Why streamers can do what they do?

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gilrad wrote:

If I had an army of viewers funneling wealth and effort into my account, my ability to clear content crazy fast could be mistaken as player skill too. It doesn't help that, once you're the first group who has access to certain content, it gives you an insane economic advantage over everyone else.

There's a misconception with this train of thought.

To become a popular streamer:

I have to

A: Be already good at the game where I cause people to want to watch me

B: Play tons of hours

To then achieve

C: Get free stuff from fans and be "successful" at the game.

Streamers do not skip A and B and randomly get to C just because they did the act of "streaming". They would have been top 100 every ladder before they where popular since that is what attracted people to watching them to begin with.

There's a difference between the concern that people getting free stuff might imbalance ladder rankings and being salty that they get free stuff because they are popular.

watch any streamer play a new game they haven't played before. Laugh at how bad they are at the game because you know its intracacies.

Streamers might get free stuff. yes some do. The ones in the ladders don't appear to be those who get free stuff.

Free stuff can be misconstrued from teamwork itself. Teamwork definitely gets them into the ladders. Working with 5 other dedicated skilled players doing mapping, trading efficiently, and sharing wealth? Yes that helps.

But streaming isn't the cause of that.......

streamers do what they want
we do what we can
#life2hard4me

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TheExile777 wrote:

Answering most questions: who watches streams?!? If you can play yourself.
(I would say new players only)

Or someone who has a broken pc or cant actually commit to playing or too tired to play or too bored to play or lots of not a new player reasons.

But on topic yes its kinda stupid but the road to 100 isn't just free maps. tup doesnt even care about ingame items usually givesaway most of it .Also i smell i want free stuff too argument well too bad :)

Live and let live. You can stream too if you want, then get free stuff too!! You just need to be as good as the other streamers... By the way are you even sure they get freebies?

Seriously why do you need to get to 100? My highest character is lvl 92 and thats fine by me. I play because I enjoy playing, and accept that others may have a different style of playing.

I think there are probably more flippers than streamers, and its all good, just a matter of different play styles. You get to choose how you want to play. I personally choose not to flip because it would remove the reason to run maps, but if you are not good enough to stream (:P) then you can earn currency that way and buy lots of maps. That easy. And no need for freebies!!!

Streamers get free PoE stuffs? Brb.......
Okay made a twitch account, come shower me with gifts!
Oh man this was easy!!
Twitch.tv/morikiopa

You must not be into South Park...it would explain a lot.

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keta wrote:

This thread ....
Yo can't forbidden give away , non streamer can also get free stuff when a friend quit(but yes you gonna get more if steam because of fan boy , I never understood how some ppl can be a fanboy of an other guy wich play the same game)
It's same in lot if game, in mmo you don't even need to stream just say you are a girl and enjoy the best stuff

You can get lvl100 without stream ... Ofc if you play only solo it's gonna take more time , but it's an online game if you want a solo game go play one.
If you don't stream and play all day with a good party you will get lvl 100 fast aswell

A race is fine solo because it's short

This isn't runescape 1999 dude...

The amount of salt in this thread is making my mouth dry.