Kripparian Is Streaming PoE Again

I support this game coz kripp does.

If not for kripp's stream, i would not know about PoE. I know kripp has a big ego, but he got the complete package to pull it off

That said, i belong to kripp's fanbase that fail to understand kripp's continual penchance for d3 and wow. I can only attribute this to kripp's need to appeal to the lowest common denominator (to garner as much eyeball revenue as possible for his stream). I think kripp's minmaxing is better applied elsewhere, if true he is 'as hardcore as possible'.

It was so compelling when kripp quat wow to go GW2. A pity Arenanet banned him for making chilli bean food and selling to vendor.

I have high hopes for PoE. I hope it pans out for us all. I hope kripp will quit wow and d3 and focus on kripp tips for PoE.

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derbefrier wrote:

I just hope he realizes this probably wont last forever and plans for the day when hes no longer relevant so he doesn't end up an underpaid manual laborer or worse...of course when your young you don't tend to think that far ahead but god bless him if he still streaming games when hes 50.

I don't mean to be rude, but I think you're the one being shortsighted here. He's helping companies make sales in a multi billion dollar industry, and is one of the biggest names at what he does. Manual labor at 50? He could feasibly be retired, chillin, streaming games to his friends from private yacht by that point just from helping companies publicize and test their games.

Again, I think you're just jelly, which in all fairness is only natural, I am too.

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MonstaMunch wrote:

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derbefrier wrote:

I just hope he realizes this probably wont last forever and plans for the day when hes no longer relevant so he doesn't end up an underpaid manual laborer or worse...of course when your young you don't tend to think that far ahead but god bless him if he still streaming games when hes 50.

I don't mean to be rude, but I think you're the one being shortsighted here. He's helping companies make sales in a multi billion dollar industry, and is one of the biggest names at what he does. Manual labor at 50? He could feasibly be retired, chillin, streaming games to his friends from private yacht by that point just from helping companies publicize and test their games.

Again, I think you're just jelly, which in all fairness is only natural, I am too.

Well to be fair occasionally these internet celebs fade with time. Trying to bank on the success of an internet celeb is like trying to bank on the success of a new hot young actor.

His level of success is beholden to his fan base if that fades he has nothing. I also would like to point out that not many people over the age of 40 are big names in the streaming/YouTube celeb world.

This is not an accident, this shit is a young mans game and we have yet to see how long it lasts once a guy starts to go bald and looks like everyone's dad.

That is an interesting point. I don't think he makes enough money to retire with a yacht, I'm curious about what Krip might have to say

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monopoman wrote:

Well to be fair occasionally these internet celebs fade with time. Trying to bank on the success of an internet celeb is like trying to bank on the success of a new hot young actor.

His level of success is beholden to his fan base if that fades he has nothing. I also would like to point out that not many people over the age of 40 are big names in the streaming/YouTube celeb world.

My point was he has plenty of opportunity to be making more than enough money now. He's not just an "internet celebrity", he's someone with an intimate understanding of game mechanics who could fulfill a variety of useful roles in the development and testing of games, and that's aside from the whole streaming thing.

Whether or not he is actually making any decent money is another question, and will depend more on whether he knows how to capitalize on what he's doing, but there's no question that the potential is there.

I just don't get this streaming thing at all - what's the appeal of watching someone you don't know doing something as mundane as playing a computer game? Sounds even less interesting than an episode of Big Brother.

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RandallPOE wrote:

I just don't get this streaming thing at all - what's the appeal of watching someone you don't know doing something as mundane as playing a computer game? Sounds even less interesting than an episode of Big Brother.

This.

I can watch a few minutes of any given stream, just to see how people play. But after that, it's a waste of my bandwidth.

Its not episode of Big Brother.

Personally, I only watch Kripp's youtube videos released each day, summarizing his thoughts for that day. I do not have time to watch his round the clock stream, except for certain days when something extraordinary happens, I will selectively watch the recorded stream and fast forward to it.

I know that other Kripp fans do watch his stream live. I dunno how they have the time for that, but for me, I mainly watch the youtube edition.

If you ask why, the reason is because Kripp sets the benchmark on standards, If you watch his stream:

1. you can see him researching how to minmax
2. you can see his methods, his spreadsheets, his methodical approach towards numbers and breakdown of builds
3. you can listen to him ventilate his thoughts over the stream, and share in his mental calculations and ideas.

For a former IT technician, Kripp is a very good speaker (sorry abt the prejudice, but in my part of the world, IT techs cannot string a proper sentence together). He presents ideas in a very neat and easily understood way. His youtube edition videos are bite sized chunks that are easily digested - not too long or too short. He is also quite a natural at showmanship. He may have a big ego and is full of bullshit sometimes - however, if you watch him closely you will notice that he has a very clear and methodical mind that cuts through the bullshit and thinks outside the box. This enables Kripp to make "clever use of game mechanics" to achieve his objectives. By watching Kripp, I learn a great deal over the past few months. He also cleverly uses comic relief to punctuate his videos.

So far, I have watched Athene, TotalBiscuit and Kripparrian. Athene imho is just attention-seeking fluff, whose expertise with the paladin long ago has degenerated into (a) suspicious-looking internet charity fund-raising and (b) Razer-advertising.

Totalbiscuit, whilst covering a very broad spectrum of games every day, is another former wow commentator that is now turned game reviewer, who allows himself to be *paid* for reviews on specific games (eg. Planetside 2). However, of these 3, Kripp is the only commentator that is actually *playing* the game hardcore and not just giving peripheral reviews. If you don't believe me, just compare Totalbiscuit's review of Path of Exile with Kripp's youtube review of Path of Exile. TB spends his time describing the user interface and gameplay. Kripp leveled his Hunter all the way...In this sense, what TB covers horizontally in breath across multiple games, Kripp performs in depth VERTICALLY - Kripp deep dives into the guts of the games he plays.

Conclusion
By following a game played by Kripparrian, I know I got a standard to aspire to. I may not be able to attain that standard, but at least I see how the minmaxing is done, and have the process explained to me in a clear and concise manner. Probably the only drawback is that Kripparrian's appearance could be better improved - hes hair and beard ought to be cut, and his T shirt needs changing, and he's lately got alot of zit sprouting all over his face... and I cannot stop laughing when he extols the virtues of lentil soup...

I believe kripp is an excellent asset to any gaming community. He offers insights many gamers overlook and helps creating a better gaming experience for people playing.

People bring up why people would watch someone else play rather than play themselves. Well, theres nothing wrong with listening to the stream while playing yourself. He does have great commentary while hes learning the game that could help people with the game as well.

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alaizon wrote:

It was so compelling when kripp quat wow to go GW2. A pity Arenanet banned him for making chilli bean food and selling to vendor.

That's not exactly the way things went down, timeline wise. Since Kripp had done just about all there was to do in the current WoW expansion at the time, Diablo 3 was pretty fresh on the market and he went to that, scoring the world first HC diablo kill (on inferno). Not long after that, he picked up on PoE and played that for at least a month+, then GW2 came out and he went to that but that didn't last long cause A) yea he got banned and started a new account plus B) by the time he got his second account to max level in GW2 the newest expansion to WoW was set to be released so he went back to that.

Now that he's semi-close to nearing the end of the current PvE tier content in WoW, he's back to playing D3 and PoE more often. Which is good, cause PoE can use more exposure and his 2k+ viewers every night are plenty of eyeballs the game can get :)