#advice stream

[manifold-updates]

Jack uploaded the hypotheticals VOD!

#jack manifold #youtube #video #advice stream #jacks vods #alien

[theminecraftbee]

gentle reminder for the fandom, since i've been noticing it in comments of decked out videos: backseat gaming typically isn't appreciated. telling the hermit to go to compass school is kind of annoying and not particularly constructive. telling the hermits to go check the underwater chest or the spider's den or whatever is spoilers, tango has directly asked you not to, you wouldn't want to make tango sad, would you? being like "lol how do you not know that yet" is rude, because the hermits aren't actually supposed to have watched any of the decked out development we have, and almost certainly haven't watched all the other hermits playing like we have.

even offering what you feel like is useful advice is normally going to be repetitive and unwanted instead of useful. yes, even if you've figured out a game meta the hermits don't seem to realize. yes, even if they're doing something really wrong or have the really wrong idea for how the game works. yes i KNOW the urge to explain the mechanic they're misunderstanding is strong. 99% of the time you should not do it.

if the hermit asks a question directly go ahead and answer the question! but if you weren't asked, don't say anything. don't be a backseat gamer.

#hermitcraft #decked out 2 #just. a trend i'm noticing #remember guys. it is obnoxious to get ten million unwanted advices and criticisms #if you can't figure out how to comment WITHOUT commenting the unwanted advices and criticisms (AND I GET IT I CAN BE BAD ABOUT THIS TOO) #just go ahead and refrain for the time being #most hermits have figured out if they're streaming runs they should be in emote-only by now so hopefully that continues

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

There's nothing he can't do. Yet.

(Thank you to everyone who participated in the poll!)

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #bonus comic #This whole poll and comic is very inspired by a convo I had with qourmet in one of their art streams. #namely that the Art Of Grilling is a powerful skill separate from cooking. #I've also been inspired by said convo to try and learn how to grill. What's the point of having a garden if I can't grill my summer squash? #Anyways. I hope this appeases the crowd that has been in arms about the prev prev poll. #I don't think teenji can cook. I think lan wangji is just very good at dedicating himself to whatever craft he needs to pick up. #give him a day and he will be a grill dad #the most powerful beast of the summer lawn biome. #Until then he will lie awake at night. Haunted by this inadequacy. He's just like me for real (chronic perfectionist). #I think this is the first domestic wangxian post i've made. God I'm so sorry wangxian fans. #wwx could not care *less* abt lwj having flaws. I think thats the beauty of this relationship. they *know* about each other's flaws FIRST. #Love each people *because* of the flaws - not despite them (thats my unsolicited advice for the day). #also if you noticed my medium gray marker slowly giving out...today it finally died on me....

[uncanny-tranny]

A lot of cis people may not want to hear this, but here goes:

You are going to have more in common with trans people who have a similar gender identity to you than you think. Trans people are reliable narrators of their own experiences, and whether you like it or not, we will have similar or even identical experiences to yours. Cis people don't have a monopoly over their gender or the experiences people have as a result of their gender.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #ally advice #like in my experience i have had way more in common with cis men than cis women #and of course it is always more complicated than what a tumblr post can provide. but by and large i have noticed this trend #cis people like to pretend that trans people are a seperate species to them when that can't be further from the truth #cis people don't like to think that their bodies/experiences/lives could be in any way shape or form similar to a trans person's #but they're wrong in that case. there are so many of us with baried experiences. because we are PEOPLE #i feel like i am screaming my personhood into the void sometimes so i hope maybe this reaches somebody #as horrifying as it is (/s) i am as much a person as i am a man #and as horrifying as it is (/s) other trans people are as much their genders as they are PEOPLE #enjoy me posting my stream of consciousness then going back to play skyrim and fo:nv until i pass out or whatever i feel like lol<3

[its-malarkey]

Parkzer’s actual reaction to finding out that Zorbeez aren’t actually that absorbent (“how are you supposed to dry your dog then?!”)

This is the face of a man in CRISIS

#dougdoug #parkzer #Parkzer cold tub legal advice seafood stream #zorbeez

[dizzybizz]

golden pocket watch

#thought eugene would go really well with this artstyle and i think i was correct with that assumption #drawtectives #drawfee #eugene finch #drawtectives fanart #my art #i love drawing eugene so much #also is this something ive made up in my head or was there a moment where one of them said 'when in doubt draw eugene'??? #i took that piece of advice to heart lol #i swear i have a memory of that and i keep quoting it to myself #is it from a stream??? help??

[kathybluecaller]

#twrp #twrp band #lord phobos #just a little something he said earlier on stream #took sung’s advice of looking at nasa space photos. found a new rabbit hole to fall into

[yvesdot]

WRITING RESEARCH: BOOK COVERS

Friday, August 25th, 2023 @ 10:00 AM PST on Twitch

What's in a book cover? Join me as I hop through the biggest new releases on GoodReads and talk about what you can take away as both a reader and a writer. We'll be live about an hour touring some books I've never seen before to see whether I (and you!) can guess genre, tone, and more from a book cover alone. Thanks to OHHOW for sponsoring this one with the theme 'writing research'!

RECORDING AVAILABLE NOW

Bonus: I go full Kat Blaque on a Romance novel cover.

Support the author: all posted writing | book | ko-fi | Patreon

#txt #important writing updates #stream #twitch #writeblr stream #writeblr research #writing research #book covers #writeblr advice

[fabrickind]

How do you become a professional cosplayer? Thnx :)

Hello there!

Short answer is: you don't lmao

Long answer is: it's complicated and incredibly difficult, and depends on what you mean by "professional."

If you mean "someone who judges contests and/or gets invited to cons," the VAST majority of those aren't professionals. They may or may not get an appearance fee, even, depending on the con. (Note to cosplayers: don't let cons take advantage of you by not paying you for your work for them! Always get per diem, travel, and hotel at BARE minimum, and preferably also an appearance fee.) This isn't that hard to do, but you need to have a portfolio that backs up why you would be a good guest, and a good reason why you'd be a good guest. It's just a matter of emailing and/or applying to cons. I've only guested once, but if you want tips, I can give them.

However, based on the phrasing, I'm assuming you are a newer cosplayer who isn't ready for that yet. I assume this because if you've been around a while, you know that this isn't a question. Not "this isn't a question you ask" (as in, we don't talk about it in polite society), but that this isn't really a *thing* in the way that people outside of the cosplay community seem to think it is.

(Side note: I remember this question being asked for at least 15, 20 years online lmao it's easier to make money cosplaying now than it was then, but it's still incredibly difficult to make a living wage and fully support yourself on cosplay.)

There are professional cosplayers out there, as in, people who make the majority or all of their income from cosplay. They tend to be few and far between, and one of the open secrets of the community is that some people who try to make a go at it are supported by a partner or family with money.

But! There are ways to make money as a cosplayer. It's difficult and unlikely, especially with how saturated the market is, but there are ways.

This is all from a USA perspective, which I assume you're from or at least a similar culture, since you're asking me and not, say, someone living in Japan.

Do commissions. This works once you have a high enough skill level to have a client base that wants to pay you for those skills. It's difficult to both get enough commissions and finish enough commissions to have a living wage, though, so it's really only recommended if you are fast at it and/or are okay with it being a side gig.

Start a business selling resources. Patterns, 3D models, resin kits, etc. You'll be operating on thin margins, there's competition out there, and you'll need to be good and fast at these things, but some business prowess, skill, and a bit of luck, and people have done it. Some people also sell tutorials and such, but I don't know how much they make.

Sell prints. This is going to be the hardest of these to make a living wage on. You can couple this with other things on this list to add supplemental income. Basically, sell pictures of yourself online and at cons, start a Patreon, become a booth babe (there isn't enough in the way of "official cosplayer" jobs to make a living on, and usually you aren't paid much and still have to make the costume), etc. This bullet point usually goes with the next two.

Become an influencer. Confession: I don't know quite how this works, but your money would be coming from sponsorships, paid posts, youtube ad revenue, etc. This is also a lot of work, and you would basically be hustling 24/7. Think of the direction you would want to take this and what specific thing you would offer that sets you apart, and.....figure out how to become an influencer lmao. idk if there are cosplay influencers that make a full living off of it since it's a somewhat newer field and far from what I do, but the margin of success is also pretty small, I'd imagine.

Sex work. This is even further from what I know about, so I have NO idea how much money you would make or how to get into it. I'm sure there are guides online. You can do anything from the extremely soft (think gravure modeling: sexy clothes, lingerie, sexy poses, light nudity) to harder stuff (depicting sex acts, whether solo or with toys or partners, catering to fetishes in addition to cosplay, camming, etc.). This is going to be difficult as well and while all of these are not for everyone, this one especially. (Honestly not my thing at all but so much respect for people who can handle it.) You'll want to keep yourself safe online for SURE if you go into this, and it will require stricter safety measures than the rest of these (which also require strict safety measures). Also think long and hard about whether you want the stigma following you: unfortunately, our society still stigmatizes sex work, and you can lose jobs, friends, etc. if people find out, and it'll be hard to physically get and keep your money because of banks and credit card processors not accepting sex work money. This isn't to say "don't do it" but it's something to really think about and look into. IDK where to get advice on the cosplay specific side of this, but Slate's How to Do It column has had a few letters about sex work generally over the years -- here's a few -- and usually Stoya points the letter writer to further resources. (Also tends to be only cosplay adjacent from what I've seen? You'll be dressing up but won't be wearing much in the way of costumes lmao)

There might be more ways that I can't think of, but these are the main ones you will encounter. Again, being a professional cosplayer isn't really like....a thing. Most people who have done it have had a long and difficult career of carving out space for themselves and finding income streams. There really isn't something, at least here, that is having someone pay you to exist in cosplay, unfortunately.

I'm also assuming you aren't talking about costuming generally as a career, which is a whole different ballpark. Actually, that might be something to look into as a career to fund your cosplay hobby (and possible cosplay side gig) if you are interested. Otherwise, enjoy it as a hobby, slowly build a business if you think you are up to it, and see where it takes you. :]

I hope that helps! Good luck

#professional cosplay #cosplay help #cosplay advice #cosplay tips #anon #fabrickind gives solicited advice #i don't meant to be discouraging! #but also like......it's not easy #and you aren't going to find openings for “cosplayer” on indeed #you need to create an income stream #and realistically? won't get anywhere #but you might and that's the fun of it!

[manifold-updates]

Jack is live answering hypotheticals!

#jack manifold #twitch #twitter #instagram #photo #advice stream #kind of

[cuppycakiee]

Vtuber Advice of the day:

Collabs

So you're just starting out or have been streaming a while and you think to yourself... "Hmm I should do a collab or start doing them regularly". You make a post on social media, you get tonnes of offers and you have no idea what to do from there. First off whilst collabs are a great way to meet new people, share audiences and branch out with your content, it's important to consider the following: - Do I know the person well enough to trust them with my community? Is the person you're collabing with someone you know and trust? It's important that you vibe check whoever you do your collab with. Hang out with them off stream, get to know them a little before you invite them on. - Do they mesh well with my content and humor? Everyone has their own vibe, humor and personality as streamers and it's crucial to a good collab stream to find someone who meshes well with your content. - Have I communicated my boundaries and do's/don'ts with this person? This is a BIG one. Boundaries are something we often forget to acknowledge or enforce, especially when first starting out but it's good practice to make sure that you effectively discuss anything that could be a potential harm to yourself or your content! Never be afraid to enforce/and discuss these. Anyone not willing to hear you is typically a red flag and should be avoided. If you're able to pass the above three, you've completed the VIBE CHECK!

Lastly, here are some great tools for collabs that you and your co-streamer can utilize for an effective, hassle free collab together! For LIVE2D: Collab tool for VTS For PNGTubers: Fugi - A collab tool for PNGTubing For 3D/Vroid: VDO Ninja - Can be used to screenshare/capture anything from your OBS and screens it as a browser source for whoever is doing the collab Feel free to post more tools in the replies and I'll update the list when I can and more importantly...

GO FORTH AND HAVE FUN!

#vtuber #indie vtuber #vtuberen #envtuber #english vtuber #vtuber debut #pngtuber #vroid #vtuber advice #streaming #streamers #collabs

[moonbtch]

Got an advice for a vtuber wanting to reach affiliate?

I got to affiliate by 1. asking friends to lurk 2. holding myself to a consistent stream schedule and 3. putting effort into posting content outside of twitch

When I was starting out I asked some of my IRL friends to lurk my stream in a tab even if they weren't watching.

I would never recommend pressuring ppl to actively watch a stream as that is a big overstep, but asking some buds to just keep the tab open somewhere as a favor to get over that initial 3 average hurdle is reasonable.

Once I got affiliate I thanked my friends for their support and told them they didn't have to keep my tab open anymore, but some of them ended up enjoying the content enough that they still come to my streams regularly, and a couple even became mods for me!

Aside from that, I relied heavily on building an audience on TikTok and Twitter and converting them to my Twitch to build my stream community. Twitch discoverability is trash, so getting your content out to other platforms is super important and the earlier you start the better.

I started off with a philosophy of spending 3x the amount of time I spent actually streaming on Twitch each week into making content off the site and improving my streams. I set an expectation of myself that every Wednesday was my stream day and that I would treat it as if it were a job, only canceling or moving if absolutely necessary. I streamed once a week, then watched my own stream back to make clips, made 2 edited clips for TikTok, and any time left went to making the stream more interactive, like new channel point redeems, or just general improvements and planning content. Now that I have a bigger audience base I stream more and edit less, but it was crucial to my initial growth.

I also heavily watched my analytics across all platforms to see what content was performing best and leaned heavier into that. Higher CCV during art streams than games? I pivoted to creative content. Art posts flopped on TikTok? Focused on interactive stream clips instead. Twitter audience was made primarily of other vtubers rather than viewers? I put out tutorial content and focused on showcasing my rigging abilities to build my reputation in the vtubing scene.

Content isn't one size fits all across platforms, and by finding your strengths and doubling down on them you can find ways to grow and stand out from the crowd!

#streaming advice #ask #twitch affiliate

[femmefatalevibe]

Hello 👋 how are you? I love your page and you feel like a comfort person. Thank you. I wanted to ask if you have some ideas regarding jobs and finance for those who don't have full time jobs. Do you have any recommendations for jobs that you can do online and earn passively? Thank you ♥

Hi love! Thank you so much. Glad to hear you enjoy my page and its content <3

Some contract/freelance jobs I would recommend to increase your (potential) passive income include:

Sell items online like Poshmark/Depop, eBay, etc.

Purchase & flip domains

Purchase/resell clothing, accessories, and other trending items

Rent out items or owned spaces (in your home, parking spaces, classes you've purchased from a membership, etc.)

Create a social channel (YouTube/TikTok) or blog with ads

Write an e-book/a course/self-published book

Affiliate marketing

Sell photo presets/templates/photography/art online

Investing in a high-yield savings account (/CD) or dividend stocks

Hope this helps xx

#passiveincome #income streams #financial planning #money making #investment ideas #life advice #personal finance #passive income #online income #freelance jobs #resellercommunity #q/a

[devsgames]

Indie Devs: How To Avoid Steam Key Phishing Scams

Everyone who publishes a game on Steam receives fraudulent emails by people posing as influencers trying to get a copy of their game for resale. While some real influencers may cold email you, I have personally never received one of these emails that have been legitimate or reputable so I think it's important to vet these emails with great scrutiny.

To some this might be new, to others this might be Internet Safety 101.

If you're a developer: here's what to look out for from phishing scams and how you can protect yourself from them!

If you're a streamer: here's how developers might vet cold emails you send them and how you can help developers avoid getting scammed!

Let's dive in...

What is the scam?

The scammer sends you an email claiming to be a Twitch streamer/Youtuber/other influencer, and claims to be interested in playing/streaming your game. Usually they will impersonate someone with a moderate following, but isn't incredibly well known (e.g. ~100-1000 followers) but occasionally it can be those with larger following too.

They're deceptively well-written and often match the writing style of the streamer they're seeking to imitate, and will use their public profile icons as avatars. The emails are usually automated and seek to obtain a copy of your game under the pretense they are interested in playing your game or will offer you coverage of it. They'll often ask for just one key to seem legitimate, but may also occasionally ask for more (Remember: There is almost never a valid reason that a Streamer requires more than one key to play your game unless it's a multiplayer title and multiple streamers are involved). Occasionally if they are imitating a streamer whose account is inactive they'll claim they're planning a come back from a 'break from streaming' or something similar.

Typically, I've found these emails come most frequently on games you release that have very few reviews or a generally low player count, because they are preying on developer insecurities about sales. From my published projects I typically get ~15 of these a month, mostly targeting my least successful one. They may also come in volume when a game first appears on the Steam market, or when it first launches to also prey on developers who are concerned about sales. I've also seen these emails through itch.io occasionally, but far less frequently.

How can I tell it's a scam?

Read the email

It sounds obvious but sometimes it's not!

When you look at the contents of the email, it's usually vaguely written but seems earnest at a glance. It will often give a background of the streamer that sounds authentic and will mention your game by name either in the body or in the subject line. Most will also link to the Streamer's Twitch/Youtube page to add to their at-a-glance legitimacy (see #3 as to why this is their downfall).

HOWEVER: since it's an automated form email they won't speak to details about what the game actually is or why they're interested in the first place (e.g. "I'm a big fan of the 3D art style and how cute the characters are") and instead will only offer a vague claim about their interest (e.g. "I am always looking for new exciting games to stream"). At best, the terminology will be too rigid and pulled from your game's searchable metadata (e.g. "I love [3D] games and [platformers] genre").

Basically, they'll often say they're looking for new games to play, but not why yours specifically. They reached out personally to you and didn't bother going into detail why you should give them your game.

While this isn't necessarily a conviction, it's a big red flag.

2. Read their email address

I find this is the dead giveaway 75% of the time. The email addresses used are often cleverly thought out and at a glance will look plausable or even legitimate, but don't hold up under scrutiny. However, this one can also be the most nebulous or hard to catch.

For examples, if the influencer they're impersonating is called "GreatGamesNow" the email address might read "[email protected]" (note the easily missable lack of "s").

If the influencer they're impersonating is called "CoolGamer" it might say "[email protected]" (Note the L is a capital i)

Sometimes however, it's not obvious and that's where you'll have to do digging.

3. Research the streamer

Sometimes it's hard to tell based on email alone, so you'll have to do some research on the streamer themselves. Remember how I said most of these emails link to the streamer's page so they can look legitimate? Google search for that account and go to it to do some digging (do not click any of the links in the email as they could be unsafe).

Lets say the emailer is pretending to be a streamer who goes by "Headshotz". They said they're interested in trying my game - cool!

Their email address on the email says "[email protected]". Okay, well the "Streams" on their email feels superflous to add to an email so that's a bit suspicious, but it still may be hard to tell.

You'll notice other red flags once you look at the streamer's profile.

For example "Headshotz" might just be a Call of Duty streamer whereas your game is nothing like Call of Duty so there's a massive genre mismatch, or maybe they play one game and one game only so it doesn't make sense for them to be asking for a copy of your game to stream on their channel. They may also be a dormant account now from a streamer who has retired or gone on hiatus dating back months or even years.

4. Cross reference the emails

If I go to "Headshotz"'s profile page one of the first things I'm going to do is check if they have a public email to cross reference with the one I received. Some streamers will have a public email available on their Twitch page to make it easy (thank you streamers!!!), while others won't.

Do a quick search for a YouTube account (many influencers have one) and be sure to check their "About" page, as I've found most accounts will have business emails available to check - this is how I've reliably caught most of the phishing scams sent to me.

Remember these phishers expect you to knee-jerk react to their emails and don't expect you to actually seek out proof, so doing one minute of research is where you'll catch most bad actors

What do I do now?

By now you've either

1) Identified a scammer

or

2) still aren't sure

In case #1 I'd opt to mark the email as spam and reach out to the streamer to let them know their account is being used to phish keys - in my experience they'll be grateful you took the time to warn them and be able to give warnings to other developers in the future.

In the case of #2 it's more nebulous. Generally I'd advise that if you're not sure about legitimacy, reach out to the Streamer through other means first to check it was them and follow up accordingly. Following through will a scam could put a target on your back for future scammers, and also is just bad practice in general. Again, I've found 99% of these are illegitimate but I always check just in case!

In Conclusion

In my experience this is a fascinating process and I take some weird guilty pleasure in catching these whenever they come up. I hope this information has been helpful for when you inevitably get a ton of phishing emails after publishing your game too!

Thanks for reading and I hope this proved helpful!

#indie game #indie games #indie dev #game dev #gamedev #game development #indie game dev #indiedev #streamer #streaming #twitch #influencer #vtuber #envtuber #interesting #thoughts #advice #blog

[rpfisfine]

youtube.com/watch?v=CDrrKAqXp2Q&t=15618s

hi, i think you should watch this hasan vod with alex and aleksa

it’s actually the same stream as when they went shopping with xqc (but before xqc arrived)

anyway, they join at about 3:51:18, and the first ten minutes (like until 4:01:28) are especially good i think, though there are some good moments throughout

also please watch aleksa at 4:09:22

hiiiiiiii thank you so much for this rec there were so many insane moments that i was forced to strip this comp back to the basics bc the file wouldve been too big otherwise but i think this should still be a pretty exhaustive selection:

the cum eating / cum retention story

"i think i wasn't ready for alex's severe and intense training regime. he ended up putting me in the hospital during one of our spars... which is nice. 😁"

hasan being glad he didn't have to fight alex + saying he looks like a ufc fighter + alex: "i feel like you would still smash me."

"[alex] looks like he grew up in dagestan punching rocks"

aleksa: "alex would just dominate me the entire time"

alex complimenting aleksa

"we weren't going that hard, it's more just [alex] got, like, the sweet spot" (??????)

alex saying he was worried he would appear weak "because hasan's so big" Okay

(my personal favorite) them discussing alex's unreal physique + aleksa saying how annoying it is when he randomly starts working out at home + calling alex a weirdo + "just go bat off like everyone else"

hasan giving alex his shirt + alex saying he looks "like a schoolchild" with rolled down sleeves

"you guys bang each other? all the time." and aleksa's intriguing reaction

aleksa's obsession with bass pro shops shirts

aleksa talking abt wanting to show hunter biden's cock on twitter to alex

#i had no idea there was like a prequel to them going shopping with xqc!!!!!!!!!! #also hasan & alex complimenting each other's bodies again and the fact that alex was agonizing over which photo to send hasan #so much so that he apparently consulted it With aleksa........he like showed him both photos & needed advice on which one to send........ #ididathing #boy boy #alex apollonov #aleksa vulović #aleksa at the last timestamp you mentioned.............no way........................incredibly thinking #he looks like hes surprised alex & hasan have banged each other and didnt tell him but he also accepts it insanely quickly. #which probably or most definitely isnt what it is but thats what it looks like alright hitting post and praying that this uploads #also i cannot believe that the entire boy boy fandom is turning into like a genuine hivemind #bc triija has told me to check this stream out recently too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so of course naturally i had to.

[kyouka-supremacy]

Uhm..................

#I got an ask‚ and to answer I was bracing myself to make a big bsd content masterpost #And I did! I was already on my way to share all the manga reading platform I use for every manga‚ I had already listed them up #And I was going to add the additional content like anime streaming resources and art scans resources... #But now I'm having some serious reconsiderations #Like I was happy to make a masterpost! Making masterposts is fun- #and fuels the autistic need to put every little thing in little categories #But now I don't know if it's... Safe to have them all in one place?? I was very glad to share with people the resources I personally use- #but I really don't want to make something that is just. A big list of sites to report / shut down. The thought scares me immensely #And I thought it was safe to share manga reading platforms on Tumblr but what about‚ to name one‚ n/yaa? Would it be safe to link to that? #And it's something I'd highly want to include because some stuff that's there you won't find anywhere else‚ #such as the Dead Apple official English translation‚ the official Beast English scans... #Same would go‚ to make another example‚ for m/initokyo‚ or anime streaming platform. #Is it safe to share those... Uhm... More hidden websites through Tumblr? And if not‚ do I have any alternative for sharing? #I'm quite sad because I was already half way through making the list- #but now I'm not sure it's worth to continue if I never end up sharing it. #But then again the safety of people who share content has the maximum priority to me– I wouldn't be able to do ANYTHING without them #Mmmmmmmmmmmhhhh... #I even contemplated sharing the masterlist through text file‚ but I'm not sure if that might work out. #For one‚ I will never EVER use g/oogle docs or any g/oogle service for the matter. I'd rather die #So... I'd really appreciate it if anyone could advice me on this / had any suggestion / thought #random rambles #Sorry for the long ramble. I'm stuck