominance in the global streaming audience, even though the number of streamers has fluctuated.

The live broadcasting aspect of video game streaming facilitates a unique relationship between content providers and consumers, which is at the core of this phenomenon. In contrast to conventional modes of media consumption, live streaming provides a dynamic exchange platform wherein the conventional viewer assumes the responsibility of generating content while engaging in extensive dialogue (Cha et al. 2007).

Platforms such as Twitch, Mixer, and Afreeca TV have made live streaming more accessible, enabling users to share events and interactions in real time with audiences all over the world. There has been a meteoric rise in the number of people watching streamers, especially those who play video games live and engage with their viewers (Ferchaud et al. 2018).

The combination of high-fidelity audiovisual information delivery with low-fidelity text-based conversation is what makes live streaming so unique; it's a dynamic and engaging experience for everyone involved (Hamilton, Garretson & Kerne 2014). Live streaming, which was once only available for game content, is now a staple of contemporary gaming culture and has grown to include many other types of broadcasting (Li et al. 2018). Live streaming services, such as Twitch, encourage participation in communities where users share interests, learn from one another, and build relationships—a phenomenon that has led some to call these spaces virtual third places. A sense of authenticity and closeness is enhanced for numerous individuals through live broadcasting, which provides access to the unaltered lives of streamers (Tang, Venolia & Inkpen 2016).

Younger age groups, specifically, incorporate live streaming into their everyday schedules as a method of connecting with acquaintances and engaging in social interactions (Lottridge et al. 2017). People watch live streams for a variety of reasons, including enjoyment, socialising, learning new things, and satisfying social needs (Hilvert-Bruce et al. 2018).

The importance of parasocial relationships in livestream enjoyment is highlighted by Wulf, Schneider, and Beckert (2018). Elements like the anticipation of game results and participation in the chat function contribute to this satisfaction. As the analysis of parasocial relationships in live streaming progresses, the complex interaction between content creators and their audience becomes more apparent, significantly influencing the framework of online entertainment.

The Role of Parasocial Relationships in Live Streaming

One reason live streaming is so popular is that viewers have an inherent desire to learn new strategies for playing games by watching the shows and listening to the host's commentary. Conversely, individuals who watch televised sports and entertainment programmes have "an inherent desire to establish interpersonal relationships" (Hoffner & Buchanan 2009).

According to Dibble, Hartmann, and Rosaen (2015), a parasocial relationship (PSR) is an intimate and one-sided bond that develops between a media personality or celebrity and their audience as a result of their frequent interactions in mediated reality. The potential for audiences and media personalities to engage in parasocial interactions (PSI) is enhanced through the interactivity provided by online environments, which is facilitated by functional properties (Labrecque 2014).

Reinforcing PSR can also be achieved through cultivating mutual awareness. When a game streamer recognises and/or mentions viewers during broadcasting, it may increase the perceived mutual awareness, in contrast to passive entertainment consumption. The ability to converse with viewers in real-time gives live-streamers like YouTubers and others a leg up when compared to more conventional celebrities (Hou 2019). Therefore, compared to other forms of digital media, watching live-streamed games is more conducive to the development of PSR (Lim et al. 2020).

The Intersection of Digital Citizenship, Live Streaming, and Parasocial Relationships

Having fluidly moved on from the topic of parasocial relationships and game live streaming, we now explore the fascinating confluence of digital citizenship, live streaming, and parasocial relationships. This fusion effectively illustrates the manner in which digital platforms reshape our emotional experiences and redefine our social landscapes. Within the domains of online gaming groups and live-streaming platforms, there exists an intriguing concoction of virtual relationships and human emotions.

A fascinating focal point in the dynamic realm of digital citizenship is the phenomena of live streaming and the complex interplay it has with parasocial relationships. The multidimensional nature of gaming communities is shown by the fact that games can be enjoyed both actively and passively, as explained by Sjblom and Hamari (2017). Live streaming systems such as Twitch also adhere to this principle, allowing viewers to establish relationships with their favourite streamers even though the interaction is inherently biased.

Gong et al. (2019) emphasised that people traverse complicated social dynamics within these digital environments, developing tiny friendship groups and affiliating with virtual communities. A fundamental human need for association and camaraderie drives the desire for socialisation and group-referent behaviours (Tsai & Bagozzi 2014). People feel more connected to themselves and their communities when they spend more time there, and the social and informational factors they encounter there only serve to strengthen that feeling (Dholakia, Bagozzi & Pearo 2004).

In the following figure, we can see how users, small friendship groups, and virtual communities are connected:

The rise of live-streaming platforms has intensified parasocial ties, in which viewers create close bonds with streamers and frequently feel affection and camaraderie towards them (Bagozzi & Dholakia 2002). Even if they take place in a virtual setting, these connections still satisfy a basic human desire for social connection. Nevertheless, a darker subtext can be observed in the digital realm, as highlighted by the YouTuber "Glink": an all-encompassing feeling of isolation. Paradoxically, people are becoming even more isolated as they seek refuge in the fleeting connections provided by live streaming platforms, despite the internet's once-heralded role as a means of escaping reality.

Conclusion

There are a lot of moving parts in this complex web of parasocial relationships, online citizenship, and live streaming. In light of our exploration of the internet, it is crucial to approach the consequences of our online engagements with a discerning eye, bearing in mind the precarious equilibrium that exists between interconnectedness and seclusion. At the end of the day, we can all benefit from healthier, more fulfilling online communities—not just gaming communities—by learning about and encouraging meaningful digital citizenship behaviours.

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